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KFuentesGeorge

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Still figuring out Mastodon. My work is on environmental justice and Pan-Africanism. My life is about jiu jitsu, art, skateboarding, and music. Recent chapter: "The Comparative Politics of Environmental Justice" (Oxford Handbook of Comparative Environmental Politics: Oxford U., 2021)

Please note: I will post thirst traps, and I do occasionally re-boost swork content, so if that bothers you, you might want to turn off boosts from this account

#environmentaljustice #panafricanism #BlackMastodon

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KFuentesGeorge , to random
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Kaepernick: "The cops should maybe not kill Black people all the time."

NFL & fans: "That dirty ni-, that dirty thug should shut his mouth and leave politics out of sports."

Butker: "Broads should stay in the kitchen, and while I'm at it, let me tell you about 'diversity,' if you know what I mean, ha ha."

NFL & fans: "Yes gigachad, speak your truth, we value all opinions here."

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/23/nx-s1-4977336/harrison-butker-speech-roger-goodell-colin-kaepernick?utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3gqc80I-IwgeIZ5vcc8VNViVDsdDxy2vV7dhQaFvDDBCtRzC4cEKyANCo_aem_AUKlYSJiRgL-UWK-nqFlwZTLkCvS_pSuDIM3E3Vx_OTVvpdkDHGAKdPHzxv80F3dLHXaJah8CofTH3a3RC7qnpVS

KFuentesGeorge , to random
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I have a random ant that's been in my office for weeks now. I tried to put her outside, but she keeps coming back in. I hope she's ok! Should I be worried about her? I guess she's getting enough food? @futurebird

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KFuentesGeorge OP ,
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@futurebird @0xF21D

Well, now I'm sad. I'll get some treats for the ant then. Let it go out in luxury.

TatianaIlyina , to random
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An incomplete list of inappropriate comments I received from my male colleagues recently:

  • You look furious.
  • You have a quiet voice. A woman from Ukraine in our department also has a quiet voice.
  • You look nervous.
  • You gave me an angry look at the elevator and I didn't dare to discuss a project with you.
  • You are so modest.
  • You don't have to get so confrontational.

They reduce our professional interactions to an imaginary emotional state of mine.

Do men talk like this to each other?

KFuentesGeorge ,
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@TatianaIlyina

They do if you're Black. Speaking from experience.

KFuentesGeorge ,
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@TatianaIlyina

I imagine it all depends on how our identity threatens White patriarchy. You've spelled out pretty well how the comments you've gotten all have to do with their expectations of how you're supposed to perform your gender.

In my case, they tend to be racialized. E.g, I'm engaging in "identity politics," I'm an "activist," while they're "empirical." I'm "militant." Once I was praised as an "outlier" because I was seen as more intelligent than the average Black person (really). White men (and White women) speak to me like this. So it's related to what happens to you in that we're policed by White patriarchy, but also qualitatively different, in that you get the patriarchy from all races, and I get the racism from all genders.

KFuentesGeorge ,
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@TatianaIlyina

Not sure if you have tenure yet, but if you do, man, that takes a huge friggin load off. It doesn't stop the bullshit, but it makes it slightly less materially threatening.

KFuentesGeorge , to random
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Important reporting on the members of a violent and unaccountable paramilitary gang with a history of white supremacist violence, and who also joined the Oath Keepers.

#ACAB #policing #OneBadApple #cops

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/05/02/chicago-police-no-discipline-officers-extremist-group

KFuentesGeorge , to random
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I don't mean to be all controversial and extreme, but I feel like telling paramedics that they have safe passage to pick up injured children, and then tracking them so you can kill them and everyone else in sight is not really a good thing to do.

https://wapo.st/4aCoCqA

KFuentesGeorge OP ,
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Good thing murdering children and aid workers isn't* a violation of international law!

(*Conditions apply. Offer only valid if you are an Apartheid regime that came to occupy territory through colonialism and imperialism. Special bonus if you claim you will keep the world safe from Those People, We All Know Who You're Talking About.)

futurebird , to random
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The cone ants have reached a depth of 25cm in their “excavation enrichment activity” (it’s a tube full of sand to satisfy their fiendish need to dig. ) In the wild their nest can be meters deep, but given the ideal nature of their current nest the digging which only a few 100 ants bother with is more of a diversion than urgently building a nest. I can inject water into the tube with a hypodermic needle. This makes them dig a little deeper? Have not figured that one out yet.

KFuentesGeorge ,
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@futurebird @drdrowland

I got a problem! I found sugar ants in my beehive. It's now too cold to open up and scour the hive (I can do this on Tuesday). What do you know about ants and bees? Will the bees be able to fight the ants off???

futurebird , (edited ) to random
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He was a fungus, an algae, a lowly thing, a colony of simple organisms posing as a man. And he reveled in his own debasement. The only thing that mattered more to him than that was writing, his profession.

"lichen sub-scribe"

KFuentesGeorge ,
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@futurebird

I don't know whether to boo or applaud.

futurebird , to random
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I just read a review of a children's book written in 1911 (the review is from 1913) and the person reviewing the book totally missed the point of the story. The whole thing went right over the reviewer's head.

Tempted to write the latest, least expected bad book review clap-back in the history of humankind.

1/

KFuentesGeorge ,
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@futurebird @Rachel_Thorn

I genuinely and unironically love how much you love ants

KFuentesGeorge , to random
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Not all Trump supporters are racist, but all Trump supporters are racist.

Wait - am I doing this right?

KFuentesGeorge , to random
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Photo my bandmate took while I was warming up for last night's show. Friggin love it.

breadandcircuses , to random
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Yeah.

KFuentesGeorge ,
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Goddammit.

KFuentesGeorge , to random
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Dear conservatives, as much as I wish Black people had the power to crash planes out of the sky and single-handedly cause bridges to collapse, I promise you, we don't.

https://www.businessinsider.com/right-wing-commentators-baselessly-blame-diversity-for-plane-safety-incidents-2024-1

KFuentesGeorge , to random
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Reminder: 10 years ago, actual Jewish survivors of the actual literal Holocaust specifically referred to Israel's policies in Palestine as an "ongoing genocide." In case anybody tries to gaslight you that calling it that is somehow anti-Semitic or insulting to Holocaust survivors.

https://observer.com/2014/08/ny-times-runs-ad-from-holocaust-survivors-condemning-israel-attacking-elie-wiesel/

18+ futurebird , to random
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I keep seeing these discussions in left circles about how terrible social media is. It angers & frustrates me that Mastodon & the Fediverse don't even merit a mention.

"The Majority Report" goes as far as dissing Threads but never mentions the fedi.

There are only 170 comments. Why not leave a comment asking why "the left" keeps complaining (rightly) about corporate social media but ignoring the alternative?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqY7sLRaUWQ

KFuentesGeorge ,
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@futurebird @bjc @secretsloth

From my bitter personal experience, there is a sizable group of Moderate and Civil White People™ who are completely incapable of recognizing that someone is racist, unless they're doing something like throwing up a Sieg Heil with one hand, a white power symbol with the other, while wearing a Klan robe with a Nazi armband, and saying something like: "man, I sure do love me some segregation!"

it's part of what Tuck and Yang call "moves to innocence," and is essential in maintaining structural white supremacy.

KFuentesGeorge ,
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@futurebird @bjc @secretsloth

I don't understand it any more than you.

RustyBertrand , to random
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Question: What essential oils can I use to prevent my children from catching measles? Answer: Ben Waggoner, I'm a parent Don't use essential oils. Use large amounts of fermented Swedish herring (surstrémming) smeared liberally all over their bodies—several cans each day. That should keep all other human beings far enough away from them that they’re not likely to catch measles. Photo of Surstémming. If you actually want your kids to be safe from measles while also being able to interact with other human beings, however. . . vaccinate them.
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    KFuentesGeorge ,
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    @futurebird @RustyBertrand

    Water? You mean like from in the toilet?

    KFuentesGeorge , to random
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    I don't know about you, but politely asking someone not to do something while simultaneously giving them as much money and tools as possible to do it seems counterproductive.

    https://wapo.st/48HHin1

    futurebird , (edited ) to random
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    Have you ever had an uncanny or possibly paranormal experience?

    I have.

    It happened when I was in undergrad, I had a work-study in the Archivists Office in the rare books section of the library. The library is a classic modern building from the 50s, once ahead of its time, now well behind. The computer system was similar, my college being one of the first to adopt a digital library catalog in the late 60s

    So, as you can see, this is, in part, a story of a haunted computer terminal. 1/

    KFuentesGeorge ,
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    @futurebird

    I am so into all this. Also, you're a great writer.

    futurebird , to random
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    To anyone who thought I was lying about how much people tell me to read "Children of Time" by A. Tchaikovsky. (Which I HAVE READ, I enjoyed it! Yes I have heard of it OMG.)

    https://tech.lgbt/@k9/112042747858252044

    https://sigmoid.social/@jasonb/111910032711356411

    https://mastodon.social/@JoeGermuska/111711673457503522

    https://tech.lgbt/@ngaylinn/111195087157893988

    https://infosec.exchange/@ozdreaming/111172918185620644

    https://mastodon.art/@seventeenmagpie/110765397277198310

    https://social.seattle.wa.us/@mosspiglet/110023164991818036

    No shade to anyone who has made this suggestion. It's a great book. ☺️ I just find it funny that people keep suggesting it to me.

    KFuentesGeorge ,
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    @futurebird

    Jeez, maybe I should read it. Literally never heard of it.

    KFuentesGeorge , to random
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    An acorn falls on the roof of your car. Do you:

    1. say, "huh."
    2. say, "stupid goddamn acorn."
    3. immediately do a dive and barrel roll, and empty your clip at a handcuffed person in the back seat.

    If you answer #3, congratulations! You are law enforcement material!

    #policing #AbolishPolice #acab #cops

    https://jalopnik.com/florida-cop-empties-his-gun-runs-for-cover-after-acorn-1851255383

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    The Venn diagram of people saying Trump should be allowed to do whatever he wants if he's president, and the people who wanted to impeach Obama for being Black in public is a perfect circle.

    KFuentesGeorge , to random
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    Video evidence showing Israel using 2,000lb bombs (which EVEN THE USA DOESN'T USE in densely populated areas) at least 200+ times in the south of Gaza, including in areas they told Palestinians civilians to flee to.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-bomb-investigation.html#:~:text=During%20the%20first%20six%20weeks%20of%20the%20war%20in%20Gaza,by%20The%20New%20York%20Times.

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