lots of reporters suddenly worried about slipping into communism but strangely f*cking quiet about slipping into fascism
What’s the difference between a gov controlling an algorithm, silently eliminating reach for things it doesn’t like, vs the same gov using its power, to demand that the platform remove the things it doesn’t like.? In China they are overt. With TikTok in the US, they control silently
After the inauguration Trump will be signing a flurry of EOs in front of a live audience. Even the Nazis would be impressed with this stagecraft.
So are we going to start having a conversation about what may be about to happen to resourcing for USA libraries, archives, and museums, if the federal cuts go ahead...? And which ones are obviously most likely to be targeted? and what we can do in advance of January to support? data lifeboats?