Further evidence of how urgently the UK needs anti-SLAPP laws. If our governments were as interested in freedom of speech as they claim to be, they would have done that already. But all the evidence suggests that it is only right-wing speech that our governments (blue or red) actually care about.

Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 6d ago

Amnesty have issued an apology to JK Rowling and the rest. Adjust your expectations, and donations, accordingly www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-ap...

In fifteen years, the UK has deleted coal power from their power system, halved fossil gas use, replaced most of that with wind and solar, and the country has not suffered the hellish blackout apocalypse conservatives and media outlets promised would happen. ember-energy.org/data/electri...

Did you know 72 names are inscribed on the Eiffel Tower and not one belongs to a woman? The Eiffel Women campaign, led by our own Ceryl and Dr Lucy R. Hinnie is making sure the 72 women proposed for the tower shine on Wikipedia. It wraps up at Wikimania this month... join the final push!

The Google AI overview is such a bullshit product "improvement" — it constantly gives incorrect responses, complete with citations... "Oh cool," you think, "it's summarising Wikipedia. That should be a safe bet" Then you look at the source and the AI is straight lying about what it says!

If rumours are to be believed I'll be living with a seventh different Prime Minister shortly. If it carries on like this I'm going to stop making the effort to learn their names.

Got a brilliant response from Head of York Library Services within the day. Outstanding ❤️🌈

Dr Lucy R. Hinnie@yclepit.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hoping this directive by Staffordshire County Council isn't something we'll see in York libraries @rachaelmaskell.bsky.social - our library system is brilliant and such a welcoming and safe space for locals and visitors.

I did some basic boilerplate text here (tinyurl.com/5xa7xnjw) if anyone is not sure how to start this kind of email. Feel free to edit, improve, change, alter. You can find your local library's contact details through an online search.

Dr Zoë Ayres@zjayres.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If you are based in the UK, please do consider writing an email to your local library about how important LGBTQ+ books, and representation is. There are several councils in the UK suggesting that books should be banned and that LGBTQ+ books are harmful. This must be challenged at all costs.

Hoping this directive by Staffordshire County Council isn't something we'll see in York libraries @rachaelmaskell.bsky.social - our library system is brilliant and such a welcoming and safe space for locals and visitors.

Richie Daiches Barlow@thedogwalker.bsky.social · 2mo ago

MPs are having none of Reforms anti-LGBTQ nonsense. Here’s a letter to Councillor Martin Murray of Staffordshire County Council.

If you are based in the UK, please do consider writing an email to your local library about how important LGBTQ+ books, and representation is. There are several councils in the UK suggesting that books should be banned and that LGBTQ+ books are harmful. This must be challenged at all costs.

🏳️‍⚧️ Thank you to every one of the 98 members of Parliament who have put their name on record against the EHRC’s unjust and unworkable guidance. Motions to annul or disapprove don’t often get this big, especially when led by backbenchers. This sends a clear message ❤️ edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...

Really really pleased to see @rachaelmaskell.bsky.social on this list for York 🏳️‍🌈

Rob 🏳️‍🌈@rotster.net · 2mo ago

Over 100. Keep writing to your MPs. Good to see the number of Labour signatories climbing - really good for the government to see dissent on its own backbenches. edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...

Throwback to when a TV station in Iceland accidentally aired an episode of Teletubbies with subtitles from the Sopranos 👌🏼

Done. It took less than 2 minutes.

Trans+ Solidarity Alliance@transsolidarity.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚨 NEW: 27 Members of Parliament have signed a motion to reject the EHRC Code of Practice edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo... Ask yours to join them: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode

This has always been the biggest issue with this place; not that we're in a bubble but that we've elevated a bunch of thought leaders who aren't actually experts while shunning or brigading actual experts

Hill Woward@convolutedname.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Would it kill big accounts on here to maybe just skim Wikipedia before sounding off confidently on things they know nothing about

Cameron Park Zoo in Waco TX has a new black-footed cat kitten (Felis nigripes). It's exploring grass for the 1st time here. This species is the smallest wild cat in Africa, but with the highest hunting success (~60%). They eat 1/6th their body weight in rodents & birds every night.

This, always and every day and no matter what, THIS. Right now many things are terrible, they would be a lot more so were there not so many people doing so many things in in hope, in defiance, in solidarity.

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Or even if things are terrible, there ARE things we can do… 🙂

On the one-year anniversary of EMPIRE OF AI, I am so, so excited to announce The AI Resist List, a new project that documents examples of resistance to the AI empires around the world 😍 airesistlist.org

Can you help? Do you have a story to share? I'm part of a team working the National HIV Story Trust and Amgueddfa Cymru collecting oral histories around experiences of HIV and AIDS in Wales. If you have a story to share, please get in touch.

"Open scholarship is not a luxury. It is a necessity for equity and progress. Bridging the opens means recognizing that open access, open education, open pedagogy, and open science are not separate silos; they are deeply interconnected. When one is strengthened, the others grow stronger too" #KEOS26

This Sunday is IDAHOBIT 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ At 14:00 UTC, our Topics for Impact Coordinator Lucy Hinnie @yclepit.bsky.social joins writer and historian Jack Shoulder @jackshoulder.bsky.social for a Wikimedia LGBT+ panel on the intersections of LGBT+, GLAM and open knowledge. @wmlgbt.org @museumbums.bsky.social

I think everybody who opines upon Streeting’s strengths and weaknesses as a politician without mentioning the gross transphobia is a disqualifying feature should go and ask a trans person, or a person with a trans child, how they feel about him and why.

Honestly, to what question is Wes Streeting the answer?

Politics UK@politicsuk.com · 3mo ago

🚨 BREAKING: Wes Streeting will meet with Keir Starmer tomorrow to ask how he plans to “get us out of this mess” [@thetimes]

Contemplating rejoining just to vote against Wes F*cking Streeting. He's a dangerous piece of trash. If you care even a jot about the queer folx in your life, keep him out. Absolute self-serving sycophantic snake.

The only thing that will be achieved by Starmer resigning is another three months of null government while careerists fight for advancement, and the hospitals and schools and roads rot around us, and a load more angry people persuade themselves that the main parties are a joke so why not vote fash.

🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ IDAHOBIT 2026! 🎙️ Community Panel 17 May | 14:00 UTC A conversation featuring Jack Shoulder and Lucy Hinnie. 💻 Edit-a-Thon 22 May | 16:00 UTC 🔗 Join us! w.wiki/Murf @jackshoulder.bsky.social @museumbums.bsky.social @yclepit.bsky.social @wikimediauk.bsky.social #IDAHOBIT2026 #Wikimedia

Happy ALCS statement day to all who celebrate!

Imagine a feed that isn't driven by algorithms. Wikipedia's Recent additions page lists new and expanded articles by date, not by your data. It's built by volunteers for discovery.

This month we’re spotlighting Dr Lucy R. Hinnie, Wikimedia & Open Knowledge Adviser at Open Research Leeds. Lucy supports researchers and students to share their expertise openly on Wikimedia, a great example of how universities can strengthen knowledge equity! Thank you Lucy for all your work 🙌