Nooot as legal as the other alternatives here, https://libgen.is has a gigantic catalogue (if you know what you're looking for) to download ebooks from.
you've been an absolutely wonderful admin. please take all the time you need and come back when you're ready, if you're ready; don't come back too soon and burn out again. take care!
I work in a tech role for a big tech company, so at first glance, not much. I like to believe that I'm good at planning stuff and figuring out how many hours by how many people it should take, which is a good skill for all kinds of issues.
I've seen a couple of really ugly comments recently, where a mod had replied, and I had to click on the person (wanting to block them) to realize they had been banned. I really hope a future Lemmy update shows very clearly when that happens, because right now it just looks like we're leaving the comment up. LEaving the comment up but showing the user as banned would be a relatively okay middle ground, I think.
Very reminiscent of the 2005 riots that happened for 2-3 weeks after the death of two young boys who had been chased by the police without reason in eerily similar fashion on the same religious holiday: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_French_riots
It's easier to start with the small things, like moving to another email provider (I used mailo for a while, which is free and independent, that I really like), changing your search engine (DuckDuckGo is free and a great "gateway" in my opinion), and/or using alternative front-ends for Youtube videos (like Invidious). Once you get used to those, it's easier to see the value of de-googlifying other stuff! I still use Google Calendar and have an Android phone, but I don't use many other Google products anymore :)
I am incredibly lucky to live in a country that strongly protects workers, to have no children and to be able to afford an apartment 10mins away from my partner's place rather than living together and depending on each other's calendar. I remember how lucky I am every day.
I really hope the baby is doing well and that things will settle down in a year or two - obviously it's still not going to be "unspoken for time", but hopefully things will settle down a bit at least!
The bi-cycle is a meme for a reason: it's true for many of us! There's really no way to prove it, "bi" is the default state of "unless proven otherwise I can like people of any gender" and anything other than that state should be the thing that's proven, imo :)
I took next week off from work just because I can and I don't know what I'm going to do. I'd like to make the most of it but I can't decide between doing something really cool and doing nothing at all; both are tempting!
Otherwise, things are going pretty great. I might be able to go full remote at work (which would mean I don't need to quit anymore), and I've prepared a wonderful peach, feta & cucumber salad for lunch.
Communities don't need to have a single specific language and being able to share in our own language in a general community, especially outside of English, would be amazing. I know I've posted some content to book-related communities in French and was glad not to post to an empty French community, and I got some interaction on this.
Agree with Flaky that we really need a default language choice to not have to set it up every time, though.
Quel enfer, il n'y a aucun monde où ce genre d'arrêté n'est pas juste prétexte à plus de délit de faciès.