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Martin Parr: the photographer’s career in pictures A look back at the career of Martin Parr who has died at the age of 73

Photographer Martin Parr just passed. If you don't know his work, the Guardian has a really nice introduction here.

h/t @wvschaik.bsky.social

The NIH has released the compiled comments on the APC RFI :

https://osp.od.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Compiled-Public-Comments-on-the-RFI-on-Maximizing-Research-Funds-by-Limiting-Allowable-Publishing-Costs.pdf

#openscience

The NIH has released the compiled comments on the APC RFI :

https://osp.od.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Compiled-Public-Comments-on-the-RFI-on-Maximizing-Research-Funds-by-Limiting-Allowable-Publishing-Costs.pdf

#openscience . Original post bridged here.

Statement of Agency’s Reinstatement of Terminated IMLS Grants Statement of Agency’s Reinstatement of Terminated IMLS Grants Washington, DC– Upon further review, the Institute of Museum and Library Services has reinstated all federal grants. This action supersedes any prior notices which may have been received related to grant termination.

"Washington, DC– Upon further review, the Institute of Museum and Library Services has reinstated all federal grants. This action supersedes any prior notices which may have been received related to grant termination."

https://www.imls.gov/news/statement-agencys-reinstatement-terminated-imls-grants

We should probably rethink having single-source providers for our critical national infrastructure: . Original post bridged here.

I am honored to join this effort as a member of the planning committee:

@CenterforOpenScience

https://www.cos.io/about/news/center-for-open-science-awarded-grant-from-robert-wood-johnson-foundation-to-preserve-and-safeguard-publicly-funded-scientific-data . Original post bridged here.

Are you passionate about building a peer-review ecosystem for preprints and datasets that is driven by community ? Apply to become a PREreview champion in the 2026 cohort!

https://content.prereview.org/2026-prereview-champions-apply/ . Original post bridged here.

Unfortunately, I can confirm that this is true.

I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.

Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.

Don't panic (yet), but the NIH Office of Science Policy website is down this morning. I suspect this is a contract issue as passthrough to cloudfare (the provider) is where the blockage appears to be located. While they figure it out, you can find grants, public access, and data management and […]

We should probably rethink having single-source providers for our critical national infrastructure:

I am honored to join this effort as a member of the planning committee:

@CenterforOpenScience

https://www.cos.io/about/news/center-for-open-science-awarded-grant-from-robert-wood-johnson-foundation-to-preserve-and-safeguard-publicly-funded-scientific-data

2026 PREreview Champions - Apply NOW Applications are now open to join the 2026 PREreview Champions Program! As we wrap up another amazing year of reflections, actions, and collaborations spearheaded by a fantastic cohort of 2025 Champions (read the wrap-up blog here), we are ready and can’t be more excited to open up applications to

Are you passionate about building a peer-review ecosystem for preprints and datasets that is driven by community ? Apply to become a PREreview champion in the 2026 cohort!

https://content.prereview.org/2026-prereview-champions-apply/

We filed a brief in SCOTUS case Trump v. Slaughter on behalf of a number of scholars and public servants who were unlawfully removed from independent federal boards by President Trump.

This case is about more than individual firings – it's about blocking the president's efforts to seize more power.

Space Weather Message Code: WARK04 Serial Number: 5149 Issue Time: 2025 Nov 13 2058 UTC EXTENDED WARNING: Geomagnetic K-index of 4 expected Extension to Serial Number: 5148 Valid From: 2025 Nov 11 2230 UTC Now Valid Until: 2025 Nov 14 1200 UTC Warning Condition: Persistence NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 65 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur. Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes such as Canada and Alaska.

:Product: 3-Day Forecast :Issued: 2025 Nov 13 1230 UTC # Prepared by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # A. NOAA Geomagnetic Activity Observation and Forecast The greatest observed 3 hr Kp over the past 24 hours was 7 (NOAA Scale G3). The greatest expected 3 hr Kp for Nov 13-Nov 15 2025 is 7.33 (NOAA Scale G3). NOAA Kp index breakdown Nov 13-Nov 15 2025 Nov 13 Nov 14 Nov 15 00-03UT 7.33 (G3) 4.67 (G1) 2.33 03-06UT 6.67 (G3) 4.00 3.00 06-09UT 6.00 (G2) 3.33 2.33 09-12UT 4.00 3.67 2.00 12-15UT 5.67 (G2) 3.33 1.33 15-18UT 4.00 3.00 1.33 18-21UT 4.33 3.00 2.00 21-00UT 6.67 (G3) 3.33 2.33 Rationale: G1 (Minor) to G3 (Strong) geomagnetic storms are likely on 13 Nov. G1 storm levels are likely on 14 Nov, followed by quiet to active periods until 15 Nov, as the CME ongoing effects gradually wane. B. NOAA Solar Radiation Activity Observation and Forecast Solar radiation, as observed by NOAA GOES-18 over the past 24 hours, was above S-scale storm level thresholds. Solar Radiation Storm Forecast for Nov 13-Nov 15 2025 Nov 13 Nov 14 Nov 15 S1 or greater 99% 75% 45% Rationale: S1 (Minor) solar radiation storms are expected to continue through the remaining hours of 13 Nov before slowly decreasing to background levels over 14-15 Nov as CME influences wanes. C. NOAA Radio Blackout Activity and Forecast No radio blackouts were observed over the past 24 hours. Radio Blackout Forecast for Nov 13-Nov 15 2025 Nov 13 Nov 14 Nov 15 R1-R2 85% 85% 80% R3 or greater 55% 55% 55% Rationale: R1-R2 (Minor to Moderate) radio blackouts are expected through 15 Nov and are likely to be accompanied by isolated R3 (Strong) events as AR 4274 rotates out of the solar disk in the next few days.

Map from NOAA titled showing North America and the North Pole with a color gradient overlay of aurora likelihood.

Map from NOAA titled showing North America and the North Pole with a color gradient overlay of aurora likelihood.

Aurora Forecast Update for 2025-11-13T21:01:26Z

EXTENDED WARNING: Geomagnetic K-index of 4 expected
Extension to Serial Number: 5148
Valid From: 2025 Nov 11 2230 UTC
Now Valid Until: 2025 Nov 14 1200 UTC
Warning Condition: Persistence
Additional Details Here.

A wild story about State Department revisionism and the Cold War. Easter-egg for us data nerds: The Washington Post used R to analyze data scraped from Internet Archive to demonstrate how unprecedented this case was […]

I love seeing everybody's photos from the Aurora last night. Sharing two awesome #opendata resources about lights at night:

NASA's human lights earth observation data:
https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/topics/human-dimensions/nighttime-lights

NOAA's 30-minute Aurora forecast […]

The Social Security Administration wants to share your data with the Department of Homeland Security. You might have something to say about that, and if you do, comment here:

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/12/2025-19849/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records

Bravo!

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour PBS News Hour live episode, Nov. 10, 2025

I make my statement in my personal capacity at 4:30. It frightens me that health policy and health systems are not priorities when we told our leaders we need a fighting CR to keep the ACA afloat. #hspr #hpsr #hpss #shutdown

Gretchen Goldman, PhD writes about why even the small efforts to protect the environment and combat climate change, even the ones not having an individually measurable impact, actually do matter: "I think about what I will one day say to my kids about this moment in our history. I want them to […]

Incredibly grateful to be participating today in this critical conversation on Federal statistics held by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) :
https://www.csis.org/events/federal-statistics-economic-security . Original post bridged here.

I'm so "Damm" proud of my sister for returning the Errol General Store into the family after a 50 year hiatus. Damm House Cafe will become Ice House Cafe under her entrepreneurship..

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1MQXNGRejX/ . Original post bridged here.

If you, like me, read James Butcher 's Journal-ology this week and wanted an open-access version of Haven & Ionnidis's Reproducibility paper here it is in Open Science Framework metarxiv : https://doi.org/10.31222/osf.io/k5su6_v1
https://osf.io/k5su6_v1 . Original post bridged here.

If you, like me, read James Butcher 's Journal-ology this week and wanted an open-access version of Haven & Ionnidis's Reproducibility paper here it is in Open Science Framework metarxiv : https://doi.org/10.31222/osf.io/k5su6_v1

In Remembrance of Dearly Departed Federal Datasets All federal datasets are currently at risk of death by a thousand cuts, weakened by the loss of staff and expertise, contracts, and scientific advisory committees.

The @scientistsorg.bsky.social blog post on this will lift your spirits:

fas.org/publication/...

The Federal Data Funeral is underway this Halloween. How will you memorialize our "Dearly Departed Datasets"?
See the graveyard from Denice Ross and team here: https://essentialdata.us/in-memoriam.html . Original post bridged here.

The Federal Data Funeral is underway this Halloween. How will you memorialize our "Dearly Departed Datasets"?
See the graveyard from Denice Ross and team here: https://essentialdata.us/in-memoriam.html

Did you hear the news from the Dutch election?

Finally, it seems that RW populist Wilders is done. Out of government-building coalition territory. Phew 🥳

It will be a centre left coalition, most likely.

Thank you NL☺️

"Open-washing" plagues frontier AI firms who shield themselves from transparent oversight and public accountability with a "private-by-design loophole" - Ilan Strauss and Tim O'Reilly argue it's time to close that loophole using existing SEC authorities in Tech Policy Press […]