Does anyone have thoughts on #Zooniverse projects that are used to train LLMs? I enjoy participating but I'm uncertain about the ethics these days.

boosts appreciated

If anyone else needs a break from doomscrolling, there are some wonderful citizen science projects which could use some help.

https://www.zooniverse.org/projects

I find it a welcome and relaxing distraction and it feels good to be doing something positive however small.

#doomscrolling
#citizenscience
#zooniverse

NASA: New Way You Can Discover Asteroids. “Want to discover an asteroid, but don’t have your own telescope? Don’t worry! NASA’s International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) team has just introduced a new online project on the Zooniverse platform where you can help astronomers identify new asteroids.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/30/nasa-new-way-you-can-discover-asteroids/

Hab eine neue Beschäftigung für Zwischendurch gefunden! Wetterdaten auf dem 19. Jahrhundert digitalisieren xD So kann ich vollkommen ohne Einstiegshürde wieder zumindest ein ganz kein wenig mit Meteorologie machen und unterstütze damit sogar die Klimaforschung :D

#zooniverse
#redata
#collaboration
#klima

Calling all Irish weather and climate enthusiasts! 

Just a quick post to share an opportunity to get involved in a bit of Citizen Science. The inestimable Zooniverse has teamed up with Met Éireann, the Irish National Meteorological Service, in a project called Irish Weather Rescue. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to help digitize historical weather records that currently only exist on paper. Currently only a few percent of the available records have been digitised.

The project aims to provide access to valuable data that will improve our understanding of how rainfall patterns have changed over longer timescales and provide context for the changes we see in our current climate and possible future climate. Met Éireann’s archive contains an extensive collection of historical weather observations that include meteorological registers, rainfall registers, climatological reports, weather diaries, monthly weather bulletins and maps. These handwritten paper records are at risk of being lost due to the vulnerability of the original paper documents. By creating a digital copy of these records and extracting the data contained in them we can use the data to monitor climate variability and change, support effective climate risk management and improve climate model projections.

To read more about the project and/or volunteer, see here.

#CitizenScience #climateChange #MetÉireann #Weather #Zooniverse

It's a different kind of crafting: Mighty Boosh Shoes Part One #zooniverse #mightyboosh #themightyboosh #customsneakers #vincenoir

http://thecraftyyarnster.com/2025/10/13/mighty-boosh-shoes-part-one-the-rabbit-hole-of-badges/