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petersuber

Please help catalog federal datasets that have been taken down or censored since Trump took office for his second term.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI

Thanks to .US, the Federation of American Scientists (), and Public Environmental Data Partners () for launching this project.

For some reason, the deadline is tomorrow, Oct 29.

Google DocsMemorialize the federal datasets that have been terminated or removedThis Halloween season, we're remembering the federal datasets that have met an untimely end — the ones that were terminated or removed since January 20, 2025. Help us memorialize these Dearly Departed Datasets so we can all understand what was lost and why they matter. 🌕 Hosted by: EssentialData.US, Federation of American Scientists (FAS), and Public Environmental Data Partners (PEDP) 🐈‍⬛ Deadline: Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at 11:59 pm ET 🕯️ Submission Note: One submission per dataset, please. In scope: ✅ Datasets that have been removed from public access ✅ Datasets that remain available but further data collections have been terminated ✅ Data elements that were removed from a dataset that still exists ✅ Specialized data tools that provide easy access to the data Not in scope: ❌ Datasets whose status is ambiguous (eg, no staff exist to collect the data, but no official announcement has been made about its termination) ❌ Reports, papers, or analyses that use data, but are not the data sources themselves ❌ Federal websites about a dataset that were pulled down Examples: 🪦 USDA Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement (CPS-FSS) — terminated 🪦 EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) — terminated 🪦 NOAA Billion-Dollar Disasters Database — terminated 🕸️ FEMA Future Risk Index — taken down 🕸️ DHS Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD) Open — taken down 🕸️ CEQ Climate & Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST) — taken down 🕸️ EPA Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool (EJScreen) — taken down 👻 OPM FedScope — race and ethnicity data removed 👻 BJS National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) — gender data removed 👻 BOP Inmate Statistics — transgender data removed
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petersuber

In August, the admin sent a 27-page list of demands and settlement proposal, which UCLA wanted to keep confidential during the negotiations. The UCLA Faculty Association sued to compel its disclosure, and the California Supreme Court just decided in favor of the faculty.
latimes.com/california/story/2

Here's the list of demands.
ucop.edu/communications/_files

WESTWOOD, CA - AUGUST 7, 2025 - - Youth walk through Dickson Plaza against a backdrop of Royce Hall on the UCLA campus in Westwood on August 7, 2025. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles Times · UC must publicly release Trump administration's $1.2-billion settlement proposalBy Jaweed Kaleem
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petersuber

Update. "A federal judge has ordered the Department of Defense to return nearly 600 books on race and gender to libraries at several U.S. military schools, ruling that President Donald Trump's executive orders that led to their removal likely violate the First Amendment."
upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/10/22

UPI · Judge says Pentagon book ban at U.S. military schools unconstitutional - UPI.comBy Darryl Coote
#BookBans#Books#Censorship
petersuber

"This 'Wiki' collates resources for scholars that address threats to science. It accompanies The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars’ Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding. Here you will find supporting resources for scholars around topics discussed in the handbook…It is maintained by volunteers who are co-ordinated by the initiative for collective science communication and knowledge management."
wiki.savescience.eu/index.php?

wiki.savescience.euSaveScience.EU
#Academia#AcademicMastodon#Autocracy
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petersuber

Update. Like Vanderbilt (above), has not not accepted or rejected the Trump compact. But also like Vanderbilt, its Chancellor, Andrew Martin, just released a vague and inconclusive statement on where it stands (Oct 20).
andrewdmartin.washu.edu/washu-

"We believe it is in the best interest of our university, and higher education more broadly, for us to participate constructively, share our experience and expertise, and help inform policies that strengthen the nation’s research and education ecosystem…We firmly believe meaningful progress will best be achieved through open, ongoing dialogue."

Office of the Chancellor · WashU to join conversation about the future of higher education - Office of the ChancellorWashU has been invited by the federal administration to participate in a conversation about the future of higher education, and that we have accepted the invitation.
#Academia#AcademicFreedom#AcademicMastodon
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petersuber

Update. has not yet accepted or rejected the Trump compact. But Chancellor Daniel Diermeier just released a vague and inconclusive open letter on where it stands.
t.e2ma.net/message/tu4xiq/5vxm

"Last Friday, Vanderbilt participated in a discussion with members of the administration and other university leaders about shaping a productive process for providing such comments. We expect to share our input with the administration through that process. Our response will be grounded in our long-held principles and values…Vanderbilt believes deeply in the power of constructive dialogue."

The letter is undated (why?) but the Chronicle reports that it was made public on Oct 20.
chronicle.com/article/compact-

t.e2ma.netemail : Webview : Vanderbilt and the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education
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petersuber

Decline of privately-funded science journalism in the age of Trump.
undark.org/2025/10/15/science-

"Science journalism has been fragile for many years now: Outlets like National Geographic and Wired have undergone layoffs. Others, like Sapiens, have shuttered. The environmental publication Hakai Magazine shut down last year when its funder, the Tula Foundation, withdrew its support to focus on research efforts, for example (the magazine has since joined forces with bioGraphic). A few years earlier, the U.K.’s Wellcome Trust pulled the plug on its long-form digital science magazine Mosaic."

Undark Magazine · Will Science Journalism Funders Step Up or Retreat?Amid Trump-era funding turmoil, foundations are finding themselves pulled in many directions to fill in the gaps.
#DefendResearch#Funding#Journalism
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petersuber

Update. The U of Southern California just rejected the Trump compact (Oct 16). Here's the public letter from interim president Beong-Soo Kim.
we-are.usc.edu/2025/10/16/upda

We Are SC · Update from Interim President KimEarlier today, I sent this letter to the U.S. Department of Education regarding the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education. I appreciate the various points of view shared with me by many members of our community. Although USC has declined to join the proposed Compact, we look forward to contributing our perspectives, insights, and Trojan values to an important national conversation about the future of higher education.CommunityEmployeesFacultyPresidentStudents
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petersuber

Update. just rejected the Trump compact. Here's the public letter from Brown President Christina Paxson.
brown.edu/sites/default/files/

"Brown’s existing agreement with the federal government expressly affirms the government’s lack of authority to dictate our curriculum or the content of academic speech -- a principle that is not reflected in the Compact."

h/t

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petersuber

Update. has not yet made a public statement rejecting the Trump compact. But two Dartmouth sources "who asked to speak anonymously…said they participated in a meeting with President Sian Leah Beilock in which…she said 'she would not sign the compact as written.'"
chronicle.com/article/dartmout
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