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thedroptimes.bsky.social
Editor’s Pick, The Drop Times’ weekly newsletter, asks a harder question about open knowledge: if access should be broad, who pays for the infrastructure, stewardship and long-term maintenance that keep it available?

www.thedroptimes.com/newsletter/i...

#OpenSource #KnowledgeCommons #EditorsPick
Newsletter promotional graphic featuring a glass globe on stacked books and the headline “The Real Cost Goes Beyond the Paywall”, with Editor’s Pick Volume 4, Issue 44 details.
October 28, 2026 at 4:54 AM
aldebaran14.bsky.social
Yours truly speaking online on October 22 at 4:30 pm IST (UTC +5.5) on AI and the digital commons.

Registration link: foc.oki-india.org

#AI #DigitalCommons #KnowledgeCommons #OpenKnowledge #LLM
Poster for the Future of the Commons collective’s talk, “Free as in Extraction: AI and the Digital Commons,” featuring an illustrated portrait of Rohini Lakshané, interdisciplinary researcher and technologist. Thursday, 22 October 2026, 4:30–6:00 p.m. IST, online via Jitsi. A QR code enables registration and joining. Logos represent the Centre for Internet & Society, Open Knowledge Initiatives at IIIT Hyderabad, and IIIT Hyderabad.
October 13, 2026 at 4:02 PM
rohini.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Yours truly speaking online on October 22 at 4:30 pm IST (UTC +5.5) on AI and the digital commons.

Registration link: https://foc.oki-india.org/

#ai #digitalcommons #knowledgecommons #openknowledge #llm
Poster for the Future of the Commons collective’s talk, “Free as in Extraction: AI and the Digital Commons,” featuring an illustrated portrait of Rohini Lakshané, interdisciplinary researcher and technologist. Thursday, 22 October 2026, 4:30–6:00 p.m. IST, online via Jitsi. A QR code enables registration and joining. Logos represent the Centre for Internet & Society, Open Knowledge Initiatives at IIIT Hyderabad, and IIIT Hyderabad.
October 13, 2026 at 3:57 PM
lingulist.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy
New preprint with #knowledgecommons

"Computer-Assisted Comparison of South-East Asian Languages"

https://doi.org/10.17613/nsd7v-4qg23
October 9, 2026 at 1:04 PM
lingulist.de
New preprint with #KnowledgeCommons.

"Computer-Assisted Comparison of South-East Asian Languages"

doi.org/10.17613/nsd...
doi.org
October 9, 2026 at 1:03 PM
peterwinicktll.bsky.social
What is thought leadership? How does it work? And why does it matter? 🤔

Thank you, Charlene, for such a generous and thoughtful conversation. 🙏

thoughtleadershipleverage.com/from-in-hous...

#LeveragingThoughtLeadership #ThoughtLeadership #AIStrategy #KnowledgeCommons #Frameworks
From In-House Analyst to Independent Thought Leader | Charlene Li | 723
A candid conversation with NYT bestselling author Charlene Li on transforming AI disruption into actionable strategy, co-authoring across decades, and building durable frameworks that outlast…
thoughtleadershipleverage.com
October 7, 2026 at 4:17 PM
aldebaran14.bsky.social
These 18 years don't include roughly 1.5 years spent as a Wiki vandal.

#OpenKnowledge #Wikiversary #KnowledgeCommons #Wikipedia #Openness #Wikibirthday #PolyglotDiaries
July 27, 2026 at 9:59 AM
aldebaran14.bsky.social
18 years. Proud Wikimedian. Sharing a snapshot of my on-wiki and off-wiki contributions to the #KnowledgeCommons: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ro...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ro...

Some of you've figured I haven't attended events in the past few years. Requesting kindred spirits to keep in touch.
Screenshot form Wikipedia showing Rohini registered her Wikipedia account 18 years ago.
July 27, 2026 at 9:34 AM
aldebaran14.bsky.social
The modern web is inherently ephemeral; institutions such as @archive.org help ensure that the digital era leaves a historical record comparable to what libraries and archives preserved earlier.
#A2K #Knowledge #KnowledgeCommons #Commons #internetcommons
June 27, 2026 at 9:41 AM
aldebaran14.bsky.social
I just made a donation to the Internet Archive. archive.org

It is invaluable for access to knowledge, digital and cultural preservation, research, accountability, integrity of published information, and redundancy against loss. I have uploaded some of my own works there.
#A2K #knowledgecommons
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
archive.org
June 27, 2026 at 9:41 AM
aldebaran14.bsky.social
Publicly funded datasets, multilingual corpora, and open models can counterbalance proprietary AI. The core question: who governs the infrastructure through which culture becomes machine-readable, monetized, and preserved? (n/n) #AI #LLM #KnowledgeCommons #AI
June 11, 2026 at 2:46 AM
aldebaran14.bsky.social
Public knowledge repositories such as #Wikipedia are commons built by volunteer labor, donations, and public-interest governance. LLMs extract value from them, but that value rarely flows back to sustain the commons. (7/n)
#KnowledgeCommons
June 11, 2026 at 2:32 AM
aldebaran14.bsky.social
I was glad to see my work & statement in a side-event of the AI Impact Summit 2026 cited in this policy brief; some of the broader conceptual framing is closely aligned with my forthcoming piece.

#AI #KnowledgeCommons #AIGovernance #AIEthics #TechPolicy #Copyright

itforchange.net/governing-ai...
Governing AI for the Cultural Commons: Beyond Intellectual Property | IT for Change
The current AI innovation paradigm is driven by large-scale extraction and (mis)appropriation of creative and cultural resources into proprietary AI systems. As AI systems increasingly mediate cultura...
itforchange.net
June 3, 2026 at 8:48 PM
openaire.bsky.social
Starting in just a few minutes...don’t miss out!

Today, Monday 20 October | 14:00–16:00 CEST

Knowledge Commons Café Part 1
“Who Owns Our Knowledge in the Age of #AI and Federated Science”

#KnowledgeCommons #OAW2025 #OpenAccess #FederatedScience
October 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
openaire.bsky.social
Part 2 | From Open Access to Open Agency

23 Oct | 16:00–17:00 CEST 👉 www.openaire.eu/eventdetail/...

Let’s rethink trust, ownership & openness together.

#OpenScience #AI #KnowledgeCommons
October 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
petersuber.bsky.social
Watching with interest. US-based #KnowledgeCommons plans to co-locate in Europe and South Africa in order to preserve academic research beyond the control of the US govt. Good luck, @kfitz.info.
about.hcommons.org/2025/03/19/d...

#Preservation
Digital Preservation in a Time of Disorder – Knowledge Commons
about.hcommons.org
March 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
openfuture.bsky.social
Common(s) Cause is an effort by @creativecommons.bsky.social @openfuture.bsky.social @okfn.bsky.social and #WikimediaEurope to create a shared advocacy agenda for the #KnowledgeCommons.

📝 Our new report outlines the opportunities and threats: openfuture.eu/publication/...
Open movement’s common(s) causes - Report from a Wikimania 2024 side event
November 20, 2024 at 10:45 AM
rmocarski.bsky.social
Kornprobst, M., & Senn, M. (2016). A rhetorical field theory: Background, communication, and change. The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 18(2), 300-317. #academicsky, #highered, #knowledgecommons (4/4)
November 21, 2024 at 2:06 AM
rmocarski.bsky.social
Can we look at this theory to begin work on a revolutionary change back to a world where the impact of higher ed is no longer reduced to a flimsy argument over ROI? #academicsky, #highered, #knowledgecommons (3/4)
November 21, 2024 at 2:06 AM
rmocarski.bsky.social
This theory can demonstrate how the background of the debate on the value of #highered has produced an evolutionary change, where those who care about higher ed failed to notice the agreed to reality was changed by those who wish to abolish higher ed writ large. #academicsky, #knowledgecommons (2/4)
November 21, 2024 at 2:05 AM
rmocarski.bsky.social
Markus Kornprobst & @msenn.bsky.social rhetorical field theory paper from 2016 proposes evolutionary and revolutionary ways to change the meaning of a particular area of debate. #academicsky, #highered, #knowledgecommons (1/4)
November 21, 2024 at 2:02 AM
rmocarski.bsky.social
Are degrees only worth pursuing if there is a clear job waiting on the other end? Is #highered no longer a #KnowledgeCommons? The #academy is the only discovery engine with no profit motive. Students gain & share valuable knowledge and insights in the process and contribute to society. #AcademicSky
November 19, 2024 at 2:43 PM
eriknordman.bsky.social
"The spirit brand has created a whisky bottle 80 percent lighter than a conventional one. Now it's sharing the knowledge for free so that others might follow."
#KnowledgeCommons
#PurePublicGoods
September 13, 2024 at 3:46 PM
inquiline.myatproto.social
i am so glad i deleted many years ago and moved to knowledgecommons! hcommons.org
February 23, 2026 at 7:47 AM
aslitelli.bsky.social
A humble attempt at a new #design perspective for #open #knowledgecommons and their repertoires of action for nurturing decolonized futures: www.intechopen.com/online-first... 📣📚 Let me know your thoughts🙌🏽
Perspective Chapter: Collaborative Design for Phygital Knowledge Commons and Decolonial Futures
<p>Since we have long entered the era of knowledge commons, it is high time for higher education institutions to face harsh critique with regard to their primary missions: Production, transfer, and di...
www.intechopen.com
July 12, 2026 at 11:52 PM