Lol. An e-Reader was actually one of the best purchases I’ve done. Started reading waaaay more than before. Also great that one can start digesting all those old out-of-copyright ebooks from like standardebooks.org, on a screen that resembles paper. I can never read a book on an ordinary screen.

I recommend MComix for reading on Linux. I only use it on the PC, but nonetheless it’s great.

Yeah if the library supports Overdrive, it’s possible. I’ve used it and it seemed to work fine.

If one doesn’t want telemetry etc being sent to Rakuten.

I think the person asked for e-ink device recommendations. Reading on an Android vs e-ink screen makes such a huge difference

No ads. Easy to buy. It you’re really concerned about privacy, just flash KOReader on it which is an alternative backend. The easier alternative is to never connect to the WiFi and manually transfer ePubs to the device through Calibre.

Buy a Kobo, never connect it to WiFi. Or flash KOReader on it. Either way much better than the alternatives.

I’ve never heard of someone sharing university course material on a tracker or similar for people to download. But have you checked whether there are any MOOCs from reputable universities that are similar to the one you linked? They are often free.

If you offend the royal family you can get punished. There was a case some year back about a rapper that sought asylum in the Netherlands or Belgium I think, as he risked imprisonment in Spain due to his song lyrics criticizing the royal family. It’s crazy to me that one could seek asylum fron an EU country in a different EU country

Ironically enough it’s actually super popular in China to “Rent-a-Mao” or Chiang Kai-Shek or whoever else from China’s modern history. There are a lot of Mao impersonators, just like we have impersonators of Elvis.

Dystopia. Is this really common in the U.S? Both RTO-mandates and this “coffee badging” as a way to get around it? My company in a different country has a policy of 50% WFH, but nobody cares and I sit at home the majority of the days. Here it seems like WFH is here to stay.