Bard spotting on Bluesky 04 November 2024

Micah (@rincewind.run):

Steve Rogers is a new deal democrat he would never vote for Trump in a million years

Mark Chadbourn (@chadbourn.bsky.social):

Maybe?

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

Hahaha they put Deadpool on their chart as a voter ahahah

He'd vote — with a triggerpull

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

"Wild Signals", the 'conversation' piece from Close Encounters of the Third Kind, doesn't just sound like an exchange — it's literally a protocol negotiation using a musical conlang, SolReSol, formatted as a modem handshake — complete with a clock signal.

Williams turned a modem scream into music.

jamelle (@jamellebouie.net):

if you have disney+ i highly recommend the documentary/retrospective on john williams. just a nice, pleasant thing to watch. and you'll remember that williams basically created the soundtrack to modern hollywood

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

The famous sequence, ''Si-Do-La Laaa Miii''?

"Si-Do-La" is (''Progress, Progressive'') in SolReSol & time-doubled "La" (time-doubled to disambiguate it as the standalone word) would be the Present Participle, time-doubled "Mi" indicating Future. Progress-Now-Future - "Go Ahead".

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

This might be dismissed as coincidence, except Williams has the mothership respond to that invitation with "FaSol" — which is "Here" in SolReSol. Contextually and ontologically appropriate. It then uses "SolSolSolSol" — which means (in context), "HERE".

They're negotiating time & bandwidth domains.

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

He wrote this in production in 1976 & 1977,

BEFORE THE FIRST MODEM FOR HOME COMPUTERS HIT THE MARKET

Modem handshakes were not by any means cultural touchstones and common knowledge at the time.

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

For clarity —

Joyce Carol Oates goes on the blocklists.

No one accepts the word of a Russian goverment mouthpiece affirming their priors, without priors to affirm

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

Anyways. I'm going to watch The Expanse and dream of [spoilers]

Jacob Harris (@harrisj.bsky.social):

Awesome jumpsuits?

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

Take away their opportunity to pivot to being The Cool Rebels

They're not The Loyal Opposition

They're not the Conscientious Objectors

They're not the Brave Truth Speakers

They've lost the plot.

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

There's another reason I think this -

The manic hardcore Nazis-in-all-but-name aspect of their movement is collectively a "large number" but relatively a small fraction, and they gain power thru an illusion of being a majority, of being lent credence and import.

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

There's another reason I think this -

The manic hardcore Nazis-in-all-but-name aspect of their movement is collectively a "large number" but relatively a small fraction, and they gain power thru an illusion of being a majority, of being lent credence and import.

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

I'm going to call, here, for a third option

"Compassion" ❌

"Crush Them" ❌

Grey Rock Them ☑️

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

There's hundreds of thousands of them nationwide, millions of them even, worldwide.

But they are the weirdo (derogatory) minority who were shunned and only found solidarity in their antisocial antics in frat hazing rituals & Something Awful forums, insulated from social consequences.

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

That's the power of calling Vance a weirdo (derogatory) couchfricker. Because that's what he is, what he surrounds himself with. That's the social dynamic he and Trump and Epstein enjoyed, insulated by money, power, privilege, darkness, and acts of bullying.

Pennywise the Clowns

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

I'm going to call, here, for a third option

"Compassion" ❌

"Crush Them" ❌

Grey Rock Them ☑️

Faine Greenwood (@faineg.bsky.social):

I also firmly believe that we need to crush these people's spirits into blood and earth, not be nice to the amoral supporters of an aspirational gore-soaked dictator

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

These frickheads have been employing a Karpman Drama Triangle psychodynamic, forever and a day.

They will treat Compassion as them being the Victim, us as their Rescuers, and will continue the samsaric cycle of the Karpman Drama Triangle.

Crush Them — they will play Victim, casting us as Oppressors

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

We must break the cycle that centers them, and their narrative, and their desires, as the most important element in American political life.

We cannot afford to plan to do things Because Of Them (short of, y'know, prosecuting actual crime)

They need the Block

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

This is succinctly put in the Buddhist tradition of the True Friend

The friend who flushes the cigarettes & booze, and makes you go to therapy to get invited to the parties

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

I'm absolutely not kidding when I tell you that for the hardcore Trumpers, they are both addicted to being the Victims in a mythic narrative of the strongman Rescuer, and scripturally conditioned to reject callouts, reality checks, and interventions.

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

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

We will find out that Trump / Epstein know (knew) where all the salamis were hidden, and that the graph of that knowledge closely correlates to the graph of media personalities and execs that defend him to absurd lengths

That's my prediction. Blackmails exposed galore

mxhrad (@mxhrad.bsky.social):

So, we find out Trump was Epstein's best friend and banged the wives of his friends and crickets in the media?

(@1toughguy2.bsky.social):

Probably without shame, tried to make them signed NDA's, just a despicable a-hole.

Faine Greenwood (@faineg.bsky.social):

Looks like they got him before he could launch the drone, but a nasty piece of work.

Dell Cameron 🦇 (@dell.bsky.social):

A white supremacist tried to take out Nashville's power grid using a drone carrying a bomb, FBI says.

www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-a...

Robert Szasz 𓅆 (@rszasz.bsky.social):

I mean, as I understand, it was an FBI op to get the guy. So actual risks were low.

Robert Szasz 𓅆 (@rszasz.bsky.social):

Waiting till he powered on the drone and armed the "device" (almost certainly totally inert) makes for an easy conviction

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

Easy indictment, easy conviction. He did everything.

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

Years ago, /r/AgainstHateSubreddits was approached and asked to formally adopt the IHRA definition on antisemitism as our official working definition of antisemitism. We read and analysed the definition and came to the conclusion that it was submarining uncritical support of the state of Israel.

Rachel Gilmore (@rachelgilmore.bsky.social):

🚨NEW: Canada's new guide to combatting antisemitism poses "great risks" to all Canadians who advocate for international human rights, progressive Jewish organizations are warning.

It's all thanks to an IHRA Definition that keeps being instrumentalized.

@eladn.bsky.social helps me break this down:

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

It is simply because the IHRA definition has an explicit example, "… claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavour", as a stipulated antisemitic speech act.

This aspect alone of the otherwise-balanced & thorough definition is absolute carte blanche against Arabs.

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

This was long before the October 7 incident and the following actions taken by Israel with the overwhelming appearance of genocide targeting Arab Palestinians.

Institutions that commit to the IHRA definition commit to supporting Israel even if they commit genocide.

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

There are many (MANY) antisemitic views which package their antisemitism in the claim that Israel is a racist endeavour.

That doesn't mean that racist endeavours undertaken by Israel targeting Arabs are to be given carte blanche

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

OK. Fun Compare / Contrast.

I was playing around with patching and as I noodled on the keyboard on this patch, I had two Ah-Ha moments

Both of these are the exact same patch

First: The Iconic Bass line of Collective Soul's Shine played back thru a synth patch on Thor Polysonic Synth

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

The lead synth from Thomas Dolby's She Blinded Me With Science, played back thru the same synth patch

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

Collective Soul's obviously wasn't done on a synth, and this is a bit more triangle/square wave (maybe too much comb drive) as the distorted sound they got, but it's close.

And then octaves up — She Blinded Me With Science

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

I don't know that it's a definite thing, but I'd like to think it's a sound designer / sound engineer / musician easter egg, a hidden reference to another work.

juniper 🏳️⚧️ (@blahaj.rodeo):

does anyone have favorite ipad apps that they like? got one from a friend for surgery recovery and i'm trying to get it set up now

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

Figure - make goody little musical beats. I am pretty sure it's free

juniper 🏳️⚧️ (@blahaj.rodeo):

oh that sounds fun! checking it out, thanks!

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

After dinner I have a neat compare/contrast

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

ISTFG a Trump ad just narrated "… taxes was lower …"

"WERE"

THE CONJUGATION IS "WERE"

Streetwise, the Cville Safety Cat (@averysafecat.bsky.social):

Deleted a jerky post, I apologize. (It was jerky towards his followers.)

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

We'll pretend it never happened

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

The Squirrel Thing is a mix of Throw Everything And See What Sticks and an end-run appeal to Think Of The Children (because pets are proxy children)

Sammie ⛈️💖 (@sammie.gay):

Hi I'm Sammie and I am very into Yuri manga, the emergency alert system, queer history, and early 00s rhythm games

Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) (@nora.zone):

okay, time for a prompt post to distract us all from the horrors. quote this post with your areas of expertise, interest, hyperfixation and/or obsession and invite your audience to ask you questions about them.

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

Hi Sammie! I live in the shadow of the KRLD towers, 1080AM, which is the Primary Entry Point for EAS for much of North Texas and S. Oklahoma. Everything in this neighbourhood is on a dedicated power distribution, with only one provider, the city itself - B/C of KRLD's national security importance

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

I live in the one of the few neighbourhoods in Texas NOT subject to outages b/c of Texas' power grid failures

Sammie ⛈️💖 (@sammie.gay):

Oh we're actually pretty close! You might be able to answer a question for ME tho! Does living near a PEP come with more rigorous/frequent testing?

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

I don't think so - testing of reception equipment is pretty standardised, because of the square cube law, it would only be stressful of reception equipment if it were less than a kilometer from the radio tower. Which my childhood school and home were. The signal bled to everything with a diode

Sammie ⛈️💖 (@sammie.gay):

Oh my god I can imagine. Just everything in your house emitting a low hum constantly!!

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

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Ray (@sireviscerate.bsky.social):

I test blood and body fluids in a hospital lab. You probably don't want to know the answer to any questions you have.

Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) (@nora.zone):

okay, time for a prompt post to distract us all from the horrors. quote this post with your areas of expertise, interest, hyperfixation and/or obsession and invite your audience to ask you questions about them.

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

How much trouble would someone be in if they sent samples thru the vacuum tube delivery system

Ray (@sireviscerate.bsky.social):

They send us samples through the tube system all day long. It works very well for most things. Difficult to collect specimens like spinal fluid have to be walked down, just in case the tube system goes down.

Sly (@slywolfy.bsky.social):

Model trains

Old school RuneScape

Nuclear energy

Guns (especially history and designs)

History in the realm of mid 19th to early 20th century

Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) (@nora.zone):

okay, time for a prompt post to distract us all from the horrors. quote this post with your areas of expertise, interest, hyperfixation and/or obsession and invite your audience to ask you questions about them.

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

What is the biggest hurdle to widespread nuclear energy generation adoption?

Sly (@slywolfy.bsky.social):

I think by far just public opinion which thankfully seems to be changing for the better. We have all the tech already for safe reactors, safe material storage, waste reprocessing, etc and all the construction needed is doable. It's just getting people to want it to happen.

AkivaMCohen (@akivamcohen.bsky.social):

"it's not an illegal lottery because we are committing fraud"

Joshua J. Friedman (@joshuajfriedman.com):

Elon Musk's pro-Trump group does not choose the winners of its $1 million-a-day giveaway to registered voters at random, but instead picks people who would be good spokespeople for its agenda, a lawyer for the billionaire said on Monday

AkivaMCohen (@akivamcohen.bsky.social):

Seriously, they expressly described these as "randomly selected"

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

And then put forward the … assertion … that there is a distinction under the law between "randomly selected" and "chance"

I want to be in the gallery for the Court's response to that

Andy of Maps (@andysmaps.bsky.social):

I would give a lot to be a fly on the wall of judge's chambers, bet that's where the really spicy language comes out.

the final pearl (@pearlsnapped.bsky.social):

you're telling me a hetero doxed this thinker??

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

Kkkkkk

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

Bay bay

Whay don yhu chom ho fer

Rett wayn su purrr noverh

Fawlin intuh meehee

Her Royal Majesty, Kristin I (@hrm-kristin-i.bsky.social):

It's fricking wild the shit Starfleet gives the holodeck computer access to

potz(er)🏳️⚧️🐉🦝 (@potzer.xyz):

not to mention the ability to create your own programs! you can't tell me that picard hasn't gone in there, used his captain's access to lock the door behind him and then booted up his "Mistress Crusher" protocol

Her Royal Majesty, Kristin I (@hrm-kristin-i.bsky.social):

I'd hope Picard isn't a Barkley

potz(er)🏳️⚧️🐉🦝 (@potzer.xyz):

we've all got a little Barkley in us, no?

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

Woof

potz(er)🏳️⚧️🐉🦝 (@potzer.xyz):

👀

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

Gober argued there's a difference between "random" and "by chance"

I feel it is more likely he simply made a baseless, flat contradiction instead of an actual argument

Joshua J. Friedman (@joshuajfriedman.com):

Musk's argument: it's not a lottery, it's a hiring process!

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

Siri, what is an "Abstract", what are "keywords"

Ben Litherland (@benlitherland.bsky.social):

Well I'm sure this won't negatively impact the idea of scholarship as a shared collective endeavour to better understand the world.

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

Down at the One Trick Pony Club

Seth Cotlar (@sethcotlar.bsky.social):

On Election Day 2012, 12 years ago, Trump falsely claimed that Obama lost the popular vote, said the Electoral College was "phoney," and called for a "revolution" based on his untrue assessment of the election results.

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

someone tell me to get up and get in the shower please i can't do it in my own

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

The shower would love to kiss your skin and run down your perfect breasts, run its fingers thru your hair and get wet with you

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

Good morning sweet

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.