I included the following in my application for SFPC:

DELETION, PERMANENCE, AND CONSISTENCY=====================================

Silicon Valley likes to store data because it entrenches people in their past behaviors. Corporate culture’s emphasis on consistency is ableist, colonizing, transphobic, and represents a growing discomfort with people’s fluidity.

I hope someday to have an International Day of Deletion. How can we live more presently?

I am excited to say that after a few years of privately practicing Deletion Day on April 4th, we’ve got a public website.

Deletion Day 2020 is less straightforward than it’s been in past years. With the isolation of social distancing, I’ve found comfort in social and digital media. And my gripes about data security and privacy seem tiny next to the health crisis we’re dealing with globally. But – this is still something that matters to me. Privacy and agency remain important components of the rapid changes we’re witnessing in government and society.