James Steward
artfuljcs.bsky.social
James Steward
@artfuljcs.bsky.social
Museum director. Art historian. Traveler. Dog owner. Gardener. Global citizen. Anti-fascist.
A Storied Art Collection at Princeton Gets a New Home www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/a...
A Storied Art Collection at Princeton Gets a New Home
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October 17, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Says He Is Removing Lisa Cook From Federal Reserve Board www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08... To call this legally dubious is an understatement!
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Removes Lisa Cook From Federal Reserve Board
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August 26, 2025 at 12:41 AM
As Trump Targets the Smithsonian, Museums Across the U.S. Feel a Chill www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/a...
As Trump Targets the Smithsonian, Museums Across the U.S. Feel a Chill
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August 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Criticism of Trump will not be tolerated. Thus pre canceling Colbert. Be afraid.

F.C.C. Approves Skydance’s Merger With Paramount www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/b...
F.C.C. Approves Skydance’s Merger With Paramount
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July 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Protest time.
June 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I joined here to have a Meta alternative. I’ve only been here a week, but today EVERY SINGLE POST in my feed is political. By all means resist, post, inform. But I can’t live in that headspace 24/7. Leaven the fear/rage with humanity or humor—one story of kindness, one sweet pet moment. I’ll start.
January 31, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Reposted by James Steward
This purge is bone-chilling and unprecedented. It’s straight out of the authoritarian’s playbook. Inspectors General are a vital, independent check on misconduct and abuse within the executive branch. Trump is ousting them so he can break the law with zero oversight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
Trump Fires 17 Inspectors General in Late-Night Purge
The internal government watchdogs were believed to have been dismissed at several major agencies, though the Justice Department’s was not said to have been among them.
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January 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Reposted by James Steward
Don't worry. Raw milk will fix it. Also, we're closing your borders. www.cjonline.com/story/news/p...
Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in recorded history
Kansas public health officials say the state's ongoing tuberculosis outbreak is the largest since the CDC started reporting TB cases in the 1950s.
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January 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
A few days of wandering in the Dordogne, the Charente, and the Lot in January with beautifully empty medieval streets.
January 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM