Technology Blows
banner
techblows.bsky.social
Technology Blows
@techblows.bsky.social
A techno-pessimist podcast by @danslimmon.bsky.social: https://techblows.net
Episode 16: "Horizon World's: Mark Zuckerberg's Legless VR Utopia" is ouuuut. It's part 1 of our first 3-parter! Suit up, jack in, and Zuck out

techblows.net/16

#technologyblows #virtualreality #vr #meta #vrgaming #podcast
February 11, 2026 at 5:57 PM
No new episode tomorrow (😢) but next week, we start our first 3-parter (😃), which is mostly talking shit about Mark Zuckerberg (🤡). High five! #technologyblows #meta #horizonworlds #vr
February 3, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Perk yourself up with Technology Blows Episode 15, on Keurig! We explore:

– How Keurig was born out of antisocial office culture and a deep ambivalence for quality
– How digital rights management disrupted the beverage industry
– and much more! techblows.net/15

#technologyblows #coffee #keurig
January 28, 2026 at 5:08 PM
January 24, 2026 at 3:02 AM
On the other hand, it never hurts. Birds are sus
January 22, 2026 at 6:07 PM
I think this is just a Safari Reader formatting hiccup, but it's equally likely that Europe has been renamed, "Opinion Europe"
January 22, 2026 at 6:01 PM
OUT TODAY: Cookies: How Ad Platforms Steal Your Mind (Part 2)! Dive into the mind-boggling infrastructure that Google et al have built to do reprehensible things with your data, like sell it to ICE techblows.net/14 #privacy #browsers #webprivacy #advertising #podcast
January 21, 2026 at 4:59 PM
techblows.net/13 Episode 13: Cookies: How Ad Platforms Steal Your Mind (Part 1)

The web didn't have to be this way. Friend-of-the-pod CJ Horton joins us for a look at cookies: the completely reasonable web protocol that became host to the parasitic ad industry. #privacy #cookies #browsers #podcast
January 14, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Kalshi: is it "the first federally regulated prediction market," or just a shittier FanDuel? Friend-of-the-pod Jeff Bonhag joins me to find out!

Web: techblows.net/12
Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ioqj...

#fintech #kalshi #predictionmarkets #technologyblows
January 7, 2026 at 5:20 PM
– Hey boss, for that article about how our robots are friendly digital teammates and definitely not dystopian oppression machines?
– Definitely the one where the robot is looming over a busy employee, poised to instantly vaporize him if he steals anything
January 3, 2026 at 12:45 AM
At one point they show footage labeled "[AI] Red Cross Victim Finder" that is clearly footage from a missile drone in the Middle East (there's even an explosion)
January 2, 2026 at 3:12 PM
✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧ Visual Aids ✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧ ICYMI, Technology Blows is your new favorite YouTube channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=chmF... #technology #podcast #technologyblows #youtube
January 2, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Technology Blows Episode 11 is out! "Scantron: the Little Green Sheet that Destroyed Education." Find out how Scantron uses infrared light to transmute your #2 pencil marks into college rejection letters

#technology #podcast #technologyblows #testing #education
December 31, 2025 at 9:42 PM
oh no oh fuck i'm gonna have to listen to this
December 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
oh no oh fuck i'm gonna have to listen to this
December 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
How does Shazam steal your butthole? Listen to the full episode to find out: techblows.net/10 / www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b3p... #technologyblows #podcast #iphone #shazam
December 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
You wouldn't Shazam… an AD! Catch part 2 of our extremely fun Shazam episode, featuring @rachelkiel.bsky.social, right now.

Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b3p...

Web & mobile: techblows.net/10

#podcast #shazam #technology #tech #software #iphone #music #technologyblows
December 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
really looking forward to reading lots of sentences like this for the next fucking week
December 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Episode 9 techblows.net/9 is the first of a 2-parter on Shazam! The massive data analytics platform that occasionally tells you the names of songs. Find out how Shazam turns all your most beloved music into ones and zeroes

#technology #music #iphone #podcast #technologyblows
December 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Are we not even making the AIs watch the movies anymore
December 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
It looks like you're trying to listen to a podcast. Would you like some help with that? On episode 8, find out why Microsoft ditched the idea of Clippy ever shutting the fuck up techblows.net/8

#technology #microsoft #msoffice #podcast
December 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It's extremely funny that RFC 2964, the IETF's Best Current Practice on the use of cookies, lists exactly 2 things you shouldn't do with cookies, and they are literally the 2 most common things we do with cookies #security #networking #browsers
December 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Technology Blows: Episode 7: Washing Machines. techblows.net/7 Learn:

- What fluid the ancient Romans used instead of detergent
- What your washing machine's onboard computer is for
- Why washing machines have gotten so much more efficient in the last half century

#technology #smarthome #podcast
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This week, we wrap up our 2-parter on Jira! (Part 1: techblows.net/5; Part 2: techblows.net/6) Hear about:

- The Atlassian founders' matching $100M houses
- How Jira turns its own failures into more sales
- Jira's special way of alienating us from our creativity and initiative
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
For research, I'm spending a week with this image staring at me from my 2nd monitor and it's day 2 and I'm already feeling distinctly uneasy. Oh no
November 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM