Siobhan Leachman
@siobhanleachman.bsky.social
Wikimedian, citizen scientist, digital curator, volunteer, nature nerd, wine geek, partner & mum. She/her. Inordinately fond of linked open data, moths & weevils. Other contact links see my ORCID. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5398-7721
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Integrating research expedition data: from BHL into the Wikiverse
YouTube video by Siobhan Leachman
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The #LivingData2025 conference is starting soon. I'm attending virtually and will be presenting on a very simple workflow for extracting #biodiversity data from the #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary My presentation has been prerecorded and can be seen here www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySyi... #Wikidata
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A monograph of the British marine annelids. London, The Ray society, 1873/1900-1922/23. (source: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37824149) #nature #illustration #art
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
A monograph of the British marine annelids. London, The Ray society, 1873/1900-1922/23. (source: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37824149) #nature #illustration #art
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Do you find yourself wishing you had a few more technical skills in your data toolkit? 🧰
📊 Through our partnership with DataCamp, hundreds of users have enhanced their skills in areas such as SQL, R, Python, and data visualization.
Want to learn more? 👀 gbif.link/datacampdo...
#DCDonates
📊 Through our partnership with DataCamp, hundreds of users have enhanced their skills in areas such as SQL, R, Python, and data visualization.
Want to learn more? 👀 gbif.link/datacampdo...
#DCDonates
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Do you find yourself wishing you had a few more technical skills in your data toolkit? 🧰
📊 Through our partnership with DataCamp, hundreds of users have enhanced their skills in areas such as SQL, R, Python, and data visualization.
Want to learn more? 👀 gbif.link/datacampdo...
#DCDonates
📊 Through our partnership with DataCamp, hundreds of users have enhanced their skills in areas such as SQL, R, Python, and data visualization.
Want to learn more? 👀 gbif.link/datacampdo...
#DCDonates
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Did you know. That the meme-explosion that was the wooden model of Sacabambaspis (an Ordovician jawless fish) held at a Museum in Helsinki, was created by a pioneering Estonian fish paleontologist and palaeoartist, Elga Mark-Kurik. 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Did you know. That the meme-explosion that was the wooden model of Sacabambaspis (an Ordovician jawless fish) held at a Museum in Helsinki, was created by a pioneering Estonian fish paleontologist and palaeoartist, Elga Mark-Kurik. 🧵
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The famed model held in Helsinki is made out of silicone (from a sculpted foam template), with added doll eyes. It exploded online and turned into a mascot character (サカバンバスピス) in the Japanese pop culture from late 2022 onwards.
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 AM
The famed model held in Helsinki is made out of silicone (from a sculpted foam template), with added doll eyes. It exploded online and turned into a mascot character (サカバンバスピス) in the Japanese pop culture from late 2022 onwards.
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It is impossible for deer at any level to maintain and enhance natural biodiversity.
"Herd management plans aimed to keep deer numbers at a level which enhanced the recreational hunting experience while maintaining and improving natural biodiversity and forest health." www.odt.co.nz/southland/ca...
"Herd management plans aimed to keep deer numbers at a level which enhanced the recreational hunting experience while maintaining and improving natural biodiversity and forest health." www.odt.co.nz/southland/ca...
Call for opponents to support wapiti plan
The group which instigated the move to get wapiti in Fiordland classed as a herd of special interest says opponents should get right in behind it...
www.odt.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 AM
It is impossible for deer at any level to maintain and enhance natural biodiversity.
"Herd management plans aimed to keep deer numbers at a level which enhanced the recreational hunting experience while maintaining and improving natural biodiversity and forest health." www.odt.co.nz/southland/ca...
"Herd management plans aimed to keep deer numbers at a level which enhanced the recreational hunting experience while maintaining and improving natural biodiversity and forest health." www.odt.co.nz/southland/ca...
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Started / going
Here's a view of Jupiter from NASA's Juno spacecraft, now in orbit there. science.nasa.gov/mission/juno
Image processed from raw data by @kevinmgill.bsky.social
Here's a view of Jupiter from NASA's Juno spacecraft, now in orbit there. science.nasa.gov/mission/juno
Image processed from raw data by @kevinmgill.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Started / going
Here's a view of Jupiter from NASA's Juno spacecraft, now in orbit there. science.nasa.gov/mission/juno
Image processed from raw data by @kevinmgill.bsky.social
Here's a view of Jupiter from NASA's Juno spacecraft, now in orbit there. science.nasa.gov/mission/juno
Image processed from raw data by @kevinmgill.bsky.social
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My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
Today COP30 starts in Brazil... I can't list all the things this coalition has gutted from the environmental plans.
A sad day for all...
#NzPol #Cartoon #COP30
Today COP30 starts in Brazil... I can't list all the things this coalition has gutted from the environmental plans.
A sad day for all...
#NzPol #Cartoon #COP30
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
Today COP30 starts in Brazil... I can't list all the things this coalition has gutted from the environmental plans.
A sad day for all...
#NzPol #Cartoon #COP30
Today COP30 starts in Brazil... I can't list all the things this coalition has gutted from the environmental plans.
A sad day for all...
#NzPol #Cartoon #COP30
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Thank you to everyone that participated in the Jacana Project Secretariat Bioblitz this weekend. You have helped increase the number of @inaturalist.bsky.social observations in Botataung District of Yangon by about 150% www.inaturalist.org/projects/the...
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Thank you to everyone that participated in the Jacana Project Secretariat Bioblitz this weekend. You have helped increase the number of @inaturalist.bsky.social observations in Botataung District of Yangon by about 150% www.inaturalist.org/projects/the...
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Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the past week! www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikida...
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the past week! www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikida...
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Happy Marsupial Monday!
We love a #TreeKangaroo, & Bennett’s tree-kangaroo is a special one. With a small range in Northern Qld, this is an elusive creature with a large leap. This image appeared in the 1894 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30982782
We love a #TreeKangaroo, & Bennett’s tree-kangaroo is a special one. With a small range in Northern Qld, this is an elusive creature with a large leap. This image appeared in the 1894 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30982782
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Happy Marsupial Monday!
We love a #TreeKangaroo, & Bennett’s tree-kangaroo is a special one. With a small range in Northern Qld, this is an elusive creature with a large leap. This image appeared in the 1894 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30982782
We love a #TreeKangaroo, & Bennett’s tree-kangaroo is a special one. With a small range in Northern Qld, this is an elusive creature with a large leap. This image appeared in the 1894 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30982782
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How's this for camouflage?! Pictured below is the cabbage tree moth (Epiphryne verriculata) showcasing how their unique wing pattern helps them blend in with the dead leaves of flax and cabbage trees 😯
📸 Dan Kluza, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
📸 Dan Kluza, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
How's this for camouflage?! Pictured below is the cabbage tree moth (Epiphryne verriculata) showcasing how their unique wing pattern helps them blend in with the dead leaves of flax and cabbage trees 😯
📸 Dan Kluza, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
📸 Dan Kluza, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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Journal des Museum Godeffroy. Hamburg: L. Friederichsen & Co., 1873-1910. (source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35746424) #nature #illustration #art
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Journal des Museum Godeffroy. Hamburg: L. Friederichsen & Co., 1873-1910. (source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35746424) #nature #illustration #art
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🧵Out Now! Tiny Moments of Joy: Spotted on Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand
It's officially live!
Today's the launch day for Tiny Moments of Joy and we couldn't be happier to share the news with you.
You can get your copy here:
www.swashbucklerpress.com/tiny-moments...
(1)
It's officially live!
Today's the launch day for Tiny Moments of Joy and we couldn't be happier to share the news with you.
You can get your copy here:
www.swashbucklerpress.com/tiny-moments...
(1)
November 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
🧵Out Now! Tiny Moments of Joy: Spotted on Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand
It's officially live!
Today's the launch day for Tiny Moments of Joy and we couldn't be happier to share the news with you.
You can get your copy here:
www.swashbucklerpress.com/tiny-moments...
(1)
It's officially live!
Today's the launch day for Tiny Moments of Joy and we couldn't be happier to share the news with you.
You can get your copy here:
www.swashbucklerpress.com/tiny-moments...
(1)
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Looks like Darrin O'Brien may soon be the next Scribe to make 1M links between collector/determiner and their specimen records served to @gbif.org. 👏 bionomia.net/0009-0004-06...
Darrin O'Brien
Link natural history specimens to the world's collectors.
bionomia.net
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Looks like Darrin O'Brien may soon be the next Scribe to make 1M links between collector/determiner and their specimen records served to @gbif.org. 👏 bionomia.net/0009-0004-06...
Currently watching a movie with my lovely hubby. But as I've got older I've found I need to relate to characters. And I just don't for this movie. Great acting, camera shots, script, editing etc. etc. and I don't actually care. Because I don't care about the characters. Basically I'm bored.
November 9, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Currently watching a movie with my lovely hubby. But as I've got older I've found I need to relate to characters. And I just don't for this movie. Great acting, camera shots, script, editing etc. etc. and I don't actually care. Because I don't care about the characters. Basically I'm bored.
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ChatGPT is critically dependent on Wikipedia, its most-cited source (but Wikipedia doesn’t need ChatGPT at all). If you care about what LLMs are telling people, making sure Wikipedia is accurate should be your first priority. www.linkedin.com/pulse/wikipe...
Wikipedia is the Anchor of ChatGPT’s Knowledge
A new study from SEO experts at Ahrefs has quantified what many have long suspected: Wikipedia is the single most-cited source in ChatGPT’s answers by a wide margin. “ChatGPT’s citations aren’t confin...
www.linkedin.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
ChatGPT is critically dependent on Wikipedia, its most-cited source (but Wikipedia doesn’t need ChatGPT at all). If you care about what LLMs are telling people, making sure Wikipedia is accurate should be your first priority. www.linkedin.com/pulse/wikipe...
The bear necessities! The Jungle Book is one of the first vinyl albums us Leachman kids owned (like we were 5 or so!) and we played the sound track of this movie non stop. I love every note. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BH-...
November 9, 2025 at 5:37 AM
The bear necessities! The Jungle Book is one of the first vinyl albums us Leachman kids owned (like we were 5 or so!) and we played the sound track of this movie non stop. I love every note. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BH-...
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🚨 Measles update: New case in Nelson, not linked to others.
If you were there 1-7 Nov, check locations of interest.
✅ MMR vaccine protects 99% of people.
😷 Sick? Stay home & call Healthline: 0800 611 116.
More info: tewhatuora.govt.nz/measles-outbreak-update-sunday-9-november-2025
If you were there 1-7 Nov, check locations of interest.
✅ MMR vaccine protects 99% of people.
😷 Sick? Stay home & call Healthline: 0800 611 116.
More info: tewhatuora.govt.nz/measles-outbreak-update-sunday-9-november-2025
November 9, 2025 at 4:28 AM
🚨 Measles update: New case in Nelson, not linked to others.
If you were there 1-7 Nov, check locations of interest.
✅ MMR vaccine protects 99% of people.
😷 Sick? Stay home & call Healthline: 0800 611 116.
More info: tewhatuora.govt.nz/measles-outbreak-update-sunday-9-november-2025
If you were there 1-7 Nov, check locations of interest.
✅ MMR vaccine protects 99% of people.
😷 Sick? Stay home & call Healthline: 0800 611 116.
More info: tewhatuora.govt.nz/measles-outbreak-update-sunday-9-november-2025
Weekend baking!
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Weekend baking!
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A nice workflow for updating taxonomy, labeling, and rehousing
November 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A nice workflow for updating taxonomy, labeling, and rehousing
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And this is why the global BHL community does what we do: so others can build on, use, and share 500+ years (63 million pages) of biodiversity knowledge & spectacular #SciArt. Over to you… 📖 🌏 🦆 🌱
In case you've ever wondered how I make those animal drawings for Art of Fauna - I don't! They are actually from the @biodivlibrary.bsky.social!
#indiedev #design
#indiedev #design
November 8, 2025 at 2:49 AM
And this is why the global BHL community does what we do: so others can build on, use, and share 500+ years (63 million pages) of biodiversity knowledge & spectacular #SciArt. Over to you… 📖 🌏 🦆 🌱
Reposted by Siobhan Leachman
In case you've ever wondered how I make those animal drawings for Art of Fauna - I don't! They are actually from the @biodivlibrary.bsky.social!
#indiedev #design
#indiedev #design
November 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
In case you've ever wondered how I make those animal drawings for Art of Fauna - I don't! They are actually from the @biodivlibrary.bsky.social!
#indiedev #design
#indiedev #design
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November is #ManateeAwarenessMonth! This beautiful Manatee #SciArt is from Biologia Centrali-Americana (1879-1882), illustrated by Josef Wolf. www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/570882 #ILoveBHL #OpenAccess #SaveTheManatee #SeaCow 🧪 🌎 📖 🌱
November 8, 2025 at 6:32 AM
November is #ManateeAwarenessMonth! This beautiful Manatee #SciArt is from Biologia Centrali-Americana (1879-1882), illustrated by Josef Wolf. www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/570882 #ILoveBHL #OpenAccess #SaveTheManatee #SeaCow 🧪 🌎 📖 🌱
This is awful! Tongariro National Park is home to so many of New Zealand's precious endemic species. I so hope firefighters can get this fire under control as soon as possible. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Firefighters return to out-of-control wildfire in Tongariro National Park
A total 43 hikers and a warden have been airlifted out of the national park, and a nearby highway remains closed.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This is awful! Tongariro National Park is home to so many of New Zealand's precious endemic species. I so hope firefighters can get this fire under control as soon as possible. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...