essjaxessjax@m.essjax.com
Oct 17, 2026, 8:48 PMOur new library is absolutely beautiful.
I've never really felt civic pride, in any of the many towns and cities I've lived in, but this is great. A big investment in things that matter.
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- essjaxessjax@m.essjax.comOct 17, 2026, 9:07 PM
Get this: You can just go in there and have a look through 92,000 books and just borrow one or a few, and they don't even charge you. I mean you can also use their 3D Printers and sewing machines and computers and all that stuff, but they also have like a million (92,000) books you can read for free. This is peak civilisation right here. Pump that FREE READING AND KNOWLEDGE shit straight into my veins omg.
- essjaxessjax@m.essjax.comOct 17, 2026, 9:55 PM
I don't like photographing strangers wihtout their consent, and that goes triple for children, so I tried to get shots without. But the community turned out in their thousands. It was packed full of delighted families and folk of all kinds.
They should put up a sign.
"Love your new library? Voting soon? The political right wing want to take this away from you"
They say it's about reducing tax, but really they don't want poor people accessing knowledge. They might get ideas.
#nzpol