*banned 4 MarkDown love* @design_RG@qoto.org

The Economist has a good post on the favourite food of Portugal.

https://www.1843magazine.com/food/world-in-a-dish/why-bacalhau-will-always-taste-like-home

MS Edge used to support ePub ebook reading, but that is being removed. So you will need a dedicated eBook reader app.

I mentioned BlueFire which I like and use in iOS and Windows 10, but just found a good page with some other interesting apps.

Calibre, the first one in the list, is quite nice but a bit more complex for a new user, or someone who only wants to read. (BlueFire would work well for that, and it does access DropBox accounts to load ebooks too).

Various good options here: https://beebom.com/best-epub-reader-windows/

https://writingcooperative.com/handwritten-letters-2a7e0d51eb8c

There are also many people looking for penpals, some of them in snail mail, handwritten form in the pen pals sub-Reddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/penpals/

Like handwritten letters, how about finding a penpal overseas?

https://www.thepencompany.com/blog/letter-writing/find-a-pen-pal/

@freemo I remember visiting and reading on a site where everyone did hand written letters to their penpals. Did a search now and found a page with some possibilities for you.

https://www.thepencompany.com/blog/letter-writing/find-a-pen-pal/

Need a good eBook reader app for Windows? They also have iOS and Android versions. Free and CAN handle Adobe DRM protected ebooks (most public library ebook loans are locked that way).

http://www.bluefirereader.com/bluefire-reader.html

Some great vintage bikes and families on tour photos.

https://www.facebook.com/pg/giocattolibareggi/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10153066237851830

One of the great 1950's Science episodes of Disneyland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MppUNGnxZxw

@667knots You are very welcome. Beware that there are Red Necks, Trolls in some other servers (instances in Mastodon), you might see rabid right wing posts in the "Federated' feed that includes everyone. Best to ignore them.

@pschwede Having you seen this other episode, same vintage?

The German scientists were the most advanced in rocketry at the time of WWII, and became prized targets when Allies invaded Germany in '45.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFXza9RH7-E

@667knots Hi Anand, this is very similar to Twitter, but not under the control of a single entity. You can post thoughts, updates, any interesting things that cross your mind or re-tweet (called Boosting here) someone else's post.

@pinkcancerian try this: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mastodon?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=m&file=mastod01

@pschwede Some of those Disneyland episodes from the 50s are great. Atomic Age, Space, lovely period pieces, well done.

@himanshukumar Thank you, found a couple nice books I had meant to read, very quickly.

On the news... 😜

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/06/brazil-flat-earth-conference-terra-plana

@pirpurian@spinster.xyz A Folha confirma. :)

https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2019/11/lula-solto-deve-ter-reforco-de-seguranca-ato-simbolico-e-estrategia-sobre-bolsonaro.shtml

On my To Read list for today.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/world-has-gone-mad-system-broken-ray-dalio/