root_beer

@root_beer@convo.casa

Fediverse instances are like my job history.
I get onboarded, and the company/instance goes bye bye.

This is the fourth instance I signed up with, in less than a year.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

templetongate, to bookstodon
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I should cancel the Subterranean newsletter and unfollow them on all platforms. It is disheartening to know about all their books I would like to buy but will never be able to afford. Today's announcement is for a limited edition of Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future, the least expensive being $195. I'll have to be content with the ebook I already have.

@bookstodon

root_beer,

@templetongate @bookstodon

>Dishearting to know about all their books I'd like to buy but wil never be able to afford.

Erasmus: When I have a little money, I buy books. If any is left, I buy food and clothes. Then I pay my rent

RookieNerd, to fediverse

@fediverse Let's face it. When talking about the Fediverse, it is very hard to sell interoperability between different types of instances as a major advantage.

root_beer,

@RookieNerd

@fediverse

>recommend software to people interested in joining?

What would be more useful is a reliable, independent reviewer of currently available software that works within the Fediverse to point people to Something that compares and contrast the different solutions. eg: Voyager v Mastedon v Thorium v Pixelfed.

root_beer,

@RookieNerd @fediverse @SamXavia

The specific use case is why I think a reliable, independent review of each is useful.

What differentiates these Lemmy clients:

There are almost as many clients for each of , , , and the rest of the , for a single platform.
Switch platforms, and discover a plethora of other clients.

gutenberg_org, (edited ) to literature
@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social avatar

Last year, the American Library Association documented the highest number of attempted book bans since it began compiling data on library censorship more than two decades ago.

These digital libraries help Texans access banned books — for free.

https://www.lonestarlive.com/news/2023/10/these-digital-libraries-help-texans-access-banned-books-for-free.html

via @TXLoneStarLive

root_beer,

@gutenberg_org

@DMakarios

In the great state of Utah, where separation of the state and religion is the width of State Street, the Bible was removed from school libraries in one county.

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/02/1179906120/utah-bible-book-challenge

georgetakei, to random

The Israeli government has cut off food, water, and fuel to 2 million people inside Gaza as part of its campaign to stamp out Hamas terrorism. Collective punishment is not only contrary to international law, it is inhumane and illogical. It is what my community once endured in World War II, all because of the actions of others who happened to share our ethnicity. Have we learned nothing? How will this possibly help deescalate the violence rather than radicalize many more? It is madness.

root_beer,

@georgetakei
Welcome to the world of "total war" in which the side that wins is the side that still has a civilian population that claims to be alive. The civilian population of all of the other participants and the military population of all participants are dead.

The only rule is that there are no rules.

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