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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Instead of paying for a therapist every week I'd be willing to pay like $100 a month for someone to harass me into going to social events.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think what may be implied by OPs comment:

  The other members of the club will harass you to come to events. Your dues are your indirect way of paying for your social event harassment (ha!).

  As a friend of a club member, I often don’t want to go but am cajoled, and then I’m glad I went. It’s awesome. Highly recommend.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oscar-winning animated film 'Flow' created entirely with free and open-source software Blender⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s so fun and endearing! Really heartwarming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ohh, I see. That makes a lot of sense. I understand the comparison now, ty 🙏

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Could you expand on that thought a bit more? How is an app like the internet tool bars of old?

  Genuinely curious. I’m a little too young to have experienced internet toolbars like the ones in your image.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not only is Substack right-wing broligarchy garbage, it's way more expensive than Ghost⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Really glad you brought the opposite perspective to the table here 🙏 thank you!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FTC investigates “tech censorship,” says it’s un-American and may be illegal⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It should be interesting to see how it plays out, indeed.

  I don’t expect the US will entirely ban all forms of content moderation. I wouldn’t be surprised if the US moved more in the direction of the EU Digital Services Act: required transparency on recommendation algorithms and some sort of NGO trusted flagger system.

  Also, similar (but opposite) to Splinternet: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_effect

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Next week, Amazon is stripping away your ability to download your ebooks.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you so much for posting pics! It looks great.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Next week, Amazon is stripping away your ability to download your ebooks.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I also use Kobo. It’s really easy to download on Kobo (then remove DRM if that’s your vibe).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Next week, Amazon is stripping away your ability to download your ebooks.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m planning on buying a pocketbook soon!!! I’ve been trying to get a sense of what the PocketBook interface is like on the device but haven’t found anything online. You don’t have a picture of the home / library page do you? Also, can you disable discover / suggestions on the PocketBook?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Next week, Amazon is stripping away your ability to download your ebooks.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What do you mean? The guide OP mentioned has instructions for MacOS. Also, the software referenced (Calibre and DeDRM plugin) are available on Linux systems as well.