How the beaches and the islands aren’t part of this? It makes no sense. NIMBYism probably.

It is still supported and used. It’s been my distro of choice for several years.

if you choose the current or the stable stream, last update was yesterday:

• http://www.slackware.com/changelog/stable.php?cpu=x86_64
• http://www.slackware.com/changelog/current.php?cpu=x86_64

If you need help, there are many users that can help you here https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/

If you use Firefox, you can use the reader view. Sometimes it works as a workaround for paywalls. See more about it here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-reader-view-clutter-free-web-pages