The Google AI overview is such a bullshit product "improvement" — it constantly gives incorrect responses, complete with citations... "Oh cool," you think, "it's summarising Wikipedia. That should be a safe bet" Then you look at the source and the AI is straight lying about what it says!

If rumours are to be believed I'll be living with a seventh different Prime Minister shortly. If it carries on like this I'm going to stop making the effort to learn their names.

Got a brilliant response from Head of York Library Services within the day. Outstanding ❤️🌈

I did some basic boilerplate text here (tinyurl.com/5xa7xnjw) if anyone is not sure how to start this kind of email. Feel free to edit, improve, change, alter. You can find your local library's contact details through an online search.

Hoping this directive by Staffordshire County Council isn't something we'll see in York libraries @rachaelmaskell.bsky.social - our library system is brilliant and such a welcoming and safe space for locals and visitors.

If you are based in the UK, please do consider writing an email to your local library about how important LGBTQ+ books, and representation is. There are several councils in the UK suggesting that books should be banned and that LGBTQ+ books are harmful. This must be challenged at all costs.

🏳️‍⚧️ Thank you to every one of the 98 members of Parliament who have put their name on record against the EHRC’s unjust and unworkable guidance. Motions to annul or disapprove don’t often get this big, especially when led by backbenchers. This sends a clear message ❤️ edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...

Really really pleased to see @rachaelmaskell.bsky.social on this list for York 🏳️‍🌈

Throwback to when a TV station in Iceland accidentally aired an episode of Teletubbies with subtitles from the Sopranos 👌🏼

Done. It took less than 2 minutes.

This has always been the biggest issue with this place; not that we're in a bubble but that we've elevated a bunch of thought leaders who aren't actually experts while shunning or brigading actual experts

Cameron Park Zoo in Waco TX has a new black-footed cat kitten (Felis nigripes). It's exploring grass for the 1st time here. This species is the smallest wild cat in Africa, but with the highest hunting success (~60%). They eat 1/6th their body weight in rodents & birds every night.

This, always and every day and no matter what, THIS. Right now many things are terrible, they would be a lot more so were there not so many people doing so many things in in hope, in defiance, in solidarity.

On the one-year anniversary of EMPIRE OF AI, I am so, so excited to announce The AI Resist List, a new project that documents examples of resistance to the AI empires around the world 😍 airesistlist.org

Can you help? Do you have a story to share? I'm part of a team working the National HIV Story Trust and Amgueddfa Cymru collecting oral histories around experiences of HIV and AIDS in Wales. If you have a story to share, please get in touch.

"Open scholarship is not a luxury. It is a necessity for equity and progress. Bridging the opens means recognizing that open access, open education, open pedagogy, and open science are not separate silos; they are deeply interconnected. When one is strengthened, the others grow stronger too" #KEOS26

This Sunday is IDAHOBIT 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ At 14:00 UTC, our Topics for Impact Coordinator Lucy Hinnie @yclepit.bsky.social joins writer and historian Jack Shoulder @jackshoulder.bsky.social for a Wikimedia LGBT+ panel on the intersections of LGBT+, GLAM and open knowledge. @wmlgbt.org @museumbums.bsky.social

I think everybody who opines upon Streeting’s strengths and weaknesses as a politician without mentioning the gross transphobia is a disqualifying feature should go and ask a trans person, or a person with a trans child, how they feel about him and why.

Honestly, to what question is Wes Streeting the answer?

Contemplating rejoining just to vote against Wes F*cking Streeting. He's a dangerous piece of trash. If you care even a jot about the queer folx in your life, keep him out. Absolute self-serving sycophantic snake.

The only thing that will be achieved by Starmer resigning is another three months of null government while careerists fight for advancement, and the hospitals and schools and roads rot around us, and a load more angry people persuade themselves that the main parties are a joke so why not vote fash.

🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ IDAHOBIT 2026! 🎙️ Community Panel 17 May | 14:00 UTC A conversation featuring Jack Shoulder and Lucy Hinnie. 💻 Edit-a-Thon 22 May | 16:00 UTC 🔗 Join us! w.wiki/Murf @jackshoulder.bsky.social @museumbums.bsky.social @yclepit.bsky.social @wikimediauk.bsky.social #IDAHOBIT2026 #Wikimedia

Happy ALCS statement day to all who celebrate!

Imagine a feed that isn't driven by algorithms. Wikipedia's Recent additions page lists new and expanded articles by date, not by your data. It's built by volunteers for discovery.

This month we’re spotlighting Dr Lucy R. Hinnie, Wikimedia & Open Knowledge Adviser at Open Research Leeds. Lucy supports researchers and students to share their expertise openly on Wikimedia, a great example of how universities can strengthen knowledge equity! Thank you Lucy for all your work 🙌

Today is #WorldBookDay and we want to know what you enjoy reading, and why! Share your favourite books in the comments ⬇️ @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social #Books #Reading #GoAllIn

When in doubt, go to Islay.

I am on fire, keep clear of me.

Having fun @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social @openresleeds.bsky.social hosting Wikimedians from across the UK for a day of planning, sharing and cake 🍰@wikimediauk.bsky.social #openknowledge

You're all invited to the WCC UK's birthday! @womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social wcc-uk.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/01/29/c...

One of the reasons why Elon Musk and other folks on the right want to shut down Wikipedia (or "compete" with it). It's a good platform for regular folks to accumulate data, even keep track of all of this administration's atrocities in real time. Great work

Decent image of Eleanor Rykener's court record now up on Wikimedia Commons, with CC BY 4.0 license. Use with wild abandon for talks, seminars, all the good queer & trans history stuff #MedievalSky 🗃️ commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Co...

This seems like a maliciously put headline to make people feel a certain way. Wikipedia is not partaking in generative AI. They are making AI companies and scrappers having to pay for training their modules off wikipedia texts. And having an AI (not that ai) tasked with updating dead links.

Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US. If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.

When people ask what my job is, I often say 'Wikipedia' but in reality it's more wide-ranging now than ever: here's a little blog post about what Topics for Impact could look like in 2026 and what I've been up to lately. wikimedia.org.uk/2025/12/topi... See you next year!

We are recruiting for Learning & Development Officer- the person will lead on creation, coordination, and delivery of trainings that will strengthen the capacity of our community members. If you are interested or know someone who might be, pls kindly share meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimed...

In memory of Rob Reiner, please enjoy my favourite Wikipedia entry of all time, which is Former Members of Spinal Tap. Any time I need a laugh, I pull it up. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_...

Really enjoyed Down Cemetery Road and wanted to highlight how refreshing it is to see two women characters who: a) openly state they don't want children b) are also depicted as compassionate, kind caregivers to a child c) and yet do not then change their minds and decide to have a child anyway

Twelve months already! Time flies when you're having fun - looking forward to 2026 and another year @openresleeds.bsky.social @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social 😍

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Absolutely cracking keynote from @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social at today's MCG Seize the Tech! conference in Birmingham 🩷

Quick update... less than £200 to reach our final goal 🙏 thank you all so much for your support and generosity!

❤️£6.13 ❤️ I've written 613 articles about women, reducing gender bias online. If you think that's cool maybe chuck a penny for each into @wikimediauk.bsky.social funding goal - £6.13

#GivingTuesday2025 @wikimediauk.bsky.social we’re asking you to help us keep information free, accurate, and accessible. Our target is £3000 - we're 1/3 of the way there, and it's not even lunchtime! wikimedia.org.uk/giving-tuesd... #GiveYourWay #OpenKnowledge

I started knitting in October as an attempt to get off my phone and soothe some anxiety. I am not very good but I did just finish my first little project. The sewing is atrocious but the effort is visible 😂🩷🧡 @lunapuella.bsky.social is an excellent knitting SOS wizard ⭐

Decolonizing does not mean the same thing as diversity & inclusivity. You can have diverse spaces & still have colonialism and colonial mentality present. DR. ROSALESMEZA

Today we are reading vintage Richard Scarry

The Last Dinner Party at Bridlington Spa was a smashing gig, 10/10 for all the witchy glam rock vibes and a beach ballroom setting 👌🏻🖤🍷