I would love to have smart glasses for subtitles when I’m travelling, measuring stuff, plant identification and other handy stuff, but I don’t trust any of the companies making them, and I don’t trust most people to not abuse them.

1. Mue by Koki Nakano, something beautiful and strange incase they are actually sleeping.

2. Lift me up by Moby, time to rise and shine!

3. Anything (for example Yellow Silk Buddha) by Incapacitants to scare them out of their room.

400g of firm tofu and a 5m XLR cable.

It’s mostly to make an identity for the broadcaster/channel/show, so that the viewer or listener instantly and instictively know what they are watching.

I like Dirty V (Norway) and Vincent (Germany). I can go with Max Burger (Scandinavia) too, if the other options are MacDonald’s or Burger King, as these two mainly make vegetarian food that is unseasoned and lazy.

Give me anything that’s repairable and has a bootloader that can be opened and I’m yours. Currently using a Fairphone and I would consider buying one again the day this one is no longer supported by any of the custom roms/Linux phone distros or is beyond repair.

I’ve heard it used on snow, but never rain.

Honestly I’ve only heard the expression used on snow, not rain. So it wouldn’t be a troll squirting, it would be huge, mean trolls falling from the sky.

A sort of hunger bar. It would be useful in so many situations.

Try to focus not on what others do, but on what YOU do. YOU have an actual impact on non human animals, and by not treating them as though they are worthless or consumable, you are causing less harm. You are not contributing to the ice cold panic they feel when they realize they are the next in line to get butchered, or any other short or long term suffering they go through. That is worth a lot, to the individuals spared from the suffering.

Don’t compare yourself to evil people, or uninformed people. Focus on yourself and the good/neutral you keep doing every day. You are kind, thoughtful, compassionate. What you do matters, even if the impact seems small compared to all the suffering.

Oh, these are new ones for me! Semiosis sounds interesting.

Should I read Revelation Space before beginning? Reynolds has been on my list for a while, but I haven’t gotten to them yet.

I would love to find a good series for the summer! Dune is a great escape.

I went to Chambery, Lyon and Paris. HappyCow was a huge help, but France has gotten much better at vegan food since the last time I visited. I had a great time!

I’m currently reading “Les plus jeunes années du monde” by Marie-Lorna Vaconsin, which seems really promising and worth the wait for a translation if you don’t read French. Trees around the world suddenly start glowing red due to a new form of photo synthesis, and the people close to the events make sure every page is interesting and surprising.

I’ve recently read:

• Dungeon Crawler Carl 8. I was entertained by yet another wave of chaos.

• “Heureux comme jamais” by Guillaume Chamanadjian, an easy to read satire about a space ship full of rich and entitled people not really caring whether or not they are the last people in the universe.

• “Automatic Noodle” by Annalee Newitz, about a kitchen crew of robots. Very cozy and easy read.

• “There is no antimemetics division” by qntm. Short, scary and thrilling. I would go into it without reading too much about it. It is so well thought out, and I don’t want to spoil anything for anyone about this gem of a book.

• “Murder by memory” by Olivia Waite. A cozy murder mystery set on a generational ship. This is a sweet book if all you want is a break for your brain, a bit like “Automatic Noodle”.

• “A Cantlicle For Leibowitz” by Walter Miller. This is a classic that is still worth reading. The monks of a monastery preserves knowledge while the rest of the world struggles after a devastating event. So beautifully written, and surprisingly funny as well.

I’ll still look for those two, sometimes the higher price is worth it.

Oh, yum!! I will try to find these, everything seems sooo good! Thank you

Hehe, I can imagine. I’ll take note of SoBio, and look for it. Thank you!

Wow, thank you for these tips and suggestions! The salami sticks sound really interesting. Thank you also for the warning about the stores, we will be visiting some smaller towns too.

My Fairphone 5, because it has allowed me to break free from Google and other big tech companies by letting me install whatever I want on it.

And my good old Thinkpad.