#Smithsonian

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I get tumblr is the Fandom site, and will activate for ao3, but it's So Much More than that

HR 9495 is going back up for voting. All non-profit orgs are in danger.

The Committee on Rules is meeting at 1600 EST on 18 Nov 2024. The agenda includes HR 9495.

If this bill passes, the Secretary of the Treasury would have the power to strip any non-profit group of it's tax-exempt status with no due process.

If you are part of the fandom community and you are in America, please contact your reps and ask them to vote NO on HR 9495.

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Walnut the Crane dead at 42

White-naped Crane Walnut and her keeper/husband, Chris Crowe, in 2021. (Photo: Roshan Patel via NZCBI)

Internet sensation Walnut the Crane became ill on January 2, 2024 and passed away at age 42 at her home at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) campus in Front Royal, VA. A necropsy revealed the cause of death to be renal failure. Walnut far outlived the average life expectancy for White-naped Cranes in captivity, which is 15 years. She leaves behind her husband, zookeeper Chris Crowe, with whom she had 8 offspring, including two housed at the NZCBI: daughter Brenda, age 18, and a granddaughter, age 1.

“Walnut was a unique individual with a vivacious personality,” Crowe said. “She was always confident in expressing herself, an eager and excellent dancer, and stoic in the face of life’s challenges. I’ll always be grateful for her bond with me. Walnut’s extraordinary story has helped bring attention to her vulnerable species’ plight.” (x)

White-naped Cranes are native to Mongolia, northeast China and southeast Russia, wintering in the Korean DMZ, Japan, and China. Habitat loss to agriculture, development, and ongoing droughts are factors in their decline, leaving them classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN. Walnut was an important contributor to efforts to restore the species.

Edit: for those unaware, I refer to the zookeeper as her husband because Walnut was imprinted on humans, meaning she considered him her mate and performed displays and courtship for him. As a zookeeper he was responsible for artificially inseminating the bird. This and more was the source of her viral fame.

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The Smithsonian has made over 4,000,000 images in its archive open source.

An example:

Fishing Cat, Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Photo by Mehgan Murphy.

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Is the Smithsonian hiding the truth about the Grand Canyon? 🤔

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What's up MASHblr I went to the National Museum of American History last week and they had the signpost on display and I was sooo normal about it I swear

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Day 922 of posting pictures of elephants.

Source: Soma Owen

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Kyoto ware incense box in the shape of a crouching rabbit by Japanese potter Nonomura Ninsei, created during the Edo period (mid-17th century).

Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art · Freer Gallery of Art

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Smithsonian

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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC

photo: David Castenson

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Edit after Frederic Edwin Church (Sunset, Hudson, New York) (Smithsonian) (Ed. Lic.: CC BY-NC 3.0)

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Early 1969 Blue faded Cookie Monster model

This puppet is the original Cookie Monster puppet created in 1969 for Sesame Street. He is able to feed himself because his hands are simply gloves for the performer’s hands, and he has a hole in his mouth that runs down the performer’s sleeve. The cookies that are eaten by Cookie Monster are rice crackers that are made to look like cookies because the oils from actual cookies would damage the puppet.

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This original Uhura uniform is part of the Afrofuturism exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture. The item on the left is the flight suit Trayvon Martin wore when he attended a program called Experience Aviation.

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Todd Hido, #10552-c, 2011

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Fortresses Under Fire🎨 Keith Ferris🖌️ Thunderbirds🛩️

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Edit after Jean Mariette (Flowers) (3) (Smithsonian) (Ed. Lic.: CC BY-NC 3.0)

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Bell X-1 'Glamorous Glennis' at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC