So, I’m leaving this instance.

Ha, no, I’m not leaving the fedi and I’m not shutting it down immediately.

It’s just time to move on from Mastodon as it’s not a project I want to support. I’ve been pretty vocal about my frustration with the direction it’s gone in recent memory and there are other projects I find much more interesting.

I wanted to make a quick announcement so folks know it’s actually me when they see the my handle from another instance.

Also I wanted to shout out @cairobraga who put me onto the excellent Slurp by Vyr Cossont that has made migration easy and relatively painless. Definitely check it out. https://github.com/VyrCossont/slurp

See you soon over at https://polychrom.ing/

Please remember that to this day- a lot of #uspol plays a biggg role in throwing #afripol into the bloodbath that it currently is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZPWg5KApaQ

@OrionKidder Unfortunately, we live in a society that rewards indecency and ghoulish behavior, not intelligence and reason.

This is why I don’t waste time trying to reason with bigots.

Their irrationality is even killing them and they don’t care.

@OrionKidder Ha, yeah bigots hate it when you don’t debate their nonsense.

I grew up conservative, so I was like that too for a time.

But I also learned I like to fight racists lol.

@OrionKidder It’s not that hard. They aren’t that smart.

Ha, they just think if they use enough words, people will see them that way.

I don’t do it as much as I used to, but I still get a kick out of bullying bigots.

They’re so easy to break.

Ha, found another one of the ‘I hate Ro’ clowns talking shit to one of my folks on Bluesky.

Bro openly admitted he uses Shingami Eyes before calling me a bitch and blocking me LOL!

Bigots always run when it starts getting good.

And before you ask, yes he was.

Yeah, the fedi isn't looking too good on the whole "including black people" thing 👁️‍🗨️

Like I genuinely am grateful for all the lovely mutuals and interactions I've had, but something needs to change. Preferably soon.

Like yeah yeah, corporate platform bad, short form content bad- whatever. But at least when I open tiktok I can actually feel connected to my people all over the world despite how chaotic and ragebaity it gets.

This is something I can and will honestly go on a little rant about.

@beckett Same to you, homie.

WE CAN DO IT!

@farah They are but I’m way too smart to be only speaking one language. I need to challenge myself to do better, even as the process triggers all insecurities lol!

And your cheekiness is a pleasure to indulge haha

@beckett LOL, I will be pleading the fifth as not to incriminate myself.

@c0debabe If you’re gonna do it, DO IT, I say.

@farah LOL, ma’am, I’m having trouble with romantic languages that resemble my own.

But, I do appreciate the knowledge hahaha

Ok, I’ll tell you a fun secret.

One of the core reasons I want to learn a couple new languages is so I can speak to one of my crushes in their native language.

And I won’t do it before I can.

my hack for learning languages:

1. know Spanish really well, inside out, so i can compare/contrast with new language

2. create the conditions to immerse myself in new language with:

pop music/radio
lyrics sheets
notebook
dictionary

with pop music you learn to hear the language & how it gets mangled by regional dialects & accents. and you can repeat the song over & over again. you can also do this with movie captions; but i like forcing my brain to decode the background "noise"…🧵

@so_treu

The rage.

Yeah, I get that.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CK7WOSvfUlI

Folks are focusing on Republicans when it comes to the Epstein situation, which I would say is by design.

Because a lot of people are really invested in making sure those records never come out.

There is real fear in the air in wealthy circles.

Did you miss this phenomenal conversation between Catt Small, Rudy Fraser, @so_treu and @are0h?

You can now catch the recording on DAIR-Tube: https://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/iBDL94xiZupurBfuhxHDti.

"This is not about race." - white American proverb