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#Wikipedia editors are reaaaally close to breaking a record for the most supported petition on the site. They now have 1368 sign-ons to their solidarity petition with Wiki Workers United! The latest bump came after wikimedia hired a union-busting law firm 😕 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

This show does such a good job of sharing queer joy in the face of hardship, I'm so happy I watched it today! Episodes are free online and around ten minutes, each highlighting a different queer community and how people created it ❤️ www.pbs.org/show/brave-s...

@flushes.app was one of the first examples of a totally unique ATproto app that was clearly built for fun. And a good protocol encourages people to create fun toys. But now it's back wit a new version... with a fundraiser in support of @trevorproject.bsky.social . Kudos to @dame.is on the relaunch.

You'd think that unions 🤝🏻 & the wiki ethos were perfectly aligned, not however according to the Wikimedia Foundation who are currently throwing all the union busting tools at its workers 🤯 solidarity with all those unionising.

I was raised to never cite wikipedia, but it's actually got pretty decent policies about how its own editors should cite sources inside its articles! Editors have a nice citation tool to make it easy, though it took me a while to learn more tricks. Here's how I cite on the site: youtu.be/S16vfioW6HI

Wikimedia Will Not Voluntarily Recognize Union a Supermajority of Its Workers Want www.404media.co/wikimedia-wa...

I missed this but 3 days ago Wiki Workers United US demanded recognition from Wikimedia! This is another huge step in their unionization efforts after the UK branch sought recognition a month ago. And the union is now on Bluesky, go check them out here @wikiworkersunited.org

Just made the wikipedia page for Kissing Girls on Shabbat! Sara Glass's memoir is about freeing herself from the patriarchal rules of the Hasidic community she grew up in: pursuing her career, embracing her sexuality, and protecting her family. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kissing... #nonfiction #booksky

After over ten years of interviewing queer people in the rural US about their lives, Rae Garringer created Country Queers: A Love Letter to share their stories in book form: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country... (just created this wikipedia page, you can help too!) #nonfiction #booksky

Just finished starting the wikipedia pages for two fantastic books by trans women: Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) and Uncanny Valley Girls. The reviews were glowing for both, go check them out! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny...

Intrigued by a "tour de force" epic starring Achilles as a trans woman? Just made the wikipedia page for Maya Deane's Wrath Goddess Sing, a book I want to check out soon! Queer subjects are neglected in media but we can all add them to wikipedia with practice. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrath_G...

BREAKING: Wikipedia workers in Britain are setting a global first by becoming the first group of workers at the online encyclopaedia to seek union recognition.

Purchases through the end of June will count toward getting Communion up the best sellers list.

Scientific American is being sold to LabX Media, publisher of Discover: group.springernature.com/gp/group/med... They've fired me and other union staff, ahead of June 26 vote ratification. My rates are suddenly more reasonable, if you need editing or reporting - Argonaut2026@gmail.com

Want to help share and preserve queer history? This Wiki Loves Pride workshop looks super helpful! Happening 9 PM IST June 25: meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Q... It's free, online, and hosted by @wmlgbt.org and the Naz Foundation

Yay!!! Stitches come out, the cutest stop-motion trans romcom, just got funded! Looks like they could use donations for some wishlist items if you want to help them out, and you can follow them to see updates as the film gets made seedandspark.com/fund/stitche...

Ever wondered why some articles get featured on Wikipedia's main page? Today I looked into how they get picked and what's up next (apparently Madonna's page has been patiently waiting for its turn for a while now) youtu.be/wgwwqpWFATU #wikipedia

I'd never heard this poem of his before but now is a great time to encounter it

Video up for how I made a wikipedia article from scratch for the book One Day I Will Write About This Place! youtu.be/b7-dmPn6D1U I was inspired by the Wiki Loves Pride competition, running right now. Books are a great starting point for learning to make articles #pride #wikipedia #wikilovespride

NEW: Days after WIRED revealed that Meta had embedded an unreleased facial-recognition system in software distributed to more than 50 million users, the company appears to have removed it. www.wired.com/story/meta-r...

Please drop your stories and experiences in US libraries in the sheet here.

Tad bit late, but my latest Tuesday Take has rambled out the door! Returning to endless questions of bias on wikipedia, I wonder what it would take to expand wikipedia's guides and rules to have a more global, rather than US-by-default, perspective youtu.be/fiMn0MJm8hk #wikipedia

So...I had a great time learning about more of the queer history of Mount Royal Park, but my writeup didn't even count for my goal of participating in Wiki Loves Pride! Follow my meandering journey here, or help add queer history to Wikipedia yourself! youtu.be/7TdO9XD_Du8 #pride #history #wikipedia

Wanna learn more #queer history? Sign up for Wiki Loves Pride and find an interesting #wikipedia article to expand. You'll find so many good rabbitholes to explore, and you'll help future readers jump in too. I'm excited to try it for the first time this year! youtu.be/lNjlwivRSuc

If PERSEPOLIS is your only exposure to Marjane Satrapi, I recommend doing a deep dive into her other comics. When I finished library school and was unemployed for months, that was a project I took on and it was well, well worth it. She also put out a collection in 2024, WOMEN LIFE FREEDOM.

❤️ Love the Wayback Machine? Some publishers and news organizations are blocking it from archiving journalism—cutting off the public record & future accountability. Want them to stop? ✍️ Sign the open letter to support preserving journalism in the Wayback Machine ⤵️ www.savethearchive.com/NewsLeaders

It's been amazing to see so many #wikipedia editors organize in #solidarity with the Wiki Workers Union, but I've been frustrated by the points made by persistent critics of the movement. Their underlying logic tends to shut down people's ability to critique power today youtu.be/EKbPQT4--eU

The TikTok girlies (gender neutral) are hatching a plan to all buy copies of communion by hooks on Vance's release date. I will be participating.

Black N Animated proudly presents the 2026 Artist Fellows! Congratulations to these incredibly talented individuals! 🎉 Our judges were blown away by their stories and we think you all will be too. Read below to get a taste of each film and some concept art. ⬇️

So excited to see Stitches Come Out get made! Sara calls it "the queer laundromat meet cute you've been waiting for". I've loved hearing updates about the film and now you can too: go support or follow them at seedandspark.com/fund/stitche...

This looks awesome! A data viz course from the authors of Data Feminism, @laurenfklein.bsky.social and @kanarinka.bsky.social. So excited to teach with these materials! openvisualizationacademy.org/courses/data...

Interested in helping with #wikipedia? Join a meetup to make learning and editing more fun! #WomenInRed has meetups every month and great guides to creating pages. I just made a video showing how you can join their events this June: youtu.be/rq_ks30_mJM