Lucy
@lucymoore.bsky.social
Numismatist, Wikimedian, allotment holder, carer
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'You shouldn't be getting a medal for being robbed by your own government'
92 year old Betty Brown, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office IT scandal, told #BBCBreakfast she was 'very honoured, but angry' about being made an OBE in the New Year Honours
92 year old Betty Brown, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office IT scandal, told #BBCBreakfast she was 'very honoured, but angry' about being made an OBE in the New Year Honours
December 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
'You shouldn't be getting a medal for being robbed by your own government'
92 year old Betty Brown, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office IT scandal, told #BBCBreakfast she was 'very honoured, but angry' about being made an OBE in the New Year Honours
92 year old Betty Brown, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office IT scandal, told #BBCBreakfast she was 'very honoured, but angry' about being made an OBE in the New Year Honours
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So, LLMs are a form of information laundering. They insulate you from the sources, which makes it impossible to judge the reliability of the source.
December 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
So, LLMs are a form of information laundering. They insulate you from the sources, which makes it impossible to judge the reliability of the source.
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€50 would help Hammam and his family buy a tent - please donate or share
chuffed.org/project/1580...
chuffed.org/project/1580...
December 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
€50 would help Hammam and his family buy a tent - please donate or share
chuffed.org/project/1580...
chuffed.org/project/1580...
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19. Dongba
Often hailed as a surviving pictographic script, but actually rather more complex than that, Dongba is used by the Naxi people in southern China. This post is by our new researcher Xu Yanru who will be working on the script.
viewsproject.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/e...
Often hailed as a surviving pictographic script, but actually rather more complex than that, Dongba is used by the Naxi people in southern China. This post is by our new researcher Xu Yanru who will be working on the script.
viewsproject.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/e...
Writing Practices of Ethnic Minority Groups in China: The Dongba Script of the Naxi people
This post is by Yanru Xu, who joins the VIEWS team as a research associate at the beginning of October. You can also read this post as a PDF by clicking HERE. Apart from Chinese scripts, numerous o…
viewsproject.wordpress.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
19. Dongba
Often hailed as a surviving pictographic script, but actually rather more complex than that, Dongba is used by the Naxi people in southern China. This post is by our new researcher Xu Yanru who will be working on the script.
viewsproject.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/e...
Often hailed as a surviving pictographic script, but actually rather more complex than that, Dongba is used by the Naxi people in southern China. This post is by our new researcher Xu Yanru who will be working on the script.
viewsproject.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/e...
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The pre-Christmas glimpse of the @romanpalace.bsky.social Ceefax page is undoubtedly the top @bsky.app highlight of 2025. More of this please 🥰🥳
#VillaNotVilla
#VillaNotVilla
December 19, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The pre-Christmas glimpse of the @romanpalace.bsky.social Ceefax page is undoubtedly the top @bsky.app highlight of 2025. More of this please 🥰🥳
#VillaNotVilla
#VillaNotVilla
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In 1995, before the internet, I was sexually assaulted by three boys in my all-white-British primary school. We were all 10.
So yeah, yeah it fucking is, Kemi
So yeah, yeah it fucking is, Kemi
I have checked and the actual Leader of the Opposition, paid for by you and me, has officially put this out. Totally disqualifying.
December 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
In 1995, before the internet, I was sexually assaulted by three boys in my all-white-British primary school. We were all 10.
So yeah, yeah it fucking is, Kemi
So yeah, yeah it fucking is, Kemi
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The study 'also found that AI-related water use now exceeds the entirety of global bottled-water demand.'
December 19, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The study 'also found that AI-related water use now exceeds the entirety of global bottled-water demand.'
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The CHANGE project is in Istanbul next month, courtesy of the wonderful Pera Museum. Do join us: www.peramuseum.org/event/moneta...
Monetary CHANGE in Ancient Anatolia (630-30 BC)
CHANGE is an interdisciplinary project to research the monetary history of ancient Anatolia from the beginning of coinage in the 7th century to the absorption of the region by Rome circa 30 BC
www.peramuseum.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The CHANGE project is in Istanbul next month, courtesy of the wonderful Pera Museum. Do join us: www.peramuseum.org/event/moneta...
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Storytelling as Creative Archaeological Practice (session 26) absolutely stupendous presentations! @tag2025york.bsky.social #TAG2025
December 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Storytelling as Creative Archaeological Practice (session 26) absolutely stupendous presentations! @tag2025york.bsky.social #TAG2025
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🚨 Tomorrow! 🚨
Learn why the public domain matters & how we can defend it in the #booktalk THE PUBLIC DOMAIN with James Boyle & Molly Shaffer Van Houweling
📆 Thurs Dec 18
🕙 10 AM – 11 AM PT (1 PM ET)
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1839697527...
@mollysvh.bsky.social @authorsalliance.bsky.social
Learn why the public domain matters & how we can defend it in the #booktalk THE PUBLIC DOMAIN with James Boyle & Molly Shaffer Van Houweling
📆 Thurs Dec 18
🕙 10 AM – 11 AM PT (1 PM ET)
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1839697527...
@mollysvh.bsky.social @authorsalliance.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🚨 Tomorrow! 🚨
Learn why the public domain matters & how we can defend it in the #booktalk THE PUBLIC DOMAIN with James Boyle & Molly Shaffer Van Houweling
📆 Thurs Dec 18
🕙 10 AM – 11 AM PT (1 PM ET)
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1839697527...
@mollysvh.bsky.social @authorsalliance.bsky.social
Learn why the public domain matters & how we can defend it in the #booktalk THE PUBLIC DOMAIN with James Boyle & Molly Shaffer Van Houweling
📆 Thurs Dec 18
🕙 10 AM – 11 AM PT (1 PM ET)
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1839697527...
@mollysvh.bsky.social @authorsalliance.bsky.social
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Iwaisi asks, how to curate our way out of genocide? @tag2025york.bsky.social 🏺
December 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Iwaisi asks, how to curate our way out of genocide? @tag2025york.bsky.social 🏺
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Very pleased that @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social is able to sponsor this competition👇
📸We’d love to see your photos of science and scientists in the UK.
Categories are:
🧑🤝🧑People in Science
🔬Microscopy images
📊Non-photography media
🖼️Image sets
🐛Wildlife & nature
🌃Astronomy
👀General
📸We’d love to see your photos of science and scientists in the UK.
Categories are:
🧑🤝🧑People in Science
🔬Microscopy images
📊Non-photography media
🖼️Image sets
🐛Wildlife & nature
🌃Astronomy
👀General
(1/4) Wiki Science UK photography competition has launched 🎉🎉🎉 the ideal way to get some recognition for those amazing images that are waiting for new audiences 🔬🔭🧪🧬🧫👩🏻🔬
We're so excited to see what you submit! PRIZES sponsored by @universityofleeds.bsky.social
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
We're so excited to see what you submit! PRIZES sponsored by @universityofleeds.bsky.social
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
Commons:Wiki Science Competition 2025 in the United Kingdom - Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Very pleased that @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social is able to sponsor this competition👇
📸We’d love to see your photos of science and scientists in the UK.
Categories are:
🧑🤝🧑People in Science
🔬Microscopy images
📊Non-photography media
🖼️Image sets
🐛Wildlife & nature
🌃Astronomy
👀General
📸We’d love to see your photos of science and scientists in the UK.
Categories are:
🧑🤝🧑People in Science
🔬Microscopy images
📊Non-photography media
🖼️Image sets
🐛Wildlife & nature
🌃Astronomy
👀General
& we're back @tag2025york.bsky.social today! Talking #WikiResearch, adding researchers to @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social & taking new headshots! Come say hi!
Attending @tag2025york.bsky.social come to a Wiki Clinic & chat all things @wikipedia.org with me & Fran!
Got an article you want to fix?
Want a better picture on your article?
Just want a badge?
We'd love to see you!
Got an article you want to fix?
Want a better picture on your article?
Just want a badge?
We'd love to see you!
December 16, 2025 at 8:52 AM
& we're back @tag2025york.bsky.social today! Talking #WikiResearch, adding researchers to @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social & taking new headshots! Come say hi!
Attending @tag2025york.bsky.social come to a Wiki Clinic & chat all things @wikipedia.org with me & Fran!
Got an article you want to fix?
Want a better picture on your article?
Just want a badge?
We'd love to see you!
Got an article you want to fix?
Want a better picture on your article?
Just want a badge?
We'd love to see you!
December 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Attending @tag2025york.bsky.social come to a Wiki Clinic & chat all things @wikipedia.org with me & Fran!
Got an article you want to fix?
Want a better picture on your article?
Just want a badge?
We'd love to see you!
Got an article you want to fix?
Want a better picture on your article?
Just want a badge?
We'd love to see you!
Keep digging folks
Today I'm sharing birds of Palestine, this one a laughing dove that watched me & Ahmed eat breakfast. This genocide survivor has a chance to restart some of his life—he just needs to get to Europe for his Master's.
14 hours left: 186/450 for his flight. tiny.cc/HelpAhmed
14 hours left: 186/450 for his flight. tiny.cc/HelpAhmed
December 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Keep digging folks
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Israel preparing largest ever act of ‘archeological cleansing’ in West Bank
Subordinating scientific value to colonial expansion, Israeli archeologists are putting up no resistance as the state moves to expropriate swaths of Sebastia.
www.972mag.com/sebastia-arc...
Subordinating scientific value to colonial expansion, Israeli archeologists are putting up no resistance as the state moves to expropriate swaths of Sebastia.
www.972mag.com/sebastia-arc...
Israel preparing largest ever ‘archeological cleansing’ in West Bank
Subordinating scientific value to colonial expansion, Israeli archeologists are putting up no resistance as the state moves to expropriate swaths of Sebastia.
www.972mag.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Israel preparing largest ever act of ‘archeological cleansing’ in West Bank
Subordinating scientific value to colonial expansion, Israeli archeologists are putting up no resistance as the state moves to expropriate swaths of Sebastia.
www.972mag.com/sebastia-arc...
Subordinating scientific value to colonial expansion, Israeli archeologists are putting up no resistance as the state moves to expropriate swaths of Sebastia.
www.972mag.com/sebastia-arc...
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Hello!
A little Sunday evening survey... 📝
We're looking for examples where info or resources concerning achievements of 🏺⛏️ #trowelblazing women in archaeology, geology or palaeontology have been removed or vanished from public sources in the past year due to external pressures...
Pls repost!
A little Sunday evening survey... 📝
We're looking for examples where info or resources concerning achievements of 🏺⛏️ #trowelblazing women in archaeology, geology or palaeontology have been removed or vanished from public sources in the past year due to external pressures...
Pls repost!
December 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hello!
A little Sunday evening survey... 📝
We're looking for examples where info or resources concerning achievements of 🏺⛏️ #trowelblazing women in archaeology, geology or palaeontology have been removed or vanished from public sources in the past year due to external pressures...
Pls repost!
A little Sunday evening survey... 📝
We're looking for examples where info or resources concerning achievements of 🏺⛏️ #trowelblazing women in archaeology, geology or palaeontology have been removed or vanished from public sources in the past year due to external pressures...
Pls repost!
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Nice article by Georgia Vullinghs in the latest Proccedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland on #Jacobite tokens #c18th #c18 #18thc @socantscot.bsky.social @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Nice article by Georgia Vullinghs in the latest Proccedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland on #Jacobite tokens #c18th #c18 #18thc @socantscot.bsky.social @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social
Can't wait to see the Edinburgh entries!!! It's an open knowledge power house!!!
The Wiki Science photography competition is open!
The UK is hosting a regional competition for the first time since 2019. So, whether you’re a scientist, researcher, student, educator, or enthusiast, share your photos of science & scientists in the UK!
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
The UK is hosting a regional competition for the first time since 2019. So, whether you’re a scientist, researcher, student, educator, or enthusiast, share your photos of science & scientists in the UK!
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
December 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Can't wait to see the Edinburgh entries!!! It's an open knowledge power house!!!
(1/4) Wiki Science UK photography competition has launched 🎉🎉🎉 the ideal way to get some recognition for those amazing images that are waiting for new audiences 🔬🔭🧪🧬🧫👩🏻🔬
We're so excited to see what you submit! PRIZES sponsored by @universityofleeds.bsky.social
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
We're so excited to see what you submit! PRIZES sponsored by @universityofleeds.bsky.social
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
Commons:Wiki Science Competition 2025 in the United Kingdom - Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org
December 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
(1/4) Wiki Science UK photography competition has launched 🎉🎉🎉 the ideal way to get some recognition for those amazing images that are waiting for new audiences 🔬🔭🧪🧬🧫👩🏻🔬
We're so excited to see what you submit! PRIZES sponsored by @universityofleeds.bsky.social
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
We're so excited to see what you submit! PRIZES sponsored by @universityofleeds.bsky.social
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
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This statement appears to be untrue for 95-99% of British people convicted and imprisoned abroad
I would be interested to see the statistics per country per year behind this statement
“We, the UK, take back our citizens if they’re convicted of criminal offences overseas. It’s only reasonable to expect other countries to do the same thing"
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
“We, the UK, take back our citizens if they’re convicted of criminal offences overseas. It’s only reasonable to expect other countries to do the same thing"
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
All criminals with dual nationality must be deported, say Tories
The Conservative party’s policy also includes stripping people of their British citizenship when they are found guilty of a crime
www.thetimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This statement appears to be untrue for 95-99% of British people convicted and imprisoned abroad
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Reading Rooms at the British Library are closed *all week* because so many of its workers refuse to work for pitiful wages in a contemptuously authoritarian and obliviously managed environment.
We need leaders who get it and are big enough to sort it out!
It’s a mess and a disgrace.
Lift it up!!
We need leaders who get it and are big enough to sort it out!
It’s a mess and a disgrace.
Lift it up!!
December 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Reading Rooms at the British Library are closed *all week* because so many of its workers refuse to work for pitiful wages in a contemptuously authoritarian and obliviously managed environment.
We need leaders who get it and are big enough to sort it out!
It’s a mess and a disgrace.
Lift it up!!
We need leaders who get it and are big enough to sort it out!
It’s a mess and a disgrace.
Lift it up!!
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Really looking forward to having to prove my sex repeatedly in a restaurant, in the event I want to do something outrageous like order food or go to the lav
December 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Really looking forward to having to prove my sex repeatedly in a restaurant, in the event I want to do something outrageous like order food or go to the lav
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Join editor Lucy Moore @lucymoore.bsky.social for a Seasonal Sandbox Session exploring how to add olfactory information to Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:W...
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:W...
Event:WMUK Sandbox Sessions/Wikimedia projects and smell-related content 10.12.25 - Wikidata
www.wikidata.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Join editor Lucy Moore @lucymoore.bsky.social for a Seasonal Sandbox Session exploring how to add olfactory information to Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:W...
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:W...
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Published just under 400 years ago, and not subject to copyright, yet the intellectual giants of the University of Oxford claim to apply terms, prohibiting commercial reuse, to its reproduction.
They use a CC licence. CC say their licences can only be applied to copyrighted works.
#CopyFraud
They use a CC licence. CC say their licences can only be applied to copyrighted works.
#CopyFraud
In 1647, self-taught astronomer and brewer Johannes Hevelius created the first detailed map of the Moon 🌕
Nearly four centuries later, @bodleian.ox.ac.uk have brought his Selenographia into the digital age – letting anyone explore the world’s first lunar atlas.
Learn more ⬇️
Nearly four centuries later, @bodleian.ox.ac.uk have brought his Selenographia into the digital age – letting anyone explore the world’s first lunar atlas.
Learn more ⬇️
Mapping the Moon: the world’s first lunar atlas goes digital |
www.ox.ac.uk
December 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Published just under 400 years ago, and not subject to copyright, yet the intellectual giants of the University of Oxford claim to apply terms, prohibiting commercial reuse, to its reproduction.
They use a CC licence. CC say their licences can only be applied to copyrighted works.
#CopyFraud
They use a CC licence. CC say their licences can only be applied to copyrighted works.
#CopyFraud