I highly recommend configuring qBittorrent to only connect to the VPN interface, so if your VPN is off it will simply not connect to the internet at all.

https://voiceinput.futo.org/

I use it and it works very well.

That doesn’t work for the workflow of sending articles to my Kindle with a bookmarklet.

Some of us still use devices that only support .mobi

That’s where I stopped. It was a perfect miniseries. I saw there was going to be a second season and I just rolled my eyes and resolved not to watch it. The first season ended perfectly to me.

I’ve always wondered why they don’t put at least an 8mb camera in feature phones these days. The components are small enough and cheap enough that it would be simple to do.

That is seen as a feature by many people. A big part of why a lot of people use a feature phone — whether for a short jaunt or for their main device — is to disconnect. You’re still accessible by phone for important things, but you’re no longer beholden to the constant buzz buzz buzz of chat notifications rolling in.

You can get a 4G feature phone for less than $50 in the US apparently. Up here they go for closer to $150, but the model I’m thinking of is definitely not a trash product. With a bit if research, you can probably find something decent.

Because 3G still works here, I have been using something from ~2009 when I want to unplug.

Yes, the generic names make it a nightmare to search for things relating to them.

People do check this stuff for vandalism.

This kind of thing is why I hate Google Maps. There is no way to ensure that edits are carried out based on your local knowledge, whereas with OpenStreetMap you can just go make the changes that need to be made. It’s been very satisfying for me to go contribute to OpenStreetMap when I see that paths are added or changed, so that the map reflects reality. Meanwhile Google Maps won’t even move an entire park that is in the wrong place.

Install Stylus > Write New Style > Import and then copy/paste this in. Keep in mind that I removed a lot of my specific tweaks for sites I use, because that’s PII. You will encounter many more weird issues on random sites than you do with DarkReader, but if you’re used to working with userCSS you’ll probably have no issues fixing those. The way this essentially works is by inverting your entire browser screen, then rotating the hue so the colours of website themes aren’t weird, then it inverts images back to normal. I’m sure there is a way to do this without inverting the images in the first place, but it would involve one hell of a lot more code than this. I wrote this originally in about 3 minutes.

html, iframe {
    filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg);
}

img, div[background-image], div[style*="background-image"], video  {
    filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg);
}

@-moz-document domain("lemmy.ml"), domain("ultimate-guitar.com"), domain("open.spotify.com"), domain("discord.com"), domain("localhost") {
/* Exemptions for sites that already have a dark mode */

html, iframe {
    filter: none;
}

img, div[background-image], div[style*="background-image"], video  {
    filter: none;
}
}

@-moz-document domain("youtube.com") {
#movie_player {
    filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg);
}

video {
    filter: none;
}
}

@-moz-document url-prefix("https://www.google.com/maps") {
div[aria-label="Street View"] canvas, div[aria-label="Photo"] canvas, button[data-photo-index] {
    filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg);
}

div[role="img"] {
    filter: none;
}
}

I made my own with Stylus. At its simplest it’s 2 lines of CSS which pales in comparison to what Dark Reader is going with, and then I have one section for exempted websites, and two sections for websites I use a lot that needed specific small fixes. It uses basically no resources, and doesn’t slow anything down.

The one downside is that because it uses CSS filters, some colors become less brilliant. This is a known flaw with how CSS calculates colors for hue-rotate.

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Blue Jays are the eastern type of jay, as seen on the Toronto sports team’s paraphernalia. Stellar’s jays are only west of the Rockies, I believe. Many people colloquially call them blue jays, though.

I am well aware. But if precedent is set that protesting in the streets won’t be allowed going forward, it will have negative ramifications for leftist movements.

In Canada I’m very wary of the current trial against the leaders of the Freedom Convoy for this reason. Popular sentiment at the time of their protest was that they were bad for blocking the road, and what comes from this trial could set precedent that could be used to criminalize climate and social justice protests in the future.

It depends where you live. Here, land is at a premium so the rent for a space that can fit a camper or prefab home would be higher than that for an apartment.

I have lived in a camper. I do not recommend it unless you live in an extremely mild climate. They are poorly-insulated, the windows fog up, they leak in the rain if you have slides. The hot water tank only holds enough for a 5 minute shower before the water starts to run cold. You have to deal with propane refills. The water hookup can freeze in the winter. Mice can get in easily. You have to stay mindful of the blackwater tank, because leaving it open creates a pyramid of waste that can’t be removed, but leaving it closed means you have to remember to empty it. The power system isn’t meant to handle a lot of things plugged in at once. When the DC fuses blow, you have to go find replacements at an auto parts store. The oven doesn’t have a broiler. The fridge is quite inefficient and small. The list of issues goes on and on. Make sure you’re really committed to the lifestyle.

It’s all renewable here.

Multiple Canadian provinces.

Way ahead of you, energy has already been nationalized here for a long time.