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Z.J. Ray
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Old queer, 50s, occasional author. Owned by Wash, Xen, and May.
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I thought you were a really small dinosaur.
August 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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kateviolette.com
The whole piece is worth that very last line though. I'd been asking something akin to this the whole article

People don't examine their own motives damn nearly enough
And, as de Zwart argues, if broader questions are not tackled, even well-intentioned officials deploying systems like Smart Check in cities like Amsterdam will be condemned to learn—or ignore-the same lessons over and over. "We are being seduced by technological solutions for the wrong prob' ms," he says. "Should we really want this? Why doesn't the municipality build an algorithm that searches for people who do not apply for social assistance but are entitled to it?"
July 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM