Dani K
@danikasper.me
Here and queer 🏳️⚧️
Unfortunately work in tech
Dreaming about ecological civilization
Unfortunately work in tech
Dreaming about ecological civilization
Can I just say as an American it feels bizarre the extent the British media has started fawning over the American right in the last decade? Like, the BBC is covering Charlie Kirk as prominently as CNN, that’s weird
September 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Can I just say as an American it feels bizarre the extent the British media has started fawning over the American right in the last decade? Like, the BBC is covering Charlie Kirk as prominently as CNN, that’s weird
Aaah, my tentacle pot from @roseschmits.bsky.social finally made it through Spanish customs!! 😄
September 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Aaah, my tentacle pot from @roseschmits.bsky.social finally made it through Spanish customs!! 😄
In this vein, a few months ago I watched The Great Dictator, which is both a fun piece of film history as Charlie Chaplin’s first sound film and a rare piece of media that really captures the silliness and stupidity of the OG Nazis - it hits pretty well in these times IMO
we need to teach the 1930s properly so that people know the Reichstag Fire was exactly this stupid
I just can’t believe our Reichstag Fire is the Big Balls Beatdown.
August 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
In this vein, a few months ago I watched The Great Dictator, which is both a fun piece of film history as Charlie Chaplin’s first sound film and a rare piece of media that really captures the silliness and stupidity of the OG Nazis - it hits pretty well in these times IMO
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That near-50/50 split before 10 years old followed by a PLUNGE in the transfem rate taking it down to just 30% of referrals at 10-19 is... a lot of transfem suffering condensed into one graph, that's for sure
3 Aug 25 - New study shows vast "over-representation of trans boys" turns out to be vast _under-representation_ of trans girls bec. they: a) come out ~10 years later; b) start puberty later; & c) delay transitioning longer because of deep social animus towards AMAB femininity.
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tinyurl.com/yrwvmxws
August 4, 2025 at 5:14 AM
That near-50/50 split before 10 years old followed by a PLUNGE in the transfem rate taking it down to just 30% of referrals at 10-19 is... a lot of transfem suffering condensed into one graph, that's for sure
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Something about the way LLMs build in the idea that to find something out, you shouldn't read an already existing text that other people have also read (ew!); you should get fresh text generated just for you. Each time, new disposable text.
July 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Something about the way LLMs build in the idea that to find something out, you shouldn't read an already existing text that other people have also read (ew!); you should get fresh text generated just for you. Each time, new disposable text.
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once again, I’m actually not one of those people who thinks that LLMs and “AI” tools are inherently useless, but I do think our society is currently rolling them out in the most wildly irresponsible and dangerous way possible, in a fashion that is pretty much guaranteed to produce massive backlash
July 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
once again, I’m actually not one of those people who thinks that LLMs and “AI” tools are inherently useless, but I do think our society is currently rolling them out in the most wildly irresponsible and dangerous way possible, in a fashion that is pretty much guaranteed to produce massive backlash
The right wing self conception in this regard is one of the things I think is hardest for people outside that culture to conceive of. I remember the first time I heard an evangelical describe themselves as oppressed in a youth group in rural Ohio circa 2006… just a different reality entirely…
people posting the first superman panel which says he's "champion of the oppressed" as evidence that he's anti MAGA innately...people realize that maga think of themselves as oppressed, right?
July 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The right wing self conception in this regard is one of the things I think is hardest for people outside that culture to conceive of. I remember the first time I heard an evangelical describe themselves as oppressed in a youth group in rural Ohio circa 2006… just a different reality entirely…
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Retirement age of 75 feels just about perfect to me. It’s either the last year you can run for office or, in the case of the judiciary, the last year to hear cases. Go live your lives and stop running ours!
just do age limits at that point imo
May 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Retirement age of 75 feels just about perfect to me. It’s either the last year you can run for office or, in the case of the judiciary, the last year to hear cases. Go live your lives and stop running ours!
Still getting real people on the phone at Angus King’s DC office! Go tell them we see what’s happening and that Mainers don’t take kindly to the kind of bullshit Schumer is peddling!
Things are moving quickly, but it looks like these Sen's especially need calls from *constituents* to vote NO on cloture:
Angus King (ME)
Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Brian Schatz (HI)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Gary Peters (MI)
Capitol switchboard is 202-224-3121.
Angus King (ME)
Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Brian Schatz (HI)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Gary Peters (MI)
Capitol switchboard is 202-224-3121.
This is NEW today. AOC sent this 11 am. Friday morning.
Yes, your calls are still needed. The vote is in the early afternoon. There is still time!
Yes, your calls are still needed. The vote is in the early afternoon. There is still time!
March 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Still getting real people on the phone at Angus King’s DC office! Go tell them we see what’s happening and that Mainers don’t take kindly to the kind of bullshit Schumer is peddling!
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part of the current story is that the new york state & city democratic party apparatus is so corrupt and sclerotic it's literally helping destroy the country
March 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
part of the current story is that the new york state & city democratic party apparatus is so corrupt and sclerotic it's literally helping destroy the country
I called Angus King’s office today and told him this - actually got a real person, which was nice. Confirmation that he’s going to stand up for his constituents would be nicer, though
Maine’s reps in the house and senate should withold support for the current GOP budget and spending bill and anything else the administration brings to a vote in Congress until this funding is restored.
I'm appalled by the USDA's decision to pause funding to the University of Maine System.
This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine.
Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.
This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine.
Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.
March 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I called Angus King’s office today and told him this - actually got a real person, which was nice. Confirmation that he’s going to stand up for his constituents would be nicer, though
Y’all, spend your time on this rather than the horrors today. When I tell you this book gave me feelings…
Today is Woodworking's PUB DAY. I'm so proud of this book, and I'm so glad to hear how many of you have bought and enjoyed it already!
You can buy it here if you're so inclined: bookshop.org/p/books/wood...
And now, the hardest sell I can think of, this book's biggest advocate has thoughts:
You can buy it here if you're so inclined: bookshop.org/p/books/wood...
And now, the hardest sell I can think of, this book's biggest advocate has thoughts:
March 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Y’all, spend your time on this rather than the horrors today. When I tell you this book gave me feelings…
Petty grievance of the day: there are too many damn announcements on planes. I promise, you don’t need to tell us the screen has shows on it, you’re just interrupting us while we’re already browsing the list
February 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Petty grievance of the day: there are too many damn announcements on planes. I promise, you don’t need to tell us the screen has shows on it, you’re just interrupting us while we’re already browsing the list
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"I'm voting for someone who will I know will disobey the constitution and I hope they lose in court" is a hell of a take and I hope whoever's running against her in two years is ready to highlight this with regards to every dollar withheld from Maine
Approps Chair Collins voted for Vought but told @pressherald.bsky.social he might lose a lawsuit 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼:
“I do intend to support his nomination...If there are impoundments, I believe it will end up in court, and my hope is the court will rule in favor of the 1974 impoundment and budget control act"
“I do intend to support his nomination...If there are impoundments, I believe it will end up in court, and my hope is the court will rule in favor of the 1974 impoundment and budget control act"
February 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
"I'm voting for someone who will I know will disobey the constitution and I hope they lose in court" is a hell of a take and I hope whoever's running against her in two years is ready to highlight this with regards to every dollar withheld from Maine
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Just note the Democrats could do everything in their power and still fail to stop the fascist administrative coup. I'd still like them to actually DO THAT, though.
February 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Just note the Democrats could do everything in their power and still fail to stop the fascist administrative coup. I'd still like them to actually DO THAT, though.
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We're entering a period where a lot of well-meaning people may spread disinformation, about anti-trans initiatives, about ICE raids, and so on.
Yes, we need a grapevine, and people under the gun need to be informed quickly.
But that's why it's all the more important that your info is *accurate.*
Yes, we need a grapevine, and people under the gun need to be informed quickly.
But that's why it's all the more important that your info is *accurate.*
New rule: if you can't verify some news about trans stuff with at least two verifiable sources, you don't post it. Seeing a lot of people worried about shit they don't need to be yet
January 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
We're entering a period where a lot of well-meaning people may spread disinformation, about anti-trans initiatives, about ICE raids, and so on.
Yes, we need a grapevine, and people under the gun need to be informed quickly.
But that's why it's all the more important that your info is *accurate.*
Yes, we need a grapevine, and people under the gun need to be informed quickly.
But that's why it's all the more important that your info is *accurate.*
I get that discoursing things to death and echo chambers are kind of what we do here, but something deeply depressing about how much my feed today is just infighting in the midst of all the other shit we have to deal with right now
January 24, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I get that discoursing things to death and echo chambers are kind of what we do here, but something deeply depressing about how much my feed today is just infighting in the midst of all the other shit we have to deal with right now
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the fact that this but not I Saw The TV Glow is what's winning Oscars is a sign that the Oscar critics are bad at their job
THR: Emilia Pérez’ Sets All-Time Oscar Record for a Non-English Language Film With 13 Nods
$NFLX
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
$NFLX
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
‘Emilia Pérez’ Sets All-Time Oscar Record for a Non-English Language Film With 13 Nods
The Netflix film picked up 13 Oscar nominations including best actress (Karla Sofía Gascón), best director (Jacques Audiard) and best supporting actress (Zoe Saldaña) on Thursday.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
the fact that this but not I Saw The TV Glow is what's winning Oscars is a sign that the Oscar critics are bad at their job
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I've been talking with the real Mariann Budde today and she has told me that this account is a fake. She asks our assistance in taking it down. @mariannedgarbudde.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I've been talking with the real Mariann Budde today and she has told me that this account is a fake. She asks our assistance in taking it down. @mariannedgarbudde.bsky.social
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Use Signal to talk about protests
Use Signal to talk about your wordle score
Use Signal to talk about abortion
Use Signal to talk about your mom's knitting club
Use Signal to talk about parties
Use Signal to talk about gender affirming care
Use Signal to talk about the weather
Use Signal
Use Signal to talk about your wordle score
Use Signal to talk about abortion
Use Signal to talk about your mom's knitting club
Use Signal to talk about parties
Use Signal to talk about gender affirming care
Use Signal to talk about the weather
Use Signal
January 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Use Signal to talk about protests
Use Signal to talk about your wordle score
Use Signal to talk about abortion
Use Signal to talk about your mom's knitting club
Use Signal to talk about parties
Use Signal to talk about gender affirming care
Use Signal to talk about the weather
Use Signal
Use Signal to talk about your wordle score
Use Signal to talk about abortion
Use Signal to talk about your mom's knitting club
Use Signal to talk about parties
Use Signal to talk about gender affirming care
Use Signal to talk about the weather
Use Signal
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If you won’t unequivocally call it a Nazi salute, you’re a collaborationist and don’t deserve to be a journalist.
January 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
If you won’t unequivocally call it a Nazi salute, you’re a collaborationist and don’t deserve to be a journalist.
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Not lost on me that it's nonprofit tech, app.watchduty.org, showing up & actually working in the midst of the LA fires (donate to them!)
Meanwhile platforms fail to surface key news, vital info is paywalled...
As I've been saying, we need a new tech paradigm, yesterday!
Meanwhile platforms fail to surface key news, vital info is paywalled...
As I've been saying, we need a new tech paradigm, yesterday!
Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts
Real-time information about wildfire and firefighting efforts nearby
app.watchduty.org
January 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Not lost on me that it's nonprofit tech, app.watchduty.org, showing up & actually working in the midst of the LA fires (donate to them!)
Meanwhile platforms fail to surface key news, vital info is paywalled...
As I've been saying, we need a new tech paradigm, yesterday!
Meanwhile platforms fail to surface key news, vital info is paywalled...
As I've been saying, we need a new tech paradigm, yesterday!
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We are so far up the ass of late-stage capitalism that people have forgotten the difference between a business and a public service.
December 16, 2024 at 5:42 PM
We are so far up the ass of late-stage capitalism that people have forgotten the difference between a business and a public service.
Maybe I’m just not in tune with the right circles, but I really don’t understand why there’s not a serious movement for a constitutional amendment to set an age limit for public office at 70 or 75 or so
My own US Rep has been in office since I was *7*. I am 42
He is 74 and has esophageal cancer!! LET GO OF THE REINS ALREADY
December 17, 2024 at 12:59 AM
Maybe I’m just not in tune with the right circles, but I really don’t understand why there’s not a serious movement for a constitutional amendment to set an age limit for public office at 70 or 75 or so
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Ok no, you know what? I am gonna talk about something.
They're talking about "regret" of transition but I will tell you that it is the least regretted medical process I can think of.
I hesitate to say "it is the least regretted course of action, period" but it might be.
They're talking about "regret" of transition but I will tell you that it is the least regretted medical process I can think of.
I hesitate to say "it is the least regretted course of action, period" but it might be.
December 4, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Ok no, you know what? I am gonna talk about something.
They're talking about "regret" of transition but I will tell you that it is the least regretted medical process I can think of.
I hesitate to say "it is the least regretted course of action, period" but it might be.
They're talking about "regret" of transition but I will tell you that it is the least regretted medical process I can think of.
I hesitate to say "it is the least regretted course of action, period" but it might be.