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I have a Hisense A5 that's a crap phone, but Cantook side loaded and it's the best e-reader I've ever owned, bar none. I can use it for podcasts too, although I usually just use my regular phone for that these days.

Pays close attention

Good to know! Legal, non-DRM? Do they have popular artists?

I literally got a tech support call last week asking, "How do I legally get MP3s to put on this new MP3 player I just got?" I was kinda stumped. "Umm... Rip a CD?"

Good for you! Blood transfusions saved my mother's life. I tried to donate until I was ordered to stop. If even a quarter of the people who could donate did regularly, there would never be a deficit. So, a heartfelt thanks from a random internet stranger!

We use ground turkey at home in a lot of our cooking. I like!

Goat! It's the greatest of all time! Hehe. The only goat I ever eat is goat curry from a place down the street from me, but dang if it isn't the tastiest dish ever! https://hotmillion.ca/ (Not AI, not affiliated with them, just a fan.)

I just pulled the trigger on this one. I will report back if it's any good.

Huh. Today I learned. I avoided snaps because Firefox snap took so dang long to load, and Firefox flatpak just launched...

Have you seen Godzilla Minus One?

Flatpaks: NOT Ubuntu's containerized deliverable. They use snaps. Flatpaks are more Fedora's thing. I know Mint uses flatpaks, and Silver blue relies heavily on them. Snaps v Flatpaks are like Coke v Pepsi. It's all just sugar water, but people care, for reasons.

Tailscale: a VPN -esque service that lets you connect networks together in fun and interesting ways. For instance: I can use tailscale to access my home network from my phone!