@wikipedia@wikis.world has been added to the Registry of Digital Public Goods which is maintained by the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA). https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/02/12/wikipedia-recognized-as-a-digital-public-good/ #Wikipedia #DigitalPublicGoods

Book burning? If everything was digital in Hitler's 1930s Germany, this is what his book burning would have looked like: deletion of data, removal of websites, retraction of scientific studies, censorship of words like "equity," "diversity," "climate change."

Attached: 1 image You've probably heard that "we are stardust," but this graphic breaks it down further & tells you what kind of stars your dust came from--and which elements didn't come from stars at all. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13873/ #science #nature #space

Hot take: news articles about dangerous disease spreading, crucial weather information, food contamination and recalls, or widespread data breaches should NOT be behind paywalls EVER

"Legacy code" is often code that you want to replace because you don't understand it. The problem is, before you can replace it, you need to understand it, and, once you understand it, replacing it is rarely the cheapest option any more. #SoftwareEngineering

AudioBOOKS! 📚 Audiobooks are real reading, they are real books! Audiobooks make reading more accessible, they make reading more equitable! Just read! Read in the way that brings you joy (or your preferred reading emotion) ✨ Audiobooks encourage literacy. There is no debate, in a world of reluctant readers, when it comes to encouraging folks to read & to look forward to reading. Thank you for reading 💛

It is not "politically biased" to fact-check. Fact-checking is an essential tool for keeping us grounded in reality.

It’s almost 2025, can we please normalize not remembering every detail of a book and still being allowed to like it?

Lots of talk about donating money, which is great, but donating time is equally as impactful — we always need more editors, and it's these volunteers who create and curate our content! :wikilove: --sf

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