The Data Rescue Project newsletter covers efforts to preserve public datasets, including upcoming DataLumos metadata office hours and advocacy around the proposed changes to the US Census. It mainly offers calls to action for volunteers and updates on the project's partnerships.
Website: https://www.datarescueproject.org/
Interline Technologies publishes practical technical articles on transit data, covering tools like Transitland, GTFS-Pathways station layouts, and feed checksum methods. Readers get concrete, hands-on guidance for working with public transit datasets and product tie-ins for their own tools.
Beautiful Public Data is a newsletter by Jon Keegan that highlights visually interesting datasets from government agencies, with context on what each dataset contains and why it is striking. Each issue combines the source material with the writer's own observations, such as the anatomy of the Visible Human Project, WWII vehicle recognition guides, or boat names in NOAA vessel data.
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