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Alex Fitzpatrick
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Editor, in your inbox every afternoon @Axios. Dad, pilot. Albany, NY 🍎
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Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public.
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Pew Research Center is seeking a Data Archivist to support our commitment to open science and data transparency. This newly created role will play a key part in enhancing the accessibility, usability, and reproducibility of our research data while continuing to protect the privacy and identity of our survey participants. As Data Archivist, you will lead efforts to create and implement best practices for preparing, documenting, and disseminating datasets. These best practices should maximize FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles while minimizing disclosure risk. You will work across teams to ensure our data is well-organized and thoroughly documented. You will serve as an internal advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are not only accurate and comprehensive but also easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public. This is a full-time, Pew Research Center position. The position is funded by an external grant and limited to a two-year term. Primary Responsibilities Develop optimization procedures to improve discoverability of our datasets on internal and external platforms Develop and maintain standards to improve accessibility of our microdata and tab plans by changing/adding formats and/or adding documentation Identify metadata documentation best practices and a process to implement those best practices at the Center Work with Legal to evaluate most appropriate license to publicly share the Center's survey data, including Creative Common options Identify and correct processing inefficiencies in our data publication process Sit on the internal Disclosure Risk Taskforce Document analytical decisions and code to support transparency and replicability, including the development of a RACI chart for publishing code to recreate derived variables that are used in reports but are not included in the microdata Manage/create merged time series datasets for select Center datasets Identify a process for internally archiving data and projects that are no longer in active use Identify and implement a process to assign Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) to microdata Prepare and upload public-facing datasets and restricted-use datasets for external sharing. Train staff on FAIR principles and best practices in data archiving. Education/Training/Experience Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in library sciences, organizational management, or a related field. 5-7 years of experience with data archiving, database management, or survey research. This may include graduate training at the MA/PhD level or equivalent experience in an applied setting. At least 3-5 years of experience applying FAIR and open science principles. Background in social science research or data curation. Experience in data management, archiving, or research support. Familiarity with FAIR principles, Creative Common licensing, data privacy principles, and exposure risk. Proficiency in metadata standards and documentation tools. Experience managing research projects, including working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team. Experience with statistical software (e.g., R, Python, Stata) and reproducible research workflows. Knowledge, Skill and Workplace Requirements Strong organizational and communication skills. Detail oriented with exacting standards to maintain accuracy and impartiality in all work products. Ability to work independently to carry out special projects from start to finish. Ability to balance numerous tasks simultaneously. Ability to work collaboratively and collegially with other team members, as well as with staff from other Pew Research Center teams. Ability to balance competing priorities and identify optimal solutions FLSA Status: Exempt Compensation: Starting salary is commensurate with experience within the range of $100,000 - $120,000. Hybrid Work Schedule: Pew Research Center staff are required to be present in the Center’s Washington, D.C., office three core days weekly (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday). Staff may work virtually from remote locations on other days in a typical work week.
January 6, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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I'm looking for anyone that's work at a company that's either missed payroll -- or been late with paychecks. I want to hear what that's like and how that affected you. It's for a story I'm working on. [email protected]. You can also just DM me here or find me on Signal EmilyRPeck.71
January 9, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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"We honor her memory by living her values: rejecting hate and choosing compassion, turning away from fear and pursuing peace, refusing division and knowing we must come together to build a world where we all come home safe to the people we love."

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Renee Macklin Good’s wife says she nurtured kindness
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
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January 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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SHAKA, WHEN THE WALZ FELL www.axios.com/local/twin-c...
"Put up or shut up now": Walz unleashed after announcing political exit
The governor predicted that Republicans will "lose dramatically" in November.
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January 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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NUUKLEAR WAR
fintwitter.bsky.social FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 4d
TRUMP AND HIS TEAM ARE DISCUSSING A RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR ACQUIRING GREENLAND AND 'UTILIZING THE US MILITARY IS ALWAYS AN OPTION'- WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT
January 6, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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HIGGS BO-GONE
museumofloot.bsky.social MOLA @museumofloot.bsky.social · 4d
Times: The British Museum is looking for a "treasure hunter" to track down the hundreds of gems, cameos and gold fragments allegedly stolen from storerooms by former curator Peter Higgs. The BM has recovered just 654 of the estimated 1,500 items stolen.

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Treasure hunter wanted as British Museum races to find lost gold
An overstretched team are looking for a professional to help recover hundreds of missing items before they are destroyed or melted down
www.thetimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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Gonna get this and become more powerful than you could possibly imagine. www.theverge.com/tech/846600/...
Dell made a big-ass 52-inch 6K Thunderbolt display
Slightly curved and overflowing with video inputs.
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January 6, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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This is what the older kid up the street is for.
eurogamer.bsky.social Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social · 4d
Sony has patented an AI gaming ghost that will play PlayStation games for you when you get stuck www.eurogamer.net/sony-has-pat...
Screenshot from Horizon Forbidden West showing Aloy firing an arrow at a large snake-like machine
January 6, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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Quick hit from me on the aviation angle — hundreds of flights canceled amid new FAA NOTAMs across Caribbean near Venezuela www.axios.com/2026/01/03/c...
Caribbean flights canceled as Trump strikes Venezuela
At least a few hundred flights have been canceled as of Saturday morning.
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January 3, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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January 2, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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The year should start in the spring.
January 1, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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The handwaving in the Stranger Things finale was just so outrageously lazy writing.
January 1, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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Yes… Ha ha ha… Yes!
December 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Everyone knows Abraham Lincoln turned down the King of Siam's war elephants. What this theory presupposes is...what if he didn't?
atherton.bsky.social Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 12d
Thirteen years ago that I discovered 1) the King of Siam offered Abraham Lincoln war elephants, and 2) he refused.

Consider, instead: what if he had not blogtarkin.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/d...
December 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Gettin' real sick of the flu.
December 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Mike F @mikefossey Check this shit out motherfucker [I slide one foot out from under me and fall on my ass, its not clear what kind of move I was trying to do]
December 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Ahoyhoy!
boner.ink mr. cannoli @boner.ink · 12d
what's a good thing to say to someone for beginners
December 30, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Was once startled by the unexpected appearance of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
bolt451.bsky.social Frey has a free writing Patreon @bolt451.bsky.social · Jun 13
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie

Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Getting sworn in as mayor of Rochester in the abandoned subway
December 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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(daft punk One More Time voice) Auld Lang Syne
December 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Really gunning for that "best airport ham" SEO
kren.bsky.social kren @kren.bsky.social · 15d
I've been thinking about this sign for 6 months. a phrase I'll treasure forever. a metaphor with boundless potential
BEST HAM in the airport sign @ BCN
December 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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December 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Flu Christmas sucks, but nothing hits like this.
December 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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And to Tiny Tim, who did NOT die. He had transferred his katra to Bones, and his body was resurrected by the powers of the Genesis Device.
December 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Tiny Tim, who did not die, Will Return In Avengers: Doomsday
December 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM