Maybe a wren?

I don’t have a good suggestion for holding the solder and iron in one hand, but if you search for “soldering helping hands” you’ll find a variety of tools for positioning the board you’re working on.

Boston! I enjoyed how all of the ones shared are in snuggle mode.

I’ve found this a good tool for searching communities: https://lemmyverse.net/communities

Others have covered the practical use knots, so I want to throw a couple fun ones out there:

• Double carrick bend
• Monkey’s fist

If you’re into crafts, friendship bracelets use half hitches. Macrame and tatting are also variations on tying knots in patterns.

There’s [email protected] for any hobby that produces something, but that leaves out the activity-based hobbies

My local library uses overdrive for ebooks, which you can check out and either download for kindle, download as epub, or read online in your internet browser. I usually download to an eink reader, but if I’m reading on my phone I use the read in browser option.

Suggestion: if you plan to read on your phone, look in the settings to set the background and text color of whatever app you choose to something that doesn’t strain your eyes.

Estate sales are another option, though your mileage may vary.