The latest from The Free Press :
< This was the year when young adult fiction writers ate each other alive over a fantasy novel that was allegedly racist toward fairies. In Portland, Oregon, a food truck was shuttered and its owners threatened with violence because they had supposedly culturally appropriated indigenous burrito recipes. In New York, fashion designer Marc Jacobs had just been similarly canceled for putting white models in dreadlocks. The art world was earnestly debating whether the Whitney Museum of American Art should remove a white artist’s painting of Emmett Till from view—or, alternatively, whether they should remove it and then set it on fire. All these incidents (and these are only a handful) represented the rise of a far-left ideology that was utterly fixated on racial and ethnic identities, which were in turn seen as proxies for power, privilege, and general moral standing. The more intersectional you could claim to be, the more sympathy you deserved. The more privileged, the more you should sit down, shut up, and stop taking up space—particularly when people who looked like you had already taken so much.>> https://www.thefp.com/p/23andme-bankrupt-dna-testing-identity-politics #us #commentary
As dysfunctional as CA is, it's just a matter of time before the state breaks down.
They're not officially "Peoples Republics".
Nine million gender studies and anthropology graduates to join the fast food sector shortly. ☕👌☺️
You're making assumptions not carried by what I said.
There is. You should look it up before speculating openly...
Also, bank nationalisations are not communism. Silly.
No, debt forguveness ('Jubilees') are somewhat common throughout history, and has happened when the lending class (bankers) placed a usurious burden on society.
When it is not only Unsustainable, but it becomes Unbearable, then there will be sparks of war.
Love secrets of Dr. Beaver 🥰
### Sherpa TTS
(A Text-to-Speech Engine for DeGoogled Phones)
Sherpa TTS (github.com/woheller69/ttsengine) is a really good open source Text-to-Speech (TTS) engine for Android phones. It runs locally on your phone, which means you aren't sending your data back to some Big Tech company to be collected, analyzed and sold to suspicious 3rd party entities, whether they be government and private.
Sherpa TTS works really well with apps such as:
- Navigation Apps:
- OsmAnd~
- Organic Maps
- Librera - You can turn any ebook file into an audio book using Sherpa as the Librera TTS engine.
- Voca - copy and share any text to Voca, which reads it back to you.
Pros:
- A ton of Language Packs
- Language packs have many voices
- Whisper AI based
- Works really good
- Fully offline (runs on your phone)
- Open Source
Cons:
- Chinese developer with no credibility in the western world (yet)
### To Get Sherpa TTS Working
1. Install Sherpa TTS from the Zapstore (zapstore.dev) or From F-Droid (f-droid.org)
2. Search your DeGoogled phone settings for "text-to-speech output"
- select "text-to-speech output"
- select "Preferred engine"
- select "Sherpa TTS"
3. Open Sherpa TTS app and download a Language
- Most languages come with different voices, so try a few out. You might surprise yourself with a better voice.
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It's great! More google crap to strike from your devices!
Gorgon Point?
Medusa Point?
Interesting names.
Any rashes from undeclared chemicals yet?
What are some good Windows 98 era games to pirate? I’m messing around with virtual machine emulation stuff. :3:
https://media.nicecrew.digital/bea50ad4978f21b3e867d0abcf17fc8118b695035290b23c54a48bf20c6c690b.mov
HalfLife, Starcraft
"haha, ill ignore FoodMommy even though she's frantically calling me to come in for the night!" 🌙👀🐈