+1 Moka pot

though most brainwashed USAians seem to think having basic shit like Sweden/UK/Australian style healthcare system is some kind of evil communism.

it would be a fair bit of extra work from it’s current state to make an “off the shelf” android version of this I think.

“investors” :-)

15 to 55 million dead in the Great Chinese Famine notwithstanding…

I got a “smart” TV, but have never connected it to a network… I made sure I got one with an ethernet port, turned wifi OFF and have never plugged in a network cable. The IP address has been set to something that will never work in the off chance someone ever does accidentally plug it in.

I made sure it is one that can be upgraded with the firmware on a USB stick, it does not need to be online to be upgraded…

It is used as a huge monitor for a Linux multimedia PC, but that’s fine!

as long as you’ve removed all the surveillance capitalism crap that is baked into a lot of off-the-shelf android appliances…

https://covidlive.com.au/vic

https://www.theage.com.au/national/covid-19-data-centre-coronavirus-by-the-numbers-20200401-p54g4w.html?permanent_redirect=true

+1 K9 on Android. Bonus points for installing it via f-droid. Extra bonus points for installing it on a degoogled Android such as LineageOS :-)

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Free Tibet, as well!