Ashe Dryden 🙆🏼‍♀️🐈🐈‍⬛

Studies the impact of police surveillance & smart city tech in segregated US cities on marginalized ppl.

Made AlterConf & Fund Club; former programmer & tech dei advocate.

I still mask; you should, too.

“The machine conceals the machinations.” - Ursula K. Le Guin

#Tech #Sociology #PublicInterestTech #ResponsibleInnovation #SocialJustice #Inequality #AntiRacism #AntiFascism #AntiCapitalism #Abolition #FeministKilljoy

Critiques #Surveillance #TechnoDeterminism #TechnoSolutionism #AI #Police

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2026-04-10 14:09:35 CEST

Amazing! If this has been rolled out to your server, update your profile with alt text!
#nevent1q…0rm3

2026-03-27 14:42:23 CET

I really appreciate the vulnerability that comes with writing something like this and releasing it to the public. We need to do a better job of recognizing these traits and supporting one another. 💕
https://kennethreitz.org/essays/2026-03-18-open_source_gave_me_everything_until_i_had_nothing_left_to_give

2026-03-10 14:36:21 CET

Lately I have been just using my laptop in other places in the house and, after having had a nice wide monitor for a few months, it is painful to have to constantly toggle between VS Code, Firefox, and Apple Music.

2026-03-07 22:38:08 CET

Two neurodivergents in a room trying to figure out WHAT IS MAKING THAT HIGH PITCHED NOISE

2026-03-04 16:59:48 CET

AI is going to ruin the greatest project ever undertaken on the internet.
#nevent1q…6erc

2026-03-03 14:01:12 CET

Easiest way to create a generation of technically illiterate people is to keep them from exploring and learning when they are at their most curious and have the most time on their hands.
#nevent1q…0jds

2026-03-03 13:55:15 CET

Predictive policing is a perfect example of this.
Predictive policing is enticing for police and politicians because it *seems* like a fair solution to the problems of biased discretionary policing and violent crime.
However if you take a look inside, it amplifies the problems of unequal policing while doing nothing to tackle the root causes of crime. An open source, publicly owned, or “algorithmically fair” redesign would just perpetuate the idea that tech solutions solve social problems.
#nevent1q…tf6f

2026-03-02 14:36:55 CET

I need to refresh my site and start writing again. What are people using for static site generators these days?

2026-02-27 15:09:01 CET

Great. My university uses duo.
#nevent1q…ss5p

2026-02-26 15:56:13 CET

Kansas is revoking trans people's driver's licenses in the latest anti-trans fascism.
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sends-letters-to-trans-people

2026-02-23 22:13:57 CET

Some cities are dumping Flock thanks in part to pressure from communities and Flock's own shady practices.
"many city officials have realized after the fact that they were sharing their data more broadly than they had known, and that federal agencies, including U.S. Border Patrol, had searched their data." #flock #alpr #police #surveillance
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/17/nx-s1-5612825/flock-contracts-canceled-immigration-survillance-concerns

2026-02-22 19:46:15 CET

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@nprofile…u7p7 if I didn’t see you post in German every so often, I would think you were a native English speaker 🤷🏼‍♀️

2026-02-22 01:06:49 CET

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@nprofile…zejv @nprofile…kt0j the special signal we have to let each other know when we want to leave

2026-02-21 20:37:42 CET

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@nprofile…fwps I’ve got a MIPS one 👍🏼

2026-02-21 19:29:52 CET

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@nprofile…fwps is that a wavecel helmet or a cool cap under there

2026-02-17 15:08:36 CET

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@nprofile…5cha you have such an infectious smile! 💕

2026-02-09 15:27:44 CET

Two things:
1. We are creating a two-tiered internet that will see people willing to give up their IDs having one experience while those who can’t, won’t, or don’t have them missing out on those experiences or being outright excluded from whole areas of the web
2. Why you would be willing to give up your ID to web services that have such poor security in a time when identity is being weaponized by state actors is beyond me
#nevent1q…n8e8

2026-02-09 15:01:58 CET

Unfortunately the trend of people sticking by sexual abusers in the face of overwhelming evidence of their guilt is a very common thing.
#nevent1q…ht7j

2026-02-08 01:42:14 CET

Millie gets fed at 5, but starts petitioning for dinner at 3 now.
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/116/032/230/480/367/227/original/38b07d59608b4325.jpeg

2026-02-06 17:28:27 CET

One of my sister's cats always looks so mad and it cracks me up.
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/116/024/620/553/407/507/original/0c2a53070f3ed8db.jpeg

2026-02-05 18:32:02 CET

Today on Crimes in Typography
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/116/019/214/264/679/353/original/530d879b8f5f20b2.jpeg

2026-02-05 16:30:13 CET

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@nprofile…u7p7 I agree, but what I’m thinking presumes different incentives

2026-02-03 23:54:45 CET

Millie presents a good argument for dinner time.
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/116/009/158/199/052/811/original/f88955782b9cc2e1.mp4

2026-02-01 23:48:43 CET

The thing about a lot of these law enforcement #biometric databases is that it’s very easy to get out into them and very difficult to ever get out.
Did you know that something like 1 in 2 people living in the US are in federal facial recognition databases because of drivers license/state ID sharing and passports. (Source: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/privacy-technology-center/publications/the-perpetual-line-up/) #surveillance #FacialRecognition
#nevent1q…edpn

2026-01-29 20:20:17 CET

Today's fashion forecast: gas masks! https://www.theverge.com/policy/868571/best-gas-masks
Honestly how are we expected to be going about our normal days anymore.

2026-01-22 17:51:18 CET

Reading about the Collingridge dilemma (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collingridge_dilemma). Essentially, by the time we have enough understanding of a technology, it may be so "locked in" to society that it is very difficult to change anything about it, largely due to vested interests and incentives. Before a technology goes to market we may have some knowledge, but not enough proof to slow or stop the tech.
A lot of startups manipulate this space - think Uber and Airbnb - and we are seeing the attempts at it with AI.

2026-01-15 01:54:00 CET

I don’t understand what they think is going to happen here. People are going to die.
#nevent1q…6zpg

2026-01-11 21:25:17 CET

The fearsome troll that won’t let you pass on the stairs.
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/115/878/337/705/769/778/original/a91bb5a57815dc7a.jpeg

2026-01-07 20:26:48 CET

Good day so far
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/115/855/458/484/129/344/original/c890e5bcbcc1b3a6.jpeg

2025-12-07 17:48:24 CET

Hello it is Sunday and I want to sit on my couch all day and do computer. What should I be watching in the background? (no horror/gore/butt joke-level humor)

2025-10-25 03:58:32 CEST

I’m not sure what year it is but t.a.t.u. just released a new album.

2025-10-11 19:31:22 CEST

Some good vibes for your Saturday: Mamdani talking trans history and a NY that supports trans people. 💕 https://www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-see-this-mamdani-ad/

2025-10-03 01:26:24 CEST

Does anyone have a digital copy of The Death of White Sociology by Ladner (1998) or know where to buy one? Can’t seem to find it anywhere. #sociology

2025-09-30 15:10:35 CEST

Good. The World Cup and the Olympics do material harm to their host countries, taking money away from social programs, doing sweeps of slums, and leaving them with unusable infrastructure. The contracts these cities get into with these orgs are onerous and are treated as if they supersede local regulations.
https://flipboard.com/@aljazeera/middle-east-news-oapkqap7z/-/a-KSv7ecx5RrKi-ywG8fGUDw%3Aa%3A3199698-%2F0

2025-09-05 20:01:59 CEST

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@nprofile…fa5p happy birthday, Anil 💕

2025-08-21 18:27:58 CEST

I'm begging you, do not assume that everyone encountering your writing knows what every acronym and initialism stands for. State it as least once.

2025-08-16 20:41:49 CEST

Does anyone have a cat house for indoor cats they recommend? Having to retire the old one. Looking for something accessible to old cats, sturdy, and mostly enclosed. Preferably can fit two adult cats.

2025-08-16 20:20:14 CEST

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@nprofile…gu7x I’ll always have a child-like sense of wonder, but at my own expense lol

2025-08-15 22:57:48 CEST

I wish depression were an emergency
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/115/034/781/337/929/920/original/361b48b39ee23385.png

2025-08-13 23:03:26 CEST

Is there anything worse than a two hour meeting that surprise! is actually a three hour meeting? 💀

2025-08-08 01:40:16 CEST

Myers-Briggs is astrology for middle managers.

2025-07-23 16:23:19 CEST

We should definitely keep replacing experienced people with AI https://infosec.exchange/@metacurity/114902889110000935

2025-07-23 13:29:59 CEST

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@nprofile…ug6l a low tech idea: there are quite a few book people who wrap their to-be-read shelves in brown paper and choose one at random. It’s such a fun idea. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ6O0MSmE5g

2025-07-22 19:41:22 CEST

Zero tolerance policies are no joke lol
https://bitbang.social/@anthony/114896947062691978

2025-07-04 15:53:26 CEST

Wild that caring about what happens to people you don’t know is considered a radical position.

2025-07-04 15:08:34 CEST

Taking the Amtrak to go take care of my grandmother for a week and I’m reminded why I prefer the train to flying: quick on and off, so much leg room, actually comfortable seats, quieter, better view, easier access to power to plug in a device, not crammed in like sardines, etc etc.
Give the people trains!

2025-06-29 22:30:23 CEST

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@nprofile…8wcz snag tights? https://snagtights.us/search?q=Fishnet

2025-06-29 16:05:13 CEST

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@nprofile…d6h6 American capitalism bespoiling nature? No way lol

2025-06-26 01:51:42 CEST

If you are asking “is this horrific act that the US is commiting who we are?”, I have to tell you, historically and probably currently: yes.

2025-06-17 14:50:58 CEST

The data, including prescription drug names and dosages, was sent by web trackers on state exchanges set up under the Affordable Care Act to help Americans purchase health coverage.
https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2025/06/17/we-caught-4-more-states-sharing-personal-health-data-with-big-tech

2025-06-13 22:40:14 CEST

My kingdom for a healthy masculinity. https://www.thefp.com/p/im-the-cto-of-palantir-today-i-join

2025-06-12 15:14:37 CEST

Because of course they are
https://www.theverge.com/policy/685690/big-tech-trump-military-parade-america250

2025-05-29 16:32:35 CEST

It’s almost June, your yearly reminder that there is no pride without trans and non-binary people. Don’t support orgs that sacrifice them for a buck.

2025-05-19 18:23:00 CEST

Did a thing this weekend.
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/114/535/417/648/136/157/original/5fc278db4987f441.jpg

2025-05-16 02:20:41 CEST

Are there any good streaming scifi series or movies that I should watch now that Andor is over?

2025-05-14 13:38:34 CEST

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@nprofile…8wcz Any highlights?

2025-05-11 20:45:37 CEST

I finished school yesterday and I am having a hard time doing nothing. What do people do with free time? lol

2025-05-02 22:15:46 CEST

Quickly everyone, observe my precious child.
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/114/440/073/477/008/136/original/ab6ec4729e7fe4fc.jpeg

2025-04-29 01:58:36 CEST

We are devaluing so many kinds of labor so fast.
https://mastodon.social/@botwiki/114418271600163996

2025-04-24 18:31:45 CEST

Congratulations, tech has become every ruthless capitalist big business that it was supposedly revolting against
https://triangletoot.party/@aburtch/114393154542806020

2025-04-18 03:10:12 CEST

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@nprofile…rg89 it’s like the personality type thing, but it’s a three digit number of how much you are each of those things

2025-04-16 15:33:21 CEST

The records show that Palantir is actively working on, and making updates to, the technical infrastructure underpinning the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts.
https://www.404media.co/ice-just-paid-palantir-tens-of-millions-for-complete-target-analysis-of-known-populations/

2025-03-29 07:40:34 CET

We are alive when humanity can accomplish something like this, but are somehow still putting trillions of dollars into murdering each other every year.
https://mastodon.social/@wonderofscience/114242737326737505

2025-03-27 16:19:49 CET

In the weeks leading up to Transgender Day of Visibility, book lovers are expected to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for trans-led charities and organizations, while spreading the word about books written by and for trans and nonbinary people. https://19thnews.org/2025/03/books-transgender-visibility-reading-list/ #bookstodon

2025-03-27 16:14:00 CET

https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/114/235/043/618/953/565/original/52d8bc2b44cb75a2.jpeg

2025-03-24 14:27:31 CET

The Mozilla Foundation is calling upon 30 technology companies, social networks, and websites to block web scraping by an ICE surveillance contractor called ShadowDragon after 404 Media published a list of sites that the contractor pulls data from.
https://www.404media.co/mozilla-foundation-calls-on-tech-industry-to-block-ice-contractor/

2025-03-23 15:45:42 CET

I am urging liberals to dream beyond the mediocre to disastrous political representation of the current Democratic Party. If the Republicans can all support fascism and make it happen, the Dems should be fighting as much for their stated ideals.
https://social.marxist.network/@yogthos/114212091869882394

2025-03-18 16:42:01 CET

Just preordered The AI Con!
https://dair-community.social/@alex/114184178397673882

2025-03-11 20:07:55 CET

Who is actually hiring senior Ruby/Rails folks in tech right now? #GetFediHired

2025-03-10 16:21:15 CET

I went out of my way to look for the non-video version of this so you don’t have to worry about NSFW. You’re welcome. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6QPQtguRdDs #morningmusic

2025-03-06 14:37:50 CET

Look at the size of these
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/114/115/754/284/776/818/original/a8d1176d11879d4d.jpeg

2025-02-20 18:32:10 CET

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Genderfuck Murderbot you cowards

2025-02-20 18:28:30 CET

Cautiously optimistic about this, but I wish they hadn’t cast a cis dude as Murderbot :/ Murderbot doesn’t have a gender.
https://www.theverge.com/news/616408/murderbot-series-apple-tv-plus-date-image

2025-02-19 18:22:26 CET

What are some examples of recent organizing in/around tech that are making a difference even if just for a handful of people?
Specifically interested in organizing by/for marginalized people.

2025-02-19 01:52:02 CET

Much like most tech startups, you can tell no one thought through to the logical conclusion of this app.
https://hackers.town/@drwho/114027062400031200

2025-02-18 17:13:12 CET

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@nprofile…qcga @nprofile…d6h6 the entire straight world: “they were ROOMATES” lol

2025-02-12 15:25:27 CET

Hey just a note:
It is not “preferred pronouns”, it’s just “pronouns”.

2025-02-11 14:36:19 CET

Can’t wait for this book. Preorder comes in 2 weeks! #bookstodon https://spore.social/@ayoub/113970535750868033

2025-02-07 23:09:04 CET

In hindsight, all those startups framing their apps as "changing the world" should have been a bigger warning sign.

2025-02-06 19:20:04 CET

Of course he surrounds himself with the most insufferable men on the internet
https://www.wired.com/story/edward-coristine-tesla-sexy-path-networks-doge/