@ekansa.bsky.social
Research data curation, Python, Archaeology. Opinions shared here are my own, not of my employers or funders. Already burned by commercial social media. While nice now, I don't trust this place. I'll mainly be here on Mastodon: @ekansa@scholar.social
Open Context turns 20 this year! To mark the occasion, we finally wrote up a long article that provides details about how we organize and publish data, and how we relate to the broader landscape of data repositories in #archaeology https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.71.3 #datacuration #openscience […]
Original post on hcommons.social
hcommons.social
New in IA71: Kansa, E. and Kansa, S. Whitcher 'Open Context in a Changing Context: Data Publishing, Interoperability and Governance' https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.71.3 #Archaeology #datacuration #DataManagement #interoperability #FAIR #CARE #sustainability This paper describes the rationale and […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
Dealing with US federal funding for #research, #education, or anything else worth doing now feels like dealing with Darth Vadar.
darth vader says " i am altering the deal pray i don t alter it any further "
Alt: darth vader says " i am altering the deal pray i don t alter it any further "
media.tenor.com
I went to El Salvador hoping to meet with Kilmar and check on his well-being, and I had the chance to do that last night. Our courts have been clear: this was an ILLEGAL abduction. I’m speaking now about my meeting with Kilmar and our work to bring him home:
Van Hollen Holds Media Availability at Dulles Upon Return from El Salvador
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
youtube.com
Van Hollen: And it's also important that people understand this case is not just about one man. It's about protecting the constitutional rights of everybody who resides in the United States of America.
"Last week we learned that six of our active NEH awards—totaling $789k in unspent funds—were immediately “terminated” by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. Below you can read about the projects that were affected." -- Mullen
Tom Elliott@paregorios.bsky.social · last yr.Mullen, Lincoln. “Carrying On When the Grants Go Away.” Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (blog). Accessed April 11, 2025. rrchnm.org/news/carryin....
I think this is amazing, full stop. I do worry that backfilling cuts at the federal level will lead to *disingenuous* arguments that this demonstrates the we don’t need fed funding after all (& I know funders know this is a danger). We most be prepared to dismantle such arguments immediately.
James Neal@james3neal.bsky.social · last yr."70-Plus Foundations ‘Meet the Moment’ and Pledge to Increase Their Grants" www.philanthropy.com/article/70-p...
We were at our local theatre last night & cheered when they announced the production was supported by the National Endowment for the Arts. NEA, NEH, IMLS & so many other sources of positive government support permeate our lives. The loss of these agencies is a travesty.
We just received a heartbreaking email from a colleague at a Federal granting agency. It was full of professionalism, dignity, and devotion to mission despite the cruelty and illegality of the regime's destruction of their agency. Their patriotism and service must be recognized. We're going to […]
Original post on scholar.social
scholar.social
More important reporting. And thanks to Steve Kidd and the entire @humanitiesall.bsky.social team for their vocal advocacy.
NPR@npr.org · last yr.Among the thousands of groups affected by the sudden cessation of funds are state arts councils, museums, historic sites, archives, libraries, educators and media outlets in all 50 states.
Can I just say (acknowledging I’m being petty here), the NEH termination letter reads exactly like some dipshit DOGE bro used a chatbot to finish an assignment they didn’t understand. I know the quality of our federal colleagues, and they sure as hell didn’t write it.
Given this rate of collapse, when do reach the era of spray-painting our mouths with chrome and throwing ourselves onto post-apocalyptic traffic in the name of Immortan Joe? 2 months?
a man is wearing goggles and smoking a cigarette
Alt: mad-max warboy
media.tenor.com
A few tips for NEH grantees: 1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP. 2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
Breaking Thurmond's record while talking about the Civil Rights leaders being called home is an incredible moment in America. This is one for the history books.
I'm relieved the respected #journalist #JeffreyGoldberg handled this craziness with such professionalism. But I'm disappointed that #Buffy Summers wasn't invited into the #NationalSecurity #groupchat. She made it pretty clear that she expects to be in the loop about this kind of thing.
a woman is holding a cupcake and saying if the apocalypse comes beep me
ALT: a woman is holding a cupcake and saying if the apocalypse comes beep me
media.tenor.com
The TESLA (a/k/a "TESLER") TAKEDOWN is working... WORLDWIDE! Turns out people really resent an unelected weirdo running our Government & creating economic chaos. Hit Elmo where it really hurts: in his big, fat wallet. If we #TankTesla, It's Ex-X! (a/k/a Twitter) #WinWin Visit www.takedowntesla.com
this was successful “resistance” — the thing we’re being repeatedly told is done, over, can’t work, never to return
The White House says: - 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada What Americans feel: - Fewer options at the store - Higher prices for all of us, especially on food He promised to cut costs. Now he's implementing a Trump Tax on our families. The chaos continues.
Just making sure we have updated a full copy of the data we publish. Internationally. Just in case. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14728229 #OpenData #archaeology
Open Context Database SQL Dump
Open Context (https://opencontext.org) publishes free and open access research data for archaeology and related disciplines. An open source (but bespoke) Django (Python) application supports these data publishing services. The software repository is here: https://github.com/ekansa/open-context-py The Open Context team runs ETL (extract, transform, load) workflows to import data contributed by researchers from various source relational databases and spreadsheets. Open Context uses PostgreSQL (https://www.postgresql.org) relational database to manage these imported data in a graph style schema. The Open Context Python application interacts with the PostgreSQL database via the Django Object-Relational-Model (ORM). This database dump includes all published structured data organized used by Open Context (table names that start with 'oc_all_'). The binary media files referenced by these structured data records are stored elsewhere. Binary media files for some projects, still in preparation, are not yet archived with long term digital repositories. These data comprehensively reflect the structured data currently published and publicly available on Open Context. Other data (such as user and group information) used to run the Website are not included. IMPORTANT This database dump contains data from roughly 190+ different projects. Each project dataset has its own metadata and citation expectations. If you use these data, you must cite each data contributor appropriately, not just this Zenodo archived database dump.
zenodo.org
Now with the #archaeology, #opendata, #research tags truncated from the original #Mastodon post.
Open Context@opencontext.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 2y agoHere's our 2024 overview, with a focus just on our #datacuration efforts. We'll share 2024 retrospectives about our work in professional development and #dataethics shortly. It's been another active year, and we're grateful to our data contributors and our funders for their support and […]
Feeling more and more like December of 2019, though the pace and severity of things will no doubt differ. History never exactly repeats. #h5n1
Kai Kupferschmidt@kakape.bsky.social · 2y agoCDC just confirmed the first severe case of #H5N1 in the US in a patient in Louisiana. This virus seems to be the same genotype D1.1 that is spreading in birds at the moment (so not the cattle genotype B3.13) that severely sickened the teenager in Canada. #IDsky 🧪
California seems to be the epicenter of #h5n1 evolution in mammals. Yikes. I hope the state commits to vaccine development ASAP, since I bet the incoming federal administration won't be too helpful.
PLEASE do not feed raw milk to your cats. Or your kids. Or yourself. #H5N1
