Love the energy, but a link obfuscator is exactly the sort of thing that needs to be open source before I feel comfortable using it (regardless of creepiness) xD

I checked all the news sites against mediabiasfactcheck.com, and the only ones (that have results) that don’t reach the highest standard are Canadian Dimension, The Maple (whoops), and Ricochet. Here are the results:

• aptn: factual, credible, left-center
• the breach: factual, credible, left
• canada files: -no result-
• canadian dimension: mostly factual, somewhat credible, left+
• cell count: -no result-
• climate & capitalism: -no result-
• the maple: mostly factual, credible, left
• the media co-op: -no result-
• midnight sun: -no result-
• the narwhal: factual, credible, left
• penal press: -no result-
• people’s voice: -no canadian result-
• press progress: factual, credible, left-center
• rabble: factual, credible, left
• rank and file: -no result-
• the resolve: -no result-
• ricochet: mostly factual, credible, left-center
• socialist project: -no result-
• spring: -no result-
• xtra: factual, credible, left+
• cape breton spectator: -no result-
• city hall watcher: -no result-
• david climenhaga’s alberta politics blog: -no result-
• halifax examiner: -no result-
• the hoser: -no result-
• the independent: -no result-
• indiginews: -no result-
• ku’ku’kwes: -no result-
• the mainlander: -no result-
• the orchard: -no result-
• ottawa lookout: -no result-
• the progress report: -no result-
• school magazine: -no result-
• the sprawl: factual, credible, left
• the tyee: factual, credible, left-center

(I am not a bot or AI, I’m just like this.)

What percentage of the code base is AI generated?

It looks like every image in the promotional material is AI, and that’s enough to make me pass 🤷

I’ll be voting for Davriellelouna in the next election

Excuse me, this is actually esteemed musician Benn Jordan

(they are the same person)

You can host your own audiobook streaming/download service with Audiobookshelf.

Finally—my transformation beyond the bounds of flesh is complete!

Unfortunately, they don’t accept non-English books… but they do provide all the tools and guidelines they use for their books, so if someone wanted to make & release non-English books elsewhere I don’t imagine there’d be problems.

Not a book suggestion, but I cannot recommend Standard Ebooks highly enough as a source of public domain ebooks. Professionally typeset, with consistent standards, all while being free and volunteer-driven!

Just wait until you hear about toonies

I’ll second Small, Angry Planet. It’s not always a happy series (one of the books takes place in the aftermath of a catastrophic disaster) but it is always a hopeful series, utterly unlike the sci-fi I usually go for. It’s an indifferent universe full of very different people who will ultimately pull together and support each other, and that kindness prevails.

Howl’s Moving Castle trilogy was very gentle and got me through one of my darkest times, so I’ll always recommend it to people seeking a chill, comforting series.

For something a bit more modern the Legends & Lattes series has proven to be quite cozy, with a healthy dose of adventure mixed in. (It’s mostly coffee & pastry porn).

Would you say the first Stormlight arc ended at a good spot? I’m eager to start the series but have been staying away because it’s unfinished…

Don’t miss out on the other loosely-related books in the trilogy, they’re just as cozy.

Well, some members of F-Droid’s central board resigned nearly a year ago, citing issues that had been ongoing for a long time prior. Statement posted to Gitlab.

I’ve been slowly moving my app installations over to Obtainium ever since, and have been using NeoStore for the remaining F-Droid/Izzy installations.

I judge all superhero media against Worm.

Honestly, this is the only thing I miss from Reddit.

But the community was so pleasant that it seemed like a fluke it existed at all.

Anyone know if we’ve got some kinda brandless/debadging community in the Fediverse? Seems like the sort of place one would thrive, but finding communities isn’t very straightforward to a newb like me.

QKSMS hasn’t been updated since 2021, but Quik seems to be an active fork.

Hey, thanks for the super detailed and useful response, Cloaca! My own attempts to deck build seem to be following similar steps, so I’ll definitely be referencing this. The deck snapshots at various points of completion are super helpful. Are those different decks or does TappedOut have a history feature? (That’s something I didn’t know I wanted until now).

Oof if building up is better I’m going to have to completely change the way I go about building decks, as my mindset has been to take the EDHREC “average deck” for a commander/style and think of it as, essentially, a precon that I then modify.

In the 8x8 theory, what does it mean by “choose 8 different kinds of effects you would like to see played”? Scratch that, I’m assuming they mean the card packs that are in the #8x8 tag on the blog. The first page was all Q&A stuff so I missed that

Alright, hit me with your folk punk recommendations