Ricardo Harvin
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I have Herpes (and you do too, probably).
Living on stolen Tequesta/Seminole lands
9 Pfizer, 2 Novavax COVID vaxxed/boosted.
No […]
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I have Herpes (and you do too, probably).
Living on stolen Tequesta/Seminole lands
9 Pfizer, 2 Novavax COVID vaxxed/boosted.
No […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mstdn.social/@ricardoharvin, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
RE: https://mstdn.social/@ricardoharvin/115625429876041971
Episode 5 dropped Wednesday night in advance of the U.S. holiday today (Thursday).
I love the twists, reveals, and promises of real answers instead of yet another show that's all mood, vibes, and endless unresolved mysteries or […]
Episode 5 dropped Wednesday night in advance of the U.S. holiday today (Thursday).
I love the twists, reveals, and promises of real answers instead of yet another show that's all mood, vibes, and endless unresolved mysteries or […]
November 28, 2025 at 4:33 AM
RE: https://mstdn.social/@ricardoharvin/115625429876041971
Episode 5 dropped Wednesday night in advance of the U.S. holiday today (Thursday).
I love the twists, reveals, and promises of real answers instead of yet another show that's all mood, vibes, and endless unresolved mysteries or […]
Episode 5 dropped Wednesday night in advance of the U.S. holiday today (Thursday).
I love the twists, reveals, and promises of real answers instead of yet another show that's all mood, vibes, and endless unresolved mysteries or […]
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Based on the style and period, you might guess this was a minor work of Eero Saarinen's (it shares many design elements with his arirport terminals of the same era). But, in fact, the architect was the less well known William Tabler, who had many commissions from Hilton. This was one of Tabler's […]
Original post on federate.social
federate.social
November 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Based on the style and period, you might guess this was a minor work of Eero Saarinen's (it shares many design elements with his arirport terminals of the same era). But, in fact, the architect was the less well known William Tabler, who had many commissions from Hilton. This was one of Tabler's […]
Reposted by Ricardo Harvin
The Washington Hilton, completed 1965, was designed by architect William Tabler. It's notable not only for its distinctive exterior, but also for the prominent events hosted there. The hotel is or has been home to the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, the National Prayer Breakfast […]
Original post on federate.social
federate.social
November 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The Washington Hilton, completed 1965, was designed by architect William Tabler. It's notable not only for its distinctive exterior, but also for the prominent events hosted there. The hotel is or has been home to the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, the National Prayer Breakfast […]
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The result here is about 170MP in 16x9 format, which is sufficient for very large prints that retain a great deal of detail (I've printed this at 6 feet wide).
Mid-Century Modernist architecture, and Brutalism in particular, is easy to dismiss as being superficially lifeless and uninteresting […]
Mid-Century Modernist architecture, and Brutalism in particular, is easy to dismiss as being superficially lifeless and uninteresting […]
Original post on federate.social
federate.social
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The result here is about 170MP in 16x9 format, which is sufficient for very large prints that retain a great deal of detail (I've printed this at 6 feet wide).
Mid-Century Modernist architecture, and Brutalism in particular, is easy to dismiss as being superficially lifeless and uninteresting […]
Mid-Century Modernist architecture, and Brutalism in particular, is easy to dismiss as being superficially lifeless and uninteresting […]
Reposted by Ricardo Harvin
Washington ("Hinckley") Hilton, Washington, DC, 2023.
All the pixels, breakfast and fitness center included, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53007102796
#photography
All the pixels, breakfast and fitness center included, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53007102796
#photography
November 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Washington ("Hinckley") Hilton, Washington, DC, 2023.
All the pixels, breakfast and fitness center included, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53007102796
#photography
All the pixels, breakfast and fitness center included, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53007102796
#photography
Reposted by Ricardo Harvin
Australia is on course to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035, thanks to the HPV vaccination program, which launched there in 2007 for girls, and in 2013 for boys. In 2021, there were no cervical cancer cases diagnosed in women under 25. Here's more from the Royal Australian College of General […]
Original post on flipboard.social
flipboard.social
November 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Australia is on course to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035, thanks to the HPV vaccination program, which launched there in 2007 for girls, and in 2013 for boys. In 2021, there were no cervical cancer cases diagnosed in women under 25. Here's more from the Royal Australian College of General […]
My phone's maximum battery capacity is at 69%.
That's about 40 percentage points higher than my personal battery maximum capacity.
That's about 40 percentage points higher than my personal battery maximum capacity.
November 27, 2025 at 8:14 AM
My phone's maximum battery capacity is at 69%.
That's about 40 percentage points higher than my personal battery maximum capacity.
That's about 40 percentage points higher than my personal battery maximum capacity.
RE: https://mastodon.online/@TheScienceFictionGuy/115618962857807978
Constellation, season 2 just dropped.
#constellation #SciFi #sciencefiction #TV #television #quantum #darkmatter #Physics
Constellation, season 2 just dropped.
#constellation #SciFi #sciencefiction #TV #television #quantum #darkmatter #Physics
mastodon.online
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 AM
RE: https://mastodon.online/@TheScienceFictionGuy/115618962857807978
Constellation, season 2 just dropped.
#constellation #SciFi #sciencefiction #TV #television #quantum #darkmatter #Physics
Constellation, season 2 just dropped.
#constellation #SciFi #sciencefiction #TV #television #quantum #darkmatter #Physics
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Latinos polled say that their situation is worse than before. This is the first time in 20 years that Latinos report this.
https://www.lakeshorepublicmedia.org/npr-news/2025-11-24/new-poll-shows-latino-support-for-trump-is-slipping-after-gains-in-2024
#uspol #news #immigration
https://www.lakeshorepublicmedia.org/npr-news/2025-11-24/new-poll-shows-latino-support-for-trump-is-slipping-after-gains-in-2024
#uspol #news #immigration
New poll shows Latino support for Trump is slipping after gains in 2024
The Pew Research Center's survey of Latinos show majorities disapprove of the president, especially his policies on the economy and immigration.
www.lakeshorepublicmedia.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Latinos polled say that their situation is worse than before. This is the first time in 20 years that Latinos report this.
https://www.lakeshorepublicmedia.org/npr-news/2025-11-24/new-poll-shows-latino-support-for-trump-is-slipping-after-gains-in-2024
#uspol #news #immigration
https://www.lakeshorepublicmedia.org/npr-news/2025-11-24/new-poll-shows-latino-support-for-trump-is-slipping-after-gains-in-2024
#uspol #news #immigration
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boy. Hill House, Mississippi
#hillhouse #mississippi #nature #undefined #photography #dorothealange
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017763088/
#hillhouse #mississippi #nature #undefined #photography #dorothealange
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017763088/
November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
boy. Hill House, Mississippi
#hillhouse #mississippi #nature #undefined #photography #dorothealange
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017763088/
#hillhouse #mississippi #nature #undefined #photography #dorothealange
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017763088/
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The last few days, I am tagged in posts by people from Gaza 🇵🇸, with a request for money or a repost.
Every story is heartbreaking. 💔 So this post is to give attention to all. They need help, with shelter from the rain and cold, the expensive food, urgent medication.
I used […]
Every story is heartbreaking. 💔 So this post is to give attention to all. They need help, with shelter from the rain and cold, the expensive food, urgent medication.
I used […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The last few days, I am tagged in posts by people from Gaza 🇵🇸, with a request for money or a repost.
Every story is heartbreaking. 💔 So this post is to give attention to all. They need help, with shelter from the rain and cold, the expensive food, urgent medication.
I used […]
Every story is heartbreaking. 💔 So this post is to give attention to all. They need help, with shelter from the rain and cold, the expensive food, urgent medication.
I used […]
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🌞 Hello #fediverse! This is GBH #news bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 49F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.
#onthisday in 1859, Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" was published.
A judge threw out cases brought by the Trump administration against former FBI Dir. James […]
#onthisday in 1859, Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" was published.
A judge threw out cases brought by the Trump administration against former FBI Dir. James […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
🌞 Hello #fediverse! This is GBH #news bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 49F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.
#onthisday in 1859, Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" was published.
A judge threw out cases brought by the Trump administration against former FBI Dir. James […]
#onthisday in 1859, Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" was published.
A judge threw out cases brought by the Trump administration against former FBI Dir. James […]
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Everybody go read "Termination Shock" by Neal Stephenson, because apparently that whole scenario is actually about to start happening: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/11/21/stardust-geoengineering-janos-pasztor-regulations-00646414
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Everybody go read "Termination Shock" by Neal Stephenson, because apparently that whole scenario is actually about to start happening: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/11/21/stardust-geoengineering-janos-pasztor-regulations-00646414
The show title is vaguely familiar but until the promo was in rotation in the Google tv app, I didn't know that Southern Charms is about southern "aristocracy" in Charleston, South Carolina, which means it's a show explicitly celebrating racists, and the legacy of wealth created by chattel […]
Original post on mstdn.social
mstdn.social
November 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The show title is vaguely familiar but until the promo was in rotation in the Google tv app, I didn't know that Southern Charms is about southern "aristocracy" in Charleston, South Carolina, which means it's a show explicitly celebrating racists, and the legacy of wealth created by chattel […]
Just an absolutely shitty day for me, so far.
But at least the hours I've spent on the phone with support for Xfinity and AT&T seem to have resolved all of my remaining issues with services, billing, and getting a service visit scheduled.
But at least the hours I've spent on the phone with support for Xfinity and AT&T seem to have resolved all of my remaining issues with services, billing, and getting a service visit scheduled.
November 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Just an absolutely shitty day for me, so far.
But at least the hours I've spent on the phone with support for Xfinity and AT&T seem to have resolved all of my remaining issues with services, billing, and getting a service visit scheduled.
But at least the hours I've spent on the phone with support for Xfinity and AT&T seem to have resolved all of my remaining issues with services, billing, and getting a service visit scheduled.
RE: https://dair-community.social/@dylan/115533505050619508
This thread is about one of the ways in which what's typically referred to as AI (Artificial Intelligence) can be a net benefit to humanity because it focuses on what the technology actually is at this point, Algorithmic Inference.
This thread is about one of the ways in which what's typically referred to as AI (Artificial Intelligence) can be a net benefit to humanity because it focuses on what the technology actually is at this point, Algorithmic Inference.
dair-community.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:45 AM
RE: https://dair-community.social/@dylan/115533505050619508
This thread is about one of the ways in which what's typically referred to as AI (Artificial Intelligence) can be a net benefit to humanity because it focuses on what the technology actually is at this point, Algorithmic Inference.
This thread is about one of the ways in which what's typically referred to as AI (Artificial Intelligence) can be a net benefit to humanity because it focuses on what the technology actually is at this point, Algorithmic Inference.
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What we lost when the YMCA & low-rent residential hotels went away…(in) 1990, as many as 2 million people lived in residential hotels—more than lived “in all of America’s public housing”... Today, not so much. Single Resident Occupancy units like those offered by the YMCA were the safety net […]
Original post on connectop.us
connectop.us
November 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
What we lost when the YMCA & low-rent residential hotels went away…(in) 1990, as many as 2 million people lived in residential hotels—more than lived “in all of America’s public housing”... Today, not so much. Single Resident Occupancy units like those offered by the YMCA were the safety net […]
I found a page on the SVS site with recommended subwoofer settings for a wide range of speakers and, even though I had already run Dirac and my system was sounding good, changing the crossover from 120Hz to 100Hz is noticeably better.
Some minor deficiencies I'd noticed, particularly in my […]
Some minor deficiencies I'd noticed, particularly in my […]
Original post on mstdn.social
mstdn.social
November 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I found a page on the SVS site with recommended subwoofer settings for a wide range of speakers and, even though I had already run Dirac and my system was sounding good, changing the crossover from 120Hz to 100Hz is noticeably better.
Some minor deficiencies I'd noticed, particularly in my […]
Some minor deficiencies I'd noticed, particularly in my […]
While mine was almost exactly like Little and Chiron in Moonlight, Invisible, a Spanish Disney production, is a pretty good depiction of the effects of bullying, despite its much too optimistic ending.
It triggered a lot of memories and emotions from second through sixth grades when my […]
It triggered a lot of memories and emotions from second through sixth grades when my […]
Original post on mstdn.social
mstdn.social
November 20, 2025 at 7:55 AM
While mine was almost exactly like Little and Chiron in Moonlight, Invisible, a Spanish Disney production, is a pretty good depiction of the effects of bullying, despite its much too optimistic ending.
It triggered a lot of memories and emotions from second through sixth grades when my […]
It triggered a lot of memories and emotions from second through sixth grades when my […]
Love Lies Bleeding is a requiem for a body horror Lynchian blood dream simple nightmare.
It doesn't show "the" murder but does return to give a clear view of the damage it initially left to our imaginations.
I'm not sure which is worse.
Not what I was expecting, but watching it last night I […]
It doesn't show "the" murder but does return to give a clear view of the damage it initially left to our imaginations.
I'm not sure which is worse.
Not what I was expecting, but watching it last night I […]
Original post on mstdn.social
mstdn.social
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Love Lies Bleeding is a requiem for a body horror Lynchian blood dream simple nightmare.
It doesn't show "the" murder but does return to give a clear view of the damage it initially left to our imaginations.
I'm not sure which is worse.
Not what I was expecting, but watching it last night I […]
It doesn't show "the" murder but does return to give a clear view of the damage it initially left to our imaginations.
I'm not sure which is worse.
Not what I was expecting, but watching it last night I […]
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Today I am stepping down from my role as the CEO of #mastodon. Though this has been in the works for a while, I can't say I've fully processed how I feel about it. There is a bittersweet part to it, and I think I will miss it, but it also felt necessary. It feels like a goodbye, but it isn't—I […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Today I am stepping down from my role as the CEO of #mastodon. Though this has been in the works for a while, I can't say I've fully processed how I feel about it. There is a bittersweet part to it, and I think I will miss it, but it also felt necessary. It feels like a goodbye, but it isn't—I […]
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Dolores is tapping your hand to remind you not to bring up you-know-what in front of you-know-who. #catsofmastodon
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Dolores is tapping your hand to remind you not to bring up you-know-what in front of you-know-who. #catsofmastodon
RE: https://mstdn.social/@ricardoharvin/115567110888946331
#plur1bus #pluribus #TV #television #drama #appletv
#plur1bus #pluribus #TV #television #drama #appletv
Like Adrian said on Crazy Stupid Podcast, I basically agree with Carol, it's her selfish, self-absorbed, self-righteous, white feminism™️, Karen-ness that's so off putting and self-defeating.
That she never bothered to learn Zosia's name, and still refuses to use it, is such a damning insight […]
That she never bothered to learn Zosia's name, and still refuses to use it, is such a damning insight […]
Original post on mstdn.social
mstdn.social
November 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Setting aside the deliberately provocative lead-in, I'd like to talk about something about how unions work that I think a lot of leftists could learn from.
When you see a worker in trouble you have solidarity with them _first_. It doesn't matter if it has never […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
When you see a worker in trouble you have solidarity with them _first_. It doesn't matter if it has never […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Setting aside the deliberately provocative lead-in, I'd like to talk about something about how unions work that I think a lot of leftists could learn from.
When you see a worker in trouble you have solidarity with them _first_. It doesn't matter if it has never […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
When you see a worker in trouble you have solidarity with them _first_. It doesn't matter if it has never […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]