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   Chuck Darwin (cdarwin@c.im)'s status on Thursday, 01-Jan-2026 08:44:51 JST Chuck Darwin

   The Trump administration is closing NASA’s largest research library on Friday,
   a facility that houses tens of thousands of books, documents and journals
   — many of them not digitized or available anywhere else.

   Jacob Richmond,
   a NASA spokesman, said the agency would review the library holdings over the next 60 days
   and some material would be stored in a government warehouse
   while the rest would be tossed away.

   “This process is an established method that is used by federal agencies to properly dispose of federally owned property,”
   Mr. Richmond said.

   The shutdown of the library at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.,
   is part of a larger reorganization under the Trump administration
   that includes the closure of 13 buildings
   and more than 100 science and engineering laboratories
   on the 1,270-acre campus by March 2026.

   https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/climate/nasa-goddard-library-closing.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

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     huntingdon (huntingdon@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 02-Jan-2026 04:13:12 JST huntingdon

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     @cdarwin

     NASA's Jacob Richmond is full of it. Permanently closing NASA's largest research library is not "an established method used by federal agencies to dispose of federally owned property."

     But it is how fascists hide facts and evidence, owing to reality having a distinct liberal bias. Gravity works inexorably, regardless of party.

     If Richmond knew what agency he worked for, he would never say that. To him, though, NASA is just a stepping stone to greater Wingnut Welfare.