Weeknotes from 2025W06

Why am I so late with this one?? It's not even marked draft anymore.

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+title: "Notes on 2025W06"
+slug: weeknotes-2025w06
+date: 2025-02-09
+categories: weeknotes
+tags:
+  - Weeknotes
+  - Middle East
+  - Trans
+---
+
+It has been a massive struggle the last few weeks to keep up with the news in
+the US. Coupled with some work stress, I've dropped the ball on posting week
+notes. This week I correct the error.
+
+---
+
+[States Don't Have a Right to Exist. People Do.][states] An excellent opinion
+essay about Israel's ongoing attack on Palestinians in Gaza.
+
+---
+
+A bunch of things about the Trump administration's attack on trans people.
+
+* [The Attack on Trans Rights Won't End There][atlantic-trans] by Adam Serwer in
+the Atlantic
+* [You Can't Post Your Way Out of Fascism][post] by Janus Rose for 404 Media
+* The Lempkin Institute put out a [Statement on the Genocidal Nature of the
+Gender Critical Movement's Ideology and Practice][lempkin]
+
+---
+
+I learned recently about the [End of Term Project][eot24] that archives US
+government websites at the end of presidental terms. They've been racing to
+preserve copies of many critical datasets before the Trump administration tears
+them down.
+
+[states]: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/opinion/israel-state-jewish.html
+[atlantic-trans]: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/01/trans-rights-skrmetti-trump/681485/?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8L5fcZ8g4hk0vxwmQ79mPvw
+[post]: https://www.404media.co/you-cant-post-your-way-out-of-fascism/
+[lempkin]: https://www.lemkininstitute.com/statements-new-page/statement-on-the-genocidal-nature-of-the-gender-critical-movement’s-ideology-and-practice
+[eot24]: https://github.com/end-of-term/eot2024