My family has all switched to Signal, including family overseas in Europe (non-English speaking, varying age groups). It has all the features you mentioned, as well as gif responses my aunt and parents are into. Personally I find the look and feel of it to be preferable to whatsapp as well. It’s not as visually cluttered imo and has none of the spam/scams I had been getting on whatsapp.

I also use signal now as my primary messenger over sms or anything else. I love being able to edit responses and emoji react even tho I don’t have an iphone anymore. Plus all the added security of encryption of course.

404 accounts are free

The DNC got Platner drunk, forcibly tattooed a totenkopf on his chest, and somehow kept him from having it removed or covered for over a decade? Damn that’s crazy. Even for them!

Apologies if I was unclear, I do intend to get a new number but since I’ve had the same one for so long I don’t want to miss any important calls or messages. So I’m looking for a way to port my current number so that I can still occasionally check voicemail or texts.

• Breezy Weather
• Organic Maps
• RadioDroid
• Higgsters (lite ad-free games like solitaire and boggle) oop not open source. Free and private tho afaik

Thank you! These are perfect. Love Harry Harrison.

• https://organizingmythoughts.org/

• https://www.donotpanic.news/

Soulseek. Also ask for the rss feed in podcast chats I’m in.

Alt text - gif from adventure time of a robot made out of a toaster oven driving around in a circle on grass. Text over the image reads “why, creator? Does it please you to watch me struggle?”

Foofaraw

I’ve been just using more specific/targeted search engines. I put them on a bookmarks page I coded and that’s my homepage when I open my browser. And then when I need just a general Google search without ai summary, my new tabs page goes to udm=14. Still not great - but fine when I just need to double check a url or search images.

I highly recommend Wiby and Marginalia for more indie/non-corporate website searches!

Oh also searching directly in Wikipedia when I’m looking up something that might have an entry there (science/history/whatever) that I just need an overview or definition of

I just made a free static site on neocities for my links. omg.lol looks like a cool option as well (open source but not free tho)

Neither of these are fedi/activity pub but they’re not so bloated/none of the tracking and privacy issues that linktr.ee has

I had never heard of him before. What’s his deal?

Lol this is such a bizarre comment. Back then, AI wasn’t scraping everything humans made for the profit of a few. It was a non-issue, and therefore you have no standing in claiming that “that was the whole point.”

This works as well on my phone as it does on my computer, and loads faster than most modern websites making it that much more accessible to MORE humans.

The web designer isn’t limiting access, they are expanding on it - for humans. The people actually sentient and able to understand their words rather than just copy and recontextualize them.

Passive voice made this headline borderline unreadable

Maybe a compromise could be including “US:” in the title, so others may scroll past

I always liked Raffi growing up, I don’t think those songs have any capitalist or oppressive themes?

Also songs with nature or animal themes, like “And the green grass grew all around” lyrics here- https://kids.niehs.nih.gov/games/songs/childrens/green-grass-grew

And this one by Kimya Dawson and Antsy Pants - Tree Hugger is wicked cute

Sesame Street?? Must have some fun ones

Seconding little red song book, and also just singing songs you like and you can always adjust for the kiddo’s interests or whatever