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ResearchBuzz: FirehoseThe Conversation: Vanishing data in the U.S. undermines good public policy, with global implications. “As researchers focused on data management (Kristi) and behavioural sciences (Albert) and whose work tackles the significance of research with open access data, we have been concerned about how the data sets that scholars around the world rely on have been vanishing from U.S. government […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/19/the-conversation-vanishing-data-in-the-u-s-undermines-good-public-policy-with-global-implications/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/19/the-conversation-vanishing-data-in-the-u-s-undermines-good-public-policy-with-global-implications/</a>

Data Rescue Project #DataRescueInterested in knowing when and where you can meet up with other <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23DataRescue" target="_blank">#DataRescue</a> volunteers and our Steering Committee? We have a calendar for all our public events and office hours: <a href="https://bit.ly/DRPcal" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">bit.ly/DRPcal</a> And oh look! Office hours are this week on Wednesday. Register now!

Safeguarding Research/CultureA group dealing with at-risk educational materials is looking for help:"The Digital Public Goods Library is looking for librarian volunteers who have experience cataloging materials with education-related metadata in a digital library environment, to assist in identifying and making available public domain and openly licensed educational materials that are either at-risk or have lost their digital home."1/3 <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/SafeguardingResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SafeguardingResearch</a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/DataRescue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataRescue</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseNextGov: Inside efforts to capture federal data after ‘the big takedown’. “[Denice] Ross, who’s now a senior fellow at the Federation of American Scientists, is one of the people behind America’s Data Index, an attempt to get a better view of changes across the government data ecosystem.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/14/nextgov-inside-efforts-to-capture-federal-data-after-the-big-takedown/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/14/nextgov-inside-efforts-to-capture-federal-data-after-the-big-takedown/</a>

Felix Schönbrodt:crt_w_green_lines: Hackathon: Data Under Threat / Data Rescueing (Aug 7) in <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/M%C3%BCnchen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#München</a>The LMU Open Science Center (<a href="https://scicomm.xyz/@lmu_osc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@lmu_osc</a>) runs a hackathon to support the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/SciOp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciOp</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/SafeguardingResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SafeguardingResearch</a> initiative: Rescuing research data that is deleted by the Trump administration.Bonus: <a href="https://fedihum.org/@lavaeolus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@lavaeolus</a> will give an ignition talk!📅 Thursday, 2025-08-07, 16 – 19 (only in-person) 👉 Details and signup: <a href="https://github.com/lmu-osc/safeguar.de-hackathon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/lmu-osc/safeguar.de-hackathon</a>Become a data rescuer by turning your own laptop into a Research Data Rescue Node, scraping at-risk data sets, and breathing new life into your old HDD as part of a global, decentralised network.<a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/LMUM%C3%BCnchen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LMUMünchen</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenScience</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/OpenData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenData</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/DataRescue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataRescue</a> CC <a href="https://fedihum.org/@SafeguardingResearch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@SafeguardingResearch</a> <a href="https://augsburg.social/@bitsUndBaeumeAuxMuc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bitsUndBaeumeAuxMuc</a>

Felix SchönbrodtI revived an old HDD with a <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RaspberryPi</a> Zero W 2 for <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/DataRescue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataRescue</a>:ing:It runs ...(a) a Bittorrent client that seeds at-risk data sets from the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/SciOp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciOp</a> database (b) the `sciop-scraper` script to get new datasets into the swarmSetup instructions for the Pi Zero: <a href="https://codeberg.org/nicebread/HiveSeed/src/branch/main/L1-RDRN_RPi.md" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://codeberg.org/nicebread/HiveSeed/src/branch/main/L1-RDRN_RPi.md</a>Setup instructions for `sciop-scrape` (on macOS & RPi): <a href="https://codeberg.org/nicebread/HiveSeed/src/branch/main/L1-sciop-scrape.md" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://codeberg.org/nicebread/HiveSeed/src/branch/main/L1-sciop-scrape.md</a>Let me know if the instructions work for you; happy to collaborate on the manual.<a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/safeguardingresearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#safeguardingresearch</a>

Calishat<a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/BigData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BigData</a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/DataRescue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataRescue</a> 'The [Data Rescue Project] Portal makes it easy to discover rescued datasets by government offices sharing the data, topic, and more. '<a href="https://www.datarescueproject.org/data-rescue-project-portal/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.datarescueproject.org/data-rescue-project-portal/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseData Rescue Project: Data Rescue Project Launches New Portal. “The Data Rescue Project (DRP) is excited to announce the launch of the DRP Portal—a milestone in our collective effort to protect and preserve at-risk public information. … The Portal makes it easy to discover rescued datasets by government offices sharing the data, topic, and more.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/25/data-rescue-project-data-rescue-project-launches-new-portal/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/25/data-rescue-project-data-rescue-project-launches-new-portal/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseData Rescue Project: Why We’re Starting a New Federal Data Forum. “[Population Reference Bureau] recently launched the Federal Data Forum—a centralized online community designed to unite public data stakeholders in defense of America’s statistical infrastructure. The initiative builds on PRB’s previous work as data intermediaries, including our American Community Survey Online Community, […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/18/data-rescue-project-why-were-starting-a-new-federal-data-forum/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/18/data-rescue-project-why-were-starting-a-new-federal-data-forum/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseThe Journalist’s Resource: When health data disappears: 8 tips for finding what’s hidden from public view . “As the U.S. government continues to remove data and make radical changes to its websites, reporters are encountering health data that’s incomplete, altered or missing entirely. At the Association of Health Care Journalists’ annual conference in Los Angeles on May 30, a panel of […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/15/when-health-data-disappears-8-tips-for-finding-whats-hidden-from-public-view-the-journalists-resource/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/15/when-health-data-disappears-8-tips-for-finding-whats-hidden-from-public-view-the-journalists-resource/</a>

Felix SchönbrodtInitiatives like <a href="https://fedihum.org/@SafeguardingResearch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@SafeguardingResearch</a> work hard to rescue <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/researchData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#researchData</a> that are (about to be) deleted by the Trump administration, by using a Bittorrent network where many small nodes contribute.This is a very <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solarpunk</a> way of doing science: community-driven, decentralized & resilient <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/SolarpunkScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SolarpunkScience</a>. Some tinker projects:🎯1. Develop the most low-cost (in €, material resources, and CO2) p2p solution for data rescueing.Maybe a <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RaspberryPi</a> + existing HDD? Reuse existing hardware. Compute costs in absolute and relative way (€ and CO2 per terabyte of data stored & shared). Is a bigger server plugged to a uni network more efficient in relative costs?🎯2. Run a hackathon, help others to install the bittorrent clients on whatever machine they have.🎯3 (Bonus): Build a purely solar powered, autonomous seeding node. E.g. the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/LowTechMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LowTechMagazine</a> went a long way in optimizing a web server that runs on solar + battery (achieving >95% uptime on a 50W solar setup) <a href="https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/01/how-sustainable-is-a-solar-powered-website/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/01/how-sustainable-is-a-solar-powered-website/</a>Imagine little autonomous, solar powered seeding nodes standing in gardens, tirelessly sharing research data whenever the sun is shining. A project that regenerates our digital commons in a sustainable, community-led way 🌱.Please share your thoughts - is this a feasible and worthwhile project?<a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/SafeguardingResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SafeguardingResearch</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/DataRescue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataRescue</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenScience</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/OpenData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenData</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DIY</a> CC <a href="https://mstdn.science/@moritz_negwer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@moritz_negwer</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/@alxd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@alxd</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/@thorsi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@thorsi</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/@BlumeEvolution" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@BlumeEvolution</a> <a href="https://post.lurk.org/@marieverdeil" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@marieverdeil</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@pluralistic</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/@lmu_osc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@lmu_osc</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/@Lambo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Lambo</a>(edit: Updated the mock-up image with an improved, non-AI version)

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseUChicago Library: UChicago Data Mirror website launched to protect access to public datasets. “In response to the withdrawal of multiple public datasets and websites, the DSI and the University of Chicago Library have partnered to launch the UChicago Data Mirror website to protect access to at-risk datasets. The website will preserve backups of these resources within UChicago’s […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/29/uchicago-library-uchicago-data-mirror-website-launched-to-protect-access-to-public-datasets/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/29/uchicago-library-uchicago-data-mirror-website-launched-to-protect-access-to-public-datasets/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseInternet Archive Blog: New Livestream Brings Microfiche Digitization to Life for Democracy’s Library. “Ever wonder how government documents, once locked away on tiny sheets of microfiche, become searchable and accessible online? Now you can see it happen in real time. Today, the Internet Archive has launched a livestream from our microfiche scanning center […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/22/internet-archive-blog-new-livestream-brings-microfiche-digitization-to-life-for-democracys-library/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/22/internet-archive-blog-new-livestream-brings-microfiche-digitization-to-life-for-democracys-library/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseMuckRock: TSA complaint data disappeared. Here’s where you can still find it.. “Not long ago, I did a routine check-in on a project I hadn’t thought about in a while: a Data Liberation Project repo that scrapes and archives Transportation Security Administration (TSA) traveler complaints. It was supposed to be a quick check-in—just restart the scraper GitHub had paused for inactivity. […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/20/muckrock-tsa-complaint-data-disappeared-heres-where-you-can-still-find-it/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/20/muckrock-tsa-complaint-data-disappeared-heres-where-you-can-still-find-it/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseResearchGate: Human-in-the-loop tabular data extraction methods for historical climate data rescue. “…we propose a human-in-the-loop workflow with benchmarks of open- and closed-source methods for extracting and processing handwritten tabular data. We explain through the case of climatological data from the Congo region (1907–1960) how HIL workflows can be implemented and their trade-offs […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/14/researchgate-human-in-the-loop-tabular-data-extraction-methods-for-historical-climate-data-rescue/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/14/researchgate-human-in-the-loop-tabular-data-extraction-methods-for-historical-climate-data-rescue/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseInternational Business Times: Web Archivists Scrambling To Save US Public Data From Deletion. “As President Donald Trump’s administration purges public records since storming back to power, experts and volunteers are preserving thousands of web pages and government sites devoted to climate change, health or LGBTQ rights and other issues.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/08/international-business-times-web-archivists-scrambling-to-save-us-public-data-from-deletion/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/08/international-business-times-web-archivists-scrambling-to-save-us-public-data-from-deletion/</a>

Data Rescue Project #DataRescueInterested in helping out with <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23DataRescue" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataRescue</a> but don't have time? No worries! You can always subscribe to our newsletter (we aim for no more than 2 emails/week). <a href="https://www.datarescueproject.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.datarescueproject.org</a> If you get a newsletter post that is particularly interesting, feel free to share. Because sharing is caring. ❤️🛟 <a href="https://www.datarescueproject.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Data Rescue Project</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseThe Eagle (American University): American University librarians take up the mantle with government data rescue project. “A team of four librarians at American University is joining a nationwide effort to preserve removed or redacted data in a Government Information Data Rescue guide. Editors Jessica Breen, Gwendolyn Reece, Olivia Ivey and Sarah Gilchrist each bring their own expertise to the […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/02/the-eagle-american-university-librarians-take-up-the-mantle-with-government-data-rescue-project/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/02/the-eagle-american-university-librarians-take-up-the-mantle-with-government-data-rescue-project/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseStanford Social Innovation Review: Exit to Open. “What happens when a nonprofit program or an entire organization needs to shut down? The communities being served, and often society as a whole, are the losers. What if it were possible to mitigate some of that damage by sharing valuable intellectual property assets of the closing effort for longer term benefit? Organizations in these tough […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/28/stanford-social-innovation-review-exit-to-open/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/28/stanford-social-innovation-review-exit-to-open/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseData Rescue Project: ERICA to the Rescue!. “Several volunteers and partners of the Data Rescue Project (DRP) have been working tirelessly for the last few weeks to back up the ERIC catalog and full-text PDFs. A DRP volunteer going by the username of crizzo has single-handedly submitted the links to 500,000 PDFs to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. To ensure continued access to the […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/28/data-rescue-project-erica-to-the-rescue/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/28/data-rescue-project-erica-to-the-rescue/</a>

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