Can’t say this is surprising. I remember when TEMU ads started coming out en masse. Their “shop like a billionaire” catchphrase for buying cheap ripped-off crap gave off red flags and latestagecapitalism vibes. It’s frustrating to see how many people fell for the marketing and have actually downloaded and used this app.

He just says absolutely anything without a single thought.

She’s so cute! Although she has those crazy eyes lol

The Fediverse is essentially a collection of platforms (such as Lemmy, Mastodon, Pixelfed, and more). Each platform has a number of instances that are hosted separately, hence the decentralized nature of the Fediverse. For example, Lemmy is a platform, and Lemmy instances include Lemmy.world, Lemmy.ml, kbin.social, sh.itjust.works, and more. Others have posted links to lists of instances that you can look through.

Swan Light by Phoebe Rowe - I really enjoyed this book telling two connected stories that occurred 100 years apart in parallel, centering around a lighthouse in Newfoundland that collapsed into the ocean and the search to find it.

The Weight of Air by David Poses - Autobiographical book advocating for harm reduction approaches in treating addiction. I was sad to see that the author passed away last year, it’s clear that his book has helped a lot of people.

Not in the same way as before, that’s for sure. It would mean that they only did it after people protested and disrupted the site for an extended period of time. They obviously don’t want Reddit to be what we want it to be anymore. I’m sure they would still try to subvert the users’ will and impose theirs in different ways. Plus, this has made me expand and actually seek out exciting new communities and platforms for the first time in a long time. These communities are filled with people who have similar opinions on what happened and how to move forward and create spaces we want to participate in. Whatever happens with Reddit can’t undo that.

It’s funny reading posts that say something along the lines of “I’ve always used the reddit app and it’s fine, I didn’t even know there were third-party apps”. I get this might be astroturfing or bots but if not, congrats on not having a clue, I guess.

Who the fuck cares about avatar gear and app icons?!