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I'm kind of fascinated by how quickly the tech world shifted to using "allowlist/denylist" instead of "whitelist/blacklist". I guess part of it is that "allowlist" is more clearly descriptive of its purpose. maybe I should start specifying my sexual orientation as "suck my cock and I'll step on yours, or the other way around is ok if I like you" (which is "3" in the ISO standard enum). after writing that out I'm not sure I should …

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Also in Asterisk: an interesting article about the history of the DSM-5, and its critics.
> The psychoanalyst Nancy McWilliams captures this concern with unusual clarity in her 2021 essay “Diagnosis and Its Discontents.” She reflects on a shift that began with the release of DSM-III, when psychiatry embraced a more descriptive, symptom-based diagnostic model. The change, she notes, quietly restructured how people speak about themselves in therapy. Once, a client might enter the roo…

You Aren’t In The DSM—Asterisk
Five editions on, the DSM shoulders more responsibilities than it was ever intended for. How did we get here?