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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/climate/trump-national-park-service-history-changes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YU8.7cjA.Wof8PF3e0RLq&smid=nytcore-android-share

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Do the following National Park placards need editing of any kind or do you find them historically accurate.

This is the text inset in image 3:

“The artwork depicts George Washington’s hands in the foreground; one with the Fugitive Slave Act, the other with a quill signing the Act, in the background a posse of white men are depicted with clubs and guns shooting at four black men (one who has been shot in the head) presumably. "

In an executive order in March, the president instructed the Park Service to review plaques, films and other materials presented to visitors at 433 sites around the country, with the aim of ensuring they emphasize the “progress of the American people” and the “grandeur of the American landscape.”

Employees had until last week to flag materials that could be changed or deleted, and the Trump administration said it would remove all “inappropriate” content by Sept. 17, according to the internal agency documents. The public also has been asked to submit potential changes.

In response, a coalition of librarians, historians and others organized through the University of Minnesota has launched a campaign called “Save Our Signs.” It is asking the public to take photos of existing content at national parks and upload it. The group is using those images to build a public archive before any materials may be altered. So far, it has more than 800 submissions.

The directive led by Trump to promote a more positive view of the nation’s history. In his executive order, the president also took aim at the Smithsonian Institution, claiming that it had promoted “narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive.”

Another day another 3 tech problems to deal with. While trying to sign into Outlook I kept getting the message "we can't sign you in right now, please try again later". but I needed to clear my cookies instead, why have a message saying "please try again later"? I've been trying again for 2 days and that would have gone on forever. the message should have said delete your cookies. not only is microsoft making more unstable software it's error messages are also misleading.

Some other good example are:-

having to entering your address 50 different ways so an online form will recognize you address as valid one.

Ringing mazda because the Vin you entered on a form was invalid. Then the man on the phone verified that in fact it was valid.

Also I hate robots that force you select from 20 different checkbox reasons for ringing none of which have anything to do with your actual reason.

I could go on and on really but I read somewhere that the average person spends more then 200 hours a year fixing these sorts of things. So if my math is correct 8.61 billion people x 200 annual hours each = 1.722 trillon global man hours each and every year and the number keeps growing. I think raising the bar for software engineers has become a better cause then curing cancer.

For instance, most Hollywood actors/actresses seem very well-composed and behaved during public interviews, most don't show even any slight signs autism to me, and don't seem to get nervous at all it appears

Compared to me... people always think I look autistic, nervous, and non-social when I interact with others IRL... People often notice my hands/fingers shaking when they talk with me