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wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Bringing_… This is the official blog from my #wikidata fellowship 2022, an opportunity to populate wikidata with Australian fauna Thanks @wm_au @SiobhanLeachman and @tobyhudson Please note @rdmpage @nicolekearney

This Zelkova serrata tree is a natural monument of South Korea. It is listed as a WDPA protected area (0.0 km2) Data now in #wikidata & image in #kowiki (How I wish we valued our trees in Australia in the same way

Ruskin Row: Stop Council's plan to Cut Down two more Healthy Trees - Sign the Petition! chng.it/45P2CZTTRh via @ChangeAUS

Working on w.wiki/CF75 & youtube.com/watch?v=lGEDRH… finding images for #enwiki articles with no P18 (image) in #Wikidata. The image shows captioning in #Wikipedia with CC-BY-4.0 together with a linked institution.

One of the pleasures of adding Wikidata identifiers is finding Qitems which need to be merged. Here 3 items were merged, and a Chinese and English page linked

My first bushfire of 2024/2025 fire season. Just north of the junction of Warringah Road & the Wakehurst Parkway #bushfire

@wikileaks Wonderful news. And more than bloody time. A disgrace for the US, the UK and of course, the Australian government

JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE Julian Assange is free. He left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of 24 June, after having spent 1901 days there. He was granted bail by the High Court in London and was released at Stansted airport during the afternoon, where he boarded a plane and departed the UK. This is the result of a global campaign that spanned grass-roots organisers, press freedom campaigners, legislators and leaders from across the political spectrum, all the way to the United Nations. This created the space for a long period of negotiations with the US Department of Justice, leading to a deal that has not yet been formally finalised. We will provide more information as soon as possible. After more than five years in a 2x3 metre cell, isolated 23 hours a day, he will soon reunite with his wife Stella Assange, and their children, who have only known their father from behind bars. WikiLeaks published groundbreaking stories of government corruption and human rights abuses, holding the powerful accountable for their actions. As editor-in-chief, Julian paid severely for these principles, and for the people's right to know. As he returns to Australia, we thank all who stood by us, fought for us, and remained utterly committed in the fight for his freedom. Julian's freedom is our freedom. [More details to follow]

@wikimediamy @Wikimedia Amazing work by our hosts. A very welcoming place. Thank you so much to all those responsible.

On behalf of the organisers, we would like to extend our greatest appreciation to everyone for making ESEAP Conference 2024 possible! It was a great time with all of you in Kota Kinabalu, and we hope to see you again in the coming years! ~ Quokka signing off

@wm_au Been working hard on this (for Korean wiki items)

Coordinate Me 2024 is an International Wikidata Geodata Competition for geodata content. For the month of May, the goal is to improve or create Wikidata items with a coordinate location (P625) property. wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Coordinat…

Today we're celebrating the end of our "Larger Micro Moth" digitisation project, which we wrapped up earlier this month. What makes a Larger Micro Moth? Well, the definition is a little bit fuzzy (just like the moths themselves).

@TheRegencyCook Or the modern equivalent, and in the antipodes: Lying in a tepid bath to escape the heat, watching a netflix series on your phone... (Buttered crumpets - delicious but too messy for this enthusiast of bath-lying and besides you need a maid) @FrankPouncby

'The height of luxury was reached in the winter afternoons...lying in a tin bath in front of a coal fire, drinking tea & eating well-buttered crumpets' Crumpets, are you a fan? Do let me know.

@RhinaDT Stunning staircase (and never to be built again) Who permits shimmying these days? #savekewherbarium

How I miss this place! #kew #herbarium #iamabotanist #iamacurator #savekewherbarium

@KewKeepers @PrivateEyeNews @DefraGovUK @Darran_Jaques @BBCNews @Lagomarsino_L @ProspectUnion @Donna_DUK @KewScience @sianberry @RBGCanada Well, what would the scientists know about research? Managers apparently know and understand everything.

🔎Check out this insightful summary by our supporters at @PrivateEyeNews shedding light on our situation with the #KewHerbarium. It's high time our trustees and decision makers realize how much they've been misled! Support and sign the petition, link pinned. #SaveKewHerbarium

@carlystarr82 I drive further. I prefer Coles meat for singles, and their specialist bread.

@AirservicesNews @wm_au @FrankPouncby @annreynolds988 The planned runways at the new Badgerys Creek airport imply dangerous takeoffs and landings which are not in conformity with international accepted stabilised approach and departure procedures.

Congratulations to the @wm_au partners for 2024: @BHL Biodiversity Heritage Library Australia, Victorian Field Naturalist Clubs & @nicolekearney Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers & Mary Coe Environment Centre NT & @CaddieBrain & Environmental Protection Agency

BHL Australia is thrilled & honoured to be one of four recipients of Wikimedia Australia's 2024 Partner Project grants. Thank you @wm_au! wikimedia.org.au/wiki/2024_Part… cc @BioDivLibrary @atlaslivingaust

Some #HistoricSciArt to brighten your day: Fairy Wrens from vol. 2 (1902) of "The Emu: official organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union": biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9170235 via @BioDivLibrary, digitised by @AMNH cc @BirdlifeOz

Plantago aucklandica is a megaherb! blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2023/12/11/pla… via @te_papa

reminder about the #commons science photo competition. @wm_au @annreynolds988 @SiobhanLeachman Photos need not be uploaded as part of a local competition.

@SandyKnapp @NYBG @NHM_Botany Beautifully pressed splendid specimen. Thanks for this

I love herbarium specimens like this…. All the bits!!! @NYBG @NHM_Botany