“tid bit” “bated breath” You absolute mayonnaise stain of a human being. Go read a fucking book.

I miss the HTC Hero, and my ancient Motorola Razr.

That man is living his best life, and I’m here for it. I fucken love Mend it Mark.

https://www.deathbulge.com/comics/333

YMMV, but I found https://apnews.com/ pretty good. I haven’t really looked at news sites for a few years, so I apologise if this site actually sucks now.

Richard Morgan’s Altered Carbon, Broken Angels and Woken Furies.

Anything from Peter F Hamilton’s Commonwealth saga.

The Saga of Seven Suns by Kevin J Anderson.

I’ll think of more.

I reject your premise that ads are the payment for content. I would equate ads on websites to tipping; a completely optional form of income for the website.

I don’t tip.