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Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · Feb 14

Broken link! policy.friendsoftheearth.uk/reports/harn...

Harnessing AI for environmental justice | Policy and insight

Principles and practices to guide climate justice and digital rights campaigners in the responsible use of AI.

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Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · Feb 12

In the #AI stewardship session. Mary Steven talks about Friends of the Earth’s new discussion paper: Harnessing AI for environmental justice policy.friendsoftheearth.uk/reports/harn... #WorthwhileAI #climatecrisis

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Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · Feb 12

Rosie Sowa, Innovation Manager at the National Lottery Community Fund talks about their #AI organisational journey - technological & cultural #WorthwhileAI

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Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · Feb 12

David Knott, CEO of The National Lottery Community Fund, delivers the opening keynote focusing on the role of funders in ensuring #AI is used for public good & community benefit #WorthwhileAI

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Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · Feb 12

Joining the Community Fund & CAST today at Bishopsgate Institute for the #AI Funder Conference www.wearecast.org.uk/our-work/how... #WorthwhileAI

How can AI transform collaboration and shape the future of VCSE funding? - CAST

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Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · Feb 1

The Guardian has an amazing Marianne Faithful 'life in pictures' - all the Mariannes: www.theguardian.com/culture/gall...

Marianne Faithfull – a life in pictures

The British pop icon, known for her work as a singer, songwriter and actor, has died aged 78. Her career spanned six decades

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Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · Jan 21

New! Policy paper: A blueprint for modern digital government
A long-term vision for UK digital public services, a 6-point plan for reform, & the role of the new digital centre of government: www.gov.uk/government/p...

A blueprint for modern digital government

A long-term vision for digital public services, a 6-point plan for reform, and the role of the new digital centre of government.

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Jonas Heide Smith @jonassmith.dk · Jan 9

Cleaning sculptures ✨
Watch our conservators clean Michelangelo plaster cast sculptures using algae (it’s pretty cool) #conservation #artmuseum #museum #smkmuseum #michelangelo

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · Jan 17

You may not believe in the climate change, but your insurance company does.

NYT Opinion

Guest Essay

We Have to Stop Underwriting People Who Move to Climate Danger Zones

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Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · Jan 9

#EPDD25 UK cultural institutions collections - views on Wikimedia Commons (billions)

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Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · Jan 9

#EPDD25 shout out for the amazing work of Jason Evans, National Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales wikimedia.org.uk/2019/12/leve...

Leveraging open data at the National Library of Wales - WMUK

By Jason Evans, National Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales Over 7 years ago the National Library of Wales … Continue reading "Leveraging open data at the National Library of Wales"

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Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · Jan 9

#EPDD25 Dafydd Tudur, National Library of Wales, on how open & public domain sharing powered a strategic shift from custodian of collections to a service supporting collections engagement

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Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · Jan 9

So interesting - experimental exhibition in Denmark sparks debate about use of #3D -printed replicas in museums news.artnet.com/art-world/mi... #EPDD25 #publicdomain #openculture

Michelangelo's Masterpieces Are Getting a High-Tech Makeover in a New Show | Artnet News

The biggest Michelangelo exhibition in over a century is planned in Denmark thanks to the use of high-tech 3D replicas.

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Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · Jan 9

#EPDD25 Building showcases for public domain forgotten women writers citedesdames.github.io/histoires-au...

Histoires d'Autrices

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Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · Jan 9

#EPDD25 Merete Sanderhoff gives a shout out to @andeewallace.bsky.social 's excellent 3D models & rights management report pro.europeana.eu/post/3d-mode...

3D Models and Rights Management report | Europeana PRO

This report explores copyright and other rights assessments for 3D Models in Europeana - read the Executive Summary and download the full report below.

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Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · Jan 9

#EPDD25 3D models from the Statens Museum for Kunst collection uploaded by @wikimedia.bsky.social volunteers to Wiki Commons commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor...

Category:3D models from the Statens Museum for Kunst - Wikimedia Commons

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Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · Jan 9

‪#EPDD25 Merete Sanderhoff on Statens Museum for Kunst's collaboration with the Scan the World community to create printable 3D public domain model scans
www.smk.dk/en/article/a...

About SMK Open | SMK – National Gallery of Denmark in Copenhagen (Statens Museum for Kunst)

A guide to SMK Open, SMK’s online collection

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Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · Jan 9

#EPDD25 the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) are developing a Copyright Knowledge Centre - copyright rules are typically pre-digital, the new centre will consolidate existing work & expertise www.euipo.europa.eu/en/observatory

Slide of Strategic Plan EUIPO
2025 - EUIPO COPYRIGHT KNOWLEDGE CENTRE

Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · Jan 9

#EPDD Open Future & Liccium have been awarded funding to pilot an EU interoperable registry of public domain & open licensed work digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/funding/e...

EU Repository of public domain and open licensed works

This is a call for proposals for EU action grant in the field of copyright, with a budget of EUR 700k. The purpose of this Pilot project is to assess the feasibility and possible benefits of setting u...

digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu

Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · Jan 9

#EPDD25 TAROCH is a coalition to encourage UNESCO to publish a recommendation on open access to cultural heritage, supporting #openknowledge #opened #openculture globally creativecommons.org/about/arts-c...

Open Culture - Creative Commons

The power of open culture At Creative Commons, we truly believe in the power of open access to cultural heritage. This type of better sharing helps build and sustain vibrant and thriving societies. Eq...

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Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · Jan 9

#EPDD25 Towards a
Recommendation on Open Cultural Heritage Brigitte Vézina @creativecommons.bsky.social introducing the TAROCH initiative creativecommons.org/2024/11/01/c...

Creative Commons Launches TAROCH Coalition for Open Access to Cultural Heritage - Creative Commons

Creative Commons (CC) is proud to launch the TAROCH Coalition (Towards a Recommendation on Open Cultural Heritage), a collaborative effort to achieve the adoption of a UNESCO standard-setting instrume...

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communia @communia.bsky.social · Mar 14

Our member Wikimedia Europe argues we that we need a #DigitalKnowledgeAct to address the risks of #AI and threats of misinformation and disinformation. Read more about their point of view here: wikimedia.brussels/we-need-a-di... #openknowledge #openscience

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Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · Jan 9

#EPDD25 The Europeana Public Domain (PD) Charter 2025 pro.europeana.eu/post/the-eur... Definitions, principles & actions #openknowledge #opened

The Europeana Public Domain Charter | Europeana PRO

The Europeana Public Domain Charter is a policy document that highlights the importance of the public domain by establishing Europeana’s views for a healthy…

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Camille Françoise @cmfrancoise.bsky.social · Jan 9

📢 Séverine Dusollier (Science Po), is highlighting many works in the Public Domain now, in 2025
🔸Frida Kahlo
🔸Matisse
🔸Auguste Perret
🔸Jeanne Forain
🔸Virginia Woolf
And many others!
#EPDD25

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Jan 1

Happy Public Domain Day!

Frida Kahlo and Henri Matisse Enter the Public Domain

A wealth of art and literature, from the work of Robert Capa to Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography, is now available for public access in the United States.

hyperallergic.com

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