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What have you been reading this week? [June 26-July 2, 2023]
  • Eyes of the Void is the second book. ;) Lords of Uncreation is the third!

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  • What books are you reading at the moment?
  • Which deus ex plot elements are you talking about, specifically? I know some of the events in the books can be confusing, but most of it falls into place eventually.

  • What books are you reading at the moment?
  • I am rereading Malazan Book of the Fallen. Just started the fourth book, House of Chains.

    The start of this book is the hardest for me to get through. The first couple of chapters are really boring to me and it's only after

    spoiler

    Karsa is captured and Torvald Nom is introduced

    that I start getting into the story. The rest of the book is phenomenal, of course.

    Edit: damn, is there no other spoiler option that just greys out the words?

  • To anyone that misses Reddit Slide; I may have a present for you soon
  • I've used Slide too. It was super intuitive and I've never had any issues with it at all!

  • Lemmy's total users exceeds 740k today, up from 540k yesterday
  • I believe instances can block other instances entirely, right? Or have I misunderstood that? This would mean none of those bots in there could ever post in our threads here. I'm sure there will be cooperation between the instances on this.

  • Sync for Reddit developer is making Sync for Lemmy
  • I agree. Been using Jerboa as well and it's nice and usable enough as a placeholder, but I'll be watching the Sync development. Can't wait!

  • There's a species of orchid called Dracula simia with flowers that look like a monkey's head
  • I just checked if this was real (yes I do that a lot :D) and omg, it is! I had never heard of it.

    The wiki showed another version of this, called Orchis simia:

    Orchis simia, commonly known as the monkey orchid, is a greyish pink to reddish species of the genus Orchis. It gets its common name from its lobed lip which mimics the general shape of a monkey's body.[1]

    Look how adorable!

  • This is the "food" a 3k per month nursing home serves its residents
  • Purple broccoli? I didn't even know that was a thing! It looks like.. I don't know what it looks like, but I wouldn't have the balls to eat it.

  • Estonia passes law to allow same-sex marriage
  • Quite a slim majority, but stil great news! Hopefully it'll become more normalized and accepted a bit faster now.

    Really happy for everyone finally being able to marry their partner. :)

  • Lemmy's total users continues to soar from 240k yesterday to 360k today! Basically quadrupling in the past 4 days
  • I hadn't even heard of Lemmy until a few days ago. Maybe it'll ride the momentum. End of the month there will probably be another influx, considering the reddit changes.

    Let's hope so! Some of the communities are a bit empty still. Hopefully it'll change. :)

  • Are there any Reddit refugees spending more time on Lemmy than Reddit?
  • I have already uninstalled my reddit app from my phone. Now I just need to stop myself from automatically hitting my bookmarks on pc all the time. After years and years of reddit, it's hard to break the habit, lol.