Chris Koerner
@clkoerner.com
Dad, husband, nerd, photographer, Wikimedian, WordPress...er? I care about people over tech and how the latter impacts the former.
I work at the Wikimedia Foundation. Stupid things I say are my own and do not reflect the views of the Foundation.
I work at the Wikimedia Foundation. Stupid things I say are my own and do not reflect the views of the Foundation.
"When platforms insist their systems are too complex to explain, users are asked to substitute faith for understanding."
www.ft.com/content/f3a7...
www.ft.com/content/f3a7...
How the internet can rebuild trust
Algorithms and generative AI models that decide what billions of users see should be transparent
www.ft.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"When platforms insist their systems are too complex to explain, users are asked to substitute faith for understanding."
www.ft.com/content/f3a7...
www.ft.com/content/f3a7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6zz...
I am really proud of this video my colleagues made to celebrate the 25th birthday of #Wikipedia. This celebration is a reminder that there are people behind all this and it's stunning what they have accomplished over the last quarter century. Here's to another 25!
I am really proud of this video my colleagues made to celebrate the 25th birthday of #Wikipedia. This celebration is a reminder that there are people behind all this and it's stunning what they have accomplished over the last quarter century. Here's to another 25!
The future of knowledge is yours to protect. #Wikipedia25
YouTube video by Wikipedia
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6zz...
I am really proud of this video my colleagues made to celebrate the 25th birthday of #Wikipedia. This celebration is a reminder that there are people behind all this and it's stunning what they have accomplished over the last quarter century. Here's to another 25!
I am really proud of this video my colleagues made to celebrate the 25th birthday of #Wikipedia. This celebration is a reminder that there are people behind all this and it's stunning what they have accomplished over the last quarter century. Here's to another 25!
Some fun snark from @mcsweeneys.net
That donate link should be a real link!
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hi-...
That donate link should be a real link!
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hi-...
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...
www.mcsweeneys.net
October 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Some fun snark from @mcsweeneys.net
That donate link should be a real link!
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hi-...
That donate link should be a real link!
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hi-...
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AI is the asbestos of technology.
October 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
AI is the asbestos of technology.
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A gentle reminder that Wikipedia is a global treasure and that if you dislike what you see on there the door is open to you to contribute to the community.
Radical transparency and cooperation is how Wikipedia works:
medium.com/freely-shari...
Radical transparency and cooperation is how Wikipedia works:
medium.com/freely-shari...
Keeping information reliable in the digital age: Lessons from Wikipedia
A new series explores how Wikipedia can inspire new standards of knowledge integrity for our times
medium.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A gentle reminder that Wikipedia is a global treasure and that if you dislike what you see on there the door is open to you to contribute to the community.
Radical transparency and cooperation is how Wikipedia works:
medium.com/freely-shari...
Radical transparency and cooperation is how Wikipedia works:
medium.com/freely-shari...
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This is tech/marketing people leveraging decades of science fiction media presenting "AI" as generally encyclopedic and infallible. People think they're getting JARVIS, when what they're getting is the machine version of that annoying dude in your dorm confidently spouting bullshit on every subject
This marketing term is causing untold harm, of course, mostly to the naive and gullible. But it’s surprising how many educated and apparently intelligent people are placing an unwarranted degree of trust in these programmes.
October 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This is tech/marketing people leveraging decades of science fiction media presenting "AI" as generally encyclopedic and infallible. People think they're getting JARVIS, when what they're getting is the machine version of that annoying dude in your dorm confidently spouting bullshit on every subject
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Turning the entire economy into gambling is a self-evidently bad idea lol
% of US men under 30 who say legal sports betting is a *bad thing* for society
22% in 2022
47% in 2025
No other demographic group has seen a bigger increase.
22% in 2022
47% in 2025
No other demographic group has seen a bigger increase.
Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports
Today, 43% of U.S. adults say the fact that sports betting is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society, up from 34% in 2022.
www.pewresearch.org
October 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Turning the entire economy into gambling is a self-evidently bad idea lol
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Excited to announce Artists on AI + Data — Oct 8 at 18:30 CEST/Berlin | 16:30 UTC + global livestream with @wikimediade.bsky.social
Artists Nora Al-Badri & Michael Mandiberg will reflect on working with structured data + AI in their art.
⚠️ Register now: artandfeminism.org/panel/artfem...
Artists Nora Al-Badri & Michael Mandiberg will reflect on working with structured data + AI in their art.
⚠️ Register now: artandfeminism.org/panel/artfem...
September 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Excited to announce Artists on AI + Data — Oct 8 at 18:30 CEST/Berlin | 16:30 UTC + global livestream with @wikimediade.bsky.social
Artists Nora Al-Badri & Michael Mandiberg will reflect on working with structured data + AI in their art.
⚠️ Register now: artandfeminism.org/panel/artfem...
Artists Nora Al-Badri & Michael Mandiberg will reflect on working with structured data + AI in their art.
⚠️ Register now: artandfeminism.org/panel/artfem...
Making sure AI serves people and knowledge stays human: Wikimedia Foundation publishes a Human Rights Impact Assessment on the interaction of AI and machine learning with Wikimedia projects diff.wikimedia.org/2025/09/30/m...
Making sure AI serves people and knowledge stays human: Wikimedia Foundation publishes a Human Rights Impact Assessment on the interaction of AI and machine learning with Wikimedia projects
An illustration representing that AI and ML can serve to help strengthen, not replace, what humans do best. Image by Jordan McRae | Wikimedia Foundation, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. At the…
diff.wikimedia.org
September 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Making sure AI serves people and knowledge stays human: Wikimedia Foundation publishes a Human Rights Impact Assessment on the interaction of AI and machine learning with Wikimedia projects diff.wikimedia.org/2025/09/30/m...
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This right here.
companies make it difficult or impossible to disable ai in their products because it is an authoritarian project made from a stack of consent violations in a trenchcoat
they don't give you a checkbox for "i don't want this and will never use it" because they know many people would check that box
they don't give you a checkbox for "i don't want this and will never use it" because they know many people would check that box
September 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This right here.
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Yesterday, I had the privilege and the honor to emcee the opening of the new Metro A Line light rail extension from Glendora to Pomona.
“…we are all Angelenos who love our city of angels. Our Metro system is an expression of that love for our communities.”
Yesterday, I had the privilege and the honor to emcee the opening of the new Metro A Line light rail extension from Glendora to Pomona. If you’re local, you know […]
wilwheaton.net
September 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Yesterday, I had the privilege and the honor to emcee the opening of the new Metro A Line light rail extension from Glendora to Pomona.
"Featuring free-license works from Wikimedia Commons, the game introduces various different apparatuses used by the indigenous communities made from various natural materials that can be found around Malaysia and the surrounding region."
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Showcasing a Wikipedia-based card game to the world at Expo 2025
Almost a year after winning the International Green Gown Awards for our indigenous language preservation project, Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia was invited to present on indigenous lifewa…
diff.wikimedia.org
September 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Featuring free-license works from Wikimedia Commons, the game introduces various different apparatuses used by the indigenous communities made from various natural materials that can be found around Malaysia and the surrounding region."
diff.wikimedia.org/2025/09/12/s...
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George Pendergast, known as "G3," turned 100 and still edits Wikipedia daily. Since starting in his 80s, he has created and improved articles on WWII and overlooked women’s histories. His work shows that contribution has no age limit.
Read more ➡️ w.wiki/FJi5
Read more ➡️ w.wiki/FJi5
September 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
George Pendergast, known as "G3," turned 100 and still edits Wikipedia daily. Since starting in his 80s, he has created and improved articles on WWII and overlooked women’s histories. His work shows that contribution has no age limit.
Read more ➡️ w.wiki/FJi5
Read more ➡️ w.wiki/FJi5
I had the great honor of sitting down with George Pendergast, a spry 100-year-old who regularly edits Wikipedia. We talked about George's life, how he started editing, and his thoughts on Wikipedia and the future. #wikipedia #wikimedian
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What one centenarian can teach us about 25 years of Wikipedia
As Wikipedia approaches its 25th birthday, we have another monumental anniversary to celebrate. Ten years ago we wrote about George Pendergast, at the time an editor who had started editing Wikiped…
diff.wikimedia.org
September 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I had the great honor of sitting down with George Pendergast, a spry 100-year-old who regularly edits Wikipedia. We talked about George's life, how he started editing, and his thoughts on Wikipedia and the future. #wikipedia #wikimedian
diff.wikimedia.org/2025/09/10/w...
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USS Voyager's emergency medical holographic program “The Doctor” was a proto-murderbot
September 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
USS Voyager's emergency medical holographic program “The Doctor” was a proto-murderbot
Tuvok and Neelix give big “Elves and Dwarves as best friends cliche” vibes.
September 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Tuvok and Neelix give big “Elves and Dwarves as best friends cliche” vibes.
The ethos of Wikipedia – access to free educational materials for anyone – is the cornerstone of why I go to work every day. @joshdzieza.bsky.social does a wonderful job covering the importance of Wikipedia. Now more than ever. www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Wikipedia is under attack — and how it can survive
The site’s volunteers face threats from Trump, billionaires, and AI.
www.theverge.com
September 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The ethos of Wikipedia – access to free educational materials for anyone – is the cornerstone of why I go to work every day. @joshdzieza.bsky.social does a wonderful job covering the importance of Wikipedia. Now more than ever. www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
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i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
August 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
Remember birthday cards? I know I’m going to sound like an old man, but I think we’ve collectively lost a lot of little points of connection with the proliferation of the internet and smart phones.
August 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Remember birthday cards? I know I’m going to sound like an old man, but I think we’ve collectively lost a lot of little points of connection with the proliferation of the internet and smart phones.
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
"The OSA was drafted so vaguely and bluntly that a non‑profit, collaboratively edited encyclopedia now has to spend all this time, money, and effort playing administrative Calvinball just to preserve the thing almost everyone agrees is good."
www.techdirt.com/2025/08/13/u...
www.techdirt.com/2025/08/13/u...
UK Court Ruling Leaves Wikipedia Facing Years Of Uncertainty Under Online Safety Act
Two headlines walked into a UK courtroom: the BBC says “Wikipedia loses challenge,” while the Guardian says “Wikipedia can challenge if the strictest rules apply.” Annoyingly, both are true—and tha…
www.techdirt.com
August 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"The OSA was drafted so vaguely and bluntly that a non‑profit, collaboratively edited encyclopedia now has to spend all this time, money, and effort playing administrative Calvinball just to preserve the thing almost everyone agrees is good."
www.techdirt.com/2025/08/13/u...
www.techdirt.com/2025/08/13/u...