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According to the Standard, the nonprofit was halfway through an NEH grant of $345,000 when its funding was abruptly cut.

It's an especially important initiative, considering the organization was busy archiving websites targeted by the Trump administration.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

none of what trump administration did so far has affected me mentally until this very moment.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 4 days ago

They don't want you to remember what was erased. They don't want you to remember who erased it.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago

Fascists gonna fascist.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 days ago

Because of course they did.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

I know narcissista and sociopaths rarely off themselves. But I wish we could all collectively bully this guy so badly that he loses his mind.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I was thinking about all the DOGE cuts recently and made me wonder: have they hit USPTO?

I suspect that if Elon hit this, he'd likely get kicked in the nuts from all the businesses that rely on it to protect their profits.