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Commons Picture of the Day<p>CPOD from 2025/09/08</p><p>A Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri) and her two chicks in a tree hole, National Botanical Garden, Dhaka, Bangladesh.</p><p>Artist: Princepauljoy; License: CC BY-SA 4.0; Credit Own work</p><p>See explanation at <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9C_%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%93_%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%9B%E" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9C_%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%93_%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%9B%E</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wikimedia</span></a></p>
Dr Grototo<p>Nouvelle contribution à Wikimedia... nos photos de vacances prise à l'Apothicairerie de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Baugé</p><p><a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wikimedia</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apothicairerie_bauge_piluliers.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:Apothicairerie_bauge_piluliers.jpg</span></a></p>
Commons Picture of the Day<p>CPOD from 2025/09/07</p><p>Palácio do Planalto, seat of the Brazilian Federal Executive. In late September afternoon, the height of the dry season, the setting sun gives a special color to the monument. Today is Independence Day in Brazil.</p><p>Artist: Jonas Richter; License: CC BY-SA 4.0; Credit Own work</p><p>See explanation at <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reflexos_do_Planalto.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:Reflexos_do_Planalto.jpg</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wikimedia</span></a></p>
Commons Picture of the Day<p>CPOD from 2025/09/06</p><p>A Formula One car Cooper T53, built in 1961 by the by British motorsport team Cooper for sales. The picture was taken in 2023, during a historic race at Donington Park, England.</p><p>Artist: Julian Herzog (Website); License: CC BY 4.0; Credit Own work</p><p>See explanation at <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1961_Cooper_T53_Donington_Park_2023_01.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:1961_Cooper_T53_Donington_Park_2023_01.jpg</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wikimedia</span></a></p>
Commons Picture of the Day<p>CPOD from 2025/09/05</p><p>Kalahari lion (Panthera leo) male cub, four months old, in the Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa Shortly after feeding on eland with the rest of the family.</p><p>Artist: Charles J. Sharp; License: CC BY-SA 4.0; Credit Own work, from Sharp Photography, sharpphotography.co.uk</p><p>See explanation at <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalahari_lion_(Panthera_leo)_male_cub_4_months.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:Kalahari_lion_(Panthera_leo)_male_cub_4_months.jpg</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wikimedia</span></a></p>
Commons Picture of the Day<p>CPOD from 2025/09/04</p><p>Main hall of the Szombierki Heat Power Station in Bytom, Poland</p><p>Artist: Marian Naworski; License: CC BY-SA 4.0; Credit Own work</p><p>See explanation at <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ec_Szombierk_widok_hali_g%C5%82%C3%B3wnej.png" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:Ec_Szombierk_widok_hali_g%C5%82%C3%B3wnej.png</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wikimedia</span></a></p>
Commons Picture of the Day<p>CPOD from 2025/09/03</p><p>Photographic art based on the lights of a Ferris wheel on the Herbstsend in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany</p><p>Artist: Dietmar Rabich; License: CC BY-SA 4.0; Credit Own work</p><p>See explanation at <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M%C3%BCnster,_Send,_Riesenrad_--_2024_--_6503.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:M%C3%BCnster,_Send,_Riesenrad_--_2024_--_6503.jpg</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wikimedia</span></a></p>
Kiwix<p>🍎 Big news! WikiMed by Kiwix v3.7.6 Electron app now available for Mac users!</p><p>This free offline medical encyclopaedia brings 67,000+ offline Wikipedia medical articles to your desktop.</p><p>✨ What's new:</p><p>* Experimental Mac support (Apple Silicon &amp; Intel)<br>* Enhanced search with snippets<br>* August 2025 medical content<br>* Dark theme optimizations</p><p>Now available for all Desktop OS's!</p><p>Download: <a href="https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-js-pwa/releases/tag/v3.7.6-WikiMed" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/kiwix/kiwix-js-pwa/</span><span class="invisible">releases/tag/v3.7.6-WikiMed</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kiwix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kiwix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wikimedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Electron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Electron</span></a></p>
Commons Picture of the Day<p>CPOD from 2025/09/02</p><p>Coral (Favia favus), Ras Muhammad National Park, Red Sea, Egypt. This species of stony corals is massive and forms thickly encrusting dome-shaped colonial corals. There is a great diversity of form even among the same species. The corallites project slightly above the surface of the coral and each has its own wall. The septa and costae linked to ...</p><p>Artist: Diego Delso; License: CC BY-SA 4.0; Credit Own work</p><p>See explanation at <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">commons.wikimedia.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wikimedia</span></a></p>
Wikimedia Nederland<p>📣 Wikimedia Nederland is op zoek naar een nieuwe directeur! </p><p>Onze huidige directeur gaat met pensioen en nu zijn wij op zoek naar iemand die onze missie verder vormgeeft: vrije kennis toegankelijk maken voor iedereen </p><p>Bekijk en deel 👉 <a href="https://www.wikimedia.nl/directeur/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">wikimedia.nl/directeur/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/vacature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vacature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wikimedia</span></a></p>
Commons Picture of the Day<p>CPOD from 2025/09/01</p><p>A real-life "Rosie the Riveter" operating a hand drill at a Vultee factory in Nashville, working on an A-31 Vengeance dive bomber. Today is Labor Day in the United States.</p><p>Artist: Alfred T. Palmer; License: Public domain; Credit Library of Congress, call number LC-USW36-295 (P&amp;amp;P)</p><p>See explanation at <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosie_the_Riveter_(Vultee).jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:Rosie_the_Riveter_(Vultee).jpg</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wikimedia</span></a></p>
smial<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ohai.social/@TarkabarkaHolgy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TarkabarkaHolgy</span></a></span> </p><p>...or you talk to someone who actively contributes to <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> or <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/Wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wikimedia</span></a> <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/Commons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commons</span></a>.</p>
Commons Picture of the Day<p>CPOD from 2025/08/31</p><p>Formula 1, Dutch Grand Prix 2024: Carlos Sainz jr (ESP, Scuderia Ferrari). Today is this year's Grand Prix.</p><p>Artist: Steffen Prößdorf; License: CC BY-SA 4.0; Credit Self-photographed</p><p>See explanation at <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2024-08-25_Motorsport,_Formel_1,_Gro%C3%9Fer_Preis_der_Niederlande_2024_STP_3912_by_Stepro.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:2024-08-25_Motorsport,_Formel_1,_Gro%C3%9Fer_Preis_der_Niederlande_2024_STP_3912_by_Stepro.jpg</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wikimedia</span></a></p>
Agenda du Libre<p>Paris: Les sans pagEs au PSL, Le samedi 6 septembre 2025 de 14h00 à 18h00. <a href="https://www.agendadulibre.org/events/33095" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">agendadulibre.org/events/33095</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/f%C3%A9minisme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>féminisme</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/wikip%C3%A9dia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wikipédia</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wikimedia</span></a></p>
Commons Picture of the Day<p>CPOD from 2025/08/30</p><p>A caterpillar of the spurge hawk moth (Hyles euphorbiae), photographed in the Scrivia riverbed, in Novi Ligure, Piedmont, Italy. The larvae of this Europiean hawk moth eat the leaves and bracts of the leafy spurge (Euphorbia virgata), which gives the species its common name.</p><p>Artist: Maurizio Carlini; License: CC BY-SA 4.0; Credit Own work</p><p>See explanation at <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bruco_di_Sfinge_dell%27Euforbia_3.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:Bruco_di_Sfinge_dell%27Euforbia_3.jpg</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wikimedia</span></a></p>
Commons Picture of the Day<p>CPOD from 2025/08/29</p><p>American chocolates from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory</p><p>Artist: Wilfredo Rafael Rodriguez Hernandez; License: CC0; Credit Own work</p><p>See explanation at <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rocky_Mountain_chocolates.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:Rocky_Mountain_chocolates.jpg</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wikimedia</span></a></p>
heise online<p>Wikipedia: Republikaner leiten Untersuchung ein</p><p>Ein Untersuchungsausschuss in den USA verlangt innerhalb von zwei Wochen von der Wikipedia-Stiftung Informationen über mutmaßliche Manipulationen von Inhalten.</p><p><a href="https://www.heise.de/news/Wikipedia-Republikaner-leiten-Untersuchung-ein-10625101.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/news/Wikipedia-Republ</span><span class="invisible">ikaner-leiten-Untersuchung-ein-10625101.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Netzpolitik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Netzpolitik</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Politik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politik</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wikimedia</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Bethan Tovey-Walsh has moved<p>Hearing that Jimmy Wales is trying to push "AI" on <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wikis.world/@wikipedia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wikipedia</span></a></span> is so profoundly disappointing. </p><p>For the moment, it looks like the community has been able to push back successfully, so I'm holding off on cancelling my monthly donation. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wikimedia</span></a></p>
Commons Picture of the Day<p>CPOD from 2025/08/28</p><p>TDK tape head cleaner cassette "HCL-11" made of clear hard plastic. The plastic is birefringent and demonstrates internal stress as coloured patterns (photoelasticity) when photographed using cross-polarisation. Invented by Lou Ottens and his team at the Dutch company Philips, the Compact Cassette was released on this date in August 1963.</p><p>Artist: Colin; License: CC BY-SA 4.0; Credit Own work</p><p>See explanation at <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Photoel" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:Photoel</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wikimedia</span></a></p>
Commons Picture of the Day<p>CPOD from 2025/08/27</p><p>Children play with bicycle tires among large conical piles of rice at a processing mill in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh</p><p>Artist: Original: Azimronnie<br>Derivative work: Radomianin; License: CC BY-SA 4.0; Credit Own work</p><p>See explanation at <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Children_playing_in_the_rice_mill_(edited).jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:Children_playing_in_the_rice_mill_(edited).jpg</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wikimedia</span></a></p>