I have also been banned from specifically 196 for a comment on a completely different instance. Reason: Transphobe. Because I was asking questions.
And it's kind of annoying that when I scroll through the feed, upvote a post and get an error. Oh it's a blahaj post... Sometimes I realize after I've finished writing a comment and can't send it.
Oh, I know this guy. He used to be a presenter on that science channel on YouTube like 10 years ago. Forgot the name of the channel, but the other hosts were Laci Green and Trace Dominguez.
Edit: The channel was called DNews, now renamed to Seeker.