KnitMeAThneed
@thneed.bsky.social
I'm a Wikimedian and I run the NZThesisProject from Ōtepoti Dunedin in Aotearoa New Zealand. OpenRefine, Wikidata, Wikipedia... all the Wikis!
Inventor of WikiWashiTape. According to skuas, I am too big to carry away and too alive.
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KnitMeAThneed
@thneed.bsky.social
· Mar 20
The New Zealand Thesis Project: Connecting a Nation’s Dissertations Using Wikidata
Introduction: Libraries hold large amounts of bibliographic data, with great potential for enrichment with linked open data. The New Zealand Thesis Project explored this potential by uploading thesis ...
www.iastatedigitalpress.com
Delighted to announce that my long-awaited paper on the NZ Thesis Project is published (& is open access)! Deborah and I worked hard to write this because we would love for all academic libraries to link their data to Wikidata - this tells you why and how
www.iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/article...
www.iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/article...
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I think about this every day of my life actually
no one has ever understood the assignment better
no one has ever understood the assignment better
These posters for the South Korean stage production of Macbeth are the greatest thing ever? #art
November 29, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I think about this every day of my life actually
no one has ever understood the assignment better
no one has ever understood the assignment better
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And there's a whole article you can read after the headline, too! Here it is.
Sharing links to writing you appreciate really does make a huge difference even for publications of our size.
Sharing links to writing you appreciate really does make a huge difference even for publications of our size.
Microsoft's head of AI doesn't understand why people don't like AI, and I don't understand why he doesn't understand because it's pretty obvious
Is it really "mindblowing" that people are skeptical of software that consistently doesn't do the things we're told it can do?
www.pcgamer.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
And there's a whole article you can read after the headline, too! Here it is.
Sharing links to writing you appreciate really does make a huge difference even for publications of our size.
Sharing links to writing you appreciate really does make a huge difference even for publications of our size.
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This Bill could invalidate the votes of enough people to swing the next election in favour of the current government for no reason other than that they failed to fill out the correct piece of paper by the "proper" time (as defined by the people who benefit from the rule change).
Justice Committee recommends passing Electoral Amendment Bill with some amendments
The bill would prevent same-day enrolments, ban prisoners from voting, and tighten up the rules around treating.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This Bill could invalidate the votes of enough people to swing the next election in favour of the current government for no reason other than that they failed to fill out the correct piece of paper by the "proper" time (as defined by the people who benefit from the rule change).
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#NZpol
It's just *full throat sadism* from Seymour at this point.
They're a white supremacist grievance movement dressed up as a Party.
Don't let the Nats off the hook: Stanford, the SENIOR MINISTER of Edu after all, could put a stop to this heinous shit. But they won't bc it's OK WITH THEM TOO.
It's just *full throat sadism* from Seymour at this point.
They're a white supremacist grievance movement dressed up as a Party.
Don't let the Nats off the hook: Stanford, the SENIOR MINISTER of Edu after all, could put a stop to this heinous shit. But they won't bc it's OK WITH THEM TOO.
November 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM
#NZpol
It's just *full throat sadism* from Seymour at this point.
They're a white supremacist grievance movement dressed up as a Party.
Don't let the Nats off the hook: Stanford, the SENIOR MINISTER of Edu after all, could put a stop to this heinous shit. But they won't bc it's OK WITH THEM TOO.
It's just *full throat sadism* from Seymour at this point.
They're a white supremacist grievance movement dressed up as a Party.
Don't let the Nats off the hook: Stanford, the SENIOR MINISTER of Edu after all, could put a stop to this heinous shit. But they won't bc it's OK WITH THEM TOO.
50% of the way through the making part of my #SecretSantaAoNZ gift. I have a bit more hope I’ll finish it by posting day now!
November 28, 2025 at 4:22 AM
50% of the way through the making part of my #SecretSantaAoNZ gift. I have a bit more hope I’ll finish it by posting day now!
Tea, always, not herbal, the proper stuff. Also fond of a G&T in summer…I had a cherry cocktail earlier this year that lives on in my memory 🤭
November 28, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Tea, always, not herbal, the proper stuff. Also fond of a G&T in summer…I had a cherry cocktail earlier this year that lives on in my memory 🤭
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Te Whatu Ora underspent its wages budget by $500m
- signed off by Willis & returned to general coffers
🤬🤬🤬
#nzpol
- signed off by Willis & returned to general coffers
🤬🤬🤬
#nzpol
November 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Te Whatu Ora underspent its wages budget by $500m
- signed off by Willis & returned to general coffers
🤬🤬🤬
#nzpol
- signed off by Willis & returned to general coffers
🤬🤬🤬
#nzpol
It’s amazing to me how easily journals are prepared to give away all scientific credibility. Scratch that, I mean, yeet their credibility directly into the sun with both hands.
Hey @nature.com, have you got an explanation for how the hell THIS happened? & especially why you accepted a paper with such a bizarre piece of genAI slop in it?!
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
It’s amazing to me how easily journals are prepared to give away all scientific credibility. Scratch that, I mean, yeet their credibility directly into the sun with both hands.
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Boards Chair here - before our BOT passed a motion affirming our commitment to Te Tiriti, I received emails from parents and teachers urging the board on.
The union never said a word.
Amazing that reaffirming a commitment to Te Tiriti is viewed as "anti-govt" (his words)
The union never said a word.
Amazing that reaffirming a commitment to Te Tiriti is viewed as "anti-govt" (his words)
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Boards Chair here - before our BOT passed a motion affirming our commitment to Te Tiriti, I received emails from parents and teachers urging the board on.
The union never said a word.
Amazing that reaffirming a commitment to Te Tiriti is viewed as "anti-govt" (his words)
The union never said a word.
Amazing that reaffirming a commitment to Te Tiriti is viewed as "anti-govt" (his words)
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265,000+ people contribute to Wikimedia projects monthly.
Together, they have created 65+ million Wikipedia articles in 300+ languages and added 128+ million media files to Wikimedia Commons.
All Wikimedia projects are viewed 18+ billion times per month.
Thank you.
Together, they have created 65+ million Wikipedia articles in 300+ languages and added 128+ million media files to Wikimedia Commons.
All Wikimedia projects are viewed 18+ billion times per month.
Thank you.
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
265,000+ people contribute to Wikimedia projects monthly.
Together, they have created 65+ million Wikipedia articles in 300+ languages and added 128+ million media files to Wikimedia Commons.
All Wikimedia projects are viewed 18+ billion times per month.
Thank you.
Together, they have created 65+ million Wikipedia articles in 300+ languages and added 128+ million media files to Wikimedia Commons.
All Wikimedia projects are viewed 18+ billion times per month.
Thank you.
Every time my colleague tells me she had a little chat with AI I bite my tongue but this 👇is what I’m thinking about and why I’m judging her (I didn’t always bite my tongue, she knows my views)
"Amazon is using the shiny thing of AI to distract from the fact that it’s building a dirty energy empire”.
1/n
1/n
Amazon heads: hey what if instead of dealing with problems like toxic air...we made things even worse for people:
"the biggest single factor in the city’s failure to end its dependence on fossil fuels: energy-hungry datacentres."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
"the biggest single factor in the city’s failure to end its dependence on fossil fuels: energy-hungry datacentres."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
November 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Every time my colleague tells me she had a little chat with AI I bite my tongue but this 👇is what I’m thinking about and why I’m judging her (I didn’t always bite my tongue, she knows my views)
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We're excited to share that University of Otago Wikimedian in Residence, Dr Tamsin Braisher (@thneed.bsky.social), will be continuing her placement in 2026! 🎓
Since mid-2025, Tamsin has been building a bridge between university staff, students, and researchers, and the world of Wikipedia ⬇️
Since mid-2025, Tamsin has been building a bridge between university staff, students, and researchers, and the world of Wikipedia ⬇️
Otago University’s Wikipedian in Residence sets sights on 2026
Official website of the non-profit charitable New Zealand affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation.
www.wikimedia.nz
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
We're excited to share that University of Otago Wikimedian in Residence, Dr Tamsin Braisher (@thneed.bsky.social), will be continuing her placement in 2026! 🎓
Since mid-2025, Tamsin has been building a bridge between university staff, students, and researchers, and the world of Wikipedia ⬇️
Since mid-2025, Tamsin has been building a bridge between university staff, students, and researchers, and the world of Wikipedia ⬇️
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Australia's Heart Foundation just launched an info campaign on the harms of COVID to cardiovascular health - good to see!
But current vaccines only reduce risk of heart damage, they do not eliminate it. We need masking, clean indoor air, better prevention & next gen vaccines
But current vaccines only reduce risk of heart damage, they do not eliminate it. We need masking, clean indoor air, better prevention & next gen vaccines
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Australia's Heart Foundation just launched an info campaign on the harms of COVID to cardiovascular health - good to see!
But current vaccines only reduce risk of heart damage, they do not eliminate it. We need masking, clean indoor air, better prevention & next gen vaccines
But current vaccines only reduce risk of heart damage, they do not eliminate it. We need masking, clean indoor air, better prevention & next gen vaccines
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Reminder for those on and near to Waiheke Island — Wikipedian at Large Dr Mike Dickison will be visiting this weekend to run a couple of great events. Details here: www.wikimedia.nz/waiheke-work...
Anyway I’m in Auckland for the next five days: presenting on Wikipedia at the MacDiarmid Institute’s symposium at the Uni, and giving a public talk and Sunday workshop on Waiheke Island in the weekend.
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Reminder for those on and near to Waiheke Island — Wikipedian at Large Dr Mike Dickison will be visiting this weekend to run a couple of great events. Details here: www.wikimedia.nz/waiheke-work...
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Merry Xmas Everybody by Slade but all the lyrics are 'are you hanging up your stocking on your wall'
Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody but all the lyrics are 'are you hanging up your stocking...
Merry Christmas Everybody by Slade but all the lyrics are 'Are You Hanging Up Your Stocking On Your Wall?'Crooned by @MichaelMisDisappointing More: http://li...
youtu.be
December 1, 2023 at 8:28 AM
Merry Xmas Everybody by Slade but all the lyrics are 'are you hanging up your stocking on your wall'
#librarians #Wikidata #Wikipedia if a library uses Primo VE software then there's a linked data feature they can turn on based on Wikidata. I did an explainer video to show people what it looks like. Lemme know if you see it in the wild! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S4u...
Wikidata in library catalogues: Introduction to the Primo VE linked data feature
YouTube video by Dr Thneed
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:39 AM
#librarians #Wikidata #Wikipedia if a library uses Primo VE software then there's a linked data feature they can turn on based on Wikidata. I did an explainer video to show people what it looks like. Lemme know if you see it in the wild! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S4u...
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Oops. Ooooooooooooops.
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Oops. Ooooooooooooops.
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
Dammit just had a knitpro cable break mid-row 😭
November 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Dammit just had a knitpro cable break mid-row 😭
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If they can ban access to healthcare like puberty blockers for one group of people, they can do this with any healthcare for their next target. They will ban abortion again given the chance and they will come after contraception after that. The anti-choice movement is our govt right now. #nzpol
November 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
If they can ban access to healthcare like puberty blockers for one group of people, they can do this with any healthcare for their next target. They will ban abortion again given the chance and they will come after contraception after that. The anti-choice movement is our govt right now. #nzpol
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It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
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Hipkins jumped on bluesky after a 2month break to support Winston Peters here
Has so far refused to do the same to support the trans community in the face of destructive and, frankly, fatal policy that NZF and National delivered this week
Really showing his, and Labour's, priorities
Has so far refused to do the same to support the trans community in the face of destructive and, frankly, fatal policy that NZF and National delivered this week
Really showing his, and Labour's, priorities
The attack on Winston Peters home today was totally unacceptable. MPs homes are not the place to protest. No matter the cause, political violence is never ok and should be condemned. Free speech is healthy in a democracy, political violence is not.
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Hipkins jumped on bluesky after a 2month break to support Winston Peters here
Has so far refused to do the same to support the trans community in the face of destructive and, frankly, fatal policy that NZF and National delivered this week
Really showing his, and Labour's, priorities
Has so far refused to do the same to support the trans community in the face of destructive and, frankly, fatal policy that NZF and National delivered this week
Really showing his, and Labour's, priorities
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Today, it's exactly one hundred years since the opening ceremony of the New Zealand & South Seas International Exhibition in Dunedin.
To celebrate, I'm sharing some images from an original copy of the ceremony's official souvenir programme.
My Collection.
To celebrate, I'm sharing some images from an original copy of the ceremony's official souvenir programme.
My Collection.
November 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Today, it's exactly one hundred years since the opening ceremony of the New Zealand & South Seas International Exhibition in Dunedin.
To celebrate, I'm sharing some images from an original copy of the ceremony's official souvenir programme.
My Collection.
To celebrate, I'm sharing some images from an original copy of the ceremony's official souvenir programme.
My Collection.
#SecretSantaAoNZ Hey Santa! If you’re a maker, then that’s perfect, whatever you want to make I will appreciate! If you aren’t, or you need ideas, I have a very empty boring impersonal desk at work that needs adornment. (Was gonna take a pic but I wasn’t there today)
November 21, 2025 at 6:21 AM
#SecretSantaAoNZ Hey Santa! If you’re a maker, then that’s perfect, whatever you want to make I will appreciate! If you aren’t, or you need ideas, I have a very empty boring impersonal desk at work that needs adornment. (Was gonna take a pic but I wasn’t there today)
250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.”
That would be quite a high annual spoonbill
That would be quite a high annual spoonbill
70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute
Objectives To determine the overall rate of loss of workplace teaspoons and whether attrition and displacement are correlated with the relative value of the teaspoons or type of tearoom. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Research institute ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.”
That would be quite a high annual spoonbill
That would be quite a high annual spoonbill
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You’re Santa might be a maker so they might need to get into it quite soon. What are your favourite colours. And maybe sock, hat, t-shirt and glove sizes. And any relevant interests? #SecretSantaAoNZ
Today's question for #SecretSantaAoNZ
Especially great for all the crafting Santas we're blessed with when they're sleuthing.
Especially great for all the crafting Santas we're blessed with when they're sleuthing.
November 20, 2025 at 7:31 AM
You’re Santa might be a maker so they might need to get into it quite soon. What are your favourite colours. And maybe sock, hat, t-shirt and glove sizes. And any relevant interests? #SecretSantaAoNZ