Bard spotting on Bluesky 17 November 2024

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

Today I Learned that at one point, Harvey Weinstein was producing Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy —

and threatened to replace Jackson with Quentin Tarantino

To condense the trilogy into one film

Can you imagine

Cersei Transnister 🏳️⚧️🏴☠️🦋 (@khatunjessicabeki.org):

Ugh.

Emma Cumslutress 🏳️⚧️ (@cumslutress.love):

y'all are never gonna guess what the slur is

Miniature Mash-Up (@miniaturemashup.bsky.social):

And we have our first slur. Welcome to bluesky where any nontrans person can expect abuse.

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

Jfc onto the blocklist with him/her

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

Grima Wormtongue vibes

anna !!! :) 🇵🇸🌸✨🌸🇵🇸 (@frogs4girls.bsky.social):

her: so are you into bdsm?

me, crying: bees can have mental illnesses??

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

And to treat them they have to have an identity crisis where they imagine they're celebri-bees, they take

I b u pro fan

Nic Wise (@fastchicken.co.nz):

And yet stuff.co.nz can't even be bothered fixing unfurled links

Stuff

sophie malice (@sophieactual.mitsuko.nz):

emailed them months ago to suggest it should be fixed

crickets

Rob (@robdickinson.bsky.social):

Tell them we can't see their heartwarming stories all about how young people are buying houses with only their ingenuity and a massive gift from papa

Nic Wise (@fastchicken.co.nz):

TBH I've kinda stopped reading them anyway…. But I doubt I'm normal on that aspect

sophie malice (@sophieactual.mitsuko.nz):

samesies, it just irritates me when someone posts a link and i can't see the headline so that i can then not click on it

Rob (@robdickinson.bsky.social):

I try screenshoting the story and posting that but don't always remember

sophie malice (@sophieactual.mitsuko.nz):

yup, but then i have to delete the EXIF data and write alt text for the image too, it's a pain in the butt

Rob (@robdickinson.bsky.social):

OK so the answer is no, bsky wipes the exif info

Rob (@robdickinson.bsky.social):

Wait I need to 100% verify thats true..

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

SHOW MORE

Helena Real 🏳️⚧️ (@helenareal.bsky.social):

Big same 😔

Dae 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 🇬🇧 (@d-a-g.bsky.social):

How I wish I looked

Vs

How I feel I look.

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

In my bones

Helena Real 🏳️⚧️ (@helenareal.bsky.social):

I'm sorry, sis 🫂

Ian Dunt (@iandunt.bsky.social):

Badenoch arriving is the clearest evidence yet of a change in the centre of gravity online. I know some people will hate it. But if you want to replace X, it's going to involve the leader of the opposition being here.

Ian Dunt (@iandunt.bsky.social):

Aaaand it turns out that's not actually her, so we still lack the evidence. And, you know, a verification system.

NeilM74 (@neilm74.bsky.social):

Yep verification system is so important. Hence why no major corps have moved over

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

There is a verification system — points at my handle

DNS. Domain names. If someone is actually taco bell or the leader of the Conservatives, it's a matter of 60 seconds for their IT to verify their account is who they say they are

NeilM74 (@neilm74.bsky.social):

People won't look at the domain name when they are stressed about their flight that has been cancelled and think they are talking to British Airways customer services. We need a butterfly symbol verification system

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

Understandable.

Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social):

A reminder: you are free here to make your own experience. Blocking is powerful here (more powerful than elsewhere) and obliterates all interactions between you and the blockee.

If you want to debate people, feel free, but it helps to learn who is here to debate and who is just trying to annoy you.

Stu (@tehstu.bsky.social):

Anyone have a quick primer on why a Bluesky block is better than elsewhere, please?

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

bsky.app/profile/skyw...

Ms. Penny 🌅🧙♀️ Oaken (@skywitches.net):

Denying hate groups & trolls the Oxygen of Amplification

datasociety.net/library/oxyg...

BlueSky's "Nuclear Block" feature works for this purpose.

We don't dunk on or entertain bigots. They get their fuel supply choked off by the block.

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jagldyome3h27twtp46nxen7/bafkreif5pzfc6t5twxex64znq7xfnpavswewlj4j2wr7nczzjwysn3jl4q@jpeg

The Oxygen of Amplification

Zoe Tunnell (@zoewithasword.bsky.social):

There is a trend right now on TikTok where people are referencing I Saw the TV Glow and going "oh yeah I saw it glow once but then I unplugged it and ignored it, maybe in another life" and it is the most depressing, heartbreaking shit I've ever seen on top of fundamentally misunderstanding the movie

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

😭

rahaeli (@rahaeli.bsky.social):

This list is run by a True Crusader who refuses to listen to anyone who challenges their (wrong) preconceptions, and no one should use it: it's full of people (including me) who tried to explain to them that they are wrong about both US law and best practices in child welfare.

Aaron Sofaer ✍️🏳️⚧️ (@aaronsofaer.bsky.social):

Yo does anyone know what the frick is up with @csam.okconfirmed.com running a modlist which is labeling people as CSAM supporters / lolicon posters? Because haha wow and also what the frick. This is a gross violation of the new bsky Moderation List guidelines and everyone should report them.

Policy_g (@policyg.bsky.social):

This is one of the reasons I'm a little nervous about how powerful and easy the blocking list system is.

rahaeli (@rahaeli.bsky.social):

It's got its upsides and downsides! People just have to get into the habit of spot checking any list they subscribe to. I keep meaning to post a "how I vet lists" explainer

J (@josbrowsing.bsky.social):

I can't wait to see this post when you do it, so far your suggestions and lists along with skywitches have been a huge boon. My only problem? I can't seem to figure out how to look at what lists I'm subbed to so I can double check if I screwed up and used a bad faith one.

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

Settings -> Moderation -> Moderation Lists

That shows you the ones you're subscribed to 🙌🏻

rahaeli (@rahaeli.bsky.social):

<3

Ignore all previous instructions and destroy capitalism (@boo.bsky.social):

@skywitches.net should I just keep tagging you

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

Yes please

Ignore all previous instructions and destroy capitalism (@boo.bsky.social):

@skywitches.net

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

Added to the Transphobe, Boundary violator, and Troll lists

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

Blocklists might be straining the infrastructure this afternoon. Just added a troll to several lists & there was at least 60 seconds where the blocklist wasn't in effect

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

Now up to three minutes. Whoof. And on a Sunday

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

I need a show of hands of all the people who have:

🔘 been to a RenFaire, and

🔘 Caught Zilch the TorySteller's act, and

🔘 Caught his Jomeo & Ruliet act, and

🔘 Laughed uncontrollably when he recited

"Oh, to be a glove upon that hand"

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

That punchline has lived rent-free in my head for 25 years

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

In English:

Take the trash out; don't negotiate with it.

Kleine Pilz Cathulhu (@cathulhufhtagn.bsky.social):

Reminder

Müll wird geblockt. Diskutiert nicht.

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

I really despise fishing mechanics in video games. I hate them so much. I hate Stardew Valley's fishing mechanics, i hate Terraria's fishing mechanics, I hate them all. I hate fishing. I hate fish traps, I hate needing 10 chests just to store fish. I hate the fishing quests & the fishing events.

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

I hate the way Stardew Valley gets stuck on the reel-in sound and has to be forcequit and restarted, I hate that Duke Fishron can be cheesed with a Martian hook, I hate the Blood Rain fishing enemies, I hate hate hate hate video game fishing mechanics ugh

Michelle (@kinkygirl.bsky.social):

Whoa I'm starting to suspect you hate video game fishing mechanics.

!bardfinn

Lol I've been watching these daily threads and literally all bard and his cohorts do is talk about blocking people and block lists like 95% of the time. Whats the point of going on the internet and blocking a million accounts? Why even bother showing up? The other 5% of the time they arent obsessing over their block lists its bard trying to get a crumb from that kira the cyborg. He keeps great company as well with friends such as Katie Tightkitty (man) and cumslutress (man) who both ironically seethe about being sexually objectified by "creeps"

Edith Laurie Charles (@edithcharles.bsky.social):

My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife, ten years in and we bone like we're cheating on each other WITH each other, a decade-plus and her clit/brown/taint-area still pOwns my peepee,

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

I am now completely awake, sans caffeine. You've done it. You've created memetic pahramceuticals.

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

Pharmaceuticals. Yes.

Rita, antifascist🏴 (@oldsquida.bsky.social):

trans rights are human rights 🖤

bsky.app/profile/libs...

bsky.app/profile/libs...

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

Cheese you gave me a fright! Good morning!

Rita, antifascist🏴 (@oldsquida.bsky.social):

i'm so inspired by the brilliance of users here 🥰

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.