traingovroom[He/Him]@lemmy.ml to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 29 days agoObama Presidential Library has finished construction and is opening later this monthlemmy.mlimagemessage-square35linkfedilinkarrow-up1163arrow-down12
arrow-up1161arrow-down1imageObama Presidential Library has finished construction and is opening later this monthlemmy.mltraingovroom[He/Him]@lemmy.ml to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 29 days agomessage-square35linkfedilink
minus-squareArthur Besse@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·28 days agoIt’s actually called the Barack Obama Presidential Center because his Presidential Library is digital. (The physical copies of his documents will be preserved in a National Archives and Records Administration facility elsewhere.)
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·28 days agoSo it has no use at all, just a monument to his ego?
minus-squareSted [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·28 days agoJust like his presidency so it’s at least fitting.
minus-squareArthur Besse@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·28 days agoObama.org says it is a place “where people from around the world come to get inspired and bring change home” You can read more about it here: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jun/02/klingon-prison-barack-obamas-presidential-library-chicago
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·28 days agooh thanks, i skimmed a bit of that article and now i’m in terrible pain.
minus-squareEvilphd666 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·28 days agoIf there ever was a testiment to presidency, i suppose a massive wasteful brutalist building would be fitting.
minus-squareBanMeFromPosting [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-228 days agoThe hubris needed to have a .org website of your last name. Edit: bush.org is available. Somebody get it so we can have it redirect to here or make a forum dedicated to different trim styles for your pubes
minus-squareWheaties [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·28 days agoI get that its supposed to be quoting something, but that building is hard to read. It looks like a word scramble
It’s actually called the Barack Obama Presidential Center because his Presidential Library is digital. (The physical copies of his documents will be preserved in a National Archives and Records Administration facility elsewhere.)
So it has no use at all, just a monument to his ego?
Just like his presidency so it’s at least fitting.
Obama.org says it is a place “where people from around the world come to get inspired and bring change home”
You can read more about it here: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jun/02/klingon-prison-barack-obamas-presidential-library-chicago
oh thanks, i skimmed a bit of that article and now i’m in terrible pain.
If there ever was a testiment to
presidency, i suppose a massive wasteful brutalist building would be fitting.
The hubris needed to have a .org website of your last name.
Edit: bush.org is available. Somebody get it so we can have it redirect to here or make a forum dedicated to different trim styles for your pubes
I get that its supposed to be quoting something, but that building is hard to read. It looks like a word scramble