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DJ Uncle Fishbits

@unclefishbits.bsky.social
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Not that kind of Resident DJ. Happy. Science Humanism Philosophy Skepticism. Dogs. Transparency / Art / Photo. Incessant Rambling, Arcane Minutia. Bsky Emperor Hotel guy, love economics, tech icky *NO AI USED HERE* Links! linktr.ee/unclefishbits

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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 4m
Moby Dick and Blood Meridian are my two favorites to tell the story of America's "righteous" birth in oil and blood. I forget the speed of Ahab's monomaniacal chaotic obsession in looking for Moby Dick; dude blew through so many whale heavy waters to forgo the money for his madness. What a jerk.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 3h
I think I'm going to go look to buy up encyclopedia sets from garage sales and bookstores, and then go door to door in a few years making a killing selling something that wasn't destroyed, retarded, reduced, or transposed almost all history and knowledge.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 3h
I can feel this as people autonomously outsource their own mind & human condition to AI, thinking in their minds of how to ask a prompt for hallucinated nonsense. AI chatbots give us a narrow slice of knowledge: Researchers warn of ‘knowledge collapse’ EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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AI chatbots give us a narrow slice of knowledge: Researchers warn of ‘knowledge collapse’
We are exposed to a much narrower range of knowledge through AI chatbots than through a basic web search. This is documented by a new study led by the University of Copenhagen. As more and more of us ...
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 3h
Drive up debt and fire your entire workforce? Fire people in the IRS that collect the money to keep the government solvent? Comparing this to the National debt, it's obvious they wanted to destroy America's government so they can say it doesn't work.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 4h
Can't tell if it's botox or she's on meds, BUT- That attempt to say Smith perjured himself was Schmitt's coordinated effort to have GOP give him a layup for a VP role w/ Vance. "Schmitt as VP" was floated an hour earlier b/c they planned a "gotcha". It's a "WHOOPSIE"! www.al.com/politics/202...
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Katie Britt’s face says it all when Jack Smith hearing goes off the rails
Sen. Eric Schmitt thought he caught Smith in a lie when the Republican confused the Atlanta Hawks for the Iowa Hawkeyes.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 4h
Another waste of human efficiency / potential: How many human hours of potential are wasted in trying to perceive how and why Artificial Intelligence hallucinated an answer or made mistakes, and then trying to resolve that? It's not zero. I bet this waste of man hours in corporations is insane.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 4h
With Trump showing us the most ill-equipped, lousiest, stupidest, most manic and rushed administration ever, with no fallbacks, support, or quality control: I do have a lot of respect for the decorum of past admins not making daily spelling mistakes.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 4h
BIG on driverless cars, but I'm just quick trips in the city. When we're taking long rides, how's our mental health gonna be while we are further sucked into a lonely adventure of scrolling digital platforms until our eyes bleed? Driverless car should implement city tour options, games, movies.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 4h
Conan O'Brien said "When there are driverless cars, I don't know where we're all going, but when we get there we're all gonna be drunk". LOVE Waymo. Safer for *all*, no weird convos or smells. BUT: Are there studies yet about long rides & amplification of our lonely echo chamber of doom scrolling?
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 4h
We need to knock down the lies about artificial intelligence, coupled with rational conclusions: If artificial intelligence was Supreme intelligence, wouldn't a i find a new job for every human's job it takes? If not, why not?
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 4h
The internet was always supposed to be an alternate reality, not a repackaging of our capitalist one.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 13h
It should be illegal to say "if you need help call" and give a phone number that is a phone tree, or AI Agents. I literally mean this. Figuratively, you're gonna impact mental health at the very least.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Politics aside, I cannot believe my city hall is a Frank Lloyd Wright building. It's even surreal to see working pay phones that aren't disgusting LOL
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The brilliant Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Spader vehicle that I have loved for like 20 years, I just recognized the word secret in the title. Never saw it before. Secretary.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 15h
Hey as soon as an extraterrestrial becomes a US citizen after bringing a boy back to life that died in a police explosion, they get to drive a convertible. Japanese version of this film is crazy. Dude gets gunned down youtu.be/UnqooAazgwg?... The director said the Japanese version is the real one
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(4K) Eric Gets Shot - Mac and Me Lost Ending Restoration
YouTube video by AnalogAnarchy99
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 15h
We should have a day on Bluesky where everyone searches their own posts on their own profile and reshares the greatest hits from our last 3 years.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
When people check in on me and ask if I'm okay.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What a weird time to suffer this nonsense. "Solid Economy" = 20% of consumers are doing 80% of the spending. www.cnbc.com/2026/09/19/g...
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Consumer sentiment is in the dumps despite a solid economy. Goldman Sachs blames 'lower happiness'
Goldman economist Joseph Briggs said broader pessimism in society may be contributing to struggling consumer sentiment even as the economy chugs along.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
There are 66 years separating these photos
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 22h
You know it's a bug fuck up when the Times can't cover up your obvious bullshit with "some say" or "many dispute."
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 20h
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The Wire
ALT: The Wire
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 20h
This goes for sitting in front of words that you disbelieve to be true, while living in a simulacrum of not understanding that reality doesn't actually exist and we're trapped in NEVER KNOWING WHAT IS GOING ON. I always acquiesce and no his idiot words are true. I almost refuse to believe this.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 20h
I rarely ever see the video feed from the old Harmontown comedy and improv drunken podcast, and from the listening experience you would never imagine they're in a submarine con room and planning some complex logistics.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 20h
If you want to see this: Make up a vague movie scene, poorly describe it, & watch it hallucinate words, scenes, moments across movies which absolutely never happened. I rabbit holed doing that, it was so fascinating. Then, ask it for specific quotes from classic works. They're almost all wrong.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 20h
I am not oceanographer, but pretty sure the Kelvin Wave hit SF Bay today... unplanned higher tides to the tune of 6 inches or so. Caught everyone off guard, so I assume it finally arrived? www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
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Powerful planetary wave takes aim at West Coast as El Niño rages
Scientists warned for months that the oceanic Kelvin waves associated with El Niño could bring higher sea levels and far-reaching impacts.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 20h
I just came across a picture of Halloween from 2015, before anyone en masse knew who Deadpool was. All night, people were like "SPIDER MAN DOESN'T USE GUNS". Those are all airsoft (one might just be a toy). 11 years ago was a different time, WHAT WAS I THINKING CARRYING THIS ALL INTO THE NIGHT?
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Like a smartphone, I don't like AI but get it's more nuanced than good/bad, because it's been put into everything. It's also hard to escape AI search as organic search has been thoroughly broken (to onboard us into AI?). But AI search does not get quotes right, movie scenes, it's insanely bad.
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Itysl: She's Beautiful But She's Dying
ALT: Itysl: She's Beautiful But She's Dying
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Never regret thy fall, O Icarus of the fearless flight For the greatest tragedy of them all Is never to feel the burning light. - Oscar Wilde I was going to use the Act 2, scene 6 of Romeo and Juliet, but not sure Schmitt is kissing Vance yet.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I will say, when you think you've cornered someone and it blows up in your face in spectacular fashion, there's no real buffer to the ego, and shit like this HURTS.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
TILLIS: can the classified documents case be brought again in the future? JACK: we dismissed it without prejudice YESSSSS
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Regardless of output, like Polanski, I just am not one that can naturally enjoy separating art and artist. So I don't do Jeffrey Epstein's buddy Woody Allen. I do find it odd I never knew about him directing a 2009 Larry David Film called "Whatever Works". www.rottentomatoes.com/m/whatever_w...
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Whatever Works | Rotten Tomatoes
Discover reviews, ratings, and trailers for Whatever Works on Rotten Tomatoes. Stay updated with critic and audience scores today!
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Customer service reps on phone lines now seem to be obligated to ask if they are speaking to an AI agent or human. Wild.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The end of Mac and Me was wild.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"That wave could reach California shores within days, and when it does, ocean scientists say it may raise sea levels by up to a foot for months" Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California
The ocean phenomenon could raise sea levels by up to a foot as El Niño keeps warm water trapped along the coast
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This will be studied. I'm assuming someone's already building a Nathan Fielder semester course at colleges. ------------ Nathan Fielder Just Helped A Pilots' Mental Health Bill Become Law www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
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MSN
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Epstein on tape advising former Israeli PM Barak to approach Palantir founder Peter Thiel. And there you have it 😲🤬🤬🤬
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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 28/09/2026
Social media is suffering from Dumbest Guy In The Bar syndrome, where like one dude can say a ridiculous thing like "Christopher Columbus was made of cotton candy" and the rest of the bar will spend the entire night pointing out how stupid it is over and over and the dipshit already left hours ago.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Apparently, Google's AI Gemini thinks I'm a writer, so we'll go with that for the next stage of my life.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There is an entire parallel universe where Facebook failed because HotorNot.com rolled out more advanced profile settings and was just blatantly what Facebook is, without being *truly* disgusting.
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Meet People on Chat & Date, Make New Friends, Chat, Flirt
Meet People on Chat & Date, Make New Friends, Chat, Flirt
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Foucault's Pudendum @kaitave.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Developing a theory that the more evil and unethical a megacorporation grows, the more they find themselves compelled to develop a cute mascot to serve as some perverse form of sin eater
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SteveG @trenchdiggr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So we can't afford basic consumer goods, but AI is gonna save us. 'Irrational exuberance' on steroids.
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Jeffrey Brown @texasgeologist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If I remember correctly what was discussed on CNBC yesterday, the S&P 500 Index recently hit a 52 week high, when a majority of the companies in the index were showing 52 week lows, which, if I recall correctly, last happened in 1999, with something similar in 1929.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The flood the zone thing has really worked at destroying our mental health. I do want to be stronger than allowing this maniac juggernaut of an outside world so effect me, and life is already happening to each of us. It doesn't need to be harder. And they do it on purpose.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There is a day in the very near future, come hell or high water, that we won't see that name that often, and possibly not at all. We've a lot to repair, but I think we can use this to rubber band the USA into a new golden age. We need new politicians tho.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The news is the same everyday now, trapped in this Sisyphean hell of repeated lies and absolute blunders.
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rickbritt.bsky.social @rickbritt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Remember how the Nazi party was always cash strapped until they took power and got their grubbies on the nation's treasury to fund their nefarious bullshit? www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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White House airs another government-funded ad, this time with Trump warning of ‘final battle’
The Trump administration is set to launch another overtly political campaign ad funded by taxpayer dollars, attacking the “fake news media” and “the sick political class that hates our country.”
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Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ @padresj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Final Battle" is not just boisterous phrasing. There are millions of Evangelicals who support Trump b/c they see him as the harbinger of the apocalypse. They rejoiced when Trump moved the US Embassy to Jerusalem b/c it was part of their apocalypse cosplay. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...
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White House airs another government-funded ad, this time with Trump warning of ‘final battle’ | CNN Politics
The Trump administration is set to launch another overtly political campaign ad funded by taxpayer dollars, attacking the “fake news media” and “the sick political class that hates our country.”
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EL País Unofficial @elpais.skyfleet.blue · 26/09/2026
Trump’s plan to ban diesel exports aggravates Europe and Latin America’s energy crisis
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Trump’s plan to ban diesel exports aggravates Europe and Latin America’s energy crisis 
Facing record-high diesel prices at home, the Republican president is making a move before the November midterms. The resulting price spiral will have a negative impact outside the US
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I've reported first-hand on steel mills in Korea, China, Japan, Illinois, and Mississippi. This is 100% not going to happen. Disagree? Bet me. (Though I'm against online betting. It's just not going to happen.)
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