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siobhanleachman.bsky.social
A fabulous rant on trust as well as a message of love for #Wikipedia by @hankgreen.bsky.social Love the quote "The fight is always going to be the loud thing. The actual useful things in the world are quiet and invisible." www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zi0...
Wikipedia and the Destruction of Trust
YouTube video by Hank Green
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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kde.org
Valve announces a desktop machine and VR goggles, both powered by KDE's Plasma desktop.

store.steampowered.com/sale/steamma...

store.steampowered.com/sale/steamfr...
A simple black cube with a white LED in its bottom right hand corner on a beige background. That's it. Sorry it is not more exciting. Ah! But this is. A cool looking set of black VR goggles with two futuristic looking controllers lay on a beige surface.
November 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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kde.org
KDE's GSoC report is out!

Read the full report to discover all the work mentees have carried out to improve, Krita, Kdenlive, Cantor, KDE Linux, Karton, and more.

mentorship.kde.org/blog/2025-11...
KDE's ISO Image Writer let's you download images directly from the Internet and burn them in one fell swoop The GCompris educational suite of activities gets an editor so teachers can customise activities The mathematical frontend Cantor improves its support for Python The Karton virtual machine manager adds new features
November 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Reposted by Lydia Pintscher
eosa.bsky.social
📢One week until the nominations for the next #EuropeanOpenSourceAwards close!

Learn more about the nomination process and the awards given : europeanopensource.academy/open-call-no...
November 4, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Reposted by Lydia Pintscher
kde.org
"Adopt an App" is back! You can now show your love for your favorite apps through our fundraiser.

Pick an app, donate €50 or more, and tell us about your choice in the comments:

kde.org/fundraisers/...

You will appear as a supporter on the apps apps.kde.org page.
November 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Reposted by Lydia Pintscher
wikidatacommunity.bsky.social
💫 WikidataCon begins today!

Well we did it again... 9 sessions from lightning talks, presentations, panels and a workshop!
Last chance to join us: w.wiki/EKXz

All times stated are in UTC.

#wikidatacon #wikidata #openknowledge
Timetable for today's sessions, available at: https://pretalx.com/wikidatacon-2025/schedule/ Timetable for today's sessions, available at: https://pretalx.com/wikidatacon-2025/schedule/
November 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Reposted by Lydia Pintscher
wikidatacommunity.bsky.social
💫 WikidataCon continues as we head into November.

Once again, we've crammed 9 sessions to our daily schedule before we start another round of Wikidata-powered games.

Need the room-link? w.wiki/EKXz
All times stated are in UTC.

#wikidatacon #wikidata #openknowledge
Timetable for today's sessions, available at: https://pretalx.com/wikidatacon-2025/schedule/ Timetable for today's sessions, available at: https://pretalx.com/wikidatacon-2025/schedule/
November 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Reposted by Lydia Pintscher
wikidatacommunity.bsky.social
💫 WikidataCon begins today!

We have 9 sessions scheduled today, capped off, of course, by some Wikidata games.

Want to join?

Register for access: w.wiki/EKXz
All times stated are in UTC.

#wikidatacon #wikidata #openknowledge
Timetable for today's sessions, available at: https://pretalx.com/wikidatacon-2025/schedule/ Timetable for today's sessions, available at: https://pretalx.com/wikidatacon-2025/schedule/
October 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Reposted by Lydia Pintscher
eosa.bsky.social
📢Deadline for nominations to the European Open Source Awards has been extended!

Final Deadline : 10th of November, 23:59 CET

Submit your nomination today : europeanopensource.academy/open-call-no...
October 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
lydiapintscher.bsky.social
#Wikidata has been recognized as a digital public good! Wikidata is always the mostly-invisible powerhouse in the background, so this is especially meaningful to me and a great recognition of the work that thousands of people put into structuring the world’s knowledge every single day.
October 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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wikidatacommunity.bsky.social
The day has arrived, Wikidata turns 13 years old! 🍰 🎉
What do you think the next 13 years has in store for Wikidata?

🎤 Tell us in the Presents & Messages Call!
🕔 Today, 17:00 UTC on BigBlueButton (access link here: w.wiki/FmFR)

Leave us a message or add a present: w.wiki/FqaY 🎁 🎤

See you soon!
Wikidata 13 birthday call at 1700 UTC, visit [[Wikidata:Thirteenth_Birthday]] for the access link
October 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Reposted by Lydia Pintscher
wikidatacommunity.bsky.social
🎉 Wikidata is turning 13! 🎂

🎈 Join in the Festivities on our live celebration call 🎈
🕔 17:00 UTC
📅 October 29, 2025
🔗 Access link here: w.wiki/FmFR
👉 Other cool events around the world: w.wiki/FqZQ
🎁 Birthday Presents & Messages: w.wiki/FqaY

🎂💬🧑💻🎈 #Wikidata #WikidataBirthday #OpenData
13th Birthday teaser image of candles, fireworks and a ball of shapes in the official Wikidata colours.
October 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Reposted by Lydia Pintscher
depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social
recently discovered that wikipedia volunteers have a hilariously high bar for what constitutes "unusual death"
Why Wikipedia editors have deleted entries from the “List of unusual deaths”: “hippos are extremely dangerous and very aggressive and there is nothing unusual about hippos killing people” “the man was working on the toilet, making his death inherently less strange than if he had been using it” “no longer an unusual or unique occurrence” regarding impalement by beach umbrella “being hit by multiple motorcycles in a race is not an unusual death” “fatalities involving objects or animals being launched into oncoming traffic are considered commonplace” regarding a Canadian couple’s fatal collision with a “flying bear”
October 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
lydiapintscher.bsky.social
The session I am looking forward to the most for this #WikidataCon is the Wikidata4 Social Good panel with Jan Ainali, Jona Hölderle, Mateus Santos and Friedrich Lindenberg next Sunday. Join us to hear more about their great projects. Don't forget to register at www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:W...
session teaser banner for the Wikidata 4 Social Good panel at WikidataCon
October 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Reposted by Lydia Pintscher
wikidatacommunity.bsky.social
Are you ready for WikidataCon next week? We can't wait to see you there!

Check out the program and register today at:
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:...

#wikidatacon #wikidata #openknowledge
October 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Reposted by Lydia Pintscher
wikidatacommunity.bsky.social
#WikidataCon, the conference dedicated to the #Wikidata community, is taking place on October 31 - November 2, online.

You can check the program and register for the conference!
See the scheduled Program:
pretalx.com/wikidatacon-2025...

Register for the event:
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:...
The WikidataCon schedule is released on Pretalx. Click the link to see which sessions are coming
October 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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kde.org
Happy Birthday to us 🎂! KDE is 29!

Today KDE is 29 years old and we are celebrating kicking off our yearly #fundraiser. Donate and make KDE's wishes come true.

kde.org/fundraisers/...
Image "Konqi opens the magic box" by Arctaxia.
October 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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eosa.bsky.social
🏆 Nominations open for the 2nd European Open Source Awards!

Introducing the Prize for Excellence in Open Source + Special Recognitions across four categories.
🗓️ Nomination period: 6 October – 2 November 2025

Nominate now: tinyurl.com/3zar7v5h
October 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
lydiapintscher.bsky.social
If you've been waiting for an embedding of Wikidata or an MCP for Wikidata, today is your day!

I'm looking forward to seeing what people are going to build with it.
wikidatacommunity.bsky.social Wikidata @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social · Oct 1
The Wikidata Embedding Project is now live!
Making Wikidata’s structured, multilingual knowledge directly usable for generative AI applications to be built on and integrate into LLMs.

Full announcement: www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikida...
Public, freely accessible database: wd-vectordb.toolforge.org
Wikidata Embedding project is now live
October 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Reposted by Lydia Pintscher
wikimediapolicy.bsky.social
We’re proud to stand with memory institutions worldwide for digital rights.

Collaborations like GLAM-Wiki and Wikimedian in Residence programs show how we can preserve and expand open access to free knowledge and cultural heritage together, today and tomorrow!

#ProtectOurFutureMemory
September 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Reposted by Lydia Pintscher
kde.org
Whether you missed it or want to relive the excitement, you can now watch every moment from #Akademy2025. Talks, panels, keynotes, and more!

Watch now on your favorite platform:
PeerTube: tube.kockatoo.org/w/p/14aypZbV...
YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

#KDE #Akademy #FOSS #OpenSource
2025
A PeerTube instance for the KDE Community, and like-minded folk and projects -- but you can upload non-KDE related stuff!
tube.kockatoo.org
September 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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wikimediafoundation.org
Wikidata is one of the most significant repositories of open knowledge on the planet. Read this Stephen Harrison interview that explores how this open, volunteer-driven database became the infrastructure for global knowledge ➡️ www.stephenharrison.com/p/how-wikida...
Colorful illustration featuring “Wikidata", showing people connecting data through pipes and devices. Text says: The open, collaborative Wikidata model is helping bridge languages, preserve information, and connect datasets across the world. Stephen Harrison, 4 August 2025
September 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Reposted by Lydia Pintscher
eosa.bsky.social
An important step towards recognition of European open source : European Open Source Academy (EOSA) welcomes nine influential new members to its core structure!

Read the complete press release : europeanopensource.academy/news/driving...
September 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Reposted by Lydia Pintscher
addshore.bsky.social
I have a bunch of data (Wikidata item locations monthly since the dawn of time)
And I want to make map tiles, served in a web app, for nice display, also with a sort of heatmap view the more you zoom our
Akin to commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidat...
Who can help? :D
Wikidata map - Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org
September 12, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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wikidatacommunity.bsky.social
⏳ Time is running out to submit your WikidataCon 2025 proposal!

Open until 1 September (AoE), the CfP is accepting talks, workshops, discussions or something else, now's the time to get it in!

📌 Event info: www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:...
📌 Submit proposal: pretalx.com/wikidatacon-2025...
August 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM