My SO has been using ASMR with some ear buds for years. It occupies her mind and helps her relax enough to fall asleep. Great stuff.

She also needs her fan… Or some other form of white noise. It may be an ADHD thing.

I’m intrigued. And although I read the article, I’m not entirely sure who or what this is for. It’s cool, but… what?

The general attitude that “British English is correct” and Americans are wrong, is one of the most absurd things I’ve ever experienced. English is inconsistent enough as it is, so don’t claim your inconsistency of spelling and pronunciation is somehow superior. Believe it or not, withing linguistics you don’t make the rules.

Kagi! You can block websites so they don’t show up. It’ll also flag websites that contain a lot of spam or ads.

I’ve had a consistently unbiased experience with Tangle: https://www.readtangle.com/about/

Wellll I don’t entirely agree. Ever been to IKEA and had a cart full of furniture? It takes every bit of strength my strong body can manage to take a turn without sliding out of control sideways and knocking over five display units and three children. The non-turning back wheels make turns more manageable. Carts should work like cars, front wheels turn, back wheels don’t. I submit this comment as sacrifice.

Strictly from a viewer’s perspective, I use a YouTube client alternative (like GrayJay, Freetube, NewPipe) and subscribe only to the channels I want to see content from. Then I can look at video suggestions for given videos to see relevant content. This entirely removes me from the algorithm as well as any personalization that would put me in an echo chamber. I also branch out to reliable and unbiased news sources, better search engine alternatives, and so on.

Lord of the Rings (movies) came out this century. Let’s give credit where credit is due.

Ah, that makes sense then.

Well they have to send the tickets somewhere, don’t they?

Is it possible that your phone is killing the VPN client to free up memory? Does it reconnect immediately upon reopening OpenVPN?

It’s fizzy water flavored by filtering juice through a balloon.

Deathbed by Relient K. Used to be one of my favorites, very heartfelt and bittersweet.

I’ve been using their GrayJay desktop app, and I’ve enjoyed it so far.

I haven’t checked out FreeTube but maybe this is the push I need.

I’ve had a good experience with GrayJay. It’s a bit young and missing features but it’s never broken for me.