Piano. It would make sense that the songs I can play perfectly are the ones I composed. Otherwise, I enjoyed covering Tempelhof by Yann Tiersen.
OK, I will think about it. Thanks.
I never bothered with the social aspect of book platforms, so I use an offline tracker. Do you recommend me creating one?
It’s all of lemmy actually, not just here.
The irony is that the Americans are slaves to their electoral system. Liberal democracies are one big, pathetic myth where they make the masses believe that they are the ones in control of the polity and just like they elected someone into a position of power they can dismiss them in later elections.
The discourse that has been happening shows quite a different reality: Americans are treating the elections as if there is no alternative. Even if there indeed was no alternative, they don’t bargain with the ones in power, they don’t use their vote as a bargaining chip for political change. They are ready to vote unconditionally because they accept their candidate as is.
You don’t see democrat voters pressuring the Biden administration to put an end to the genocide in Palestine. They feel uneasy towards what’s happening but ultimately they consider themselves to be powerless. Western democracy and constitutionalism have politically alienated the people.
Works fine for me. You can open an issue on Github.
Throwback to when they announced releasing a simple phone. Fun times.
The existence of lemmy.world which you’re part of, proves that lemmy tolerates right-wing instances if you ask me.
Make use of the decentralized nature of lemmy, the devs won’t knock at your door for creating or posting on right-wing instances.
Crime and Punishment was definitely a decent read. It’s full of Dostoyevsky’s (peculiar?) opinions about the trends of his time, but regardless he has a way with words. I commend you for your literary efforts, good luck! o7
It’s always been a family (indeed, a national) tradition to watch the world cup. Son inherits his loyalty to a club from father just like clan names. However, in the last two cups I became only loyal to a good match of football, to whomever knows how to treat a ball like a gentleman. Perhaps it’s the nostalgia or the collective bondage which still draws me like millions of other fans to watch it play out every four years.
That said, nothing beats a good, friendly match with the pals in the local field; or the recess matches between the cramped walls in school, using a home-made nylon/paper ball.
No, I am not the dev. Perhaps I should’ve clarified this.
“evil corporation” is quite the tautology.
I’m afraid this is not an ebook reader, but a book tracker.
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.
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.
See https://github.com/mateusz-bak/openreads-android/issues/90#issuecomment-1722339001
Out of interest, how often do you find issues looking for books on OpenLibrary?
I said inappropriate.
Rule of thumb for online discussions: if it’s inappropriate in the real world, then don’t say it.
Honourable mention: paying as little tax as possible
Musical theme: Kahlil Gibran wrote an eloquent essay on music, though good luck finding it.
Outside your comfort zone: Capitalism as Civilisation by Ntina Tzouvala, a theoretical work which examines how western legal scholars categorized non-western polities based on a racist standard of civilisation and justified colonising them.
Book from a different cultural background: the Cairo Trilogy by the Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz, a chronicle of a wealthy family witnessing the instability of the 1930s in British-occupied Egypt.