Huh, thank you for the summary! What a strange (but fascinating) premise. Definitely a weird book to have during the first week of COVID shutdowns... All the zombie apocalypse stories also hit rather differently when read during COVID lockdown 😅

Would that be Early Riser by Jasper Fforde? If not, I'm very curious what the book was.

That's awesome, I didn't know about that.

OK, I'll stay posted for the new site!

I'm relieved to hear you'll still be running your instance despite these issues! Are you thinking of potentially moving the Literature Cafe forums to Sublinks?

I definitely hear you on the moderation difficulties... with the Fediverse being as far-reaching as it is, good moderation tools are essential and it seems like Lemmy simply doesn't have these available.

How would you rate your coziness level on a scale of 1 to 10?

Thanks for sharing photos of your adorable cats :)

Excellent choice, I wonder if the original Italian would be even better!

@zammy95@lemmy.world I am intrigued and look forward to seeing it ☕️👀

@zammy95@lemmy.world It looks great! I like the little instructional poster with the different types of drinks :)

I was curious how the effect was created and found this: https://www.ignant.com/2016/01/07/an-illusory-swimming-pool-by-leandro-erlich/

Under a 10cm layer of water, the rest of the "pool" is a walk-in art exhibit. There are lots of photos in that link from both above and below the water. It's a permanent exhibit in a Japanese museum of contemporary art.

He looks very comfy. 🥰