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I'd love recommendations for fun baby and toddler books: give me your best diverse books!

I want LGBTQ+ characters, disabled people, people of different skin colours, polycules, stories from other cultures...

Basically I want our kid to grow up with a broad reference base. 📚 I want them to love books and stories!

Recommendations encouraged!

I'll scout out our library first but these will likely go on a wishlist.

Looking for #recommendations:

I’ve been playing and enjoying Stardew Valley very much, it’s right up my skill level and the perfect balance of relaxation and goal-directed activity. I think I am ready to expand my horizons.

Can anyone recommend other games, similar in style/skill level to Stardew Valley? I’m an unsophisticated gamer and don’t have any idea what’s out there. (Bonus points if it’s available on iPhone!)

Thank you in advance for any ideas! 😁

Auditor general says N.S. making progress on past recommendations, but issues remain
Auditor General Kim Adair says the provincial government is doing a better job following up on recommendations from her reports, but there is still work to do in certain areas.
#government #audit #recommendations #NS #News #Canada
cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia

I store a lot of photos for professional purposes (85Gb currently), but I hate Google Photos. What alternatives would people recommend? EU and UK options, please!

Needs:
- To be visual (like Photos or Flickr)
- Not rely on file names (mine are nonsense and I’m not renaming thousands of photos)
- Must allow tagging (or albums of that fails)
- Cloud based

I can pay a small yearly amount for this as a business expense but nothing crazy as I’m not good at capitalism.

fiber arts friends - I have another friend who's interested in getting back into spinning. she's shopping for fiber, and I want to direct her to cool folks to get fiber from! she's currently using a drop spindle, and looking at kick spindles, so is also interested in second-hand / cheaper ones.

please send me links to pass along!

Just a few banners I've made to put at the end of my videos with heavy filters and some #photo #editing done to make them look more vintage or film-like, using my own #photography too.

I already have the film/old vibe going with my videos, which I do as both artistic expression, and because I can save storage as the lower-res and frame rate goes well with the overall vibe.

Still learning photo editing, I use Lumii Photo Editor ATM as it's easily accessible as I learn.

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Thank you all for your helpful advice!
We have decided to go for the M3 512GB model. It was a hard decision but we decided that the added years of official support was more important than the 1TB SSD which can be added with external options if need be.

We're replacing a refurb Air bought in 2017 that is still used daily, so we got the most out of it!

I was more than a little worried that there could be a 25% tariff on the purchase on or soon after April 2, which would have added $300+ to the price of the computer!

Done!

So WhatsApp adding #Meta AI as standard in the search bar and making it impossible to disable might be the final nudge I need to finally get over the inconvenience of moving to a different platform and ditch Meta altogether. Any #recommendations for an IM app (android compatible) that won't force GenAI sludge down my throat, won't sell my data, and ideally isn't owned by a fascist? Thanks in advance.

Dear Hive Mind
I am in the market for new or refurb MacBook Air. I really want it under $CAD1500. The goal is longevity (5-7yrs) for use as a standard word processor/internet/media consumption device.

I am currently leaning toward these options. I'd be interested in what you would recommend.

This is an upgrade from an Intel based Air with 8GB/128GB which has been maxed out on storage for a couple years now.
#Mac #Apple #Recommendations #Poll