Quim Gil @quimgil@writing.exchange
Wikimedia Foundation community relations at work. Opinions are mine.
Joined Mar 2018
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1.5 Million Slavery Era Documents Will Be Digitized, Helping African Americans to Learn About Their Lost Ancestors http://www.openculture.com/?p=109682 https://t.co/uVZlvwiKwM
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Michelangelo’s Handwritten 16th-Century Grocery List http://www.openculture.com/?p=82015 https://t.co/S8gt7JKYMZ
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The view from the Istanbul University Library
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A Short Video Introduction to Hilma af Klint, the Mystical Female Painter Who Helped Invent Abstract Art http://www.openculture.com/?p=1059102 https://t.co/34Um6wZ8ur
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Public Domain Day Is Coming: On January 1st, 2019, Copyrighted Works Will Enter the Public Domain for the First Time in 21 Years http://www.openculture.com/?p=1059485 https://t.co/NJLTtDaXtM
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Doom was released 25 years ago today. It was about 2.39 MB, the size of an average webpage today. News sites average closer to 8 MB.
Please shotgun the javascript demons and make more efficient & accessible websites.
My team at the Wikimedia Foundation is hiring a designer.
Associate Designer, Community Relations
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/1477308
Remote is good (most of our team members are remote to each other). Join us!
"The European Court of Human Rights affirmed that hyperlinking is protected free expression. Here’s why we’re applauding."
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None of these faces are real. All made up by AIs. The end of photography as evidence. https://arxiv.org/pdf/1812.04948.pdf
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The Mercator projection vs the true size of each country: https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/a4ug8h/the_mercator_projection_vs_the_true_size_of_each/
https://www.femalepleasure.org/english/
"Barbara Miller’s feature documentary #FEMALEPLEASURE portrays five courageous, smart and self-determined women, breaking the silence imposed by their archaic-patriarch societies and religious communities. (...) All protagonists have come to the same conclusion: the female body is subjected to male lust and first and foremost meant for procreation, without any regard for female sexual pleasure and autonomy."
Shared by a union rep, unsung heroine. ♥️
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I saw this on a comment thread on open source project interaction with community members (and vice versa). I’d say it nails it! #programming #foss #opensource
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@jaffathecake Hey you lost the bet
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Mastodon instance of the day: glammr.us, "a space for folks interested in productive conversation about, well, galleries, libraries, archives, museums, memory work and records".
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I just published: "Why Mastodon is defying the 'critical mass'" https://medium.com/@poshaughnessy/why-mastodon-is-defying-the-critical-mass-de3454109099
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We're looking for a Data Architect to take our Metrics work to the next level. This position can be performed remotely/internationally or from our Seattle office. https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs-metrics-data-architect.html.en
Learn more about Tor Metrics: https://metrics.torproject.org/
Women in the Wikimedia movement: Roles, culture and opportunities - https://medium.com/@marianarra_/women-in-the-wikimedia-movement-roles-culture-and-opportunities-c1092b0b924
Work with us!
The Wikimedia Foundation has just opened a new role for an Events Team Manager:
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/1418327?gh_src=2bb49a951
I will not say more. If you are good at organizing events and you have an interest in Wikimedia, click that link. 😍
Wikimedia Foundation community relations at work. Opinions are mine.
Joined Mar 2018
