James Heilman

Elon Musk’s rage toward Wikipedia — and dreams of replacing it with an encyclopedia of his own — is in line with autocrats around the world, in China, Russia, Turkey and lately India. As I argued in this piece for The Globe and Mail a little while back. archive.ph/yoByG

We have policies to us the best recent photo of an individual. We encourage folks to upload their own.

'Russian bombers are burning en masse' — Ukraine's SBU drones hit 'more than 40' aircraft in mass attack, source claims "Currently, more than 40 aircraft are known to have been hit, including the A-50, Tu-95 and Tu-22 M3," a source told the Kyiv Independent.

More than 40 Russian warplanes are burning after a mass Ukrainian drone attack
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We have rolled out devices in Latina America upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

Devices ship with 256 GB of content, including all of English Wikipedia and all of Spanish Wikipedia. We are shipping for 63 USD representing the cost of manufacturing/shipping.

Internet-in-a-Box While our store is sold out, you can order directly from our partners at Wiki Project Med Foundation via this link Imagine having a backup of the world’s largest encyclopedia. Perfect for those withou...

Imagine having the world's largest encyclopedia in the palm of your hand. We at Wiki Med are shipping about 100 Internet-in-a-Box a month. store.wikimedia.org/products/int...

So many organizations are "just pretend" within the Open Source movement. Superficial words mostly.

Terms of use of the WHO website By using the WHO website , you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these terms and conditions and our privacy policy.

But then they have others that state "All rights reserved". Meh so annoying. www.who.int/about/polici...

@who.int copyright is unclear. They have some pages that state their material is CC BY SA NC 3.0 IGO www.who.int/about/polici...

The party of small government just named a shadow cabinet of 74 people, nearly 3x the size of PM Carney's cabinet. Named by a guy who was voted out of parliament but still resides in taxpayer funded housing.

Pierre Poilievre is not good for Canada.

Asian News International vs. Wikimedia Foundation - Wikipedia

A critical fight for free speech in India... #Wikipedia standing up against the rich and powerful. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_N...

BMI greater then 25, high BP, male… lots of people have a condition that puts them at risk.

even though they lack mountains, it is such an amazing country to cycle

We at Wikipedia/Wiki Med are supporting these efforts by creating educational health content in as many languages as possible so people can learn in their mother tongue…

wow 1 vote made the difference www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7532136

Bar graph showing near exponential growth, 2000-2025

After decades of solar PV deployment, the world crossed the 1 TW (a million MW) line in 2022. Just two years later, after adding 0.6 GW in 2024, we already crossed the 2 TW mark too!
@solarpowereu.bsky.social via @olofvandergaag.bsky.social

There are the Wiki Journals with no APCs...

Seriously the Conservatives are becoming more and more USA... No thank you.

Andrew Scheer - Wikipedia

#Scheer is a U.S. citizenship. Scheer denied that he had been hiding this information. During the election campaign he indicated that he was in the process of renouncing, but in 2020, announced that he no longer plans to renounce his American citizenship en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_...

Friedrich Merz - Wikipedia

The election of this gentleman to leader of Germany is hopefully a positive change for Ukraine... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedri...

In the Oval Office, PM Mark Carney said “During the election campaign I met with the owners of Canada, and they said it's not for sale."

We elected the right guy, my friends, we really did.

#CDNpoli

These boxes are not moving. A mind-bending optical illusion by Japanese artist Jagarikin.

India and Pakistan are so similar in many ways yet fight tooth and nail. Sigh www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7528084

Voters need to reflect, and understand that no party is perfect. And if you’re not willing to go with good enough or at least better maybe look inwards.

Many people wanted an authoritative figure. And they are happy they got what they voted for. They voted against win win solutions as they only want to benefit themselves. Meh

Opinion: Why is Alberta hiding survey results on renewable energy? Hiding the truth about wind turbines and solar panels from public view

"Petrostates try to hide, and ultimately obscure the truth when it conflicts with the message they have decided they want people to hear. In the case of Alberta, the preferred message is that oil and gas, not clean, inexpensive renewable energy, will provide Alberta with continued prosperity."

Apologies, but the Republicans are currently in office...

He let snakes bite him hundreds of times. Now his blood might save lives - National | Globalnews.ca Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times — often on purpose. Now scientists are studying his blood in hopes of creating a better treatment for snake bites.

Man who let snakes bit him 100s of times described as "special individual"... Ah yah! Fairly amazing though. globalnews.ca/news/1116416...

J.D. Vance's Best Friend, the Canadian Politician, Has No Comment In his campaign for parliament in Canada, Jamil Jivani has nothing to say about Vance, after Trump’s threats and tariffs upended the election.

Great piece in the Rolling Stone by Guy Lawson. It brings up 2 questons:
1. Are people in the riding Jamil Jivani is running in are aware of his friendship with Vance?
2. What will it take for Americans of stature to challenge Trump on his war against Canada?
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...