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Introducing a new open-source shadow library! (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey everyone! 📚 I’m excited to introduce Bookracy, an open-source shadow library dedicated to preserving and freely sharing knowledge. With a large and growing collection, Bookracy is (annoying) ad-free, non-profit, and lightning-fast ⚡—plus, it’s fully open-source and powered by a passionate community. Whether you're a reader, researcher, or developer, there’s a place for you here. Check out our Reddit, website, GitHub, and hop into our Discord to join the conversation and help grow this movement for open access! 🤝❤️

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Bit gross that it's a RU domain though

[–] [email protected] 69 points 3 days ago

there is a .org domain and a few other mirrors go check out https://rentry.co/bookracy the .ru domain is just us taking precautions against a takedown request

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 days ago

A lot of pirated content sites are Russian. This just feels ignorant or racist.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Why?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You really have to ask?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I was an idiot and read it as .ro for Romania. Of course I know about Russia and the war.
Still I also wouldn't comment on people posting .com-links, even though the US are fighting endless illegal wars for decades and the president is wrecking democracy for a police state.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

.com is not the cctld for the us, that would be .us

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I know right.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I do not, care to explain?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

im so lost...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

.ru was for precautions against DMCA and the russian federation thing on github was just jokes because we had a ru domain

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And why is it a problem to have a ru domain? Or is it just a russia bad thing?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

well idrk im guessing some people have political reasons to dislike russia

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 days ago (1 children)

im guessing some people have political reasons to dislike russia

If you consider trying to genocide a neighboring country "political reasons" I guess.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

Is Russia being imperialist? Yes. Is Russia committing genocide? No.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Looks like the GitHub also has its location set to Russian Federation too. 👀

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago

lmaoo that was just for jokes - most of us are from western countries