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We go maybe twice a month. We have to go down and cross the border into Oregon to do it, so we don’t do it that often. They have a few things that we just won’t do without. My husband loves the muffins, has one every morning for breakfast.

Oh absolutely. I’ rather time be taken to get things right tan to do a rush job. The important thing is, the needs have been acknowledged. That’s a big first step. Lemmy is still new, no one is in a hurry. Thanks for all you do.

EEEEEEEEE!!! Thank you so much! I really appreciate that you take the opportunity to get feedback and then actually listen to it.

we’re all still small fries, but that’s ok because the fediverse is large. We’re just small apartment buildings full of people in a larger city. We’re not alone and size isn’t as important as community and communication.

We purged 32k unverified bot/spam accounts from our Lemmy instance this past week. We had email verification on but had missed adding CAPTCHA during initial setup. We’re still fairly new. Had over 1500 accounts “apply” within a 2 minute span. My admin email was flooded. It was ridiculous.

They’re gone now, but we’re staying vigilant.

I prefer self-checkout because cashiers don’t know shit about bagging groceries in a reasonable manner. I don’t like dealing with people and I like my groceries bagged to my specifications. Self-checkout is a godsend.

That said…

I have made mistakes. I’ve accidently stolen from WalMart. I’ve been an employee of WalMart; I am not crying over this. WalMart is a shit employer and they have a ton of self-check so they can continue to refuse full time jobs to cashiers so they don’t have to pay benefits. Fuck them.

This would be exactly how I listed priority of features as well.

How are you moderating communities with the app? I have zero moderation tools available when I am logged in and I am an admin on the instance.

Also I have a second account on the same instance but when I log into that one all my upvotes and subscriptions are identical to my main account. I can’t do anything separately.

I love this app, the UI is nice to me and it’s quick and easy to use. But I need mod tools and for accounts to actually be separate.

After wrapping up book 6 of Murderbot Diaries I started in on A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers. I’ve heard the wayarers series was good, have access to the first book so I am checking it out. So far it’s okay.

Yeah Murderbot isn’t heavy Sci-Fi, they’re more interesting stories told in a futuristic setting. I finished the 6th one last night and can’t wait for the 7th to come out later this year. I am hooked.

I wonder how many might be bot accounts?

it’s excellent. I liked Broken Empire and I loved Book of the Ancestor but this seems like it’s on another level.

The City Watch subseries of Discworld is my favorite Discworld. Just fantastic characters and stories.

According to my stats on Storygraph, my goal was 25 books for the year and I’m sitting at 38 books read. I shouldn’t have been so conservative with my goal I think.

Favorite? Probably “The Book that Wouldn’t Burn” by Mark Lawrence. The worldbuilding and character work are just phenomenal. Another best book is The Crippled God (started Malazan last fall and finished it early this year).

Least favorite? Babel. I don’t even count it as read since I couldn’t get beyond chapter 4. I loved Poppy War and my book club was reading Babel but it was just so flat. One-dimensional characters and too preachy and on-the-nose. I don’t mind messaging in books but this wasn’t even nuanced or natural.

New Release? I backed Sanderson’s Kickstarter, so I am waiting for my physical copy of Yumi and the Nightmare Painter so I can read that in print. I read the other 2 secret Projects in ebook form but this one I want the new book smell experience.

on desktop I use eM Client. On Android I was using just plain GMail but I saw people in this comment section using other stuff so I checked it out and swapped to FairEmail.

edit: FairEmail is fantastic and I’ve upgraded to pro. Definitely recommend this one for mobile users with multiple email accounts.

Used to use Thunderbird but I wanted something that just looked like it was from this century. I like how eM Client works and its features and it looks nice. I don’t like that I am limited to 2 email accounts though. I’d love something like it that is FOSS and allows more email addresses.

Finished book 4 of Murderbot Diaries and eagerly moved on to book 5, and am about 44% done with that. I expect I’ll be reading book 6 by tomorrow at some point. They’re by Martha Wells and they’re sci-fi, but very light fun reads. She tells very tight stories with excellent characters and pacing.

They’re short but they’re paced extremely well. I have never noticed how short they are while actually reading because it’s a full and engaging story. I am in love with Murderbot and it’s only gotten better as the books go on.

Currently been blasting through Martha Wells’s Murderbot Diaries. I’m up to book 4 and they just get better and better each one.

@slimerancher D4 is extremely buggy but feels so good to play. Really enjoying that one. FFXVI is gorgeous but I haven’t gotten far yet. Cassette Beasts is super cute and has a LOT of depth to it. Overall very happy with all three of them and would recommend to anyone who likes these genres of games.

I’m excited for it, cause 2D Mario is something I grew up with on the NES and SNES. I love the art style they went with or this one, it’s so clean, but it looks like it will play like the older games that were 2D. I don’t know if I will get it on release but it’s definitely on my to be played list.