The Common Curator

Daniel Smith is the Common Curator.

[The Intercept @theintercept]

George W. Bush is building a memorial to the war on terror. He wants your feedback. https://t.co/vddLBQ2Kwg by @Schwarz https://t.co/vddLBQ2Kwg

[Xiye Bastida @xiyebastida]

NYC 3 months apart. The climate crisis will manifest in hundreds of ways and we need to be ready

[Smithsonian @smithsonian]

In the event of a government shutdown on Oct. 1, Smithsonian museums, research centers and the National Zoo will remain OPEN through at least Oct. 7.

The Smithsonian can use prior-year funds still available to us to remain open. Visit https://t.co/dTRIrmpUDJ for updates.

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

NOTICE: In the event of a temporary shutdown of the federal government effective 12:01 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 1, all Library of Congress buildings will be CLOSED to the public & researchers. Public events will be cancelled. Read more: https://t.co/ABmBCC6btx

[Nature Portfolio @NaturePortfolio]

A paper in @Nature describes a highly accurate deep-learning approach for designing novel proteins. The method enables the generation of diverse functional proteins, including structural topologies that have never been seen in natural proteins. https://t.co/gyoqhjyUB8

[USGS @USGS]

At least 45% of the nation’s tap water could have one or more types of the chemicals known as #PFAS, according to a new USGS study. This study is the first to analyze PFAS in tap water from both private and public supplies broadly throughout the US. #water https://t.co/S2WteG9R26

[Undark Magazine @undarkmag]

The loss of specimens, even less popular ones like centipedes, is a setback for science. Holotypes, which define entire species, are especially valuable and hard to replace. https://t.co/X6mQnEsMR0

[U.S. National Archives @USNatArchives]

July 12, 2023, marks 50 years since the disastrous 1973 fire at the Military Personnel Records Center in St. Louis that destroyed millions of military personnel records. To commemorate the occasion, we are featuring a three-part series on its aftermath.

https://t.co/mhwq48xot8

[British Library @britishlibrary]

'I love my work. I love working with my hands. When I see damage to a book, it's like the book needs a doctor – and I'm that doctor.'

Bringing books back to life – that's the magic that Roger works as one of the incredibly talented conservators in our @BL_CollCare team 📚

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: In the years after the undisclosed trip to Alaska, Republican megadonor Paul Singer’s hedge fund has repeatedly had business before the Supreme Court. Alito has never recused himself. https://t.co/lIc4oQcTNQ

[Scientific American @sciam]

Formerly “adjacent” wetlands in more than half of all states may be dredged or filled now that their federal protections have been stripped | Analysis https://t.co/8czdENTopO

[The Nib ✒️ @thenib]

After ten years of publishing, The Nib is going to close down this summer. The new issue of our magazine, the Future issue, will be our last. Read the full statement from our editor here: https://t.co/NOuW1Bgg7T

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

What remote learning looked like in 1958 & 1959, when Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus closed high schools in Little Rock to prevent integration. Students learned via televised lessons that year.

Images from the Library's U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection.

[Jimmy Wales @jimmy_wales]

What Wikipedia did: we stood strong for our principles and fought to the Supreme Court of Turkey and won. This is what it means to treat freedom of expression as a principle rather than a slogan.

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

"So what is motivating these publishers in their desire to strike at the Archive, if not money? One can only guess, but a clue may lie in the recently updated versions of works by writers like Ian Fleming, Agatha Christie, Roald Dahl and P.G. Wodehouse." https://t.co/i2jQptqjiu

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

From the 1890s, publishers have tried to obstruct libraries from fulfilling their mission. @KyleKCourtney & @jziskina document their tactics, from challenges to lending, interlibrary loan, copy machines & now #CDL. Courts & Congress created paths forward.
https://t.co/OuX5EflhQm

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said. https://t.co/mU9pb9G9t2

[NASA @NASA]

Meet the woman behind early @NASA_Landsat images: Dr. Valerie L. Thomas.

A self-taught programmer, she managed the development of Landsat image processing. Her work in the '70s helped show that satellite imagery could be used to support agriculture. https://t.co/qgIAYqnXEM #BHM

[Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN]

The pentagon bill now totals $857B, $55B more than the President requested.

It’s more than we spend on transportation, veterans, education, justice, int'l affairs, the environment, housing, science, space, job training, and employment COMBINED.

I will be voting NO.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

You ready for a really radical idea? Firing a worker because they’re sick and can’t come to work. That’s radical. What’s not radical is guaranteeing 7 paid sick days to all rail workers in America. Let’s get it done.