Bard spotting on Bluesky 02 November 2024

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

It's not perfect, but it is a decent approach to the right sound. The Smiths' How Soon is Now's chugging guitars and picked melody. (Clip does not contain Vreeeooowm)

🏳️⚧️Valkyrie Eleison (@anitmata.bsky.social):

Er. What app is this? It looks like loads of fun

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

It's Thor Polysonic Synthesizer — it was withdrawn from the Apple App Store a few years back, but the plugin still exists for the Reason DAW.

It heavily recreates the experience of patching on a MOOG.

The melody is a MIDI file being piped in to it

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

It's not perfect, but it is a decent approach to the right sound. The Smiths' How Soon is Now's chugging guitars and picked melody. (Clip does not contain Vreeeooowm)

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

And a specialty patch I'm calling "Line Printer". Gold star to whomever can work out what melody this is supposed to be.

Phil Christman (@philipchristman.bsky.social):

This is the thing! I have always been relatively bearish about how this particular election will go, but how on earth do we de-Nazify this country, how do I de-Nazify some of the people I love

Gillian Branstetter (@gbbranstetter.bsky.social):

On despair @polgreen.bsky.social

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

Just print out "Donald Trump's Pick to Lead the Department of Health wanted to ban fluoride toothpaste and vaccines. Your move." on business cards and every time they veer into Fox News ranting, hand them a card

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

I|lIllI|

Sage 🏳️⚧️💀 (@trans.bsky.social):

if i don't make the i lowercase, people might think it is an l

Dave Karpf (@davekarpf.bsky.social):

If Trump loses Tuesday, I am unlocking my Twitter account and getting it suspended the honorable way.

BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL (@edsbs.bsky.social):

rare sincere tweet: if that piece of fricking shit loses on Tuesday I'm gonna get thrown off every social media platform there is and it'll be worth it

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

O7

Sarah, survived US Outpost #31 (@imsarahnow.bsky.social):

Could someone tell me to stop watching YouTube and go take a shower, please?

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

Showers are friends

Sarah, survived US Outpost #31 (@imsarahnow.bsky.social):

Thank you, Ms Penny ❤️

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.bsky.social):

Tim Walz: "How great is gonna be just not to see him on TV anymore?"

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

I have never felt so emotionally resonant with a politician as I have with Walz when he said that.

I cannot wait to never have to read or see anything about him other than "… handed a [month/year] sentence for [crime]"

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

Truly, Trump & RFK Jr are targeting Reddit moderators for persecution with banning Mountain Dew and Doritos

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

But seriously - if they're trying to banhammer nitrosamines, they'll wind up banning both kimchi and beef jerky

Kiraculous the Cyborg🏳️⚧️ (@kiraculous.net):

oh yeah it's headache time baby!

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

🫂

Quiet and dark and soothe

Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social):

Elon just tweeted about me and it's been pretty mild so far? Didn't even know for ten minutes. Is he juiceless?

Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social):

What is the most benign thing I can tweet so his ballboys look extra unhinged when they brigade the tweet? I was thinking "I like sandwiches."

Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social):

Guys he is thoroughly juiceless. This shit would've previously upended my life, now nobody cares. Kamala is going to win.

Sean Wardwell (@wardwellian.bsky.social):

Elon had juice?

KWierso (@kwierso.bsky.social):

The appearance of juice

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

It's surprising how swiftly $44 billion in juice just … dried up

CJ 🏳️🌈🤘 (@nemobluecrj.bsky.social):

My jaw hit the floor while reading this because while there are some kinda murky theories about how constitutional requirements apply to folks like SCOTUS Justices, this is arguably its clearest instruction: you CANNOT take a European title of nobility and be an officeholder in the US.

Joe Patrice (@joepatrice.bsky.social):

The Constitution makes ONE simple demand of officeholders. Like instructing Adam & Eve to lay off the fruit, the Framers said, "you may want a fancy European title but the nation's integrity demands you refuse." Alito just ignored the Constitution's command.

ann dante (@artie.gay):

I hate to be that b-word, especially when it makes Alito look even worse, but a knighthood almost always isn't a title of nobility (I can't quite work out what system this knighthood is supposed to be under, but I think it's the French)

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

It's a Catholic religious order.

It's exactly as aristocratic and noble as title as "Knight of Columbus".

ann dante (@artie.gay):

Okay, definitely not a title of nobility then

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

"This book reads like stereo instructions" — Adam Maitland, commenting on The Handbook For The Recently Deceased

Joshua J. Friedman (@joshuajfriedman.com):

The Georgia GOP sued Fulton County (Atlanta+) last night for keeping some election offices open this weekend to accept hand-returned absentee ballots. They claimed this was illegal, though it clearly isn't, and the case has already been tossed. Video of today's hearing below! (h/t Stephen Fowler)

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Fulton County Elections Hearing

Joshua J. Friedman (@joshuajfriedman.com):

Judge Kevin Farmer, in introductory remarks about the court's YouTube feed: "I'm not going to ask you to hit the subscribe and like button."

Joshua J. Friedman (@joshuajfriedman.com):

DNC / GA Dem Party lawyer introduces himself and says at a convenient moment he's going to want to move to intervene.

Judge: "OK, well, I hope everybody's appropriately caffeinated this fine Saturday morning."

Joshua J. Friedman (@joshuajfriedman.com):

Uhhh, the judge says he would like to put it on the record that the GA GOP attorney texted him last night—and copied an attorney who has represented Fulton County in previous election disputes—and that the judge didn't respond to those texts

Noel French (@noelfrench.bsky.social):

Oh man I gotta know what those texts said

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

I'm sure they'll be in the DoJ filings

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

Astounding, being a transphobic vestigial government organ turns you into your own wax mannequin, just incredible what medical science is doing these days

Unofficial Guardian (World) Bot (@guardian-world-rss.bsky.social):

King and Prince William's estates 'making millions from charities and public services'

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

A year ago, what regularly got a lot of likes across the network was candid photos of well endowed men — well, OK, men with A Certain Aesthetic

Bara Bara Bara Bara Rockin' Everywhere (on What's Hot)

Samuel (@samuel.bsky.team):

unfortunately what gets the more likes across the whole network is well endowed anime women, so that's how it gets into people's feeds

potz(er)🏳️⚧️🐉🦝 (@potzer.xyz):

i just got ditched for a card game at the terf's house if you were wondering how my morning is going

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

🫂

Rob DenBleyker (@robdenbleyker.com):

reminder that if we all stop paying attention to Nate Silver he will stop existing

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

I, too, enjoy not thinking about the elephants

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

My perennial reminder:

Any pundit, writer, commentor, etc who use the phrase "Identity Politics" are in fact bigots hiding their bigotry behind a bad faith whitewash rhetorical dodge.

These people believe that i.e. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's politics were "Identity Politics"

Blake Emerson (@blakeprof.bsky.social):

What.

WildGorillaMan (@wildgorillaman.bsky.social):

Few things I love more than telling MRAs they're wrapped up in victimhood, grievance, and identity politics

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

Oh they e x p l o d e. Just go off the rails.

WildGorillaMan (@wildgorillaman.bsky.social):

Classic sign of low-T. They should talk to their doctor

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

My perennial reminder:

Any pundit, writer, commentor, etc who use the phrase "Identity Politics" are in fact bigots hiding their bigotry behind a bad faith whitewash rhetorical dodge.

These people believe that i.e. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's politics were "Identity Politics"

Blake Emerson (@blakeprof.bsky.social):

What.

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

"Identity Politics" is their salonfahige term for the same things Christopher Rufo decries as Critical Race Theory & Diversity, Equity, Inclusion.

It is a tell that the speaker believes that there are two identities: Cishet White Christian Male, and "Political"

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

"Us" and "Them"

there are plenty of loudly selfloathing people (Gender Crits, as an example) who use it to mean "Us «normal» folks who are / ought to be exempt from hatred & oppression based on identity, VS Those Freaks Whose Identity Is Dangerous"

and all I can say about them is: They Exhaust Me

Totally Innocent Hand Gesture Hat (@kenwhite.bsky.social):

It's just super revealing to me how agitated the Trumpists are getting about this. It's a tell.

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.bsky.social):

Trump: "Can you imagine a wife not telling a husband who she's voting for? Did you ever hear anything like that? Even if you had a horrible -- if you had a bad relationship, you're gonna tell your husband."

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

May It Be The Final Straw

Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) (@brainnotonyet.bsky.social):

Its really too bad that people didn't listen to the researchers and experts when people like @brooklynmarie.bsky.social myself and others started writing about the fact we are facing an international fascist counter revolution against post enlightenment society and thought not just democracy.

Dave Vetter (@davidrvetter.bsky.social):

In Britain, Tufton Street is synonymous with right-wing, libertarian lobby groups. All these groups are members of the Atlas Network, an international consortium of organizations funded by the fossil fuel, arms and tobacco industries.

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

My story of

How I Wound Up Battling Hate Groups On Reddit

started as

Tracking Down Climate Change Disinfo on Reddit

and it's because the same people pushing and funding RW hate speech are the same people funding and pushing climate change disinfo

Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) (@brainnotonyet.bsky.social):

yeah, in my story, kind of starts with studying the misinformation state and surveillance state in the lead up to and just after Putin took power and just like what you found out it's all the same people

potz(er)🏳️⚧️🐉🦝 (@potzer.xyz):

my arm hurts

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

😘 for your arm

potz(er)🏳️⚧️🐉🦝 (@potzer.xyz):

🥰

I am certain you do not wish to argue that several years ago you assaulted me at Tanglewood Forest. Several of your fellow company members have chased me and thwapped me with Amtgard -legal boffer weapons on Company Road while I was making announcements on behalf of Kingdom Officers.