eagleeyedtiger

Would that not just make US products more expensive for us? Not that I'm buying many US based goods these days.

To be honest I don't even know what are our major imports from America are.

Is that why every now and then I get random errors or just not loading when I'm browsing on desktop? I've noticed it happening more often lately.

Ok I created a Bookwyrm account and did an import, I need to fix some of the dates and matches but seems mostly right. I'm not sure how to share it, but my profile is: [email protected]

If you decide to create an account, let me know and I'll follow you!

I tried Goodreads but it always makes me feel like I need to write reviews and I don’t want to.

Understandable! I don't think I've ever reviewed anything on there. I only ever do the star rating. But I think 5 stars isn't really enough granularity, so everything ends up almost the same for me. Unless I really don't like it haha.

Mine is mainly all speculative/science fiction as it's probably my favourite genre. I'm guessing there's no NZ instance for Bookwyrm.. I have to join the official one I suppose?

I think we’d have to be careful about what we reposited (reposed?). Shadow libraries seem to be in the crosshairs at the moment including in NZ.

I suppose you're right about that. However I've been using Anna's archive/Z-library/Libgen for a long time and they always come back after awhile if they get taken down. Or they're always available on Tor.

Haha do you mean.. remembering?

Thanks, I'll look into bookwyrm. I like to see how many books I read every year, which is mainly what I use Goodreads for.

Maybe we need a Lemmy Nz ebook repository

Nice! I think the third one is about corvids. I haven't got around to it yet as I got sidetracked with other books.

Out of interest what are you guys using to track books? I'm still using good reads. I know it's crap, but haven't looked into anything else.

I can't remember exactly where I learnt about the LPSO. Might have been a documentary. Hopefully climate change doesn't wipe them out.

There is a book by Adrian Tchaikovsky about a planet taken over by genetically modified octopuses that started their own civilisation. They even had their own space ships. Children of Ruin is the title if anyone's interested.

There was a species discovered awhile ago that formed colonies and was observed pair bonding, intimate mating and spawning multiple times over their lifetime. Completely unlike other octopuses. The Larger Pacific striped octopus.

Sadly, their lifespan is only about two years, which probably is why they aren't the dominant species.

Oof. Hope you have more hot cross buns!

it's a great song and nice little history lesson in one!

I mentioned a few months ago about getting a new mattress, well we finally did it last week. Ended up getting the extra firm Ecosa mattress on sale and it's SO firm and great. Almost feels like sleeping on the floor. It's definitely helping my lower back pains and feels a lot better when I wake up in the morning.

The hunt is still on for a larger car/seven seater.

This site has the dimensions for them: https://www.thelunchboxqueen.co.nz/collections/b-box?srsltid=AfmBOor-FoZ4LH1-OiMQkk8R6MO6ch_xA1zin5Ci9BfHzUkawZBflYNz