Dear colleagues, the Trump administration has aggressively removed scientific and governmental research data from public access, purging thousands of web pages and datasets related to climate, health, demographics, LGBTQ + issues, and more — silently erasing vital knowledge that underpins scientific progress. While some European institutions start backing up at-risk research data, the data rescue movement is driven by grassroots efforts like the "Data Rescue Project" and the "Safeguarding Research & Culture" initiative, who have mobilized volunteers, librarians, and scientists to download and archive these resources before they are lost forever. 🚀 Join the LMU Open Science Center Safeguar.de Hackathon [PastedGraphic-1.png] At this hands-on event, we welcome Henrik Schönemann (HU Berlin), an initiator of safeguar.de, for an ignition talk. In the practical part, we will directly support the data rescue efforts: * Learn & Build: Install a BitTorrent client on your own machine to seed and safeguard critical research datasets. Scrape at-risk data sets. * Repurpose Old Hardware: Turn old 2.5" HDDs, Raspberry Pis, or laptops into dedicated data rescue nodes by installing Linux and setting up archiving tools. * Improve Tools & Docs: Write better documentation and develop one-click installation scripts to simplify deployment on any system. When: Thursday, 7 August 2025, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Where: Leopoldstr. 13, 80802 München (exact location will be announced to registered participants) 🤝 Open to Everyone — Not Just Coders While some parts are technical, we welcome everyone to contribute to: Outreach, documentation, coordination, creative ideas. Let’s work together to preserve scientific knowledge and build a resilient, community-powered data infrastructure. You can contribute to the project by ... * Donating old hardware and/or * Attending the Hackathon * Participating in the discussions 👉 Register your interest and stay informed: https://surveys.osc.lmu.de/safeguard-hackathon Best regards, Felix Schönbrodt & Philipp Sckopke LMU Open Science Center --- Prof. Dr. Felix Schönbrodt Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany Managing Director of the LMU Open Science Center | http://www.osc.lmu.de Psychological Methods and Assessment, Department Psychology | https://www.psy.lmu.de/pm/personen/lehrstuhlmitarbeiter/schoenbrodt/index.ht... http://www.nicebread.de http://www.researchtransparency.org http://www.shinyapps.org Mastodon: @nicebread@scicomm.xyz<https://scicomm.xyz/web/@nicebread>
