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  1. Join us LIVE tomorrow, May 15 at 11am CET with Abroad & Informed! Streaming live on Substack, Youtube, and Facebook. Looking forward to some great conversation with our special guests this week. See you then!

    #democratsabroad #votefromabroad #abroadandinformed #gerrymandering #america250

  2. From Karen Elizabeth Park's "Ex Voto" newsletter comes a story both entirely believable and incredible about the Freedom250.org website (which seems coordinated with, but not hosted by, the Trump federal government): it uses fake quotes from fake people, apparently generated with #AI.

    And bonus: although all major founding-era figures OF COURSE had their portraits painted, many several times, the site uses #AISlop for its founders' gallery.

    Plus warmed-over nineteenth-century mythmaking masquerading as #history. What's not to hate?

    "Freedom 250 is not only a slanted Hillsdale College account of history. It involves fake Americans spouting fake American dream stories in an attempt to digitally construct a coherent Christian Nationalist America. At Freedom250, AI-generated founders meet name-generated fake American citizens, all of them spouting the same false narratives about the US."

    karenelizabethpark.substack.co

    #Freedom250 #ChristianNationalism #GenAI
    #America250 #histodons

  3. RT by @EUintheUS: What an incredible Europe Day! Nearly 3,000 visitors explored our historic Embassy, learned about Lithuanian traces in the United States for #America250, enjoyed traditional dances and songs, savored Lithuanian delicacies, and celebrated with us. Thank you & see you next year! 🇱🇹
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    nitter.net/LTembassyUS/status/

  4. DAE think the "250th anniversary of America" has been godawful? My mom told me all her vivid memories of the bicentennial in 1976 and from that plus the pictures I've seen, it seems like a bygone utopia compared to whatever the hell we're doing this year.

    #US #USpolitics #society #America250 #thoughts #history #culture

  5. Google Blog: Celebrating America’s 250th on Google Arts & Culture. “As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, we are announcing a unique collaboration between the White House Task Force 250, the National Archives, the National Park Service and Google Arts & Culture…. With the launch of Making of the Nation – America at 250, we are surfacing the archives of our […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/05/google-blog-celebrating-americas-250th-on-google-arts-culture/
  6. How can one celebrate the 250th birthday of a country that perpetually disappoints?

    #America250

  7. Since returning to office, Donald Trump has aggressively plastered his name, likeness and signature across a series of US government buildings and documents. In the latest on this list, the US State Department announced that to mark the USA’s 250th birthday, it was unveiling a limited-edition “patriot passport” featuring Trump’s portrait. Vedika Bahl goes through what we know in Truth or Fake.
    #Trump #America250 #passport

    youtube.com/watch?v=MDwXuM0O3iQ

  8. Can someone explain to him that it's not *his* 250th birthday? Why can't we have anything that celebrates our nation without his face or signature on it?

    bbc.com/news/articles/cr5pn1ng

    #USPol #Trump #America250

  9. Big Boy 4014 continuing its journey after a quick stop in Ostrom to let a freight train by.

    #America250 #Railroad #UnionPacific #BigBoy #UP4014 #Photography #railfanning @cityofroseville #travel #Train #SteamTrain #SteamLocomotive @uprr

    April 20, 2026 at 09:56PM

    via Instagram instagr.am/p/DXYY8nbn3ef/

  10. A lot of steam for....BigBoy train disappearing in the steam clouds of the locomotive while leaving Roseville.

    #America250 #Railroad #UnionPacific #BigBoy #UP4014 #Photography #railfanning @cityofroseville #travel #Train #SteamTrain #SteamLocomotive @uprr #up

    April 16, 2026 at 08:20AM

    via Instagram instagr.am/p/DXMoYK5GvNP/