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DC Department of Parks and Recreation installed a new plaque at T Street Park memorializing William Dorsey Swann, a formerly enslaved DC resident who was one of the country’s earliest advocates for LGBTQ rights.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the…

The First Self-Proclaimed Drag Queen Was a Formerly Enslaved Man
In the late 19th century, William Dorsey Swann's private parties attracted unwelcome attention from authorities and the press

Chandra/HETG and NuSTAR Observations of V750 Ara, a $\gamma\,$Cas-type Star
David P. Huenemoerder (MIT), Sean J. Gunderson (MIT), Richard Ignace (East Tennessee State University), Joy S. Nichols (Harvard,Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), A. M. T. Pollock (University of Sheffield), Pragati Pradhan (Embry-Riddle Aeronutical University), Norbert S. Schulz (MIT), Dustin K. Swarm (University of Iowa), Jos\'e M. Torrej\'on (Universidad de Alicante)

Chandra/HETG and NuSTAR Observations of V750 Ara, a $γ\,$Cas-type Star
We present 197 ks HETG and 95 ks NuSTAR spectra of the $γ\,$Cas-type object V750 Ara. The high-resolution X-ray spectra show that the target is similar to other objects of this class. Data are interpreted under the assumption that the X-rays come from an accreting white dwarf, and our analysis implies an accretion rate of about $3\times10^{-11}M_\odot\mathrm{yr}^{-1}$. Emission lines are weak, and predominantly from hydrogen-like ions: Mg XII, Si XIV, and S XVI. H-like and He-like Fe are both …

Smithsonian Responds to Trump's Demand for a Review of Its Exhibits (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/arts/design/smithsonian-bunch-trump.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250903/p187#a250903p187

damn cormac macarthy really romanticized being a cowboy so hard he eventually accidentally shot himself in the leg tryna quick draw
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/two-years-cormac-mcca…

White House lists 20 objectionable Smithsonian exhibits, artworks (Ashleigh Fields/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5465414-trump-administration-smithsonian-shakeup-exhibits/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250822/p65#a250822p65

Trump's Smithsonian review is long overdue (Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/3760381/trump-smithsonian-review-is-long-overdue/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250820/p49#a250820p49

Trump escalates attacks against Smithsonian museums, says there's too much focus on 'how bad slavery was' (CNN)
https://cnn.com/2025/08/19/politics/trump-slavery-museum-smithsonian
http://www.memeorandum.com/250819/p110#a250819p110