This project was actually my exit way from Goodreads. Unlike another commenter, I found virtually no issue with searching for books in European languages. All the statistics which GR offers are available, and you can easily import your books to the app. And of course, no ads, zero trackers and open source.
The only caveat is the social aspect, since this is an offline tracker.
Edit: If you have any concerns, hop on the matrix community where the dev is active.
This is an offline tracker, so it doesn’t compare per se. There were talks about integrating bookwyrm into the app, but as of now there is no public API.
It’s a tough choice, but if I had to choose it would be Betrayers of the Truth by William J. Broad and Nicholas Wade. The book deals with the problematic ways fraud is dealt with in the scientific community, namely as an exceptional phenomenon, a bad-apple type of analysis that unwittingly brushes off the structural issues of academia.
A honourable mention would be Silencing the Past by Michel-Rolph Trouillot which questions the layered process of producing history. The production of history is itself a product of history that should not be taken for granted. All of this is showcased through a quick overview of Haitian history.
for anyone using Mull on Android, since i’m using it that the webview i see in apps like Feeder seems to be using Mull, although when checking the implementation in Dev Options, it does look (from logo and name lol) like normal Chromium webview...
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery did grab my attention with its themes of class conflict and gender. Its most unique feature is prioritising philosophical and intellectual discussions through the protagonists’ journals; the plot comes in second.
Mahmoud Abbas, president of Palestine and head of Fatah, was the one to suspend both legislative and presidential elections and not Hamas. In fact, the latter “strongly opposed the decision to call off elections” (npr.org).
Abbas’ party has been working closely with the Israeli authorities. His excuse was that “Israel refused to commit to allowing Palestinians to vote in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem” (npr.org).
Some (quite convincingly) hypothesise that the suspension of the elections was aimed at preserving his presidency and salvage “his fractured Fatah party [which] was expected to suffer another embarrassing defeat to Hamas.” (apnews.com).
How can one expect the people to not fight if democracy can’t be exercised freely?
The keyboard stops recording after 4 minutes. So now, the trickier part is to explain the correlation between the keyboard and the phone. The abrupt stop of the keyboard’s recorder affects, in a yet inexplicable way, the phone’s camera.
Calibre is great for managing an ebook library, and okay for reading ebooks but the reader is clearly not its primary focus, so I’m wondering what readers folks here use across platforms....
Deadly Israeli Attack on Journalists In Lebanon Must be Investigated as a War Crime (2023) [11:22] (www.youtube.com)
Openreads is looking for funding for IOS development. (github.com)
Become a Github sponsor or buy the dev a coffee.
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Shoshana Zuboff's The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: A Guide to Fighting Back (www.youtube.com)
Mull and Android WebView (sh.itjust.works)
for anyone using Mull on Android, since i’m using it that the webview i see in apps like Feeder seems to be using Mull, although when checking the implementation in Dev Options, it does look (from logo and name lol) like normal Chromium webview...
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? (lemmy.ml)
Story of Cruz (lemmy.world)
i need a PDF for Think by Judith Boss
i need because Mcgraw system for reading the book sucks cheeks.
Spotify re-invented the radio (lemmy.world)
Can’t even seek through songs.
The Cod Moratorium - A Masterclass on Mismanagement, Exploitation, and Indecision (www.youtube.com)
What is your favorite novel of the year thus far?
https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/9e5b73dc-cc8c-4f4c-84b5-4d51faa0c01c.webm...
Defense minister announces ‘complete siege’ of Gaza: No power, food or fuel (www.timesofisrael.com)
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says he has ordered a “complete siege” of the Gaza Strip, as Israel fights the Hamas terror group....
Why did the sound vanish from all of my recording devices at the same moment?
I am seeking a scientific explanation behind this phenomenon which is unprecedented to me....
What are your go-to ebook *readers*?
Calibre is great for managing an ebook library, and okay for reading ebooks but the reader is clearly not its primary focus, so I’m wondering what readers folks here use across platforms....
I finally installed GrapheneOS on my pixel, 0 issues 😁, do you have any apps that you would recommend?
I cover alla my needs with foss but mor minimal apps would be better. PS: This was my suite of apps when I wrote the post