Bard spotting on Bluesky 08 February 2025

Kathryn Salamander 🦎 (@transsalamander.bsky.social):

Block that b-word, block that b-word, block that b-word.

The fissure is just there now, let's not drag out the inevitable. Sometimes intra-community discourse can't be mended, and that's okay, but frick just be faster with that block button please.

"Cautiously Optimistic" Garak Tailor (@comfortingmoo.online):

A whole lot of people have been blocking me that dont make sense to me? Im guessing something happened and someone I liked a skeet from once out of context is involved or something. I swear I only see 10% of the entire skyline.

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

Knowing the context isn't any better. It didn't have to happen.

"Cautiously Optimistic" Garak Tailor (@comfortingmoo.online):

sigh i just want everyone to have a good time and survive.

Rev. Jesus "H" Christ, KSC (@reverendjesus.com):

The best part is that he famously DOES NOT DRINK ALCOHOL

Dave Infante (@dinfontay.com):

the mid-shelf whiskey sector is reaching previously uncharted levels of divorced

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

I prefer my whiskey Scottish and telling Trump to feck off

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

Found it

www.theguardian.com/world/2012/d...

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jagldyome3h27twtp46nxen7/bafkreia64lruab5e3wgiue7t6dxhbv44seb7tr4kjpx75tpm74esdtisgi@jpeg

Donald Trump's Scottish love affair on the rocks after whisky award slight

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

I think that in the future we are going to have to make it absolutely & fundamentally clear to our elected representatives that if they aren't willing to get arrested in the due course of their duties by an illegally overreaching executive, on camera, they're not the right person for the job

Joe Dunman (@joedunman.bsky.social):

Look, people in Congress didn't run for office to be brave. They ran to do insider trading and party with billionaires. Pretty unfair of you to start demanding courage.

Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️🌈 (@chimeracoder.bsky.social):

While this comparison is actually too generous to Facebook (see my reply for why), even as presented here is appalling how clearly our legal system applies a double standard to corporations and billionaires vs. progressive activists fighting for justice.

Mushtaq Bilal, PhD (@mushtaqbilalphd.bsky.social):

Meta illegaly downloaded 80+ terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train their AI models.

In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.

Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️🌈 (@chimeracoder.bsky.social):

Aaron Swartz is often incorrectly remembered for "illegally downloading JSTOR papers", but all he did was use a university network that was INTENTIONALLY freely accessible. Furthermore, he did not distribute the papers, nor is there evidence that he ever intended to.

bsky.app/profile/chim...

Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️🌈 (@chimeracoder.bsky.social):

This comparison is too fair to Facebook. Not only did Swartz not actually do anything with any of the data (he literally only downloaded it), but he also did so from a computer network that was both open to the public and specifically authorized to access that data without authentication, by design.

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

there is no evidence that he ever intended to

Rebuttal — web.archive.org/web/20130116...

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