M. Orange

I have friends and a family who care about me, and I’ve been listening to one of my new favorite podcasts, “You’re Wrong About”.

That’s about all that’s getting me through life right now.

I’ve been using a SimpleLogin alias on Patreon for a while and have never been flagged, so there’s that.

To put it in a way that’s slightly less genteel than the other posters, let me tell you my motto that I live by as someone with multiple mental illnesses:

Mental illness is no excuse for being an asshole.

Just in case anyone didn’t feel like reading the article, here’s the last (and imo most important) paragraph:

However, without changing the DMCA, we can’t expect to see real, lasting change in this space. Doctorow said as much to me: “What we really need to do is get rid of DMCA 1201, that law that makes it a crime to format shift your media…it’s the same law that stops farmers from fixing their tractors, blocks independent mechanics from fixing your car, stops rivals from setting up alternative app stores for phones and games consoles…this law is a menace!”