Edinburgh, Scotland - we had quite a lot of T/Ters (or guisers, as it’s often better known here, among older generations anyway). Maybe 10-15 groups. A lot of families round our way and we usually have a fairly busy night, so no change from normal :-)

This is a stunningly beautiful extended metaphor.

To be honest, after some initial difficulty in grasping the concept of federation (which I certainly don’t claim to fully understand even now) this place feels just as easy to use as Reddit.

I think that’s partly because I almost exclusively used Reddit via the Sync app, and I now use Lemmy almost exclusively through Sync as well. The experience is basically the same, except that it’s a bit quieter, but as someone else alluded to, that’s maybe no bad thing as it means I spend less time here. Instead I just dip in and out, and that’s fine.

Oh, I’m so sorry, this is Abuse.

+1 on Ask Dad videos - this is a good channel: https://youtube.com/@dadhowdoi

Also +1 on everything else you said, especially the never stop learning point.

OP, it’s totally ok not to know things - you can seek them out in advance, or you can discover them along the way, as and when necessary.

You’ll be ok, pretty much everyone muddles through life one way or another. Best of luck 👍

Naggers, right?

Jeff Bezos Says He Doesn’t Understand Why Anybody Alive Now Would Be ‘Discouraged’—Because Soon, ‘Millions Of People Will Be Living In Space’

Fixed that headline.

Oh this is Rev David Black, the same guy that they shot in the head with a pepper ball because he was [checks notes] standing praying at them.

Video: https://bsky.app/profile/flglchicago.bsky.social/post/3m2neyfqwdk2j

Why not Lego?

Probably cost, Lego’s really expensive for what you get, sadly.

+1 on the Dr Seuss - such a fun and joyful way to explore unusual language and weird concepts in fantastical worlds.

Church vs State

Discovered that a record I thought I had listened to and not really liked, actually has a banger on it. Money not wasted after all!

Or perceived enemies. The truth barely factors in.

Nothing wrong with red hair. Mine’s brown now, but was red when I was a kid, and I got bullied for it all the time. Fuck that noise, and fuck the way it’s just accepted as being socially ok to mock people for their hair colour.

Yes.

This might be useful https://pen.org/banned-books-list-2025/

I remember seeing another site that went into amazing detail about not just what books were banned, but where and for what (stated) reasons. I can’t find it right now, but will post again if I do. It was basically a huge spreadsheet!

EDIT Actually, I think this was it: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1am1vKU3MR1209AanJVqySFtRYe3IiB1k/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107625701392691841725&rtpof=true&sd=true

Also, some info about it: https://www.everylibraryinstitute.org/book_censorship_database_magnusson

On phone, by hand

That looks marvellously awful.

No problem 😁

It’s a live wallpaper maker, it’s really good - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kustom.wallpaper