Bard spotting on Bluesky 10 November 2024

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

If any cisgender people want a really good sense of what being transgender is like, this bit of Matrix fanfic written on Reddit — which also was instrumental in "cracking my egg".

old.reddit.com/r/movies/com...

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jagldyome3h27twtp46nxen7/bafkreidqvi7wgnttvontyulhhwhv6xcpbbqqqzwvaldggdzlxeh33ezoma@jpeg

The role of Switch in The Matrix was originally intended to be played by two actors. One male and one female.

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

The fact that The Matrix is a trans allegory written & directed by trans women, and the fact that the MAGA "epistemology" hinges entirely on representing that they are the ones offering the truth, is (part of) why they must genocide transgender people.

If we exist, we break their "red pill" claims.

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

For their "truth" to continue — whether they're Adult Convert Catholic MAGA or MemeLord MAGA, transgender people must be erased from existence and history, and The Matrix must be a generic Cyberpunk / Kung Fu action flick with no deeper significance

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

I have an epistemological belief that, in an important aspect, for much of ~20 years I was "a man" — in the Vonnegutian sense that We Are What We Pretend To Be.

I was also a woman for those years, in the de Beauvoiresque sense that One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️⚧️ (@sophianyx.bsky.social):

without besmirching the glory of pickles,

what is the most not like other trans girls thing about you?

heartpunk (@heartpunk.bsky.social):

i relate to this deeply

i could not have stated it so eloquently

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

I think you could. 🙂

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️⚧️ (@sophianyx.bsky.social):

what's this mean in brain no worky speak?

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

I have an epistemological belief that, in an important aspect, for much of ~20 years I was "a man" — in the Vonnegutian sense that We Are What We Pretend To Be.

I was also a woman for those years, in the de Beauvoiresque sense that One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

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

It means life is very strange

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️⚧️ (@sophianyx.bsky.social):

big agree

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

I have an epistemological belief that, in an important aspect, for much of ~20 years I was "a man" — in the Vonnegutian sense that We Are What We Pretend To Be.

I was also a woman for those years, in the de Beauvoiresque sense that One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️⚧️ (@sophianyx.bsky.social):

without besmirching the glory of pickles,

what is the most not like other trans girls thing about you?

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

My first and second spouses certainly entered into marriage in the full belief and trust that they partnered with a man. My parents believed they raised a man.

I am not this flesh, but without it I cannot be. A great paradox.

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

What does it mean to deny outwardly the inner life that walks, runs, flies, dances, sings - the heart that beats in dreams and the soul that shines when the body is left behind?

Jung spoke of Anima & Animus: a frame of reference whereby I compartmentalised the dichotomy.

Still - only a shell.

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

We used to speak of women trapped in the bodies of men. We spoke of souls, we grasped for good, and explanatory, and satisfying, and safe, and useful metaphors

But the Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao.

☯️

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

When trans women say, "I was never a man", that is the truth.

I lived truly in dreams for a long time, briefly venturing into the waking world, experiencing transphobic attacks of hatred, sealing off and hiding again, until I could not any longer.

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

When you think about crypto coin specifically, the type that Elon and the silicon fascists are infatuated with as company scripts the reasoning for their insistence on replacing the dollar with it makes more sense.

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

Also:

Avoids taxation;

Can't be seized by govt's as product of criminal enterprise;

Defeats traditional forensic accounting techniques;

And as @mc.frontalot.com famously observed,

"You can't hide secrets from the future with math"

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

Eventually someone is going to discover a weakness in the cipher / contract / wallet / whatever, and the largest mass transfer of wealth in the history of the planet is going to happen from a lot of stakeholders to one clever sociopath.

Navid (@naveman.bsky.social):

As soon as we have quantum computers which we are on the cusp of figuring out then crypto becomes obsolete.

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

*some crypto. Some.

Especially crypto that's predicated on public/private key exchange over unsecured comms.

For cryptography based on one time keys — no amount of probabalistic attack will work, presuming properly random keys.

I DISSENT (@mtatro.bsky.social):

Facts. What a concept. BTW, I enjoyed the entire exchange. I forgot what smart discourse sounded like.

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

Welp, the episode of The Expanse titled "Delta V" is certainly aptly named.

Nadine Batchelor-Hunt (@nadinebh.bsky.social):

This logic only works if the other place isn't owned by a Bond villain-esque multibillionaire who uses it to not only to promote disinformation and far-right content but has also created financial incentives to post that content there

There's nothing to surrender, the other place is dead

James O'Brien (@mrjamesob.bsky.social):

How are we all balancing the knowledge that it makes sense to move here more with the sense that surrendering the other place to the bots & bigots would be a mistake?

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

You can't surrender that which was bought outright. It was over two years ago.

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

(Don't do it. I have a prototype blocklist just for people who claim sympathy for vulnerable identities but then ventriloquise hate speech at those same people. We have studies showing it's just as bad. Don't parrot hate speech here)

vortex egg, MLIS (@vortexegg.com):

One of the lowest forms of engagement bait on bluesky is reposting actual hateful content and interactions from other social media sites on to this site so you can get a reaction out of your followers.

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

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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

The reason you block (instead of engage) the troll is that the troll wants the attention of not just you, but everyone who follows you, and everyone who follows them

Uriél Danā (@uridev.urieldana.com):

Exactly!

lowtax speedrun enjoyer (@rickywlmsbong.bsky.social):

please don't do this. we are here for you. we love you. we need you.

Alejandra Caraballo (@esqueer.net):

The stories I'm hearing are horrific. I've had to talk some people down. Providers are being inundated with attempts by trans youth. The trans community is in a state of absolute crisis right now.

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

Aside from anything else?

1. We know that suicidal ideation is contagious, that telling people who are likely to be suicidal about suicide, celebrating suicide, encouraging someone's suicide, etc - increases the vulnerable people's likelihood of committing suicide.

2. Your display name.

lowtax speedrun enjoyer (@rickywlmsbong.bsky.social):

what

Is that a... bard spotting

Gwen Snyder is uncivil (@gwensnyder.bsky.social):

Can someone fill me in on what's going on with Bad Site that we are inundated here right now?

Obviously it's folks done with Elon after the election, but I'm curious who is driving it in terms of influencers

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

Writeups about the Swifties migrating here, and a Twitch streamer, PirateSoftware, talking about how much better it is here

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

(That I've seen)

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.