𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱.

I've been tracking the impact of #Trump actions on US research, primarily in this Mastodon thread. But the thread is becoming long and unwieldy, and this problem will only get worse.

I'll continue to track this news but I want to stop doing it primarily in threads. Once I depend less on threads, I'll depend more on #tags to help readers find the posts in this collection.

I already use #DefendResearch and will to continue to do so.

It comes from the Declaration To Defend Research Against US Government Censorship.
https://www.defendresearch.org/

But I want to supplement it with a more Trump-specific tag. After mulling over a few possibilities — like TrumpAdminOnResearch and ResearchUnderTrump — I've decided to go with #TrumpVResearch.

Thanks to Alice Meadows and Suze Kundu for the suggestion.
https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/04/30/trump-v-research-how-we-could-turn-the-threats-into-opportunities/

I won't add this tag retroactively to (many) past posts. But going forward I'll use both #DefendResearch and #TrumpVResearch for posts in this collection.

To follow these topics, consider following these tags.

I encourage others to use these tags too, in posts on the same topics. It's one way to #crowdsource this tracking project.

Here's more on this tracking project and the need to crowdsource it.
https://fediscience.org/@petersuber/114031943643988590

#USPol #USPolitics

#iNaturalist can #CrowdSource #science and #geolocate species helping scientists https://theconversation.com/what-is-inaturalist-the-citizen-science-app-playing-an-unlikely-role-in-erin-pattersons-mushroom-murder-trial-255714

Views on tech podcasts

https://techwontsave.us/episode/272_digital_sovereignty_in_a_time_of_rising_fascism

#Zine - https://patreon.com/techwontsaveus

#crowdsource #Patreon
#podcast

Cool series If somehow you haven't heard of this one:
https://darknetdiaries.com/

#nevertrump #handsoff #fiftyfiftyone #goodtrouble #crowdsource #codebycandle
friendly software dev here looking to make more anti-maga 'ware. : )

drop a line if have ideas / interested in teaming up!

Here's one way to deal with #AI #bots and #scrapers hammering our websites: set up a trap. I've hidden a link on my website that humans wouldn't click on, but scrapers would follow. I added the destination to my robots.txt so that well-behaving bots won't follow it. Now I can grep my web logs for hits to that trap and get a list of IP addresses of badly behaving bots. If we #crowdsource such a list of IPs (like with Crowdsec), we can collectively ban them.

So, I would like to #crowdsource a solution to an #ElectricalEngineering #EV problem.

I need to safely split a J1772 split-phase input into two parallel chargers inside a project vehicle. Each charger is capable of 3 kW. How would YOU do it?

If you're willing to help with working on this spreadsheet of key contact information for problematic U.S. officials and their associates for call/(e)mail campaigns, it would be much appreciated.
[2025 U.S. Officials' Contact Info for Public Communications] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13NESPwtMKneoxgUXXkyceQP0s6sEvgZxnxWS7NtHHqM/edit?usp=sharing I'm happy to provide editing access upon request.
#USPolitics #Government #Officials #Contact #Information #Musk #Trump #DOGE #Congress #Tesla #Crowdsource #Project #Spreadsheet #Effort #WhiteHouse #Cabinet #Democrats

#Meta plans to test and tinker with X’s community notes #algorithm

Meta plans to test out X's algorithm for #CommunityNotes to #crowdsource fact-checks that will appear across #Facebook , #Instagram , and #Threads.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/meta-plans-to-test-and-tinker-with-xs-community-notes-algorithm/

Melodice

Melodice is crowdsourced website with music playlists for board games.

https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/03/07/melodice-crowdsourced-website-with-music-playlists-for-board-games-shared/

#music #games #boardgames #fun #gaming #playlists #crowdsource #shared

Update. "Safeguarding Research & Culture — Distributing Cultural Memory"
https://safeguarding-research.discourse.group/about

"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

10/ #Trump is doing damage on many fronts, not just the front of open and uncensored research. Are there projects to #crowdsource info on all of that damage? If so, the project on damage to research could be part of that larger project.

I welcome your thoughts.

#OAintheUSA #OpenAccess #OpenScience

6/ I'm writing this thread this to brainstorm with all of you on other ways to #crowdsource this work.

1/ I'm doing what I can to track the actions and positions of the new #Trump admin on open and uncensored research. But it's far more than a one-person job. This is a post on what I'm doing — building up to a call to help find ways to #crowdsource the work.

#Censorship #DefendResearch #OAintheUSA, #OpenAccess #OpenScience #ScholComm

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Let's make my next pair of boots a really good value pair of Nazi-stomping, pawbean-protecting winter-ready workboots that can outlast me still having a human appearance ITR.

Or at the very least let's get ones that can cope better with the 2 inches of self-replenishing standing muddy watery slush that is gradually freezing solid all around us in the gales currently rocking the #Vulpibus heavily on its suspension side to side.

#mutualaid #helpfolkslive2025 #helpfolkssurvive2025 #fundingrequest #crowdfund #crowdsource #moneyhelp #currencyrequest #financialassistance #homelessness #homelessnessassistance #transhelp

Today I learned about dbird.org 🐦 a crowd-sourced tool where anyone can report dead or injured birds. Your report helps scientists tackle human-caused hazards to birds. Lets help our feathered friends. Who knew?!

#BirdConservation #nerdalert #UrbanWildlife #birdlovers #themobileretiree #crowdsource

#CrowdSource time.

I like the fediverse, you are my kind of people. So...

Please give me your recommendation for low-stakes, cozy, wholesome books or anime or other media. Stuff that made you feel *positive* and *relaxed*.

I feel like I'm going to need that more as, well... *gestures at everything*

Please, boost if you're interested in finding some islands of hope too.

Starters:

- Travis Baldree; Legends and Lattes (short novel)
- Laid Back Camp (anime)
- Bartender: Glass of God (anime)

Wanna help with something?

Tag historical photos and volunteer to transcribe scanned old documents for the U.S. National Archives.

https://www.archives.gov/citizen-archivist

#ushistory #archives #histodons #history #crowdsourcing #crowdsource #volunteer

Question: is #Wikipedia a #socialMedia platform?

I'm not sure there's an easy answer, but try to choose "yes" or "no", even if you feel conflicted or ambivalent.

For the uninitiated: "Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world."

#poll #internet #web #openaccess #crowdSource

Our talk "GNOME Maps and Transitous Based on Global Routing with MOTIS" for FOSDEM 2025, to be held by me, Felix Gündling, and Jonah Brüchert has been accepted!

#FOSDEM #fosdem2025 #mapstodon #transitous #motis #gnome #gnomemaps #PublicTransport #crowdsource #gtfs

Let's make a #crowdsource #solarpunk #manifesto #poem together!

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When there's no tomorrow to be seen
A scream gets attention
But only a story can sustain it
Dreaming the tomorrows unseen
Rooted in todays ignored