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Outi Harvey 🇫🇮 (they/them)

@outiharvey.bsky.social

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Dungeon Master, video game aficionado, enjoyer of film and television, liker of comic books, and a dork of multitudes. Eater of Skittles. Drinker of coffee. Parent of cat.

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Outi Harvey 🇫🇮 (they/them) @outiharvey.bsky.social · Aug 6

On the topic of my cat being a goblin:
This is from my previous apartment, 6 months ago, when I was preparing for the move. I had placed one box upside down on top of the other, SPECIFICALLY so that Halloween wouldn't get into either of them. But if Weenie really wants something, Weenie gets it.

Outi Harvey 🇫🇮 (they/them) @outiharvey.bsky.social · 4h

Expert opinion:
"Uh, these policies are going to explode the national debt, crash the economy, and send unemployment skyrocketing."

Centrist & Left-wing politicians:
"Holy shit, we can't do that."

Right-wing politicians:
"No! Shut up! I'm in power now! MEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"

Outi Harvey 🇫🇮 (they/them) @outiharvey.bsky.social · 5h

Why is it that right-wing politicians everywhere will ignore expert opinions, and run their respective countries INTO THE FUCKING GROUND rather than admit their mistakes and correct course?

Is externalizing blame a prerequisite for having a career in right-wing politics?

Outi Harvey 🇫🇮 (they/them) @outiharvey.bsky.social · 5h

The Finnish prime minister is a man-sized toddler with an allergy to facts and evidence. And the deputy prime minister is a cruel white nationalist.

Under their leadership, our government is trying to pull some United States-style reverse-Robin Hood shit.

The 2027 election can't come soon enough.

Prime Minister of Finland, Petteri Orpo
(National Coalition Party)

Deputy Prime Minister of Finland, Riikka Purra
(Finns Party)

Outi Harvey 🇫🇮 (they/them) @outiharvey.bsky.social · 11h

Ah, yes, because a nation's official language protects its citizens from EVER HAVING TO HEAR OTHER LANGUAGES.

Good thing MTG isn't European because, here, you live with the everyday reality that there are at least 27 major languages on this continent, and you are going to hear them. ALL THE TIME.

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Outi Harvey 🇫🇮 (they/them) @outiharvey.bsky.social · 13h

Honorable mention to the Pet Shop Boys.
But it's still comparing apples to oranges.

Outi Harvey 🇫🇮 (they/them) @outiharvey.bsky.social · 13h

There are no boys like the Beastie Boys.

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Outi Harvey 🇫🇮 (they/them) @outiharvey.bsky.social · 1d

Section 2 of the Constitution of Finland is literally titled:
DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW

"The powers of the State in Finland are vested in the people, who are represented by the Parliament..."

How is it SO NORMALIZED in America to talk like these things don't exist in LITERALLY MOST COUNTRIES?!

Outi Harvey 🇫🇮 (they/them) @outiharvey.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know what to tell you.🤷

In this interview, Beto O'Rourke claims that what sets the United States of America apart from the rest of the world are the rule of law and the Constitution.

WHY DO AMERICANS KEEP SAYING THIS SHIT?
EVERY WESTERN COUNTRY HAS THOSE!

Look, here's our Constitution:

Outi Harvey 🇫🇮 (they/them) @outiharvey.bsky.social · 1d

And not to mischaracterize Joe Scarborough as an intelligent person, but it's crazy hearing him claim that the "RULE-OF-LAW" is the reason why businesses from abroad are coming to America.

No.

They're coming for lax regulations, low taxes, and low wages.

We have rule-of-law HERE.

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Outi Harvey 🇫🇮 (they/them) @outiharvey.bsky.social · 1d

It's like a record scratch when people like Beto O'Rourke repeat some version of the phrase: "American democracy is the envy of the world."

Or Julian Castro talking about how, only in America, a son of immigrants could become mayor and run for president.

Like, do they genuinely NOT KNOW?

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Outi Harvey 🇫🇮 (they/them) @outiharvey.bsky.social · 1d

Having followed US news, politics and courts on a daily basis for the past 10 years, it's staggering how often I hear intelligent, educated Americans talk about these exact things in a way that shows Americans are living in their own bubble, separate from the rest of reality.

How I View the US After 13 Years Living in Europe

YouTube video by Evan Edinger

youtu.be

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Outi Harvey 🇫🇮 (they/them) @outiharvey.bsky.social · 1d

"How have they never heard that before?"

The kids haven't heard it because this is not the 1890s! That phrase exists on the pages of old stories that the kids haven't read. Trust me, it doesn't come up during their Fortnite matches!

Outi Harvey 🇫🇮 (they/them) @outiharvey.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, it gives me hope for humanity that these kids' knew-jerk reaction was outrage at what they thought was a racist comment.

It's the correct reaction.
More adults need to give it a try.

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Outi Harvey 🇫🇮 (they/them) @outiharvey.bsky.social · 2d

Beastie Boys said is best:

We're gettin' down, computer action
Do the robotic satisfaction
All of y'all, get off the wall
Have a ball and get involved with

Body movin', body movin'
A1 sound and the sound's so soothin'
Body movin', body movin'
We be gettin' down and you know we're Krush Groovin'

Outi Harvey 🇫🇮 (they/them) @outiharvey.bsky.social · 2d

My normally uneventful Bluesky notifications blew up after participating in this dance-off. 😃

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Outi Harvey 🇫🇮 (they/them) @outiharvey.bsky.social · 2d

This is my dance about how much transphobes suck.

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Outi Harvey 🇫🇮 (they/them) @outiharvey.bsky.social · 3d

I love this cat so fucking much.

Outi Harvey 🇫🇮 (they/them) @outiharvey.bsky.social · 3d

Taking photos of my cat as she's about to nod off.

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Outi Harvey 🇫🇮 (they/them) @outiharvey.bsky.social · 4d

Class Feature:

CLOAK OF SHADOWS

You have learned to become one with the shadows. When you are in an area of dim light or darkness, you can use your action to become invisible. You remain invisible until you make an attack, cast a spell, or are in an area of bright light.

Outi Harvey 🇫🇮 (they/them) @outiharvey.bsky.social · 4d

There is strong evidence suggesting my cat's #dnd character class is Way of Shadow Monk.

Outi Harvey 🇫🇮 (they/them) @outiharvey.bsky.social · 4d

The animals are out on the street doing their war dance. And look, the unicorn is wearing a human head as a necklace. It's a fucking war zone out there. 🦄

Outi Harvey 🇫🇮 (they/them) @outiharvey.bsky.social · 4d

It really isn't.

If a disease gets passed on to you at birth, you don't have any say in the matter.

If your parents teach you white supremacist values, you still get to weigh those values against the world you see outside your home and decide whether you want to hold on to those values or not.

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Outi Harvey 🇫🇮 (they/them) @outiharvey.bsky.social · 5d

I've been diagnosed with depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Those are mental illnesses and none of them make me hate other people.

White supremacy is a choice.

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Outi Harvey 🇫🇮 (they/them) @outiharvey.bsky.social · 5d

The talentless, woke reporters at Fox News should have been taken off the air years ago. Nobody watches their network; their ratings are so bad you wouldn't believe it. And they've treated me very unfairly. Fox News hasn't been relevant in a long time.

The FCC should revoke their broadcast license.

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Outi Harvey 🇫🇮 (they/them) @outiharvey.bsky.social · 5d

Karoline Leavitt, Mouth of Trump.

She could have done anything with her life, but she chose this.