Kassian Wren
@k45514n.net
In the greater Seattle area. Still not ok and that's ok. Every step forward counts.
DevRel by day, crafter/artist/queer by night. I like Javascript, Rust, robotics, baseball, macropads, and hearing about your hyperfixation.
I have 3 cat babies I adore.
DevRel by day, crafter/artist/queer by night. I like Javascript, Rust, robotics, baseball, macropads, and hearing about your hyperfixation.
I have 3 cat babies I adore.
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Important thread from a former NYT staffer breaking down how the paper's genocidal anti-trans crusade is directed, top down, from the highest levels of the organization.
Stop putting bullets in the gun that's killing us. Boycott the New York Times.
Stop putting bullets in the gun that's killing us. Boycott the New York Times.
The story never ran. Coverage of Cass was taken away from the international desk, per order of top editors in NY, and given to the science desk. That desk had been a leader in promoting anti-trans disinformation throughout 2022-23. (Hundreds of the nyt own contributors had denounced its bias)
December 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Important thread from a former NYT staffer breaking down how the paper's genocidal anti-trans crusade is directed, top down, from the highest levels of the organization.
Stop putting bullets in the gun that's killing us. Boycott the New York Times.
Stop putting bullets in the gun that's killing us. Boycott the New York Times.
You know it's a long year when you see that record of .500 and think "wow considering *everything*, this actually is going pretty well."
September 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
You know it's a long year when you see that record of .500 and think "wow considering *everything*, this actually is going pretty well."
*sigh* So Sunday afternoon I used conversational AI (chatGPT) to help me build a browser extension. I said help me because boy howdy could it not do it itself. It was very confident it what it wanted to do, a little lackluster on implementation. I don't think it's replacing me anytime soon...
August 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
*sigh* So Sunday afternoon I used conversational AI (chatGPT) to help me build a browser extension. I said help me because boy howdy could it not do it itself. It was very confident it what it wanted to do, a little lackluster on implementation. I don't think it's replacing me anytime soon...
We decided to explore Tacoma today. We're still getting used to the fact we live here.
August 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
We decided to explore Tacoma today. We're still getting used to the fact we live here.
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Single player games should not, in fact, require an internet connection.
August 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Single player games should not, in fact, require an internet connection.
Hey friends.
Got a cool open-source music related project? I wanna hear about it! Your Surge XTs, your Zynthias, your circuitbent-whatevers, pedals, anything even music-adjacent I would love to know more.
RT for reach?
Thanks y'all.
Got a cool open-source music related project? I wanna hear about it! Your Surge XTs, your Zynthias, your circuitbent-whatevers, pedals, anything even music-adjacent I would love to know more.
RT for reach?
Thanks y'all.
August 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Hey friends.
Got a cool open-source music related project? I wanna hear about it! Your Surge XTs, your Zynthias, your circuitbent-whatevers, pedals, anything even music-adjacent I would love to know more.
RT for reach?
Thanks y'all.
Got a cool open-source music related project? I wanna hear about it! Your Surge XTs, your Zynthias, your circuitbent-whatevers, pedals, anything even music-adjacent I would love to know more.
RT for reach?
Thanks y'all.
Last few days:
Me and my wife, from TX: the weather in Seattle is so perfect and cool
Locals: Fuck it's hot
And I know come winter:
Us: *shivering around the fireplace, huddled, wet, and tired*
Them: Ahhh much better
Me and my wife, from TX: the weather in Seattle is so perfect and cool
Locals: Fuck it's hot
And I know come winter:
Us: *shivering around the fireplace, huddled, wet, and tired*
Them: Ahhh much better
August 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Last few days:
Me and my wife, from TX: the weather in Seattle is so perfect and cool
Locals: Fuck it's hot
And I know come winter:
Us: *shivering around the fireplace, huddled, wet, and tired*
Them: Ahhh much better
Me and my wife, from TX: the weather in Seattle is so perfect and cool
Locals: Fuck it's hot
And I know come winter:
Us: *shivering around the fireplace, huddled, wet, and tired*
Them: Ahhh much better
Phew! Been awhile.
Moved to Seattle. Everyone made it safe.
Learning to play and make music.
Apartment life is hell hahaha.
Moved to Seattle. Everyone made it safe.
Learning to play and make music.
Apartment life is hell hahaha.
August 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Phew! Been awhile.
Moved to Seattle. Everyone made it safe.
Learning to play and make music.
Apartment life is hell hahaha.
Moved to Seattle. Everyone made it safe.
Learning to play and make music.
Apartment life is hell hahaha.
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The repression of trans people is not, by and large, a grassroots outpouring of hatred from the American people. It's something that's been carefully planted and tended over years by a handful of media people and their pet reporters.
Heightened Scrutiny, a very good doc about the Supreme Court case that was just ruled on, does an impeccable and infuriating job laying out just how culpable the NYT and Atlantic are for the nation’s transphobia www.avclub.com/sundance-202...
June 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The repression of trans people is not, by and large, a grassroots outpouring of hatred from the American people. It's something that's been carefully planted and tended over years by a handful of media people and their pet reporters.
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Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
June 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
Update:
We have an offer on the house. Tentatively leaving for WA in late June. We'll be settling somewhere in the PNW, as my wife's job, which was office-based, was restructured/made redundant.
I am numb and full of complex emotions at the same time.
We have an offer on the house. Tentatively leaving for WA in late June. We'll be settling somewhere in the PNW, as my wife's job, which was office-based, was restructured/made redundant.
I am numb and full of complex emotions at the same time.
May 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Update:
We have an offer on the house. Tentatively leaving for WA in late June. We'll be settling somewhere in the PNW, as my wife's job, which was office-based, was restructured/made redundant.
I am numb and full of complex emotions at the same time.
We have an offer on the house. Tentatively leaving for WA in late June. We'll be settling somewhere in the PNW, as my wife's job, which was office-based, was restructured/made redundant.
I am numb and full of complex emotions at the same time.
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New in PN: Arresting judges is a 5-alarm escalation
"It’s not just that Dugan was arrested, but how she was arrested. The whole point was to cause a scene. There’s no allegation she was attempting to evade arrest, but the FBI still forced a sitting judge to do a perp walk at her place of work."
"It’s not just that Dugan was arrested, but how she was arrested. The whole point was to cause a scene. There’s no allegation she was attempting to evade arrest, but the FBI still forced a sitting judge to do a perp walk at her place of work."
Arresting judges is a 5-alarm escalation
What would you say if you saw it in another country?
www.publicnotice.co
April 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
New in PN: Arresting judges is a 5-alarm escalation
"It’s not just that Dugan was arrested, but how she was arrested. The whole point was to cause a scene. There’s no allegation she was attempting to evade arrest, but the FBI still forced a sitting judge to do a perp walk at her place of work."
"It’s not just that Dugan was arrested, but how she was arrested. The whole point was to cause a scene. There’s no allegation she was attempting to evade arrest, but the FBI still forced a sitting judge to do a perp walk at her place of work."
For those who haven't been keeping up:
1) We're listing our house in...days for sale for a hopeful move to Seattle
2) We've been busting ass (wife esp) to get this done
3) She did yesterday
4) She received really shitty news this morning that could affect our TX-fleeing plans
So. Send hugs.
1) We're listing our house in...days for sale for a hopeful move to Seattle
2) We've been busting ass (wife esp) to get this done
3) She did yesterday
4) She received really shitty news this morning that could affect our TX-fleeing plans
So. Send hugs.
April 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
For those who haven't been keeping up:
1) We're listing our house in...days for sale for a hopeful move to Seattle
2) We've been busting ass (wife esp) to get this done
3) She did yesterday
4) She received really shitty news this morning that could affect our TX-fleeing plans
So. Send hugs.
1) We're listing our house in...days for sale for a hopeful move to Seattle
2) We've been busting ass (wife esp) to get this done
3) She did yesterday
4) She received really shitty news this morning that could affect our TX-fleeing plans
So. Send hugs.
So I'm sitting here in Amsterdam missing a very sudden unexpected negative family change and consoling the wife and fuck when it rains it pours. I really need a break lol.
April 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
So I'm sitting here in Amsterdam missing a very sudden unexpected negative family change and consoling the wife and fuck when it rains it pours. I really need a break lol.
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The fact that they’re tracking autism and not the bird flu automatically tells you they’re operating on eugenics and not actually wanting people to be healthy. They want you sick, disabled, or dead.
April 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The fact that they’re tracking autism and not the bird flu automatically tells you they’re operating on eugenics and not actually wanting people to be healthy. They want you sick, disabled, or dead.
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New: the Mozilla Foundation is calling on the tech industry to block an ICE contractor's web scrapers. Amazon, Apple, BlueSky, Duolingo, Etsy, Glassdoor, GoFundMe, Google, LinkedIn, Nextdoor, OnlyFans, Reddit, Snapchat, Substack, TikTok, Tinder, Twitch, Twitter, more
www.404media.co/mozilla-foun...
www.404media.co/mozilla-foun...
Mozilla Foundation Calls on Tech Industry to Block ICE Contractor
The Mozilla Foundation says 30 companies should block web scrapers from ShadowDragon, an ICE contractor.
www.404media.co
March 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
New: the Mozilla Foundation is calling on the tech industry to block an ICE contractor's web scrapers. Amazon, Apple, BlueSky, Duolingo, Etsy, Glassdoor, GoFundMe, Google, LinkedIn, Nextdoor, OnlyFans, Reddit, Snapchat, Substack, TikTok, Tinder, Twitch, Twitter, more
www.404media.co/mozilla-foun...
www.404media.co/mozilla-foun...
Wife, a security sysadmin: "90% of my job is scowling at people when they ask for access to things"
I'm deceased I love this woman.
I'm deceased I love this woman.
March 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Wife, a security sysadmin: "90% of my job is scowling at people when they ask for access to things"
I'm deceased I love this woman.
I'm deceased I love this woman.
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One has to wonder if a single spine were present in Washington, would Trump not just be thrown in jail?
Trump is now claiming the power to unpardon people that pardoned by previous presidents.
Donald Trump declares pardons issued by Joe Biden void and vacant
US President has declared on his Truth Social that the last-minute hasty pardons that former US President issued to his friends and family just before
www.opindia.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:27 AM
One has to wonder if a single spine were present in Washington, would Trump not just be thrown in jail?
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UNREAL. ICE implies in a sworn declaration that MOST of the Venezuelans sentenced to hard labor in a brutal Central American prison without charge or trial or so much as a cursory hearing had never been convicted or even charged with ANY CRIME whatsoever, not even a trivial one, anywhere, ever!
March 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
UNREAL. ICE implies in a sworn declaration that MOST of the Venezuelans sentenced to hard labor in a brutal Central American prison without charge or trial or so much as a cursory hearing had never been convicted or even charged with ANY CRIME whatsoever, not even a trivial one, anywhere, ever!
Update: Mayhem mobile chose the exact WRONG time to die. Two weeks and several agonizing phone calls later, I'm picking up my new car (hopefully) today.
Fuck Carvana, btw.
Fuck Carvana, btw.
March 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Update: Mayhem mobile chose the exact WRONG time to die. Two weeks and several agonizing phone calls later, I'm picking up my new car (hopefully) today.
Fuck Carvana, btw.
Fuck Carvana, btw.
So now that I've been reassured that the best I'm going to get in any party is tokenization and shit I think it's time for me to out myself as an anarchist.
Because anything is better than this.
Because anything is better than this.
March 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
So now that I've been reassured that the best I'm going to get in any party is tokenization and shit I think it's time for me to out myself as an anarchist.
Because anything is better than this.
Because anything is better than this.
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see also: tech companies
When government agencies want to collect data, do they have to answer questions like, “how could a totalitarian dictator who took over the government use this data to conduct a genocide”? Because if not, maybe they should?
March 1, 2025 at 5:16 AM
see also: tech companies