> I believe that talking about sex without shame is not only a positive thing, it is actually a moral good. In a society where we weren’t ashamed of sex it would be a morally neutral act, but given that sex has been steeped in stigma for centuries, right now I’m going to say it’s outright good.

@girlonthenet knocks it out the park again.

(Obvs, her blogpost contains sexual references.)

https://www.girlonthenet.com/blog/embarrassed-talk-about-sex/

Valve: “We need a credit card on file to prove you’re 18”

Me: “My account is 23 years old”

Valve: “That just proves your account is old”

Me: “A credit card just proves you know someone with a credit card”

Love this tale of some delicious malicious compliance.

Edit to add fyi, the author is on Fedi: @WeirdWriter

https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/the-paperwork-flood/

How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?

Armed with some research (H/T @neil) and after spending some time reading up the subject, I went to the Apple Store and then spent an hour on the phone to Apple account support yesterday.

They're very aware that they dropped a bollock here and have thousands of very angry adult customers.

The support team manager I spoke to yesterday said that some sort of fix was due within days

That's the /good/ news.

(1/7)

For many people, the #Linux vs #Windows vs #Mac debate is a privilege — it assumes you can choose. But working with the Computer Upcycle Project, I've seen the real choice is often Linux vs no computer at all.

~95% of donated computers are "too old" for Windows 11 or macOS. Linux installs on them anyway, adding 10+ years of life to machines #Microsoft and #Apple called trash.

This isn't Linux vs Windows. It's Linux vs e-waste.