#datarescue — Public Fediverse posts

PR Newswire: Former federal data officials answer the question: How many federal datasets have been terminated since January 2025? (PRESS RELEASE). “Today, dataindex.us, the nation’s leading resource for monitoring changes to federal data, published the Federal Data Terminations Tracker—the most policy-relevant, verified source of federal datasets terminated since January 2025. Having evolved […]

PR Newswire: Former federal data officials answer the question: How many federal datasets have been terminated since January 2025? (PRESS RELEASE). “Today, dataindex.us, the nation’s leading resource for monitoring changes to federal data, published the Federal Data Terminations Tracker—the most policy-relevant, verified source of federal datasets terminated since January 2025. Having evolved […]

The Guardian: Meet the army of amateur archivists racing to save US history in national parks. “Hundreds of volunteers, many of whom are anonymous, have submitted photos of national signage to the digital archive. As of 3 August, the site has compiled 17,236 photos, including at least one in nearly every national park and historic site in the country.”

The Guardian: Meet the army of amateur archivists racing to save US history in national parks. “Hundreds of volunteers, many of whom are anonymous, have submitted photos of national signage to the digital archive. As of 3 August, the site has compiled 17,236 photos, including at least one in nearly every national park and historic site in the country.”

Data Rescue Project: Urgent: Oppose NARA Facility Closures. “We recently learned that some regional facilities of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) are being targeted for closures, including the ones in San Francisco/San Bruno, CA and Chicago. These facilities hold important records especially to people in those areas.”

Data Rescue Project: Urgent: Oppose NARA Facility Closures. “We recently learned that some regional facilities of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) are being targeted for closures, including the ones in San Francisco/San Bruno, CA and Chicago. These facilities hold important records especially to people in those areas.”

Data Rescue Project: Announcing the DRP Metadata Analyst. “Today’s post is an interview with our new Metadata Analyst! The DRP is grateful to be able to offer this position throught the generous support of the Portfolio to Protect Science, a fiscally sponsored initiative of Global Impact, as well as other anonymous individual donors.”

Data Rescue Project: Announcing the DRP Metadata Analyst. “Today’s post is an interview with our new Metadata Analyst! The DRP is grateful to be able to offer this position throught the generous support of the Portfolio to Protect Science, a fiscally sponsored initiative of Global Impact, as well as other anonymous individual donors.”

Thank you for all the work of the USAID Knowledge Rescue effort! If you want to learn more, check out this article from two of the key figures!

#USAID
#DataRescue

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Where Is 60 Years of Data, Inf...

Thank you for all the work of the USAID Knowledge Rescue effort! If you want to learn more, check out this article from two of the key figures!

#USAID
#DataRescue

journals.library.wustl.edu/pollib/artic...

Where Is 60 Years of Data, Inf...

What can we say, our Kenergy this #MemeMonday is all about #DataRescue

What can we say, our Kenergy this #MemeMonday is all about #DataRescue

New York Times: Where U.S. Government Data Is Disappearing. This link goes to a gift article. “Ordinarily, much federal data is the domain of a niche network of wonks. When a federal report goes missing or loses key information, think tanks, advocacy organizations and researchers may sound the alarm, but the broader public might never know. But the sprawling federal data apparatus has an even […]

New York Times: Where U.S. Government Data Is Disappearing. This link goes to a gift article. “Ordinarily, much federal data is the domain of a niche network of wonks. When a federal report goes missing or loses key information, think tanks, advocacy organizations and researchers may sound the alarm, but the broader public might never know. But the sprawling federal data apparatus has an even […]

ETH Zurich: ETH Zurich centralises climate and Earth observation data for the research of tomorrow. “AI models are playing an increasingly important role in weather forecasting and the early detection of natural hazards. Training these models requires vast amounts of climate and Earth observation data. Over the past few months, ETH Zurich has therefore copied openly available datasets from NASA […]

ETH Zurich: ETH Zurich centralises climate and Earth observation data for the research of tomorrow. “AI models are playing an increasingly important role in weather forecasting and the early detection of natural hazards. Training these models requires vast amounts of climate and Earth observation data. Over the past few months, ETH Zurich has therefore copied openly available datasets from NASA […]

The #DataResilience Funding Landscape: A Preliminary Analysis from Katherine E Skinner, IOI. Mapping where the money is (and isn't) going in the #datarescue movement. https://investinopen.org/blog/data-resilience-funding-landscape/

The #DataResilience Funding Landscape: A Preliminary Analysis from Katherine E Skinner, IOI. Mapping where the money is (and isn't) going in the #datarescue movement. https://investinopen.org/blog/data-resilience-funding-landscape/

"Rescued data has to be collected, and then it has to go somewhere; it has to be validated, described, made findable, and kept accessible."

The systems that do that work are either assumed to exist… or invisible in the funding picture entirely.

Our analysis of 87+ data resilience projects: https://investinopen.org/blog/data-resilience-funding-landscape/

#OpenInfrastructure #DataRescue #DigitalPreservation

"Rescued data has to be collected, and then it has to go somewhere; it has to be validated, described, made findable, and kept accessible."

The systems that do that work are either assumed to exist… or invisible in the funding picture entirely.

Our analysis of 87+ data resilience projects: https://investinopen.org/blog/data-resilience-funding-landscape/

#OpenInfrastructure #DataRescue #DigitalPreservation

DanQ: Today I Rescued 7,234 Old GIFs. “This week, GlitchyZorua brought to my attention the Ibiblio Icon Browser, a collection of many thousands of GIF icons curated in the 1990s by Gioacchino La Vecchia. Glitchy’s goal was to archive a copy of all of the icons, which was turning out to be… challenging.”

DanQ: Today I Rescued 7,234 Old GIFs. “This week, GlitchyZorua brought to my attention the Ibiblio Icon Browser, a collection of many thousands of GIF icons curated in the 1990s by Gioacchino La Vecchia. Glitchy’s goal was to archive a copy of all of the icons, which was turning out to be… challenging.”

Canada’s National Observer: How Canadian scientists are stepping up in the race to save climate data. “At Ocean Networks Canada in Victoria, BC, Kate Moran was ready with big questions for a planned call with her colleague on Canada’s opposite coast. The two ocean scientists were discussing responses to a massive, unexpected problem: the US National Science Foundation (NSF), under the Trump […]

Canada’s National Observer: How Canadian scientists are stepping up in the race to save climate data. “At Ocean Networks Canada in Victoria, BC, Kate Moran was ready with big questions for a planned call with her colleague on Canada’s opposite coast. The two ocean scientists were discussing responses to a massive, unexpected problem: the US National Science Foundation (NSF), under the Trump […]

UNHCR’s future is at risk – and so is its past
https://rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/06/29/unhcrs-future-is-at-risk-and-so-is-its-past/ #DataRescue
#DigiPres

UNHCR’s future is at risk – and so is its past
https://rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/06/29/unhcrs-future-is-at-risk-and-so-is-its-past/ #DataRescue
#DigiPres

Scientific American: History depends on records that weren’t built to last. “Chat apps, email, and cloud files have become the primary record of how power is exercised. Archivists are trying to preserve them before formats go dark or messages disappear without a trace.”

Scientific American: History depends on records that weren’t built to last. “Chat apps, email, and cloud files have become the primary record of how power is exercised. Archivists are trying to preserve them before formats go dark or messages disappear without a trace.”

Climate.us: Climate.us launches independent website for trusted climate information. “Climate.us today launched the full version of its new independent, nonprofit climate information website, creating a public-backed home for trusted climate science at a time when access to federal climate resources has become increasingly vulnerable to disruption.”

Climate.us: Climate.us launches independent website for trusted climate information. “Climate.us today launched the full version of its new independent, nonprofit climate information website, creating a public-backed home for trusted climate science at a time when access to federal climate resources has become increasingly vulnerable to disruption.”

Just rescued a water damaged laptop for a friend. The Laptop wouldn't boot anymore. So I took out the SSD and attached it via a USB adapter to my Linux Laptop and created a QEMU KVM virtual machine booting this device. After a bit of sweating Windows came up and I'm able to login to rescue the data inside the operating system.

#linux #QEMU #KVM #virtualization #DataRescue

Just rescued a water damaged laptop for a friend. The Laptop wouldn't boot anymore. So I took out the SSD and attached it via a USB adapter to my Linux Laptop and created a QEMU KVM virtual machine booting this device. After a bit of sweating Windows came up and I'm able to login to rescue the data inside the operating system.

#linux #QEMU #KVM #virtualization #DataRescue

Listening to the closing keynote of #OpenRepositories by @kathleengregory about “Strengthening open data infrastructures in times of crisis”

“Open data infrastructures underpin scholarly research as well as decisions made in public life. While these infrastructures are often assumed to be stable, recent global events have demonstrated their vulnerability to geopolitical change, spurring efforts not only to rescue at-risk data, but also to make open systems more resilient”

#OR2026 #DataRescue

The Guardian: Consumer protection agency deletes thousands of pages as Trump administration seeks to dismantle it. “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau deleted at least 2,200 webpages from its website last month, a move advocates say is part of the Trump administration’s latest effort to dismantle the federal consumer finance watchdog.”

The Guardian: Consumer protection agency deletes thousands of pages as Trump administration seeks to dismantle it. “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau deleted at least 2,200 webpages from its website last month, a move advocates say is part of the Trump administration’s latest effort to dismantle the federal consumer finance watchdog.”

Lawfare: The Justice Department Erases History; Lawfare Restores It. “Last week, the Justice Department began systematically removing material from its web sites regarding the many indictments and convictions related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol…. At Lawfare, we have restored the vast bulk of what was deleted. We have also started to preemptively archive a raft of material that […]

Lawfare: The Justice Department Erases History; Lawfare Restores It. “Last week, the Justice Department began systematically removing material from its web sites regarding the many indictments and convictions related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol…. At Lawfare, we have restored the vast bulk of what was deleted. We have also started to preemptively archive a raft of material that […]

Any #Twihards out there who love #DataRescue? This #MemeMonday we have something for you! Whether you're Team Edward or Team Jacob, we're all Team Data Rescue Project over here.

Any #Twihards out there who love #DataRescue? This #MemeMonday we have something for you! Whether you're Team Edward or Team Jacob, we're all Team Data Rescue Project over here.

The Guardian: Why data sleuths are archiving the Jeffrey Epstein files: ‘We want to provide some clarity’. “An increasing number of journalists, researchers and activists have applied technical analyses to the Epstein files that draw out information not readily available in the DoJ’s raw dumps of material. The latest is a searchable database of faces of individuals who appear in original […]

The Guardian: Why data sleuths are archiving the Jeffrey Epstein files: ‘We want to provide some clarity’. “An increasing number of journalists, researchers and activists have applied technical analyses to the Epstein files that draw out information not readily available in the DoJ’s raw dumps of material. The latest is a searchable database of faces of individuals who appear in original […]

Jetzt: @ztirfhtor über #DataRescue

Jetzt: @ztirfhtor über #DataRescue

Internet Archive Blog: Internet Archive Switzerland: Expanding a Global Mission to Preserve Knowledge. “Thirty years ago, Brewster Kahle founded the Internet Archive with an ambitious goal: Universal Access to All Knowledge. Today, that mission continues to grow with an exciting new chapter: the launch of the Internet Archive Switzerland, a non-profit foundation based in St. Gallen.”

Internet Archive Blog: Internet Archive Switzerland: Expanding a Global Mission to Preserve Knowledge. “Thirty years ago, Brewster Kahle founded the Internet Archive with an ambitious goal: Universal Access to All Knowledge. Today, that mission continues to grow with an exciting new chapter: the launch of the Internet Archive Switzerland, a non-profit foundation based in St. Gallen.”

The @datarescueproject.org team is running an LGBTQ+ Data Rescue Hackathon on May 28 at noon Eastern/9am Pacific/5pm UTC.

"Participants will help identify, document, and rescue publicly available federal datasets that include sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) measures."

Details: https://www.datarescueproject.org/lgbtq-hackathon/

#data #DataRescue #DataRescueProject #hackathon #LGBTQ #LGBTQI #FightFascism

The @datarescueproject.org team is running an LGBTQ+ Data Rescue Hackathon on May 28 at noon Eastern/9am Pacific/5pm UTC.

"Participants will help identify, document, and rescue publicly available federal datasets that include sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) measures."

Details: https://www.datarescueproject.org/lgbtq-hackathon/

#data #DataRescue #DataRescueProject #hackathon #LGBTQ #LGBTQI #FightFascism

Today's #MemeMonday happens to also coincide with #StarWarsDay. It's NOT a trap! Here at the DRP, we use @[email protected]'s #DataLumos for our #DataRescue efforts. Whether it's in ICPSR or another repository, we encourage you to preserve and publish your data, enabling maximum reuse.

Today's #MemeMonday happens to also coincide with #StarWarsDay. It's NOT a trap! Here at the DRP, we use @[email protected]'s #DataLumos for our #DataRescue efforts. Whether it's in ICPSR or another repository, we encourage you to preserve and publish your data, enabling maximum reuse.

Data Rescue Project: Save Our Signs: New photos, new maps, and a renewed sense of purpose. “With the completion of this new backend database, we’ve begun processing and publishing the photos that volunteers have submitted since the initial September 2025 deadline. Today, we have published over 2,500 new photos to the SOS Archive, and are hard at work processing about 1,500 more that have been […]

Data Rescue Project: Save Our Signs: New photos, new maps, and a renewed sense of purpose. “With the completion of this new backend database, we’ve begun processing and publishing the photos that volunteers have submitted since the initial September 2025 deadline. Today, we have published over 2,500 new photos to the SOS Archive, and are hard at work processing about 1,500 more that have been […]