This is very welcome news in the face of Trumpist depredations of US public data.
lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/…
"In recent months the Harvard Law School [@harvard_law] Library Innovation Lab [@harvardlil] has created a data vault to download, sign as authentic, and make available copies of public government data that is most valuable to researchers, scholars, civil society and the public at large across every field. To begin, we have collected major portions of the datasets tracked by data.gov, federal #Github repositories, and #PubMed...."
#DataGov #Libraries #OpenData #Preservation #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
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Report: Average Male 4,000% Less Effective In Fights Than They Imagine
WASHINGTON—Contradicting the long-held belief that they would just go off and destroy anyone who tried to mess with them, a Department of Health and Human Services report published Thursday revealed that U.S.The Onion Staff (The Onion)
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I am the author of more than 85 books and I swear I will never buy another DRM-protected ebook again. If I can't OWN what I buy, I don't want to buy it.
I am sick and tired of books I buy being tied up in an app that requires me to run the gauntlet of ads for other books before I am able to open the book I paid for and want to read. And worries about books being deleted or updated or otherwise altered AFTER I HAVE PAID FOR THEM. They are MINE. I should be able to open them wherever I want to.
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@Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️ I feel your pain. Though theft put OReilly's DRM Free program out of business. Which is unfortunate. I can see the issues from both sides.
I am not bombarded by ads when I use Web Based Kindle or my phone/ tablet version. I am wondering what client you are using that bombards you with ads?
note: My OS is Gnu/Linux so there is not a native Kindle client.
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Instance is Setup and Tuned
Okay, Rogue Project Friendica is setup and tuned as well as I can with no user base. At this point I will just wait to see if I get some users and see how the server behaves.
libpng has been throwing some warnings though that is typical with a library that handles so many files created from other resources, that are not 100% compliant to the standard. So far it has not caused an issue. I will be keeping an eye on it. 😁
All things are temporary. Even the things we wish we could keep.
Suffering comes from not acknowledging this and by desiring otherwise.
The wise person does not wait for better times. Instead they make the best of the times they are in.
Calm your mind in these troubled times. Seek solace in friendship and peace in the little moments in between.
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Your heart and mind may be in the right place. But if you use the odious X/Twitter or Substack as a platform for your publishing you are supporting the bad guys.
Ditto, indirectly, if you subscribe to and/or pay for content there.
These are lines I won't cross.
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We stand in solidarity with our friends at @Codeberg. No project should have to deal with this kind of abuse and we applaud their efforts to tackle it and protect their community. If you share our desire for truly free software and infrastructure that doesn't harvest your data, and have to the means to, consider heading to donate.codeberg.org. Community funding is the best way to ensure that projects like Codeberg can continue to succeed and be independent.
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We stay strong against hate and hatred — Codeberg News
Codeberg is currently suffering from hate campaigns due to far-right forces,...blog.codeberg.org
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I feel like the people getting mad at map apps for changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico for them are getting mad at the wrong thing. It's like when people would get mad at me about Python 3 during the 2->3 transition. It was actually never about me or Python 3, but about the person's manager not letting them migrate.
I get why people are mad about the rename, but get mad at the person who made the rename official for America geography and not the people following the US standard.
the POTUS has no right nor jurisdiction to change geographical names. if US Congress wanted to change the name, it would have to enter into diplomatic negotiations with Mexico and all the countries bordering the gulf. that means, entering negotiations with the Organización de Estados Americanos and ultimately the United Nations.
so, Google didn’t have to comply with the whims of a wannabe dictator.
it is absolutely right for people to attack Google for supporting this coup
@Brett Cannon There is no reason to treat this as a dichotomy. It is completely okay to be upset at both the POTUS and the organizations that followed his whim. There was nothing authoritatively requiring them to change the name on their services.
note: There are still those clinging to Python2 even after EOL, so some of them may have been the victim of an authority not letting them migrate though some of them just wanted to be contrary.
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You read my mind! I almost posted a reply about that old disco song.
By the way, I've always loved frogs...Even raised polliwogs into frogs and let them go as a kid.
THE FROG
Be kind and tender to the Frog,
And do not call him names,
As "Slimy skin," or "Polly-wog,"
Or likewise "Ugly James,"
Or "Gap-a-grin," or "Toad-gone-wrong,"
Or "Bill Bandy-knees":
The Frog is justly sensitive
To epithets like these.
No animal will more repay
A treatment kind and fair;
At least so lonely people say
Who keep a frog (and, by the way,
They are extremely rare).
And using a child as a prop?
Was it because Musk wanted to appear relatable, or was he using his own son as a security blanket? Musk could barely string together a coherent sentence. I couldn't believe it.
And I feel bad for his little boy.
I really hope not. He's not a people person, and probably on the spectrum/Aspergers. I was not kidding about his son being a security blanket.
I got bashed for a humorous post about the Danish taking over California. The person felt we must only be serious about the threats from the Trump admin.
I blocked him. I concur we must take the issues seriously, but if you think we make a difference by only making dour posts (or that we will survive the next 3 years, 11 months without a sense of humor), you are wrong.
STOP criticizing people who care about the issues you do! Aim at the other side. We each need to survive this in our own way.
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No, this is not the Twilight Zone, but America.
Trump says 'we're going back to plastic straws.' Is the paper straw dead?
"If something's hot, they don't last very long, like a matter of minutes, sometimes a matter of seconds. It's a ridiculous situation."
All those who drink hot coffee or hot cocoa through a straw, raise your hand. 🙄
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I know. It's all so dumb. This is what this creepy man has done to us.
And would the steel be subject to tariffs? 😁
Two big improvements to my live DJing process:
1. I figured out how to fix the tempo on some DnB/jungle tracks that Mixxx analyzes incorrectly. You just right click on the track and adjust to 3/2 or 2x the original tempo. Sometimes you need to move the beat grid to align correctly. But these steps can be performed in about 10-20 seconds, if not done beforehand.
2. I started using the playlists for my previous mixes as a way to select tracks. I'm familiar with these tracks, they are already analyzed and corrected, and it narrows down my selection enough to speed up the process dramatically, so I can spend more time planning and executing transitions.
I feel unstoppable now! Watch out for more live mixes!
#DJ
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Judge hits Trump admin for refusing to obey restraining order on funding freeze - Raw Story
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Judge hits Trump admin for refusing to obey restraining order on funding freeze
U.S. District Judge John McConnell issued an order directing the Trump administration to immediately obey a previous restraining order halting a funding freeze for the National Institutes of Health and two Biden-era laws.David Edwards (Raw Story)
Elon Musk is about to get 'checked' by the very courts he wants to ignore: legal expert - Raw Story
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Elon Musk is about to get 'checked' by the very courts he wants to ignore: legal expert
Political officials and analysts are raising concerns about a potential constitutional crisis: what if President Donald Trump refuses to comply with a court ruling? However, one legal expert believes this scenario is unlikely.Sarah K. Burris (Raw Story)
Students terrified after teacher apparently threatened to turn kids over to ICE - Alternet.org
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Students terrified after teacher apparently threatened to turn kids over to ICE
Community leaders called on Baltimore County school officials Tuesday to ensure that undocumented students are protected, days after reports that an Overlea High School teacher reached out to immigration officials and offered to name names.Danielle J. Brown, Maryland Matters (Alternet.org)
ICE Wants to Know If You’re Posting Negative Things About It Online
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ICE Wants to Know If You’re Posting Negative Things About It Online
ICE wants to hire contractors to monitor social media for threats. Those who criticize the agency could be pulled into the dragnet.Sam Biddle (The Intercept)
Is ‘Big Balls’ ironically nick-named ??
Is he actually 'Teeny Testicles' ???
Was there ever a doubt?
“While the #Trump administration has highlighted transfers of dangerous criminals and suspected gang members to Guantanamo Bay, it is also sending nonviolent, "low-risk" migrant detainees who lack serious criminal records or any at all, according to two U.S. officials and internal government documents”
cbsnews.com/news/guantanamo-ba…
U.S. sending nonviolent, "low-risk" migrants to Guantanamo, despite vow to detain "the worst" there
While the Trump administration has highlighted transfers of dangerous criminals to Guantanamo Bay, it is also sending nonviolent, "low-risk" migrants.Camilo Montoya-Galvez (CBS News)
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Today is my main rest day while my wife is away in Glasgow for uni. Knitting, Star Trek Prodigy, grazing simple food, hanging out with the dog under a blanket, bliss!
Today in "Resurrecting obscure computers from the 8-bit Cambrian explosion of the early Eighties": this Philips VG5000µ is back in business.
Also sold by Radiola and Schneider (in white), this very French computer was designed by La Radiotechnique (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiotec…). It sports a Z80 at 4 MHz and, as its sleek chassis proudly proclaims, 24 KB of RAM (and an 18 KB ROM). It has tape and cartridge ports.
Notice the mad keyboard layout (with accents! 🥳 ).
It's a bit of a goblin. I love it.
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🤨“ Jordan's King Abdullah II offers to take in thousands of Palestinian children in a sign of openness to Trump's #Gaza plan
#Trump called the offer a “beautiful gesture” and said he believed something could be worked out with Egypt, another ally that had bristled at the president’s surprise plan”
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After meeting with Trump, Jordan's King Abdullah II reiterates 'steadfast opposition' to moving Palestinians out of Gaza
WASHINGTON — Jordan’s King Abdullah II said he reiterated Tuesday during a meeting with President Donald Trump his country's and the region's "steadfast opposition" to the president's plan to resettle millions of Palestinians out of Gaza.Katherine Doyle (NBC News)
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Rogue Project Friendica Instance Up and Running
I had a glitch earlier tonight which caused me to have to drop my database and re-install. Fortunately it was a fresh install and nothing except test data was lost.
Rogue Project: Friendica instance is now, once again in Open Registration.
Keep in mind it is a new instance and there will be some tuning to do.
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in reply to petersuber • • •Related: Also see the End of Term Web Archive, which routinely scrapes and preserves US govt web pages before new presidents take office. Launched in 2008 and still going strong. To supplement its archive, it welcomes URL nominations of sites to save.
eotarchive.org/
#OpenData #Preservation #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
End of Term Web Archive
End of Term Web Archivepetersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Related: "As Data Goes Off-Line Under #Trump, Environmental Researchers Are Uploading Backups"
insidehighered.com/news/facult…
"In the first few days of Donald Trump’s second term as president, the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s #Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (#CEJST, for short) disappeared from government websites. It was an interactive map of U.S. Census tracts that are “marginalized by underinvestment and overburdened by pollution,” as the pre-Trump federal government put it—something researchers and the public could use to quickly locate and zoom in on specific communities and analyze the problems they face. The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine stored a copy of the webpage, but even there, the map was gone. However, thanks to a team of researchers from multiple universities and other organizations, a new working version was posted online Friday."
#OpenData #Preservation #USPol #USPolitics
As data goes off-line under Trump, researchers upload backups
Ryan Quinn (Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs)petersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Related: "The #Trump administration is scrubbing the #CDC’s website of documents on #ReproductiveRights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more. We’re saving them. 𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘋𝘢𝘺 will publish and host these vital documents for as long as necessary. To share deleted documents with 𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘋𝘢𝘺, email tips@abortioneveryday.com. "
jessica.substack.com/p/cdc-bir…
#Preservation #
... show moreRelated: "The #Trump administration is scrubbing the #CDC’s website of documents on #ReproductiveRights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more. We’re saving them. 𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘋𝘢𝘺 will publish and host these vital documents for as long as necessary. To share deleted documents with 𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘋𝘢𝘺, email tips@abortioneveryday.com. "
jessica.substack.com/p/cdc-bir…
#Preservation #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
Download CDC Guidelines Removed By The Trump Admin
Jessica Valenti (Abortion, Every Day)petersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Related. Also see the Safeguarding Research project.
safeguarding-research.discours…
"You know of any publicly available material that needs safeguarding? Please post about it here!"
#Preservation #USPol #USPolitics
Safeguarding Research ✊
Safeguarding Research ✊petersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Related. "Researchers rush to preserve federal health databases before they disappear from government websites"
journalistsresource.org/home/r…
"Tips for preserving websites:
* To find the missing websites, go to Wayback Machine and type in the website’s URL in the search bar.
* If you’re concerned that certain websites or web pages may be removed, you can suggest federal websites and content that end in .gov, .mil and .com to the End of Term Web Archive.
* You can suggest federal climate and environmental databases to Environmental Data and Governance Initiative.
* You can suggest databases to The Data Liberation Project, which is run by MuckRock and Big Local News.
* Tell science journalist Maggie Koerth what CDC data you've downloaded and whether you've made them publicly available...."
#Preservation #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
Researchers rush to preserve government health data
Naseem S. Miller (The Journalist's Resource)petersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Related. "Scientists globally are racing to save vital health databases taken down amid Trump chaos."
nature.com/articles/d41586-025…
#CDC #FDA #Medicine #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
Scientists globally are racing to save vital health databases taken down amid Trump chaos
Mallapaty, Smritipetersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. "Inside the race to archive the US government’s websites"
technologyreview.com/2025/02/0…
Surveying a range of initiatives with good clarity on the obstacles.
"There are questions about whether scraping the data will really be enough. Restoring websites and complex data sets is often not a simple process.…'The repairs and attempts to recover are sometimes insurmountable where we need continuous readings of data.' 'All of this data archiving work is a temporary Band-Aid,' says Gosnell. 'If data sets are removed and are no longer updated, our archived data will become increasingly stale and thus ineffective at informing decisions over time.' "
#Climate #Data #Medicine #OpenData #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
Inside the race to archive the US government’s websites
Scott J Mulligan (MIT Technology Review)petersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. "The Public Environmental Data Partners [#PEDP] are committed to preserving and providing public access to federal environmental data. We are a volunteer coalition of several environmental, justice, and policy organizations, researchers across several universities, archivists, and students who rely on federal datasets and tools to support critical research, advocacy, policy, and litigation work. To gather insights on what data to preserve, we reached out to our networks, which consist largely of environmental justice groups and networks, state and local government climate offices, and academic researchers. We compiled a large list of federal databases and tools, and prioritized them based on their relative impact, our confidence that we could archive them, and the relative effort it would take to obtain and archive them."
screening-tools.com/
Continuously updated.
#Climate #Data #Environment #OpenData #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
Data + Screening Tools
Data + Screening Toolspetersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. "This is Version 2 of the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool, released by the Council on Environmental Quality [#CEQ] in December 2024. Although the tool remains unchanged, public access through the White House was discontinued on January 22, 2025. We re-created Version 2 and made it publicly accessible."
screening-tools.com/climate-ec…
#Climate #Environment #OpenSource #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
Climate + Economic Justice Screening Tool — Data + Screening Tools
Data + Screening Toolspetersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. "Today we [Harvard Law School @harvard_law Library Innovation Lab @harvardlil] released our archive of data.gov on Source Cooperative. The 16TB collection includes over 311,000 datasets harvested during 2024 and 2025, a complete archive of federal public datasets linked by data.gov. It will be updated daily as new datasets are added to data.gov. This is the first release in our new data vault project to preserve and authenticate vital public datasets for academic research, policymaking, and public use."
lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/…
#DataGov #Libraries #OpenData #Preservation #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
Announcing the Data.gov Archive | Library Innovation Lab
lil.law.harvard.edupetersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. "Federal data is disappearing. On Thursday, meet the teams working to rescue it and learn how you can help. Join the Internet Archive [@internetarchive] and the Library Innovation Lab [@harvardlil] on Feb. 13, 3pm Eastern for a special event exploring the terabytes of data they have already saved and how to access it."
muckrock.com/news/archives/202…
#Censorship #OpenData #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
Federal data is disappearing. On Thursday, meet the teams working to rescue it and learn how you can help.
MuckRock Foundationpetersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. If you're following this thread, you should also follow the Data Rescue Project by visiting its web site and subscribing to its email list. It aims "to serve as a clearinghouse for #data rescue-related efforts and data access points for public US governmental data that are currently at risk." And it's #crowdsourced, which gives it fighting chance to be comprehensive and up to date.
datarescueproject.org/about-da…
If you're on #Bluesky, also follow its B account.
bsky.app/profile/datarescuepro…
I'm very aware that a solo effort, like this Mastodon thread, doesn't scale to the size of this task and I welcome the arrival of a crowdsourced effort. I will use it and refer people to it.
#Censorship #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
About Data Rescue Project
Editor 1 (Data Rescue Project)petersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. "As the US government removes health websites and data, here’s a list of non-government data alternatives and archives"
journalistsresource.org/home/a…
"There’s no perfect alternative to the government databases, but some non-governmental organizations have their own datasets, which can be useful to journalists. Several #journalism associations have also been downloading government data and making them available to their members. To help journalists with their continued reporting, we have curated a list of non-government websites that have health data, although some use government data to create their reports. We’ll continue to update this list. If you have a suggestion for a database, please email us."
h/t @kdnyhan
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Medicine #OpenData #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
A list of non-government database alternatives and archives
Naseem S. Miller (The Journalist's Resource)petersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. "Here’s why and how Public Environmental Data Partners [#PEDP] and others are making sure that the #climate science the public depends on is available forever."
theconversation.com/how-to-fin…
#Censorship #DefendResearch #OpenData #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
How to find climate data and science the Trump administration doesn’t want you to see
The Conversationpetersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. "While we at the #PEGI Project [Preservation of Electronic Government Information] have been aware of the potential for a crisis like this since the start of our project in 2017, both the pace and extent of the removals and changes have been astonishing to witness. What has also been astonishing (and heartening!) is the willingness of a broad community to join together in quick action to save content, particularly data that cannot be easily captured as part of the End of Term Archive. The Public Environmental Data Partners, a project launched by the Environmental Data Governance Initiative (EDGI), has been working on collecting and preserving hard-to-crawl environmental data for the past couple of months. In the past two weeks, a coalition has formed to launch the Data Rescue Project, which then debuted its Data Rescue Tracker. They also have a helpful (and well-vetted!) list of Resources that can guide individuals and organizations wanting to contribute to this work."
... show moreUpdate. "While we at the #PEGI Project [Preservation of Electronic Government Information] have been aware of the potential for a crisis like this since the start of our project in 2017, both the pace and extent of the removals and changes have been astonishing to witness. What has also been astonishing (and heartening!) is the willingness of a broad community to join together in quick action to save content, particularly data that cannot be easily captured as part of the End of Term Archive. The Public Environmental Data Partners, a project launched by the Environmental Data Governance Initiative (EDGI), has been working on collecting and preserving hard-to-crawl environmental data for the past couple of months. In the past two weeks, a coalition has formed to launch the Data Rescue Project, which then debuted its Data Rescue Tracker. They also have a helpful (and well-vetted!) list of Resources that can guide individuals and organizations wanting to contribute to this work."
pegiproject.org/blog/2025/2/14…
#Censorship #DefendResearch #OpenData #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
PEGI Project Urges Preservation of Public Federal Data
Deborah Caldwell (PEGI Project)petersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. "A Renewed Call for Preservation of At-Risk Government Data"
icpsr.umich.edu/web/about/cms/…
"The directors of the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research (#ISR) and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (#ICPSR) are emphasizing the critical need for preserving government data that may be at risk due to recent policy shifts....Through #DataLumos, an ICPSR archive for valuable government data resources, ICPSR is helping the data community to preserve, document, and disseminate thousands of files from agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control [#CDC] and the Department of Education [#DOE]."
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
A Renewed Call for Preservation of At-Risk Government Data
www.icpsr.umich.edupetersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. The Data Rescue Project spotlights 13 college and university #libguides on projects to rescue scientific and govt data from #censorship or deletion.
datarescueproject.org/librarie…
#DefendResearch #DRP #Libraries #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
Libraries supporting data rescue
Lynda Kellam (Data Rescue Project)petersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. "The cost of losing government webpages and public data"
marketplace.org/shows/marketpl…
"Jack Cushman, director of the Harvard Library Innovation Lab [@harvardlil], has been preserving sites and data that went dark after executive orders from President #Trump. He underlines the importance of keeping digital copies or risk parting with “our cultural memory.”
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Podcast #Preservation #Takedowns #USPol #USPolitics
The cost of losing government webpages and public data - Marketplace
Marketplacepetersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. "Federal data is disappearing. Meet the teams working to rescue it and learn how you can help."
youtube.com/watch?v=hiZuKA-o4V…
"Since the start of the new #Trump administration, hundreds of federal data sets and government websites have gone offline without warning, sometimes returning with major changes and sometimes not returning at all. On February 13th, #MuckRock hosted an event with organizations that are helping lead the efforts to preserve the public’s data."
This is a video of the event.
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
Federal data is disappearing. Meet the teams working to rescue it and learn how you can help.
YouTubepetersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. "The fight to preserve federal government data."
muckrock.com/news/archives/202…
"Despite the Trump administration restricting access to these government sites and its underlying data, organizations and individuals have been working to preserve this data. Here are just a few of the efforts that part of an ongoing effort to preserve public information."
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Preservation #Takedowns #USPol #USPolitics
The fight to preserve federal government data
MuckRock Foundationpetersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. "How the Wayback Machine is preserving outdated government websites."
cbsnews.com/video/how-the-wayb…
"The #WaybackMachine is helping preserve the record of government websites before they were changed by the TTrump administration. CBS News Confirmed's Rhona Tarrant reports."
#Censorship #DefendResearch #InternetArchive #Preservation #Takedowns #USPol #USPolitics
How the Wayback Machine is preserving outdated government websites
CBS Newspetersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. "Wayback Machine Saves Thousands of Federal Webpages Amid Purge of Government Data Under Trump"
democracynow.org/2025/2/28/int…
"Thousands of informational government webpages have been taken down so far in the second #Trump administration, including on public health, scientific research and LGBTQ rights. Amid this mass erasure of public information, the #InternetArchive is racing to save copies of those deleted resources."
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Preservation #Takedowns #USPol #USPolitics
Wayback Machine Saves Thousands of Federal Webpages Amid Purge of Government Data Under Trump
Democracy Now!petersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. "Safeguarding Research & Culture — Distributing Cultural Memory"
safeguarding-research.discours…
"The destruction of knowledge and cultural heritage has happened, and therefore it can happen again. We are in the middle of that happening, whether it is caused by human action or natural causes…Safeguarding Research & Culture (#SRC) is creating an alternative #infrastructure for archiving and disseminating of cultural heritage and scientific knowledge…Together, we can ensure that our cultural, intellectual and scientific heritage exists in multiple copies, in multiple places, and that no single entity or group of entities can make it all disappear. Our archive is built according to the principles of #FAIR and #
... show moreUpdate. "Safeguarding Research & Culture — Distributing Cultural Memory"
safeguarding-research.discours…
"The destruction of knowledge and cultural heritage has happened, and therefore it can happen again. We are in the middle of that happening, whether it is caused by human action or natural causes…Safeguarding Research & Culture (#SRC) is creating an alternative #infrastructure for archiving and disseminating of cultural heritage and scientific knowledge…Together, we can ensure that our cultural, intellectual and scientific heritage exists in multiple copies, in multiple places, and that no single entity or group of entities can make it all disappear. Our archive is built according to the principles of #FAIR and #CARE, based on open technologies and standards, and resilient against loss via meaningfully distributed storage…Everyone, from individuals to institutions, can participate by accessing, contributing, and supporting these archival infrastructures."
#Censorship #Crowdsource #DefendResearch #OpenInfrastructure #OpenSource #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
About - Safeguarding Research & Culture (SRC) — Distributing Cultural Memory
Safeguarding Research & Culture (SRC) — Distributing Cultural Memorypetersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. "Archivists Recreate Pre-Trump #CDC Website, Are Hosting It in Europe"
404media.co/archivists-recreat…
"A team of volunteer archivists has recreated the Centers for Disease Control website exactly as it was the day Donald Trump was inaugurated. The site, called RestoredCDC.org, went live Tuesday and is currently being hosted in Europe."
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Medicine #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
Archivists Recreate Pre-Trump CDC Website, Are Hosting It in Europe
Jason Koebler (404 Media)petersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. #CoherentDigital launches Policy Commons 2025 Open Collection.
linkedin.com/posts/tobyabgreen…
"It's our contribution to the ongoing effort to rescue, preserve and make open endangered government materials at risk of disappearing…Our focus will be on policy and technical reports, papers, documents, blogposts, videos, and podcasts but we're open to suggestions for other content types - except for datasets. There are a number of excellent ongoing efforts to rescue data so there's no need for us to replicate them…Our goal is to make these materials easy to find and permanently available…We’re calling on librarians and researchers to help identify endangered materials from government agencies and suggest at-risk websites and repositories. We're also inviting those who have been working closely
... show moreUpdate. #CoherentDigital launches Policy Commons 2025 Open Collection.
linkedin.com/posts/tobyabgreen…
"It's our contribution to the ongoing effort to rescue, preserve and make open endangered government materials at risk of disappearing…Our focus will be on policy and technical reports, papers, documents, blogposts, videos, and podcasts but we're open to suggestions for other content types - except for datasets. There are a number of excellent ongoing efforts to rescue data so there's no need for us to replicate them…Our goal is to make these materials easy to find and permanently available…We’re calling on librarians and researchers to help identify endangered materials from government agencies and suggest at-risk websites and repositories. We're also inviting those who have been working closely with agencies to send us copies of previously open materials they may have on their hard drives and laptops."
Also see the project home page and FAQ.
coherentdigital.net/open-2025
#Censorship #Crowdsourced #DefendResearch #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
Policy Commons 2025 Open Collection | Toby Green
Toby Green (www.linkedin.com)petersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. "The Data Hoarders Resisting Trump’s Purge. Can #librarians and guerrilla archivists save the country’s files from #DOGE.
newyorker.com/news/the-lede/th…
(#paywalled)
"Lynda Kellam, a social scientist and data librarian,…who’s served in leadership positions at two Ivy League universities, described the vulnerable data as “irreplaceable.”…Kellam told me that she’d participated in a small data-preservation effort during Trump’s first term, but had never seen anything like the frenzy that ignited in late January, when the #CDC began removing information from its website. Kellam was encouraged, but worri
... show moreUpdate. "The Data Hoarders Resisting Trump’s Purge. Can #librarians and guerrilla archivists save the country’s files from #DOGE.
newyorker.com/news/the-lede/th…
(#paywalled)
"Lynda Kellam, a social scientist and data librarian,…who’s served in leadership positions at two Ivy League universities, described the vulnerable data as “irreplaceable.”…Kellam told me that she’d participated in a small data-preservation effort during Trump’s first term, but had never seen anything like the frenzy that ignited in late January, when the #CDC began removing information from its website. Kellam was encouraged, but worried about a lack of coördination. What if the backups languished on private hard drives? What if archivists duplicated one another’s work? She created a Google Doc to centralize information about preëxisting initiatives—an archive of archives, with detailed instructions on how to contribute to each…Kellam met with the heads of other data-librarian organizations, and together they founded the #DataRescueProject."
#Censorship #DefendResearch #OpenData #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
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in reply to petersuber • • •Update. "SAFE-Track: Secure Anonymous Federal Evidence, Data and Analysis Tracking"
datafoundation.org/pages/safet…
"The Data Foundation's SAFE-Track portal provides a secure, encrypted channel for documenting changes to federal evidence and #data activities. As a trusted, non-partisan authority on government data and evidence policy, the #DataFoundation maintains this platform to systematically understand and analyze impacts on America's evidence infrastructure…SAFE-Track enables confidential reporting through:
* Complete #anonymity for submissions
* End-to-end #encryption of all data
* No requirement for email or personal identification
* Option for secure follow-up communication through anonymous conversation codes
* Protections against collection of personally identifiable information."
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
SAFE-Track is the Data Foundation's secure, encrypted portal for anonymous reporting of federal data and evidence changes.
Data Foundationpetersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. From @kfitz: "Digital Preservation in a Time of Disorder"
about.hcommons.org/2025/03/19/…
"#KnowledgeCommons has applied for a significant grant from Lever for Change to build, implement, and sustain a digital preservation network that will be free from the US government’s, and any other single government’s, interference…KC is a #nonprofit, community-governed, #OpenAccess platform for creating and sharing knowledge world-wide…But, in the present moment, our US-centeredness is a significant threat to that mission. We propose to establish three linked but independent nonprofit public-benefit companies incorporated in the US, Europe, and South Africa, all dedicated to the social and technological processes of gathering, preserving, and ensuring the public accessibility of academic research."
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Preservation #Takedowns #USPol #USPolitics
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in reply to petersuber • • •Update. "US anti-terror legislation must not be weaponised against libraries"
timeshighereducation.com/opini…
"Scholars have attempted to safeguard their work by turning to sites deemed to be beyond the reach of the US government…However, even these safe havens may be at risk if a seemingly innocuous tax bill completes its course through Congress. H.R. 9495, the “Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act”, was passed by the US House of Representatives in November 2024 and is currently before the Senate. It proposes…to strip non-profit status from organisations deemed to be “supporting terrorism”. But its broad language, lack of evidentiary requirements, and potential for political weaponisation should send a chill down the spines of all higher education professionals. After all, who is to define terrorism? History is filled with examples o
... show moreUpdate. "US anti-terror legislation must not be weaponised against libraries"
timeshighereducation.com/opini…
"Scholars have attempted to safeguard their work by turning to sites deemed to be beyond the reach of the US government…However, even these safe havens may be at risk if a seemingly innocuous tax bill completes its course through Congress. H.R. 9495, the “Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act”, was passed by the US House of Representatives in November 2024 and is currently before the Senate. It proposes…to strip non-profit status from organisations deemed to be “supporting terrorism”. But its broad language, lack of evidentiary requirements, and potential for political weaponisation should send a chill down the spines of all higher education professionals. After all, who is to define terrorism? History is filled with examples of liberation movements and resistance groups initially labelled 'terrorists' by powerful states. And who is to define 'support'?"
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Nonprofit #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
US anti-terror legislation must not be weaponised against libraries
Caroline Ball (Times Higher Education (THE))petersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. "A group of US researchers funded through federal grants who wish to document the damage to our scientific #infrastructure. Our #data #archive is for use by journalists, academics, and the general public."
theresearchwelost.com/
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
The Research We Lost
The Research We Lostpetersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. "As the Trump administration purges web pages, this group is rushing to save them"
npr.org/2025/03/23/nx-s1-53265…
"After President Trump's inauguration in January, some federal web pages vanished. While…were removed entirely, many came back online with changes that…officials said were made to conform to Trump's executive orders to remove "diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility policies." Thousands of datasets were wiped — mostly at agencies focused on science and the environment…Information about climate change, reproductive health, gender identity and sexual orientation also have been on the chopping block…The #InternetArchive [@internetarchive] is among the few efforts that exist to
... show moreUpdate. "As the Trump administration purges web pages, this group is rushing to save them"
npr.org/2025/03/23/nx-s1-53265…
"After President Trump's inauguration in January, some federal web pages vanished. While…were removed entirely, many came back online with changes that…officials said were made to conform to Trump's executive orders to remove "diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility policies." Thousands of datasets were wiped — mostly at agencies focused on science and the environment…Information about climate change, reproductive health, gender identity and sexual orientation also have been on the chopping block…The #InternetArchive [@internetarchive] is among the few efforts that exist to catch the stuff that falls through the digital cracks, while also making that information accessible to the public. Six weeks into the new administration, #WaybackMachine director Graham said, the Internet Archive had cataloged some 73,000 web pages that had existed on U.S. government websites that were expunged after Trump's inauguration."
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
petersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. "Trump’s ‘climate’ purge deleted a new extreme weather risk tool. We recreated it"
theguardian.com/environment/ng…
"#TheGuardian has recreated a searchable climate future risk tool developed by #FEMA but then deleted."
#Censorship #Climate #DefendResearch #OpenData #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
Trump’s ‘climate’ purge deleted a new extreme weather risk tool. We recreated it
Oliver Milman (The Guardian)petersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. Speak up to help #AED reduce the odds that valuable public US govt datasets will be taken down.
essentialdata.us/
"Demonstrating the broad real-world value of federal data is the most strategic path to ensuring its continued flow. The goal of America's Essential Data is to make it easy for: … federal agency data stewards and their leadership to better understand the true value of their data, especially as it relates to administration priorities. Do you use a federal dataset that delivers important benefits for the American people? Help us tell the story of that dataset!"
#Censorship #DefendResearch #OpenData #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
America's Essential
essentialdata.uspetersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. "#SciOp is part of Safeguarding Research & Culture (#SRC). The bits must flow: let us resurrect the ancient art of #Bittorrent to ensure that our cultural, intellectual and scientific heritage exists in multiple copies, in multiple places, and that no single entity or group of entities can make it all disappear."
sciop.net/
#Censorship #DefendResearch #OpenSource #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
SciOp - Public Information Preservation
sciop.netpetersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. "With the recent announcement that numerous datasets — such as those from #NOAA — are scheduled for decommissioning in May, #PANGAEA has opened its archive to help safeguard these valuable resources. If you become aware of any endangered datasets, please don't hesitate to contact us. PANGAEA data!"
pangaea.de/
#Censorship #DefendResearch #OpenData #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science
PANGAEApetersuber
Unknown parent • • •Update. Kudos to the Northwestern University Libraries for training people to take part in the #DataRescueProject. Other #libraries should follow suit.
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/04/…
#DefendResearch #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
NU hosts training to preserve disappearing federal data
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in reply to petersuber • • •Update. "Because of #Trump: [The German] Central Library of #Medicine builds alternative to US database."
heise.de/news/Wegen-Trump-Zent…
From Google's English: "The German National Library of Medicine (#ZBMed) has announced its intention to create an "open, reliable, and sustainable alternative" to the #PubMed database, one of the most important and comprehensive resources for biomedical literature worldwide. The meta-database, with references to relevant articles and over 38 million citations, is operated by the National Library of Medicine (#NLM), a division of the National Institutes of Health (#NIH) in the United States. ZB Med is responding to concerns that the US administration under Donald Trump is cutting funding for the NIH. There are also fears that political influences could compromise PubMed's scientific integrity."
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Germany #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
Wegen Trump: Zentralbibliothek Medizin baut Alternative zu US-Datenbank auf
Stefan Krempl (heise online)