Use Piped as a front end for y--t---. It's open source & non-tracking, but views still count. The creator is active on the fedi too.
Individual servers sometimes go off line or lose quality when they're rate limited. Just try a different server when that happens. If the one you're using at the time shows ads and there are too many, check preferences to turn them off.
(My addiction is Thai. Also watch some c- and k- too.)
This just happened. It's far too early to do more than speculate.
Like we can also connect dots from known things like FBI agents being killed because Trump leaked documents, his connections with Russia directly and thus Iran, to the possibility that information also leaked which compromised agents acting on Israel's behalf within Gaza. To be clear, this is also speculation.
But yeah, we can create all sorts of scenarios based on bits of information and our biases and ways of looking at the world. We'll never know everything which factored in.
This one actually sounds credible. Or maybe I'm just hoping too hard for a friend.
Another rec for libraries - brilliant places for exploring. And also one for LIBRARIANS. When you go in to sign up for a library card, ask the librarians for suggestions. You will probably make someone's day to let them help you get into reading. Librarians are really cool like that :)
Also look around for a wee display of curated selections. Those will change every month or so and feature recommended books.
E-books are another possibility and there are many sources of free ones - another low cost way of exploring and experimenting. I read free fluff from the book store app built into my tablet when I'm not up to anything serious, go to Project Gutenberg and Standard E-books for out-of-copyright classics when I am, and sometimes find something on the e-book system I have access to with my library card sign-in. (I rarely buy e-books as I prefer to put my book budget to subscriptions from small presses because they need our support and an unexpected book arriving in the post is a delight.)
Some of the high school curriculum will always be dry, but some of it is just forced on us when we're still too young to really understand what's going on and it's much more interesting when we have enough experience and maturity to get it. So if you come across something you have bad memories of but it sounds interesting, try it again.
For a specific rec, I'm going to suggest Death and the Penguin by Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov. 1996, but shouldn't be hard to find in translation given the recent western interest in Ukraine. This was my review: "Quietly absurdist, yet feels well grounded in the realities of time and place. Pacing, flow and details are excellent; exceptionally well written and translated. Don't find out more about it, wondering what is going on is part of its appeal, just read it :)"
I like the idea of this very much and I hope someone has made/does make it.
What's the book? Who knows, you might find the core of your group just by sparking interest in the book. Good luck :)
"propitiatory indexing" is a delightful autocorrect :)
My central and autonomic nervous systems. Mine are shite and have been since I was wee. Even a clean reinstall of the original operating system would likely help a ton, but if the open source community could go through the files and find the all the bugs, who knows what I could make of my life. At the very least I'd be able to work again.
i've only found k-drama communities on lemmy and it seems like they're all abandoned. i know several k-fanatics on mastodon, some hardcore c-drama folk and 3 other thai fans. i don't know if lemmy plays well with the more twitter-like parts of the fediverse but i can introduce you there if you have an account. i think we can DM on here?