He’s had it up to here!

That’s awesome. Omg that is great. ^_

Omg that is awesome. Yes, all the writing apps. I can’t wait. ^_ I currently do use Scrivener on this device and I love it. I am down to try the older Scrivener app for linux. I saw a video on how it was installed, a bit of a finicky process but I’d say it’s worth it. Thank you!

Oh no man, I won’t go on there. No Chrome, no Facebook, none of that. I spit in their general direction. They are unworthy. Yes, I’ll likely be using it to write in a regular word processor. I have Scrivener on this device, and it’s absolutely amazing, however I hear it’s a bit finicky to install on linux but not impossible. So I’m up to the challenge of that. If you write stories and like to world build, I highly recommend it. It’s amazing. You know what I’m going to miss though is Livejournal. I hear not even they are safe anymore. That is awful. The whole internet is being ripped up. Fuck this year.

Oh yes, I got Tor, but I was thinking maybe I don’t need it as it works a little too well. I’m curious about librewolf browser though. I may give that a shot as well. If only I was interesting enough to have classified government intel. Or a darknet drug lord. I am pretty paranoid, but not The Borne Supremacy levels of paranoid hehe. I’m learning about the different browser alternatives. I only know about Tor, Librewolf, and I was today years old when I learned about Debian. So I will check that out. Thanks so much! :)

That’s amazing! Okay, will do. I can’t wait to try it. Thank you. :)

What softwares do you use? What services do you use?

I use Apple devices right now. I’ve heard the stories about Windows as of late. Damn. But Apple is not much better.

If you use Google anything, you gotta seek to de-google. Replace Google Docs with Nextcloud, replace Google with some other search engine, switch to a privacy respecting browser, etc.

Oh absolutely degoogling. I’m on it. For now I’m using ecosia search engine but I just found out they are still kind of sketchy, so I will keep looking for a good search engine. As for the browser, I got Tor. It’s great but only problem is when I try to go on some online spaces with Tor, I get blocked because they think I’m an intruder. So, it works VERY well, perhaps too well. But that is reassuring! I got a tutamail account. I still have gmail but have plans to ditch it soon and go all in on tutamail. I will definitely check out nextcloud, this is the first time I’ve heard about it. Not discouraged at all, this is great. :)Thank you!

That is amazing. That’s all I needed to hear, thank you. I’m feeling a lot better about this!

Oh yes, absolutely. Already covered. I have two beautiful sandisk external hard drives. I got two, because the first one did in fact stop working in 2023 when one day I accidentally knocked it over. The replacements have silicone armour on them…might be safer but I’m also handling them like crystal. Losing everything on the first hard drive was devastating.

Oh my god, amazing! Skinks are good bois. Happy to have more of them. The name is pretty cool too. Tagalaka slider. Rolls off the tongue.

The internet archive is an untapped treasure trove of movies and shows. It requires some digging, but it’s worth it. I’ve found a couple of shows I like and movies. Some of them are in poor quality, ripped from staticky VHS tapes or pirated from the movie theatre on someone’s camera. But there’s a shocking number that are uploaded in high quality, pristine format. I will list a few I’ve discovered. I haven’t looked extensively but I assume there are probably some good documentaries in the Internet Archive as well. So far though I’ve just been focused on shows and movies.

The Matrix (1999) Disney’s Gargoyles (1994-97) Rosemary’s Baby (1968) The Impossible (2012) Rear Window (1954) The Last Unicorn (1982) Moomin Season 1 (1990) True Romance (1993) The Thing (1982) Quatre Adventures de Reinette et Mirabelle (1987)

I’ve also found the entire storyboard compilation for Studio Ghibli’s The Wind Rises, and the Welcome to Nightvale Podcast uploaded, not sure how many seasons but I was very happy to find that. Love WTNV.

Omg I saw this today. So proud of her. ^_ Thanks for sharing.