[Linux-aus] #SafeguardingResearch as a result of political changes in the United States - how you can help

[Kathy Reid]

Hi good humans,

Many of us have colleagues, friends, co-workers and partners in the 
United States - and have watched with a mixture of incredulity and 
concern at the recent policy dictates which have seen research efforts 
gutted and relevant data removed from public transparency - hindering 
advancement efforts world-wide.

This isn't just about the **data**. Many of the policy measures are 
focused on minorities and work to erode DEI measures, resulting in 
erasure of history, culture and communities.

Organised efforts are now under way which seek to provide an alternative 
infrastructure to host, share, index and archive the scientific and 
cultural data being erased - primarily outside US borders. Folks in 
digital humanities, STEM, librarianship, research software engineering, 
open science, open data and infosec are coming together globally.

You can help by:

- Following the #SafeguardingResearch hashtag on the socials and follow 
https://fedihum.org/@SafeguardingResearch

- Visiting https://safeguarding-research.discourse.group/ to read more 
about the movement's mission and principles [0], identifying data that 
is at risk of removal [1], legally storing and torrenting data that 
needs to be safeguarded [2] and contributing your technical expertise to 
SciOps to build out technical capability for archiving [3]. You'll 
notice some familiar names on the forum.

- Helping interested parties contact the movement if they need 
assistance to make data available for archiving.


As researchers we often say "we need the data". Today, the data needs us.

With kind regards,

Kathy Reid


[0] https://safeguarding-research.discourse.group/about

[1] https://safeguarding-research.discourse.group/c/requests/13

[2] 
https://safeguarding-research.discourse.group/c/safeguarding/needs-safeguarding/7

[3] https://codeberg.org/sneakers-the-rat/sciop