Diane Zorich
@dzorich.bsky.social
Lapsed anthropologist. All things cultural heritage + digital. Thoughts expressed are my own. (Not the Connecticut-based realtor who shares my name, and sadly, my features.)
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An interesting fact: D.C. has already received 18,000 individual tax returns and 300 corporate returns. The Republican resolution repealing the city's tax law passed the House today, and if it passes the Senate and is signed by the president, many of those returns will have to be redone.
A Republican-led resolution could trigger tax season chaos, potentially pushing D.C.'s filing deadlines into the fall, depriving the city of almost $700 million in revenue, and eliminating tax credits for low-income residents. 51st.news/republican-b...
Republican bill targeting D.C. could create tax season chaos
It’s the second year in a row that Congress could throw a wrench into D.C.’s budget.
51st.news
February 5, 2026 at 1:05 AM
An interesting fact: D.C. has already received 18,000 individual tax returns and 300 corporate returns. The Republican resolution repealing the city's tax law passed the House today, and if it passes the Senate and is signed by the president, many of those returns will have to be redone.
Women need a $449 detector to tell them these things??? Hahahahaha...
(at the) "CES trade show this year, there was a $449 wearable called Peri that will stick to a user’s torso & detect hot flashes, night sweats & other signals of perimenopause ..." - Chris Velazco ( In WashPo tech newsletter)
(at the) "CES trade show this year, there was a $449 wearable called Peri that will stick to a user’s torso & detect hot flashes, night sweats & other signals of perimenopause ..." - Chris Velazco ( In WashPo tech newsletter)
February 4, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Women need a $449 detector to tell them these things??? Hahahahaha...
(at the) "CES trade show this year, there was a $449 wearable called Peri that will stick to a user’s torso & detect hot flashes, night sweats & other signals of perimenopause ..." - Chris Velazco ( In WashPo tech newsletter)
(at the) "CES trade show this year, there was a $449 wearable called Peri that will stick to a user’s torso & detect hot flashes, night sweats & other signals of perimenopause ..." - Chris Velazco ( In WashPo tech newsletter)
WashPo book critic & weekly book newsletter writer Ron Charles was a casualty of this decision, which has left me (and so many others) deflated. He can be found on Substack for now (free to all, and even if it wasn't, would highly recommend.)
February 4, 2026 at 10:06 PM
WashPo book critic & weekly book newsletter writer Ron Charles was a casualty of this decision, which has left me (and so many others) deflated. He can be found on Substack for now (free to all, and even if it wasn't, would highly recommend.)
Job posting: Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs @ Smithsonian American Women's History Museum. Closing date: 02/18/2026; Salary GS14 $143,913- $187,093/yr Onsite, Washington, DC
Role leads and supervises the Museum's historical research, collections, and archives functions.
Role leads and supervises the Museum's historical research, collections, and archives functions.
USAJOBS connects job seekers with federal jobs across the United States and around the world as the official employment site for the federal government
<p>The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo. This position is located in organizationally in Collect...
www.usajobs.gov
February 3, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Job posting: Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs @ Smithsonian American Women's History Museum. Closing date: 02/18/2026; Salary GS14 $143,913- $187,093/yr Onsite, Washington, DC
Role leads and supervises the Museum's historical research, collections, and archives functions.
Role leads and supervises the Museum's historical research, collections, and archives functions.
Cuts include union & nonunion members ,endowed positions, includes educators, curators, archivists, and 23 vacant positions. Brutal.
MFA Boston Layoffs Thrust the Museum into a Credibility Crisis
As names and positions of eliminated staff at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston begin to roll in, here’s what we know so far.
www.bostonartreview.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Cuts include union & nonunion members ,endowed positions, includes educators, curators, archivists, and 23 vacant positions. Brutal.
Smithsonian Leadership for Change Internships for college sophomores, juniors & seniors. 8 weeks, $6K stipend. Interns are matched w/ select US Smithsonian Affiliate organizations or Smithsonian museums/offices in Washington, DC. Deadline: March 2.
Leadership for Change Internship – Smithsonian Affiliations
affiliations.si.edu
February 1, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Smithsonian Leadership for Change Internships for college sophomores, juniors & seniors. 8 weeks, $6K stipend. Interns are matched w/ select US Smithsonian Affiliate organizations or Smithsonian museums/offices in Washington, DC. Deadline: March 2.
The War on Memory is Here.
The War on Memory is Here.
I want us all to collectively consider what we’re watching unfold.
memwaa.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:03 AM
The War on Memory is Here.
Paid research fellowships: The Image Center in Toronto. theimagecentre.ca/fellowship/
Fellowship | The Image Centre
theimagecentre.ca
February 1, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Paid research fellowships: The Image Center in Toronto. theimagecentre.ca/fellowship/
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Snowcrete -- If there's one thing it's good for is building structures!
Several creations from our readers:.
1) from Laurie McCartney Wehmeyer (Woodbridge)
2) from Sara-Jayne Barnes (AU Park)
3) from walter-in-falls-church
4) from Free Little Art Gallery (Arlington)
Thanks to all for sharing
Several creations from our readers:.
1) from Laurie McCartney Wehmeyer (Woodbridge)
2) from Sara-Jayne Barnes (AU Park)
3) from walter-in-falls-church
4) from Free Little Art Gallery (Arlington)
Thanks to all for sharing
January 31, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Snowcrete -- If there's one thing it's good for is building structures!
Several creations from our readers:.
1) from Laurie McCartney Wehmeyer (Woodbridge)
2) from Sara-Jayne Barnes (AU Park)
3) from walter-in-falls-church
4) from Free Little Art Gallery (Arlington)
Thanks to all for sharing
Several creations from our readers:.
1) from Laurie McCartney Wehmeyer (Woodbridge)
2) from Sara-Jayne Barnes (AU Park)
3) from walter-in-falls-church
4) from Free Little Art Gallery (Arlington)
Thanks to all for sharing
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A video from board-certified ophthalmologist a @glaucomflecken.bsky.social - FYI if you ever get pepper spray somehow onto you, in some manner.
A video from board-certified ophthalmologist a @glaucomflecken.bsky.social - FYI if you ever get pepper spray somehow onto you, in some manner.
What To Do If You Get Pepper Sprayed
YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken
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January 30, 2026 at 3:04 AM
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A video from board-certified ophthalmologist a @glaucomflecken.bsky.social - FYI if you ever get pepper spray somehow onto you, in some manner.
A video from board-certified ophthalmologist a @glaucomflecken.bsky.social - FYI if you ever get pepper spray somehow onto you, in some manner.
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Unlike last year’s shutdown, this closure would not cover the entire federal government — only the portions that have not been funded by the six appropriations laws already enacted. wapo.st/4rlQ5F6
January 29, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Unlike last year’s shutdown, this closure would not cover the entire federal government — only the portions that have not been funded by the six appropriations laws already enacted. wapo.st/4rlQ5F6
"A Complex Network: The Getty Provenance Index "- video of a presentation given at CNI annual meeting by David Newbury and Lily Pregill of the Getty.
A Complex Network: The Getty Provenance Index
David Newbury, Getty Lily Pregill, Getty
www.cni.org
January 28, 2026 at 1:34 AM
"A Complex Network: The Getty Provenance Index "- video of a presentation given at CNI annual meeting by David Newbury and Lily Pregill of the Getty.
"Lineages and Legacies for Collecting Digital Design" by Jessica Walthew & Andrea Lipps in J. of Design History. (Uses Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum's 2021 acquisition of a live, interactive mapping website, Watercolor Maps by Stamen Design, as a case study."
Lineages and Legacies for Collecting Digital Design
Abstract. Digital collecting and conservation today draw from disparate lineages of scholarship and museological practices. Digital design in the United St
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January 28, 2026 at 1:31 AM
"Lineages and Legacies for Collecting Digital Design" by Jessica Walthew & Andrea Lipps in J. of Design History. (Uses Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum's 2021 acquisition of a live, interactive mapping website, Watercolor Maps by Stamen Design, as a case study."
The points in this post ring true to me. I lead a team of over a dozen highly technical staff. Most have arts & humanities degrees, & I've long believed that is what makes them so successful in their jobs. They are interdisciplinary collaborators & problem solvers, and are undaunted by complexity.
How universities can cultivate arts and humanities in practical, affordable ways
Are the arts and humanities still needed as universities retrench staff and cut costs? Patty Raun explains why curtailing or eliminating these disciplines is an egregious mistake
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:24 AM
The points in this post ring true to me. I lead a team of over a dozen highly technical staff. Most have arts & humanities degrees, & I've long believed that is what makes them so successful in their jobs. They are interdisciplinary collaborators & problem solvers, and are undaunted by complexity.
"From Standards to Spectrums: Why Museum Practice Is Better Understood as a Matrix." Blog post documenting work in progress by Max van Balgooy.
From Standards to Spectrums: Why Museum Practice Is Better Understood as a Matrix
One of the things I keep returning to in my teaching and consulting is how much museum work actually lives along a spectrum—not in binary terms of success or failure, right or wrong, compliant or n…
engagingplaces.net
January 27, 2026 at 2:03 PM
"From Standards to Spectrums: Why Museum Practice Is Better Understood as a Matrix." Blog post documenting work in progress by Max van Balgooy.
Job posting: Digital Production Officer at London Museum. Closing date: Feb 15th. Salary £33,707 per annum plus
Support project delivery across multiple workstreams; as coordinate project tasks, timelines, and communications, support ongoing work to ensure our digital platforms are managed ...
Support project delivery across multiple workstreams; as coordinate project tasks, timelines, and communications, support ongoing work to ensure our digital platforms are managed ...
Museum of London Careers
Museum of London Careers, Jobs, Search and Apply
jobs.londonmuseum.org.uk
January 27, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Job posting: Digital Production Officer at London Museum. Closing date: Feb 15th. Salary £33,707 per annum plus
Support project delivery across multiple workstreams; as coordinate project tasks, timelines, and communications, support ongoing work to ensure our digital platforms are managed ...
Support project delivery across multiple workstreams; as coordinate project tasks, timelines, and communications, support ongoing work to ensure our digital platforms are managed ...
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🚀 2026 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge is now OPEN!
Have an idea, tool or prototype that uses GBIF biodiversity data to advance open science, research or policy? Submit it to GBIF’s annual Challenge and compete for a share of €20,000 in prizes! 💸
⭐ Deadline: 26 June 2026
🔗 gbif.link/ENC-2026
Have an idea, tool or prototype that uses GBIF biodiversity data to advance open science, research or policy? Submit it to GBIF’s annual Challenge and compete for a share of €20,000 in prizes! 💸
⭐ Deadline: 26 June 2026
🔗 gbif.link/ENC-2026
January 27, 2026 at 8:50 AM
🚀 2026 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge is now OPEN!
Have an idea, tool or prototype that uses GBIF biodiversity data to advance open science, research or policy? Submit it to GBIF’s annual Challenge and compete for a share of €20,000 in prizes! 💸
⭐ Deadline: 26 June 2026
🔗 gbif.link/ENC-2026
Have an idea, tool or prototype that uses GBIF biodiversity data to advance open science, research or policy? Submit it to GBIF’s annual Challenge and compete for a share of €20,000 in prizes! 💸
⭐ Deadline: 26 June 2026
🔗 gbif.link/ENC-2026
Just devastating.
The US government lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs last year, according to an analysis by Science of newly released OPM data, with 11 departures for every hire. And many OPM calls "voluntary" separations were probably pushed. www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
www.science.org
January 27, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Just devastating.
An America "250th" collaboration betw the Smithsonian & the Library of Congress..
Revolution Crossroads is a partnership between the Smithsonian Institution & Library of Congress, using AI to surface untold stories, connect long-separated records, & bring new life to Revolutionary-era history.
Revolution Crossroads is a partnership between the Smithsonian Institution & Library of Congress, using AI to surface untold stories, connect long-separated records, & bring new life to Revolutionary-era history.
Our Shared Heritage: Revolution Crossroads
Smithsonian experts are using artificial intelligence to support historical research, public engagement, and responsible access to American Revolutionary-era materials.
www.si.edu
January 27, 2026 at 2:14 AM
An America "250th" collaboration betw the Smithsonian & the Library of Congress..
Revolution Crossroads is a partnership between the Smithsonian Institution & Library of Congress, using AI to surface untold stories, connect long-separated records, & bring new life to Revolutionary-era history.
Revolution Crossroads is a partnership between the Smithsonian Institution & Library of Congress, using AI to surface untold stories, connect long-separated records, & bring new life to Revolutionary-era history.
Resources from the December Fantastic Futures Conference (theme: "AI Everywhere, All at Once") now available. (Papers, posters, livestream recordings) photos and more www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
Fantastic Futures 2025: highlights and resources
Hundreds of information professionals gathered in the British Library’s Knowledge Centre to share the state of the art in AI research for cultural heritage.
www.bl.uk
January 27, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Resources from the December Fantastic Futures Conference (theme: "AI Everywhere, All at Once") now available. (Papers, posters, livestream recordings) photos and more www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
Job posting: Public Affairs Specialist @ Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Closes: February 13, 2026; Salary: $85,447 - $111,087
Public Affairs Specialist IS-1035-11
Job Opening: Public Affairs Specialist IS-1035-11 at National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC.
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January 27, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Job posting: Public Affairs Specialist @ Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Closes: February 13, 2026; Salary: $85,447 - $111,087
Job posting: Library Technology and Systems Architect @ National Gallery of Art. Closes: 02/02/2026; Salary
$121,785- $158,322/yr (GS13)
$121,785- $158,322/yr (GS13)
USAJOBS connects job seekers with federal jobs across the United States and around the world as the official employment site for the federal government
<p>The National Gallery of Art welcomes all people to explore art, creativity, and our shared humanity. Nearly four million people come through our doors each year—with millions more online&mdas...
www.usajobs.gov
January 27, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Job posting: Library Technology and Systems Architect @ National Gallery of Art. Closes: 02/02/2026; Salary
$121,785- $158,322/yr (GS13)
$121,785- $158,322/yr (GS13)
Job: Associate Director of Public Engagement and Learning @ Smithsonian American Women's History Museum. Closes: 02/10/2026; Salary: $143,913- $187,093/yr (GS14).
USAJOBS connects job seekers with federal jobs across the United States and around the world as the official employment site for the federal government
<p>The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex. The Smithsonian American Women's History Museum creates, educates, disseminates & amplifies the...
www.usajobs.gov
January 27, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Job: Associate Director of Public Engagement and Learning @ Smithsonian American Women's History Museum. Closes: 02/10/2026; Salary: $143,913- $187,093/yr (GS14).