5mo ago

Thousands of datasets from Data.gov have disappeared since Trump's inauguration. What's going on?

mashable.com

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5mo ago

Thousands of datasets from Data.gov have disappeared since Trump's inauguration. What's going on?

mashable.com /article/government-datasets-disappear-since-trump-inauguration

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Fascism.
And there’s really only one solution.
- what is the solution?
  
  Idk, Davie, how'd they beat fascism last time?
- We're talking protests right? Like the George Floyd ones that totally ended racist policing. Right? ... Right?..
  
  I think it's more Luigi and less Floyd
Burning those libraries
Just fascist things
- They don't gotta burn the books, they just remove 'em
  
  Yup
The outlet reports that deleted datasets "disproportionately" come from environmental science agencies like the Department of Energy, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Gosh.
They are blowing up the system from within. Our worst fears are materializing in front of our eyes. In just a few weeks.
- Is been 13 days, so not even 2 weeks in and we've already had:
  2 aerial incidents with fatalities
  Officials in Charge resigning
  an undeniable comeback of neo Nazism
  prosecutors and investigators from Jan 6 fired
  ICE raids on several states
  Price increases in groceries, eggs, gas
  A 60 year setback for DEI policies
  LGBTQ rights affected
  Import Tariffs for both our biggest trading partners
  And that's just from the tip of my tongue, I'm sure theres more shit I have not had the time to read.
What do you wanna bet they aren't just being scrubbed from the web, but actually destroyed.
- This is why all publicly funded data should be openly available to everyone, so it can be replicated and no single dictator can destroy it.
All U.S. federal government websites are already archived by the End of Term Web Archive
hopefully it's there, if not try asking in r/datahoarder or r/datasets
Well, the donvict thugs will be coming for the Wayback Machine next.
- Yeah, archive.org should probably consider moving to a free country.
- Hopefully they start making hidden backups
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleichschaltung

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