Eric Willey

Should Food Cost More?

Free taster session: Introduction to Editing Wikidata with Research and Heritage Data, Anna Clara Maniero Azzolini & Gabriel Bodard (University of London). 5th Nov 2026, 3:00–4:30 pm GMT in the Senate House MakerSpace. Register for a seat: www.sas.ac.uk/digital-huma... #digitalhumanities

Shoutout to @violetbfox.bsky.social for pulling in some numbers for an issue a few of us (re: not enough of us) have been yelling about for a while now: The new limits on student loans are going to keep a lot more people out of librarianship - and in more debt, too. acrlog.org/2026/10/22/s...

T. Sturge Moore with the mythological remix of "Baby Got Back" we didn't know we needed.

even if you don't think you'll use Ebay again, if you still have an active account you should click through on the email you got and opt-out!

Rewatching Dimension20's Mentopolis and it remains a heckin' delight.

📚 #LISresearch What's up GLAM nerds, I'm guest editing a journal issue. The first (the one I'm not on) is for LIS students while the second (which I am on) is... timely... journals.litwinbooks.com/index.php/jc... journals.litwinbooks.com/index.php/jc...

Wikidata Across the Humanities: Datasets, Methodologies, Reuse | Journal of Open Humanities Data #Wikidata #GLAMS openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/articles/10....

Welcome to Day 1 of the Wikidata Query Service Days! 🚀 Today’s sessions dig into how the move from Blazegraph to QLever affects you as an editor, which queries need rewriting, and where to find help.

you can't be serious. This reads Meta/Facebook/Insta is looking to grant itself the rights to scrape websites across the open web - and train Meta's AI - if a company after Oct 30, 2026 uses Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp or other Meta services. So every biz. Read that again. Outrageous. 1/5

Academia (especially tenured faculty) needs to think about this and I appreciate the reminder. :-/

You don’t want late night libraries you want union halls

We found that the most gendered experience wasn’t work-life balance, the focus of most retention efforts. It was feeling devalued, in formal evaluations, but particularly in everyday interactions. Unlike every other topic, the gender gap in devaluation was larger among more senior faculty.

No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads

No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars.

Mobile editing of Wikidata statements leaves its beta on October 13! 📱 All datatypes, for all editors. Want it now? Enable it in Preferences > Beta features and use the MinervaNeue skin. Bugs? Tell us on the Mobile editing talk page: www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidat... #Wikidata #opendata

High school spent lots of time and effort warning me my friends would try to get me to use drugs, and they never did. But no one warned me about the enthusiasm for kitchen gadgets people would have, and I'm sorry maybe I'm just weak, but I'm buying a rotary cheese grater because I want to fit in.

WHO DOESN'T LOVE TO HATE A VILLAIN? ❤️‍🔥 Calling all rivalmancers, heel-enjoyers, and lovers of the baddest of us all: 'Smut Peddler: BADDIES' is officially open and taking submissions! We're fiending for the fiendish, so don't hold back! Can you make them worse? 🔮😈 ironcircus.com/smut-peddler...

Curious about Queering Wiki 2026? 👀 🌈 The programme for the Wikimedia movement’s queer conference is finally out! Check out what’s in store for us in Montreal ✨ w.wiki/M33u #Wikipedia #QueeringWiki

Vous voulez en savoir plus sur Queering Wiki 2026 ? 👀 🌈 Le programme de la conférence queer du mouvement Wikimédia est désormais disponible ! Découvrez ce qui nous attend à Montréal ici: w.wiki/M33u ✨ #Wikipedia #QueeringWiki

¿Te da curiosidad saber más de Queering Wiki 2026? 👀 🌈 ¡Ya está disponible el programa de la conferencia queer del movimiento Wikimedia! Descubre lo que nos espera en Montreal ✨ w.wiki/M33u #Wikipedia #QueeringWiki

I don't know if this is a surprise to anyone else, but the flu vaccine and pneumonia vaccines are different vaccines. Just in case that's helpful information.

Memo to myself: Maybe a Xmas present to me from me?

🎩🍰Call for tea and biscuits as Good Society 2nd edition is live upon the Kickstarter! 🍰🎩 We're back with more romance, scandal, and drama than ever. Come visit upon us and take a look at this Jane Austen rpg 💌 www.kickstarter.com/projects/sto...

This US Labor Day, we're celebrating our NLRB election landslide win✊️ We're proud of this milestone and our strong union. Excited for what's next as we work to make WMF the best workplace it can be across our global workforce. Chaotic Enby's full quote [1], one of 2,000 volunteers who stood with us:

📣 Brand new zine published to celebrate Labor Day: "Don’t Cross the Picket Line : Strike Solidarity for Beginners." Free to print or read online at violetbfox.info/dontcross/. This 24-page zine was created for anyone who's *not* part of a union and doesn't know much about unions or strikes.

Happy Labor Day, comrades

New tools, brand new bots, discussions, and events - all wrapped up in one place for you! This weeks Wikidata Summary is ready for you, learn more about what the Wikidata community built, discussed, and discovered: www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidat...

#LaborDay is a reminder of what happens when workers organize! Join a union and build power. Link in bio. nnu.org/joinus

Labor Day belongs to WORKERS. Full stop. Today is about the workers who keep this country running and the power we have when we stand together. #LaborDay2026

We know how to teach books in the age of AI: small classes, close reading, research-engaged learning (which is how you ’let students see you struggle’). The issue is nobody will hire and pay the requisite # of faculty to offer this.

They're finally gonna fuck, let's gooooooo

I'm running an editathon titled "Wikipedia Editing for Solidarity" at my library on September 29th. libcal.library.umass.edu/event/17544602 I hope a few people at UMass Amherst will show up!

More than 200 people in roles such as engineering, finance, and communications will now be represented by the Communication Workers of America. www.wired.com/story/wikipe...

WE DID IT ✊ WMF US workers voted 158 YES to 14 NO: 91.9% of ballots cast, with 81% turnout. We could not have done it without the solidarity of Wikimedia volunteers. We stand with our UK siblings in their recognition process now and with future organizing efforts across WMF's 🌍 workforce

“Even if every single staff member were currently being treated fairly and well by their management chain, the formation of the union is to ensure that things can stay that way even when new managers are hired or promoted, and as the tech industry changes rapidly around us.” -WMF worker http.cat/451

Some most excellent colleagues and I have had a paper published: "Navigating the AI Maze: Evaluating Emerging Tools in Academic Databases" and thanks to the work of another colleague it is available Open Access. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

“We need greater input into decision making at the WMF. Please WMF do not waste time and money and simply recognize the union.” -- Doc James w.wiki/Toy2 See the whole campaign: www.unionneeded.com #unionneeded #wikiworkersunited

Very excited about the September #Wikipedia editathon to improve topics relating to organized labor, including strike actions, trade unions, labor law, union busting, etc. It's part of a campaign to show support for the staff of the Wikimedia Foundation. meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:W...

“We are Wiki Workers United, we will fight, and we will be heard.” http.cat/451 See the whole campaign: www.unionneeded.com #unionneeded #wikiworkersunited

“We are global. We are together. We are the voice of WMF workers in the movement.” http.cat/451 See the whole campaign: www.unionneeded.com #unionneeded #wikiworkersunited