Banned by Twitter for cursing out politicians (#ricardoharvin), then for sliding back in under an alias (#notsarahpackard) months later. I'm here now, for now at least.
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#fedi22 #Politics #Tech #Movies #Emotions #NSFW #Herpes (you too) 5 times vaxxed/boosted, still masking. No conservatives, centrists, libertarians, etc. I'm trying to be kind, but my love-filled soul is also filled with rage #WokeAF Avi: Cute selfie Header: Sombrero galaxy
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Last Notes npub14ngrgfdzgar4e7vul0ghv3rmn2lmkfjwju0prhjhrurfyy428eesknkp3k Ricardo Harvin @npub1d82…3zk2 No, always directly confronting your racist uncle, parents, siblings, and other family members is the best way to radicalize the kids because showing them how it's done is far better than the cowardice of avoiding necessary and righteous confrontation. Teach them directness and honesty, not acquiescence. Especially if you're white; it's your bare minimum required contribution. npub14ngrgfdzgar4e7vul0ghv3rmn2lmkfjwju0prhjhrurfyy428eesknkp3k Ricardo Harvin @npub1509…54x4 @npub1rcd…0snf I hope they post it here as well. npub14ngrgfdzgar4e7vul0ghv3rmn2lmkfjwju0prhjhrurfyy428eesknkp3k Ricardo Harvin @npub1hd2…zm0u Yeah, those are all highly recommended, and I tried Crackle (verdict: 1.5 out of 5. meh content, buggy app) during my self-imposed break from streamers during the strikes. I'm less confident they'll all survive if the majors continue consolidating and adding ad-supported options into their main platforms since many of such services are owned by the streamers. npub14ngrgfdzgar4e7vul0ghv3rmn2lmkfjwju0prhjhrurfyy428eesknkp3k Ricardo Harvin Re: last boost on #DisneyPlus #app integrating #Hulu. It seems we are on the verge of a contraction in the number of separate pay #streaming platforms. I think we'll end up with #Netflix, #Disney, #Apple, #Amazon, #HBO (#Max is a stupid, #NewCoke move) and maybe one more major provider created by a merger of smaller services. #Ad-supported options may still abound, like #Crunchyroll and #Filmrise. This might make monthly a la carte switching easier (1-2 main subs, bounce among the rest) 🤞🏿 npub14ngrgfdzgar4e7vul0ghv3rmn2lmkfjwju0prhjhrurfyy428eesknkp3k Ricardo Harvin @npub1jcn…0xst There is absolutely nothing wrong with patronizing sex workers. This take, and the sentiment behind it, are garbage and demeaning of sex workers. Way to punch down, everyone who does this or supports such lazy rhetoric in any way. #SexWorkIsWork, not your punchline, ffs. npub14ngrgfdzgar4e7vul0ghv3rmn2lmkfjwju0prhjhrurfyy428eesknkp3k Ricardo Harvin "#Amazon unveils a 'smarter' #Alexa, bringing the #AI #ArmsRace inside homes" Yeah, that's what people need: An AI arms race inside their homes... https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/09/20/amazon-alexia-generative-ai/ npub14ngrgfdzgar4e7vul0ghv3rmn2lmkfjwju0prhjhrurfyy428eesknkp3k Ricardo Harvin @npub1lgq…8fwu #FTP #ACAB #DefundThePolice, fully fund #SocialServices and #education, instead. npub14ngrgfdzgar4e7vul0ghv3rmn2lmkfjwju0prhjhrurfyy428eesknkp3k Ricardo Harvin @npub1uta…u7q4 I do enjoy cherry flavored cough drops 😂 npub14ngrgfdzgar4e7vul0ghv3rmn2lmkfjwju0prhjhrurfyy428eesknkp3k Ricardo Harvin @npub189n…satx Cognitive dissonance and denial are strong in our species. They may well be the cause of our extinction. npub14ngrgfdzgar4e7vul0ghv3rmn2lmkfjwju0prhjhrurfyy428eesknkp3k Ricardo Harvin @npub1mdk…aptk @npub189n…satx I do appreciate when the racist misogynists openly identify themselves, even when they don't realize that's what they've done. npub14ngrgfdzgar4e7vul0ghv3rmn2lmkfjwju0prhjhrurfyy428eesknkp3k Ricardo Harvin If you value civility rather than kind honesty, you are part of the problem. Civility and niceness are tools of oppression, meant to blunt all incisive expressions of truth. "Nice [i.e., civil] people made the best Nazis." npub14ngrgfdzgar4e7vul0ghv3rmn2lmkfjwju0prhjhrurfyy428eesknkp3k Ricardo Harvin @npub19fc…ay3c yes, and..? 💨 😎 npub14ngrgfdzgar4e7vul0ghv3rmn2lmkfjwju0prhjhrurfyy428eesknkp3k Ricardo Harvin @npub135d…tg9k @npub189n…satx As a longtime, off and on (currently on) Floridian, this is all too true. Most of my family has lived here more than 50 years now, and all of my family considers me to be an antagonist loudmouth because I can't stay silent and keep pushing them to think and act differently. It's a waste of time, but I keep trying. npub14ngrgfdzgar4e7vul0ghv3rmn2lmkfjwju0prhjhrurfyy428eesknkp3k Ricardo Harvin @npub1mdk…aptk In matters of oppression and similar, it's immoral and puts one fully on the side of oppression and other evils. In less dire circumstances, it may be allowable. npub14ngrgfdzgar4e7vul0ghv3rmn2lmkfjwju0prhjhrurfyy428eesknkp3k Ricardo Harvin @npub189n…satx @npub1nr6…6wqx Some more equal than others, no doubt. npub14ngrgfdzgar4e7vul0ghv3rmn2lmkfjwju0prhjhrurfyy428eesknkp3k Ricardo Harvin In one small #study, it was proven that #cops who begin #traffic stops of #Black #drivers by issuing commands rather than explanations are more likely to escalate. The rate of traffic stops for #white #motorists in this undisclosed #city was much too small to be able to provide #data that would be #statistically relevant... #FTP #ACAB #DefundThePolice and fully fund #SocialServices and #education, instead. No #armed traffic #police, anywhere. https://www.npr.org/2023/05/29/1178279383/for-black-drivers-a-police-officers-first-45-words-are-a-portent-of-whats-to-com npub14ngrgfdzgar4e7vul0ghv3rmn2lmkfjwju0prhjhrurfyy428eesknkp3k Ricardo Harvin @npub1xsy…cevg whew, at least I'm not alone on this 😅 npub14ngrgfdzgar4e7vul0ghv3rmn2lmkfjwju0prhjhrurfyy428eesknkp3k Ricardo Harvin There are #actors for whom I have a discomfort and/or dislike for no reason other than some aspect of their mannerisms or facial expressions annoys me or makes me uncomfortable, regardless of their #talent or appeal to most people, like #AdamDriver 🤷🏿♂️ npub14ngrgfdzgar4e7vul0ghv3rmn2lmkfjwju0prhjhrurfyy428eesknkp3k Ricardo Harvin @npub135d…tg9k @npub1fgx…n7x0 @npub1483…lv2w @npub13vy…lczv I've posted that white people need to be public and proactive in calling out such behavior, just as cishet men like me must do when we witness homophobia and misogyny, for example. For me, silence is never acceptable as it easily gives the perception that the behavior is tolerable, rather than not. Public disapproval can sometimes positively change public behaviors. npub14ngrgfdzgar4e7vul0ghv3rmn2lmkfjwju0prhjhrurfyy428eesknkp3k Ricardo Harvin @npub135d…tg9k @npub1fgx…n7x0 @npub1483…lv2w @npub13vy…lczv For me, if the long-time community here didn't spend so much time and effort specifically (and often smugly) promoting the safety here for *all* marginalized people, then this noticeable omission would be less problematic and I wouldn't spend much time on the issue beyond muting and blocking. I'm an old man and still too stubborn, maybe. npub14ngrgfdzgar4e7vul0ghv3rmn2lmkfjwju0prhjhrurfyy428eesknkp3k Ricardo Harvin @npub135d…tg9k @npub1fgx…n7x0 @npub1483…lv2w @npub13vy…lczv Personally, I don't expect fewer racists here than anywhere else. Compared to any other platform I've been on in almost 30 years online, I get and read many more replies and comments from them, across a wider range of topics and contexts, and often in a subtle way that can allow for "plausible deniability" to other white people, all making it more imperative for me to call out, given the safety claims here. npub14ngrgfdzgar4e7vul0ghv3rmn2lmkfjwju0prhjhrurfyy428eesknkp3k Ricardo Harvin "Members of this profession, and only members of this profession, please reply" white men: "I took some classes and..." "I'm not a member of this profession, but..." Jesus H Fucking Christ 🤬 OP is being much nicer than I am, but it's exactly this arrogant, narcissistic, patronizing toxic bullshit that so many of us keep having to call out on Mastodon as continuing to make the platform unwelcoming and, far too often, annoying, at best. Shut the fuck up when you're explicitly excluded.