Original Thread: https://x.com/Culture_Crit/status/1798069581871038778 What was lost when the Library of Alexandria burned? Well — our entire knowledge of the Greco-Roman world comes from about 500 volumes. 700,000 scrolls were potentially lost at Alexandria alone. Alexandria was once antiquity’s greatest city — a trade port connecting Africa, Europe and Asia. When […]
Lahaina Fire Survivor Christine Borge Blasts the Maui County Council
Lahaina fire survivor Christine Borge was angry when she spoke on August 22, 2023, before the council members at the Maui County Council meeting held in the Kalana O Maui Building. Her moving 3-minute testimony ties so much about this together. https://mauicounty.granicus.com/player/clip/1879 “Hello, my name is Christine Borge. I guess […]
COVID Lockdown Horror Leads to Massive Uprisings and Protests in China
On November 23rd a fire broke out in Urumqi’s Jixiang Yuan district in an apartment complex. Because of the Chinese COVID lockdown, it is claimed the doors to the building were locked from the outside; people could not escape. Jennifer Zeng has been documenting the story on Twitter. Fire trucks were not permitted […]