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XDA: This free, self-hosted app is basically Jellyfin for comics and books, and I absolutely love it. “At its core, Kavita is a self-hosted utility that helps you organize your collection of ebooks, specifically comics, webtoons, manga, and graphic novels. I say that because it’s compatible with CBR, CBZ, CB7, CBT, and a host of other comic-oriented file formats, and comes with a stylish UI […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/24/xda-this-free-self-hosted-app-is-basically-jellyfin-for-comics-and-books-and-i-absolutely-love-it/

ResearchBuzz: Firehose | Individual posts from ResearchBuzz · XDA: This free, self-hosted app is basically Jellyfin for comics and books, and I absolutely love it | ResearchBuzz: Firehose
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#apps#books#cb7

‘Look how well-read I am!’ How ‘books by the metre’ add the final touch to your home – or your image

I shudder. But collecting books by the yard if not acre has been a long established traction of the English gerentrocity.

theguardian.com/books/2025/jul

The Guardian · ‘Look how well-read I am!’ How ‘books by the metre’ add the final touch to your home – or your imageBy Lucy Knight

This weeks Pokémon booster opening is something different. Not Destinied Rivals like in the past weeks.

"Gem Pack Vol. 2" in simplified chinese from mainland China 🇨🇳. A set with only Eevees and Eeveelutions.

- 1x Umbreon V
- 1x Vaporeon Holo (Star-Pattern)
- 1x Flareon Holo (Pokeball Pattern)
- 1x Umbreon Holo (Type Pattern)

Not the best pull in the wold, but two new cards, that were still missing in the folder. Gonna catch em all!! 🙂

Und wie jeden Sonntag, wieder ein Pack "Ewige Rivalen" geöffnet:

- Team Rockets Woingenau - Holo
- Richter - Reverse-Holo
- Marys Irokex
- Marys Pelzebub
- TM Maschine
- Sirapfel
- Team Rockets Snobilikat eX Holo
- Mistys Lapras
- Rasaff
- Yanma

OA@INAF is now live with DSpace-CRIS.

OA@INAF is the institutional repository of the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF). #collecting, #archiving and #disseminating the scientific outputs of public funded #research also collects the cultural and historical #heritage of Italian astronomical observatories #collaborating with other Italian and international bodies such as the ESA - @europeanspaceagency and @nasa -

READ MORE: 4science.com/oainaf-is-now-liv

4Science · OA@INAF is now live with DSpace-CRIS - 4ScienceOA@INAF is now live with DSpace-CRIS. The repository of the Italian national institute of astrophysics is based on the DSpace extension CRIS

Finally caved and got a Steam Deck! Spent more time in the Linux console than in any actual games so far, then took the thing apart to install a bigger drive. Now I'll download about a thousand games and then ... well, then we'll see if I ever have time to actually play anything on it. 🤞

Over 100 relics are on display in Paris ahead of what experts call one of the most important Napoleonic auctions ever staged. His battered military hat. A sleeve from his red velvet coat. Even the divorce papers that ended one of history’s most tormented romances — with Josephine, the empress who haunted him to the end.
#Napoleon #history #auction #art #memorabilia #collecting

youtube.com/watch?v=V_iWMw2F8lg

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Now comes the double fun of searching for more display kit (permanent risers, some kinda filler for the jars whose sets are on the small side, options for the undisplayed categories) and buying more dice (since I promised myself no more collecting until I had a labelmaker and a label format I was happy with).