I don't care if they pull the plug on Twitter. My point was that if the EU bans one website, it sets a precedent for the future where it's easier to do it again. The rules that could lead to Twitter being banned today might be sane but who knows about the future? Maybe they start blanket banning Lemmy or Mastodon instances if the fediverse grows so large that moderation can't keep up?
Does it even matter which party is in power when it comes to this? It's in America's geopolitical interest to have a strong Israel to counter the neighboring Arab States, especially Iran.
The fate of Palestine is almost a non-issue in that context.
You can run Office programs in the browser, so if possible I would install Linux. Windows is so heavy and the T480 is quite old hardware by now.
I have Pop OS on a T480s and it's reasonably fast for coding and web browsing.
If you choose to do a task manually over and over instead of automating it, you might as well go dig ditches and hammer nails.