Wikidata has been recognized as a digital public good by the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) 🎉 Learn how Wikidata, which houses over 1.6 billion facts, advances education, innovation, and public institutions ➡️ wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/10...

Every day, thousands of editors on #Wikidata provide open, reliable and trustworthy data to the world helping make technology more open and inclusive. Today, we are thrilled to announce that Wikidata has been recognized by the @DPGAlliance as a #DigitalPublicGood.

Great news! The @[email protected] has reviewed and approved #PeerTube as a #DigitalPublicGood! 🥳 As a digital public good, PeerTube is recognized as software that helps build an equitable and inclusive world. Visit the #DGPRegistry to learn more: www.digitalpublicgoods.net/r/peertube

Here's a repository of public policies from governments around the world that can help others shape their strategies for open-source software adoption. el-bid.github.io/OSS_policies/

We’re proud to share a great article by CivicActioner @ox.ca, published in The Drop Times:
 👉 www.thedroptimes.com/50678/drupal... #Drupal #OpenSource #Accessibility #CivicTech #FOSS #GovTech #CivicActions"

🌐 Join us at Wikimania 2025 on Aug 7 for "Building a Common Language for the Wikimedia Movement". A session with Catalina Frigerio Dattwyler, @bolajiayodeji.com & @alek.bsky.social to discuss how Wikimedia projects serve as digital commons & public goods. wikimedia.eventyay.com/talk/wikiman...

🎆 Wikirate has officially been recognized as a digital public good! Wondering what that means? Check out the DPG alliance website to find out more! www.digitalpublicgoods.net

Join the AI Talent Accelerator, organised by the Ogun State Ministry of Science and Technology (6 months on-site in Abeokuta 🇳🇬). The application closes in a few days. aifellowship.ogunstate.gov.ng

We love social media but we don't trust social media. And love without trust is the definition of an abusive relationship, says @mariafarrell.bsky.social at #igf2025.

Excited about this!

Wikipedia is now recognized as a digital public good by the UN-endorsed Digital Public Goods Alliance. This recognition highlights Wikipedia's role in advancing free and trusted knowledge, powered by nearly 260,000 volunteers in 300+ languages. Read more ➡️ wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/02...

Bring your kids, or even your grandkids! 🤩 @fosdem.bsky.social

weather report for FOSDEM weekend in Brussels: sunny and dry; high 6°C ; low -1°C

If you're at FOSDEM tomorrow, you should catch me at Building H1 all through the day and the Janson room by 12:00. Looking forward to talking about all things digital public goods and the potential of open source technologies in achieving an equitable world and connecting with you. See you!

Good morning to the heroes who contribute doc PRs! 🦸‍♂️

🔥 NEW SERIES ALERT — introducing a game show for developers: Leet Heat 🌶️🌶️ contestants face the worst tech interview of their careers: bring the web dev knowledge... or face the heat 🌶️ dev trivia & spicy bites, hosted by @marktechson.com and sponsored by @jetbrains.com WATCH: lwj.dev/leet-heat/s1e1

Friday reminder: Complexity is your enemy. Anyone can make something complicated. It’s hard to keep things simple, but it’s absolutely necessary.

Too real.

CSS Wrapped is back! Catch up on everything you might have missed that landed in 2024 🥳 Another big year for CSS and HTML 😎 chrome.dev/css-wrapped-2024

"We are sharing knowledge across people, govt, public service officers. Many members of the alliance are working to ensure the digital public goods are being used and tried, and that gives me so much joy" @bolajiayodeji.com #TheTechWeWant

We want to ensure that digital public goods have a high potential for addressing critical public needs. Governments are actually using these now to solve problems for citizens. - @bolajiayodeji.com

A standard for digital public good - having a minimum standard makes them more shareable - and a registry - @bolajiayodeji.com

Now @bolajiayodeji.com of Digital Public Goods Alliance, which includes governments "We all self-reflect and think how we can build the tech we want, and how can we do that in alliance with government" #TheTechWeWant @okfn.bsky.social

✨ Confirmed speaker alert! ✨ Join @bolajiayodeji.com, DPG Evangelist at the Digital Public Goods Alliance, on the panel 'The Tech We Want is Political'. 💻🌱 #TechWeWant Summit 🗓️ 17 - 18 October 📍 Online 🌈 Full programme: https://buff.ly/3MCALS0 👉🏾 Register now: https://buff.ly/3XIFrv5

Bolaji Ayodeji (www.bolajiayodeji.com) spotlights OSCA's Sustain conference (sustainoss.org/events/). He addresses self-care and workload management in the open-source community, offering strategies for maintaining physical health in demanding roles. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/219

I just published my first newsletter of the year. You should check it out :). bawd.bolajiayodeji.com/p/bawd-119-2...

What's good here? Hi 👋🏾.

"The key is to find something that you’re willing to go deep into, and to stay there for a long, long time."

I've been away from this app for a long time now. I guess the interest slowly died, but I'm here now to see if there's anything more to do. Hi folks 👋🏾.

Hi there 👋🏾

If you're job seeking and you see a role you want to apply for, ask someone you know in the company to refer you for the role if possible. Referrals carry quite a bit of weight and will at the very least ensure that your application is reviewed.

I’ve provided over 60 referrals for underrepresented folks at Amazon If you find a role at Amazon.jobs you think you’re qualified for email me [email protected] and I’d be happy to discuss and help with an intro

What is Bluesky? What is the relationship between Bluesky and Twitter? How do invite codes work? You asked. We answer: https://blueskyweb.xyz/faq

Just setting this up. Who wants an Arc invite code?

Critical thinking is a great skill to master. Approaching information with a mix of humble curiosity, doubt and good questions (what? why? how?) can be healthy.

How often do you close the tabs in your mind?

I published a new letter some days ago. You should read it if you haven't yet ☺️. https://bawd.bolajiayodeji.com/p/bawd-106-netflix-pathways-bootcamp

there's something really special about being on the ground floor of something new. this is more than an app. it's ushering in a new way to identify yourself and own your content across the web. we're fortunate to be in this early number.

Hi mom @angiejones.tech 👋🏾

Any chess communities here yet?

What are posts on Bluesky called? Skites? 🥲

Hello world 👋🏾