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Liam Wyatt

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Bologna, ItaliaJoined November 2008

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“Wikipedia is radically setting itself up for its own replacement by generative AI…My source of optimism comes from observing the Wikimedia Enterprise initiative…”

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“The @Wikimedia movement should launch a WikiAI mission” – says @atarkowski in the 1st part of a study on how @Wikipedia could address the challenges of open #AI development incl. #copyright and transparency issues

openfuture.eu/blog/how-wikip #DigitalCommons

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Margaret Twomey

Fantastic joining my 🇳🇿 counterpart for a talk by our proudly shared Aussie-Kiwi scientist & astronaut Meganne Christian. We heard about her journey fm Antarctic researcher at the 🇮🇹-🇫🇷 base to her selection as a reserve astronaut with

. The sky’s no limit,

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Margaret Twomey

“Women in Science - The Sky is No Limit!” A powerful message by Meganne Christian & team at the 🇮🇹-🇫🇷 Concordia Antarctic base. Excellent use of weather balloon too! #generequality #WomenInSTEM

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Dr Meganne Christian

Il 19 maggio grande festa al CNR di Bologna per il centenario del

! Volantino nei commenti. Ne ho parlato stamattina su Buongiorno Regione Emilia-Romagna

Dal minuto 19:45 circa

Edizione del 03/05/2023 - 07:40 - Buongiorno Regione Emilia Romagna

Buongiorno Regione Emilia Romagna. Le ultime notizie della regione Emilia Romagna aggiornate in tempo reale. - Edizione del 03/05/2023 - 07:40

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RASPBERRY RACERS LETS GOOOOOOOOO!!!

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꧁ Jelle’s Marble Runs ꧂

Marbula One is BACK!! Watch qualifying with us today at 19:00UTC (12:00 PM PST time, 21:00 CEST time, 5:00 AM Melbourne time). Who will take pole and the first 3 points of the 2023 season? Find out shortly! #MarbulaOne #Marbula1 #M1 #marbleracing #jellesmarbleruns #Razzway… Show more

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Wikimedia Foundation is hiring: Senior Software Engineer - Wikimedia Enterprise. Please check out our job posting & share with your networks: grnh.se/6a3f721a1us #wikipedia #techjobs #remotejobs #nonprofitjobs #freeknowledge #hiring #globaljobs #techforgood

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Doorbell rings.

answers. Calls to me in other room, “Do we want a benediction?” (yes, door-to-door benedictions are a thing in Italy) Me: “No, I think I’m ok for diction!” That may be true but I think my Aussie husband could use some *better diction*

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Dr Meganne Christian

Stay tuned for details as they’re ironed out but it looks like

’s astronaut reserve concept is already proving successful 🤞🚀🧑‍🚀

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Josef Aschbacher

@AschbacherJosef

The ESA astronaut policy was developed for exactly these opportunities, flying on commercial flights in partnership as we transition Europe’s access to space and diversify the space market. #38Space #SpaceRevolution twitter.com/esaspaceflight…

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I just discovered that

made gifs for the 2022 astronaut class 😂🤩

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Brilliant news that Trove's funding has been confirmed!

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@TroveAustralia

We are delighted that Trove’s future has been secured! The National Library welcomes the announcement of ongoing Trove funding. Read more: bit.ly/3m4i9kn

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Why does chatGPT make up fake academic papers? By now, we know that the chatbot notoriously invents fake academic references. E.g. its answer to the most cited economics paper is completely made-up (see image). But why? And how does it make them? A THREAD (1/n) 🧵

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Lord give me the confidence of a real estate agency asking whether I’d considered homelessness instead.

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@KirscheVincent

Ferne, age 5 from GB, is proud to be celebrating great Australians, - especially Meganne Christian, first female Australian astronaut, celebrating International Week UK

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Dr Meganne Christian

This is one of the most beautiful things that has happened since I’ve become a member of the

astronaut reserve. I hope I can inspire many young girls like Ferne in the future! #SpaceBridge

@AusSpaceAgency

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@KirscheVincent

@astro_meganne @esa Ferne, age 5 from GB, is proud to be celebrating great Australians, - especially Meganne Christian, first female Australian astronaut, celebrating International Week UK @NASA

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr Red Team Blues

My new hobby: finding public domain images that Getty sells for $500, locating hi-rez scans of their original publications, cropping and cleaning them up, adding metadata, and uploading them to Wikimedia Commons. First one: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fig_

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UK Space Agency

It was fantastic to welcome

reserve astronaut

to our office this week. 👩‍🚀 We caught up with her after her appearance at our International Women’s Day event. 👇

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Graphene Flagship

From❄️Antarctica to🚀Space,

's story📽️ is an inspiration, while her enthusiasm, passion & determination are truly invigorating! 🤩 On #IWD2023 we recognise & celebrate all the extraordinary

women in our community & beyond!🌼🌷 youtube.com/watch?v=3Hoy8X

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Australian Space Agency

@AusSpaceAgency

A history making announcement to coincide with International Women's Day, with the news that our agent Katherine Bennell-Pegg will head to Germany next month to train as an astronaut with @esa

Discover more: minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/husi

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A special #InternationalWomensDay episode of #SomethingAboutScience will explore what it is to be #WomenInSTEM with our all-female hosts and special guest

astronaut reserve

. Our hosts discuss the importance of flexibility in the scientific careers of women:

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@ClementsAustinJ

historiography

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Happy 15th birthday to our lovely Matilda!

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fragrance and foolishness

Allow me to introduce you to the most ridiculous yet amazing thing you will see this week.

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World: Can the US please just use the metric system, instead of making up weird measurements no one else understands US:

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depths of wikipedia

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Eurovision Song Contest

Have you ever heard anything like this before? 🤘 Australia's Voyager will journey from Australia to Liverpool for #Eurovision2023 🇦🇺 🎶 Listen to their entry "Promise" here: youtu.be/aqtu2GspT80 ➡️ Find out more about the band: eurovision.tv/story/voyager-

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Lindsay McDowens

@doctormcdougall

Had a bit of a chat to Australia's First Female Astronaut! (who went to school in Wollongong!) abc.net.au/illawarra/prog

@esaspaceflight

"Follow your dreams, but look out for opportunities to do something you never even dreamed of." -...

ABC Illawarra catches up with Australia's first female Astronaut.

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<screams in Australian>

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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr Red Team Blues

The really remarkable thing isn't just that #Microsoft has decided that the future of #search isn't links to relevant materials, but instead lengthy, florid paragraphs written by a #chatbot who happens to be a habitual liar - even more remarkable is that #Google agrees. 1/

Tweedledee and Tweedledum, standing at the bottom of Humpty Dumpty's wall. Dee and Dum have the logos for Google and Bing on their chests. Humpty is about to fall and is being held up by a motley collection of panicking businessmen."

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I appreciate that

cites

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I was searching through @spacegovuk freedom of information releases and came across this entertaining request from 2016. The applicant asked, "If we do find a habitable planet, how would the United Kingdom decide who gets to go to the new planet?"

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@HistoryAotearoa

I heard the other day that NZ invented daylight savings, which isn’t exactly true but a Kiwi was the first person to propose the idea in a scientific paper. You probably heard DST was adopted for industrial and agricultural reasons, but do you know why George Hudson proposed it?

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Gorgeous day in the #dolomites today, despite the wind! A bit of a #ski then a #hike in the woods with

. Matilda decided the snow was too cold for her paws so she had to be carried back down!

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Italian TV currently reporting on Americans adding tomato sauce to carbonara cc

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Really interested to see what the UK Australia “space bridge” brings as it continues to grow!

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UK Space Agency

This week, interns from @AirbusSpace paid us a visit to learn more about UK/Australia space collaboration. In 2021, the UK and Australia signed a 'space bridge' partnership.

The agreement means enhanced space ties and increased collaboration between space sectors.

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Our Senior Software Engineer - Wikimedia Enterprise role is now open for applications -- please check out our job posting & share with your networks: grnh.se/f5c4e9981us! #wikipedia #techjobs #remotejobs #nonprofitjobs #freeknowledge #hiring #globaljobs #techforgood

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Astronaut Kayla Barron reading Project Hail Mary aboard the ISS. :)

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Understanding stolen objects: a 🧵 Talking with someone yesterday I realised how few people really understand the repatriation debate in UK museums and the sheer scale of the problem. So I’m going to try and lay it out. 1/

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Advert - Cheese. It gives you ideas

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Australians: “We’re more than just the

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: “…This brilliant gift features some of the outback’s most famous sights, including a shed.” lego.com/en-it/product/

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A little bit of my #everyday life: I carry out most of my #research in a #cleanroom to reduce contamination in my #materials. This means wearing a special suit and going through an air shower to avoid bringing dust particles from my clothes into the #lab!

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