SpiceDealer

Chemtrails; now that's an ancient conspiracy theory that I didn't expect to see making a comeback. Can't wait to see laws against GMOs. /s

It's 2035. Chinese EVs are still banned in the US market. The Trumpist regime still hasn't provided suitable alternative modes of transportation and the air is unbreathable. I have just snucked out of a San Diego harbor with a BYD electric hatchback. Life is good.

Joynes was suspended pending a police investigation. But this did not stop her from inviting a second boy to her apartment for a “date night” that involved an Ann Summers scratchcard of sexual activities.

She became pregnant with the boy and gave birth last year, but the child was taken away from her.

This is sickening! The fact that she only got six years is a severe injustice to those two boys and the unfortunate child that was conceived in such a manner. Let's not "both sides" this: sex abuse is sex abuse. As @MrSulu@lemmy.ml pointed out, this will probably get some attention among far-right chuds for about week and get forgotten. It won't solve any issues and one more kid will fall into that hateful ideology. I hope the two boys get the help they need and that baby gets a good family that will look after it.

(Also, I had to look up what "Ann Summers" was in the context of this story and now I feel like shooting my laptop)

I talked to him for about 20 or 30 minutes about my being sex trafficked by my uncle and Jeffrey Epstein in 1984 while I was 13 and [pregnant] ...

Hmm, this really pushes the timeline of the Trump-Epstein friendship back some years. In this 2002 New York Magazine interview, he says that he's known Epstein for 15 years (circa. 1987). But this murder happened in 1984, how long had they actually known each other?

Here's one link and another if that gets taken down.

It's only a matter of time before evolutionary biologists and paleontologists are found dead.

I've only installed Windows once on my machine. Massive regret. The distro I was using was EndeavourOS. Other distros that I've installed were Ubuntu and Manjaro. I might look into Bazzite once I get this resolved.

Do you, by chance, know the differences in battery life between a tablet vs a dedicated e-reader? I've heard, though I don't know, that e-readers have better better battery life since e-paper used less power than blue light screens. Battery life won't the deciding factor in my choice but long battery life would be a huge plus.

DRM shouldn't be a problem thanks to software like Calibre and websites like Gutenberg and Zlibrary. The Kobo does seem geared towards long reading sessions and reading along with an audiobook. The Boox, on the other hand, seems to combine the best of e-readers (e-paper and e-ink) with the modability of an Android device. Since you're a Kobo user, I have to ask: How easy is it to add "alternatively sourced" ebooks to the Kobo? Is it done through Calibre? Can I also use third-party reading apps like KOreader? Since the Boox is Android-based, I have a rough idea of of adding ebooks and installing alternative reading apps but I don't if the process would be different on a Kobo.

Misread "Black flag officer" as "Black Flag officer." I thought to myself: "Wait, Henry Rollins would have been too young to been in Star Trek."

Why, yes I would like to get literally cockblocked by Google and Apple. Thanks UK! /s

This far from a solution but the thing I do is do a quick search for it on a search engine and look for websites makes a list of the best ones you can buy at the moment. Here's an example: I search for "best hiking shoes for national parks" and many outdoor-focused gear websites will recommend shoes from brands like Columbia and Merrell.