Today the world has lost a light 😢 Rob was a good friend and amazing human being. His passion for open communities, open data and music was infectious and unmatched. If you never had a chance to meet Rob, please take a moment to read these pieces to understand the difference he made in the world:

We’re excited to announce that Linux App Summit 2026 will take place May 16–17 in Berlin, Germany. Join developers, designers, and open source contributors for two days focused on Linux apps. linuxappsummit.org/local/ #Linux #opensource #Apps #KDE #GNOME #LinuxAppSummit #LAS2026

Wikidata would not be possible without the ton of Free Software projects it runs on. Thank you to all the communities and maintainers, who built them and improve them every day. ♥️ to you on I Love Free Software Day! You make the world go round and help us share open knowledge.

Wikimania 2026 - Call for Sessions! Building, researching, or working with Wikidata? Tell the world how Wikidata connects the world through open knowledge at Wikimania. 🗓️ Submit by: March 1st (anywhere on Earth) ℹ️ More information: wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki... #WikimaniaParis #Wikimania2026

Season of KDE 2026 kicks off with 25 volunteers working on 21 projects. KDE's mentorship program that introduces new contributors to Free Software. Our mentees will help improve the state of Plasma, apps, games, translations, websites, and more. mentorship.kde.org/blog/2026-01...

For Wikipedia's 25th birthday, I'm sharing Wiki Arcade, a virtual directory of wiki-powered games made by amazing people. 🕹️ playwiki.games

Today, we celebrate the 25th anniversary of @wikipedia.org, which for a quarter of a century has been collaboratively built by unpaid strangers on the internet.

🎂 Happy birthday, big sister @wikipedia.org 🎉 For 25 years now you’ve helped people understand the world better, one article, reference, and edit at a time. Here’s to many more years of sharing knowledge together, be it triples or prose! ♥️ wikipedia25.org/en #Wikipedia25 @wikimediafoundation.org

One of the best activities to wrap up the year with? Reading over 2500 donor comments for @kde.org's fundraiser. Thank you to everyone who donated to make our work over the next year possible! Here are some of my favorite notes donors left with their donation. 💙 🐉

Wikimedia Deutschland is looking for a director of engineering. Want to work with great people to move @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social, Wikibase and more forward? Got people leadership and tech skills? This might be for you: wikimedia-deutschland.career.softgarden.de/jobs/6164656...

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...

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...

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...

📢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...

"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.

💫 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

💫 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

💫 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

📢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...

#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.

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 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

recently discovered that wikipedia volunteers have a hilariously high bar for what constitutes "unusual death"

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...

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

#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:...

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/...

🏆 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

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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

⏳ 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...

Wikidata turns 13 this October, and we’re celebrating on the 29th 🎉 Got a birthday gift you'd love to share with the community? 🎁 Check out www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidat... for ideas on presents, events u can organize, and all the support u might need. Let’s make this birthday one to remember! 🥳

Only 3 weeks until @kde.org comes together in Berlin for Akademy. I'm especially looking forward to the keynotes. Join us! akademy.kde.org/2025/

Are you a developer using Wikidata's data in your application with the action API or Query Service? The Wikidata development would love to talk to you to help improve how you can get to Wikidata's data. More details here: greatquestion.co/wikimediadeu...

Wikidata's data powers amazing apps. I showcased a few of them at #Wikimania last week. Dive into what @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social makes possible in the slides here: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wi... #Wikidata

I had a great conversation with @stephenharrison.com about how #Wikidata is quietly powering much of the digital infrastructure that we use every day. And the coolest part: you don't need to be a programmer to contribute. Small contributions can spread further than you might imagine. #OpenData

Host #Akademy2026 in your country and be part of something unforgettable. And here’s the best part: Akademy 2026 will mark KDE’s 30th birthday! akademy.kde.org/news/2025-07...

Want to hear about some of the really cool things people are building with @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social's data? Come to my #Wikimania talk for a whirlwind tour. wikimedia.eventyay.com/talk/wikiman...

The #Akademy2025 program is live! Get ready to dive into the future of KDE: discover the latest innovations in desktop & mobile, how KDE Eco is building a greener tech world, and what’s next for Plasma, community growth, and powerful dev tools. akademy.kde.org/2025/program/ #KDE #FOSS #TechEvent

Have a look at this blog post about our new article "Wikidata for botanists: Benefits of collaborating and sharing Linked Open Data" with @siobhanleachman.bsky.social, @joaquimsantos1978.bsky.social and Heidi Meudt: blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2025/07/14/t... #Wikidata #LOD #botany

The new Murderbot short story is up at Reactor Magazine: reactormag.com/rapport-mart... Edited by Lee Harris, art by Jaime Jones.

WikidataCon 2025: Call for Proposals open! The Wikidata flagship event of the year, Wikidatacon 2025 is ready to receive your proposals! Submit now on Pretalx: zurl.co/ywiOl Register (free) to the event: zurl.co/bnNV9 See the WikidataCon Event page for more information: zurl.co/G5Vcg

#Govdirectory and #AletheiaFact are pioneering efforts in open data and fact-checking with the help of Wikidata. Find out more in The Register's latest feature: www.theregister.com/2025/07/04/w... #OpenData #FOSS

You know what never gets old? Watching knowledge spread one Wikidata sitelink addition at a time. Today there are already Wikipedia articles about Pope Leo XIV in 123 languages and if you watch the Wikidata Item's edit history you'll see when the next one gets written: www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6109517

Abstract Wikipedia was selected as a finalist for the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition. diff.wikimedia.org/2025/04/30/a...

The #Akademy2025 Call for Participation (CfP) is now open! Don't miss your chance to share your project and present your ideas to the community. The CfP will close on 15th May 2025. Find more details and submit your talk at akademy.kde.org/2025/cfp/ #KDE #cfp #techevent #foss #linux