Bard spotting on Bluesky 11 September 2024

Philip Bump (@pbump.com):

So, uh, does Trump know that "strongman" is not a compliment meaning "strong man"? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Column | Does Trump understand that 'strongman' isn't a compliment?

Ms. Penny Oaken (@skywitches.net):

No bet.

Dave Vetter (@davidrvetter.bsky.social):

🚨Breaking: fossil fuel coalition SEA-LNG has announced it is suing Shepard Fairey and Unicode for the creation of a "greenwashing" emoji, which the coalition says constitutes "misinformation" that has harmed the reputation of members such as Shell and TotalEnergies.

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SEA-LNG TO FILE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST SHEPARD FAIREY AND UNICODE FOR "GREENWASHING" EMOJI - SEA-LNG

Ms. Penny Oaken (@skywitches.net):

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Ms. Penny Oaken (@skywitches.net):

There is a report circulating that "Unicode 16 contains a Greenwashing emoji".

The claim is made in an outraged press release, a purported blog post by the Unicode consortium, and what appears to be an article in Wired by Cory Doctorow.

All of these are fakes.

George Dubya (@itisgeorge.bsky.social):

Natural gas providers suing Shepard Fairey and Unicode for "defamatory" greenwashing emoji. Lots of BS in this press release but my favorite bit might be "illuminating for the public the naturalness of liquid natural gas as a marine fuel." CC @kenwhite.bsky.social

sealng.org/2024/09/sea-...

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a close up of a woman 's face with a triangle and a mathematical formula .

Deth Veggie (@dethveggie.bsky.social):

Also the weird brain-twisting phrase "sustainable-adjacent"?!

Soooo... not sustainable, then.

Ms. Penny Oaken (@skywitches.net):

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Fairey pulled a fast one

Ms. Penny Oaken (@skywitches.net):

There is a report circulating that "Unicode 16 contains a Greenwashing emoji".

The claim is made in an outraged press release, a purported blog post by the Unicode consortium, and what appears to be an article in Wired by Cory Doctorow.

All of these are fakes.

Justin Mikulka (@justinmikulka.bsky.social):

I believe this is real.

"For the harm this misinformation has done to the reputations of coalition members Matson, Royal Caribbean Group, Shell and TotalEnergies, we will pursue legal and extra-legal action against Unicode and the artist Shepard Fairey."

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SEA-LNG TO FILE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST SHEPARD FAIREY AND UNICODE FOR "GREENWASHING" EMOJI - SEA-LNG

Ms. Penny Oaken (@skywitches.net):

bsky.app/profile/skyw...

Ms. Penny Oaken (@skywitches.net):

There is a report circulating that "Unicode 16 contains a Greenwashing emoji".

The claim is made in an outraged press release, a purported blog post by the Unicode consortium, and what appears to be an article in Wired by Cory Doctorow.

All of these are fakes.

George Dubya (@itisgeorge.bsky.social):

Natural gas providers suing Shepard Fairey and Unicode for "defamatory" greenwashing emoji. Lots of BS in this press release but my favorite bit might be "illuminating for the public the naturalness of liquid natural gas as a marine fuel." CC @kenwhite.bsky.social

sealng.org/2024/09/sea-...

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a close up of a woman 's face with a triangle and a mathematical formula .

Ms. Penny Oaken (@skywitches.net):

'K, so —

Nothig on unicode.org mentions this particular emoji.

There is no listed codepoint.

Only three sites reference this purported emoji - Fairey's site, a Wired article, and a blog that purports to be the unicodeconsortium but which is just … a blog

Index

Ronald McJagger (childless cat person arc) (@jmshghtwr.bsky.social):

This?

unicodeconsortium.org/2024/09/anno...

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Version 16.0 of the Unicode Standard is now available

Ms. Penny Oaken (@skywitches.net):

SHOW MORE

Ms. Penny Oaken (@skywitches.net):

The entity that gets the "twitter.com" domain in the inevitable bankruptcy / judgement / fire sale will make a killing selling people back their old handles

Which is why twitter is dead. Forever.

videah θΔ (@videah.net):

a Brazilian esports team is letting fans pay to have a bsky handle with the team's domain

potz(er)🏳️⚧️🐉🦝 (@feral-bear.bsky.social):

at work for twenty minutes and i already want to [REDACTED]

Ms. Penny Oaken (@skywitches.net):

But first, surely, you must [DACTED] before [REDACTED]

potz(er)🏳️⚧️🐉🦝 (@feral-bear.bsky.social):

trust me. i've [DACTED] enough as it is. it's time to [REDACTED]

Ms. Penny Oaken (@skywitches.net):

1FACE: Mooooose

Jennifer Daniel (@jenniferdaniel.bsky.social):

As of today, the Unicode Standard has been updated to include 5,185 new characters: seven emoji, 3,995 Egyptian hieroglyphs, seven new scripts, and over 700 symbols from legacy computing environments.

So, what happens next?

jenniferdaniel.substack.com/p/from-unico...

Ms. Penny Oaken (@skywitches.net):

The bare tree is blazoned in heraldry as "blasted and eradicated", fyi

Ms. Penny Oaken (@skywitches.net):

As System of a Down once sang,

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

Ms. Penny Oaken (@skywitches.net):

People keep coming up with more things in the replies, and my score keeps staying at 0

I've transmitted a text over TTY. I've transmitted a text over wire and wireless using Morse.

I think we have to get back to "Never have I ever travelled in a Model T", to get my score up

Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social):

I also got a zero, and also, I recognize that I'm now entering my old man phase, but, um, most of these things are not that old.

Ms. Penny Oaken (@skywitches.net):

Whistled DTMF tones down a POTS line

Still at 0

Xoe Valk (@x03v.bsky.social):

Well. Shit.

0 as well.

jj skolnik (@modernistwitch.bsky.social):

this is all political theater obviously, but i do enjoy a well composed image

Sage 🏳️⚧️🇧🇷🏳️🌈 (@trans.bsky.social):

Trump: "It was the best debate personally I've ever had."

jj skolnik (@modernistwitch.bsky.social):

nobody knows what it's like

to be the bad man

to be the sad man

etc

Ms. Penny Oaken (@skywitches.net):

EXIT EXIT EXIT

EXIT

Staccata 🪄 (@stacy.is.relentlessly.online):

Goddammit where is the progesterone. I refilled it two days ago, where the frick did I put it goddarn adhd

Staccata 🪄 (@stacy.is.relentlessly.online):

No I do not want any sildenafil goddarn brain

Staccata 🪄 (@stacy.is.relentlessly.online):

I have lost an entire months worth of progesterone and if I know anything about my ADHD I am probably holding it in my own goddarn hand right now but it will take three days to find it

Staccata 🪄 (@stacy.is.relentlessly.online):

Omfg I found it and it was right next to where I was sitting when I started this search I swear to God

Staccata 🪄 (@stacy.is.relentlessly.online):

Ok maybe I'll have a little sildenafil as a treat

Staccata 🪄 (@stacy.is.relentlessly.online):

Thank you for coming on this journey with me @skywitches.net

Ms. Penny Oaken (@skywitches.net):

Last week I walked around my whole house trying to find my phone and finally broke down and called it from the house phone and it rang, on my desk, on the charge cable, right where I looked for it first

I know this struggle ^_^

Staccata 🪄 (@stacy.is.relentlessly.online):

🩷🩷🩷

Ms. Penny Oaken (@skywitches.net):

Born to Fly

I chose Joy

✨ loki~ ✨ (@loki.moe):

"at some point something happened to put you on this path"

"i chose joy. now move on."

Stephen C. Rea (@stevierea.bsky.social):

The thing I don't get: where did he get "they're eating the dogs" from? Take it from a guy who literally spent all day crawling multiple social media platforms and trying to identify the origin of this narrative, it's all "ducks and cats" with a coupla geese thrown in

Ms. Penny Oaken (@skywitches.net):

Freudian Slip, too, perhaps.

Chinese people & Korean people, in his day, were the immigrants eating pets, and those were dogs, so he perhaps couldn't move from 1970's racist trope to 2024 racist trope

janny with a mop. janny with a mop.

Granny panties and a dress. Granny panties and a dress.

6 foot 4 and a mugshot. 6 foot 4 and a mugshot.

Child abuse and no job. Child abuse and no job.

Living in mama's sunroom. Living in mama's sunroom.

Giant pale hands and lipstick. Giant pale hands and lipstick.