It was Boost for Reddit for me. Note: I hate the ads in Boost for Lemmy, but I still havent jumped ship or started to pay for ad-free. When I go on contract at work (I hope) it’ll be more possible.

e: wait, it’s $5, one time? Ok, I’m killing the ads now.

I want to support the platforms that look at people for their interactions, not their marketability. APIs were going to be dead at Reddit and I wasn’t willing to stand over the body with a knife in hand.

Fiction

• Ursula K. LeGuin

• Octavia Butler

• Margaret Atwood

• Tui T. Sutherland (J Fic)

• Suzanne Collins (YA)

• Lois Lowry (YA)

Non-Fiction

• Naomi Klein

• Margaret Atwood (Massey Lecture)

• Angela Y. Davis

• Tanya Talaga

• bell hooks

• Robin Wall Kimmerer

According to Jake Horton & Nick Beake at BBC from 15 October:

• Israel - Hamas (not over as Israel repeatedly violates ceasefire and Palestinians continue to struggle for basic human needs, fend off settler attacks, and heal from de facto genocide while billionaires’ mouths water over waterfront property)

“Hamas and other factions inside Gaza are rejecting the U.S.-backed U.N. plan to place Gaza under the control of a U.S.-led board and an international stabilization force.” (Democracy Now, 20 November)

• Israel - Iran (12 days, ceasefire)

“There is no agreement on a permanent peace or on how to monitor Iran’s nuclear programme going forward,” argues Mr O’Hanlon. (BBC)

“So what we have is more of a de facto ceasefire than an end to war, but I’d give him some credit, as the weakening of Iran by Israel - with US help - has been strategically significant.” (BBC)

• India - Pakistan (4 days, ceasefire, not him)

“The talks regarding cessation of military action were held directly between India and Pakistan under the existing channels established between both militaries,” Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said. (BBC)

• Rwanda - DR Congo (1994 to present, not over)

“There’s still fighting between Congo and Rwanda - so that ceasefire has never really held,” says Margaret MacMillan (BBC)

• Thailand - Cambodia (less than a week, ceasefire)

On 7 August, Thailand and Cambodia reached an agreement aimed at reducing tensions along their shared border. (BBC)

• Armenia - Azerbaijan (nearly 40 years, actually them)

“The leaders of both countries said Trump should receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in securing a peace deal, announced at the White House on 8 August.” (BBC)

• Egypt - Ethiopia (what war?)

There was no “war” here for the president to end, but there have long been tensions over a dam on the River Nile… No formal deal has been reached between Egypt and Ethiopia to resolve their differences. (BBC)

• Serbia - Kosovo (again, what?)

“Serbia and Kosovo haven’t been fighting or firing at each other, so it’s not a war to end,” Prof MacMillan told us. (BBC)