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“The Burning of Books - A History of Knowledge Under Attack” 📚 (John Murray 2020)
Attacks on knowledge and its importance are increasingly notable. Such attacks have a long history, and this book explores that history, and its continuing relevance.

Wellington Harbour, Aotearoa New Zealand
8:45AM UTC/GMT+13 - Wednesday 14 October 2020
Hikitia floating crane (constructed 1926)
#adayinthelife
Aotearoa New Zealand takes voting seriously. These are the voting locations in Wellington City, population 213,000. Voting is open for 2 weeks, plus postal voting.
The reading room takes shape… #renovations #kitchen #update #upgrade #warehouseapartment #openplan #design #evastreet #hannahslaneway #wellingtonnz

The brownshirts are preparing...
The latest Atlantic story about extreme militia groups preparing to contest the US election is deeply, deeply troubling:
wars don’t always start with a clear, decisive event—an attack, a coup, an invasion—and that you might not realize you’re in one until it’s under way. Civil conflict is gradual.
Has the US conflict already begun? What can be done to halt it?
Read more: Right-Wing Militias Are Bracing for Civil War - The Atlantic