I related this "story" elsewhere, but in another context is good too. So, when I was younger, I used to frequent DEMF, the Detroit Electronic Music Festival. I

I related this "story" elsewhere, but in another context is good too. So, when I was younger, I used to frequent DEMF, the Detroit Electronic Music Festival. It's now called Movement or whatever. It was a great time. And one of the favorite feel good moments was seeing Grandma Techno there: https://mixmag.net/feature/grandma-techno-shares-her-love https://mixmag.net/feature/grandma-techno-shares-her-love Looking back, this view might have been kind of ageist. It shouldn't be that surprising or weird to have older people there. Elders in the tribe. But at the time it was also just a happy recurring image during the event. We were taught to love this woman through informal network stories and "whispers". Everybody had that friend who pointed her out pridefully, and maybe you became that friend pointing her out to another. I can imagine another world where seeing Grandma Techno dancing among the younglings is creepy. At least make her wear a VR headset when she's within 1000 feet of the festival. It's nothing personal, it's just nature. She has a book now. Whether that's because she wanted that sweet "FAANG" publishing deal or liked contributing to the scene. Well... who cares... both benefit us. Fortunately, we were taught to accept people through informal support networks of friends. Same goes with npm and cargo. Yeah, this story seems disjointed and out-of-place. But it's important. And I'm naive, but I'd rather have an orderly migration to social and technical controls for packaging than drama. And I can still respect the people who want some other solution. Because I'm that fucking old person now.