Adobe Suite. As much as I loathe Adobe, as a graphic designer there is no way to bypass them.

Affinity is making some headway on individual apps and there are a few others, but as a whole suite it just can’t be beat.

TLDR: This happened in 2021. Pilot had coke and marijuana in their system from “recent use” and it’s suggested that this impaired their piloting. Best as I can tell, as the article is vague on detail, they hit power lines coming in for landing which separated the balloon from the basket and they crashed onto a street intersection. No indication the basket was hit by any vehicles after crashing.

I started on Lemmy World, because I could. I didn’t truly get the decentralized nature of the Fediverse, so I went with a larger instance thinking that was best for longevity.

Now that I understand how things work, I’ve picked up a few more accounts/instances (including one on Kbin) as backups and currently use Lemm.ee as my main account.

Ultimately, I would like to start my own instance for me and my family.

Yes she is. They are great dogs with (too) much personality. Sorry you don’t have yours anymore.