Daily Thoughts 08/01/2020

The Courtesan Moshio Reading a Book, Unidentified Artist, ca. 1655–61, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Japan
The Courtesan Reading a Book, Moshio, mid 17th Century

 Daily Thoughts 08/01/2020

 I checked the library Twitter and Facebook group this morning.

The census is becoming more important to fill out with the political news lately.

I read some more of Until the End of Time.  I am reading about myth and storytelling.

I read a Max Barry science fiction novel, Providence.  I liked it because it distilled the essence of us versus a strange alien creature where what mattered was preserving our own species.  The aliens were very alien and not like us at all.  This made much of the conflict seem to be internal.  It also made it seem like that the main characters were fighting eternal principles.



Publishers Play the Pandemic Waiting Game

Census to End Counting Efforts A Month Early: Report
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/509940-census-to-end-counting-efforts-a-month-early-report

Can Trump Subtract Illegal Immigrants from the Census
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/07/2020-census-immigration-can-trump-subtract-illegal-immigrants/


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