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Hacker News Apr 6, 2025

Federal cuts disrupt repairs to iconic U.S. trails
https://apnews.com/article/pacific-crest-appalachian-trail-federal-layoffs-934a5526570569b625f5d854ec339a04
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Federal cuts disrupt repairs on two of America's most iconic trails

Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail that runs through three western states is already challenging. Now the grueling journey may become even tougher this year due to federal cuts. Over a year’s worth of trail work to clear downed trees and rebuild stretches of the Pacific Crest Trail has been canceled, while similar repairs have been disrupted for the Appalachian Trail. Wildfires and hurricanes already were taking a toll on America's two legendary trails that are used by millions each year. Now the associations overseeing the paths say cuts in grant money and the Trump administration's downsizing of the federal workforce threaten their very existence.

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Hacker News Feb 14, 2025

National Park Service erases some words from Stonewall National Monument site
https://apnews.com/article/stonewall-transgender-trump-3add180f5cfcde156f8d809d24e830a6
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US Park Service erases the word 'transgender' from website commemorating Stonewall riot

References to transgender people have been removed from a National Park Service website for the Stonewall National Monument. It's a park and visitor center in New York City focused on the history of a 1969 police raid on a gay bar that became a watershed moment for the LGBTQ+ rights movement. The changes were made in the wake of an executive order President Donald Trump signed on his first day back in office which called for the federal government to define sex as only male or female. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called the move cruel and petty in a social media post Thursday.

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