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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
@geoffgarin.bsky.social welcome to BlueSky. I want to point out some useful features of the service — the ability to control who can respond to your posts and who can quote your posts. These counter & prevent dogpiles.
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
I've limited this thread so that only you can reply to it.
I'm doing this because you seem to need these options right now, and for another reason:
I and my transgender siblings need you to stop sucking the oxygen out of the room.
All of us, our lives are at stake.
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
You are responding to several blocked posts by telling them they don't know what they're talking about.
We lead lives where we have to read more scientific literature than Ph.D. candidates just to fight to get a base standard of lifesaving medical care.
And now we are in a firing line.
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Your tone, your responses to people here may or may not be justified to the individual messages, but they're not helping.
You should reflect on what you can do to help.
And telling those of us who have been targeted for a decade by violent extremism, that we know nothing —
Not helping.
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Thanks for listening and welcome to the resistance.
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Chad Loder (@chadloder.bsky.social):
Y'all really need to stop blaming Putin for American white supremacy, it's embarrassing
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Gonna be real with ya, hoss — sumb-word deserves that albatross more'n anyone else apart from his real boy Trump
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
If there's an afterlife, let his heart carry that weighted sin on the scales
Henry Kissinger stan account 🇵🇸😷 (@riv3th3ad.bsky.social):
You know it's actually possible to think "Putin is a bigoted right wing capitalist" without that thought simultaneously absolving the 🇺🇸 from a single nanosecond of reflection for the misery it produces domestically and abroad 24/7 and that this was the entire point of the OP?
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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
I haven't listed Stewartson at this time because my block lists are predicated on a Behaviour On Platform (BOP) model -
But you all don't need a reason to block / blocklist.
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
(And yes, "BOP" is the actual acronym. The irony is not lost on me.)
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Cooper Lund (@cooperlund.bsky.social):
There's a bunch of guys who keep registering new accounts to try to make me mad, which seems like a huge waste of time because I'm nobody? That's just spending a bunch of time to scream at someone your friend knew in high school, really weird behavior.
Cooper Lund (@cooperlund.bsky.social):
Like, there's a guy who just registers new accounts to call me and my wife bald and there's gotta be something better to do with your time
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
That's the thing with sociopaths / trolls — they have nothing better, and no skills to find anything better.
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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
If you've never watched The Expanse, I cannot recommend it highly enough
Halfway through season 2, it goes hard
JBone Creations (@jbonecreations.bsky.social):
It's now my "comfort food" show. I put it on whenever I'm working on an art project, even though I shouldn't because I stop and get hooked on watching it again. I'm obsessed, lol.
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
It's pretttttty good,
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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
BlueSky has user-defined feeds, which can be simple or complex.
One of the more useful feeds is the Quiet Posters feed - helps people keep up with the infrequent posters who might otherwise be lost in the volume of posts.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social):
I said on the podcast yesterday that I don't think "disinformation" had that big an impact on the election. What did was a huge portion of the populace just ignoring all news because there's just too much, and it's too much work to figure out what's legit. This seems to agree...
Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social):
A lot of people responding to this and I should clarify (may write up something bigger later). 1. Yes the point of disinfo is to flood the zone with shit and that absolutely has turned off many people to learning the truth.
Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social):
2. Yes, lots of Trump voters believe absolute nonsense peddled to them by Fox, Sinclair, and others. But if we're looking at the marginal voters who really decide the election, I'm not seeing evidence they "fell" for anything. It looks like they just didn't like the price of groceries.
Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social):
So yes the large failed media ecosystem matters. A lot. I'm just saying that the response to this has to be different than "fight the disinfo" with fact checks and stuff.
Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social):
Too many people yelling at me about things I am not saying here. I'll say that's on me but I'm in no mood to argue so I'm muting this thread and will not look at further responses.
Kate Starbird (@katestarbird.bsky.social):
If someone could fix THIS problem with social media, we'd all appreciate it. (Problem = people who give the least generous read of a 300 character post, get mad and/or nasty, and then twist it to fit their pet argument.)
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Unfortunately this is part of human nature & is why we have attorneys & courts, to resolve differences of view.
Which is to say, there's a solution and it's not a tech solution
Abyssal Doomrock (@deathbymeteor.bsky.social):
But it's hard to jam screwdrivers into millions or billions of noggins to try and unlock some common sense (plus it's really really messy)
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This is one of the worst posts I have EVER seen. Delete it.
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Daniel Malmer (@malmer.com):
People have reportedly doxxed Nick Fuentes and these are the Google Maps reviews of his house.
Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) (@brainnotonyet.bsky.social):
It's been pretty wild watching this. Go down in real time over on the other site. I don't know if these men really understand what they've gotten themselves into.
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Given how many times they've contributed to harassment of antifascists and antiracists and antimisogynists over the years, gloated at murders and murder attempts prompted by doxxing —
They know
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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
I have to admit, I'm pretty stoked that Nicky Fuentes is experiencing karma.
I got him and his groypers booted off Reddit before there was a Sitewide Rule against Hate — simply because they are violent White Identity Extremists, terrorists.
FA, Nickypoo — the equal & opposite reaction to AF
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jamelle (@jamellebouie.net):
put this kid on cnn
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
So, uh, Noah is here on BlueSky
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Emily St. James (@emilystjams.bsky.social):
The slow trickle of MAGA folks over here underscores how much their experience of online is entirely dependent on people getting mad at them. It also underscores how even they, given the option, would rather not hang out with themselves either.
Emily St. James (@emilystjams.bsky.social):
I assure you don't need to reply to this or quote it to tell people that Bluesky has great blocking cowtools. The point has been made 700 times.
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Respectfully, counterpoint:
xkcd.com/1053/
Emily St. James (@emilystjams.bsky.social):
I mean, all of the replies are literally right there beneath the post. It's not like they're hidden.
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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Trump has made the US Govt into a Three Ring Circus
Reminy (@reminy.bsky.social):
By "hustle," Jamelle must mean the short con.
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jamelle (@jamellebouie.net):
the trump campaign was literally bought and paid for by the wealthiest people on the planet — openly! — and dim-witted pundits are going on about how voters are tired of "elitist democrats"
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net):
a critical number of non-college educated voters have responded to the precarity of the modern economic order by embracing values of entrepreneurism and individual "hustle" that trump reflects back to them in an outsized, entertaining and ultimately compelling way.
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net):
because the democratic party is no longer grounded in any particular set of movements or any kind of discrete community, it missed this development and does not have a way to respond to it. there is no democratic story to tell here.
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net):
but this problem is completely distinct from "democrats are elitists." what this problem is that democrats are speaking the language of a politics and political order that no longer exists. most republicans are doing the same, for that matter.
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net):
trump's unique advantage is that he literally comes out of — and to some extent helped build — the cultural environment that has produced the stories that these voters find compelling.
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net):
in addition, by virtue of having a kind of blue collar affect himself, trump's very presence enhances the esteem of identities that are associated with hard work and americanism. supporting trump can then become a way to enhance your own sense of status or even to assimilate into the mainstream.
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net):
the challenge is building out an alternative cultural story that connects prosperity to solidarity and democracy. that convinces people that you can be a success without climbing over others. i don't know where that will come from! i think it is something that you'll ultimately have to find.
mistymeanorhavuk (@mistymeanorhavuk.bsky.social):
one side convinced their voters that politics is a zero sum game. not sure how you counter that
Mike G (@mikegin713.bsky.social):
A few years of swimming in piss usually does the trick.
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
The burned hand is the best teacher.
The difficulty is they're going to fuel the fire with people.
Originalist as SCOTUS (@originalist.bsky.social):
Difficult to fight for them and always be demonized by them
"Every day I marvel at what the billionaires and FOX News pulled off. They got working whites to hate the very people that want them to have more pay, clean air, water, free healthcare and power to fight back against big banks & big corps.
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That's great and all, but I asked for my burger without cheese.
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Kill The Butcher (@killthebutcher.bsky.social):
Sometimes I make beeps and boops. #moog #korg #synth
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Killer WHAAAaaa
Kill The Butcher (@killthebutcher.bsky.social):
🫨🫨🫨
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Ascended Poster of the Ancient Wisdom (@morte.bsky.social):
for reference i was always a hardware only guy. i used to do repairs on vintage synths and i also owned a few (namely a Roland Juno-60)
does anybody have experience with just using a MIDI keyboard and various software synths?
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
The people I talk to, are split between "I captured the MIDI performance and will now pipe it thru my synth patch / DAW" vs "Hardware for live performance b/c 5-9 ms+ latency over USB / 20 ms+ on a wireless connexion"
clive henry (@clivehenry.bsky.social):
decrepit analogue synths are the way forward, ha; i have an old (1981) Italian synth that's pretty much different every time i turn it on
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Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social):
I said on the podcast yesterday that I don't think "disinformation" had that big an impact on the election. What did was a huge portion of the populace just ignoring all news because there's just too much, and it's too much work to figure out what's legit. This seems to agree...
The Media and Democracy Project (@mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social):
But that's the point of disinformation.
Pawel Popiel (@ppopiel.bsky.social):
I think that's the point of a collapsing news media business model rather than disinformation. Obviously voters believed a lot of false claims, but the readiness to believe them is likely more of a crisis of institutional trust (and anti-elite sentiment) than disinformation.
Brooke (@brooklynmarie.bsky.social):
That's part of a disinformation attack, though, you see
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Deceive / Overwhelm. Con artist tactics. It's not best that the mark believe a lie; it's best that the mark give up on finding the truth.
KP (@philly66.bsky.social):
👆 This. These con artists know the majority of people are inherently lazy and don't want to take the time to do their research.
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✨𝓟𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓮𝓬𝓽✨ (@temptingcate.dev):
outside the place having one last cigarette (i hope to quit those too). love y'all 😽🫱💞
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
See you on the flip!
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The Right Podcast (@therightpodcast.bsky.social):
Trump folks celebrating on Reddit
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Brb gonna go run some searches, as 2/3rds of those are Sitewide Rule Violations
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Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social):
That's why they pay her the big bucks -- she'll gladly say the things no one with a functioning hippocampus has the courage to say.
Enemy Within Hat (@kenwhite.bsky.social):
Look Kevin sometimes you need someone who will say the things other people are too honest or smart to say
Aunt Sassy (@otternonsense.bsky.social):
Is Bari still stuck in 2017? The last time she was relevant?
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
She has $$$$$$$, and is therefore relevant to people who equate $$$$$$$ with highscore
Aunt Sassy (@otternonsense.bsky.social):
Is that right? I really don't know that much about her background.
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Her substack (I believe it's substack) is one of the highest earners on the platform.
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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Ladies and Gentlemen, tonight on The Muppet Show, Kermit's Nieces and Nephews sing George Michael's Freedom!
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Dominique Ramsey 𓆣🍉 (@euqinimodart.bsky.social):
Medicine commercials casually advertised to us that if you had chicken pox the shingles virus is already inside of you
Dominique Ramsey 𓆣🍉 (@euqinimodart.bsky.social):
Turns out, that is factual information and the virus is called Varicella Zoster
Yoshi Yoshitani working on Oracle Deck (@yoshiyoshitani.bsky.social):
Yeah it lives in your spine?? Wild stuff
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Lying dormant in nerves
Waiting
For immune system lapses
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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Decided to name this morning's synth patch "Stringfellow" because it sounds great playing the synth bass & lead from the Airwolf theme song
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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Potential new PFP. Not sure I want to go that route tho
Kamen Rider ViOwOlet (@erviolet.bsky.social):
Do it
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Katie Tightkitty (@juicysteak117.gay):
does anyone know if these are normal things to say about a woman online for critiquing leftist infighting? actually, for any reason at all?
Katie Tightkitty (@juicysteak117.gay):
there is leaded misogyny in some of y'all's brains. you are bad people!!!
Katie Tightkitty (@juicysteak117.gay):
can't decide if the worst part is the degendering r*pe death wish or if it's the illiteracy. "stake" this is why we need to fund public education
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Suspect the mis-spelling was an attempt at avoiding name search
As if you weren't the highest follower account on here not named Taylor Swift
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Signpost Poetry (@signpostpoetry.bsky.social):
One for the blocks, friends
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Thrown onto the blocklists
Airwolf! (@airwolf.bsky.social):
How do those work?
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
on the list page, you click / tap Subscribe, then Block Accounts, and you're good to go
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Or the screenshots I linked if you want to make your own list. (Whoops!)
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(@la-crystal.bsky.social):
which list? I can't even find the account via search!
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
bsky.app/profile/did:...
It's possible you're subscribed to another list that already nabbed the guy - blocked accounts on lists don't surface in searches ^_^
(@la-crystal.bsky.social):
Thank you!
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Airwolf! (@airwolf.bsky.social):
This is great. Thanks!
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
I was wondering what to name the synth patch I've been working on. Fits perfectly. Please enjoy!
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sina (@rejectionking.bsky.social):
is jurassic park (film) considered a horror movie?
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
I'll say Yes, because of the kitchen scene specifically
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rahaeli (@rahaeli.bsky.social):
Emma is really not kidding, I am vaguely convinced the architect is a fae trying to harvest human "disconcerted and uneasy" emotions
rahaeli (@rahaeli.bsky.social):
Either that or the architect is a wizard who is protecting the house against the consequences of climate change but the problem is people find the runes for it extremely disconcerting and that's the best he could do with it
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Arrrr the ship be listin' to port, cap'n
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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Party game
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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Especially not Smart People
Smart people are the easiest to fool, because they've been told their whole lives the conman's opening line, "I Trust You To See True"
Question everything, especially what you're confident about
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
When I was at University I became enchanted with Taoism, which teaches humility and to pursue beginner's mind and that the confident are foolish
I wish I'd understood it better then. I was certain I'd grasped it. Hah. No teacher like the burned hand.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams: Like TSCC s03 John Connor, But Better (@wolvendamien.bsky.social):
I'm not a Christian, and haven't been one for a long time, but i've always found these words and what they're supposed to mean to be the fundamental core of Christianity, even over and above the Sermon on the Mount, and I truly don't understand people who miss this.
TugrimReaper (@tugrim.bsky.social):
Wild thought: do some see the right and left in these passages and think that's the same right and left talked about in politics?
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Yes, and there's also an interpretation of this parable that holds that the hungry are hungry for the gospel, the thirsty are thirsty for the blood of Christ, the sick are sick of spirit, the unhoused are those without the church … etc etc etc
Dr. Damien P. Williams: Like TSCC s03 John Connor, But Better (@wolvendamien.bsky.social):
… yeah, interpretationalism and literalism are just so Conveniently located and deployed in the evangelical tradition, aren't they?
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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
I've already maxed out my escalation quota on Reddit for the morning on just "Repeal 19th"
The usual suspects- /r/conspiracy & MRA subreddits
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Cooperstreaming ♿️ (@cooperstreaming.bsky.social):
Remember that mass blocking is your most powerful tool for silencing the Nazis & trolls flooding into this place like rats from a sinking ship.
Start with this guy, @brainsodomy.bsky.social then use the mass blocking cowtools to block MAGA accounts as they pop up.
Do not engage, just destroy.
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Thrown onto my blocklists.
Cooperstreaming ♿️ (@cooperstreaming.bsky.social):
I love how easy it is to share this information and use the algorithms to keep these people away from us.
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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.
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