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The Minnesota US attorney’s office is in turmoil over the White House’s attempts to blame Renee Good for being murdered, with at least six federal prosecutors resigning. / NBC News
See also: “You think you’re watching an ICE agent murder an innocent woman,” but what you’re watching isn’t what you’re really watching. / McSweeney’s
Related: “Vance is the sort of politician who sees the death of a civilian and immediately thinks about how to score points with anime Nazis.” / Defector
Minneapolis residents describe chilling run-ins with ICE agents following the murder of Nicole Good. / MPR News
See also: “It’s increasingly clear that these ICE dipshits are terrified of the constant pushback they’re getting as they attempt to terrorize our neighbors.” Blessed are the whistleblowers. / Words About Work
The Smithsonian has submitted a trove of documents to the Trump administration for content review, in hopes of keeping its funding intact. / The Washington Post [$]
Around half of US museums still haven’t fully returned to pre-pandemic attendance levels; now, Trump’s cuts make their futures that much more uncertain. / The Guardian
See also: American book publishers, responding to book bans and the political climate, are increasingly passing on books by and about LGBTQ+ people. / LGBTQ Nation
In December, HHS quietly released tens of millions in funding to Planned Parenthood and other health clinics, ending an ACLU lawsuit. / Politico
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For some Iranians, it reportedly feels impossible “to change the system from within.” / Persuasion
“How do we come to see ourselves as part of greater scales of change?” On aging, the Doomsday Clock, and scalar mismatch. / Longreads
The new Gourmet magazine—brought back from the dead by a group of savvy food enthusiasts—launches with a feature on Gavin Newsom’s Napa wine empire. / Gourmet
Liz Pelly on what comes after Spotify, and why we should ignore a world that tells us there are no alternatives. / Hearing Things
Bandcamp has now officially banned music created “wholly or in substantial part” by generative AI. / Reddit
Wildlife officials’ attempts to capture a group of escaped monkeys in St. Louis has been complicated by people using generative AI in bogus reports of the animals’ whereabouts. / Futurism
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