RE: https://fedihum.org/@lavaeolus/117519685116382933
Unsere Sachsen-Anhalt-Aktion wurde im DLF (@mediasres) erwähnt - gerade dass @RadioCORAX sowie unser guter Freund @Lambo auch zu Wort kommen, freut uns dabei sehr!
We are delighted to announce the devroom 'Archives, Libraries and Digital Memory' (Sat, 2027-01-30, afternoon) at #FOSDEM27 🎉
Spearheaded by @swheritage and together with @ecosystems, we're going to focus on the radical notion of preserving information and digital resources for the public good into the future.
FOSS is both content and means, so #FOSDEM is a very fitting place for such a discussion.
We're looking for your contribution as well, see our CfP: https://aldm-devroom.github.io/cfp/
(until Nov 24)
We're looking for folks working at UNT, especially their library
See @lavaeolus's post for details: https://fedihum.org/@lavaeolus/117463768701901419
RE: https://chaos.social/@netzpolitik_feed/117400041157803309
Berichterstattung gibt es in der Zwischenzeit auch schon :)
Danke an @netzpolitik_feed!
Momentan ist die Webarchivierungsaktion in vollem Gange [Update: >150 URLs]; in ein paar Tagen können wir da Sachen auch öffentlich zeigen und zugänglich machen
As expected, Saxony-Anhalt has a far-right extremist as president of the state parliament
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-far-right-afd-gets-first-house-speaker-in-a-german-state-parliament/live-79558497
Our webarchiving action is going strong; around 30 URLs got submitted.
Stay tuned for the published contents on SciOp and for direct browsing
Wie erwartet: Sachsen-Anhalt hat seit heute einen rechtsextremen Landtagspräsidenten
https://mastodon.xyz/@johl/117393555002400761
Unsere Archivierungsaktion läuft auf Hochtouren, mehr als 30 URLs wurden nominiert.
Stay tuned für die Veröffentlichung auf SciOp und zum direkten Browsen
Safeguarding in Sachsen-Anhalt – Sicherung öffentlicher Daten vor dem Regierungswechsel
Wir blicken besorgt auf Sachsen-Anhalt.
Konkret unterstützen wir alle Demokrat*innen und Antifaschist*innen in Sachsen-Anhalt auf zweierlei Weise:
1. Webarchivierung von Regierungs- und Behördenseiten
2. generelle Unterstützung bedrohter Einrichtungen, Initiativen und Projekte
Mehr Informationen in unserem Aufruf: https://safeguar.de/src_sachsen-anhalt/
Announcing:
SRC in Saxony-Anhalt - Rescuing public data before the change in government
We look worriedly at the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. There are two ways on how we support all democrats and anti-fascists there:
1. Webarchiving of websites by the local government and agencies.
2. General support for threatened institutions, projects, initiatives, etc.
For more info, see our statement & call-to-action: https://safeguar.de/src_sachsen-anhalt/
In a similar vain as our last post:
Our friends at #SaveOurSigns also published an article in Library Trends
Blake, Molly, Lena Bohman, Jenny McBurney, and Amelia Palacios. "Save Our Signs: National Park Signs and the Power of Crowdsourcing to Combat Censorship." Library Trends 75, no. 1 (2026): 91-117. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/lib.2026.a999942.
Not breaking news, but important nonetheless:
Our partners at @datarescueproject.org published an article about their work
Bohman, Lena, Lynda Kellam, and Mikala Narlock. "The Data Rescue Project: A Crowdsourced Effort to Preserve At-Risk US Federal Data." Library Trends 75, no. 1 (2026): 72-90. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/lib.2026.a999941.
We encourage everyone to read it; it's open access :)
Why Germany Is Building an Ark for U.S. Climate Data
"[... T]he German Research Foundation in late 2025 set up a program, with a budget of $35 million, to provide a safe haven for permanently storing copies of U.S. data from public and open sources."
https://e360.yale.edu/features/germany-us-climate-data
thanks @christianschwaegerl for reporting!
A message from our friends and partners at #SaveOurSigns, especially relevant for folks living in or near Washington D.C.:
The Trump administration is moving ahead with signs outside the National Museum of American History
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/09/16/trump-administration-moves-ahead-with-signs-outside-smithsonian-museum ($)
"If anyone is in DC or knows someone who can help us get photos, spread the word!"
More info at https://saveoursigns.org
RE: https://fedihum.org/@SafeguardingResearch/117275529023803147
To be very clear about one thing:
If we're not able to match the rate, then there are two options, either a) no stickers, or b) stickers that scream "graphic design is my passion" with subtly wrong colors and additional errors caused by inexperience
But there won't be any genAI involved - this is simply not an option, for many reasons.
Calling the artists in our audience / on the fediverse:
We are interested in formatting our logo + the one for SciOp into (hexagon and/or free-form)
How much would you charge for a commission?
(Trying to ascertain if it even is feasible at all on our shoestring budget, we would love to offer 500$+, but that's simply not feasible. Worst case, no designs)
#fediArtists #Artist #Commission
[Edit: removed an option]
[Edit2: changed the amounts]
[Edit3: clarified the actual task]
RE: https://fedihum.org/@lavaeolus/117274371643135468
We're working behind the scenes on metadata curation and better findability, in conjunction/cooperation with the other data rescue groups/initiatives.
And together with the SHIELD project at @tibosl, ofc
Good things are coming!
In light of recent news, let us repeat:
SRC is very much not only focused on USA and English language resources.
If access to publicly accessible data is threatened, feel free to ping us. We might be able to help.
https://safeguar.de
Email: contact@safeguar.de
Signal: https://signal.group/#CjQKIDySD9mS73sU_jRD72r53yAQU9Ao4vFzn2wEHkiXOWW7EhC9JJ3mWLM51PKKQ7HgiOKz
#Safeguarding #SciOp
> "Over the past year and a half, at least 28 federal datasets have been deleted and another 338 data collections have been modified, according to an online tracker released last week from https://dataindex.us [...]."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/aug/18/trump-federal-data-deleted-altered
See also their blog post: https://fas.org/publication/data-termination-tracker/
We (and others) are looking into which of the datasets we collectively have archived - stay tuned
Has anyone contacts with either the NDSU Department of Mathematics or the American Mathematical Society?
We're asking re https://mathgenealogy.org, which has been offline and just came back online today.
On the off chance: We can also be contacted at contact@safeguar.de or via Signal https://signal.group/#CjQKIDySD9mS73sU_jRD72r53yAQU9Ao4vFzn2wEHkiXOWW7EhC9JJ3mWLM51PKKQ7HgiOKz
RE: https://mstdn.ca/@kula/117089594051003540
The first in a series of events with us & #SciOp:
August 27-28 10am-3:30pm at UVic Libraries (Canada), courtesy of @kula
See quoted post and/or here https://lib.uvic.ca/safeguard
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@evacide/117056274501107892
We saw @4thievesvinegar announcing their "So long and thanks for all the meds!" & raise you a torrent of all their materials: https://sciop.net/datasets/four-thieves-vinegar
Not a rescue, but worthy of preservation nonetheless ✊