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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Your comments have power! Nearly 5K people requested an extension to the comment period for the U.S. Census Bureau 's proposed rulemaking that would radically change how the 2030 census would be collected. It worked and the new deadline is 11/2. Stay up-to-date with: handsoffourcens.us

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Red-spotted Purple Butterfly, Maintenance Yards Rock Creek Park, Washington DC. 9/19/2026.

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Have you ever wondered, what does El Niño look like? Well, I got to see for myself at #NOAA 's Science on a Sphere exhibit. This year's system is expected to be the strongest ever, at 2.6C (4.7F) higher than average.

A projection of Pacific Ocean surface temperatures on the globe. A red plume at roughly the equator represents temperature.

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026

It's (probably) Not 500,000 Comments on OMB's Proposed Regulation and here's an explanation of why: www.chrismarcum.com/marcum-blog/202…

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026

Here's the 13-year-history of 2 CFR 200 public comments. Y'all did great. www.regulations.gov/docket/OMB-2026…

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/05/2026

Congressional Research Service is hitting it out of the park on Federal Data these days. Here's an excellent comprehensive report by Clinton Brass and Meghan Stuessy on Data.gov: www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48954…

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/04/2026

Higher ED friends: Looking for actionable insights into how your institution could respond to the DOE Genesis Mission for R&D on AI? I'll be presenting at the Data Foundation's Forum about Universities' Opportunity to Shape AI-Driven Scientific Discovery […] [Original post on sciences.social]

This is a slide that explains that the forum will take place on Tuesday, April 28th at 10-1pm ET

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2026

With support from Funders for the Future of Public Data, I'm pleased to release this report on the "Integrity of Public Access to Federal Data: Evaluating Disruptions to Open Government Data, 2025-2026" into the world: www.chrismarcum.com/data-integrity

the coverpage from the report with the same title

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2026

I'm endlessly grateful to the #InternetArchive for the opportunity to speak about information policy this week with such brilliant and passionate colleagues. IA is a treasure and they are always in need of donations and support: archive.org/donate

A selfie of me in front of the Internet archive sign

Https error code messages on the reading wall of the Internet archive

An infographic describing talking points from a panel titled legislation, policy, and accountability for government information

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026

I took these photos on expired (c. 1986 stock) Kodak TMAX 100 last summer. I just developed and scanned them this week. I used D76 developer and made my own fixer and stop bath from pool chemicals and food preservative.

Black and white photograph of the Monocacy Viaduct.

Black & white photograph of mallards in a fountain on the White House complex.

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/02/2026

In some encouraging news from the federal government for a change, the wood stork was removed from the endangered species list. They aren't the prettiest bird but they are beautiful. It's a great comeback and a testament to effective conservation policy […] [Original post on sciences.social]

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/02/2026

Full moon reflecting on the snow last night in Maryland. 2/1/2026

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/01/2026

There's a major discrepancy in the number of reported data sets between the live version of Data.gov and the newly launched beta version. The CKAN API (catalog.data.gov/api/3/action/packa…), which is the ground truth, is reporting {"count" […] [Original post on sciences.social]

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/01/2026

I painted two watercolors to give away as Christmas presents in 2025:

A watercolor painting of two adult loons and two loon chicks.

A watercolor painting of a Baltimore Oriole.

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/11/2025

We should probably rethink having single-source providers for our critical national infrastructure:

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/11/2025

Yesterday, I submitted comments the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics and OMB on the renewal of the Standard Application Process (SAP) common form. The SAP is a statutory requirement of the Evidence Act […] [Original post on sciences.social]

a screen shot of the standards for transparency clause of the Title III of the evidence at 132 Statute 5556 in PL 115-435

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/10/2025

The Federal Data Funeral is underway this Halloween. How will you memorialize our "Dearly Departed Datasets"? See the graveyard from Denice Ross and team here: essentialdata.us/in-memoriam.html

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2025

The scariest thing this Halloween may be the horrors affecting Federal data: forms.gle/nGFj5Teqg6d7wHa76

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2025

Mohawk on the Hill! Had a productive day today discussing data and science policy and federal worker capacity challenges with members of Congress and their staff.

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2025

I had a great conversation with my academic sibling, Beth Jarosz on the dataindex.us team, all about what happens to federal data when the government is out of order during a shutdown. dataindex.us/newsletter/article/336…

A photograph of an out of order sign in front of the doors in the new executive office building courtyard on the White House campus.

Photo is CC-BY 2025 Chris Marcum

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2025

Jack-o-Lantern mushrooms are popping up just in time for spooky season in Maryland. These can bioluminesce. (Omphalotus sp.)

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2025

Today is the final day at #OSFAIR2025 at CERN kudos to the entire @osfair team for such a successful and impactful event. #openscience

CC-BY Christopher Steven Marcum 2025
Photograph of stainless steel sculpture titled "wandering the immeasurable" by artist Gayle Hermick

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2025

20 years ago today, Hurricane Katrina made it's devastating landfall. With the Trump Administration on the unconscionable precipice of eliminating FEMA, here's a reminder of the agency's critical coordination role at the center of interorganizational disaster […] [Original post on sciences.social]

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2025

Today's the last day to vote for SXSW sessions. Nick Hart, Ph.D. , Suzette Kent , Nancy Potok and I would love your vote for our session: participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sxsw…

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2025

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of catching up with my brilliant colleagues in the Statistics and Science Policy Branch at OMB ahead of cleaning out my office. It was wonderful to see the team. There was a nice surprise sitting on my desk. Even though I've […] [Original post on sciences.social]

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2025

Birding can be serendipitous. I've been looking for a blue grosbeak for years - regularly commuting up to a spot where it's known to nest at the Patuxent NWRR with no joy. This weekend though, I happen to be driving through Antietam National Battlefield after […] [Original post on sciences.social]

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2025

I counted 108 mallards at constitution gardens on my way to the National Academies today. There were other birds too, like these two herons.

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/05/2025

A few photos of Dewey's Golden Jubilee from this past weekend. #dogsofmastodon #photography

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2025

Academia.edu reminds me weekly that there are at least two other Christopher Marcums writing on topics that I myself have written on (in scholarly publishing and gerontology, respectively), somewhere out there. If it's not in my @ORCID_Org I didn't write it. #openscience

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/05/2025

With over 100K viewers on the #vatican news channel alone, this has to be the most watched #bird in the world. #pope #birding

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2025

We're graced with two mallard hens this year at the White House, one still nesting and the other already teaching her brood of 13 #ducklings how to use the Duck Ramp at Jackson Place

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2025

In 2015, I used spectral analysis (now a standard component of ML algorithms underlying AI) on a sample of rasterized central components of #BobRoss paintings. I created the first ever rendering of a pixel-by-pixel "average" bob ross painting. Today, ChatGPT […] [Original post on sciences.social]

ChatGPT's rendering of the prompt "create an average bob ross painting"

"average" colorspace from a sample of 30 bob ross painting raster images

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/04/2025

For #LibraryWeek I'm reading this tale of libraries in the digital age by Marilyn Johnson. With so much change in technology, this reads like ancient history even though it's only been 15 years since publication. Checked out from my ultra-local library :)

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2025

Whoopie Pie, Moon Pie, Creme Pie, Snack Pie... I put many things called "pie" that aren't pie into a pie, which makes them pie. I called this unholy concoction the "Is a pie a pie? Pie" - my friend called it "Inception Pie." I was simultaneously delighted […] [Original post on sciences.social]

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/03/2025

Grafton finished his first cover-to-cover chapter book with no pictures, The Giver! He has a great library-endorsing review in this short video. Please consider supporting his school for the readathon: www.read-a-thon.com/reader/21170836…

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/02/2025

Joining the American Heart Association with #NationalWearRedDay. CVD is the leading cause of death in the United States and its causes are complex: genetics, lifestyle, environmental exposure, and wear + tear on the cardiovascular system. Complex disease requires multiplex interventions.

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/01/2025

Amazing to see and hear Brooke Shields talk about her book on graceful and challenging aging at the Library of Congress today.

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/12/2024

Can you spot our new National Bird in this photograph of a wintry scene I took in Errol, NH last week? #birding #photography www.npr.org/2024/12/18/nx-s1-523182…

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/12/2024

I wanted to spend some time writing about open science this holiday week but unfortunately most of my free time has been occupied by sleeping away the flu. I did muster some energy to cook and decorate. Maybe I'll get to writing next week.

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/12/2024

I finally had an opportunity to go inside of the White House residence library.

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/12/2024

Please, please bring more miniature service horses to DC museums.

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/12/2024

What are your three favorite Christmas movies and why are they: Ghostbusters, Gremlins, and Die Hard?

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/11/2024

The EEOB is looking nice this warm November evening in DC.

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