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A White House report brands the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution -- especially at the National Museum of American History -- as radical activists who cannot be trusted,
indicating that Trump may be preparing to install his own team of MAGA yes-men
The report released late on Independence Day by the White House Domestic Policy Council
comes in the midst of Trump’s aggressive campaign to overhaul some of Washington’s most sacred cultural and historic institutions.

Trump report slams Smithsonian leaders as activists who can't be trusted
A White House report brands the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution, especially at the National Museum of American History, as radical activists who cannot be trusted. The report could indicated that President Donald Trump may be preparing to install his own team. The report by the White House Domestic Policy Council comes out at a time when Trump is undertaking an aggressive campaign to overhaul some of Washington’s most sacred cultural and historic institutions. In March, he revealed …

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116700754648719001
I got a lot of “but it’s business people making programmers do this”, implying that software engineers want to be ethical but can’t.
That’s the software engineers who just stole the term “engineer” from another profession that has very strict certification requirements including mandatory ethics classes.

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116709409266165609
It’s not quite true about using the same algorithms — I don’t think LLMs generally use 2D convolution layers, for example — but the larger insight here is rather profound.

If you think replies and boosts are few and far between on Mastodon, wait until (improved) client support to make and show quote posts.
#Mastodon #quotePosts #socialmedia

Ich habe Katja Hoyers Bücher sehr genossen. Hier sieht man sie aktuell im Gespräch zum neuen Buch über die Weimarer Zwischenkriegszeit. #büchernase #lesen #history

This is a #DetectiveDotson #PointAndClickGame appreciation post:
I find the combination of slightly grainy photos and pixel art fascinating. It’s particularly compelling when it’s vistas & river/road perspectives.
Initially, it did feel a little like a fever dream - while the controls are sensible, some are unusual & the cultural context is also unfamiliar to me.
I really enjoyed the constant bargaining & trading. There are options to ignore bargaining & ways to find substitutes for most expensive items. Bargaining makes a really cool minigame. I've not beaten the cricket or dancing mini games yet! They do feel very appropriate, tho. I *loved* the hidden object games & the variety of minigame options for making money.
I also valued the way the stories are interlinked and the way the investigation/clue board works. I hope there is a chapter 2!

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !
You know the drill by now. I don't like talking about Black history. Americans know Black history.
I want to talk about white American history. In other words, racism, and the erasure of both positive achievements of, and injustices suffered by, non-white people.
That's what people don't know.
Try this: Ask your white US friends wha…

mekka okereke :verified: (@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)
Attached: 1 image Happy #BlackHistoryMonth ! You know the drill by now. I don't like talking about Black history. Americans know Black history. I want to talk about white American history. In other words, racism, and the erasure of both positive achievements of, and injustices suffered by, non-white people. That's what people don't know. Try this: Ask your white US friends what the statue of liberty celebrates. Now ask your Black friends. Or French folk of any color. 1/N #BlackMastodon

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116706024941055452
“Corollary 1 (AoE II is Turing-Complete). Let I be an instance of AoE II with two players p0,p1. Assume p0 has two markets, a town centre, a trade cart, six villagers, and five farms; while p1 has a scout unit and only attacks p0’s buildings. Then if I has no time or size limits and the terrain allows for buildings everywhere, the game session in I is Turing-complete.”

Europe is about to experience a rare sunset eclipse
—and Santa Barbara is ready to watch on the big screen. 
At 11:29 AM Pacific time on August 12, the Moon will completely cover the Sun for viewers in parts of Northern Europe,
just minutes from their local sunset time.
The confluence of a solar eclipse with sunset is expected to be particularly stunning.
Courtesy of the Exploratorium,
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History will project a live video feed…

Solar Eclipse Livestream Watch Party | Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
SB Museum features exhibit halls focusing on regional natural history (birds, insects, mammals, marine life, paleontology), Native Americans, and antique natural history art. In addition there is a life-size Blue Whale skeleton #naturallydifferent

This is fantastic stuff