Daly
@daly.bsky.social
technologist, fibers, frisson. digital security for bodily autonomy
check out this Ambera Wellman painting I saw a few weeks ago:
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
check out this Ambera Wellman painting I saw a few weeks ago:
I want to see Oratorio For Living Things but I wonder if it’s just reanimating that kind of hypomania-inducing choral work that megachurches rely on
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I want to see Oratorio For Living Things but I wonder if it’s just reanimating that kind of hypomania-inducing choral work that megachurches rely on
I had well over ten years of highly-curated playlists on Spotify, and I thought it would be sooo hard to move. IT WAS EASY. And I got to leave a bitchy note to them on the way out.
Spotify is doubling down on decision to run ICE ads ‼️
Help us spread the word to #BoycottSpotify | boycottspotify.com
Help us spread the word to #BoycottSpotify | boycottspotify.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I had well over ten years of highly-curated playlists on Spotify, and I thought it would be sooo hard to move. IT WAS EASY. And I got to leave a bitchy note to them on the way out.
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Cis women in anti-trans religious communities are literally fucking medically transitioning, and the NYT buries this fact 1000s of words into the article.
October 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Cis women in anti-trans religious communities are literally fucking medically transitioning, and the NYT buries this fact 1000s of words into the article.
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Just got a call from a lovely but very nervous Dr, who advised I wouldn't be routinely screened for breast cancer because I'm not indicated as being "biologically female" on the central NHS database and my biology wouldn't indicate I'm at risk.
My records have been altered, which is upsetting.
My records have been altered, which is upsetting.
October 15, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Just got a call from a lovely but very nervous Dr, who advised I wouldn't be routinely screened for breast cancer because I'm not indicated as being "biologically female" on the central NHS database and my biology wouldn't indicate I'm at risk.
My records have been altered, which is upsetting.
My records have been altered, which is upsetting.
RIP Major. I learned so much from you, and will continue to learn from you, long after this.
October 14, 2025 at 12:07 AM
RIP Major. I learned so much from you, and will continue to learn from you, long after this.
Centering Sylvia is the move of a real one. I know, no stanning politicians, but this got me choked up. Feels like a birthday gift
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Centering Sylvia is the move of a real one. I know, no stanning politicians, but this got me choked up. Feels like a birthday gift
that shirt that reads, “I AM A CRIME AGAINST GOD AND BIOLOGY” but on the back it also reads, “BIOLOGY ISN’T LAW, AND LAWS—LIKE GOD—AREN’T REAL”
October 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
that shirt that reads, “I AM A CRIME AGAINST GOD AND BIOLOGY” but on the back it also reads, “BIOLOGY ISN’T LAW, AND LAWS—LIKE GOD—AREN’T REAL”
going to be a sad day when I run out of my Prisme Libre powder that still has talc
October 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
going to be a sad day when I run out of my Prisme Libre powder that still has talc
cops lying about use of flock cams to track someone down for SMA. Despicable and entirely predictable.
Newly obtained documents confirm what law enforcement and Flock Safety tried to deny: A Texas sheriff’s office used license plate readers while investigating a woman’s self-managed abortion, not to find a “missing person." www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
October 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
cops lying about use of flock cams to track someone down for SMA. Despicable and entirely predictable.
stop gossiping on main; it’s bad form
October 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
stop gossiping on main; it’s bad form
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It's impossible to separate Hegseth's vision of "warrior culture" from his storied history of violence against women in his life, fundamentalist faith in the patriarchy, and his own pathetic insecurities. I have zero faith he won't entangle us in wars to validate his own flailing gender identity
Battle of the Sexes | Jasper Craven
Pete Hegseth has used his many perches—from Princeton to the Pentagon—to agitate for a kind of trickle-down masculinity.
thebaffler.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
It's impossible to separate Hegseth's vision of "warrior culture" from his storied history of violence against women in his life, fundamentalist faith in the patriarchy, and his own pathetic insecurities. I have zero faith he won't entangle us in wars to validate his own flailing gender identity
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ICE is doing forced labor and sexual assault of transgender people in their detention centers, reads a new complaint.
ICE Warden Put Transgender Detainees into Forced Labor Program: Complaint
A federal complaint accuses the warden of creating an ad hoc work program used to demean trans detainees.
www.newsweek.com
September 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
ICE is doing forced labor and sexual assault of transgender people in their detention centers, reads a new complaint.
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the full recording is here:
September 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
the full recording is here:
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Remember the international response when there was a fire at Notre Dame Cathedral
Built in the 13th century. So that mosque stood for 800 years with every sort of person from every place and every religion in the world passing through Gaza century after century, only for it to be blown up by some shithead loser sitting behind a computer that we probably paid for.
My rage knows no bounds
September 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Remember the international response when there was a fire at Notre Dame Cathedral
I guess it’s not a big shock that a tech product most famous for being inaccurate would go with one of the most unreliable and problematic age verification schemes, but it sure is annoying
So how is OpenAI going to know that a user is under 18?
"We’re building an age-prediction system to estimate age based on how people use ChatGPT."
openai.com/index/teen-s...
"We’re building an age-prediction system to estimate age based on how people use ChatGPT."
openai.com/index/teen-s...
Teen safety, freedom, and privacy
By Sam Altman
openai.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I guess it’s not a big shock that a tech product most famous for being inaccurate would go with one of the most unreliable and problematic age verification schemes, but it sure is annoying
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NEW in @chron.com: Hundreds of LGBTQ+ books were found sitting in a surplus warehouse at Texas A&M University, and the university won't say why. As first reported by @joyurcaba.bsky.social, the books include a memoir by Matthew Shepard's mother and academic texts.
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Why are hundreds of LGBTQ+ books sitting in a Texas A&M warehouse?
"It just felt really slimy on the university's part."
www.chron.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
NEW in @chron.com: Hundreds of LGBTQ+ books were found sitting in a surplus warehouse at Texas A&M University, and the university won't say why. As first reported by @joyurcaba.bsky.social, the books include a memoir by Matthew Shepard's mother and academic texts.
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
imagine if the murder of Sam Nordquist had caused even half of this hubbub
September 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
imagine if the murder of Sam Nordquist had caused even half of this hubbub
Living with my own cat as an adult helps me understand Donna Haraway’s work so much more
September 14, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Living with my own cat as an adult helps me understand Donna Haraway’s work so much more
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I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"
After Charlie Kirk's death, teachers and professors nationwide fired or disciplined over social media posts
At least a dozen faculty and staff have faced fallout over insensitive comments online.
www.nbcnews.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"
wrapped up this joyous day by seeing Ethel Cain at the Kings Theater
September 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
wrapped up this joyous day by seeing Ethel Cain at the Kings Theater
You know how software devs use “boilerplate” for reusable starter code? I propose we use “sloper” from now on, partly because it’s more accurate to the metaphor and partly because it dispells the faux-masc vibe of the former.
September 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
You know how software devs use “boilerplate” for reusable starter code? I propose we use “sloper” from now on, partly because it’s more accurate to the metaphor and partly because it dispells the faux-masc vibe of the former.
I need the revival of ART to be a colossal failure
September 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I need the revival of ART to be a colossal failure