Hacker News with Generative AI: Smithsonian Institution

Executive order slams Smithsonian for recognizing race is not biological reality (arstechnica.com)
On Thursday, the Trump administration issued an executive order that took aim at one of the US's foremost cultural and scientific institutions: the Smithsonian.
Politics, Science, Smithsonian Institution
10 points by rntn 29 days ago | 3 comments
Trump orders 'ideological' cleanup of Smithsonian museums (elpais.com)
U.S. President Donald Trump has made good on his threat to intervene in the museums of the Smithsonian network in Washington, and even the capital’s zoo.
Politics, Smithsonian Institution, Museums, Culture, United States
14 points by geox 29 days ago | 1 comments
Half-Life (filfre.net)
Around twenty years ago, people would have laughed if you told them that videogames would end up at the Smithsonian, but the Half-Life team really did want to make games that were more than just throwaway toys.
Video Games, History, Smithsonian Institution
547 points by dmazin 62 days ago | 231 comments