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Daniel Mietchen

@evomri.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

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Trying to share research processes and their results as widely and openly as possible. [bridged from https://mastodon.social/@EvoMRI on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]

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Daniel Mietchen @evomri.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

The difference between #theory (bottom) and #practice (top) of government shutdowns and their effects on #science.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37770664/

#governmentshutdown #shutdown #federalshutdown

A screenshot of the PubMed page for the article "How a US government shutdown could disrupt science" displaying a banner notice
"Because of a lapse in government funding, the information on this website may not be up to date, transactions submitted via the website may not be processed, and the agency may not be able to respond to inquiries until appropriations are enacted. The NIH Clinical Center (the research hospital of NIH) is open. For more details about its operating status, please visit cc.nih.gov. Updates regarding government operating status and resumption of normal operations can be found at opm.gov."

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Reflect Orbital's fucking stupid giant mirror satellite, with absolutely NOTHING useful to offer, which will cause countless safety issues, ecological disasters, and destroy the night sky, is going to launch.

A bunch of astronomers and I have sent out […]

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Daniel Mietchen @evomri.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

Do you know anyone using #janeway in conjunction with #LaTeX-based workflows (e.g. #overleaf)? If so, please share your use case. I am aware of one example but don't want to bias the responses here.

If you are using #ojs (or anything else) for LaTeX-based workflows in #doa contexts, that would […]

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Daniel Mietchen @evomri.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11d

@ddbkultur Was bedeutet „n.i.d.K.“ im Kontext der Namensnennung von Fotografen wie auf https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/NZMRP5CPM54CTSVQTX7PO3SWYON36MY5 ?

Thurn, Joachim (1943) Fotograf (n.i.d.K.)

www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de

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daniel:// stenberg:// @bagder.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11d

"Daniel Stenberg, Swedish Internet protocol expert and founder and lead developer of the #curl project, speaks with SE Radio host Gavin Henry about removing Rust from Curl. They discuss why #hyper was removed from curl, why the last five percent of making it a success was difficult" […]

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Daniel Mietchen @evomri.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22d

If you'd like to work on the #reproducibility of #jupyter workflows, this open position at @fiz_karlsruhe might be of interest. It is part of the #base4nfdi project @jupyter4nfdi and builds on https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giad113 and https://doi.org/10.4230/TGDK.2.2.4 . While the job ad […]

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Daniel Mietchen @evomri.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 5

#uniprot user benefits are estimates to be on the order of 20 times higher than operational costs https://www.sib.swiss/news/uniprot-user-benefits-up-to-39-times-higher-than-operational-costs

#infrastructure #opendata #curation #fairdata #proteins

UniProt: user benefits up to 39 times higher than operational costs

Academic and private researchers using UniProt, a unique and high-quality knowledgebase for proteins co-developed by SIB, benefit from efficiency gains worth a combined €373-565 million each year. T...

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Daniel Mietchen @evomri.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 5

Interesting circumscription of the audience of a technical document:
https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-canon/#how-to-read

#standard #rdf #graphtheory #weekend

https://www.w3.0rg/TR/rdf-canon/
§ 1.2 How to Read this Document
This document is a detailed specification for an RDF dataset canonicalization algorithm. The document is
primarily intended for the following audiences:
« Software developers that want to implement an RDF dataset canonicalization algorithm.
* Masochists.
To understand the basics in this specification you must be familiar with basic RDF concepts [RDF 11-CONCEPTS]. A working knowledge of graph theory and graph isomorphism is also recommended.

Daniel Mietchen @evomri.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 4

Day 2 of #semanticsconf is starting with the official opening
https://2025-eu.semantics.cc/page/programme

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Patrick Breyer @echo-pbreyer.digitalcourage.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 3

🇬🇧Public pressure works: Belgium, Finland & Czechia will NOT approve the #chatcontrol mass surveillance law in October. But other governments whose vote is crucial are still on the fence. Urge them to protect our digital privacy and encryption now […]

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A map of Europe titled "Help Stop #ChatControl!" shows countries color-coded by their government's stance on Chat Control in 2025. The legend indicates: green for "Not in favour," blue for "Undecided/Unclear," and red for "In favour."

Countries in favour (red) are: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia, and Spain.

Countries not in favour (green) are: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, Netherlands and Poland.

Countries undecided or unclear (blue) are: Estonia, Germany, Greece, Slovenia, Luxembourg, Romania, and Sweden (in favour, but subject to approval by Parliament).

The map includes the text "Is your government opposing it yet?" and a call to action at the bottom: "Act now! www.chatcontrol.eu".

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Björn Brembs @brembs.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 3

This should have been big news!

Ten funding agencies from eight European countries have pledged to support a public infrastructure that is poised to replace academic journals:
FWF 🇦🇹
RCN 🇳🇴
Forte 🇸🇪
ARIS 🇸🇮
SRC 🇸🇪
FCT 🇵🇹
CSIC 🇪🇸
DFG 🇩🇪
Formas 🇸🇪
ANR 🇫🇷
Only two of them issued press releases in […]

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Daniel Mietchen @evomri.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 3

Slides for first #dbpedia talk by Sebastian Hellmann at #semanticsconf sit at https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1EDl3Yc3nicA_a9HYYqC1BEC7OTb8cXDmga0xRwwvI7c/edit?usp=drivesdk .

SEMANTiCS 2025 Opening - DBpedia Live Fusion KG

DBpedia Live Fusion The Knowledge Graph Operating System Slides: https://tinyurl.com/dbpedia-fusion-sneak

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Daniel Mietchen @evomri.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 3

#semanticsconf is about to start https://2025-eu.semantics.cc/

SEMANTICS-2025

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Egon Willighagen @egonw.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · Aug 16

Bacting 1.0.7 is out! https://github.com/egonw/bacting/releases/tag/bacting-1.0.7

"Major update release, fixing queries against Wikidata for the graph split, important updates including Apache HttpClient5, Oscar 5.3, NanoJava 2.0.5 and jQUDT 1.5.1."

Bacting is the command line version of […]

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alpha-o 💚🇪🇺🇺🇦 @alphao.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · Aug 16

Bundeswirtschaftsministerin Katherina Reiche (CDU) plant einen massiven Rückschritt bei den Erneuerbaren Energien: Die Förderung für neue private Photovoltaikanlagen soll gestrichen werden. (1)

Dabei ist doch glasklar: Wir brauchen mehr Solarenergie auf unseren Dächern, nicht weniger. Wir […]

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Daniel Mietchen @evomri.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 14

If you have thoughts about the role of #wikimedia projects amidst current trends in the global information landscape, then the Wikimedia Futures Lab might be of interest for you.

Metadata: Jan 30-Feb 1, 2026 in Frankfurt (Main), Germany

Applications invited […]

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Screenshot of https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Futures_Lab , focusing on the three goals of the event:

Goal 1: Foster movement belonging
* Expected outcome: Participants gain insight into different perspectives and local contexts, they collaborate to develop a shared understanding of challenges and opportunities and imagine futures for Wikimedia.

Goal 2: Discuss key global trends and their impact on Wikimedia
* Expected outcome: Participants engage with experts and research to deepen the Movement’s understanding of key trends affecting Wikimedia and discuss how global developments impact regional contexts.

Goal 3: Propose and adapt strategies to stay relevant
* Expected outcome: Participants discuss possible strategies to respond to these trends and generate first ideas that can be taken forward after the event.

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daniel:// stenberg:// @bagder.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 14

An Open Source sustainability story in two slides. (for a coming talk of mine)

Slide 1: car brands using #curl
Slide 2: car brands sponsoring or paying for #curl support

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Glen Malley @glen-malley.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · Aug 12

#shitpost #meme #phone #Camera

A meme of several panels
The top panel contains cartoonish drawings of phones with progressively increasing numbers of camera lenses. First 1 lens, then 2, then 3, then 4, 5 and 6 becoming more and more a circle of lens "holes".
Finally, an image of a phone with a full circle of lens "holes" resembling a rotary "dial" based telephone, and hands lifting a receiver and dialling.
The text across the top reads: "WE'RE GETTING THERE"

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Bastian Greshake Tzovaras @gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 11

Following our mapping party for OpenStreetMaps birthday, I've been thinking more about the diversity of OSM tools and how they help create and maintain a commons.

https://tzovar.as/tool-diversity/

#openstreetmap

The diversity of OpenStreetMap tools and how they help create a commons

Last weekend was the 21st birthday of OpenStreetMap (OSM), and with some friends we celebrated the occasion with a little mapping party. Our plan was to combine flying drones to collect aerial imagery and collecting street-level imagery with more traditional field mapping. Due to high winds, we mostly ended up...

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Verkehrsclub Deutschland @vcdev.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · Jul 24

📣 Noch bis 31.07.: Gefahrenstellen melden & Schulwege sicherer machen!

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Eltern, Großeltern, Nachbar*innen – schaut nochmal genau hin:
Kennt Ihr schlecht einsehbare Zebrastreifen, zugeparkte Gehwege oder gefährliche Kreuzungen?

📍 Tragt sie jetzt in die […]

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Charlie McHenry @charliemchenry.connectop.us.ap.brid.gy · Jul 7

“This could double current atmospheric CO₂ concentrations by releasing carbon that has been stored in the deep ocean for centuries,” the report said. Such a release would likely obliterate existing climate targets, as the additional emissions would overwhelm current carbon budgets and render […]

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Daniel Mietchen @evomri.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 24

@egonw There is a #mastowall for #bibliocon25 #bibliocon: https://rstockm.github.io/mastowall/?hashtags=bibliothekenentschlossendemokratisch,bibliocon25,bibliocon&server=https://mastodon.social .

For full programm, see https://bid2025.abstractserver.com/program/#/program/1/horizontal .

Mastowall 1.2

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Daniel Mietchen @evomri.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 24

Attending #bibliocon25 in #bremen for the rest of the week. Happy to discuss #openscience #opendata #fairdata #knowledgegraphs #wikimedia #wikipedia #wikidata #scholia #nfdi #mardi #diamondoa #sedoa #nanopublications and related matters there.

#bibliocon #libraries

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Alexander Winkler @awinkler.openbiblio.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 23

goldene Worte von @stk ! Ein toller Vortrag wider den KI-Hype #genai

Chaos Computer Club - recent events feed (low quality): Entzaubert generative KI (#gpn23)

Episode webpage […]

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · Jun 18

"On the Value of Being Unorthodox: Resilience in a Time of Hostility against Arts and Sciences"
The slides of my ignition talk for #oscibar2025 can be found here:
https://hu.berlin/oscibar2025
#openscience #safeguardingresearch

Slide with the title "Ignition Talk."
The slide has a purple header with the title in white text. Below the header, the main title reads "On the Value of Being Unorthodox: Resilience in a Time of Hostility against Arts and Sciences."
A quote by Kathy Reid is displayed: "As researchers, we often say, 'we need the data.' Today, the data needs us."

The slide is attributed to Henrik Schönemann, with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, and the date is June 18th, 2025. The background of the slide is black, with white text for contrast.

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chrysomeles @chrysomeles.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 14

Als Teenager in den 90ern habe ich meine Oma zum ersten Mal gefragt, wie das denn war, damals, Nazizeit. Ich hatte irgendwie Angst zu fragen, aber sie hat einfach angefangen zu erzählen, in einem Ernst, den ich bis dahin nicht von ihr kannte. Sie hat mir nicht alles erzählt, aber schon in diesem […]

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Daniel Mietchen @evomri.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 12

The slides for my #lswt2025 talk "Knowledge graphs in the context of the National Research Data Initiative (NFDI)"
are up at
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15644994 .

#knowledgegraphs #kgi4nfdi #openscience

Screenshot of the slides (in grid view), which are available in several formats via the indicated URL.

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Masse Critique Toulouse @massecritiquetoulouse.masto.bike.ap.brid.gy · Jun 11

Pendant le festival #rioloco à #Toulouse, il y aura un #kidicalmass (organisée par des assos vélos) !
#criticalmass #massecritique #enfants #velorution #samedi

Comic style poster of the Kidical Mass "Destination Supernova" during the Rio Loco festival. The background shows a purple night sky with a yellowish galaxy. A little astronaut waves from a kid's tricycle. The start is announced as 14h on June, 14th at the Parvis Matabiau.

Daniel Mietchen @evomri.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 6

For the "Wikidata and Research" conference, I experimented with a "digital first" style of a poster:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15591699 (LaTeX source included).

Everything blue is linked to the source URL, thereby providing a #rabbithole experience that paper-first posters (or bitmap […]

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Daniel Mietchen @evomri.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · May 29

My #wooc2025 poster
"Open Scholarly Metadata for Sharing the Nuances of Research Processes"
sits at
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15512071 .
It highlights research as a process and encourages us to consider how more of the research process could be shared […]

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Daniel Mietchen in front of the poster "Open Scholarly Metadata for Sharing the Nuances of Research Processes" presented at the Workshop on Open Citations in Bologna on 29 May 2025.

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