![4 rows of various cartoon character badges with the headline "Disney Cartoons Spur Combat Flyers"](https://siarchives.si.edu/sites/default/files/blog-attached-images/ScAm_Apr_44_Cr.jpg "Spread from the April 1944 edition of "Scientific American" showing some of the most popular Disney-designed insignia. (Division of Armed Forces History)")
- When Mickey Mouse was used in war propaganda. [via National Museum of American History]
- NASA is on the search for new planets. [via BBC]
- The Initiative for Open Citations is attempting to make an open repository of citations. [via Boing Boing]
- Benjamin Franklin's papers are now online at Library of Congress. [via LOC blog]
- Service training for DC police officers — a visit to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. [via CNN]
- The Met is now offering tours for the deaf via Facebook Live with ASL interpreters. [via Hyperallergic]
- In Memoriam: The legacy of former First Lady, Barbara Bush. [via Smithsonian Magazine]
- I think parents everywhere were moved by first time gorilla mom, Calaya, the first gorilla to have a baby in 9 years at our National Zoo [via Gizmodo]:
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