Martin Poulter
@mlpoulter.bsky.social
Wikimedian / member of the reality-based community / spicy tautologist. I work for my employers, but these are just my personal opinions.
@funsizesuze.bsky.social I enjoyed your talk on data at QEDcon but noted that you're not on @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social So I created Q136661809 for you: www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136661... Wikidata is harvested by lots of things so this should improve your online visibility. Cheers,
Suze Kundu
British chemist and science communicator
www.wikidata.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
@funsizesuze.bsky.social I enjoyed your talk on data at QEDcon but noted that you're not on @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social So I created Q136661809 for you: www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136661... Wikidata is harvested by lots of things so this should improve your online visibility. Cheers,
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1/5 Elon Musk’s Grokipedia is out.
It’s exactly what you would expect: unimpressive, biased, and built to serve Musk’s agenda.
He hates Wikipedia because he can’t control it. He hates facts.
Grokipedia is his attempt to replace truth with spin
It’s exactly what you would expect: unimpressive, biased, and built to serve Musk’s agenda.
He hates Wikipedia because he can’t control it. He hates facts.
Grokipedia is his attempt to replace truth with spin
October 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
1/5 Elon Musk’s Grokipedia is out.
It’s exactly what you would expect: unimpressive, biased, and built to serve Musk’s agenda.
He hates Wikipedia because he can’t control it. He hates facts.
Grokipedia is his attempt to replace truth with spin
It’s exactly what you would expect: unimpressive, biased, and built to serve Musk’s agenda.
He hates Wikipedia because he can’t control it. He hates facts.
Grokipedia is his attempt to replace truth with spin
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Breaking: President Trump expresses regret over not being able to release the Epstein files, promises to release the client list of the next pedophilia ring he is associated with.
July 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Breaking: President Trump expresses regret over not being able to release the Epstein files, promises to release the client list of the next pedophilia ring he is associated with.
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Six years and 4 months after I requested it, we now have GeoJSON download from WDQS queries!
[works best on desktop; mouse over right-hand edge to get menu with download link]
[works best on desktop; mouse over right-hand edge to get menu with download link]
w.wiki
June 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Six years and 4 months after I requested it, we now have GeoJSON download from WDQS queries!
[works best on desktop; mouse over right-hand edge to get menu with download link]
[works best on desktop; mouse over right-hand edge to get menu with download link]
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This month at #WomenInRed we are working on bios for women in #LGBTQ+ and those with a name beginning with K or L. We'd love you to join us in addressing the gender bias on English Wikipedia, 20.125% of bios are women. @wmau.bsky.social @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
June 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
This month at #WomenInRed we are working on bios for women in #LGBTQ+ and those with a name beginning with K or L. We'd love you to join us in addressing the gender bias on English Wikipedia, 20.125% of bios are women. @wmau.bsky.social @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
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Men are extremely keen to explain to me that Britain *needs* a domestic steel production plant and doesn't necessarily *need* universities. Okay. Steel contributed about £1.7bn to the UK economy in 2024. Universities contributed more than £200bn.
May 29, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Men are extremely keen to explain to me that Britain *needs* a domestic steel production plant and doesn't necessarily *need* universities. Okay. Steel contributed about £1.7bn to the UK economy in 2024. Universities contributed more than £200bn.
Surge of interest in @wikipedia.org articles on Cantor's Diagonal Argument, Georg Cantor, and Banach-Tarski paradox following the publication of @veritasium.bsky.social video.
April 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Surge of interest in @wikipedia.org articles on Cantor's Diagonal Argument, Georg Cantor, and Banach-Tarski paradox following the publication of @veritasium.bsky.social video.
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We take tariffs on our beautiful Heard Island very seriously. We will be consulting all mammals and flightless birds and will make an announcement in the near future detailing our response. #heardisland #tariff #mcdonaldisland #trumptariff
April 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
We take tariffs on our beautiful Heard Island very seriously. We will be consulting all mammals and flightless birds and will make an announcement in the near future detailing our response. #heardisland #tariff #mcdonaldisland #trumptariff
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📢 Did You Know ... that the proprietor of the company Samurai Shokai promoted the foreign practice of shaking hands in Japan? 🤝 Read its history on Wikipedia: https://tinyurl.com/4xbnz2aa
#DidYouKnow #SamuraiShokai #JapaneseArt #MeijiEra #KhaliliCollections #Wikipedia #KFMission
#DidYouKnow #SamuraiShokai #JapaneseArt #MeijiEra #KhaliliCollections #Wikipedia #KFMission
March 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
📢 Did You Know ... that the proprietor of the company Samurai Shokai promoted the foreign practice of shaking hands in Japan? 🤝 Read its history on Wikipedia: https://tinyurl.com/4xbnz2aa
#DidYouKnow #SamuraiShokai #JapaneseArt #MeijiEra #KhaliliCollections #Wikipedia #KFMission
#DidYouKnow #SamuraiShokai #JapaneseArt #MeijiEra #KhaliliCollections #Wikipedia #KFMission
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ICYMI: Trump has dropped investigations and enforcement actions against 89 lawbreaking corporations, including:
-42 cases at the CFPB
-15 cases at the DOJ
-6 cases at the EEOC
-7 crypto cases at the SEC
It's a new golden age for corporate criminals.
-42 cases at the CFPB
-15 cases at the DOJ
-6 cases at the EEOC
-7 crypto cases at the SEC
It's a new golden age for corporate criminals.
March 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
ICYMI: Trump has dropped investigations and enforcement actions against 89 lawbreaking corporations, including:
-42 cases at the CFPB
-15 cases at the DOJ
-6 cases at the EEOC
-7 crypto cases at the SEC
It's a new golden age for corporate criminals.
-42 cases at the CFPB
-15 cases at the DOJ
-6 cases at the EEOC
-7 crypto cases at the SEC
It's a new golden age for corporate criminals.
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DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
February 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
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Musk and Trump despise Zelensky because they know they'll never earn the level of respect he has—and deep down, they realize he is a hundred times the leader they’ll ever be
February 20, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Musk and Trump despise Zelensky because they know they'll never earn the level of respect he has—and deep down, they realize he is a hundred times the leader they’ll ever be
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The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
February 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
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now that Trump is back in office, we have NASA HQ sending directives like this to people who surely have better things to do www.404media.co/nasa-dei-dro...
February 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
now that Trump is back in office, we have NASA HQ sending directives like this to people who surely have better things to do www.404media.co/nasa-dei-dro...
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1/8 Elon Musk is working to ensure far-right parties win elections in Europe. Is the EU going to wait until his interference results in victories for far-right parties—contests they previously had no chance of winning—before taking action to counter his influence? Do something!
February 4, 2025 at 10:42 AM
1/8 Elon Musk is working to ensure far-right parties win elections in Europe. Is the EU going to wait until his interference results in victories for far-right parties—contests they previously had no chance of winning—before taking action to counter his influence? Do something!
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NEW reporting from @juddlegum.bsky.social on Elon Musk's takeover of our federal government.
Musk’s OPM associates have gained "unprecedented access to federal human resources databases containing sensitive personal information for millions of federal employees."
www.muskwatch.com/p/musk-assoc...
Musk’s OPM associates have gained "unprecedented access to federal human resources databases containing sensitive personal information for millions of federal employees."
www.muskwatch.com/p/musk-assoc...
Musk associates given unfettered access to private data of government employees
The Musk-connected political hires include two recent high school graduates
www.muskwatch.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
NEW reporting from @juddlegum.bsky.social on Elon Musk's takeover of our federal government.
Musk’s OPM associates have gained "unprecedented access to federal human resources databases containing sensitive personal information for millions of federal employees."
www.muskwatch.com/p/musk-assoc...
Musk’s OPM associates have gained "unprecedented access to federal human resources databases containing sensitive personal information for millions of federal employees."
www.muskwatch.com/p/musk-assoc...
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Wikipedia's Did You Know section today features the article on 'An African Song or Chant from Barbados', which was nominated for inscription on UNESCO's Memory of the World International Register.
https://buff.ly/40wJWKs
#Africa #music #UNESCO #MemoryoftheWorld
https://buff.ly/40wJWKs
#Africa #music #UNESCO #MemoryoftheWorld
February 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Wikipedia's Did You Know section today features the article on 'An African Song or Chant from Barbados', which was nominated for inscription on UNESCO's Memory of the World International Register.
https://buff.ly/40wJWKs
#Africa #music #UNESCO #MemoryoftheWorld
https://buff.ly/40wJWKs
#Africa #music #UNESCO #MemoryoftheWorld
The latest result of my cultural diversity work funded by @khalilifoundation.bsky.social : African/ Caribbean culture on the front page of Wikipedia
Wikipedia's Did You Know section today features the article on 'An African Song or Chant from Barbados', which was nominated for inscription on UNESCO's Memory of the World International Register.
https://buff.ly/40wJWKs
#Africa #music #UNESCO #MemoryoftheWorld
https://buff.ly/40wJWKs
#Africa #music #UNESCO #MemoryoftheWorld
February 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The latest result of my cultural diversity work funded by @khalilifoundation.bsky.social : African/ Caribbean culture on the front page of Wikipedia
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Jason Evans has been championing the wiki projects at @librarywales.bsky.social for ten years now!
In this blog he reflects on Wikimedia UK's collaboration with the library, and how it's built a sustainable future for Welsh culture online through open access.
https://buff.ly/40EkKBY
#welsh #GLAM
In this blog he reflects on Wikimedia UK's collaboration with the library, and how it's built a sustainable future for Welsh culture online through open access.
https://buff.ly/40EkKBY
#welsh #GLAM
January 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Jason Evans has been championing the wiki projects at @librarywales.bsky.social for ten years now!
In this blog he reflects on Wikimedia UK's collaboration with the library, and how it's built a sustainable future for Welsh culture online through open access.
https://buff.ly/40EkKBY
#welsh #GLAM
In this blog he reflects on Wikimedia UK's collaboration with the library, and how it's built a sustainable future for Welsh culture online through open access.
https://buff.ly/40EkKBY
#welsh #GLAM
A #Wikidata query I created last week: Pairs of things, of different types, that smell of the same thing: w.wiki/CrWS
w.wiki
January 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
A #Wikidata query I created last week: Pairs of things, of different types, that smell of the same thing: w.wiki/CrWS
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having succeeded in purchasing positions of influence inside the White House, the billionaires and tech VCs have now set their sights back on Wikipedia
January 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
having succeeded in purchasing positions of influence inside the White House, the billionaires and tech VCs have now set their sights back on Wikipedia
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The difference is, though, Hitler’s cars are still really popular.
January 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The difference is, though, Hitler’s cars are still really popular.
I don't often make memes. Maybe that's a good thing. Anyway, here's one.
January 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I don't often make memes. Maybe that's a good thing. Anyway, here's one.