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What do people think of vegans like Saudi Prince Khaled bin AlWaleed? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I don't think it's fair to say OP has 'obviously' been distracted by it but I otherwise agree.

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How many of you are using Bookwyrm (federated alternative to Goodreads)? (lemmy.world)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42666

I recently discovered Bookwyrm and am really liking it. It's not quite as full-featured as The Storygraph or Goodreads but it covers all of the most important functionalities and it's federated which I appreciate. Something that it is missing Vs either The Storygraph or Goodreads at the moment is volume of reviews (ie. Volume of users.) However, your review won't get lost in the sea so much and I've found that it's been quite easy to find readers with similar interests.

Anyway, who here is using Bookwyrm? What's your account so we can all follow each other? (Mine is [email protected])

Welcome to !vegan in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Hello everyone!

What do people think of vegans like Saudi Prince Khaled bin AlWaleed? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I don't think veganism really works to whitewash the crimes of either the Israeli or Saudi Arabian government. Even for vegans, those crimes are probably some of the first things they think of when we hear of those countries. It is good that Tel Aviv has a decent vegan scene, and it is good that Al Waleed is having some vegan influence. However, I don't think veganism is considered so good to most people that it really does anything to mask those issues (and it certainly doesn't make up for them.) For what it's worth (not much) I do agree that the praise of Al Waleed is worse since Tel Aviv is made up of many more parts than the Saudi Arabian royalty and I don't think the average Israeli resident has as much power as Al Waleed.

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What's everyone been reading recently? (lemmy.world)
 

For me in SciFi I've been trying to hit some classics so I've read 'The Iron Dream' by Norman Spinrad, 'A Time of Changes' by Robert Silverberg and also the (recent release) 'Out of the Ruins' anthology.

Of those three I enjoyed 'The Iron Dream' the most since I didn't enjoy Silverberg's potraryal of women (and it doesn't seem to have literary intent like in 'The Iron Dream'.) 'Out of the Ruins had some bangers but it was a fairly inconsistent collection for me that mostly hasn't been memorable.

So, what are you currently reading or have recently read?