OMG! A meme I totally understand and ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Data Rescue Project #DataRescue@datarescueproject.org · 7d ago

For this #MemeMonday, even Dean Craig Pelton wants your data to be around for at least six seasons and a movie. And we're not going to lie -- as #DataRescuers, well-preserved and documented data absolutely awakened something in us.

For this #MemeMonday, even Dean Craig Pelton wants your data to be around for at least six seasons and a movie. And we're not going to lie -- as #DataRescuers, well-preserved and documented data absolutely awakened something in us.

A few reflections on my past career in government info librarianship, the DttP award, our gov docs champions, and my ❤️ with @datarescueproject.org

Today we celebrate and introduce our new DRP Metadata Analyst. Join us in welcoming them to our community! And big thanks to all of the funders who made this possible. www.datarescueproject.org/announcing-m...

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 sponsore...

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Being in your thirties is great, you suddenly become a connoisseur of butt pillows and start eating a lot of fiber

No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...

Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation

PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...

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I am absolutely gobsmacked. And trying not to pass out from hyperventilating. Thank you @barackobama.bsky.social — you just made my secret dream for DATA EMPIRE, spoken aloud to NO ONE, come true.

Barack Obama@barackobama.bsky.social · 2w ago

It’s that time of year again: here are some of the books I’ve enjoyed this summer. If you’ve read any good ones, let me know!

I'm heading to my first @saa-official.bsky.social conference to talk about the DRP's work with the Humanitarian Archives Emergency Project. Looking forward to seeing the team again! Read more about the HAE: www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/the... And add an archive: hae-registry.baserow.site/registry

The humanitarian archive emergency - Institute of Development Studies

A new initiative to save humanitarian sector archives, records, and datasets has begun by launching a survey.

ids.ac.uk

#SaveOurSigns is ongoing. We want to know how things have changed and what is being removed. Check out Erasure in Action to learn more: sites.google.com/umn.edu/save...

Erasure in Action

Erasure in Action

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Lynda M. Kellam #DataRescue@lyndamk.bsky.social · 3w ago

Today I visited the President's House for the first time since the new panels were installed. The panels about enslaved people are relegated to a separate section and sanitized. #SaveOurSigns

Listen I know there are a LOT of horrible things happening in the world. But I just wish that clicking "unsubscribe" in an email would, idk, actually unsubscribe you from all of that organization's emails? but no, you often have to manage notification for different *types* of emails

🎉 We’re celebrating #PeerReviewWeek with a Review-a-thon! Gather your lab, classroom, department, or community to review preprints or datasets as a team, in any language or research field. You can win a prize to support your Club's activities! Learn more & register by Aug. 31: bit.ly/Review-a-thon

Why yes, this picture DOES make me want a DRP mug, who's asking??

Data Rescue Project #DataRescue@datarescueproject.org · 3w ago

Three cheers for Maggie Levenstein, outgoing ICPSR Director! We are so grateful for your support, and wish you the best in this next chapter. www.datarescueproject.org/thank-you-ma...

A quick update on the Cyclospora outbreak.

Just popping in for these #MemeMonday to express how much we adore our volunteers. None of this would be possible without you. Whether you've been with us from the start or have only recently become a #DRPeep, we appreciate you and all of the work you have done as part of our community.

The "sequel"(?) to "You Are Reviewer 2" is now available to download for free. "So You've Been Told to Publish Your Data" is a solo d6-based "game" to "learn" about Research Data Management and Data Publishing. midnitelibrary.itch.io/publish-your... 📚

Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*

It is objectively terrifying that an Editor-in-Chief of Science, the academic journal of American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a Medicine/Chemistry Professor is not only using ChatGPT as a search engine, but also openly stating it as if it’s a rational normal thing to do.

Holden Thorp@holdenthorp.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hi, this is Holden emerging from my Bluesky hiatus to tell everyone that when checking the links in the piece, I used ChatGPT as my search engine (does anyone use Google anymore?). The piece was written by me and edited by humans. So all the links were checked by me and again by our copyeditors.

When journalists asked me "where we will see the effects of DOGE on outcomes?" one of my responses was "during crises...as long as media connect the dots." Well, dots connected: www.wired.com/story/cdc-cy...

The CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year

“Based on simple math, these outbreak responses—which require rapid, timely responses—are going to be greatly diminished,” the former CDC lab director tells WIRED.

wired.com

Y'all I just saw the SKY and it was BLUE and my heart literally jumped. Anyways, wear a mask or stay indoors in you're in the midwest and dealing with the smoke.

Vet: So Lil Jeff looks good - he's put on a little weight, his coat is shiny, and gosh he's got strong legs. Me: he takes after his mom 🥲 Picture of the goodest boy attached as tax. 😍

📚 IU Indy is hiring! This position will report up through a different library, but we all work closely at IU. It's a great time to join us, and I'd be happy to talk more! indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/33822

No science fiction could have prepared us for just how stupid the end of the world can be. "The environment was on the brink of collapse, and so, rather than deal with that, we burned what fuel we had left getting computers to scam each other for money."

really thinking about this tweet as i’ve been struggling to breathe through nausea for the last 5 hours

Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca · 4w ago

These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...

RFK Jr. made Cyclospora tracking optional, gutting a CDC program used to detect outbreaks. Now cyclosporiasis has hit 31 states. That's what happens when you dismantle the systems designed to keep us safe. www.npr.org/2026/07/12/n...

What to know about cyclosporiasis, the intestinal illness hitting the U.S.

A surge of cases of the intestinal illness that causes diarrhea and fatigue has been detected in 34 states. Here's how what to do if you suspect you have it and how to avoid infection.

npr.org

Me, encouraging my phenomenal summer interns to submit posters to #IDCC27 because @digitalcuration.bsky.social puts on one of the best conferences in the game.

Girl's Mischievous Tee Hee Smile

ALT: Girl's Mischievous Tee Hee Smile

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An incredible euphemism here for “the government is doing illegal discrimination”

Where's the evidence that respondents understand your survey questions? I'd say nowhere, but glad some people took this question more optimistically and constructively. 😃 Cognitive debriefing, automated: gking.harvard.edu/debrief/

Where's the Evidence that Respondents Understand Your Survey Questions? | Gary King

Survey researchers try to align respondent question interpretations with their own by applying theoretical rules, such as writing questions simply, concretely, and without biasing words or double-barr...

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Crystal Lewis@cghlewis.bsky.social · 4w ago

Issue 53 of #rdmweekly is out!📬 ➡️ ECR Asks: Q & A with @eivimeycook.bsky.social ➡️ data-dict.yaml (data dictionary specification) @hadley.nz ➡️ Modern Python Project Management for Researchers with uv @digiresacademy.bsky.social and more! rdmweekly.substack.com/p/rdm-weekly...

Here’s how I stay hopeful when everything feels f*cked. Hope this helps.

📢 Have you heard? Submission deadlines for #IDCC27 Papers and Lightning Talks have been extended to 24 July 2026. 🌐 Check out the Call for Submissions webpage for more information on deadlines, submission formats and proposal templates ⬇️ https://dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc27/call-for-submissions

They say books won’t change the world. Tell that to every colonizer who burned them. To every enslaved person who was punished for reading. Literacy is resistance. Literacy is liberation. The library is a battlefield.