📣 Another call for action, #DataRescuers! 📣 This time, Christopher Steven Marcum shares the request to save #WorldFactbook, including ways you can get involved. Learn more: www.datarescueproject.org/guest-post-t...

Guest Post: The World Factbook...
Guest Post: The World Factbook is Gone

Today's post is by Christopher Steven Marcum, an Open Science Advocate and former senior personnel at the Office of Management and Budget. On February 4, 2026, the CIA made the surprising decision to shut down the World Factbook after more than sixty years of operation. This move was not just

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Hello #DataRescuers! We're excited to start this AMA. We'll be answering questions over the next 2 hours. Please feel free to like, respond, or reskeet as we go.
📣📣📣 Calling all #DataRescuers! The #SaveOurSigns crew needs our help capturing interpretative panels at key National Parks, including the Grand Canyon, before they are erased, removed, silenced. Learn more and get involved: www.datarescueproject.org/sos-help/
Calling all #DataRescuers! As the federal administration begins removing #NPS signage and information, we need your help. It's not too late to get out there and #SaveOurSigns. Check out this @[email protected] article (linked below) for sites currently at risk.

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National park signs related to Native Americans, climate change to be removed

Among the national parks targeted in the new removal orders are some of the country’s most iconic: Grand Canyon, Glacier, Big Bend and Zion.

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For all the #datarescuers who like Instagram, we're excited to have a new account. Please share and join us at:

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Alright #DataRescuers -- as we approach our first anniversary, we have some questions for YOU! First: what has been most helpful for you from the DRP? (and don't forget that we're hosting an #AMA on January 30, 6-8pm Eastern! Please submit your questions through our form.)

DRP AMA 2026 Questions
DRP AMA 2026 Questions

This form is to collect questions for the Data Rescue Project's first "Ask Me Anything!" to be held on Bluesky January 30, 6-8pm Eastern. If you can't attend or on Bluesky, don't worry-- you can receive a response via email! Please note: All questions will be reviewed, and may be edited for clarity and length. Depending on volume received, we may not answer every question on the AMA. If you aren't already, don't forget to follow us on Bluesky. See you online!

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Hey #DataRescuers! If we were to do an Ask Me Anything #AMA, would y'all be interested in participating?

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Calling all east coast #DataRescuers! Our sources have informed us that #NationalParks sites in and around DC, Philadelphia, and possibly Boston are especially at risk. Parke diem this weekend, seize the data, and go out there and #SaveOurSigns
Come meet your fellow #DataRescuers for office hours in September!

DRP Office hours for September
DRP Office hours for September

Join the Data Rescue Project office hours this September!

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Calling all NYC #DataRescuers, we're going to be in your area! Help #SaveOurSigns finish strong with an in-person rescue event. Please register in advance. lu.ma/w7cfkk26

#SaveOurSigns Manhattan · Luma
#SaveOurSigns Manhattan · Luma

We will gather together before splitting off into groups to work on saving signs at NPS sites around Manhattan. We will provide a list of sites that we need…