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Daphne

@SnarkWasABoojum@tech.lgbt

One of those Quiet Gays.

Former puppeteer (you almost certainly didn't see anything I worked on). Former special effects artist (ditto, alas). Former cameraperson (ditto, ditto, modulo one or two music videos that got some play). Former, um, movie projectionist? Current computer person. That last is more lucrative, but the various former have better stories.

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Daphne @SnarkWasABoojum@tech.lgbt · Jul 26, 2026

Replying to @rooster@beige.party

@rooster@beige.party https://ssd.eff.org is excellent. Really, most anything from the @eff@mastodon.social is going to be well done. https://nostarch.com/smartgirlsguide is from 2015 (so an antique in internet time!) but still has good advice in it.

Daphne @SnarkWasABoojum@tech.lgbt · Jul 26, 2026

Replying to @LilahTovMoon@tech.lgbt

@LilahTovMoon@tech.lgbt WTAF. “Print books from the pre-LLM era are structurally guaranteed to be free of this contamination. That alone is a significant advantage,” it explains in an article on its website, as quoted by 404. “Physical books published before this date [pre-2022] are structurally clean of modern poisoning tools.” Weirdly it makes me think of steel. Modern steel is contaminated with nuclear fallout, so for sensitive applications, pre-1940 steel is particularly valuable. So naturally the AI company response to this is to destroy the books.

Daphne @SnarkWasABoojum@tech.lgbt · Apr 28, 2026

There are days that literally do not have enough hours to fill with the appropriate quantity of WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK. This is one of those days.

https://www.proofnews.org/womans-talkspace-therapy-app-sessions-exposed-in-court/

#Therapy #Privacy #AI

Daphne @SnarkWasABoojum@tech.lgbt · Mar 31, 2026

Memo to the trans community: **No robbing banks today**. Wait until tomorrow when we're invisible again.

#Trans #TDOV #TransDayOfVisibility

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Daphne @SnarkWasABoojum@tech.lgbt · Mar 26, 2026

I get where they're going with this, but wow does that look uncomfortable.

Daphne @SnarkWasABoojum@tech.lgbt · Mar 20, 2026

Some people just want to watch the world burn.

https://xcancel.com/lochan_twt/status/2030222105867174331

Daphne @SnarkWasABoojum@tech.lgbt · Mar 19, 2026

Replying to @siderea@universeodon.com

@siderea @ShadSterling @Fishercat @trisweb My understanding is they're looking for a chain of documentation to connect the requestor to the record in question. If it's someone's own birth certificate and they have an ID that shows a matching name and birth date to the birth certificate, that might be enough. Failing that, they need to prove the steps in the chain. So if you changed your name, you would need to show your ID and name change, etc. If all else fails, you can file a motion with the court, but they'd likely ask the same question: prove your link to the birth certificate in question. If the overall intent is to prove parentage, though, there is a whole setup for specifically that (and yes, it goes through a judge). It's a common enough thing that there is a defined process for it.

Daphne @SnarkWasABoojum@tech.lgbt · Mar 18, 2026

Replying to @ShadSterling@mastodon.social

@ShadSterling @Fishercat @trisweb @siderea You can always get your own records (the sealing doesn't apply to you). It's still possible to get the records for other people too, but now you have to file a motion with the court to unseal them and the court will want a good reason, etc. It's definitely a higher bar (well, anything is a higher bar then "look on the website") and notably more difficult for the requestor.

Daphne @SnarkWasABoojum@tech.lgbt · Mar 18, 2026

Replying to @SnarkWasABoojum@tech.lgbt

@Fishercat @ShadSterling @trisweb @siderea To be sure, people change their names for many reasons and not all the people searchable were trans, but when you see things like "Nathan" becoming "Natalie" or vice versa it's easy to surmise. Plus a number of people flat-out give "I'm transgender" as their reason for the name change. The whole thing was effectively a trans person search engine for Massachusetts.

Daphne @SnarkWasABoojum@tech.lgbt · Mar 18, 2026

Replying to @Fishercat@kolektiva.social

@Fishercat @ShadSterling @trisweb @siderea Massachusetts notary here. The new system is a _vast_ improvement on the old system. They fixed it for trans people, abused spouses, really anyone who wanted to change their name and not have it be obviously visible to anyone who cared to look. Before this was fixed, all name changes (like all court orders) were available to anyone on the Massachusetts court website. You could do a search for all name changes in a given county for the past month and get old name, new name, home address, phone number, email address, and signature for every person who changed their name for any reason. When it was a minor (and yes, minors were searchable as well), you also got their birth date, and name/address/phone/email for both parents.

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