I’ve seen it said quite nicely elsewhere on the Internet: It’s not Red vs Blue, it’s billionaires vs you. Act accordingly.

I too left Twitter around the same time, and I really wish that Mastodon would just replace Twitter already. There is a certain silliness that occurs there that is still rare on Mastodon. I’m excited for more of that silliness to come to the Fediverse. I don’t look forward to all the Nazis who eventually will get bored of their echo chamber and try to meander over. I hope the right tools, people, and hardware are in place when it happens.

I kind of imagine all the right people and tools are there. I’m less confident on the hardware.

I mean they made some strong arguments for their existence. I don’t think creating a technically novel piece of software was the goal. This is a technical solution to a legal issue that they expect will soon exist. The sheer existence of this acts as a warning and hurdle for politicians and those funding these laws for the next more invasive version of these laws. I don’t expect I’ll ever use this, but I’m glad it exists, as its existence is enough for it to work.

My understanding is from the heater coils

I was under the impression that there are metal flakes in the flavors that absolutely wrecked your lungs. More so than regular cigarettes, was my understanding.

What is the best place for news? I feel like Lemmy is where I get my news. I’m wondering if I should be paying for a news service like ground news or something. These journalists should be paid for the work they do, and I feel like I’m not doing that as of right now. I’m using Adnauseum, so technically every ad is getting clicked then blocked, so the site may actually get some ad revenue, but I’m wondering if a paid news service is the right thing to do. If Apple news is wrong, and Google news is wrong, what is right? Or perhaps what is least wrong?