I've taken to the term 3rd-wave Trek for the 2010s-present shows to identify the stylistic differences in production compared to shows made in the 80s-90s or 60s.

Each era is molded by the media conventions of it's time. And there I go reinventing Marshal McLuhan again: "the medium is the message"

Living without amazon prime is easy; living without amazon at all is more challenging with various manufacturers using amazon as their only storefront

I'm new to Linux; what's with the ThinkPad hype?

Good! Its not like they do anything but spout corporate jargon word salad and pick which 20% of the company to lay off based on extremely rudimentary data

GrapheneOS is the only reason I'm willing to come within 30 miles of using Android

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They don't seem to understand that the Israel/Palestine situation is not on the ballot this November; does anyone actually think Trump would oppose Israel? Even if he personally wanted to, his supporters are all nominal Christians who would turn on him in an instant if he suddenly stopped supporting God's Chosen People.

Wow, I guess I am old, I remember when this is what YouTube used to look like.

Weird nostalgia trip; I definitely don't think it's better, but if I can scroll through comments and watch the video at the same time, I won't complain.

In the interest of de-centralization and sharing the load, I'm running Invidious here:

ourtube.roguewave.observer

If anyone is looking for an alternative to discord, please check out revolt.chat The interface and user experience is the closest I've seen to discord (miles better than any Matrix client), has functioning voice chat (being rebuilt for more stability) custom server roles, and a functioning youtube music bot called Remix. They're doing awesome work over there!

Edit: Forgot to mention that it's also open-source and self-hostable (although not federated)

My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined

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And now… a word from the Night Vale City Council