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Shannon Dosemagen

@sdosemagen.bsky.social
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Builder, researcher, and organizer connecting people and institutions around participatory science, open tech, and community-led climate/environment work. linktr.ee/shannondosemagen

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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
People often pitch AI as unprecedented. But what if we already have the organizational tools to evaluate & negotiate its use? Our new book Auditing AI opens in the 1980s with the story of the US Network for Organ Sharing how how they test & decide on their algorithms direct.mit.edu/books/book/6...
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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
"When participation becomes raw material," from OEDP's Fieldnotes on AI Senior Fellow Shannon Dosemagen writes about how stewardship can no longer end at collection or sharing as data becomes training material for AI. 🔗 Read more here: openenvironmentaldataproject.substack.com/p/when-parti... #AI
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Open Science Hardware Foundation @opensciencehw.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
OSHF is hiring! We are looking for an amazing Program Manager to join our team. Details can be found at the link below, priority given to applications received by May 30th. Feel free to reach out with questions here, or via the email on the application. opensciencehardware.org/2026/05/oshf-s…
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OSHF seeking Program Manager - Open Science Hardware Foundation
The Open Science Hardware Foundation is expanding! We are searching for a new member of our team to fill the role of Program Manager.
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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Check out Shannon Dosemagen’s and Gwen Ottinger’s new article: Constructing a New Knowledge Infrastructure—out now in Issues in Science and Technology. In this piece, Shannon and Gwen argue that we should move away from… (1/5) #Data #Community #EnvironmentalResearch #Infrastructure #Advocacy
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Shannon Dosemagen @sdosemagen.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
An issue I keep returning to about AI and prototyping: prototypes are supposed to open questions, not close them. Good environmental prototyping is situated and shaped by local conditions. Too many AI systems do the opposite. Our goal shouldn’t be faster answers, but fuller questions 👇
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Shannon Dosemagen @sdosemagen.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
We need to move past the idea that we just hold on and “rebuild” environmental research later. The issue isn’t just politics, it’s fragmented data, short-term funding, and misaligned incentives. We’re calling for an environmental knowledge commons built on shared stewardship and governance👇
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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
"The work of noticing patterns," from OEDP's Fieldnotes on AI Senior Fellow Shannon Dosemagen writes about how human pattern-making is rooted in memory and place, allowing us to both notice and act. 🔗Read/Listen to more here: substack.com/home/post/p-... #Data #OpenData #AI #EnvironmentalData
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Shannon Dosemagen @sdosemagen.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
What happens when climate change shows up not only as storms, but as rising insurance rates, weakened public infrastructure, and the unsettling of home? My new essay, “Holding Ground,” published by Southern Cultures, is about New Orleans and what it takes to remain in place.
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Holding Ground
“New Orleans is a weather city. Our relationship to the atmosphere is daily, immediate, visceral.” Home is identity and inheritance, memory and continuity, and a place where intellectual knowledge and...
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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
POV is a position, not a preference Senior Fellow Shannon Dosemagen writes about EJ—how positions are shaped by lived exposure to harm and power in ways AI can't replicate.⚙️ 🔗 Read/Listen to more here: substack.com/home/post/p-... #OpenData #AI #EnvironmentalData #EnvironmentalJustice
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Shannon Dosemagen @sdosemagen.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Louisiana loses no matter what - land, the ability to make attempts at rehabilitation - but the U.S. Supreme Court just made it easier for oil companies to dodge consequences in all climate impacted regions/communities by shifting these types of cases to federal court 👎
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Supreme Court Sides With Oil Companies in Louisiana Coastal Lawsuits
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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
"Prediction without political will," from OEDP's Fieldnotes on AI Senior Fellow Shannon Dosemagen looks at how AI can help surface environmental risks, but can risk deepening harm. 🔗Listen to more here: substack.com/home/post/p-... #OpenData #AI #EnvironmentalJustice #Stewardship #Health
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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
“Who gets to define participation in the age of AI?” from OEDP’s Fieldnotes on AI Sr. Fellow Shannon Dosemagen writes about on protecting human judgement through participation rather than automation. ⚙️ 🔗Read more here: substack.com/home/post/p-... #Data #OpenData #AI #EnvironmentalData
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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
“OEDP’s Fieldnotes on AI: An Introduction” Over the next few months, OEDP team members will share a series of posts offering reflections on AI in environmental and participatory contexts. 🔗Read more here: substack.com/home/post/p-... #Data #OpenData #AI #EnvironmentalData
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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
🚨10 days left!🚨 Apply to The Data Stewardship Learning Circle by March 29th to develop your data stewardship instincts and build a data stewardship toolkit! 🛠️ 🔗Apply here: www.openenvironmentaldata.org/pilots/ds-le... #OpenData #EnvironmentalJustice #CommunityScience #DataStewardship
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State Court Report @statecourtreport.org · 05/02/2026
NEW: As the federal government retreats from combating climate change, several cases on state dockets across the US are pitting citizens against polluters and the states where they reside. @johnsurico.bsky.social discusses the new frontline in the legal fight for environmental rights.
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What’s Next for the Next Generation of Environmental Rights Cases?
Young people are building on lessons learned in recent litigation, using state constitutions and laws to develop and enforce environmental protections.
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Shannon Dosemagen @sdosemagen.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Great (+ sad) read from an agency insider. A “technical” change at EPA counts industry costs but ignores the health benefits of cleaner air. It’s a biased move that opens the door to deregulation, with serious consequences for public health and accountability. theconversation.com/epas-new-way...
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EPA’s new way of evaluating pollution rules hands deregulators a sledgehammer and license to ignore public health
In the world of cost benefit analysis, if an impact isn’t monetized, it doesn’t exist. A former EPA official explains what’s changing now and why it matters.
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Shannon Dosemagen @sdosemagen.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
An engaged group, organized by @opensciencehw.bsky.social & partners, met last week to assess the state of open science hardware. OScH has matured, showing up in policy, funding calls, & research, but still bumps up against institutional norms. Conversations focused on building bridges. More soon!
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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Here's our reporting on the proposed dismantling of the jewel of US atmospheric science, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social. The plan is to break NCAR apart and disburse some parts to other locations (like the research aircraft fleet) and eliminate others. www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪 #AGU25 #climate
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Trump team plans to break up ‘global mothership’ of climate science
Much of the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s non-climate portfolio will be dispersed, the White House says.
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National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) @protectparks.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Urgent: National parks need you right now! Tell your Senator to vote NO on Lee Amendment #3972 to Interior Appropriations. Call: npca.org/dial.
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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
We’re excited to release the DIGITCORE Toolkit! The Digital Toolkit for Collaborative Environmental Research (DIGITCORE) outlines challenges, problems, and situations experienced in collaborative environmental research. Access the toolkit at digitcore.openenvironmentaldata.org
DIGITCORE - The Digital Toolkit for Collaborative Environmental Research
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Shannon Dosemagen @sdosemagen.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
🚨 Applications open for Berkman Klein Center Fellowship. Appreciated my time in this fellowship a decade ago, great community. This year’s call focuses on scholars, technologists, & practitioners advancing interdisciplinary AI work. 📍 Cambridge, MA residency encouraged ⏰ Deadline: 12/5/25 🔻Details
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Open Call for Fellowship Applications, 2026 and 2026-2027
Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society welcomes applications for its 2026 and 2026-2027 fellowships.
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Shannon Dosemagen @sdosemagen.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
“Every empty plate is a policy choice... Hunger in America isn’t inevitable, it’s the result of decisions about who deserves support." When government falls short, communities must step up. Food inequity exists everywhere; donate, volunteer, plug in.
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Feed the People: No One Should Go Hungry — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
Dr. Grace Bagwell Adams is a public health expert, professor, and mother. She submitted this essay to The Bitter Southerner as a righteous call to anger — a professional and personal take on one of th...
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Shannon Dosemagen @sdosemagen.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
As a member of the Nat'l Parks Conservation Assoc. Board of Trustees, I’m excited to share we’re searching for our next President & CEO: a visionary leader to guide NPCA’s work protecting and reimagining the future of national parks in the U.S. 🌿 Learn more: npca.hire.trakstar.com/jobs/fk0zw8s...
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Open Science Hardware Foundation @opensciencehw.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
🎉 @opensciencehw.bsky.social has named @griffey.bsky.social its 1st Executive Director! A leader in 🔓 open infrastructure & the 🔍 research ecosystem, Jason will guide OSHF to build sustainable community-driven systems for #openscience worldwide. opensciencehardware.org/2025/10/oshf... #opensource
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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
How can research on tech & society best support the public who democracy exists to serve? I'm grateful to all for a conversation about what deep, long-term collaboration with the people of New York looks like, and to @sengonzalezny.bsky.social for challenging us to ground our work in community
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Connected by Data @connectedbydata.org · 19/10/2025
📢 Call for Abstracts: Participatory AI Development, Governance and Power at PAIRS26, taking place alongside the India AI Impact Summit in Feb 26! 🚀 www.pairs.site/ Open for papers, presentations or poster abstracts for online or in-person (Delhi) sessions. Deadline: 31st October.
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PAIRS: Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium
Exploring how public voices can shape the future of artificial intelligence.
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Open Science Hardware Foundation @opensciencehw.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
🚨Priority deadline for @opensciencehw.bsky.social's next Executive Director is 📅 TODAY Aug 15! Lead a growing nonprofit + global #openhardware movement. 🔗Apply or share: opensciencehardware.org/2025/07/were... 📍Remote ⏰Full-time 💰USD 100–115k #openscience #opensource #jobs #hiring
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We’re hiring: Executive Director - Open Science Hardware Foundation
Job Summary The Open Science Hardware Foundation (OSHF) is a U.S.-based 501c3 not-for-profit organization working to foster enabling ecosystem for open-source development of scientific instruments, eq...
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Open Science Hardware Foundation @opensciencehw.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
🚨We’re in the final week before the priority deadline for our next Executive Director! Lead @opensciencehw.bsky.social, grow the global #openscience hardware movement. Apply and share: opensciencehardware.org/2025/07/were... 📅Priority deadline: Aug 15, 2025 #openhardware #opensource #jobs #hiring
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We’re hiring: Executive Director - Open Science Hardware Foundation
Job Summary The Open Science Hardware Foundation (OSHF) is a U.S.-based 501c3 not-for-profit organization working to foster enabling ecosystem for open-source development of scientific instruments, eq...
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Open Science Hardware Foundation @opensciencehw.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
🚨 REMINDER: We're #hiring a new Executive Director! 📍 Remote ⏰ Full-time 💰 USD 100–115k Help grow the OSHF, lead programs+fundraising, and support #openscience & #openhardware: opensciencehardware.org/2025/07/were... #job #opensource #sciencejob
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We’re hiring: Executive Director - Open Science Hardware Foundation
Job Summary The Open Science Hardware Foundation (OSHF) is a U.S.-based 501c3 not-for-profit organization working to foster enabling ecosystem for open-source development of scientific instruments, eq...
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Shannon Dosemagen @sdosemagen.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
🚨 Job alert: Exec Director @opensciencehw.bsky.social 📍 Remote | Full-time | $100–$115k We're hiring our first ED! Help grow the org, lead programs + fundraising, and support open science hardware. Details: opensciencehardware.org/2025/07/were... #OpenScience #OpenHardware #Jobs
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We’re hiring: Executive Director - Open Science Hardware Foundation
Job Summary The Open Science Hardware Foundation (OSHF) is a U.S.-based 501c3 not-for-profit organization working to foster enabling ecosystem for open-source development of scientific instruments, eq...
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Shannon Dosemagen @sdosemagen.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Spending the morning learning about Sursiendo + May First Movement Tech’s new work on embedding environmental sustainability into autonomous internet infrastructure. They had me at the Axolotl cartoon, but I’m excited to dig into their community-based tech work 💡 sursiendo.org/2025/07/acti...
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Actions for environmental justice from autonomous and community-based technological infrastructures
Leer en español Sursiendo, along with May First Movement Technology, is researching action strategies to embed environmental sustainability into autonomous internet communications infrastructure…
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Shannon Dosemagen @sdosemagen.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Reflecting on how participatory science took root -- what worked, what didn’t, what’s next. A friend shared this brilliant podcast on ethics in health research: 5 episodes, 10 guests, deep honesty on justice, care & systems. Highly recommend. 🎧 ethicsinpractice.net/home
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State Court Report @statecourtreport.org · 06/07/2025
Hawaii is suing oil companies by invoking the state constitution's "public trust doctrine," which declares that “all public natural resources are held in trust by the State for the benefit of the people." Sarah J. Morath explores this new trend in environmental litigation.
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Hawaii’s Lawsuit Against Oil Companies Alleges “Harm to Public Trust Resources”
States are suing companies that cause harm to the environment, relying on mandates requiring protection of public resources.
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Shannon Dosemagen @sdosemagen.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
🚀 The Open Science Hardware Foundation is now on Bluesky and LinkedIn! Follow along, we’ll be posting a new position soon. 🔗 lnkd.in/gwAjccRn 🦋 bsky.app/profile/opensciencehw.bsky.social 🌐 opensciencehardware.org
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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Our June newsletter is out! Catch up on OEDP's recent goings-on, including: 🤝 highlights from the Community Data Playbook; ✍ an op-ed about hardware procurement from @sdosemagen.bsky.social , Eunice Mercado-Lara + Alison Parker; ☀️ AGU's Days of Action in D.C. open.substack.com/pub/openenvi...
June updates from OEDP
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Shannon Dosemagen @sdosemagen.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Been deep in ✨open✨ all week at UN Open Source + Linux OS Summit (keynote today!). I’m off next to a Nat’l Parks Conservation Assoc. board mtg + thinking about this admin’s attack on public lands. Use your voice before the reconciliation vote: 👉 www.npca.org/notforsale
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Oppose the Senate reconciliation bill
We could see one of the largest fire sales of public lands in our nation’s history – with roughly 3 million acres going to the highest bidder – thanks to the Senate’s new budget reconciliation bill. A...
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Shannon Dosemagen @sdosemagen.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
In NYC this week for UN Open Source, bringing the open science hardware angle. Grateful for the GOSH community - folks worldwide making tools like 3D-printed microscopes & air/water sensors. Curious? Their forum is a great place to start: openhardware.science
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Home - Gathering for Open Science Hardware
We are a community that wants to make open science hardware ubiquitous by 2025 Join the ForumSign Up to the GOSH NewsletterJoin and chat about open science hardwareLearn about our community valuesHow ...
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Shannon Dosemagen @sdosemagen.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Spending time this morning catching up on one of my favorite projects, the open-weather community. Today, their eNews starts, "On Friday 6 June, members of the open-weather network captured the last images from NOAA-18..." Cliffhanger, but you can check them out here: open-weather.community
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open-weather
Feminist art, tech and education project about our changing relations to weather and climate. Learn DIY satellite imagery reception and reading.
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Shannon Dosemagen @sdosemagen.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
📣 New article from ‪@euniceml.bsky.social‬, Alison Parker, & me in @techpolicypress.bsky.social on the role of procurement in shaping the infrastructure of democracy, arguing for the role of open-source in producing a better vision to broaden who can participate in federal procurement systems.
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Unlocking Innovation: Why Federal Procurement Should Embrace Open Source | TechPolicy.Press
Eunice Mercado-Lara, Shannon Dosemagen, and Alison Parker make the case for reforming federal procurement rules to boost open source solutions.
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Open Research Community Accelerator (ORCA) @orca-open.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
#OpenScience Hardware in Govt Procurement: OSH cuts costs & drives innovation—but outdated policies block progress. New @wilsoncenter.org & @openenvirodata.bsky.social report by @euniceml.bsky.social of @orca-open.bsky.social suggests solutions: bit.ly/447Upzd #OpenHardware #OpenSource
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Advancing Open Science Hardware: Opportunities and Challenges in US Government Procurement
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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
We’re so proud to release the Community Data Playbook! Communities around the world collect and use #environmental data, but face barriers in using data to its fullest extent; to unlock the potential benefits of community-generated environmental data, we need better data governance approaches.
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Shannon Dosemagen @sdosemagen.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
"As data and resources are deleted or altered, something foundational is also at risk: Americans’ ability to access and evaluate their past, and with it, their already shaky trust in facts." Nice rundown, including a shoutout to @openenvirodata.bsky.social for work in env & climate data space.
nytimes.com
The White House Frames the Past by Erasing Parts of It
As the Trump administration pulls government websites and data offline, it is selectively stripping away the public record, letting the president declare his own version of history, archivists and his...
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Shannon Dosemagen @sdosemagen.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
From colleagues at Open Environmental Data Project and partners, an OpEd on digital infrastructure, federal collapse, and how we move through and past this moment to, "re-build our digital infrastructure — to make it more useful, more meaningful and ultimately to improve the lives of Americans."
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America's digital infrastructure belongs to you
COMMENTARY | We’ve seen unprecedented attacks on our nation’s federal digital infrastructure, from removing or restricting datasets and tools, to taking websites offline, to widespread layoffs.
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Niall Firth @niallfirth.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Everyone's suddenly talking about Signal for some reason. If you don't know - here's what it should and shouldn't be used for. www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/27/1...
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What is Signal? The messaging app, explained.
With news this week of the messaging app being used to discuss war plans, we get you up to speed on what Signal should be used for—and what it shouldn’t.
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Signal @signal.org · 25/03/2025
Right now there are a lot of new eyes on Signal, and not all of them are familiar with secure messaging and its nuances. Which means there’s misinfo flying around that might drive people away from Signal and private communications. 1/
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Shannon Dosemagen @sdosemagen.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
USC Annenberg Innovation Lab is looking for their next cohort of fellows now through March 28th. This might be a great fellowship opportunity to apply for if you merge diverse forms of media and technology with participatory practices to advance social progress 📝
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Civic Media Fellowship
Applications for the 2025/26 Fellowship cohort are open from March 3-28, 2025 — APPLY HERE! For more information about the fellowship experience, who we’re looking for and the application process, ple...
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Shannon Dosemagen @sdosemagen.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Great opportunity to take on a leadership role with Adventure Scientists as their next ED! Note that you will need to be willing to relocate to Bozeman, MT 🏔️ www.adventurescientists.org/executive-di...
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Executive Director - Adventure Scientists
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csvconf @csvconf.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Hello 🦋! 📯 We are excited to announce that the call for proposals for #CSVCONF is now open! 💡 This year theme is "Data for Communities" ✍🏾 Submit your ideas for talks by April 6 for a chance to join us in Bologna🦙🍝! forms.gle/AEC5oXgQBhPr... #OpenData #OpenSource #DataJournalism #DataGov
csvconf flyer featuring a llama with the Italian flag
csvconfv9 call for proposals
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OpenAQ @openaq.org · 05/03/2025
This is a tragic loss. Monitoring air quality at U.S. embassies and consulates supports the health not only of the staff at those embassies, but the health of the neighboring communities. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/c...
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U.S. Embassies Halt Air Quality Monitoring Abroad
Since 2008, embassies and other diplomatic posts had been publishing data about local air quality. In many countries, it was the only reliable source of such information.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Thread - I've been thinking a lot about Walter Lippmann’s Public Opinion lately, especially in the context of Musk’s role in dismantling the federal workforce through DOGE. It’s a perfect example of what Lippmann warned about over a century ago.
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