Secret Curator
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To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
April 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
It's hard not to feel overwhelmed by the constant news about what is happening to undocumented people in the US. Every day, I slip a little deeper into despair, The endless fear, trauma, and uncertainty they face is unimaginable, and it weighs heavy on my heart.
April 6, 2025 at 3:50 AM
It's hard not to feel overwhelmed by the constant news about what is happening to undocumented people in the US. Every day, I slip a little deeper into despair, The endless fear, trauma, and uncertainty they face is unimaginable, and it weighs heavy on my heart.
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The great poet and museum leader Kevin Young has been fired as director of the Smithsonian NMAAHC
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Smithsonian Museum Director Placed on Leave Amid Pressure Campaign
Poet Kevin Young, director since 2021 of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, has been placed on leave.
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April 4, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The great poet and museum leader Kevin Young has been fired as director of the Smithsonian NMAAHC
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I can’t believe we’re here—an executive order may let political appointees shape Smithsonian exhibits. Because clearly, what fossils and fine art need is government spin. 🏛️🤦♂️ #Smithsonian #HistoryMatters #HandsOffOurMuseums #ArtNews
Historians Condemn Executive Order Targeting Smithsonian
American historians are defending the Smithsonian after museum is targeted in executive order accusing it of being 'divisive.'
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April 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I can’t believe we’re here—an executive order may let political appointees shape Smithsonian exhibits. Because clearly, what fossils and fine art need is government spin. 🏛️🤦♂️ #Smithsonian #HistoryMatters #HandsOffOurMuseums #ArtNews
Feeling disheartened working in a museum right now. The political climate makes it harder to find meaning in the work I do, especially when so much of our history is being questioned or disregarded. #MuseumWork #PoliticalClimate #FeelingDown
April 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Feeling disheartened working in a museum right now. The political climate makes it harder to find meaning in the work I do, especially when so much of our history is being questioned or disregarded. #MuseumWork #PoliticalClimate #FeelingDown
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SCOOP: DOGE notified the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) today that the entire staff is being put on administrative leave effective immediately, I’ve learned from an agency source.
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
March 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
SCOOP: DOGE notified the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) today that the entire staff is being put on administrative leave effective immediately, I’ve learned from an agency source.
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
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Please know that NEH staff are heartbroken about all the cancellations and the impact they will have on your work and communities. We also see all you’re doing to support the agency. Thank you!
April 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Please know that NEH staff are heartbroken about all the cancellations and the impact they will have on your work and communities. We also see all you’re doing to support the agency. Thank you!
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Many NEH staff (including me) are waking up this morning to notices that they have been put on admin leave. If you email NEH today and don’t get an answer, that is why.
April 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Many NEH staff (including me) are waking up this morning to notices that they have been put on admin leave. If you email NEH today and don’t get an answer, that is why.
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Life would be SO different right now if Kamala had won. It honestly hurts to think about.
April 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Life would be SO different right now if Kamala had won. It honestly hurts to think about.
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*taps microphone*
The white people loudly suggesting the great Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Vice Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee, should be President in 2028, are the same who said Stacey Abrams, Karen Bass, Barbara Lee, & Val Demings should’ve been VP & then didn’t support them in races.
The white people loudly suggesting the great Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Vice Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee, should be President in 2028, are the same who said Stacey Abrams, Karen Bass, Barbara Lee, & Val Demings should’ve been VP & then didn’t support them in races.
April 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
*taps microphone*
The white people loudly suggesting the great Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Vice Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee, should be President in 2028, are the same who said Stacey Abrams, Karen Bass, Barbara Lee, & Val Demings should’ve been VP & then didn’t support them in races.
The white people loudly suggesting the great Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Vice Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee, should be President in 2028, are the same who said Stacey Abrams, Karen Bass, Barbara Lee, & Val Demings should’ve been VP & then didn’t support them in races.
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🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody.
She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care.
This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.
She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care.
This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.
April 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody.
She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care.
This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.
She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care.
This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.
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Loved the exhibition ‘Lives Less Ordinary: Working-Class Britain Re-seen’ in the beautiful #TwoTemplePlace Artist Kelly O’Brien’s ‘Cleaner No.1’ & ‘Three Generations of Work CV’ resonated with the conversations I’ve had with underrepresented young people recently about their CVs
March 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Loved the exhibition ‘Lives Less Ordinary: Working-Class Britain Re-seen’ in the beautiful #TwoTemplePlace Artist Kelly O’Brien’s ‘Cleaner No.1’ & ‘Three Generations of Work CV’ resonated with the conversations I’ve had with underrepresented young people recently about their CVs
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A video recorded by Sudan Tribune yesterday that shows the sheer scale of looting of Sudan National Museum. There are artifacts that have survived every plague, invasion, and occupation for millennia and predate the birth of Christ that have not survived this war.
March 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
A video recorded by Sudan Tribune yesterday that shows the sheer scale of looting of Sudan National Museum. There are artifacts that have survived every plague, invasion, and occupation for millennia and predate the birth of Christ that have not survived this war.
In case anyone forgot: Nepali activists are perfectly capable of speaking for themselves—they don’t need a white prof to speak for them.
The @nhrcampaign.bsky.social spends great effort in highlighting the sacredness of these antiquities, yet when the gov't abuses and likely damages them for a photo op, the NHRC sees no issue. Is consistency too much to ask for? Thoughts @artcrimeprof.bsky.social?
April 4, 2025 at 3:45 AM
In case anyone forgot: Nepali activists are perfectly capable of speaking for themselves—they don’t need a white prof to speak for them.
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Nearly 400 books have been REMOVED from the U.S. Naval Academy’s library under an executive order targeting DEI. Erasing history and perspectives that reflect America’s diversity weakens the very future leaders they claim they are trying to strengthen!
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April 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Nearly 400 books have been REMOVED from the U.S. Naval Academy’s library under an executive order targeting DEI. Erasing history and perspectives that reflect America’s diversity weakens the very future leaders they claim they are trying to strengthen!
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Please don't cancel me for the controversial thing I'm about to say next...but I don't think President Harris would have crashed the global economy.
April 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Please don't cancel me for the controversial thing I'm about to say next...but I don't think President Harris would have crashed the global economy.
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Can Congress do anything on tariffs? After they buy on the dip, of course.
April 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Can Congress do anything on tariffs? After they buy on the dip, of course.
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This made me cry and it really should not have. It is a document of basic decency. Good for Tufts, may the other institutions grow a spine too.
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www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
University Declaration for Rümeysa Öztürk
University Declaration for Rümeysa ÖztürkApril 2, 2025Dear Tufts community,Please see below a declaration by Tufts University in support of a motion filed today by Rümeysa Öztürk’s legal team in Öztür...
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April 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This made me cry and it really should not have. It is a document of basic decency. Good for Tufts, may the other institutions grow a spine too.
www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
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Groups across the country have received letters notifying them that their grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities have been canceled, raising alarms about serious harm to museums, historical sites, and a wide range of community projects.
April 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Groups across the country have received letters notifying them that their grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities have been canceled, raising alarms about serious harm to museums, historical sites, and a wide range of community projects.
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i believe that the last election that matters in this country will be the 2026 midterms.
April 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
i believe that the last election that matters in this country will be the 2026 midterms.
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It’s not just policy—it’s a targeted dismantling of the cultural infrastructure we all rely on.
DOGE has just completely gutted the IMLS, firing all staff, closing down their email addresses, and leaving any funding for 2025 in question.
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bookriot.com/imls-gutted/
The Institute for Museum and Library Services Was Just Gutted
DOGE fired all IMLS employees and closed down their emails. It is assumed all funding for 2025 coming from the federal agency will not be happening.
bookriot.com
April 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
It’s not just policy—it’s a targeted dismantling of the cultural infrastructure we all rely on.
Getting conflicting guidance on whether or not to reply to the DOGE emails. Some say ignore them, others say respond. No one seems to know what’s safe anymore. This is what it feels like to work at the Smithsonian right now.
April 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Getting conflicting guidance on whether or not to reply to the DOGE emails. Some say ignore them, others say respond. No one seems to know what’s safe anymore. This is what it feels like to work at the Smithsonian right now.
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MORE: Libraries in several states have received letters which claim to cancel federal IMLS grants.
Congress MUST act to restore this funding. Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/04...
Use your voice - call Congress to protect & restore library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
Congress MUST act to restore this funding. Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/04...
Use your voice - call Congress to protect & restore library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
April 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
MORE: Libraries in several states have received letters which claim to cancel federal IMLS grants.
Congress MUST act to restore this funding. Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/04...
Use your voice - call Congress to protect & restore library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
Congress MUST act to restore this funding. Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/04...
Use your voice - call Congress to protect & restore library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries