Dear tech friends following the current attacks on science - are there movements to back up vital servers in other countries? Many invaluable data are also at risk. Please DM me where I can help!! #scienceForAll #scienceAgainstFascism

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@MobileMaggie What do you mean? Movements to back up data that is stored in other countries (than the US I guess), or to back up US data in other countries?

@enroweb the latter - help US based scientists and journals make sure that vital data isn't lost.

@MobileMaggie I see… well, it seems that this initiatives uses Amazon S3 storage for instance glammr.us/@overholt/1139745797

@MobileMaggie @lavaeolus @enroweb @SafeguardingResearch @mia useful things you can do right now:

- sign up on the forum (not everything is visible to guests) and introduce yourself there with a little about what your interests are and where you would like to help
- if you have spare storage: install a bittorrent client and start downloading & seeding some datasets
- if you're aware of datasets that might be at risk: report them so they can be captured

@MobileMaggie @lavaeolus @enroweb @SafeguardingResearch @mia

- if you want to be right at the sharp end: download some at-risk data and create a torrent for it (folks on the forum can help with the tools & skills)
- if you have web dev or technical writing skills: take a look at codeberg.org/Safeguarding/scio to see what needs doing there (don't be afraid to ask for details/clarifications on issues)

there's probably more but that's what I can think of right now 😂

@MobileMaggie @lavaeolus @enroweb @SafeguardingResearch @mia

There's now a tidied list of actions you can take at safeguarding-research.discours

We will aim to keep that list up to date as things evolve (especially once the coordination platform is ready to be exercised more, see also fedihum.org/@lavaeolus/1141320)

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