Ashe Dryden 🙆🏼‍♀️🐈🐈‍⬛

Studying the impact of tech on marginalized people, particularly police surveillance in segregated US cities. Former programmer, dei advocate. I made AlterConf & Fund Club. I still mask and 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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2026-05-01 14:04:05 UTC

She sure does love a good belly rub.
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/116/499/691/178/118/704/original/131ecac8a3aced96.mp4

2026-04-29 21:40:41 UTC

I am off school for the next couple weeks and will be having surgery in that time, so I need some new things to watch!
- no gratuitous violence/gore
- witty funny >>>> slapstick
- even bad scifi can be entertaining
- prefer diverse representation
- shows with lots of seasons would be good, but movies are also fine

2026-04-29 12:28:49 UTC

RE: https://toot.yosh.is/@yosh/116487778402803336
Okaaaay, scaling is absolutely an issue, but how much of this is due to MS so heavily pushing Copilot?
This is what they wanted!
#note1cmv…7jk5

2026-04-24 17:25:01 UTC

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man it must be nice to have a government that is motivated to solve real world problems

2026-04-23 17:28:42 UTC

Fediverse tip: you don’t always have to say the thing. In fact, in many cases it’s better if you do not say the thing.

2026-04-21 22:49:12 UTC

Rewatching Game Changer Rulette for a little joy. #DropoutTV

2026-04-21 09:33:10 UTC

Covid cautious folks: what are you wearing to exercise? I am debating re-joining a gym after stopping when Covid started, but the idea of being extra hot and out of breath in a mask is a huge deterrent. #covid #MaskUp #AskFedi

2026-04-19 23:40:27 UTC

I went to the gym but no one was there. Into a squat rack was carved the word BROATOAN.

2026-04-11 23:03:02 UTC

Criminally under-rated movies, go.

2026-04-10 12:09:35 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mvsde/116380171230694734
Amazing! If this has been rolled out to your server, update your profile with alt text!
#note1566…3af0

2026-04-09 17:57:06 UTC

Your favorite personal misheard lyrics that are *not* "kiss this guy"?
Mine? Evil Woman -> Medieval Woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxz1DuVaRr8

2026-04-08 18:33:53 UTC

She’s got big cheeks and they’re for scritchin’.
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/116/370/520/032/960/455/original/73f1d783500d23b7.mp4

2026-04-07 14:06:33 UTC

Trump needs to be in the Hague.

2026-04-06 14:08:55 UTC

Putting accessibility features behind a paywall: amazing. A+.
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/116/358/151/595/575/771/original/7c67918cfb31dfb1.png

2026-04-05 15:55:42 UTC

The best songs about a person named Sara(h), go.
- Fleetwood Mac: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bWGy0K5VF0
- Hall & Oates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYEpFJhuu1E

2026-04-03 15:33:15 UTC

Got a new microwave, so here is me pulling some of the protective stickers off it because I’m sure there are people like me who love that.
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/116/341/498/393/628/753/original/7937277fbf322e8e.mp4

2026-04-02 21:11:15 UTC

Bummer!
https://futurism.com/science-energy/data-centers-construction-supply

2026-04-01 13:58:01 UTC

Been writing so much lately for the new site about policing, surveillance, and the social context that makes those things problematic. Hoping to launch that this coming weekend.
In the meantime, are there things you want to understand better about the US police system, the use of high tech police surveillance, or the social implications of both?

2026-04-01 12:46:18 UTC

I am looking for more music that is like Rob Zombie/White Zombie. Think really heavy guitar and bass, high energy, catchy. Bonus points if it is fronted by a woman.
Whatcha got?

2026-03-31 15:38:03 UTC

When you think about reading blog posts, how much time are you dedicating to read each post?

2026-03-29 17:36:04 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@annaecook/116313411969753640
I have yet to see an opinion from Alex Karp that is even approaching good.
#note1zmc…h2l0

2026-03-27 14:09:39 UTC

Do you prefer to get new blog posts through an rss feed or newsletter-style in your email?

2026-03-27 13:42:23 UTC

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

2026-03-26 16:52:47 UTC

This is called mission creep: installing surveillance for one reason and using it for another. Most high tech police surveillance and a lot of smart city tech experiences mission creep specifically around increased surveillance and other police uses.
When cities approve these technologies, they aren’t aware of all the possible future uses, they’re often making a decision to install them based on a specific use.
https://www.404media.co/police-used-flock-to-give-a-man-a-traffic-ticket/ #flock #alpr #surveillance #police

2026-03-23 20:09:50 UTC

This poor person has to live with this for the rest of their life, an issue that likely wouldn’t have occurred if we treated air traffic control jobs as the high risk jobs they are. We have got to stop short staffing high risk roles like this.
https://www.jalopnik.com/2129924/laguardia-lone-air-traffic-controller-ground-air-space/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox-Jalopnik&utm_medium=Social-Distribution&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1774280822

2026-03-21 14:08:11 UTC

The techno-phrenologists are at it again.
"Faception can analyze faces from video streams (recorded and live), cameras, or online/offline databases, encode the faces in proprietary image descriptors and match an individual with various personality traits and types with a high level of accuracy. We develop proprietary classifiers, each describing a certain personality type or trait such as an Extrovert, a person with High IQ, Professional Poker Player or a Terrorist."
https://www.faception.com/our-technology

2026-03-14 17:27:57 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@amorablackrose/116216880038325767
You can start wearing a mask again even if it’s been years since you wore one! We just care that you’re protecting yourself and the people around you. 💕
#note1h2n…2atd

2026-03-13 15:49:23 UTC

I think I am going to work on a police surveillance-masquerading-as-smart city project this fall.
If you live in a "smart city" I am interested to know if local complaints have been brought up about this. #SmartCity #Surveillance #Police

2026-03-13 13:38:58 UTC

I'm reading a book of essays by Jelani Cobb right now and one of the things he talks about is how Republicans have known for years that they are losing their ability to win an election out of sheer demographic change. This is why they are so into voter suppression, keeping poor people poor, and removing educational opportunities.
I feel Alex Karp's latest reveal is just an extension of that.
https://newrepublic.com/post/207693/palantir-ceo-karp-disrupting-democratic-power

2026-03-11 00:46:53 UTC

When you’re in your “read later” list and go to mark one of the articles to read later 😬

2026-03-07 21:38:08 UTC

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

2026-03-07 02:11:19 UTC

So I have this thing where when I am interested in reading a book, I either don’t read the blurb or I wait until I’ve forgotten what it said to read it. I go into every fiction book knowing next to nothing, which is great for having no preconceived notions about where it’s gonna go. Everything is a surprise!

2026-03-03 12:55:15 UTC

RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/116164957710188853
Predictive policing is a perfect example of this.
It 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.
#note1xsj…ekwd

2026-03-02 19:19:18 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@rasterweb/116161187367554757
Hey spoonie babes, check it out. #spoonie #chronicillness #chronicpain
#note12d4…uv3l

2026-03-02 13:36:55 UTC

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

2026-03-01 13:38:33 UTC

RE: https://flipboard.com/@aljazeera/middle-east-news-oapkqap7z/-/a-rATDq9KpS9iGFlqtMux0qg%3Aa%3A3199698-%2F0
According to these NGOs, together they are responsible for half of the food handouts in the Strip and 60 percent of services provided in field hospitals.
For many families in Gaza, this means hunger – because food parcels will not be distributed and livelihoods will be lost.
#note1a6n…ufj6

2026-02-28 12:34:13 UTC

RE: https://flipboard.com/@npr/world-news-fqv71h77z/-/a-J6_mnabsQLaykXzGJe80lg%3Aa%3A3195441-%2F0
Goddamnit.
“The Iranian government said one of the missiles hit a girl's elementary school in Minab city in Iran's southern Hormozgan province, killing at least 40 students.”
#note19q5…t0vk

2026-02-27 16:11:47 UTC

It's like gazing into our future.
"The ability to disconnect a population is a feature of modern authoritarian network design. When a government treats connectivity as a faucet it can turn off at will, it asserts that the right to speak, assemble, and access information is revocable."
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/why-tehrans-two-tiered-internet-is-so-dangerous.html

2026-02-26 20:26:52 UTC

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they're all frantically re-enacting "are we the baddies?"

2026-02-26 20:16:10 UTC

Bro, our national surveillance network of thousands of cameras that can be accessed by practically any law enforcement agency is not mass surveillance, bro.
https://www.flocksafety.com/blog/does-flock-enable-mass-surveillance #surveillance #flock

2026-02-26 14:56:13 UTC

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

2026-02-26 00:07:02 UTC

The yellow pillow on the set of Ask Hank Anything looks like corn on the cob and I am obsessed with it.
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/116/134/013/646/443/952/original/7e58b49cc364e338.jpeg

2026-02-25 14:09:56 UTC

Facial recognition is one of the technologies police are claiming help them clear cases, but I wonder at what point we are going to find out how exactly how many people are in jail/prison who were improperly identified. #FacialRecognition #police #prison #surveillance
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/25/facial-recognition-error-prompts-police-to-arrest-asian-man-for-burglary-100-miles-away

2026-02-25 13:59:43 UTC

We need to get rid of surveillance tech if only to keep men from having another avenue to harass their exes https://www.tmj4.com/news/milwaukee-county/milwaukee-officer-charged-with-misconduct-over-alleged-misuse-of-flock-technology

2026-02-23 21:13:57 UTC

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 00:06:49 UTC

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the special signal we have to let each other know when we want to leave

2026-02-20 16:13:06 UTC

Last night I finished the best book I have read in a while: Cursed Daughter by Oyinkan Braithwaite, the same author as My Sister, The Serial Killer.
It tells the story of a family of cursed women. It bounces between narratives about a woman who dies by suicide on the same day that another woman is born. The latter is haunted by the former, her family raising her as if she is the reincarnation of the woman who died.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/198e7103-5ceb-4d4c-81cd-b4fe846046f1
#books #bookstodon

2026-02-19 17:30:32 UTC

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hmm, what if that service goes away? I have email through my domain, so I might do that. Hoping I can do aliases so I can do unique addresses per login maybe.

2026-02-19 17:17:09 UTC

I've got about a week of free time coming up and I want to spend some time finishing my migration from gmail to fastmail.
For anyone who has made the journey, did you find anything that makes changing credentials on sites you have accounts on easier? I figure I will just go through 1password from most recently used to least, but I have nearly 1000 sets of credentials in there lolsob.

2026-02-19 00:10:08 UTC

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Peter Thiel finally has a source for young blood

2026-02-18 16:19:29 UTC

"But what if we could make finding one lost dog require the computational power of a small dictator-led nation state? [...] We could find literally anyone, but we only use this technology to find lost dogs."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROFblZ_-9q4 #surveillance

2026-02-18 15:13:03 UTC

Seems bad. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/18/hazardous-substances-headphones

2026-02-15 20:48:47 UTC

RE: https://turtleisland.social/@Tzipporah/116076340492759341
Look at how beautiful! I own some of their earrings and they are so nice!
#note1qyn…cguw

2026-02-14 19:58:06 UTC

RE: https://social.anoxinon.de/@ninawillburger/116070741824897678
can I eat the jelly frog
#note1tve…fgnn

2026-02-09 18:22:11 UTC

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a hero emerges

2026-02-09 14:27:44 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/116041069446538092
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
#note1w8j…n9tz

2026-02-09 14:01:58 UTC

RE: https://social.marxist.network/@yogthos/116038899442780006
Unfortunately the trend of people sticking by sexual abusers in the face of overwhelming evidence of their guilt is a very common thing.
#note1fc0…y27j

2026-02-08 23:38:11 UTC

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I’m on my way

2026-02-07 18:21:52 UTC

Who are the folks you follow on mastodon that you learn the most from?

2026-02-07 13:43:08 UTC

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/116029593231712335
Two huge things impact what makes us think Black and poor neighborhoods are “high crime”:
- Cops spend way more time in these neighborhoods and by virtue of their presence, record more crime. This accounts for the 57% difference in crime rates. https://direct.mit.edu/rest/article/107/6/1734/117710/Smartphone-Data-Reveal-Neighborhood-Level-Racial
- Officer discretion (the ability for a cop to decide the outcome of an incident, including warnings, tickets, arrest, or ignoring it all together) is very different by neighborhood. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047235221000490
#police #racism

2026-02-06 15:15:39 UTC

"Find what is randomly dinging in my house" as a service.

2026-02-04 21:41:01 UTC

RE: https://masto.ai/@unusual_whales/116014267714026776
MORE
#note1cdj…6xma

2026-02-03 01:15:23 UTC

It was explained to me that there is a Reddit just for AIs now and that is the funniest, most ridiculous shit I have ever heard.

2026-02-01 19:10:55 UTC

Truly bothered by people who are upset that some folks aren’t protesting “the right way” as if there is a magical combination of protest types that will make an occupying force become suddenly enlightened.

2026-01-30 17:07:34 UTC

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we are old as bones @npub1u0t…f49n @npub1xse…lgk3

2026-01-30 14:25:45 UTC

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I don’t teach, I just graduated with a CS bachelors last May

2026-01-30 14:09:47 UTC

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I know a lot of early college students use Notion to keep track of notes, but I haven’t seen many use paper

2026-01-30 11:08:27 UTC

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🙆🏼‍♀️ @npub1u0t…f49n @npub1syu…s5cm

2026-01-27 00:30:50 UTC

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/115964188314399075
Putting a less post-apocalyptic villain as the head of a murderous fascist org is not gonna fix this, guys

2026-01-26 17:55:25 UTC

White lady at the hospital complaining that "nobody even knows who Bad Bunny is" lol

2026-01-25 00:05:01 UTC

No tech for ICE! #NoTechForICE
https://www.wired.com/story/ice-asks-companies-about-ad-tech-and-big-data-tools/

2026-01-20 15:25:11 UTC

As more white American citizens fall victim to ICE, so much of the framing is that they "weren't even illegals!"
This treatment isn't acceptable for any reason, in any situation! Illegally breaking into people's homes without a warrant, using children as "bait" for parents, etc. is morally repugnant *always*.

2026-01-17 19:17:17 UTC

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LOOK AT HER GO #starfleetacademy
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/115/912/044/185/280/796/original/907d99b567291cc8.jpeg

2026-01-17 19:00:05 UTC

Is Star Trek: Starfleet Academy the first Star Trek with a bisexual at the helm or what lol #starfleetacademy
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/115/911/976/404/479/644/original/c8ffec13baa34cf8.jpeg

2026-01-11 18:46:01 UTC

We are witnessing the direct result of all of those years of pumping more and more money into police, DHS, and the military.

2026-01-10 15:04:06 UTC

To protect democracy you must… stop being a free country? Okay, guy.
https://futurism.com/future-society/tech-billionaire-shlomo-kramer-speech

2026-01-08 13:33:42 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/115858656736079420
Do you think as a little rich asshole he wanted to make the world a worse place?
#note1zk7…2gym

2026-01-07 19:26:48 UTC

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

2025-12-29 12:21:12 UTC

Do you change post visibility settings for your posts?

2025-12-22 16:12:48 UTC

Let 2025 be the year that people finally accept that an action being illegal does not mean a government won’t commit it — and get away with it.

2025-12-22 01:20:05 UTC

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he basically plays the same super nervous guy as in the beginning of BSG

2025-12-21 17:21:10 UTC

No one told me Gaius Baltar was in #SlowHorses lol

2025-12-21 14:32:18 UTC

What was your first username on the internet?
Mine was MeowMagic1 because of my beloved Himalayan cat, Magic (Johnson).
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/115/758/041/193/598/119/original/61155c3e250a6b74.mp4

2025-12-20 00:33:22 UTC

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I love books about libraries and books! I’m planning on sharing this soon for a Friday book recs:
- The Library Book by Orlean
- The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Hoover Bartlett
- The Professor and the Madman by Winchester
- Dark Archives by Rosenbloom
- How To Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Yu
- The Midnight Library by Haig
- The Sentence by Erdrich
- The Book Collectors by Minoui

2025-12-18 20:36:19 UTC

Reminder if you are having alcohol at your upcoming holiday events: provide non-alcoholic options! There are lots of reasons people don’t drink and giving them options to participate is an inclusive thing to do. 💕
The world of non-alcoholic beverages has really blown up over the past few years, there are tons of delicious, fancy and non-fancy options.

2025-12-18 18:54:25 UTC

It should be required to wear a hat with side view mirrors in the grocery store because no one has any situational awareness.

2025-12-15 18:23:36 UTC

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lying for the greater good

2025-12-12 01:47:30 UTC

Tonight on the #XFiles, Mulder is literally back from the dead after aliens abducted him for half the season. His fish are alive, so I guess let’s get back to work.

2025-12-10 15:05:43 UTC

How often do you disinfect your phone?

2025-12-05 23:32:09 UTC

I, too, have overspent my allowance by $20M. https://tomkahe.com/@GiftArticles/115669120453917975
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/115/669/567/044/039/397/original/37ab4433f352a28e.mp4

2025-12-04 21:42:03 UTC

Do not forget the people, companies, and organizations that abandoned their morals during these dark years.
https://www.theverge.com/tech/838079/microsoft-diversity-and-inclusion-changes-notepad

2025-11-27 21:40:03 UTC

How’s everyone doing?

2025-11-23 23:24:55 UTC

I’m annoying to watch anything with because I can predict every minor and major plot point from 100 miles away.

2025-11-21 18:51:50 UTC

5 or so years ago, my family decided that, instead of giving traditional gifts, we'd have a book exchange.
In that spirit, here's a list of unique, wide-appeal books for #FridayBooksRecs to help you gift something special for that hard to shop for person in your life. #bookstodon

2025-11-19 15:21:57 UTC

::evil witch cackle::
https://journa.host/@w7voa/115576982348332587

2025-11-19 01:20:31 UTC

The web as we knew it is slipping away.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/more-than-half-new-articles-ai-written/

2025-11-18 14:01:48 UTC

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I appreciate all the cis dudes who have for years supported women and other marginalized people in tech because it was one of the only things that kept me feeling like we weren’t being 100% gaslit. Speaking up matters.

2025-11-18 14:00:05 UTC

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The tech industry radicalized me through assumptions of my skillset, hacker news opinion posts, Twitter pile ons, men at conferences realizing I was one of the only women and asking where the line was to have sex with me, tech swag that was literally women’s underwear, BDFLs being praised for their misogyny, conference talks celebrating the bro club, and all the men who asked why we were so “sensitive” about this stuff.
It was exhausting. Creating a space for marginalized people healed me.

2025-11-18 13:50:41 UTC

While my experience isn’t the same as this woman, I absolutely feel it. Everything is an uphill battle (and it’s worse if you’re multiply marginalized!) and every issue makes you feel like it is all your fault.
The tech industry has not made the kind of progress I had hoped when I started doing dei activism 15+ years ago.
https://toot.cafe/@baldur/115570002490755386

2025-11-17 18:30:02 UTC

In my family at the holidays, we each get each other a book that we have read that we think the other person would like. 🎁📚🎉
Do you have hard-to-shop-for folks on your list that you’d like help choosing books for? Tell me about their interests and I’ll pull together a list for this #FridayBookRecs ! #bookstodon