The oxygen that keeps us alive comes from natural ecosystems: half on land, half at sea. It's not complicated: we are TOTALLY dependent on the living world. Yet it's still treated as nothing but 'resources', to exploit and destroy for profit.

"Not only are data about people, but I think the entire data infrastructure relies on people." More from that one time when Molly O Hardy at Harvard Law Library Innovation Lab interviewed me here: https://lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2026/05/14/libraries-and-public-access-to-federal-data/

So what do we do when we find out that (pretty much) all of the mouse model studies are wrong? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01534-4

@denicewross.bsky.social and I spoke with @jheckman.bsky.social about demystifying Federal data with the federaldatafieldguide.us: federalnewsnetwork.com/big-data/202...

@denicewross.bsky.social and I spoke with @jheckman.bsky.social about demystifying Federal data with the federaldatafieldguide.us: federalnewsnetwork.com/big-data/202...

OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent, shows that vertical integration in the AI market is not such a necessity, writes Jack FitzGerald. OpenClaw and its offspring point towards a future where users are in control, without a single firm mediating and monitoring their every move, he says.

“Hey,mister, where you headed ? Hitching’ a Ride Green Day #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSForSongs #BirdOfTheDay #Funnies #Birds #Photography

"Firing the Board was essentially a middle finger to Congressional intent..." - Rep. Lofgren et al. in this scathing rebuke of the Trump Administration's illegal firing of the National Science Board […]

Researchers: you can help improve and amplify this research with community preprint review through @prereview.bsky.social by clicking here and logging in with your @orcid.org : prereview.org/preprints/do...

The Canvas breach highlights the privacy and economic risks of market concentration among data brokers. 41% of US institutions use this one product - another product that holds confidential information at Unis and is widely used with little competition is Interfolio. Do we really want just a few […]

Abigail Haddad just made the #ufo files data dump much more accessible. You can search the text here 🛸 : https://ufo-releases.vercel.app/

Before today I had never read an article in Men's Health. Here, Kevin Hall lays bare his experience with scientific integrity violations at the hands of NIH and HHS leadership censoring his research: https://www.menshealth.com/health/a71178209/kevin-hall-nutrition-scientist-interview/

Ted Lieu: "I have a red line in determining which Democrat I will support for President That person must commit to removing the stain of Trump's name from every single federal building, & kick it off with a grand public ceremony w/ fireworks – you think I'm kidding, i'm not kidding"

Terry Gerton spoke with 2026 Partnership for Public Service "Sammies" winner Dr. Paul VanRaden about his scientific research at the USDA that transformed the health, safety, and productivity of the dairy industry on her podcast, The Federal Drive, earlier today. USDA scientific data 🐙 features […]

ICYMI: DCAT-US v3 has been released for federal data! More from me on background here: https://www.chrismarcum.com/marcum-blog/2026/05/06/DCAT-US-v3-Released.html . Original post bridged here.

ICYMI: DCAT-US v3 has been released for federal data! More from me on background here: https://www.chrismarcum.com/marcum-blog/2026/05/06/DCAT-US-v3-Released.html . Original post bridged here.

Always a lucky day when I get to work IRL with these two @asapbio.bsky.social board members! Thanks for a stimulating event @kristenratan.bsky.social and @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy!

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]

RE: https://w3c.social/@w3c/116483761573932056 Happy birthday to the WWW public release. A few years ago I had the privilege of peeking into Sir Tim's CERN office. Today, I start reading his new book, which was given as swag to participants at the Internet Archive 's Information Stewardship […]

"... this technology is so powerful that it threatens dystopian outcomes." - Tim Berners-Lee on being careful with AI in This is For Everyone.

Excited to be speaking about building a resilient, open, and equitable data repository ecosystem at the invitation of American Geophysical Union for the NSF Geosciences Open Science Ecosystem PI meeting today. https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/geo-ose-geosciences-open-science-ecosystem

How the Dunning-Kruger effect is holding back #ai policy in #southafrica. "South Africa has decided to withdraw its draft national AI policy after it was found that some of the rules were AI-generated, citing fictional sources… The draft policy was unveiled for public comments and sought to […]

Field guides help us identify birds, rocks, mushrooms and more wonders from the field - and now Denice Ross and I are introducing a Field Federal Data Field Guide. We recognize not all federal data fit neatly into one single category, and that's why the semi-aquatic, egg-laying, mammalian […]

I'm proud to serve on the @asapbio.bsky.social board of directors and the @prereview.bsky.social advisory committee. Dispelling these myths help counter the misinformation circulating about preprints and their role in scholarly publishing!

@denicewross.bsky.social and I are excited to announce the release of the Federal Data Field Guide - a new resource to help you navigate the wilds of federal data: www.ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2026/ne...

May the Fourth Be With Your Data: https://www.chrismarcum.com/marcum-blog/2026/05/04/May-The-Fourth.html

May the Fourth Be With Your Data: https://www.chrismarcum.com/marcum-blog/2026/05/04/May-The-Fourth.html . Original post bridged here.

"... this technology is so powerful that it threatens dystopian outcomes." - Tim Berners-Lee on being careful with AI in This is For Everyone. . Original post bridged here.

"... this technology is so powerful that it threatens dystopian outcomes." - Tim Berners-Lee on being careful with AI in This is For Everyone. . Original post bridged here.

Also, more generally: if you’re going to create meme policy positions, expect us to respond in kind. Kthnx- The Management

"Governing is hard." When it comes to building consensus through interagency coordination, there are ways to make it easier. More from Cole Donovan and I for the Federation of American Scientists : https://fas.org/publication/fixing-interagency-coordination/ . Original post bridged here.

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: https://www.chrismarcum.com/data-integrity/ . Original post bridged here.

Let's tackle common preprint myths! ❌ “Preprints aren’t peer-reviewed, so they must be of poor quality.”❌ Studies show that most preprints do not differ substantially from the articles subsequently published in journals. 🎬 Watch the video to learn the details👇

"Governing is hard." When it comes to building consensus through interagency coordination, there are ways to make it easier. More from Cole Donovan and I for the Federation of American Scientists : https://fas.org/publication/fixing-interagency-coordination/

Federal data integrity matters, and we need improved and holistic auditing. @csmarcum.bsky.social tells us more. #statsky #federaldata #defenddata #defendresearch

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: https://www.chrismarcum.com/data-integrity/

Jason Owen-Smith lays out the risks of market concentration and perverse incentives created by for-profit scholarly publishers for academic careers in this excellent Congressional testimony given today at House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology I&O […]

As Mark Graham says in this excellent article by WIRED , it's ironic that journalists depend upon the Internet Archive for their research and yet their own publishers are blocking essential archiving routines of their own websites […]

Listening live to Chris Bourg on the 25th Anniversary celebration of MIT OpenCourseWare and she gave a great shout out of support to the 2022 OSTP Public Access Policy. She said that more than 60% of MIT scholars are in compliance with federal public access policies, which is incredible :) […]

Cole Donovan from the Federation of American Scientists has powerful ideas for sustaining material and digital acc collections alike in the age AI. He uses the cooperative stewardship model to demonstrate how responsible data governance for AI demands stronger fidelity to curation standards and […]

NASA failed to predict the real splashdown risk.

okay i change my mind, THIS is one of the best and most beautiful images from artemis ii

Today would be a good day for Congress to pass a law implementing no first use doctrine.

This is gonna be weird. 🪭

A Canada Warbler rocking that iconic necklace. Can’t wait for spring migration! #BirdOfTheDay #Warblers #birds #nature #wildlife #photography

The President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes and wipe out a "whole civilization" — all because he started a disastrous war of his own making and had no plan and no strategy for how to end it. This is abhorrent, and the American people do not support this.

The "government-wide" ban on journal subscription and article processing charges in the President's Budget Request is wild - there's lots of weasel words so we'll have to wait to see what this means in practice […] https://sciences.social/@csmarcum/116341836629757346 . Original post bridged here.

There are certainly corporeal, albeit mysterious, ways to end up unexpectedly at a Waffle House. this is some fantastic reporting: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/fema-gregg-phillips-waffle-house-teleportation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YFA.tYFU.ipFtOwiwLz3w&smid=nytcore-ios-share