My name is Dan. I write bespoke data-mangling software for the Injury Prevention Research Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; prior to that I taught Mathematics to high school kids. I grew up in Seattle and currently live in Durham, North Carolina with my son (born in Jan of '21) and his mother.

I like to write software; when I get my way, I use Rust, and if I have to write something front-end-y, I prefer Elm. I also enjoy playing music, pulling plastic, reading fiction, and chasing my son around our relatively small house.

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Trans rights, as with the rights of all unjustly marginalized groups, are human rights. Black lives matter. In the richest country on earth, it's an embarrassment that healthcare, education, food, clean water, and housing are not legally human rights. The private prison industry is is a blight on humanity and a stain on the collective soul of our society. The inevitable results of capitalism are dehumanization, exploitation, and destitution.