I’ve got a couple of cast iron skillets from the early sixties that I use pretty much every day.

Calibre is basically required software if you have a Kindle, and I’ve read it’s great for other e-readers too.

It facilitates easy file conversion and transfer.

Some other favorite hacks are a bit more practical and have to do with extending the life of existing products.

Those are some of mine, too. Even a 15 year old phone still has some cool tech on it that is more useful than e-waste.

Commander Adama tried to warn us.

I hope e-ink displays get way cheaper. I’d love something like a Raspberry Pi 500 and a portable e-ink display for writing.

Nausicaa is my favorite, too. The hand-drawn animation is incredible, the conflict is nuanced, the setting is beautiful, and the characters have interesting motivations. Its a masterpiece.

I’ve played more Team Fortress 2 than anything else. I can always go back to community servers there.

I’m glad you’re finding it interesting. Season 2 is even better in my opinion.

The Ultra podcast has two seasons and goes in-depth into previous attempts by fascists at taking over the US government.

Sitting members of Congress aiding and abetting a plot to overthrow the government. Insurrectionists criminally charged with plotting to end American democracy for good. Justice Department prosecutors under crushing political pressure. Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra is the all-but-forgotten true story of good, old-fashioned American extremism getting supercharged by proximity to power.

When extremist elected officials get caught plotting against America with the violent ultra right, this is the story of the lengths they will go to… to cover their tracks.