My dad has been using the same computer since 2014, and it’s been failing by degrees for the past couple of years now. A few weeks ago, he finally bit the bullet and upgraded to a new machine running Windows 11.
Friends and enemies: I cannot overstate the extent to which Windows 11 is a fucking nightmare, built to harass and exploit the average user at every turn. My dad’s a reasonably tech-savvy guy, but if I weren’t constantly on hand to deal with all the dark pattern button prompts and notification spam he’s been getting from his own fucking OS, this 73-year-old man would be trapped in a hell from which there is no escape.
As a solution, a few of my associates have recommended switching my dad (again, 73 years old) over to Linux. I will not be doing that.
Podcast Appearance: I Will Fight You
On this episode of I Will Fight You, we bring our friend Tanner Vogelgesang onboard to talk about John Waters’ Serial Mom. We then proceed to spend most of the episode gushing about Kathleen Turner and her facial acting.
Serializing Now: “Moriarty & Moran’s North Yorkshire Crime Spree”
“Moriarty & Moran’s North Yorkshire Crime Spree” is now serializing on the Casefile of Jay Moriarty website! The first chapter is available now, and subsequent chapters will be posted weekly on Mondays.
This Week’s Links
‘She’s opening the bees!’ US beekeeper jailed for trying to save friend from eviction
Rebecca Woods insisted she only released her truckload of hives to allow the bees to enjoy the “lovely, flowering landscape” near the home of an elderly friend and cancer patient.
But a district court in Springfield, Massachusetts, heard that Woods, 59, admitted under questioning that she was trying to save him from eviction by freeing the bees in the presence of the deputies who had shown up to serve papers.
Crypto scam lures ships into Strait of Hormuz, falsely promising safe passage
Crypto scammers are targeting the thousands of ships stranded near the Strait of Hormuz—and at least one ship that faced Iranian gunfire may have been tricked into believing it had paid Iran for safe passage.
Ghana joins Zambia, Zimbabwe in rejecting US health deal over sovereignty concerns
Ghana has rejected a proposed $300 million US health deal, with officials telling DW the agreement raised major concerns over data privacy, sovereignty and constitutional oversight.
Writing update: I am discovering research questions so obscure that I could basically write whatever I want, since nobody would be in a position to prove me wrong.
-K
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