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  @Remittancegirl l recently finished listening to a 4-part Behind the Bastards episode on Jimmy Savile, and it was galling to hear how many times the man made open, cheeky reference to his crimes and abhorrent behavior, and it was just laughed off. So much so that it seemed like a combination of (a) personal thrill for Savile, to "fess up" and still get away with it, and (b) a way of hiding in plain sight. Sarah Kendzior discusses this (vis a vis Trump) in her book Hiding in Plain Sigh...

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  Does anyone have a #selfhosted service they find useful for, like, coordinating neighborhood groups? My wife and I host a neighborly potluck every few weeks, and I'd love to have a way to keep in touch with our neighbors, coordinate events, and chat in a space that's not a bunch of different group texts. I'm watching @Bonfire's work on federated groups closely, and suspect their "Community" flavor may be precisely what I'm looking for when it's ready, but I&#39...

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  @mttaggart The California bill got attention shortly after I finished reading Haidt's The Anxious Generation, and it seemed obvious to me that the legislation was intended to address similar concerns, as Haidt calls for almost exactly that.

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  The build is successful! I finally finished* my TagTuner music jukebox and hooked it up to some speakers. It uses the ESPHome-based Home Assistant Voice PE as its brains and audio player, and when it scans NFC tags, it fetches corresponding media from my Music Assistant server. I still have a couple bugs to work out, but this is definitely close enough to feel "ready". I'm so happy to have a tool that will let us both (a) leverage my large home media server and (b) enjoy some of...