The main kbin instance, kbin.social is getting slammed and cloudflare is breaking their sync in both directions, so currently you can't see their content on any other Lemmy or kbin instance afaik, and you can't see Lemmy content on there. Hopefully that gets fixed soon but it'll probably take a while. The other kbin instance are tiny and don't have much content but I think should be visible here

Independents and Republicans turned out, from what I heard Democratic turnout was lower that 2020, but perhaps that year was an anomaly. You're right though, the fact that the child molester rapist convicted felon dementia patient won the popular vote gives me no hope at all. Not sure how you come back from that.

Check out Sable!

It's a great exploration game, there's some puzzle and platforming and stealth bits but no combat, just roaming around on your motorcycle exploring interesting environments and talking to the people you meet, it's really fun and I love the art style and music

I've got a U-Turn Orbit with the Ortofon 2M Red on it, been really liking it so far

Personally, I've been listening to Caroline Rose's new album, nonstop The Art of Forgetting

Just recently discovered King Princess too, though that album's from last year.