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XMPP/Jabber comes to mind. You can self host or pay for hosting on a service like Snikket. The protocol supports OMEMO encryption and you can use whatever client you want (Cheogram, Dino, Gajim, etc) on any platform like android or linux. Cheogram is even coming out with a web interface for it, and it supports calling and video calling.

Threat model wise, whatever server you pick would have to be targeted directly, and would therefore be immune to sweeping regulation that directly targets big hitters like Signal. And if you pay for servers outside the EU, even more so

Ironically, lots of food actually has wood in it. Any time you see "cellulose" or "cellulose powder" on the ingredient list it's actually just wood pulp. It's used as a thickening agent

Garbage plates sound horrible in theory but they are litterally so good. They hit hard after a night out or if you have the night munchies. I'm not sure if they're popular elsewhere but they are a staple of upstate New York

Lol I was half asleep when I read that ngl

Fun fact, Ramen was originally Chinese, derived from a dish called la mian

These three from Babish are my favorite, especially the chili garlic one.

If you wanna go really cheap you can just add colby jack cheese, curry powder and onion powder to chicken ramen, which was my go to in college

Highly underrated, but a good thermometer can help a lot with cooking meats. Getting the right temp is much more accurate than cooking by sight or feel, and having one that reads in under a second is super convenient.Typhur makes some quality ones that I like to use

Hard agree. I feel like you can cook almost anything with just a cast iron pan and a chef's knife. It's the essentialist's gadget of choice

Canned chipotles in adobo are really good additions to anything savory. Add it to mayo or mac n cheese for a smoky & tangy depth of flavor. Plus where I live it's like 70¢ a can, which is a great price for how much it upgrades the dish.

Very interesting, thanks for the context

You can be, duckduckgo was accurately profiling my location from resolution. Librewolf has a setting called letterboxing that fixes this, but you have to turn it on in about:config. Once I did, duckduckgo's profile wasn't accurate anymore.

Zoom was always fishy to me. When covid hit, everyone required virtual meetings and boom, out of nowhere zoom became a thing. Not even google meet or microsoft teams, it was some random company