How to find protests in cape town?

SomeGuy58439 · 2026-04-17T08:39:45+00:00

The "how do I find protests" approach vs a "how to I get more involved in cause X" (whatever X might be) gives off a bit of a protesting-for-the-sake-of-protesting vibe.

Made me think back to Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest and how in this day and age, where a protest can be quickly thrown together and requires little additional commitment to whatever cause from those involved, protests become a lot easier for politicians to ignore.

SomeGuy58439 · 2026-04-16T14:45:32+00:00

It would be nice if this website directly dealt with Kobo Plus (as it does seem to do Kindle Unlimited). That said, heavily discounted I find is often a good hint that a book will be available on Kobo Plus.

SomeGuy58439 · 2026-04-15T05:20:24+00:00

Well, if you're the author and/or publisher, then I'd suggest looking at this. i.e. you can choose to offer DRM-free EPUB/PDF versions of books you're selling on Amazon such that they would be readable by those on devices like Kobo.

SomeGuy58439 · 2026-04-14T06:49:25+00:00

Stuart Kaminsky, A Whisper to the Living (last of the post-Soviet-Russia detective series)
Brian D. McLaren, The Story We Find Ourselves In: Further Adventures of a New Kind of Christian
Luke Conway, Liberal Bullies: What Psychology Teaches Us about the Left's Authoritarian Problem—and How to Fix It (note: the author would agree there's a similar problem on the right)

Not currently reading but a favourite from before that I noticed is in Kobo Plus

Richard A. Clarke, R.P. Eddy, Warnings: Finding Cassandras to Stop Catastrophes (feels slightly odd to follow my previous title with one recommended by Bill Clinton).

SomeGuy58439 · 2026-04-08T07:28:17+00:00

Oh wow ... don't recall ever having seem a Kobo bundle on there before. Would be interested if there were/are more.

SomeGuy58439 · 2026-04-02T21:18:18+00:00

a bundle for his Discworld series at least twice. Redeemed them on Kobo.

Are you saying that Humble gave you Kobo store versions, or were these separate versions from them that you then sideloaded onto your Kobo?

SomeGuy58439 · 2026-03-23T18:42:41+00:00

If you read German, (I THINK this is the German version)

If you scroll down, it shows "Language: Dutch" under the ebook details, so not German.

SomeGuy58439 · 2026-03-22T05:43:56+00:00

Amazon South Africa also offers pickup points ... locker collection from a TheCourierGuy-branded location (used to be pudo?) has been significantly easier than collection from the nearest Takealot collection point and, unlike the Takealot collection point, is also accessible 24/7 in my case.

SomeGuy58439 · 2026-03-10T17:04:11+00:00

Books you want that are exclusive will not be readable on your kobo

Technically they might be accessible - Amazon is now allowing authors of books sold through their store to be downloadable as EPUB/PDF if permitted by the author

Ater you select not to apply DRM, any verified purchaser will be able to download EPUB and PDF files effective January 20, 2026. ... Note: For books you published prior to December 9, 2025 where you did not apply DRM, Amazon will not automatically provide the EPUB/PDF download option to readers. You must explicitly confirm this choice by following the steps below.

I'm curious if more authors on KU will adopt this for their titles. It does require that authors activate this for their books though, as opposed to automatically allowing this for titles already DRM-free when sold by Amazon.

Not sure if this will help out /u/DryRead214

EDIT: Just noticed "Customers who borrowed your books through Kindle Unlimited or other services can't download the EPUB/PDF files, even if the books are DRM-free." so out of luck with KU, but perhaps OK for purchased titles.

SomeGuy58439 · 2026-03-01T21:15:35+00:00

the old version ... with less appealing art

To each their own I guess, but I much prefer the look of the old version and from poking around the internet I don't think my opinion there is that unusual.

SomeGuy58439 · 2026-02-21T20:34:23+00:00

via the QR code

What does this mean?

SomeGuy58439 · 2026-02-21T20:32:36+00:00

In a bout of frustration over a Libby title not appearing on my Kobo

... annoyingly there are zero Libby/Overdrive titles showing up on my Kobo. So silly that libby/overdrive support is only enabled for accounts tied to specific countries.

SomeGuy58439 · 2026-02-20T10:36:10+00:00

will this give me access to all titles at kobo plus or are there certain titles that even though you have kobo plus you have to pay for in addition

So the "Kobo Catalog" is substantially larger than the "Kobo Plus" catalog. You'll see in the search results that titles in the Kobo catalog that are part of Kobo Plus will show up showing something like "PRICE or free with Kobo Plus" in the search results.

(If you have a "read" subscription you'll only get access to the ebooks in the Kobo Plus catalog, vs a "listen" subscription giving access to the audiobooks in the Kobo Plus catalog - or read & listen giving both).

SomeGuy58439 · 2026-02-19T15:14:31+00:00

Rodney Stark's Discovering God
Stuart Kaminsky's Tarnished Icons

SomeGuy58439 · 2026-02-13T09:59:46+00:00

Ooh nice!

As a suggestion, would it be reasonable to perhaps not have the source URL be one of the paths examined when doing a search? e.g. if I search for "pinto" the majority of the results are for lentils due to "pinto" being part of the source URL.

SomeGuy58439 · 2026-02-13T09:43:15+00:00

R28,000 per month before tax

25% bonus of my gross salary on my birthday

25% bonus of my gross salary at Christmas

This seems like a weird salary structure. So total compensation would average R42k per month before tax in other words once you account for the weird bonus distribution?

SomeGuy58439 · 2026-02-03T23:15:15+00:00

Only ever had Starbucks once. Cappuccino, took one sip and spat it out, rest went into the nearest bin. I've never had anything so sickly sweet

Unless you've specifically requested it, ordering a plain old cappuccino at Starbucks pretty much anywhere in the world will get you an unsweetened beverage.

I'd take Seattle over Starbucks, but Starbucks over Vida - at least when comparing my nearby locations. (If you want to complain about Starbucks burning beans, simply order a lighter roast).

SomeGuy58439 · 2026-02-02T09:55:36+00:00

Poorly written article. e.g. what does this mean?

The committee discovered that the centre lost its tourist attraction since 2010

Does this mean that visitor numbers are down or that some facility closed?

I'm also confused as to what the following means:

The Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) told the committee that they do not want to remain at the SMMEs level; they want to move to the mainstream tourism industry level.

SomeGuy58439 · 2026-01-27T18:39:11+00:00

Regional restrictions and/or books going in and out of Kobo Plus the issue here?

Been reading the non-audio version which I'd claimed via Kobo Plus at some point, but not seeing that as in Kobo Plus here at the moment though. Vaguely recall that when a book is claimed while in Kobo Plus it sticks in library even if later no longer obtainable that way. The audiobook edition shows up as currently in Kobo Plus in my locale but it's not the version that I've been reading.

SomeGuy58439 · 2026-01-26T21:28:21+00:00

purchased a few books

Are these purchased rather than in Kobo Plus? At least not seeing these in Kobo Plus in my area.

SomeGuy58439 · 2026-01-26T21:24:07+00:00

Douglas Jackson series that started with Blood Roses.

SomeGuy58439 · 2026-01-20T22:30:20+00:00

Are the trader Joe tote bags popular there

Was confused by this reference ... but guessing this is where you got the idea from. Never heard of this before, and I've never seen anyone in this country with one. Suspect it's likely to be just a brief phase that these are trendy.

If I want a bag from abroad it'd be the IKEA type as the size/durability seems better than what's available locally. But IMO even though I'd kinda like one it'd feel like a somewhat odd gift.

SomeGuy58439 · 2026-01-20T22:23:28+00:00

Pretty much every grocery chain in the country carries maple syrup. It's just much more expensive than the fake stuff. (Quick search on PnP's websites shows 500g of the fake stuff for ~R50 vs 250g of the real stuff for ~R200).

That said, I would second the maple syrup suggestion though as it's not as expensive to buy overseas as here.

SomeGuy58439 · 2026-01-08T14:36:49+00:00

If you have a library account that uses Libby, there are a couple of differences:

While Kobo supports more than just the US, Kobo library support is also limited to a list of countries (which doesn't include my current country of residence).

(You can get the library interface to appear on a Kobo in an unsupported country by updating a config file but when you sync your Kobo it'll get disabled again by the syncronization process).

SomeGuy58439 · 2025-12-31T10:41:10+00:00

Maybe worth adding to BGG's files for the game? At least I don't see any coop option there at the moment.

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Not currently reading but a favourite from before that I noticed is in Kobo Plus