I actually switched to Ubuntu full-time way back in 2006 when I went back to school (anthro major), specifically to help me focus when using my computer and not get distracted by playing video games. Of course, nowadays with wine and proton on steam, that might not be as effective. But it worked well for me, never experienced any issues with word docs opening in libre office (or rather open office back then) or vice versa. There was once or twice where I had to use a computer in the lab in the library to run some niche program or another for an assignment, but not a big deal.

Fourth paragraph from the end:

Scholars have speculated that the ointments often mentioned in accounts of such flight might have functioned as hallucinogens, producing sensations of flying. The most thorough study of these accounts, however, finds that such references rarely appear in voluntary testimony. They come instead from authorities recording, and often reshaping, what accused witches said.

I had to do that recently, ended up being easier to just temporarily change the password to something short on a pc, then change it back after.

On Android, I use Feeder and Nunti. Both are open source and available on f-droid.

What version? I had a similar issue, but it was fixed when I updated to 0.55.

Could it be a connectivity check for captive portals?

How does voting work across federated instances? I appear to have both up and down vote buttons, since I’m viewing from another instance, do they not actually work? Otherwise, what prevents trolls from other instances from brigading a thread?