Scott Van Keuren

And this little clip, lol:

Metropolitan Museum Acquires Another Vase

Metropolitan Museum Acquires Another Vase https://theonion.com/metropolitan-museum-acquires-another-vase-1830499658/

The Hidden History of Native American Enslavement Indigenous slavery, which lasted for centuries, has gone by many names. A new public history project wants us to see it for what it was.

An important historical intervention, and a strong argument for the necessity and strength of public history:

www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...

That's great stuff--why have I never heard of them? Very Vermont-ish.

This quote about horses must be from a @theonion.com piece, right?

How White Elites Drained Ancient Art of Its Color The publication of “Chroma” represents an important shift by museums toward recognizing polychromy and its entanglement with white supremacy.

@sarahebond.bsky.social reviewed a new book about The Met’s 2022 polychromy exhibition that highlights the foremost scholars studying polychromy today. It marks an important shift by museums toward recognizing polychromy and its entanglement with white supremacy.

The Trump Administration Keeps Taking Down NPS Signs. Here Are the Ones Removed or Flagged So Far. In March 2025, President Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to review how American history is portrayed at National Park Service sites. Here is the most comprehensive list yet ...

www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...

Trump administration is erasing history and science at national parks, lawsuit argues Conservation and historical organizations sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over National Park Service policies that the groups say erase history and science from America's national parks.

www.npr.org/2026/02/18/n...

WTF??

Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump Former Institute of Museum and Library Services leaders from both political parties expressed concern that the new funding guidelines could encourage a more constrained or distorted view of American h...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services’ grant application process has taken a political turn under Trump.

“It’s clear the administration wants a whitewashed story,” said a Republican who led the agency from 2019 to 2024. “And that’s wrong.”

The Washington Post may have gutted its newsroom for no reason, but if you want highbrow versions of three-day-old Fox News monologues, you can still get it.

What part of this is against the law?

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Who Are Museums Really For? And Can We Change Our Minds? The film Binnigula’sa’ (Ancient Zapotec People) asks the questions: Who are the rightful custodians of artifacts, and what is the responsibility of museums to local communities?

Who are the rightful #custodians of artifacts, and what is the responsibility of museums to local #communities?

The film "Binnigula’sa’ (Ancient #Zapotec People)" asks pressing questions:

🏺🎬 hyperallergic.com/jorge-angel-... by @hrag.bsky.social for @hyperallergic.com

Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest Dispiriting, deadly and unrevealing – there is a decent documentary to be made about the former model from Slovenia, but this one is unredeemable

OUCH: "... an elaborate piece of designer taxidermy, horribly overpriced and ice-cold to the touch and proffered like a medieval tribute to placate the greedy king on his throne."
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...

An EPA proposal would make it harder for tribes to protect their water - High Country News The agency’s plan would narrow water quality reviews and eliminate one of the few ways that tribes can their enforce treaty rights.

www.hcn.org/articles/an-...

Shattered dreams morph into triumph at Vancouver's Museum of Personal Failure | CBC News The Museum of Personal Failure, curated by Burnaby resident Eyvan Collins, showcases artifacts of failure including a wedding dress from a failed marriage, non-working knives and a can of spilled pain...

I've got a few objects to contribute to this museum: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“Please Don’t Transfer Day” lol.

Easter Island and the Allure of “Lost Civilizations” Why Western writers have shrouded the history of Rapa Nui in myth and mystery.

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... 🏺🗿

National park signs related to Native Americans, climate change to be removed Among the national parks targeted in the new removal orders are some of the country’s most iconic: Grand Canyon, Glacier, Big Bend and Zion.

“National park signs related to Native Americans, climate change to be removed” www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Would love to know more about the artists who illustrated the figure that goes with your writeup.

We used car hoods from the junkyard. High risk, high reward.

The evil eye of Sauron will now turn our way. #vermont

This is a good article about how pseudoarchaeological & pseudohistorical content can soften & spread extremist viewpoints. Extremists know how to weaponize & exploit this point:
"Even if a viewer doesn’t understand the underlying ideology, the memes can lead to more, and more overt, neo-Nazi dreck."

Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers.

Stereolab
Neko Case
Laurie Anderson
St Vincent
Sharon Van Etten

Rescheduled my weekend house burping.

So I guess taking a picture of ICE in action will now get you on the federal list of domestic terrorists.

That's an odd illustration, has the typical tropes (women/children backgrounded, caveman outfits). Also, is that pottery? WTF?

LOL, even worse than "Snow Day Schedule":

The Grand Canyon and Meteor Crater have a surprising link - High Country News Mysterious driftwood high in Grand Canyon caves hints at the legacy of Arizona's iconic impact crater.

www.hcn.org/issues/58-1/...