"If you're into ebooks and have, like me, only ever been within the Kindle ecosystem, I would highly recommend giving Kobo, and this device specially, a try!"

#kobo #eReader #ebook #koboLibraColour

🍜 The Kobo Libra Colour https://thedent.net/post/the-kobo-libra-colour

| "The foreign ministry’s press service said that the statements given by Shi would not be generated by AI but “written and verified by real people”."

#ukraine #ai #quiteSilly

🍜 Ukraine unveils AI-generated foreign ministry spokesperson | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/03/ukraine-ai-foreign-ministry-spokesperson |

"“Ultimately, school administrators must recognize how surveillance undermines their core responsibility: creating a positive environment for learning, engagement, expression, and self-realization,”"

#protest #surveillance #us

🍜 Why facial recognition technology makes these campus protests different - Fast Company https://www.fastcompany.com/91116791/facial-recognition-technology-campus-protests-police-surveillance-gaza

"Biden and a growing number of lawmakers from both major political parties have been pushing for the DEA decision as marijuana has become increasingly decriminalized and accepted, particularly by younger people."

#weed #marijuana #420

🍜 US DEA will reclassify marijuana, ease restrictions, AP sources say — AP News https://apnews.com/article/marijuana-biden-dea-criminal-justice-pot-f833a8dae6ceb31a8658a5d65832a3b8

"As a result, town officials say they’ll set up a vinyl black curtain, some 20 meters long and 2.5 meters high, to black out the area. They also plan to erect a fence along the road to prevent people from crossing illegally."

#japan #overtourism #mtFuji

🍜 Famous Mt. Fuji Photo Spot Will Be Draped Over Due to Overtourism - Unseen Japan https://unseen-japan.com/overtourism-mt-fuji-lawson-spot/

"Now, I have an excuse when someone asks me why they've not been read; I can simply shrug my shoulders, and say "Tsundoku", and then the matter is formally closed as far as I'm concerned."

#japan #books #tsundoku

🍜 積ん読: The Japanese art of buying books and never reading them. https://www.chilli.ai/tsundoku/

"Usually, it is easy to lose one's balance if the train shakes too much or goes too fast, but the trains on the Akita Nairiku Line run relatively slowly and the inside of the train cars is spacious, making it easier to exercise."

#japan #exercise #trains #weekendNews

🍜 Japan railway firm encourages exercising on running trains after finding it effective https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240427/p2a/00m/0na/012000c

"And while people around the globe think they like spicy food, Mexico is the only country that really does, so chilli Doritos have to be made spicier there".

#food #crisps

🍜 'How do you reduce a national dish to a powder?': the weird, secretive world of crisp flavours https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/dec/02/the-weird-secretive-world-of-crisp-flavours

"I see EchoFeed as (to merge my own words with Kev's) a no-hassle cross-poster for the IndieWeb. For independent writers to syndicate their posts to social networks. EchoFeed is the (second) S in POSSE."

#EchoFeed #indieWeb #posse

🍜 EchoFeed and POSSE https://news.echofeed.app/echofeed-and-posse/

| "The increasing price pressure means rents go up in lockstep, further punishing those who can’t afford a ride on this particular gravy train."

#australia #housing

🍜 Late-Stage Capitalism & Housing Supply in Australia | Canion dot Blog https://canion.blog/2024/04/24/latestage-capitalism-housing.html |

"if you don’t already have a blog, and would like a place to write and share your thoughts with the world of your very own, Scribbles is a great place to do it and so easy for just about anyone to use."

#blogging #scribbles #software

🍜 Scribbles: Blogging Made Simple - Oh My Pizza Blog https://ohmypizza.com/2024/04/scribbles-blogging-made-simple

"Multiplying all the possible sounds, fonts, quotes, icons, and themes gives you over 4 billion (not a typo) different permutations."

#app #review #toDo

🍜 Clear Review — Basic Apple Guy https://basicappleguy.com/basicappleblog/clear

"That said, personal transportation is very much a thing as well, and it’s something that can vary wildly, from the cool to merely convenient, and the stylish to the really rather silly."

#japan #tokyo #photography

🍜 Personal Tokyo transportation — Tokyo Times https://www.tokyotimes.org/personal-tokyo-transportation/

"I've been a fan of Soulver for a long time. The app is an excellent way to work out problems involving numbers and math in a way that's reminiscent of paper but with the benefits of a digital environment."

#apps #iOS #soulver #calculator

🍜 Soulver 3 for iOS: Acqualia Software's Unique Approach to Calculations Lands on the iPhone https://www.macstories.net/reviews/soulver-3-for-ios-acqualia-softwares-unique-approach-to-calculations-lands-on-the-iphone/

"They’re too small to require much lithium, too light to create much particulate matter from tires or brakes, too slow to pose much of a danger on city streets, too nimble to contribute to gridlock."

#eBikes #transportation

🍜 Colorado is offering $450 e-bike subsidies. Other states should too - Fast Company https://www.fastcompany.com/91092410/colorado-e-bike-subsidies