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@srqt-trismegistus.bsky.social
· Feb 15
I'm a librarian and created this account to share missing LGBTQ+ cultural heritage content on nps.gov (and elsewhere if I find it). I'm not an expert in digital archives, just a concerned queer trying to document attempts to erase our history.
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IMLS Matters.
Read the stories (reload gets a new story).
imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
Tell your story.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
From @thomaspadilla.bsky.social at Author's Alliance.
#SaveIMLS
Read the stories (reload gets a new story).
imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
Tell your story.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
From @thomaspadilla.bsky.social at Author's Alliance.
#SaveIMLS
April 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
IMLS Matters.
Read the stories (reload gets a new story).
imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
Tell your story.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
From @thomaspadilla.bsky.social at Author's Alliance.
#SaveIMLS
Read the stories (reload gets a new story).
imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
Tell your story.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
From @thomaspadilla.bsky.social at Author's Alliance.
#SaveIMLS
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DOGE has just completely gutted the IMLS, firing all staff, closing down their email addresses, and leaving any funding for 2025 in question.
bookriot.com/imls-gutted/
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
March 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
DOGE has just completely gutted the IMLS, firing all staff, closing down their email addresses, and leaving any funding for 2025 in question.
bookriot.com/imls-gutted/
bookriot.com/imls-gutted/
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One thing to note about this Smithsonian executive order is that Trump can’t actually order the Smithsonian to do anything because the Smithsonian is not under the control of the executive. It’s a quasi-independent creature of Congress that is held in the public trust.
There is a level of nuance in this discussion that is probably not great for skeets, but…
I think there are two helpful analytical lenses with which to view the legal effect of executive orders:
The first is asking “for whom?” Understanding who an order binds and why is helpful.
I think there are two helpful analytical lenses with which to view the legal effect of executive orders:
The first is asking “for whom?” Understanding who an order binds and why is helpful.
i am going to put a finer point on this: executive orders are not laws. and they certainly are not royal decrees. they are interpretations of existing law for the purposes of enforcement. the fact that so many people are treating them as laws is actually driving me a bit insane.
March 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
One thing to note about this Smithsonian executive order is that Trump can’t actually order the Smithsonian to do anything because the Smithsonian is not under the control of the executive. It’s a quasi-independent creature of Congress that is held in the public trust.
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Trump is threatening Federal Funding for Libraries; learn more and take action at saveimls.org.
March 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Trump is threatening Federal Funding for Libraries; learn more and take action at saveimls.org.
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Confirmed DOGE is currently inside IMLS headquarters.
NEW — Keith Sonderling, Trump’s Deputy Secretary of Labor, has been named the Acting Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), an agency source tells me. He’ll arrive tomorrow at their office with DOGE and their security detail.
March 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Confirmed DOGE is currently inside IMLS headquarters.
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Trump is threatening Federal Funding for Libraries; learn more and take action at saveimls.org.
March 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Trump is threatening Federal Funding for Libraries; learn more and take action at saveimls.org.
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Fellow feds - if you’re being directed to destroy records, report it to the National Archives Office of Records Management Oversight and Reporting. www.archives.gov/records-mgmt...
Unauthorized Disposition of Federal Records
Federal agencies are required to "notify the Archivist of any actual, impending, or threatened unlawful removal, defacing, alteration, corruption, deletion, erasure, or other destruction of records in...
www.archives.gov
March 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Fellow feds - if you’re being directed to destroy records, report it to the National Archives Office of Records Management Oversight and Reporting. www.archives.gov/records-mgmt...
Appears that more pages have been taken down since I did my deep dive a couple weeks ago. The NPS website is used by a wide variety of history professionals as well as the general public; the impacts of this censorship will be felt. www.npr.org/2025/03/05/n...
NPS takes down web pages dedicated to transgender activists and LGBTQ history
This is part of an ongoing move by the federal government to remove and alter National Park Service webpages related to LGBTQ history.
www.npr.org
March 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Appears that more pages have been taken down since I did my deep dive a couple weeks ago. The NPS website is used by a wide variety of history professionals as well as the general public; the impacts of this censorship will be felt. www.npr.org/2025/03/05/n...
This is fantastic - @madycast.com is developing a bot to automate the discovery of LGBTQ+ censorship on federal websites.
Hi! This account will post links to webpages that are detected to have been censored of LGBTQ+ content.
The bot is currently under development, but please follow us for updates!
Maintained by @madycast.com
The bot is currently under development, but please follow us for updates!
Maintained by @madycast.com
February 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This is fantastic - @madycast.com is developing a bot to automate the discovery of LGBTQ+ censorship on federal websites.
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1. NEW: Not Just Stonewall:
LGBTQ+ history webpages, mental health hotlines, and resources for the victims of CSAM and hate crimes are among the thousands of censored webpages identified by a custom tool I developed.
I hope to document all .gov LGBTQ+ erasure.
www.madycast.com/p/not-just-s...
LGBTQ+ history webpages, mental health hotlines, and resources for the victims of CSAM and hate crimes are among the thousands of censored webpages identified by a custom tool I developed.
I hope to document all .gov LGBTQ+ erasure.
www.madycast.com/p/not-just-s...
Not Just Stonewall: Analysis Shows Thousands of Webpages Documenting LGBTQ+ History, Healthcare, and Safety Have Been Censored
LGBTQ+ history webpages, mental health hotlines, and resources for the victims of CSAM and hate crimes are among the thousands of censored webpages identified by my custom tool.
www.madycast.com
February 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
1. NEW: Not Just Stonewall:
LGBTQ+ history webpages, mental health hotlines, and resources for the victims of CSAM and hate crimes are among the thousands of censored webpages identified by a custom tool I developed.
I hope to document all .gov LGBTQ+ erasure.
www.madycast.com/p/not-just-s...
LGBTQ+ history webpages, mental health hotlines, and resources for the victims of CSAM and hate crimes are among the thousands of censored webpages identified by a custom tool I developed.
I hope to document all .gov LGBTQ+ erasure.
www.madycast.com/p/not-just-s...
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The acting head of the National Achives is stepping down, a week after his boss was fired, as Trump takes full control of US records. What could go wrong? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
National Archives head resigns as Trump takes control of records
Sources name conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt and far-right journalist John Solomon as potential replacements.
www.motherjones.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The acting head of the National Achives is stepping down, a week after his boss was fired, as Trump takes full control of US records. What could go wrong? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a librarian and created this account to share missing LGBTQ+ cultural heritage content on nps.gov (and elsewhere if I find it). I'm not an expert in digital archives, just a concerned queer trying to document attempts to erase our history.
February 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I'm a librarian and created this account to share missing LGBTQ+ cultural heritage content on nps.gov (and elsewhere if I find it). I'm not an expert in digital archives, just a concerned queer trying to document attempts to erase our history.
The Stonewall National Memorial page is not the only LGBTQ+ content on the National Park Service website impacted by censorship.
The following pages have gone missing since January 20, 2025. Some (many?) were still live as recently as yesterday (February 13). 🧵
The following pages have gone missing since January 20, 2025. Some (many?) were still live as recently as yesterday (February 13). 🧵
February 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The Stonewall National Memorial page is not the only LGBTQ+ content on the National Park Service website impacted by censorship.
The following pages have gone missing since January 20, 2025. Some (many?) were still live as recently as yesterday (February 13). 🧵
The following pages have gone missing since January 20, 2025. Some (many?) were still live as recently as yesterday (February 13). 🧵