Physicist, IT manager, interests: online identity and trust, science/journalism, space, environment.
Suffolk County, NY
Joined October 2008
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Writing elsewhere: fediscience.org/@apsmith/110…
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It's no coincidence that "crypto skeptics" @davidgerard and @molly0xFFF are also respected, long-time @Wikipedia community leaders. Verifiability and reliable sourcing matter for writing an encyclopedia, and also for recognizing fraud.
I feel like a lot of people were pretty rude to @davidgerard and @molly0xFFF in particular, as well as @SilvermanJacob. I can still remember earlier in the year when the latecomer's guide came out and major media outlets were like "we need to be cautiously optimistic :)"
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I note one rarely hears folks on the right talk much about “virtue” anymore unless it’s in the phrase “virtue signalling,” which usually functions to mock the idea of public morality as a kind of self-congratulatory sham.
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#Wikidata went live on October 29, 2012. Today we celebrate #Wikidata10 #WIkidataBirthday 🎉
Check out the collaborative celebration video showcasing plenty of Wikidata community members and local groups youtube.com/watch?v=oQOUMJQY…
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For every extra $1 you’re paying due to inflation, 54¢ is going right into the pockets of big corporations. Wall Street is price gouging families to earn sky-high profits, jeopardizing our entire economy in the process.
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“It's a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you're ready. I have this feeling that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any.”
~Hugh Laurie, 🎨Jane Newland.
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Marge: “We are going to be leading a revolution in Congress. Biden and his family will be a top target. So will the CDC, FBI, DOJ, DOE, Homeland Security, and many other govt entities that have abused power.”
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People from all around the world contribute to Wikidata in hundreds of ways. Here are 10 ways you can contribute right now.
#wikidatabirthday is coming soon
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Whoa, this is cool. We have some fans at @LANL_Innovation I guess!
discover.lanl.gov/news/1020-…
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Around 11:05 am UTC today, @Wikidata crossed the mark of 100,000,000 items.
m.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata…
#opendata #collaboration
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Never let the Conservatives tell you they are the party of liberty.
When they say "freedom", they mean the freedom of the rich to oppress the poor.
They treat the general freedoms for which our ancestors fought as a mortal threat to their hegemony.
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10 years ago today, we launched the @ORCID_Org Registry. Congratulations to the ORCID team for reaching this important milestone!! Join us online 27 October for what promises to be a fun conversation.
Register here: ow.ly/AmgL50L8tr3
#persistentresearchinfrastructure
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Brooks is either ignorant about my scholarship or lying about my scholarship. Which one is it @nytdavidbrooks? 7/
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There's a rhetorical tic where Americans "what the founders wanted" a lot, but 95% of the time the founders weren't thinking about our issues at all.
Congress trying to stop a tyrannical president, on the other hand - yeah, that's pretty much what they built the whole thing for.
Interesting explanation for what happened to growth in productivity over the last 50 years. a.co/j27Ymc4
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A surprisingly large part of the value of Google & other search engines is just Wikipedia.
This paper shows that Wikipedia articles appear in 67%-84% of all search engine results pages & they are the source for most “knowledge boxes” or other excerpts. nickmvincent.com/static/wiki…
