Ashe Dryden

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Studying the impact of tech on the most marginalized peoples informed by history, abolition, & my oversized heart. I made @alterconf & @fundbettertech.

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

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African gig workers are shocked to learn that they may have unknowingly trained the systems Russia uses against protesters. https://open.substack.com/pub/continent/p/serving-putin-without-even-knowing?r=2d15gt&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Serving Putin – without even knowing it

African gig workers are shocked to learn that they may have unknowingly trained the systems Russia uses against protesters.

The Continent

The article ends with a reference to the Okjökull glacier memorial plaque, one of the most pre-haunted things I have ever seen:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okj%C3%B6kull

Okjökull - Wikipedia

$3000/$3000

100% funded!!

I’m so excited to say that we met the GoFundMe goal!! I can’t thank you all enough for your generosity. Every person that boosted my fundraiser, sent messages of support, or donated has played a huge part. You’ve completely changed my life and given me independence.
I appreciate you!!

P.S. Power chair reveal coming soon 🫡

https://gofund.me/1f246493

The general public have become even more feral since the pandemic.

We asked 1,000+ attendees to mask indoors this weekend, and everyone just did. I didn’t have to stop and remind a single person the entire 3 days.

There were definitely gaps in the policy, the risk wasn’t reduced to zero, but if anyone is wondering if it’s possible for events and large gatherings to make reasonable accommodations to reduce the risk of spreading COVID, it absolutely is, we proved it, and your event should be doing it too.

I just keep thinking about @kissane talking about the next pandemic, the next climate disaster, and the next genocide. Put so plainly it’s like a gut punch. #xoxofest

"Black women are 84% more likely to be abused on social media than white women, according to a 2018 Amnesty International study. By 2020, further research by Glitch, a UK charity committed to ending the abuse of women and marginalised people online, found that online abuse against women, disproportionately impacts Black women, non-binary people and women from minoritised communities, all of whom were more likely to feel like their complaints to social media companies were not adequately addressed.

Black women in the public eye bear the brunt of online trolling. This was witnessed back in 2017, when Amnesty found of the thousands of horrendous abuse (including rape and death threats) directed to female MPs on Twitter, over half were aimed at Britain’s first Black woman MP, Labour politician, Diane Abbott."

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/black-women-online-safety-bill-twitter

The Most Disrespected Group Online Are Black Women — This CEO Is Fighting Back

"Online abuse disproportionately impacts Black women," says CEO of UK charity Glitch, Seyi Akiwowo. To help people reclaim online spaces from trolls, Akiwowo has released the first intersectional guide to online safety and allyship, 'How To Stay Safe Online'.

Apropos of nothing, more billionaires should live in fear of being pulled off their private jets and arrested.
@matthewcassinelli I walked past you yesterday but you were deep in conversation. Hope you’re doing well!
Woke up, ate a small breakfast, and went right back to bed for a couple hours. I think the weekend has taken more out of me than I realized.