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I think we can see a different dimension of the potential for decomputing in the disability movement. They are resisting savage cuts to welfare justified by stigmatising algorithms of suspicion, and through being labelled as unproductive members of society. They also have a deep understanding of the way disability itself is socially constructed by the technologies that society chooses to use or not to use.

Decomputing as Resistance

Dan McQuillan

The Democratic Party dominated elections by pinning the charge of aristocratic elitism on the Federalists, and then the Whigs, who learned that they had to campaign on log cabins and hard cider to compete.

George Packer

theatlantic.com

Simultaneously, I realized that perhaps the main effect of my self-loathing, in my life, had been to get in the way of how much love I could show other people. Before me, in my consciousness, in what felt like 50-foot-tall neon letters, blinked the question: *DO YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO BE AS LOVING AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY BE*

How I Attained Persistent Self-Love, or, I Demand Deep Okayness For Everyone How I Attained Persistent Self-Love, or, I Demand Deep Okayness For Everyone

Sasha Chapin

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