Sandra is nervous about checking herself, so I do it for her.

She and I are different shapes, so I have had to read up on how to do it properly.

It is clearly no hardship for me, but we make a point of it not being a prelude to fun times, precisely because it needs to be done carefully and properly. It is a caring, loving moment, for sure, but explicitly not a sexual one.

I appreciate that not everyone has a partner, or a partner that they would want to do this, but if you do and have any hesitancy about doing it yourself, or just want an additional check, please, consider asking.

💚

A moment of being slightly more serious than usual. Please, take a few minutes to check your:

* balls: https://www.nhs.uk/tests-and-treatments/how-to-check-your-testicles/

* breasts / chest: https://www.nhs.uk/tests-and-treatments/how-to-check-your-breasts-or-chest/

If you are nervous or hesitant about doing it yourself, or lack the mobility, ask someone that you trust to help.

TMI? Sandra and I have a calendar reminder to do it monthly.

Bets open as to whether we will discover soon that NORAD has rewritten its Santa tracker using AI, and that now Santa - and also Satan, due to lack of QA - has been grounded.

No News November

Today, I gave in, and did something that I've been trying not to do.

I looked at the BBC news.

NVIDIA: allegations of affairs with multiple women in the news.

Microsoft: when we go down, it also makes the news.

If you want to lessen your dependency on Microsoft, or other big technology companies, and went some ideas, here's what I do for to run my own small law firm on Free software:

https://decoded.legal/blog/2026/11/running-a-law-firm-on-free-software-2026-edition/

And, while I prefer to self-host, that is not a requirements - lots of small hosting companies could help with the hosted aspects of this.

#Microsoft #FreeSoftware #lawfedi

Sorry, but perhaps Microsoft should not be running its own mailserver?

New blogpost:

"Not All Men"

Sorry, a bit of a ranty one, in the context of recent/current news in the UK.

It does mention sexual assault, but the focus is on men.

https://neilzone.co.uk/2026/11/not-all-men/

#NotAllMen

Shotgun not the next CEO of NVIDIA.

Sandra and I are enjoying our lunch break, when our doorbell rings.

Then there is a banging on the door.

And then some more.

I answer it, and it is our lovely postman. He thinks that he has accidentally posted his van keys in to our parcel box, and would we mind checking?

Of course not!

So we check, but no keys.

The hunt is on.

He visited us, and two neighbours. I go to check the neighbours' drives, and the pavement, but no, no keys.

Postman unloads basically the entire contents of his van onto our front lawn.

He finds his keys on the floor of his van. Thank goodness.

Ah, the season of "sorry mate; I didn't see you*" begins.

Me, cycling, in a reflective jacket, with bright lights on my helmet and my bike.

I'm fine, and it was a miss not a hit, but *sigh* all the same.

* left unsaid was "because I haven't bothered to defrost and wipe my windows"

RE: https://social.treehouse.systems/@TheEvilSkeleton/117588554897825729

GNOME :(

Sex is like pizza: improved with pineapple.

FFS. Seriously.

Again. And again.

I hear less about #MeToo, but wow is there more for us men to do.

If the CEO of NVIDIA has had multiple affairs with officers of far eastern intelligence services, is this an example of Chinese five spies?

I'd hope that services like Patreon and OnlyFans will already have this sorted, so that people using those services to offer subscriptions will not need to worry.

For people running their own subscription services / platforms, this is likely to take a bit more thinking.

New blogpost:

"New UK rules for consumer subscription contracts"

One for people who run businesses who sell subscriptions to consumers in the UK.

The detail is quite complicated, even if the principles are simple enough, and it has taken me most of my day so far to get my head around this... enjoy!

https://decoded.legal/blog/2026/11/new-uk-rules-for-consumer-subscription-contracts/

#UK #lawfedi

If the UK government does proceed with a ban on children under 16 using online shopping sites like eBay - which might entail age verification for everyone in the UK for eBay - then those who feared that UK online safety policy was the start of a slippery slope would seem to be correct.

I can't imagine anyone proposing, with a straight face, that children should be banned from markets, car boot sales, or second hand shops.

#OnlineSafetyAct

I have seen some early sketches by @JenJen for this year's decoded.legal holiday card, and it looks *amazing*.

(And, no, it is not one of *those* JenJen drawings. Naughty.)