Thank you!

Can you also do this with other languages? The PT-PT (Portuguese, from Portugal) dictionary on Kobo is quite ok. I would love to have it available on KOReader.

I found these links in a mobileread thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=358795

Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (26 MB) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b2Z8qs8BU5k9U6le8VnvsyA4wdSfZ9TG/view?usp=sharing

Oxford English Dictionary 2nd Ed (203 MB) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YQ6eqWD5mCkQ3wYsSUhyayA_rpKF-dHB/view?usp=sharing

Edit: Here’s a link to the color version of the SOED if anyone is interested in that one https://archive.org/details/soedrich-star-dict-2022-11-11

I haven’t tested them yet. Maybe it would be nice if some other people saved them, to safeguard them.

EDIT: I tested them on KOReader. They work. Yay.

I am still looking for a good dictionary PT-PT. If anyone knows of anything, let me know, please.

I am right there with you. And I see some people referring to him as “charismatic”. A point that is often made is “JD Vance won’t be able to do anything since he is not charismatic”. And I think to myself “What the fuck? Anyone is more charismatic than that fat ugly pedophile piece of shit Trump”.

I think people are confusing terms. In my opinion, Trump is not in his position because he is charismatic. He is in his position because he is stupid as fuck. Almost to the point of being retarded (sorry for the term, but fuck that). People of power see Trump as POTUS and think “wait, he is so stupid, I can use him for my own gains”. And they do so. Trump is a marioinette.

Trump is an ugly evil person. But worse than that, he is showing how ugly and evil other people are. And those other people seem to be a significant portion of the population!! Everyone who is taking advantage of him is equally ugly and evil. This is the most scary thing to me. Not that Trump is evil, but that the number of people that are equally evil is larger than 30%.

I have no words. I am literally speechless at what is currently happening in the US. I have to force myself to have words and they are all a mixture of vengeance and justice. Like… holly fuck.

There is still a long way to go. A long way to go. But after all this is said and done, if there is an after, I hope you never forget these pieces of shit. I hope you force whomever comes next to hand you these people. They do not deserve jail, they deserve justice as given from the community. They are evil behind comprehension. Seems like you cannot give an inch to the right, as they will let their evilness take over and go after everyone, mercilessly.

I hope there is good work being done on identifying and preserving whoever these evil pieces of shit, motherfuckers, morons, idiots, pedophiles, are. And when this is all done, you fucking drive all of them out of society. You bully them as long and as hard as possible.

Pieces of shit motherfuckers.

To my American brothers, I am truly sorry for what is happening. I don’t know the right thing to say. I want to motivate you to do what needs to be done, but at the same time, I am fully aware that it is hard.

I found the link to be very poor in details. The study itself is available here: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/735630. It seems to be behind a paywall though. If someone has the pdf/link to a non paywall, please provide it.

The most important paragraphs from the link OP provided are these:

The results showed the most successful persuaders bridged identity divides, were able to view another person’s perspective and utilized personal narratives and the highlighting of common ground.

“What matters is meeting people where they are. Persuasion is most likely when the would-be persuader can see the issue through the other person’s eyes,” Naunov said. “The most effective arguments bridge identity divides through personal narratives and a respectful acknowledgment of the recipient’s perspective, which lowers defensiveness and increases openness to the persuader’s viewpoint.”

The least successful approach, the researchers found, was when would-be persuaders emphasized their political knowledge and engagement, traits that can be seen as off-putting and lead to negative results. Similarly, bombarding people with facts to prove them wrong was not effective.

“We tend to feel less hostility toward out-party citizens than out-party elites. Unlike political elites, ordinary citizens aren’t running for office, they’re not paid to advance a partisan narrative, and their careers don’t depend on toeing the party line. This makes them come across as more authentic, less strategic and ultimately more persuasive,” Naunov said.

Importantly, the study also raises big questions about the kind of divisiveness that is so common in the public space and social media platforms.

“However aspiring authoritarians and techno-feudalists might benefit from this kind of divisiveness, ordinary people do not,” said Naunov. “On a practical level, we should be asking what specific platform features shape whether people can even attempt persuasion in the first place. And how can we create alternative spaces that encourage more respectful and constructive political engagement?”

Perhaps a good framework for this sort of rhetoric is Marshall’s Non-Violent Communication (NVC).

I use my own domain. I do not host my own email myself though. For email providers, you have several options, Migadu being one of them. But pretty much all premium email providers nowadays allow you to use your own domain.

For aliases, I would recommend something like Addy. It is basically a forwarding service, that hides your real email address. It is really cool. Spamgourmet used to do this back in the day, but nowadays it is mostly dead.