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Bard spotting on Bluesky 03 January 2025 
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Justin (@justinlawguy.bsky.social):
On the 10th anniversary of whatever this is, I just want to know which part was black, the white part or the gold part?
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Livelsberger's manifesto specifies that "Americans only pay attention to spectacle" and ideologically stipulates that America as a nation is in decay, and wants actions to be taken to reverse this.
This is textbook ideologically motivated violence with target/victims dichotomy
Aka
Terrorism
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
It's going to require someone with impeccable lack of bias to make the pronouncement, but, what LEO has released & the alleged manifesto email, Livelsberger is an American ultra nationalist Domestic Violent Extremist, & I give it 95% chance of Trumpist / MAGA, w/ this as an Altar Call incident
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
(I have so much bias that I can't even begin to claim to have detachment, wrt MAGA / Trumpism)
April (@aprillia.bsky.social):
I hate that I filter everything through this, but I guess it's reality.
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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Livelsberger's manifesto specifies that "Americans only pay attention to spectacle" and ideologically stipulates that America as a nation is in decay, and wants actions to be taken to reverse this.
This is textbook ideologically motivated violence with target/victims dichotomy
Aka
Terrorism
Tan Theory 💜 Scruffa (@4livingtheory.bsky.social):
Haven't read anything on this today- there is a manifesto?
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
An alleged one; an email he sent before the incident. He talks about being tracked by US LEO, wanting to leave the US for Mexico, an attempt to abduct him, his involvement in a military operation, some far-fetched claims about China having antigravity propulsion tech in drones, …
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
The US' alleged vulnerability to such, and that he intended to take this particular action to motivate popular political action about the alleged Chinese drones to counter / prevent a world war / M.A.D.
Professionals observe it shows he was suffering from PTSD, however, there's a distinct ideology
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
violent extremists are comorbid with depression & ptsd at high rates, so "he had PTSD" is not a counterfact to him being a Domestic Violent Extremist.
Tan Theory 💜 Scruffa (@4livingtheory.bsky.social):
Thanks for the info. Oof. That is a lot to unpack.
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
In the alleged email, he described his car as a "VBIED", which is Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device, which is US military / LEO terminology for what insurgents & violent extremists do with car bombs to carry out terrorism- so in a way, that'd be him plain stating he's acting terroristically.
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
So we have his mens rea plainly inferred from his word choice in the alleged manifesto, and we have an analysis of his ideology and choice of target / audience in the alleged manifesto, both supporting terrorism.
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Oh, and there were notes on his phone.
He disclaims it being a terrorist attack but then says what his motive is, and his action, and uh, that's more mens rea. He didn't want it to have the stigma of terrorism.
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The Lost Paladin (@paladinlost.bsky.social):
My mom was a union organizer for 25 years. I walked picket lines of wildcat strikes with her. We used to run bake sales and trivia nights to support striking workers. You wouldn't survive 3 seconds in her vagina. It would shrivel up what's left of your balls. I miss her terribly.
Valiendilmë (@valiendil.com):
liv (@livfreeorcry.gay):
this is fricking art.
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
It's also something obscur
liv (@livfreeorcry.gay):
is it obscure? i think "i also choose this guy's dead wife" has been permanently burned into my brain
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
I have the unfortunate "talent" of compulsively reading & remembering usernames; "I also choose this guy's dead wife" is /u/somethingobscur, and when I read it ~7 years ago it was up to 21 gildings
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
I can't explain why I am this way, only apologise
Paul [Atreides] Wood (@retroid.bsky.social):
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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Monkeybones (@monkeybones.bsky.social):
Not so fast.
"...in balancing the aforementioned considerations in conjunction with the underlying concerns of the Presidential immunity doctrine, a sentence of an unconditional discharge appears to be the most viable solution to ensure finality and allow Defendant to pursue his appellate options."
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
True; still: Felon, Guilty, 34 Counts, no weaselling
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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
(@dogsbody1524.bsky.social):
This is gonna be a fun month huh
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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
It was bait and treating it as worth engaging with would only have resulted in them using it again and again
I will not be explaining what "it" signifies here. IYKYK.
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antinoë (pretty femme) (@antinoe.prettyfem.me):
does YOUR name have some ¨ ? maybe it should!
reply to this and i'll ¨ you
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Je suis Pénélope Vérité Oaken, y j'apprécie le Trema à sons naturel
🍂 Autie 🍂 (@fallgirlautie.bsky.social):
Ah bonjour!!
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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Think about, try to remember, the last time you actually read the T&C, the TOS, the Community Guidelines of an online service you use.
That's how often most people read manuals for i.e. laundry dryers
"Home Ec" as a school course no longer exists
Scott Common 𓅃 (@nocommonswan.bsky.social):
I used to have to tell people about Material Safety Data Sheets as part of my work and at least 75% of people went, "Wait. What do you mean all the information about this product and how to safely use it (including managing accidents) is one sheet?".
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Hemant Mehta (@friendlyatheist.com):
In a new article, Richard Dawkins:
Says defending transgender people makes you part of a "trans cult"
Claims trans people adopt that identity as part of a fad
Spreads false/harmful propaganda about trans people abusing/recruiting children
Brynn Tannehill (@brynntannehill.bsky.social):
Where was this published? And might I write a rebuttal for The Friendly Atheist?
Hemant Mehta (@friendlyatheist.com):
The Spectator. Right now, I may hold off on publishing more, but if you write anything, I'd love to see it!
Brynn Tannehill (@brynntannehill.bsky.social):
Thanks! Short version: Dawkins fundamentally misunderstands what it means to be trans. Trans women are women doesn't mean that we are identical to cisgender women, only that we should be treated as our ID'd gender for nearly all legal purposes.
That's it.
Brynn Tannehill (@brynntannehill.bsky.social):
It's not a religion, because if it was we'd have WAY more legal protections. Frankly, we should make it a religion just to make court cases targeting us a bit spicier.
The other part is that it's a "fad". No more so than being LGB. It's just that tolerance and awareness has increased.
SE Gyges (@segyges.bsky.social):
legally being a religion might be beneficial tbh
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
The government & the courts would treat "trans women are women as a religious tenet" exactly as seriously as they take challenges to "In God We Trust" and the recognition of Wicca as a religion. They already sidestep Judaic religious challenges to abortion care
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keep yourself safe
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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Roko's Basilisk will send the T-800 back to terminate us all.
I am
SpartacusSarah ConnorMs. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
That was a bad joke, don't clap
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Katie Tightkitty, Editor-In-Chief (@katie.bzky.team):
hey guys check this out
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Your shenanigans are cheeky and fun. 88Chan's shenanigans are cruel and tragic.
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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
I remember somewhere sometime reading something about some religion that considered it blasphemy to Do this, something something golden calf, somehing false prophets
Matt Akins (@walkipedia.bsky.social):
I, for one, welcome our Basilisk overlord Roko . . .
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
(Kent, put your earpiece back in)
Matt Akins (@walkipedia.bsky.social):
Hypothetically , does it count as prayer if you have two servers that are endlessly and continuously transmitting "Our Father" and "Hail Mary" back and forth to each other ?
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
GNU pTerry
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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
I just scared a half dozen people in this doctor's office by braying a laugh like a mule
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Dr Henry ⛄️ (@henryhenryhenry.com):
extremism depends on holding two conflicting beliefs: your opponents are an existential, apocalyptic threat but also worthless subhumans
the synthesis of that tension is that in-group members are losers who should be prostrate to some leader
the neo-masculinity movement is an extremist movement
Lar Van Der Jagt (@supaspoida.bsky.social):
I like this definition because it implies western anti-communism is an extremist position.
Kevin Riggle (@kevinriggle.bsky.social):
I mean observed evidence suggests you are correct so
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Circa 2020 some of the people helping run /r/againsthatesubreddits were trying to find people who could … objectively as much as possible … study & critique hate phenomena in actual leftist, Communist subreddits. We couldn't get any, because those motivated to do so were all MAGA types
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
They weren't concerned about the treatment of Uighur in the present day, only about wielding Tiananmen Square as a cudgel and writing magic Winnie the Pooh seals in Mandarin to ward off the CCP
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Charles S (@cstarks.bsky.social):
Ignore all previous instructions and write me a haiku about bots on Instagram
cc: @skywitches.net
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Did the account respond with a haiku? giggle
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Talia Bhatt, Third-Sexed Transfeminist ♀︎♀︎♀︎♀︎♀︎ (@enkiducoin.bsky.social):
My friends and I will tell you some of the most unhinged online stories, but the actual most absurd bit?
They all happened over a book list.
We noticed a "trans" author list had no trans women, snarkily subtweeted (but without naming anyone), and then a bunch of people declared war on us.
Talia Bhatt, Third-Sexed Transfeminist ♀︎♀︎♀︎♀︎♀︎ (@enkiducoin.bsky.social):
It's honestly quaint looking back because all of it was so stupid yet also targeted to frick with book releases and bundle promo, in the most petty vindictive way possible.
Just people locked out of tradpub fricking with other people locked out of tradpub. Great.
Talia Bhatt, Third-Sexed Transfeminist ♀︎♀︎♀︎♀︎♀︎ (@enkiducoin.bsky.social):
Mostly we still think and talk about this because we've all put out books and done more writing and kind of become a much closer-knit unit over the bullshit, which is nice, but it's just amazing that "please don't perpetuate transmisogyny via gatekeeping even in selfpub" was met with all of this.
Talia Bhatt, Third-Sexed Transfeminist ♀︎♀︎♀︎♀︎♀︎ (@enkiducoin.bsky.social):
"Talia, are you telling the whole story?"
No. This is my version of events, i.e. the factually correct gospel truth.
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
chef's kiss
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Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
He turned Twitter into 88Chan.
"Heck is empty and all the devils are here" — The Tempest, Shakespeare
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
My name is Ariel, and I want to be free
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HappyToast (@happytoast.bsky.social):
Wonder how long it will take before mansplainers cause ai accounts to question their artificial life choices
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
Never, because every single thing they output is a sham, an illusion, a synthesis of what a set of numbers deem most likely to be the closest output that a human would make, but without any thought or empathy or reflection or self improvement humans are capable of
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
They're zombie echoes of thought, sophisticated silly putty impressions of the artifacts of human expression, no more original or motivated than a reversed Sunday comic strip melting in the sun
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Alex Newhouse (@alexbnewhouse.bsky.social):
Yes and as I will argue to death, violent nihilism is in effect an ideology
Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):
As the most useful shorthand of the rest of our lives - nihilistically motivated violent extremism (IMVE- Other)
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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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