bart fish
@bartfish.bsky.social
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Power Tools: A critique of genAI & it’s toolmen.
www.powertoolsofai.com
Power Tools: A critique of genAI & it’s toolmen.
www.powertoolsofai.com
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bart fish
@bartfish.bsky.social
· Nov 23
thank you to everyone that ordered a physical copy of my first zine issue 🖤
i’ve been working hard to put them all together and i am very close to mailing them out. still have a surprise or two, that i’m working on 👀
i’ve been working hard to put them all together and i am very close to mailing them out. still have a surprise or two, that i’m working on 👀
Glad it arrived safely! Thanks again for your contribution 🖤
January 31, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Glad it arrived safely! Thanks again for your contribution 🖤
Besides being a false equivalency, if we want to use that example, it’s like being pro-computers while IBM was helping Nazis commit genocide. The context of the time we live in, matters.
January 29, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Besides being a false equivalency, if we want to use that example, it’s like being pro-computers while IBM was helping Nazis commit genocide. The context of the time we live in, matters.
A well-know creative leader just told me that saying we should resist AI because it’s being used for mass surveillance, war (domestic & international), misinformation, racism etc is the same as saying designers should have not used computers and quit design, because the govt uses them for bad things
January 29, 2026 at 7:06 PM
A well-know creative leader just told me that saying we should resist AI because it’s being used for mass surveillance, war (domestic & international), misinformation, racism etc is the same as saying designers should have not used computers and quit design, because the govt uses them for bad things
how can we be locked in our cognitive cells, if we refuse to enter their prisons? how can they justify pouring billions into a technology that so many hate and do not want? how can they keep selling a future that is so incredibly divorced from the present reality?
do yourself a favor. resist.
do yourself a favor. resist.
January 23, 2026 at 5:01 PM
how can we be locked in our cognitive cells, if we refuse to enter their prisons? how can they justify pouring billions into a technology that so many hate and do not want? how can they keep selling a future that is so incredibly divorced from the present reality?
do yourself a favor. resist.
do yourself a favor. resist.
meanwhile tech billionaire ai ceos beg us to accept this slop, and tell us we must create a "new equilibrium", where we do not judge ai outputs so harshly. they say that our resistance is harmful to adoption and society, that we must use ai and we must use it as much as possible.
January 23, 2026 at 5:01 PM
meanwhile tech billionaire ai ceos beg us to accept this slop, and tell us we must create a "new equilibrium", where we do not judge ai outputs so harshly. they say that our resistance is harmful to adoption and society, that we must use ai and we must use it as much as possible.
every day we're served slop. in our feeds, on all of our screens and in our jobs. government manufactured violence is couched between ai kittens swimming in rainbow pools and cute(?) ai fruit eating itself.
January 23, 2026 at 5:01 PM
every day we're served slop. in our feeds, on all of our screens and in our jobs. government manufactured violence is couched between ai kittens swimming in rainbow pools and cute(?) ai fruit eating itself.
extreme techno-optimism, mixed w/ authoritarianism, surveillance and xenophobia have become the new american manifesto. billionaires get richer while we're mired in uncertainty, fear and ai-enabled shackles.
January 23, 2026 at 5:01 PM
extreme techno-optimism, mixed w/ authoritarianism, surveillance and xenophobia have become the new american manifesto. billionaires get richer while we're mired in uncertainty, fear and ai-enabled shackles.
Glad you’re getting some good use out of it 🙌🏻
December 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Glad you’re getting some good use out of it 🙌🏻
there’s been some awesome submissions already for issue #2 and some really rad artists that have agreed to contribute. i’m looking forward to getting started on it.
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power tools is a newsletter and zine, dedicated to ai critique and resistance. powertoolsofai.com/zine/
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power tools is a newsletter and zine, dedicated to ai critique and resistance. powertoolsofai.com/zine/
Power Tools: The Zine
This zine is dedicated to critiquing and resisting AI.
powertoolsofai.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
there’s been some awesome submissions already for issue #2 and some really rad artists that have agreed to contribute. i’m looking forward to getting started on it.
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power tools is a newsletter and zine, dedicated to ai critique and resistance. powertoolsofai.com/zine/
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power tools is a newsletter and zine, dedicated to ai critique and resistance. powertoolsofai.com/zine/
thank you to everyone that ordered a physical copy of my first zine issue 🖤
i’ve been working hard to put them all together and i am very close to mailing them out. still have a surprise or two, that i’m working on 👀
i’ve been working hard to put them all together and i am very close to mailing them out. still have a surprise or two, that i’m working on 👀
November 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
thank you to everyone that ordered a physical copy of my first zine issue 🖤
i’ve been working hard to put them all together and i am very close to mailing them out. still have a surprise or two, that i’m working on 👀
i’ve been working hard to put them all together and i am very close to mailing them out. still have a surprise or two, that i’m working on 👀
I started an AI critique zine to push back against the hype. I’m always looking for contributors, for any creatives that want to make some anti-AI art. powertoolsofai.com/zine/
Power Tools: The Zine
This zine is dedicated to critiquing and resisting AI.
powertoolsofai.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I started an AI critique zine to push back against the hype. I’m always looking for contributors, for any creatives that want to make some anti-AI art. powertoolsofai.com/zine/
I hate AI so much, I made a zine about it: powertoolsofai.com/zine/
Power Tools: The Zine
This zine is dedicated to critiquing and resisting AI.
powertoolsofai.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I hate AI so much, I made a zine about it: powertoolsofai.com/zine/
Here’s one more way I said fuck AI…make a zine dedicated to it:
powertoolsofai.com/zine/
powertoolsofai.com/zine/
Power Tools: The Zine
This zine is dedicated to critiquing and resisting AI.
powertoolsofai.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Here’s one more way I said fuck AI…make a zine dedicated to it:
powertoolsofai.com/zine/
powertoolsofai.com/zine/
@smoothdunk2.bsky.social Love this 🤣 I’d love to include this in a future issue of my zine, Power Tools if you’re up for it! Full attribution and link to your site. It’s a free zine dedicated to AI critique. Just launched the first issue today: powertoolsofai.com/zine/
Power Tools: The Zine
This zine is dedicated to critiquing and resisting AI.
powertoolsofai.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
@smoothdunk2.bsky.social Love this 🤣 I’d love to include this in a future issue of my zine, Power Tools if you’re up for it! Full attribution and link to your site. It’s a free zine dedicated to AI critique. Just launched the first issue today: powertoolsofai.com/zine/
every issue will have a free pdf version, as well as an option to pay what you want for a physical copy. each physical copy includes an 8x10 print and anti-ai stickers, while supplies last.
Power Tools: The Zine
This zine is dedicated to critiquing and resisting AI.
powertoolsofai.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
every issue will have a free pdf version, as well as an option to pay what you want for a physical copy. each physical copy includes an 8x10 print and anti-ai stickers, while supplies last.
power tools: the zine is finally available ⚡🪚
it features eight creatives, including photographers, cartoonists, designers, artists and writers. It’s a mix of short stories, poems, essays, and art with critique of AI as the overarching theme.
powertoolsofai.com/zine/
it features eight creatives, including photographers, cartoonists, designers, artists and writers. It’s a mix of short stories, poems, essays, and art with critique of AI as the overarching theme.
powertoolsofai.com/zine/
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
power tools: the zine is finally available ⚡🪚
it features eight creatives, including photographers, cartoonists, designers, artists and writers. It’s a mix of short stories, poems, essays, and art with critique of AI as the overarching theme.
powertoolsofai.com/zine/
it features eight creatives, including photographers, cartoonists, designers, artists and writers. It’s a mix of short stories, poems, essays, and art with critique of AI as the overarching theme.
powertoolsofai.com/zine/
@joshuabenton.com mentioned ya and the atlantic article you wrote on musk’s grandfather in this. just sharing in case you’re interested
October 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
@joshuabenton.com mentioned ya and the atlantic article you wrote on musk’s grandfather in this. just sharing in case you’re interested
October 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
elon musk is an immigrant that hates immigrants, a narcissist disguised as an altruist, a critic who refuses to be criticized, a polluter parading as an environmentalist, a free speech “advocate” who pushes for censorship, a government contract hoarder that criticizes government spending…
October 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
elon musk is an immigrant that hates immigrants, a narcissist disguised as an altruist, a critic who refuses to be criticized, a polluter parading as an environmentalist, a free speech “advocate” who pushes for censorship, a government contract hoarder that criticizes government spending…