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The election of the United Conservative Party government in Alberta has kept one Edmonton-based librarian very busy.
In what has come to be known as “guerrilla archiving,” Katie Cuyler, a public services and government information librarian at the University of Alberta, has gone about saving all data and information hosted on the Government of Alberta web pages before it is turned over from the NDP to the UCP.
“We know that when governments change, they usually change all of the websites. That can often include a lot of reports or data that was made available through those websites,” Cuyler told The Narwhal.
“We’re going to make sure those are captured and they continue to be made publicly available.”
Tagging: @abpoli
Source: thenarwhal.ca
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This tweet from scientist Jacquelyn Gill (@JacqelynGill) went viral, and for good reason. The war on science continues, and she summed up this story perfectly into 3 sentences on Twitter.
Read the full article: http://bit.ly/2AxVBf3
Take action to keep standing up for science: http://bit.ly/2gOFm5N
The row has erupted after a key polar satellite broke down a few days ago, leaving the US with only three ageing ones, each operating long past their shelf lives, to measure the Arctic’s dwindling ice cap. Scientists say there is no chance a new one can now be launched until 2023 or later. None of the current satellites will still be in operation then.
No words can describe how much this angers the crap out of me.
zenosanalytic reblogged
This tweet from scientist Jacquelyn Gill (@JacqelynGill) went viral, and for good reason. The war on science continues, and she summed up this story perfectly into 3 sentences on Twitter.
Read the full article: http://bit.ly/2AxVBf3
Take action to keep standing up for science: http://bit.ly/2gOFm5N
#Jacquelyn Gill#Climate Science#Climate Change#Republicans#US Politics#The US Congress#US Government#I for one know that#when I think of Fiscal Responsiblity#flushing millions of already spent dollars down the toilet to ignore data I don't want to hear is the first thing I think of#>:(#informative reblogs#cantankerous reblogs#Donald's Admin#Donald Trump
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I’m a scientist who has gotten death threats. I fear what may happen under Trump…
Mann, who is a professor of atmospheric science and director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State University, sets out the many personal threats and political attacks he has been forced to endure over the years: “[Climate scientists] fear an era of McCarthyist attacks on our work and our integrity. It’s easy to envision, because we’ve seen it all before. We know we could be hauled into Congress to face hostile questioning from climate change deniers. We know we could be publicly vilified by politicians. We know we could be at the receiving end of federal subpoenas demanding our personal emails. We know we could see our research grants audited or revoked. I faced all of those things a decade ago, the last time Republicans had full control of our government. #MichaelMann
For anyone that is thinking “oh, they are exaggerating”. http://www.independent.org/store/book.asp?id=42&s=ga&gclid=CMLzkuXZgNECFQ5qfgodCQkE1w