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Fiona Romeo

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Museum curious, working towards universal access to knowledge at the Wikimedia Foundation. Views my own.

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
If you're in London, last spots available for this event at Newspeak House with Noortje Marres Alex Taylor @tmsqrll.bsky.social Dominique Barron @halcyene.bsky.social Annie Radcliffe Yasmine Boudiaf and Mukul Patel, on AI infra in public spaces luma.com/p4fmir78 (cc @edsaperia.bsky.social)
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AI in the street: Lessons from everyday encounters with AI innovation · Luma
What do smart bins, data centres, and delivery drones have in common — and how do everyday publics make sense of them? Join us at Newspeak House to explore AI…
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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
inspired by this, I have done a free extract of this section of the book here. it is about understanding that *with all its problems* the BBC is as important for our intellectual health as the NHS is for our physical health: naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
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the BBC and why it needs defending
even if you don't always agree with it, and sometimes it does things that you think are outright terrible
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Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
We've joined a global call for open, equitable access to cultural heritage in the digital age! By signing the Open Heritage Statement, we stand with partners worldwide to make cultural heritage freely accessible and reusable for all: medium.com/wikimedia-po... #TAROCHCoalition #CreativeCommons
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Wikimedia Foundation Signs the Open Heritage Statement: A Global Call for Unrestricted Access to…
Wikimedia Foundation joins a global movement calling for open, unrestricted digital access to cultural heritage in the public domain
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Wikimedia Australia @wmau.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Now is the time to apply for WMAU Partner Projects 2025-2026! 📣 For further details on how to apply, head to our website. 📅 Register for an optional FAQ information session via Humanitix 📌 Applications close Friday, 5 September 2025 wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Partner...
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Partner Projects 2025-2026
Partner Projects applications are open!
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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
[1/5] We're launching a new thing @ the Metro NY Library Council: The Cross-Reference Coalition is an experimental school tracing exuberantly🤗 interdisciplinary links btw NYC's libraries + archives; connecting its knwldg workers, grad students, artists + designers; and creating an open publicatio
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The Cross-Reference Coalition An Experimental School
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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 01/05/2025
Did anybody else catch this @theguardian.com article on censorship in libraries? 'in an Index on Censorship survey last year, 28 of 53 librarians polled reported that they had been asked to remove books from library shelves, many of which were LGBTQ+ titles' www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a....
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Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads
Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles
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