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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Mar 15

That is both messed up and disgraceful! You can’t just delete history!

Arlington National Cemetery has removed information about prominent Black, Hispanic, and female service members, as well as topics such as the Civil War, from its website.

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Kathy Reid (she/her) @kathyreid.au · Mar 14

From March 28th, Amazon will send everything you say - all audio utterances - to the cloud, removing support for "processing on device". Billed as necessary to support Voice ID + Alexa+ features, there are significant implications for #privacy #VoiceAssistant

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28

Amazon is killing a privacy feature to bolster Alexa+, the new subscription assistant.

arstechnica.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Mar 15

Trump just invoked the Alien Enemies Act, so I’ll pass along this good explainer

www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

The Alien Enemies Act, Explained

This detention and deportation power poses an alarming risk of abuse and rights violations in both wartime and peacetime.

www.brennancenter.org

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · Mar 15

Incredible to watch Trump officials expose their glaring lack of one single longstanding principle.

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Indivisible Charleston Chapter @chsindivisible.bsky.social · Mar 15

Since Nancy Mace won’t hold a town hall, her constituents will hold one anyway! She must be held accountable to SC District One!

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Erin Richardson @erinrichardson.bsky.social · Mar 15

This is going to kill many public libraries, especially in rural areas. If you use a public library, you will be impacted. #imls is a dust mote in the federal budget. It also provides things like internet at your local library so people can apply for jobs and kids can do homework.

Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · Mar 15

This, by the by, is an effing disaster if it holds up. The number of public libraries that will go under if IMLS is shuttered is mind-boggling. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.

www.whitehouse.gov

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · Feb 20

News | UK Government announces £20m fund to protect English civic museums – package is part of new Arts Everywhere Fund marking 60th anniversary of first arts white paper

@artscouncilengland.bsky.social

UK Government announces £20m fund to protect English civic museums - Museums Association

Package is part of new Arts Everywhere Fund marking 60th anniversary of first arts white paper

www.museumsassociation.org

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Feb 19

DOGE is gaining total control over key government computer systems—and there may be no way to wrest it back, @cwarzel.bsky.social, @ibogost.bsky.social, and @matteowong.bsky.social write.

DOGE Has ‘God Mode’ Access to Government Data

The president’s special commission now has an unprecedented ability to view and manipulate information at many federal agencies.

www.theatlantic.com

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Erin Richardson @erinrichardson.bsky.social · Feb 20

It’s a good one! Thanks for doing the hard work right now.

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