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Eric Kansa

@ekansa.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy

Directs Technology for OpenContext.org Tries to work for anti-authoritarian, public good goals, especially with appropriately scoped open data and open science […] [bridged from scholar.social/@ekansa on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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Eric Kansa @ekansa.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

So many javascript executing bots are hitting Open Context right now. We're seeing 15 times more traffic than "normal" (if there is such a thing any more) on Open Context. They burned through the use limits on our map APIs. Now maps our don't render properly […] [Original post on scholar.social]

Open Context's current usage, showing a spike of bot traffic on August 14, 2026

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Eric Kansa @ekansa.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026

Sigh. Open Context now gets 10x more traffic than normal. We're approaching the Singularity of the bots obsessively consuming of sheep/goat and sherd data records. A paranoid my think "AI" cartels are punishing me for saying their technologies are […] [Original post on scholar.social]

Graph of recent visits to Open Context, illustrating 10x more traffic from browsers versus normal rates

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Eric Kansa @ekansa.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/06/2026

Ugh #Bots The #AI_bubble fuels annoying and costly extraction of #openaccess resources, including #opendata in #archaeology research. Open Context (opencontext.org) is now getting slammed with 3x more traffic than normal. The financial fallout of […] [Original post on scholar.social]

Graph of an ongoing spike in Open Context's traffic, likely driven by "AI" related bots

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Eric Kansa @ekansa.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

Yes things are shitty, so it's important to take note of some things that are absolutely delightful and amazing. This is a hummingbird nest with two jellybean sized eggs. The parents built this in a bush growing next to my house's driveway.

A hummingbird nest with two jellybean sized eggs

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Eric Kansa @ekansa.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2025

Did the #nokings #protest today. The signs and slogans expressed our outrage, but the community spirit was both beautiful and peaceful and the event had a fun street fair vibe. Kudos to #Portland for using humor to mock the fascists. You can see that inspire us down here in #California.

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Eric Kansa @ekansa.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2025

Appreciated.

Looks like parking directions that tell you to dump shit in a cyber truck.

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Eric Kansa @ekansa.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/03/2025

Here's a token that's a reminder at how structural problems may matter more than individual personalities.

Ides of March Roman coin from at the end of the Roman Republic, via Wikipedia

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Eric Kansa @ekansa.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/02/2025

[Uspol] Welp, at least this time around, I'm more practiced at this. Great turnout, enthusiastic supportive honks from passing drivers. Warm, friendly, peaceful crowd organized by #indivisible. 1500 people or so, #Oakland CA. #protest #democracy #fiftyfiftyone

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Eric Kansa @ekansa.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/12/2024

OK. This tsunami map is over the top. There are ~5 million people in the red areas of that map, and these red areas have huge elevation variation too. Absolutely stay away from the water, but the map implies that we expect a 200ft (?) wall of water to come […] [Original post on scholar.social]

Really over-the-top tsunami warning map for the SF Bay Area

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Eric Kansa @ekansa.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/12/2024

Welp. #earthquake

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Eric Kansa @ekansa.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/11/2024

What's the plan for #DataRescue 2.0? Mobilize lawyers to try to enforce records retention laws? Mobilize international repositories to replicate key scientific and environmental data? What does the #digitalrepository community think?

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Eric Kansa @ekansa.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/11/2024

Hm. This thing can do animated Gifs now.

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