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And Black History Week/Month has even deeper DC roots: February was chosen to align with the existing celebration of Douglass Day, founded by Mary Church Terrell in 1897 to honor the legacy of Fredrick Douglass (both Washingtonians) www.searchablemuseum.com/mary-church-...
December 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
And Black History Week/Month has even deeper DC roots: February was chosen to align with the existing celebration of Douglass Day, founded by Mary Church Terrell in 1897 to honor the legacy of Fredrick Douglass (both Washingtonians) www.searchablemuseum.com/mary-church-...
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Of all the inexplicable, shocking, disorienting events of this decade, the Nashville "Downtown" Christmas morning RV bombing and the national media's almost complete refusal to pay any real attention to it remains at or near the top of the list.
This is a really good, comprehensive look at how 2nd Ave is STILL getting built back, 5 years after that guy blew up his RV in the street and the media mostly just moved on a few days later.
(also, the headline says “unexplained”, but if you read all the way to the end……it’s basically explained)
(also, the headline says “unexplained”, but if you read all the way to the end……it’s basically explained)
Nashville's Second Avenue Set to Reopen Five Years After Bombing - Nashville Banner
After nearly five years, the historic Second Avenue in Nashville is set to reopen following a devastating Christmas Day bombing.
nashvillebanner.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Of all the inexplicable, shocking, disorienting events of this decade, the Nashville "Downtown" Christmas morning RV bombing and the national media's almost complete refusal to pay any real attention to it remains at or near the top of the list.
The reason my @fivefourpod.bsky.social fandom predates it by 20 years
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The reason my @fivefourpod.bsky.social fandom predates it by 20 years
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NEWS: Artist, developer and Library of Congress Innovator in Residence Vivian Li invites you to explore three American communities with Anywhere Adventures, a new interactive mobile site showcasing local history through items from the Library's digital collections. newsroom.loc.gov/news/library...
Library Innovator in Residence Launches Mobile Self-Guided Community Adventures
Library Innovator in Residence Launches Mobile Self-Guided Community AdventuresInteractive Local Experiences are Inspired by Library of Congress Collections on New Mobile Website Artist, developer...
newsroom.loc.gov
December 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
NEWS: Artist, developer and Library of Congress Innovator in Residence Vivian Li invites you to explore three American communities with Anywhere Adventures, a new interactive mobile site showcasing local history through items from the Library's digital collections. newsroom.loc.gov/news/library...
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"This document outlines the reasons why we don’t currently use AI in archival processes – including archival appraisal, acquisition, arrangement and description (processing), digital preservation, and access – as well as how we support our user communities who want to employ AI..." (via Nate Hill)
AI Use in Our Archival Processes
Statement on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in archival processes at the Rockefeller Archive Center.
docs.rockarch.org
December 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
"This document outlines the reasons why we don’t currently use AI in archival processes – including archival appraisal, acquisition, arrangement and description (processing), digital preservation, and access – as well as how we support our user communities who want to employ AI..." (via Nate Hill)
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"Their rent-controlled apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side functioned as a fine-art storage locker as well as an exhibition space. Stacked on the floor and crammed into closets were some 4,000 works..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/a...
Dorothy Vogel, Librarian With a Vast Art Collection, Dies at 90
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
"Their rent-controlled apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side functioned as a fine-art storage locker as well as an exhibition space. Stacked on the floor and crammed into closets were some 4,000 works..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/a...
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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Statement of Agency’s Reinstatement of Terminated IMLS Grants 📚
www.imls.gov/news/stateme...
www.imls.gov/news/stateme...
Statement of Agency’s Reinstatement of Terminated IMLS Grants
Statement of Agency’s Reinstatement of Terminated IMLS Grants Washington, DC– Upon further review, the Institute of Museum and Library Services has reinstated all federal grants. This action supersede...
www.imls.gov
December 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Statement of Agency’s Reinstatement of Terminated IMLS Grants 📚
www.imls.gov/news/stateme...
www.imls.gov/news/stateme...
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big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
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The progress D.C. has made on child care accessibility is under threat, former D.C. official Beatriz Otero writes in an opinion piece: "Without course correction from Mayor Muriel Bowser, we are racing toward a child care cliff."
Opinion: D.C. is headed toward a child care cliff
But it’s not too late for the mayor to do something about it.
51st.news
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The progress D.C. has made on child care accessibility is under threat, former D.C. official Beatriz Otero writes in an opinion piece: "Without course correction from Mayor Muriel Bowser, we are racing toward a child care cliff."
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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'The science select committee should recognise that its remit covers all of research, and conduct an inquiry into the Library, with a view to helping it recover. It could quantify the funding that is needed to properly rebuild the Library’s digital infrastructure'.
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:55 AM
'The science select committee should recognise that its remit covers all of research, and conduct an inquiry into the Library, with a view to helping it recover. It could quantify the funding that is needed to properly rebuild the Library’s digital infrastructure'.
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Finally some hope
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Finally some hope
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Here’s ABC’s programming comment form for no reason in particular. support.abc.com/hc/en-us/req...
Submit a request – ABC
support.abc.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Here’s ABC’s programming comment form for no reason in particular. support.abc.com/hc/en-us/req...
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A 🧵: It was a wild day for D.C. in Congress yesterday, where a House committee advanced 14 bills targeting the city – everything from banning traffic cameras to giving Trump the power to appoint the city's attorney general. I've got a detailed write-up in @51st.news: 51st.news/house-republ...
Cosplaying as D.C. Council, House Republicans advance dozen-plus bills targeting city they don’t represent
The party of limited government is treading heavily on D.C.
51st.news
September 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Today, Congress is marking up anti-DC bills to:
— Criminalize sleeping in a car
— Prosecute 14-year-olds as adults
— Give Congress a line-item veto of the DC budget
— Force MPD to rehire officers who commit serious crimes
— Let Trump handpick the DC Attorney General with no Senate confirmation
— Criminalize sleeping in a car
— Prosecute 14-year-olds as adults
— Give Congress a line-item veto of the DC budget
— Force MPD to rehire officers who commit serious crimes
— Let Trump handpick the DC Attorney General with no Senate confirmation
September 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Today, Congress is marking up anti-DC bills to:
— Criminalize sleeping in a car
— Prosecute 14-year-olds as adults
— Give Congress a line-item veto of the DC budget
— Force MPD to rehire officers who commit serious crimes
— Let Trump handpick the DC Attorney General with no Senate confirmation
— Criminalize sleeping in a car
— Prosecute 14-year-olds as adults
— Give Congress a line-item veto of the DC budget
— Force MPD to rehire officers who commit serious crimes
— Let Trump handpick the DC Attorney General with no Senate confirmation
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some of my favorite former NEH employees have channeled their collective grant-making wisdom into an opportunity for funders. thrilled to see it! hire them. 💫
We are excited to introduce Sidra Collaborative!
We partner with arts, culture, and humanities organizations and funders to build sustainable programs and reimagine a funding landscape that centers transparency, equity, and community.
Learn more: www.sidracollaborative.com
We partner with arts, culture, and humanities organizations and funders to build sustainable programs and reimagine a funding landscape that centers transparency, equity, and community.
Learn more: www.sidracollaborative.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
some of my favorite former NEH employees have channeled their collective grant-making wisdom into an opportunity for funders. thrilled to see it! hire them. 💫
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"Trump ordered Nat'l Park Service employees to review exhibits in connection with an order to remove or cover up materials that 'inappropriately disparage Americans,' incldg those at Independence Nat'l Historical Park. The Inquirer obtained + reviewed internal comments submitted by NPS employees."
These are all the Independence Park exhibits that could be removed by the Trump administration next month
Under an executive order by President Donald Trump, the displays could be removed in the next month.
www.inquirer.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"Trump ordered Nat'l Park Service employees to review exhibits in connection with an order to remove or cover up materials that 'inappropriately disparage Americans,' incldg those at Independence Nat'l Historical Park. The Inquirer obtained + reviewed internal comments submitted by NPS employees."
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Burchett represents Tennessee. Over the last few years, Nashville, Memphis, and Chattanooga have all had higher crime rates than D.C.
Knoxville, where Burchett was mayor, is lower, but still among the most violent 10 percent of cities in the country.
Knoxville, where Burchett was mayor, is lower, but still among the most violent 10 percent of cities in the country.
Tim Burchett says he lives in his office in DC because he's scared of crime in the city
August 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Burchett represents Tennessee. Over the last few years, Nashville, Memphis, and Chattanooga have all had higher crime rates than D.C.
Knoxville, where Burchett was mayor, is lower, but still among the most violent 10 percent of cities in the country.
Knoxville, where Burchett was mayor, is lower, but still among the most violent 10 percent of cities in the country.
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the analysis in here from people living in encampments is more incisive and direct than a lot of the coverage from national media streetsensemedia.org/article/home...
Donald Trump threatens to clear encampments in D.C.
With D.C.’s MPD now under federal control and the National Guard coming to D.C., the fate of people in encampments remains up in the air.
streetsensemedia.org
August 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
the analysis in here from people living in encampments is more incisive and direct than a lot of the coverage from national media streetsensemedia.org/article/home...
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This will make it harder for groups like the @ACLU.org to organize public comment campaigns. Cutting off this access limits organizing power and is another step in a wave of anti-democratic, techno-fascist measures.
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4486...
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4486...
August 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This will make it harder for groups like the @ACLU.org to organize public comment campaigns. Cutting off this access limits organizing power and is another step in a wave of anti-democratic, techno-fascist measures.
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4486...
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4486...
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Super helpful analysis here:
Congress has given the President the power to take control of the D.C. local police for up to 30 days "for federal purposes," and to deploy the (tiny) D.C. National Guard.
As today's "One First" explains, that's the full extent of what the President can do to "federalize" D.C. without new statutes:
As today's "One First" explains, that's the full extent of what the President can do to "federalize" D.C. without new statutes:
172. "Federalizing" D.C.
Like any federal enclave, the federal government has plenary power over the District of Columbia. But Congress has delegated most of that power to local officials; it would take new laws to undo that.
www.stevevladeck.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Super helpful analysis here:
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NEWS: President Trump is federalizing the Metropolitan Police Department, which means he will control it for up to 30 days. He is also deploying the D.C. National Guard, all to fight what he says is an increase in crime.
August 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
NEWS: President Trump is federalizing the Metropolitan Police Department, which means he will control it for up to 30 days. He is also deploying the D.C. National Guard, all to fight what he says is an increase in crime.
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A LOT of Americans don't understand that "public funding" streams back into enriching their communities. They scream about their tax dollars being used for handouts without realizing that's what's been keeping every small business in their whole town afloat.
All those people who say that the US university system is just a bunch of cultural Marxists divorced from the needs of the nation are about to find out how wrong they are. (It is many things, which is really good, and many of them are not market-driven, which is also good. But still.)
The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact
August 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A LOT of Americans don't understand that "public funding" streams back into enriching their communities. They scream about their tax dollars being used for handouts without realizing that's what's been keeping every small business in their whole town afloat.