iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Open Government Partnership @opengovpartnership.org · 01/10/2026

Today marks the start of a new term for the OGP Steering Committee. 🇨🇦 🇿🇦 Welcome to the governments of Canada and South Africa as new members of the Steering Committee! Congratulations to our re-elected members, the Government of Spain and Zukiswa Kota. More: ow.ly/ZrXz50ZTzk8

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This drives me nuts in government too!

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Open Data Camp @odcamp.uk · 04/09/2026

Open Data Camp 11 is go! 🎉 📍 Birmingham City Council House 📅 21–22 Nov 2026 First batch of tickets go live at noon today! www.tickettailor.com/events/opend... For all the information about the event, check out the announcement post - www.odcamp.uk/odcamp-11-bi... #odcamp #opendata

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Get your ticket – Open Data Camp 11: Birmingham – The Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham

Open Data Camp 11: Birmingham – The Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham, Sat 21 Nov 2026 - Sun 22 Nov 2026 - Open Data Camp 11 is coming to Birmingham on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November 2026...

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Solar eclipse through a colander

Projection of light through a colander during a partial solar eclipse

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Pure speculation, but it wouldn't surprise me if no one involved fully understands the DOI system.

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Notably the Crossref page says nothing about what they do when the member ceases to exist, but I think the buck stops with Crossref here.

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The metadata is still our there in places like commons.datacite.org/doi.org/10.1...

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I think the missing bit is who has the authority to do anything once a publisher has disappeared. It may be that someone is still responsible and hasn't updated the DOI, or no organisation is left. 8.3 of the DOI Handbook suggests to me there is a gap in all this www.doi.org/doi-handbook...

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I could be wrong, but I'm fairly sure the DOI *could* be redirected to a new URL, and indeed that is one of the benefits of using DOIs - it is a persistent identifier and creates a fire-break between an identifier and where the digital object itself exists.

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

No solar-powered destratification fans then?

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

♥️ from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 to 🇪🇸

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

My dad got a box set of the six films on video. I was watched them over and over, particularly The Voyage Home. Might in some way be responsible for me becoming an oceanographer!

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Err... I think you mean Sigma IX...

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BGC_Argo @bgc-argo.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

🌊 25 years of Argo and ocean observation records! ▸ 50,000 km: the longest journey ▸ 6,000 m: the greatest depth reached ▸ 16 years: the longest operational lifetime ▸ 3 years: the longest continuous mission beneath sea ice Challenge: can you guess which float achieved each records?!

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The worst part about the Yeager is just how many times it was actually on-screen. Would have been a much nicer nod if a standard Intrepid had been loitering near DS9.

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

It'd only be "the honourable" unless Count Binface was also made a member of the Privy Council.

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄 Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇 So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage 🧵1/23

Telegraph headiline:

"Heatwave hysterics wouldn't have lasted a day in 1976", overlaid with a bold “MONK DEBUNKED” stamp.

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BGC_Argo @bgc-argo.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

📢 Join the next BGC-Argo DMQC Virtual Session on July 7 at 7:00 AM Pacific Time. We'll discuss the impact of missing GPS fixes on BGC DMQC and explore new approaches to improve under-ice float position estimates with Cecile Cabane (CNRS). 🔗 mbari.zoom.us/j/8985119429...

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I think if I encountered such a being on country roads under blackout conditions, my reaction time would be decreased by being confused by what I was seeing...

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 08/05/2026

Spiralling global temperatures (1850-2026) It is exactly 10 years since I first put this animated graphic of changes in global temperature online. #ClimateSpiral It instantly went viral. People watched it over and over again. It still offers the power to shock a decade on.

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

The other factor is turnout. If you have low turnout, it doesn't matter what electoral system you are using, it still won't be representative. A few years ago I looked at the number of constituencies where the winner could be different if everyone voted. If memory serves, no seat was 'safe'.

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

This cross-government services is pretty helpful in this regard: www.forms.service.gov.uk

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Create online forms for GOV.UK – GOV.UK Forms

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

At least the Microsoft Paperclip made funny faces whilst being annoying, and you could get rid of it!

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Euro-Argo ERIC @euro-argo.eu · 14/04/2026

📢 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟎 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭! Register and submit an abstract before 24 April. 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐫𝐠𝐨 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 - 18-19 June 2026 in Brest 🇫🇷 👉 www.euro-argo.eu/News-Meeting... #EAONE #Argofloats #OceanScience @univbrest.bsky.social @ifremer.bsky.social @cnrs.fr @awi.de

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Some would say the Mek'leth would be preferable...

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

This was my immediate thought too

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Who says the North doesn't get any sun?

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Dr Tasha Kitcher @tashakitcher.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I’m running a survey to ask researchers what they want the UK Government Web Archive to offer in the future to enable wider use of the collection. If you’re a web archive user, or you would like to be, please take ten minutes to complete this survey: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/UKGWA-Rese...

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Andrew B. Watkins @windjunky.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average. climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 27/01/2026

When it rains, it now rains more. For those experiencing the flooding in south-west England, it is worth remembering that rainfall in winter has increased by about 25% overall. And, the rainfall has also become more intense: when it rains, it now rains more, increasing the risk of flooding.

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Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Very high sea-levels this morning at Newlyn in Cornwall, thanks to this storm coinciding with a (moderate) spring tide.

Tide observations at Newlyn showing a level on the morning of 23rd Jan 2026 peaking at over 6m

BBC weather map for noon today 23rd Jan with a low pressure storm just off Cornwall

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Open Government Partnership @opengovpartnership.org · 25/11/2025

We’re excited to welcome Brazil & Steph Muchai as OGP’s Co-Chairs and to spotlight UK & Laura Neuman, who will follow in 26–27. Brazil & Steph’s Co-Chair Agenda sets bold priorities for #opengov. opengovpartnership.org/news/brazil-and-steph-muchai-to-co-chair-the-ogp-steering-committee/

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

I don't buy that. Maintenance aside, damage control efforts would need ready access. That's not the only problem though. The vessel is routinely portrayed as being far too small to have any meaningfully useful internal volume.

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Looks good, but makes zero sense as a real vessel.

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Worth noting that a 15" shell was hypersonic...

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

If I'd expended all my missiles and didn't have the choice, I'm sure I'd be quite fond of a naval gun with programmable ammunition. I might be more fond if I had a few of them...

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

That might be true of 'big guns' but modern naval guns with programmable munitions arguably turn the tables at least at shorter ranges, especially re: cost per shot.

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I'm not suggesting anyone should build one, but with modern air defense technology, a modern battleship would not be vulnerable to air attack in the way they were in WW2.

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Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Since it's coming up again in the Discourse: GPS (GNSS) is a passive system and does not itself actually track anything. The satellites just shout out their own position & time. Your device just listens to that, works out its position, and may store or transmit that data through a phone connection.

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Ah right, full set of numbers, and only 5 seconds of music. It was great how it brought levity and finality at the same time.

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Matt Donnelly @colddatamatt.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Last time I attended was quite awhile ago, and I must admit the timer is my most prominent recollection! Along with a few speakers talking at an ever increasing pace. Could have sworn it was the full 30 seconds, but I bow to you as the original source!

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