The morning coffee – obscurity, Iran and burning books
In today’s news, a Christian “civil liberties” group in the United States has sued for the right to burn books from the local library.
The Big Bad Blog would like to present to you the Atlas Obscura — dedicated to “wondrous, curious and bizarre locations around the world.” My favourite atlas entry thus far is from Florence, Italy, where one can go and have Galileo flip one the bird.
The Boston Globe is deep in debt, with the New York Times looking to sell it, but having trouble finding a buyer. If it goes down, I will miss part of their online presence: The Big Picture, which arguably provides the best photojournalism on the Internet. Check out their coverage of Iran’s disputed election, for example.
And while on the subject of Iran, Twitter has rescheduled an update/downtime to ensure that protesting Iranians have access to the service this morning.
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