Felix Schönbrodt<p>Initiatives like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedihum.org/@SafeguardingResearch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SafeguardingResearch</span></a></span> work hard to rescue <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/researchData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>researchData</span></a> that are (about to be) deleted by the Trump administration, by using a Bittorrent network where many small nodes contribute.</p><p>This is a very <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarpunk</span></a> way of doing science: community-driven, decentralized & resilient <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/SolarpunkScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarpunkScience</span></a>.<br>Some tinker projects:</p><p>🎯1. Develop the most low-cost (in €, material resources, and CO2) p2p solution for data rescueing.</p><p>Maybe a <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> + existing HDD? Reuse existing hardware. Compute costs in absolute and relative way (€ and CO2 per terabyte of data stored & shared). Is a bigger server plugged to a uni network more efficient in relative costs?</p><p>🎯2. Run a hackathon, help others to install the bittorrent clients on whatever machine they have.</p><p>🎯3 (Bonus): Build a purely solar powered, autonomous seeding node. E.g. the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/LowTechMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowTechMagazine</span></a> went a long way in optimizing a web server that runs on solar + battery (achieving >95% uptime on a 50W solar setup)<br><a href="https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/01/how-sustainable-is-a-solar-powered-website/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2020</span><span class="invisible">/01/how-sustainable-is-a-solar-powered-website/</span></a></p><p>Imagine little autonomous, solar powered seeding nodes standing in gardens, tirelessly sharing research data whenever the sun is shining. A project that regenerates our digital commons in a sustainable, community-led way 🌱.</p><p>Please share your thoughts - is this a feasible and worthwhile project?</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/SafeguardingResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SafeguardingResearch</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/DataRescue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataRescue</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenScience</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/OpenData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenData</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a><br>CC <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.science/@moritz_negwer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>moritz_negwer</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://writing.exchange/@alxd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alxd</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@thorsi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thorsi</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sueden.social/@BlumeEvolution" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BlumeEvolution</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://post.lurk.org/@marieverdeil" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>marieverdeil</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/@lmu_osc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lmu_osc</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://openbiblio.social/@Lambo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Lambo</span></a></span></p><p>(edit: Updated the mock-up image with an improved, non-AI version)</p>