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Elise Gravel @elisegravel.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Par Assignée Garçon BD (sur FB), explication en français du mot "Groyper"

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

“The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.” www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Washington Post story: For years, a National Park Service webpage introduced the Underground Railroad with a large photograph of its most famous "conductor," Harriet Tubman. "The Underground Railroad - the resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, through the end of the Civil War — refers to the efforts of enslaved African Americans to gain their freedom by escaping bondage," the page began.
Tubman's photograph is now gone. In its place are images of Postal Service stamps that highlight “Black/White cooperation" in the secret network and that feature Tubman among abolitionists of both races.
The introductory sentence is gone, too. It has been replaced by a line that makes no mention of slavery and that describes the Underground Railroad as "one of the most significant expressions of the American civil rights movement." The effort "bridged the divides of race," the page now says.

The executive order that President Donald Trump issued late last month directing the Smithsonian Institution to eliminate "divisive narratives" stirred fears that the president aimed to whitewash the stories the nation tells about itself.
But a Washington Post review of websites operated by the National Park Service - among the key agencies charged with the preservation of American history - found that edits on dozens of pages since Trump's inauguration have already softened descriptions of some of the most shameful moments of the nation's past.
Some were edited to remove references to slavery. On other pages, statements on the historic struggle of Black Americans for their rights were cut or softened, as were references to present-day echoes of racial division. The Post compared webpages as of late March to earlier versions preserved online by the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.
Changes in images, descriptions and even individual words have subtly reshaped the meaning of notable moments and key figures

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Guillaume Fortier @barbaredunord.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

L'historien @timothysnyder.bsky.social nous a bien avertis de l'importance de ne pas obéir à l'avance afin de prévenir l'avancée de la tyrannie. Or, c'est ce qu'a fait l'université NYU en annulant la conférence de la Dre Johanne Liu afin de ne faire réagir Trump. www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idee...

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Ma présentation a été annulée par l’Université de New York

Mon «alma mater» a préféré jouer de surobéissance préventive pour ne pas froisser le gouvernement Trump.

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Guillaume Fortier @barbaredunord.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Historian @timothysnyder.bsky.social warned us of the importance of not obeying in advance. Seems like NYU did not read "On Tyranny" and chose to cancel Dr Johanne Liu's conference to protect themselves from a possible Trump retaliation. (Link in French) www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idee...

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Ma présentation a été annulée par l’Université de New York

Mon «alma mater» a préféré jouer de surobéissance préventive pour ne pas froisser le gouvernement Trump.

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

There’s always a tweet

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 06/03/2025

The thing about being a nerd is that my brain is programmed to find historical parallels, but if I let it do that, I will become a nervous wreck.

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