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Bard spotting on Bluesky 29 December 2024 
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Kathryn Brightbill (@kebrightbill.bsky.social):
I'm like 95% convinced that most of the content posted on /r/TwoXChromosomes that makes it to the front page of reddit is conservative propaganda wrapped in the language of feminism, and it just keeps getting more blatant over time
Kathryn Brightbill (@kebrightbill.bsky.social):
There's so many takes that make it to reddit's front page about how modesty is empowering, or anything but very specific types of s*x are just cowtools of the patriarchy that no woman could actually want, or that s*x scenes in movies are oppressing women and antifeminist that are being hugely upmarseyd.
Kathryn Brightbill (@kebrightbill.bsky.social):
And that's before going into how the modest clothing subs on reddit have this weird thing about how it's impossible to find modest clothing and therefore you need to buy from websites run by fundamentalists of various religions, as if that's the only place to find a maxi skirt or crew neck top.
Kathryn Brightbill (@kebrightbill.bsky.social):
One of the biggest modest fashion subs is now at the point where they've radicalized each other from, "it's impossible to find long skirts," all the way to being burqa-curious, in an interfaith, multicultural kind of way over the course of the few years I've been following it.
Kathryn Brightbill (@kebrightbill.bsky.social):
Something like three years ago, the worst thing in that particular sub was that a bunch of posters were buying Amish and Mennonite prayer caps without bothering to understand the religious meaning, now there's posters talking about a niqab showing too much skin and covering their eyes with chiffon.
Kathryn Brightbill (@kebrightbill.bsky.social):
To be clear, it's not the clothes that are the issue, per se, because all of those garments have both cultural and religious meanings that should be respected, but radicalizing each other into appropriating a grab bag of religious clothing under the belief that it's feminist to do so is troubling.
Kathryn Brightbill (@kebrightbill.bsky.social):
It's like /r/TwoXChromosomes and similar subs are increasingly being used as the introductory point of a radicalization path that's selling women on the idea that playing at being a tradwife who doesn't let any inch of their body be seen by a man that's not their husband is the truest feminism.
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Slow Frog Boil forum culture sliding is something propagandists will use, and general forums are the most susceptible to it. Volunteer mods have no needle showing vote manipulation, nor a breakdown of new membership demographics
Kathryn Brightbill (@kebrightbill.bsky.social):
Yeah, and there's definitely propagandists weaponizing existing forum culture that acts like everyone's perspectives are equally valid as long as they say the right feminist language
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I don't have enough spoons to read this shit
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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Found the post I made commemorating the first (imposter) account for Loomer.
If only they'd listen
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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
It is absolutely a bad idea.
Reddit's automoderator has a feature that counts reports on an item (post or comment), and can be instructed to then take an action on the item. A lot of moderators wrote rules to have automod remove the reported item. Trolls figured that out immediately.
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
These were subreddits with small mod teams who thought they were protecting their communities. They found out they were handing control of their subreddit to anyone with $15 to spend on bots
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Drew Harwell (@drewharwell.com):
Hmm (from /r/conservative)
Project Azar (@projectazar.com):
The great irony being that /r/conservative (at least when I was still in reddit) was possibly the most censored subreddit behind only askhistorians.
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
AskHistorians is curated, and tells people up-front, prominently, "This subreddit is for citation-and-expert-opinion supported answers from professional historians".
/r/Conservative, however, purports to be open, but bans for saying i.e. "snake oil isn't medicine, it's malpractice"
Project Azar (@projectazar.com):
I was mostly going for a bit, but fair enough. That said, I've almost never been able to pull useful information from that sub due to the curation wiping so many threads.
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Drew Harwell (@drewharwell.com):
Hmm (from /r/conservative)
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Which is hilarious in its hypocrisy — /r/conservative is perpetually in Country Club mode, and bans people for any disagreement with their dogma
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Erin Biba (@erinbiba.bsky.social):
It's not a coincidence that Loomer is here immediately after getting demonetized on Twitter. She needs to generate our outrage and ire so she can use us for revenue sources. Don't help her make money by engaging her.
(@gyrogeerloose.bsky.social):
Can't find the account to block her.
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-SUSPENDEDDDDD
(@gyrogeerloose.bsky.social):
That was quick.
Thanks, Blue Sky staff!
Rokudamia2 (@rokudamia2.bsky.social):
I don't think it was the staff. I think she might have been auto suspended due to her account being constantly reported.
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
May it stick until well after BSky T&S are back from year-end vacay
Rokudamia2 (@rokudamia2.bsky.social):
Oh, I didn't know they were on vacation. Makes sense considering it's still a small team.
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Erin Biba (@erinbiba.bsky.social):
It's not a coincidence that Loomer is here immediately after getting demonetized on Twitter. She needs to generate our outrage and ire so she can use us for revenue sources. Don't help her make money by engaging her.
Mary Beth (@mbs77.bsky.social):
Didn't we already mass block her? Guess I have to do it again 🙃
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
That was an impersonator.
Mary Beth (@mbs77.bsky.social):
Gonna block em all 😎😂
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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
It's weird listening to Americans cover Rock Me Amadeus, now, because they invariably trill the wrong R's
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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
All accounts following Loomer will be added to my Hate Enablers blocklist. No exceptions.
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
The list
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Have been adding Singal's followers & the followers of a smattering of accounts claiming to be notable hate personalities
Choke 'em out
Scrappy (@scrappyaf.bsky.social):
Thanks, your lists are super helpful.
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Tashai 🔞🏳️⚧️ (@tashai95.bsky.social):
The majority of this list is just bot accounts
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Oh god I'm sorry, the list is like 13,000 entries. I hope you automated your analysis
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
And uh, since the vast majority of the list is from Singal and Babylon Bee, it does make sense that most are bot accounts
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Anne (@anneb.bsky.social):
Ok, to be blunt: @captnamy.bsky.social and I have moved out of Florida as of today. 2 days after the US election, we decided. Florida is already unsafe for us and the elected legislature has a conservative supermajority and a republican governor who wants to be cutting edge. This means even more 1/4
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Thank goodness. I'm glad you're getting to safe(r) skies
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Just Jasmyn (@justjasmyn.bsky.social):
How did I end up on a list called "confirmed transphobes"? 😂 I have never had a problem with a trans person in my life. The "confirmed" is what gets me.
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Seems like a troll.
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Comfortably Numb (@numb.comfortab.ly):
New scam crypto bot wave, this website really made it.
They artificially hyperinflate their likes and reposts, so they will dominate the feeds that depend on those, gaming the system.
Mute these words, and report and block if you encounter these.
Katie Tightkitty, Editor-In-Chief (@katie.bzky.team):
[mysterious old lady flips over a tarot card revealing a website which looks exactly like bluesky filled with crypto bots and resistance libs]
me: is that good
Cerise Pomme 🏳️⚧️🎀 (@cerise-pomme.bsky.social):
Moments later, the card bursts into flame and the faint sound of screaming can barely be heard through the silence.
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
fanning and sucking on my fingertips ow ow ow ow ow they said they'd do it in post ow ow ow
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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
I already cancelled NetFlix early this year because they just weren't offering anything I wanted to watch (that I hadn't already); If I'd heard they were having AI write stuff, I'd have cancelled on that alone.
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LeAnne, who is not high in this photo (@ennael.bsky.social):
Talia Lavin is responsible for enabling Christofascism?! This is a very suspicious accusation
Please look into this account as a rightwing troll, @brainnotonyet.bsky.social @skywitches.net @skysentry.bsky.social
BBB Forever (@buildbackbetterer.bsky.social):
Anyone who went out of their way to promote mediocre white male populist blowhardsC and condemned accomplished women leaders, helped enable Christofascism. If she can't see that then she has no business discussing the topic
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Are you interested in building things or are you interested in shouting at people in a hostile manner, with an axe to grind? People who will block you for being hostile and rude?
If a hostile approach isn't persuading people, maybe try a different approach.
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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
I'm 6'3" barefoot. There is no such thing as a "standard counter height" in any building code or architect's imagination that comes close to accommodating the intense lower back pain created by bending over a sink to scrub dishes.
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
if you go on tours of Revolutionary era American buildings, they all have counters the same height as our current standard counters but doorknobs like a foot lower. BECAUSE THEY BUILT THEM APPROPRIATELY FOR BEING SHORT.
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NPR (@npr.org):
People feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype after years and billions of dollars were spent on painstaking preparation.
Zoyx (@zoyx.bsky.social):
It wasn't a joke. The reason nothing happened is because everyone took it seriously, and fixed their code.
The Shadow 🇺🇦 (@the-shadow-5.bsky.social):
Fixed code AND upgraded equipment.
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Goddess, I wish. There was a lot of code revision & auditing in my company but zero budget for equipment upgrades. In February 2000 the corporation got sold, which explained why they wouldn't upgrade our ancient hardware
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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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