Adriana Knouf
@zeitkunst.bsky.social
Artist, writer, xenologist. Based in Amsterdam.
Artistic practice: https://tranxxenolab.net
Newsletter: https://letters.tranxxenolab.net/
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Artistic practice: https://tranxxenolab.net
Newsletter: https://letters.tranxxenolab.net/
This account only posts cross-posts from my Mastodon account. Please follow me there @[email protected].
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Adriana Knouf
@zeitkunst.bsky.social
· Mar 8
Quanto Canto, as exhibited at Tabakalera in Donostia/San Sebastián, Spain.
All of the details about the work, including hardware and software design/source code, can be found here: https://tranxxenolab.net/projects/quanto_canto/
All of the details about the work, including hardware and software design/source code, can be found here: https://tranxxenolab.net/projects/quanto_canto/
A bit of an update about the past few months: https://letters.tranxxenolab.net/when-things-dont-go-according-to-plan/
When Things Don't Go According to Plan
Dear interlocutor,
Long time no write, eh? There were plans, and then the plans had to be shelved.
I've been quite quiet the past few months. Over the summer a dear friend of mine, someone who is like a sister to me and whom I've known for almost two decades,
letters.tranxxenolab.net
December 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
A bit of an update about the past few months: https://letters.tranxxenolab.net/when-things-dont-go-according-to-plan/
@tega.bsky.social can you explain why you included Mumsnet as an option? Trans people have some questions.
(I don't know if we've ever met in person but our works have been in the same exhibitions before and I have always respected your work. But including Mumsnet is...a choice.)
(I don't know if we've ever met in person but our works have been in the same exhibitions before and I have always respected your work. But including Mumsnet is...a choice.)
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
@tega.bsky.social can you explain why you included Mumsnet as an option? Trans people have some questions.
(I don't know if we've ever met in person but our works have been in the same exhibitions before and I have always respected your work. But including Mumsnet is...a choice.)
(I don't know if we've ever met in person but our works have been in the same exhibitions before and I have always respected your work. But including Mumsnet is...a choice.)
Artists, please think very carefully about what kinds of sites your projects are connected to. Out of the 6 total sites that this extension works for, one of them is Mumsnet, one of the most transphobic sites on the web. In a time of rampant transphobia around the world, why include this one???
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Artists, please think very carefully about what kinds of sites your projects are connected to. Out of the 6 total sites that this extension works for, one of them is Mumsnet, one of the most transphobic sites on the web. In a time of rampant transphobia around the world, why include this one???
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1. The Trump administration has just quietly updated the State Department website to indicate that it may invalidate transgender people's passports.
This comes a week after a SCOTUS ruling blocking lower rulings allowing trans people to update them.
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This comes a week after a SCOTUS ruling blocking lower rulings allowing trans people to update them.
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Trump Admin Quietly Changes State Department Page To Indicate It May Invalidate Trans Passports
The change comes after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the administration and lifted a temporary injunction.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
1. The Trump administration has just quietly updated the State Department website to indicate that it may invalidate transgender people's passports.
This comes a week after a SCOTUS ruling blocking lower rulings allowing trans people to update them.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
This comes a week after a SCOTUS ruling blocking lower rulings allowing trans people to update them.
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Niche request: does anyone know of a music livecoding environment that supports scala files for scales? As in, import a scala file, set root frequency, and then enter in scale numbers as defined in the scala file? Rather than just 12tet? Thanks in advance!
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Niche request: does anyone know of a music livecoding environment that supports scala files for scales? As in, import a scala file, set root frequency, and then enter in scale numbers as defined in the scala file? Rather than just 12tet? Thanks in advance!
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can’t count the amount of times my endo tried to slow roll me out of clotting “concern.” so many trans women made go without e for weeks before and after surgery for the same reason even though it’s exceptionally unhealthy esp for those who’ve had orchis or bottom surgery
"The researchers suspect that the hormone treatment transgender women receive has a protective effect on the heart and blood vessels."
www.news-medical.net/news/2025110...
www.news-medical.net/news/2025110...
New study finds no increased risk of heart and brain infarctions for transgender women
Contrary to previous research, transgender women who use the hormone oestradiol for their transition do not have an increased risk of heart attack and stroke compared to men in the general Dutch popul...
www.news-medical.net
November 5, 2025 at 12:53 AM
can’t count the amount of times my endo tried to slow roll me out of clotting “concern.” so many trans women made go without e for weeks before and after surgery for the same reason even though it’s exceptionally unhealthy esp for those who’ve had orchis or bottom surgery
I find it rather upsetting that one of the most important conferences in the field of electronic art, ISEA, has decided to host its next edition in Dubai, a nation where transgender people are illegal and where travel by LGBTQ+ people is highly discouraged. https://isea-2026.isea-international.org/
October 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I find it rather upsetting that one of the most important conferences in the field of electronic art, ISEA, has decided to host its next edition in Dubai, a nation where transgender people are illegal and where travel by LGBTQ+ people is highly discouraged. https://isea-2026.isea-international.org/
Back to the stand, finished now!
All edges were gently rounded using the spokeshave...they're not "perfect" roundovers but I like it that way.
Four coats of boiled linseed oil over two days. Renaissance wax for sealing. I think the wax and my smoothing plane is what gives the shininess of the
All edges were gently rounded using the spokeshave...they're not "perfect" roundovers but I like it that way.
Four coats of boiled linseed oil over two days. Renaissance wax for sealing. I think the wax and my smoothing plane is what gives the shininess of the
July 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Back to the stand, finished now!
All edges were gently rounded using the spokeshave...they're not "perfect" roundovers but I like it that way.
Four coats of boiled linseed oil over two days. Renaissance wax for sealing. I think the wax and my smoothing plane is what gives the shininess of the
All edges were gently rounded using the spokeshave...they're not "perfect" roundovers but I like it that way.
Four coats of boiled linseed oil over two days. Renaissance wax for sealing. I think the wax and my smoothing plane is what gives the shininess of the
Considering again the permacomputing principles ( https://permacomputing.net/principles/ ), including the poetic sister0 principles ( https://permacomputing.net/sister0/ ), it makes me more and more incensed the ways in which contemporary arts funding for art/tech projects (in Europe at least)
July 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Considering again the permacomputing principles ( https://permacomputing.net/principles/ ), including the poetic sister0 principles ( https://permacomputing.net/sister0/ ), it makes me more and more incensed the ways in which contemporary arts funding for art/tech projects (in Europe at least)
Back at it! Making a slightly larger platform this time as a gift. I'm showing all of the messiness here, pre-final planing and finish. I tried a different way of chiseling out the waste but still had some rather large gaps on my pin boards. I think I just need to adjust the intensity of my mallet
July 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Back at it! Making a slightly larger platform this time as a gift. I'm showing all of the messiness here, pre-final planing and finish. I tried a different way of chiseling out the waste but still had some rather large gaps on my pin boards. I think I just need to adjust the intensity of my mallet
I had noticed that access to the Worldcat database had recently been impossible if I was using my Proton VPN. Like, completely blocked (no captcha even offered). I finally got fed up and messaged them. This is the response I got:
"All VPNs that are classified as an anonymizer are currently
"All VPNs that are classified as an anonymizer are currently
July 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I had noticed that access to the Worldcat database had recently been impossible if I was using my Proton VPN. Like, completely blocked (no captcha even offered). I finally got fed up and messaged them. This is the response I got:
"All VPNs that are classified as an anonymizer are currently
"All VPNs that are classified as an anonymizer are currently
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who is the contemporary heir to Semiotexte(e) and Autonomedia? Who is consistently publishing weird, surprising, undomesticated theory from outside the academy?
July 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
who is the contemporary heir to Semiotexte(e) and Autonomedia? Who is consistently publishing weird, surprising, undomesticated theory from outside the academy?
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Reading this interview with Maksim Borisov, a gay Russian dissident who sought asylum in the US last year only for ICE to arrest and detain him in February.
He's currently held in Eloy Detention Center in Arizona where he says "trans people… just disappear."
He's currently held in Eloy Detention Center in Arizona where he says "trans people… just disappear."
May 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Reading this interview with Maksim Borisov, a gay Russian dissident who sought asylum in the US last year only for ICE to arrest and detain him in February.
He's currently held in Eloy Detention Center in Arizona where he says "trans people… just disappear."
He's currently held in Eloy Detention Center in Arizona where he says "trans people… just disappear."
Reposted by Adriana Knouf
For my @msnbc.com column this week, I wrote about exactly what the Republican anti-trans budget bill would do to trans people on Medicaid.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Trump's message to trans people is clear: Detransition, or potentially die
My question to everyone reading this is: When is enough enough?
www.msnbc.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
For my @msnbc.com column this week, I wrote about exactly what the Republican anti-trans budget bill would do to trans people on Medicaid.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Saw some cool art. And some hand planes in a painting.
May 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Saw some cool art. And some hand planes in a painting.
Small table/platform complete!
As I was learning dovetails this weekend I was like, "why don't I try and make a small dovetailed platform in some of the sapeli offcuts I have from Quanto Canto? How hard can that be?"
(If you don't know, sapeli is a very hard, dense wood, harder than hard maple,
As I was learning dovetails this weekend I was like, "why don't I try and make a small dovetailed platform in some of the sapeli offcuts I have from Quanto Canto? How hard can that be?"
(If you don't know, sapeli is a very hard, dense wood, harder than hard maple,
May 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Small table/platform complete!
As I was learning dovetails this weekend I was like, "why don't I try and make a small dovetailed platform in some of the sapeli offcuts I have from Quanto Canto? How hard can that be?"
(If you don't know, sapeli is a very hard, dense wood, harder than hard maple,
As I was learning dovetails this weekend I was like, "why don't I try and make a small dovetailed platform in some of the sapeli offcuts I have from Quanto Canto? How hard can that be?"
(If you don't know, sapeli is a very hard, dense wood, harder than hard maple,
The carcass is dovetailed and assembled!
Somehow the entire thing is square too :)
My dovetail skills are improving, slowly. I'd say that out of all the dovetails in this piece maybe 2-3 of them are really good :) But a lot of the gaps will disappear once I do the final planing.
Tomorrow I'll
Somehow the entire thing is square too :)
My dovetail skills are improving, slowly. I'd say that out of all the dovetails in this piece maybe 2-3 of them are really good :) But a lot of the gaps will disappear once I do the final planing.
Tomorrow I'll
May 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The carcass is dovetailed and assembled!
Somehow the entire thing is square too :)
My dovetail skills are improving, slowly. I'd say that out of all the dovetails in this piece maybe 2-3 of them are really good :) But a lot of the gaps will disappear once I do the final planing.
Tomorrow I'll
Somehow the entire thing is square too :)
My dovetail skills are improving, slowly. I'd say that out of all the dovetails in this piece maybe 2-3 of them are really good :) But a lot of the gaps will disappear once I do the final planing.
Tomorrow I'll
Sharpening nerdiness ahead, so please move on if you're not interested :)
This, my friends, is a burr. First time I've gotten a continuous burr off my chisel while honing on the strop. I was pleased :)
(For those who don't know, a burr is what is created when sharpening and honing, as it's the
This, my friends, is a burr. First time I've gotten a continuous burr off my chisel while honing on the strop. I was pleased :)
(For those who don't know, a burr is what is created when sharpening and honing, as it's the
May 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Sharpening nerdiness ahead, so please move on if you're not interested :)
This, my friends, is a burr. First time I've gotten a continuous burr off my chisel while honing on the strop. I was pleased :)
(For those who don't know, a burr is what is created when sharpening and honing, as it's the
This, my friends, is a burr. First time I've gotten a continuous burr off my chisel while honing on the strop. I was pleased :)
(For those who don't know, a burr is what is created when sharpening and honing, as it's the
Time to learn the ever tricky dovetail!
All hand cut of course. I've watched hours of tutorials on it, so I had a good idea of how to approach things. The first three photos are from my second complete joint which has nearly perfect tails, but my cutting out of the waste around the pins leaves a
All hand cut of course. I've watched hours of tutorials on it, so I had a good idea of how to approach things. The first three photos are from my second complete joint which has nearly perfect tails, but my cutting out of the waste around the pins leaves a
May 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Time to learn the ever tricky dovetail!
All hand cut of course. I've watched hours of tutorials on it, so I had a good idea of how to approach things. The first three photos are from my second complete joint which has nearly perfect tails, but my cutting out of the waste around the pins leaves a
All hand cut of course. I've watched hours of tutorials on it, so I had a good idea of how to approach things. The first three photos are from my second complete joint which has nearly perfect tails, but my cutting out of the waste around the pins leaves a
Latest steps: chiseled out a rebate for the back, cut out areas for moldings, and cut and shaped a curve with roundovers. My spokeshave worked somewhat okay but is still a bit fiddly. And my HBM spokeshave with a round bottom is a piece of shite, useful only as a boat anchor. Had to do some
May 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Latest steps: chiseled out a rebate for the back, cut out areas for moldings, and cut and shaped a curve with roundovers. My spokeshave worked somewhat okay but is still a bit fiddly. And my HBM spokeshave with a round bottom is a piece of shite, useful only as a boat anchor. Had to do some
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Earlier today, I was leaked a copy of the Executive Secretariat Style Guide for the US State Department. The new guide included a new section requiring that all trans State employees must be misgendered in all official communications. www.patreon.com/posts/new-st...
New State Department style guide requires trans people to be misgendered in all communications | Katelyn Burns
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May 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Earlier today, I was leaked a copy of the Executive Secretariat Style Guide for the US State Department. The new guide included a new section requiring that all trans State employees must be misgendered in all official communications. www.patreon.com/posts/new-st...
Early work on a new build whereby I am following a course that teaches all of the basics of hand-tool woodworking. So all of these pieces have been shaped, planed, thicknessed, and squared by hand. I used my refurbished rebate plane to cut the groove on the back. And then cut the dado for the
May 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Early work on a new build whereby I am following a course that teaches all of the basics of hand-tool woodworking. So all of these pieces have been shaped, planed, thicknessed, and squared by hand. I used my refurbished rebate plane to cut the groove on the back. And then cut the dado for the
Who needs cardio when you have to resaw wood?
Those four boards were once two boards before they were hand sawn in (basically) half. Got some work to do on my resawing skills, but they're close enough for the next steps in this project.
Those four boards were once two boards before they were hand sawn in (basically) half. Got some work to do on my resawing skills, but they're close enough for the next steps in this project.
May 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Who needs cardio when you have to resaw wood?
Those four boards were once two boards before they were hand sawn in (basically) half. Got some work to do on my resawing skills, but they're close enough for the next steps in this project.
Those four boards were once two boards before they were hand sawn in (basically) half. Got some work to do on my resawing skills, but they're close enough for the next steps in this project.
(cont'd)
And that's a restored fillister plane and its first shavings. I sharpened the nicker and the iron together (from their dull, vintage state) within maybe 10 minutes total. And got beautiful, twirly shavings with a glass-smooth finish.
So yes, I heartily recommend that sharpening course.
And that's a restored fillister plane and its first shavings. I sharpened the nicker and the iron together (from their dull, vintage state) within maybe 10 minutes total. And got beautiful, twirly shavings with a glass-smooth finish.
So yes, I heartily recommend that sharpening course.
May 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
(cont'd)
And that's a restored fillister plane and its first shavings. I sharpened the nicker and the iron together (from their dull, vintage state) within maybe 10 minutes total. And got beautiful, twirly shavings with a glass-smooth finish.
So yes, I heartily recommend that sharpening course.
And that's a restored fillister plane and its first shavings. I sharpened the nicker and the iron together (from their dull, vintage state) within maybe 10 minutes total. And got beautiful, twirly shavings with a glass-smooth finish.
So yes, I heartily recommend that sharpening course.
Sharpening woes sorted!
I had followed all of the standard advice to get diamond plates and water stones for my sharpening. So I did. And struggled greatly with them, along with the mess. I couldn't get a decent edge, quickly. I always had to use a honing guide. I was rather despondent...if you
I had followed all of the standard advice to get diamond plates and water stones for my sharpening. So I did. And struggled greatly with them, along with the mess. I couldn't get a decent edge, quickly. I always had to use a honing guide. I was rather despondent...if you
May 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Sharpening woes sorted!
I had followed all of the standard advice to get diamond plates and water stones for my sharpening. So I did. And struggled greatly with them, along with the mess. I couldn't get a decent edge, quickly. I always had to use a honing guide. I was rather despondent...if you
I had followed all of the standard advice to get diamond plates and water stones for my sharpening. So I did. And struggled greatly with them, along with the mess. I couldn't get a decent edge, quickly. I always had to use a honing guide. I was rather despondent...if you