As mentioned, this is one of the reasons why Adobe DRM couldn't longer be used according to the interpretations of the EU directive, and why they "had to" remove the option to download the DRM-protected ePub file and move to an app instead where they could make text-to-speech work.

That's why one should work in the same dept as the ones with the capability to check :p

I do a lot of personal surfing on my work computer... But in my country the employer isn't allowed to track what I do on the computer as long as I haven't committed a crime 🤷

The information superhighway as we called this thing way back when. Wikipedia, the Internet Archive, Gutenberg, free MOOCs, shadow libraries and what not are a godsend.

Very nice. I should get back into it

I really really doubt this is due to political reasons. Especially as Sweden Democrats have zero influence over practical, administrative procedures. Sweden is the furthest from a corrupt country when it comes to enforcement of law and order. Sweden's immigration rules and framework is super strict and even affects kids who were born there and lived there 20 years, who have never lived in their parents home country. They still get deported sometimes. It's awful. But blame the right thing.

I've never heard of someone sharing university course material on a tracker or similar for people to download. But have you checked whether there are any MOOCs from reputable universities that are similar to the one you linked? They are often free.

Dystopia. Is this really common in the U.S? Both RTO-mandates and this "coffee badging" as a way to get around it? My company in a different country has a policy of 50% WFH, but nobody cares and I sit at home the majority of the days. Here it seems like WFH is here to stay.

I like it. Thanks for sharing

On a related note, what math should one know? Are there any upsides to go beyond everyday math? To brush up on lost math skills? I've forgotten most of my math classes, as I wager most have...

Yes, because niche communities are much smaller here if not non-existant. Communities about Classical Chinese, poetry, various academic humanities subjects and the like isn't exactly thriving on here. I try to use the fediverse when I'm able to though, and also try to support smaller communities, but yeah..

Hasn't RSS support been dropping these last few years? Last I heard was that RSS was dying, though I don't know how true that is.