soratoyuki

joined 9 months ago
[–] soratoyuki@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (14 children)

Ugh. I do like the idea of defederating in theory, but this is the third time I'm going to have move instances because something I want access to is blocked.

Is this just a 'me' problem or something everyone has to deal with from time to time?

[–] soratoyuki@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I know. I'd assume everyone on Lemmy knows. That's why I said 'free' in scare quotes and not free.

[–] soratoyuki@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Anecdotal, but a friend of mine was ticketed for it within the first week it went into effect. She (understandably) assumed that being stopped at a stop light was acceptable. That said, I'm not aware of any enforcement since then and wouldn't be surprised if they deliberately only enforced it right after it took effect.

Still wouldn't risk it, though.

[–] soratoyuki@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)

In Virginia, at least, it's not a meaningful distinction.

There used to be an exception for GPS, but the state changed the law a few years ago so that any non-hands-free use of a phone in a non-parked is a ticketable offense. Swiping away an ad at a red light would technically be illegal.

[–] soratoyuki@lemmy.world 91 points 4 months ago (8 children)

I've been getting a lot of 'suggested' locations and sponsored pop ups in Google Maps the few weeks. I get that it's a 'free' product, but ugh. My GPS while I'm driving down the highway is one of those things that really, really needs to be clutter-free.

[–] soratoyuki@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

So, so I get a prorated refund on my Google One subscription, or...?

[–] soratoyuki@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

This is the one Windows app I just cannot find a good alternative to. Deadbeef comes the closest, but even it is laggy when searching my library, sometimes crashes when I add too many files, and has a mediocre search function.

[–] soratoyuki@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Where's my cut?

 

From the Washington Post:

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — When the managers of a small bookstore in this Appalachian mountain town received a call from a distributor wondering if they could take in 22,000 books rejected by a Florida school district, it felt like a colossal ask.

Firestorm Books usually stocks fewer than 8,000 books — titles that range from historical fiction to solarpunk. The self-described queer feminist collective wasn’t sure where they’d put them, and their customers typically weren’t looking for picture books.

“We were like, this feels like a bigger thing than we can manage,” said Libertie Valance, a managing member of the group that runs the store. “But I think even in that conversation, there was an acknowledgment that we were going to do it.”

And so began the journey to bring eight tons of books — most of them banned under Florida’s state laws restricting classroom discussion on race, gender identity and sexual orientation — from Duval County Public Schools in Jacksonville to left-leaning Asheville.