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This feed of my stories has moved on to Mastodon (@harrymccracken@mastodon.social), Bluesky (@technologizer), and Threads (@technologizerfeed)

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facial recognition systems are a particularly fraught technology for trans people; I wrote a piece for Fast Company about how we exist as an anomaly in a system designed for cis faces fastcompany.com/90455454/im-…
I'm a trans woman. Google Photos doesn't know how to categorize me

I'm a trans woman. Google Photos doesn't know how to categorize me

"Is this you?" Platforms like Google Photos, Apple Photos, and Facebook are forcing trans people to interact with—and classify—photos of our past selves.

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New Technologizer newsletter: Apple’s increasingly steadfast opposition to touchscreen Macs, Facebook’s contrition-free ad blitz. newsletter.technologizer.com…
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Kinda cynical to see Firefly only as a way to buy more stuff, I think.
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