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<p>🦊</p><p>I am downright delighted to announce that my latest book, YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION, has a brand new look. I really love it, and I hope you do too.</p><p>Here’s a look at what’s changed and—maybe more importantly—what’s stayed the same:</p><p><a href="https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/refresh-a-new-look-for-you-deserve-a-tech-union/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/refresh-a-new-look-for-you-deserve-a-tech-union/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/refres</span><span class="invisible">h-a-new-look-for-you-deserve-a-tech-union/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/ydatubook/" rel="tag">#YDATUbook</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/blogging/" rel="tag">#blogging</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#labor</a> <a href="/tags/techlabor/" rel="tag">#TechLabor</a> <a href="/tags/unions/" rel="tag">#unions</a> <a href="/tags/techunions/" rel="tag">#TechUnions</a> <a href="/tags/1u/" rel="tag">#1u</a></p>

<p>The trailer for Season 2 of the 5AM StoryTalk Podcast has dropped! I’m ridiculously proud of the guest list I’ve curated for us to try to make sense of the 21st century together – where we’ve been, where we’ve ended up, and where we’re going – all through the lens of art. Find out who’s joining me next and hear about the upgrades coming to this podcast. I&#x27;d love to have you as a listener!</p><p><a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/screenwriting/" rel="tag">#screenwriting</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#movies</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writinglife/" rel="tag">#writinglife</a> </p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trailer-5am-storytalk-podcast-season-2/id1807437928?i=1000723893841" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trailer-5am-storytalk-podcast-season-2/id1807437928?i=1000723893841"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/</span><span class="invisible">trailer-5am-storytalk-podcast-season-2/id1807437928?i=1000723893841</span></a></p>

<p>IndieAuthors.social is a Mastodon server for independent self-published authors to discuss writing and support each other. Fans of their work are also welcome.</p><p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/social.growyourown.services/Fediverse.png" class="emoji" alt=":Fediverse:" title=":Fediverse:"> <a href="https://indieauthors.social" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>indieauthors.social</a></p><p>You can find out more at <a href="https://indieauthors.social/about" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>indieauthors.social/about</a> or contact the admin accounts <span class="h-card"><a href="https://indieauthors.social/@admin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>admin</span></a></span> &amp; <span class="h-card"><a href="https://indieauthors.social/@steaphan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>steaphan</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredserver/" rel="tag">#FeaturedServer</a> <a href="/tags/authors/" rel="tag">#Authors</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthors/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthors</a> <a href="/tags/indiebooks/" rel="tag">#IndieBooks</a> <a href="/tags/selfpublishing/" rel="tag">#SelfPublishing</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/freefediverse/" rel="tag">#FreeFediverse</a></p>

<p>The beginner&#x27;s guide to <a href="/tags/srop/" rel="tag">#SROP</a> books, Part 0</p><p>As one place to start... There&#x27;s a complete list of <a href="/tags/srop/" rel="tag">#SROP</a> titles on <a href="/tags/goodreads/" rel="tag">#Goodreads</a> here, at the SROP Librarian&#x27;s account:<br><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/164943049-library?shelf=%23ALL%23" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.goodreads.com/review/list/164943049-library?shelf=%23ALL%23"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.goodreads.com/review/list/</span><span class="invisible">164943049-library?shelf=%23ALL%23</span></a><br>Each of those links to a book page where you might even find a review to reassure yourself that the books are real.<br>(Maybe save this thread for future reference?)<br><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/ebooks/" rel="tag">#ebooks</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>A surprising number of medieval scribes were women</p><p>New research estimates around 8,000 of those manuscripts could still exist today.</p><p>By Andrew Paul</p><p><a href="https://www.popsci.com/science/medieval-women-book-scribes/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.popsci.com/science/medieval-women-book-scribes/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.popsci.com/science/medieva</span><span class="invisible">l-women-book-scribes/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/oldmanuscript/" rel="tag">#oldmanuscript</a></p>

<p>Das erste Buch aus der <a href="/tags/bücherwabe/" rel="tag">#Bücherwabe</a> ist „Ferdinand der Stier“. Es erschien 1936 und war radikal bzgl. seines Verständnisses von Männlichkeit und dem hohen Wert von Individualität. Auffällig ist, dass Ferdinand nie Teil einer Gesellschaft ist. Er ist der glückliche Außenseiter, der nicht kämpfen will, sondern viel lieber (allein) an Blumen riecht.<br>Ferdinands Pazifismus bleibt für ihn folgenlos, ganz im Gegenteil zu dem Buch, das wir als nächstes vorstellen. <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literatur/" rel="tag">#literatur</a> <a href="/tags/politik/" rel="tag">#politik</a> <a href="/tags/chemnitz/" rel="tag">#chemnitz</a></p>

<p>Green Queer Erotic Love Magic is the sometimes poetic and sometimes discursive imagination of a green queer erotic love-based anarchy. It discusses the meanings of green, queer, erotic and love and argues for the imagination to create &quot;anarchy&quot;. </p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/gqelm-c" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>archive.org/details/gqelm-c</a></p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/green/" rel="tag">#green</a> <a href="/tags/queer/" rel="tag">#queer</a> <a href="/tags/erotic/" rel="tag">#erotic</a> <a href="/tags/love/" rel="tag">#love</a> <a href="/tags/anarchy/" rel="tag">#anarchy</a> <a href="/tags/magic/" rel="tag">#magic</a> <a href="/tags/imagination/" rel="tag">#imagination</a> <a href="/tags/pagan/" rel="tag">#pagan</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>I liked this, quite a lot 💖📖 ...</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a></p>

<p>The March/April 2025 issue of Texas Observer magazine is coming soon for our members, featuring some of our best reporting, a sneak preview of Lise Olsen&#x27;s new book, Justin Miller&#x27;s vital political analysis, and more.</p><p>Become a member: <a href="https://texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/join/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/join/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.fundjournalism.o</span><span class="invisible">rg/join/</span></a> </p><p>(📸 Cover photo by Shelby Tauber) </p><p><a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#nonprofit</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/txlege/" rel="tag">#TXlege</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#border</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a></p>

<p>Last Stand on a Dying World<br>Semper Audacia, 99¢ Space Opera <br><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/mpaxauthor/p/semper-audacia-99-space-opera?r=40xifa&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="open.substack.com/pub/mpaxauthor/p/semper-audacia-99-space-opera?r=40xifa&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/mpaxauth</span><span class="invisible">or/p/semper-audacia-99-space-opera?r=40xifa&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true</span></a> <br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a> <a href="/tags/booklovers/" rel="tag">#booklovers</a></p>

<p>Leave the Internet Archive alone!</p><p>Except for book publishers, the Internet Archive has done no one any harm. But that hasn&#x27;t stopped hackers from beating up on the site over and over again.</p><p><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/3593110/leave-the-internet-archive-alone.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.computerworld.com/article/3593110/leave-the-internet-archive-alone.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.computerworld.com/article/</span><span class="invisible">3593110/leave-the-internet-archive-alone.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/digitallibrary/" rel="tag">#digitallibrary</a></p>

<p>My latest <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#novel</a> is available in <a href="/tags/ebook/" rel="tag">#eBook</a> format!! 💫 </p><p>It&#x27;s about two women undercover agents who find themselves in need of a new pilot in order to complete their mission.</p><p>It is set in universe of empire and <a href="/tags/colonialism/" rel="tag">#colonialism</a> and the dispossessing of indigenous people. </p><p><a href="https://books2read.com/u/bWa70q" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/u/bWa70q</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="/tags/selfpublishing/" rel="tag">#SelfPublishing</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#Scifi</a> <a href="/tags/resistance/" rel="tag">#Resistance</a></p>

<p>“If we can succeed in restoring a play-based childhood, then we’re going to see, I think, big benefits to mental health.” </p><p>Jonathan Haidt Brings New Evidence to the Battle Against Social Media<br>The author of “The Anxious Generation” shares his latest research about the harms social media is doing to children.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/podcasts/jonathan-haidt-new-evidence.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FFA.ND__.ZER4HyfZPmJE&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/podcasts/jonathan-haidt-new-evidence.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FFA.ND__.ZER4HyfZPmJE&amp;smid=url-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/pod</span><span class="invisible">casts/jonathan-haidt-new-evidence.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FFA.ND__.ZER4HyfZPmJE&amp;smid=url-share</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/smartphones/" rel="tag">#SmartPhones</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> <a href="/tags/teens/" rel="tag">#teens</a> <a href="/tags/youth/" rel="tag">#youth</a> <a href="/tags/adults/" rel="tag">#adults</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/meta/" rel="tag">#Meta</a> <a href="/tags/australia/" rel="tag">#Australia</a> <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#France</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#EU</a> <a href="/tags/play/" rel="tag">#play</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/anxiety/" rel="tag">#anxiety</a> <a href="/tags/depression/" rel="tag">#depression</a> <a href="/tags/sexualharassment/" rel="tag">#SexualHarassment</a> <a href="/tags/cyberbullying/" rel="tag">#cyberbullying</a> <a href="/tags/sextortion/" rel="tag">#sextortion</a> <a href="/tags/suicide/" rel="tag">#suicide</a> <a href="/tags/aicompanions/" rel="tag">#AIcompanions</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/porn/" rel="tag">#porn</a> <a href="/tags/gambling/" rel="tag">#gambling</a> <a href="/tags/vaping/" rel="tag">#vaping</a> <a href="/tags/sportsbetting/" rel="tag">#SportsBetting</a> <a href="/tags/cryptoinvesting/" rel="tag">#CryptoInvesting</a></p>

<p>So the <span class="h-card"><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/@dedication_bot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dedication_bot</span></a></span> now has a dedicated website with over 3,000 scanned book dedications!</p><p><a href="https://bookdedications.glitch.me" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookdedications.glitch.me</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/bookdedications/" rel="tag">#BookDedications</a></p>

<p>Coca-Cola has a new AI-powered ad that proudly features a quote from a J.G. Ballard book — except he didn&#x27;t write the words, and it&#x27;s not his book. <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>404mediaco</span></a></span> explains what happened — and the irony of using Ballard&#x27;s words in a commercial built with technology. &quot;The ultimate role of &#x27;Crash&#x27; is cautionary, a warning against that brutal, erotic and overlit realm that beckons more and more persuasively to us from the margins of the technological landscape,” Ballard wrote in his 1995 introduction to his most famous work.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/mp9fCF" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>flip.it/mp9fCF</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/jgballard/" rel="tag">#JGBallard</a> <a href="/tags/cocacola/" rel="tag">#CocaCola</a> <a href="/tags/lifestyle/" rel="tag">#Lifestyle</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/artificialintelligence/" rel="tag">#ArtificialIntelligence</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a></p>

<p>&quot;Little Brother&quot; von Cory Doctorow ( <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> ) handelt davon, wie schnell die eigene Heimat zum Feindstaat werden kann, wenn die Freiheit der Sicherheit untergeordnet wird. Und davon wie schnell die Technik, die uns ermächtigt und vernetzt, zum Mittel der Überwachung und Unterdrückung werden kann. Dabei macht Doctorow Mut mit den Mitteln der Technik für die Demokratie zu kämpfen. <a href="/tags/bücherwabe/" rel="tag">#bücherwabe</a> <a href="/tags/chemnitz/" rel="tag">#chemnitz</a> <a href="/tags/bücher/" rel="tag">#bücher</a> <a href="/tags/literatur/" rel="tag">#literatur</a> <a href="/tags/lesen/" rel="tag">#lesen</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/politik/" rel="tag">#politik</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a></p>

<p>&quot; I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking.&quot;<br>Have His Carcase</p><p>English author, poet, and playwright Dorothy L. Sayers died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1957. Sayers is most famous for her detective novels featuring Lord Peter Wimsey, an aristocratic amateur sleuth. She wrote several plays, including The Zeal of Thy House and The Man Born to Be King. Sayers also translated major works, notably Dante’s Divine Comedy. </p><p>Dorothy L. Sayers at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/45867" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/45867"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/45867</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>My local public library is handing out bookmarks that say this: &quot;A book a day keeps reality away.&quot;</p><p>Amen.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a></p>

<p>Book number 9 for the year finished!</p><p>This time I read The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang. It was quite good! I loved all the characters and the different shops in the market! It was a very chill book with surprising action. I also appreciated the twists and turns at the end. I even teared up a little bit!</p><p>I give this book a 4.5 out of 5!</p><p>Only 26 books left until my goal!</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/readingchallenge/" rel="tag">#readingchallenge</a></p>

<p>🔴 📰 🎥 Paleography and the Book Lecture “Where Did Newspaper Typeface Come From?”</p><p>“UChicago visiting scholar David Ganz discussed how influential scripts such as Caroline minuscule and Italian Humanistic served as models for typefaces like Times New Roman.”</p><p><a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#Video</a> length: one hour and twenty one minutes.</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://youtu.be/hnTKDv0vdz0" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtu.be/hnTKDv0vdz0</a></p><p><a href="/tags/lecture/" rel="tag">#Lecture</a> <a href="/tags/paleography/" rel="tag">#Paleography</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/script/" rel="tag">#Script</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/histodon/" rel="tag">#Histodon</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a> <a href="/tags/typeface/" rel="tag">#Typeface</a> <a href="/tags/fonts/" rel="tag">#Fonts</a> <a href="/tags/typography/" rel="tag">#Typography</a> <a href="/tags/newspaper/" rel="tag">#Newspaper</a> <a href="/tags/timesnewroman/" rel="tag">#TimesNewRoman</a> @bookstodon @histodon @histodons</p>

<p>Happy Towel Day to all who celebrate! </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/fortytwo/" rel="tag">#FortyTwo</a> <a href="/tags/hitchhikersguidetothegalaxy/" rel="tag">#HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy</a> <a href="/tags/douglasadams/" rel="tag">#DouglasAdams</a> @bookstodon</p>

<p>I found this cool <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> software called <a href="/tags/neodb/" rel="tag">#NeoDB</a> via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dansup" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dansup</span></a></span> &#x27;s awesome FediDB website.</p><p><a href="https://fedidb.com/software/neodb?version=latest&amp;registration=open" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fedidb.com/software/neodb?version=latest&amp;registration=open"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedidb.com/software/neodb?vers</span><span class="invisible">ion=latest&amp;registration=open</span></a></p><p>It&#x27;s a tracking / shelf platform for <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#TV</a> / <a href="/tags/drama/" rel="tag">#drama</a>, <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#movies</a> / <a href="/tags/films/" rel="tag">#films</a>, <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a>, and <a href="/tags/games/" rel="tag">#games</a> </p><p>Automated import from <a href="/tags/goodreads/" rel="tag">#Goodreads</a> work well. Just provide the required URL and voila. If it doesn&#x27;t appear immediately, it is probably waiting for server workers or waiting for the server load to lower or Goodreads request limit, just be patient, only submit the same URL once! If in doubt, contact the admins instead of resubmitting.</p><p>Unfortunately, the software doesn&#x27;t support import (automated, API, or manual) from Trakt, SIMKL, MyAnimeList, and other popular tracking/shelf services for TV/drama and movies/films. There is one, Douban or something, which I think is popular in the Chinese and Japanese speaking markets.</p><p>Anyway, what if the item you want to add doesn&#x27;t exist in the database yet?</p><p>Worry not! There are three ways NeoDB software populates its database.</p><p>* Method 1: You can add the details yourself</p><p>* Method 2: Search the other NeoDB instances for existing similar items</p><p>* Method 3: Search for the item from TMDB, IMDB, IGDB, Steam, Goodreads, and other supported sites (no TVDB), and paste the URL to NeoDB&#x27;s search box and it will import it to your instance</p><p>Method 2 is already sweet. That is the entire idea of the <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a>. But Method 3 is even sweeter!</p><p>Methods 2 and 3 are the best because it&#x27;s a win-win for everyone. Regular users can forget about manually re-entering new data. Seriously, who wants to manually duplicate data from one DB to another? I certainly don&#x27;t! I contribute to <a href="/tags/tmdb/" rel="tag">#TMDB</a> but I&#x27;m definitely not repeating the same effort in <a href="/tags/tvdb/" rel="tag">#TVDB</a>.</p><p>Secondly, there&#x27;s no need for instances to duplicate large databases just to ensure their site is useful for any user. Items are added as local users interact with the items. It keeps the db small instead of having thousands of items no one has interacted to yet (or probably not).</p><p>Check my accounts:</p><p>* Flagship server: <span class="h-card"><a href="/@youronlyone@neodb.social/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>youronlyone</span></a></span> <br>* Instance: <span class="h-card"><a href="https://eggplant.place/@youronlyone/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>youronlyone@eggplant.place</span></a></span> </p><p>~~Hmm… I haven&#x27;t checked but I think music is not supported (yet?). NeoDB can use the largest <a href="/tags/opendb/" rel="tag">#OpenDB</a> for music: <a href="/tags/musicbrainz/" rel="tag">#Musicbrainz</a> ~~</p><p>UPDATE: Music is supported, as well as, <a href="/tags/podcasts/" rel="tag">#podcasts</a> .</p><p>🖖🏽🙇🏽</p>

<p>Hey book fans, did you know there is a Fediverse alternative to Amazon&#x27;s Goodreads called BookWyrm?</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://fedi.tips/bookwyrm-a-social-network-for-people-who-enjoy-reading" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fedi.tips/bookwyrm-a-social-network-for-people-who-enjoy-reading"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.tips/bookwyrm-a-social-ne</span><span class="invisible">twork-for-people-who-enjoy-reading</span></a></p><p>Just like Mastodon, there are lots of different BookWyrm servers that talk to each other:</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://joinbookwyrm.com/instances" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>joinbookwyrm.com/instances</a></p><p>You can also follow BookWyrm accounts from Mastodon etc.</p><p>BookWyrm lets you import your existing data from Goodreads, LibraryThing, StoryGraph, OpenLibrary &amp; Calibre:</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://fedi.tips/importing-your-data-into-bookwyrm-from-goodreads-librarything-storygraph-openlibrary-or-calibre" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fedi.tips/importing-your-data-into-bookwyrm-from-goodreads-librarything-storygraph-openlibrary-or-calibre"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.tips/importing-your-data-</span><span class="invisible">into-bookwyrm-from-goodreads-librarything-storygraph-openlibrary-or-calibre</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/feditips/" rel="tag">#FediTips</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/goodreads/" rel="tag">#Goodreads</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a></p>