I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.

It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵

PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity.

We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry.

Proud to work in this organization that puts unwavering support of its communities, open, independent science and scientific integrity front and center

https://plos.io/3D4O8cH

Something good in these times:
#SafeguardingResearch went in 3 weeks from 2 people and less then 50GB to now >12+ and multiple hundred TBs located all over the globe <3
https://safeguarding-research.discourse.group/

For Updates (only one-way):
https://mein.manitu.de/public/webhosting/mailinglist/?id=157305&auth=dEFZxtdGRwes7RvWtZrgqUucMjDUzNkV

We can actually think about mirroring data collections from the Internet Archive etc. pp. (and are already doing this)

And we already made a tangible difference:
https://hoosier.social/@dragondaddy/113948415302585824
cc @dragondaddy

reposted public instead of unlisted

The re-criminalization of the act of existing in Turkey while Kurd continues.

Turkey 'banned 120 Kurdish-language books, magazines, newspapers, or publications related to Kurds, in the last three weeks.
[...] YEWKURD [Kurdish Publishers Association] official Jihat Rojhılat criticized the bans, stating, "Even in the 1990s, this many books were not banned at once. [...]"

He added that these bans were not legitimate according to Turkish law, as Article 3 of the Press Law specifies that books or magazines cannot be banned without evidence.'
https://www.duvarenglish.com/turkey-bans-120-kurdish-language-publications-in-three-weeks-news-65422

Key train tunnels West of Vienna, finished this past year, flooded last week, now out of commission for months.

Our infrastructure isn't ready for what's to come. Nobody's infrastructure is.

#climate #EU #Austria