Heading to London for State of Open Con ‘25. Last year was my first. I enjoyed it so much, I’m part of the volunteer crew again. Looking forward to seeing friends, old and new.
#opendata #opensource #stateofopencon #soocon25 #openuk
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Tuesday at NYC Open Data Week, OSM US Tech Lead Quincy Morgan will share his knowledge alongside Jazzy Smith (new OSM US board member!)
Learn more:
🔗 https://2025.open-data.nyc/event/openstreetmap-as-your-personal-gis-platform/
#OpenData picks of the day:
➡️ @openstreetmap - OpenStreetMap official account
➡️ @wikidata - Free open source collaborative knowledge base
➡️ @ORCID_Org - Free open identifier system for academic authors/contributors
➡️ @openmeteo - Open source weather data API free for non-commercial use
➡️ @plazi_species - Openly accessible digital taxonomic data on plants, animals, fungi
➡️ @OpenDataSociety - Open data supporters org in Canada
➡️ @opendata - German government portal for open data
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OONI data is being used as evidence in support of a landmark public interest case in #Kenya! ✊
Our report on the blocking of Telegram during the 2023 & 2024 #KCSE exams supported a petition filed at the High Court of Kenya.
https://ooni.org/post/2025-kenya-blocked-telegram-kcse-exams/
I and may amazing advisor @nicole_c_nelson and our brilliant collaborator Kelsey preprinted! 🖨️
"Adverserial" reanalyses of regulatory data pose a deep problem for existing methods of adjudicating which science our regulations should be based on
This is, unfortunately, a continually-relevant story about what #openscience and #opendata mean for how we make regulations and come to consensus as a society
"Do you remember the Human Genome Project? I’m not sure the Trump administration wants you to."
https://www.statnews.com/2025/06/05/nih-national-human-genome-project-institute-hgp-archives-trump-cuts/
(#paywalled)
"My job was to preserve and provide access to the records of the Human Genome Project [#HGP]...All of that work, like so much else at #NIH, is currently being dismantled...The digital archival records my colleagues and I maintained are currently inaccessible. I worry that they might be gone altogether, either now or sometime in the future."
#DefendResearch #Medicine #OpenData #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
⚡️ Today we published a new research report on the ongoing blocking of X/Twitter in #Tanzania, which started in May 2025.
OONI data indicates that ISPs employ several censorship techniques, suggesting a “defense in depth” approach to censorship.
Learn more: https://ooni.org/post/2025-tanzania-blocked-twitter/ 🐙
#ooni #censorship #opensource #opendata
New work blog post! 🚢 “Launched today – the updated Yukon open government portal” https://yukon.ca/en/digital-blog/launched-today-updated-yukon-open-government-portal
Really grateful to colleagues across the Yukon government that were part of making this happen, to everyone that has contributed to the CKAN open source project, and to open data folks across Canada that helped us along the way here. 💖 You’re awesome! #opendata #CKAN