GerardM
@gerardm.bsky.social
I am mostly a lurker for science that has my interest.. When I find a paper or scholar of interest, I improve their presence on #Wikidata and its result is an improved #Scholia
Given the damage done to the USA by the money grabbers.. It will probably take a generation to undo the damage. It is unrealistic to express anything different. The point is that the republicans will agitate and call the efforts insufficient, pitiful and political. Check the UK for similarity.
December 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Given the damage done to the USA by the money grabbers.. It will probably take a generation to undo the damage. It is unrealistic to express anything different. The point is that the republicans will agitate and call the efforts insufficient, pitiful and political. Check the UK for similarity.
Even when a F-35 is provided for free, any country cannot rely on its functionality given the dead man switch held by the capricious USA. In addition the war in Ukraine shows that its requirements make it really vulnerable. At that the Gripen is the most viable choice.
December 22, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Even when a F-35 is provided for free, any country cannot rely on its functionality given the dead man switch held by the capricious USA. In addition the war in Ukraine shows that its requirements make it really vulnerable. At that the Gripen is the most viable choice.
I really hate it when murder happens as it did on Bondi beach. However, I am totally not pleased to see the Israeli flag associated with it. The victims are not Israeli.
December 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I really hate it when murder happens as it did on Bondi beach. However, I am totally not pleased to see the Israeli flag associated with it. The victims are not Israeli.
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A bystander seen in a widely circulated video disarming a gunman during a deadly shooting rampage at a popular Australian beach is being heralded as a hero who saved lives.
Bystander shown in videos disarming gunman during Australian beach shooting commended for bravery
A bystander seen in a widely circulated video disarming a gunman during a deadly shooting rampage at a popular Australian beach is being heralded as a hero who saved lives.
bit.ly
December 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
When The Trump administration warns European is facing “civilisational erasure” .. they mention what we in Europe have seen all along
December 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
When The Trump administration warns European is facing “civilisational erasure” .. they mention what we in Europe have seen all along
When completing recipients on an award, it is weird to see the difference what @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social knows and what English Wikipedia knows.. This example is extreme, both do not know what the other does.
December 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
When completing recipients on an award, it is weird to see the difference what @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social knows and what English Wikipedia knows.. This example is extreme, both do not know what the other does.
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I’m on a mission to make common sense actually mean common sense again. At least in the context of cities and better city-building.
It’s common sense to proactively address/mitigate climate change.
It’s common sense to reduce pollution, emissions and particulates in cities.
It’s common sense to proactively cool cities, quiet cities, clean cities.
It’s common sense to move more people in less space and with lower public costs.
It’s common sense to reduce pollution, emissions and particulates in cities.
It’s common sense to proactively cool cities, quiet cities, clean cities.
It’s common sense to move more people in less space and with lower public costs.
December 4, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I’m on a mission to make common sense actually mean common sense again. At least in the context of cities and better city-building.
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"There's this common misconception that ecologists like me might see deer as a problem, but that's not the case at all."
Join Sarah Watts, on a journey across Corrour Estate, as she emphasises the crucial role of deer and those who manage them.
www.scotlandbigpicture.com/rewilding-st...
Join Sarah Watts, on a journey across Corrour Estate, as she emphasises the crucial role of deer and those who manage them.
www.scotlandbigpicture.com/rewilding-st...
December 2, 2025 at 8:20 AM
"There's this common misconception that ecologists like me might see deer as a problem, but that's not the case at all."
Join Sarah Watts, on a journey across Corrour Estate, as she emphasises the crucial role of deer and those who manage them.
www.scotlandbigpicture.com/rewilding-st...
Join Sarah Watts, on a journey across Corrour Estate, as she emphasises the crucial role of deer and those who manage them.
www.scotlandbigpicture.com/rewilding-st...
@irishrainforest.bsky.social have you seen this.. any comment rewildingeurope.com/wilder-parks/ given that Wild Nephin is part of it ?
Wilder Parks | Rewilding Europe
Protected areas lie at the heart of European conservation. The Wilder Parks initiative will build on the achievements of these areas, leveraging the power of rewilding to breathe new life into ecosyst...
rewildingeurope.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
@irishrainforest.bsky.social have you seen this.. any comment rewildingeurope.com/wilder-parks/ given that Wild Nephin is part of it ?
There are many Wikipedias in African languages.. Making a list with all fellows of all African Academy of Sciences starts with a list of all those academies en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ge...
Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences inducts new fellows - Ghana Business News
The Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAF) has inducted six new fellows to advance knowledge for national development.
www.ghanabusinessnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
There are many Wikipedias in African languages.. Making a list with all fellows of all African Academy of Sciences starts with a list of all those academies en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ge...
Things that are good.. Though they are not extinct yet in Great Britain www.bbc.com/news/article...
Once-extinct European wildcats set to make a comeback in England
Fifty wildcats could be reintroduced to the countryside in south west England, conservationists say.
www.bbc.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Things that are good.. Though they are not extinct yet in Great Britain www.bbc.com/news/article...
A story about not needing banks and not needing electricity grids.. but still paying and having electricity climatedrift.substack.com/p/why-solarp...
Why Solarpunk is already happening in Africa
Or: How Africa is building the future by skipping the past
climatedrift.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:32 AM
A story about not needing banks and not needing electricity grids.. but still paying and having electricity climatedrift.substack.com/p/why-solarp...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
When I want to know about a subject like the African green wall, I seek publications on the subject using #Scholia .. At this moment 3 articles... :( One of them, the 2025 one, I just added. scholia.toolforge.org/topic/Q387790
Scholia
scholia.toolforge.org
November 8, 2025 at 8:17 AM
When I want to know about a subject like the African green wall, I seek publications on the subject using #Scholia .. At this moment 3 articles... :( One of them, the 2025 one, I just added. scholia.toolforge.org/topic/Q387790
No USA science is NOT no science.. NB there has always been science outside of those states.
Canada makes pitch for US researchers to relocate with $1.7bn in new funding. My story for @science.org 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Canada’s new budget aims to lure U.S. researchers to relocate
Spending plan also calls for smaller research spending cut than feared
www.science.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
No USA science is NOT no science.. NB there has always been science outside of those states.
some thought for a bot that will signal missing entries for awards recipients on Wikipedias and Wikipedia .. ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2025/11/miss...
Missing award recipients in both Wikidata and the Wikipedias
Professor Fei-Fei Li is one of the recipients of the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering . It says so on the English Wikipedia and ...
ultimategerardm.blogspot.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
some thought for a bot that will signal missing entries for awards recipients on Wikipedias and Wikipedia .. ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2025/11/miss...
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All issues of Mycotaxon (1974–2024) are now digitised, #OpenAccess & discoverable in BHL! Thx to the work of Diane Rielinger & BHL’s Team #RetroPIDs, every article now has a DOI, connecting 50 years of #Mycology to today’s scholarly network. #Fungi 🍄 🧪
🔗 www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography...
🔗 www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography...
November 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM
All issues of Mycotaxon (1974–2024) are now digitised, #OpenAccess & discoverable in BHL! Thx to the work of Diane Rielinger & BHL’s Team #RetroPIDs, every article now has a DOI, connecting 50 years of #Mycology to today’s scholarly network. #Fungi 🍄 🧪
🔗 www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography...
🔗 www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography...
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While some like to suggest academic freedom is about allowing people to say unpleasant things about others
this worrying example illustrates the need to protect valid research against interference from vested, financial interests
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
this worrying example illustrates the need to protect valid research against interference from vested, financial interests
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
While some like to suggest academic freedom is about allowing people to say unpleasant things about others
this worrying example illustrates the need to protect valid research against interference from vested, financial interests
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
this worrying example illustrates the need to protect valid research against interference from vested, financial interests
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
At #Wikidata all 2023 members of the Global Young Academy can be found.. it will update on (private) lists on many #Wikipedia.. 2024 and 2025 are on the "to do" list.
November 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
At #Wikidata all 2023 members of the Global Young Academy can be found.. it will update on (private) lists on many #Wikipedia.. 2024 and 2025 are on the "to do" list.
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Het is hemeltergend hoe Nederlandse media bereid zijn om als een versterkte megafoon en doorgeefluik te dienen voor alle bommetjes die Wilders opgooit. Bonmetjes waarvan hij nooit de ontstane schade hoeft op te ruimen.
Echt, kap hier gewoon mee.
Echt, kap hier gewoon mee.
October 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Het is hemeltergend hoe Nederlandse media bereid zijn om als een versterkte megafoon en doorgeefluik te dienen voor alle bommetjes die Wilders opgooit. Bonmetjes waarvan hij nooit de ontstane schade hoeft op te ruimen.
Echt, kap hier gewoon mee.
Echt, kap hier gewoon mee.
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"Als je een uitgesproken persoonlijkheid bent met bijzondere gaven, dan ben je de gebeten hond. Vooral als je (..) ook nog eens weet te genieten van het leven.
Daar valt niks tegen te doen."
Historicus @hanvanderhorst.bsky.social over #Timmermans en andere staatslieden
www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel...
Daar valt niks tegen te doen."
Historicus @hanvanderhorst.bsky.social over #Timmermans en andere staatslieden
www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel...
Dit is de echte reden waarom Frans Timmermans zo gehaat wordt - Joop - BNNVARA
Het lot van elke sociaaldemocratische leider met een uitgesproken persoonlijkheid.
www.bnnvara.nl
October 30, 2025 at 5:08 AM
"Als je een uitgesproken persoonlijkheid bent met bijzondere gaven, dan ben je de gebeten hond. Vooral als je (..) ook nog eens weet te genieten van het leven.
Daar valt niks tegen te doen."
Historicus @hanvanderhorst.bsky.social over #Timmermans en andere staatslieden
www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel...
Daar valt niks tegen te doen."
Historicus @hanvanderhorst.bsky.social over #Timmermans en andere staatslieden
www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel...
Is Mamoun Sinada the same person as Mamoun Mahgoub Sinada one is a Sudanese justice minister the other is a Sudanese minister of foreign affairs?? Who knows ?
October 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Is Mamoun Sinada the same person as Mamoun Mahgoub Sinada one is a Sudanese justice minister the other is a Sudanese minister of foreign affairs?? Who knows ?
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If you’re at #LivingData2025, visit us at the Biodiversity Heritage Library booth. Ask us about the 63 million pages of #BiodiversityKnowledge we’ve made accessible & discoverable online, and how we’re transitioning to become an independent, global and sustainable consortium. #ILoveBHL
October 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
If you’re at #LivingData2025, visit us at the Biodiversity Heritage Library booth. Ask us about the 63 million pages of #BiodiversityKnowledge we’ve made accessible & discoverable online, and how we’re transitioning to become an independent, global and sustainable consortium. #ILoveBHL