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Annie Reynolds @anniereynolds.bsky.social · 3h

Oops! I did, of course, mean to write "spooky women".

Annie Reynolds @anniereynolds.bsky.social · 3h

This month at #WikiProjectWomenInRed we are celebrating Halloween by encouraging #wikipedia editors to create articles about spooky people, books and things. @wmau.bsky.social @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

screenshot of what is on in October for Women In Red at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Outreach/2025#October_2025

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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 7h

Whilst heavily pregnant Carlotta Bollée translated for husband French early car manufacturer Léon Bollée & aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright when they rebuilt Wright Flyer @ Bollée factory in 1908. Flew with Wright #OTD 8 Oct 1908. After Léon died, ran factory www.magnificentwomen.co.uk/engineer-of-...

Carlotta Bollée in B&W early C20th photo wearing a hat and leg 'o mutton sleeves

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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 6h

Amalia Celia Figueredo aviator. 1st woman in #Argentina & possibly Latin America to earn pilot's license. 1914 passed test, skilled in aerobatics. 1964 on 50th anniversary of earning license, awarded honorary designation of Military Pilot. d. #OTD 8 Oct 1985 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalia_...

Amalia Celia Figueredo in B&W photo sat in plane fuselage wearing thick polo neck jumper

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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 5h

There's just about something for everyone in the Aotearoa Wiki community this weekend!

Come along to an event near you, or join us from the comfort of your home. Newbies are always welcome!

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Annie Reynolds @anniereynolds.bsky.social · 3h

This is alarming news. #EndangeredSpecies @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social

The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 5h

All but four of New Zealand’s 120 lizard species are threatened or at risk. But little consideration is given to lizards during most land development projects.

NZ’s native lizards are at risk from land development – future policy must ensure better protection

theconversation.com

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Australian Academy of Science @science.org.au · 4h

We are thrilled to congratulate Professor Richard Robson FAA FRS on being awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Learn more www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...

Academy Fellow one of three scientists to win Nobel Prize in Chemistry

2025 Nobel Prize winner Professor Richard Robson was elected to the Australian Academy of Science in 2000. In a testament to Australian scientific excellence, Professor Richard Robson FAA FRS has

www.science.org.au

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Dr Perry Beasley-Hall @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 4h

The Cook Strait giant wētā (Deinacrida rugosa) is an anostostomatid from New Zealand. It's one of the largest insects in the world! Major threats to this cutie include land clearing and predation by rats. It's listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. #EverydayEnsifera

📸: d_kluza (iNaturalist)

Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6343096

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KnitMeAThneed @thneed.bsky.social · 4h

Come and help me transcribe a charming book of fairy-tales at the University of Otago central library tomorrow! 12.30-1.30 in seminar room 2 (look for the Wikipedia banner). See Mike's thread below for why we are doing this! #Dunedin

Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 5h

Here's how you can help make a book of 19th century fairy tales available for everyone to read for free.
Frances Brownes was a 19th century Irish poet ("the blind poetess of Donegal"), whose best-known work is Granny's Wonderful Chair, an 1857 fairytale collection. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances...

The only photo of Frances Browne, circa 1879

Frontispiece from the 1906 edition of Granny's Wonderful Chair, illustration by Dora Curtis.

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KnitMeAThneed @thneed.bsky.social · 1d

Found the voting bin in the Link building at university. Get your vote in by noon Friday if you’re voting here #Dunedin

Putting an envelope into the orange wheelie bin for council votes

Position of the orange wheelie bin in the university Link building, near the table tennis table

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Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 2d

Vote! Vote in your local election! Post your vote by 5pm today! It matters. Hayden explains this more hilariously than I can: thespinoff.co.nz/politics/06-...

One hundred and eighty five billion dollars.
That's the estimated bill to repair our terrible water infrastructure and experts think that estimate is too low. Why is it going to cost so much? Mainly because angry people who didn't want to pay rates were the only ones who voted in local elections. They elected other angry people who didn't want to raise rates and those people kept costs down via the foolproof method of "letting the pipes rot in the ground". Just a few years ago, 8,000 people in and around Havelock North got poisoned when sheep poo seeped into some poorly maintained water infrastructure. Four people died! Wellington's streets are now equal parts sewage and concrete. For a while there people in Otago were drinking lead.

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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 3d

Margaret, Lady Moir 'engineer by marriage' & campaigner for women's employment, founder member & President of @wes1919.bsky.social Educating women in effectiveness of electricity paramount to her belief that it rescued them from household labour. d. #OTD 5 Oct 1942 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margare...

Margaret, Lady Moir in 1920s B&W studio head and shoulders portrait.
#WomenInSTEM

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 5d

You said it, Ronni.

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Stephen Harrison @stephenharrison.com · 4d

“I’m a lycanthropic spell checker.” That’s how Wikipedia editor WereSpielChequers explains his username.

In my latest newsletter, we talked about easily confused words, dead links, and the election process for the Wikimedia Foundation’s board of trustees.

Inside Wikipedia’s Board Elections

Interviewing candidate Jonathan Cardy about what it takes to join the board of trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation and its role in shaping one of the world’s most influential websites.

www.stephenharrison.com

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Michelle Scott Tucker @mst-writes.bsky.social · 5d

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 5d

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Article reads:
Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

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onefinekitty.bsky.social @onefinekitty.bsky.social · 4d

It began with crowd size.

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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 4d

Isabel Ebel US engineer. 1st woman aeronautical eng student @ both MIT (grad 1932) & NYU (1934). Initially stuggled to find job. Helped Amelia Earhart plan record flight. #WWII worked on Grumman XF5F Skyrocket. 1942 research engineer 4 United Airlines. b. 4 Oct 1908 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_...

Isabel Ebel in B&W photo from 1934 holding her flying wing prototype plane

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Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 5d

Brissie peeps: there are still tickets available for this if you fancy participating in a discussion about crime fiction as a brilliant vehicle to revealing the dark underbelly of just about any issue you care to mention. Jess Rudd & I will be getting stuck in & you can too. Book now.

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 5d

‘Stranded’ aged care or disability patients occupy up to one in 10 hospital beds in Australia, report finds

State and territory treasurers who commissioned the report say it shows need for federal government to pay bigger share of public hospital funding * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Up to one in 10 public hospital beds are taken by “stranded” patients awaiting alternative accommodation in aged care and supported disability accommodation, a new report shows – bolstering calls for more federal health funding. The report on the drivers of public hospital costs was commissioned by state and territory treasurers to inform negotiations on the next national health reform agreement (NHRA) with the commonwealth government. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Annie Reynolds @anniereynolds.bsky.social · 7d

So well said and in keeping with your GIF

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Annie Reynolds @anniereynolds.bsky.social · 7d

Time for a rerun of the Emporer's New Clothes!

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Mylee Joseph @mylee.bsky.social · 8d

Imagine lounging on a bean bag at Gwanghwamun Plaza or by the Cheonggyecheon Stream, book in hand, city buzzing around you. That’s not a dream — it’s Seoul’s Outdoor Library! #libraries

Seoul’s Outdoor Library Is Back—And It’s Every Book Lover’s Dream - Magazine

From Gwanghwamun Plaza to Cheonggyecheon Stream, Seoul transforms into a giant library. Free books, cool vibes, and starry-night reading await.

magazine.1000libraries.com

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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 7d

Lucyna Wlazło #Polish glider #pilot & instructor. 1947 learned to fly glider thru Polish Scouting & Guiding Association. 1951 appeared in film teaching glider pilots to loop de loop. Set 6 world records & 11 national records in 1950/60s. b. #OTD 1 Oct 1928 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucyna_...

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Annie Reynolds @anniereynolds.bsky.social · 7d

Ghastly!

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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 7d

Digging for dinosaurs, unearthing the impact of Women in Archaeology, Building equity in Engineering, showing resilience & determination in Comp Science after fleeing a war-torn home & more!
Come celebrate the amazing achievements of Women in STEM this Ada Lovelace Day
blogs.ed.ac.uk/ada-lovelace...

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