kiki @kiki@godforsaken.website

periodic reminder that there are people #onhere who are allowed to get away racist, colorist, anti-black bullshit because they're insulated from consequences by a group of people who refuse to address their own low-level shitty behaviour while claiming to be anti-racist

who deal with any effort to draw attention to this with handwaving, equivocation, deflection and bullying

since the turn of the year i was getting progressively turned off by the fediverse

this was in part due to my own worsening mh but also after seeing the same cycles repeated over and over

so many times PV called out bad actors and got slammed, or worse, got dragged into conversations they weren’t even a part of just to get slammed for calling people out

i didn’t know what to do, so i did nothing

and i knew that made me part of the problem, so i slipped into solipsism

hello! i'm Ciarán/kiki, nonbinary boy living in the northwest of ireland with my wife Mairéad

i've been floating around the fediverse since august 2018, trying to unlearn all my decades of white-cishet-man training

i love music, film, photography - i also love talking about philosophy/social theory but it's a while since i've been deep into reading it

happy to chat and make friends with folk on their own journey to understanding

looking forward to a godforsaken life

will block for racist, anti-black, colorist, ableist, transmisic, homomisic, or any prejudiced talk – zero tolerance if you’re called out and refuse to acknowledge/change

i’m an anxious person so unless we interact regularly i’ve probably reworded any message/reply to you at least 5 times

i am not flirty/forward, so if any response potentially reads that way, you can assume it’s not intended that way – also i get really uncomfortable if i feel i’m being flirted with

i make music under the name drembot: https://drembot.bandcamp.com/

new album is €5 but hmu for a free download code as i still have loads, other bits are free/pay what you like

also on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5PjdfdGAzsxgAX3GFuMWR4

i sometimes do music/sound design for my friend John's story podcast: https://www.yarnpodcast.com/

i also work on my wife's wedding photo/video business - love to celebrate the love so get in touch if you're getting married: https://www.remaininlightphotography.com/

howdy folks, i hope all are well! 💜

after 36 years of never having gone to the giant's causeway, i finally made my first visit yesterday and it was pretty great

my phone died unfortunately so these are pretty much the only decent pictures i got

one of the nice things about living in donegal has been getting to know the north coast of ireland for the first time and folks it is so fucking beautiful

(cw selfie, sunglasses/no eye contact)

George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars - May Day

https://youtu.be/CO0WxLO9Adc

happy #caturday

remember that what is happening is a new story in many ways but is also a continuation of the same old story that has been going on since the beginning of partition

it's beyond disingenuous for any former NI secretary to claim superiority in their legacy over what Johnson's administration is doing now

unionist and nationalist communities in NI have been treated differently by british govs, but both have ultimately been similarly marginalised, and left to fight with each other

"political momentum" like the kind that saw military intervention as a means of addressing human rights protests?

and then waited through over 30 years of violence to come to the negotiation table?

and then allowed NI to stagnate for over 20 years following the GFA?

and then allowed the assembly to collapse in 2016 and remain inactive for nearly 3 years?

that kind of political momentum?

starting off the weekend by getting in the sea

it was freezing, i only lasted about a minute, but still...