Update. "#NIH blocks researchers in China, Russia and other countries from multiple databases."
https://www.fiercebiotech.com/research/nih-bans-researchers-china-russia-and-other-countries-multiple-databases

"The #Trump administration has blocked access to multiple data repositories maintained by the NIH…The ban is effective April 4 and applies to institutions in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela…The numerous controlled-access data repositories (CADRs) that are affected by the rule hold data on a vast swath of subjects including cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, mental health disorders, substance abuse and adolescent brain development."

Remote mapping with @vespucci_editor Figured I'd get some low-hanging fruit out of the way.

26th September, 2023
> Mandawali - add 8 buildings
https://osmlab.github.io/changeset-map/#141791951

27th September, 2023
> Mandawali - add 32 buildings
https://osmlab.github.io/changeset-map/#141839374

28th September, 2023
> Mandawali - add 25 buildings
https://osmlab.github.io/changeset-map/#141878724

3rd October, 2023
> Mandawali - add 20 apartments
https://osmlab.github.io/changeset-map/#142087290

25th September, 2023
> Mandawali - add 17 buildings, 2 living streets
https://osmlab.github.io/changeset-map/#141745942

This is a bit shit, in retrospect. That cluster of 8 smaller buildings? Those should be buildings + building parts, not separate buildings. And I've messed up the geometry of the existing buildings, ffffff

8th September, 2023
> Mandawali - add 4 shops, 14 buildings
https://osmlab.github.io/changeset-map/#140987810

I recorded a video for this survey - it was supposed to be the next episode in the series - but I never finished producing and publishing it.

10th September, 2023
> Mandawali - add 5 buildings, 2 pitches, service road; correct building geometries
https://osmlab.github.io/changeset-map/#141046487

27th August, 2023
> IP Extension/Mandawali - add 11 buildings, charging station, sidewalks, community center, park, service road; convert mosque to way
https://osmlab.github.io/changeset-map/#140450292

Ah, the good old days when I was trying to make a PeerTube video series of my OSM surveys, complete with audio commentary. Here's the video I made while working on this changeset.
https://diode.zone/w/iLS2yk32qBsG2QZHe7trU8

Update. "Scientist Who Helped Prove Humans Changed the Climate Watches Evidence Being Erased"
https://www.sfpublicpress.org/scientist-who-helped-prove-humans-changed-the-climate-watches-evidence-being-erased/

"Ben Santer never imagined that 12 words could change the trajectory of his life and humanity’s understanding of what it was doing to the planet: 'The balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate.' He wrote that sentence as the lead author of a pivotal chapter in the 1995 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [#IPCC]…Now the #data sources that made that discovery possible are under threat… 'There’s real concern that the data may go away, that the satellites, measurements that have been collected for 40 plus years, may not continue.'"

Update. "Funding cut for landmark study of women's health."
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/23/nx-s1-5372892/womens-health-initiative-research-funding-gets-cut

"The #Trump administration is shutting down most of a landmark federal project studying women's health, stunning researchers around the country…The study, begun in the 1990s, has produced a series of groundbreaking results and was continuing to gather valuable data about women's health…Neither the #NIH, which funds the study, nor #HHS, which oversees the NIH, responded to NPR's questions about the matter…One big question is what will happen to the huge repository of #data…which represents a treasure trove that could be mined to make yet more important discoveries."

Update. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (#NOAA) maintains a public list of datasets and databases it's terminating.
https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/documents-reports/notice-of-changes

Transparency about pulling the plug on transparency.