@gleick I contributed some of my money to Wikipedia this month. I agree with you about its good works.

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Exactly!

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@gleick Download Wiki now before Musk and trump destroy it.

@gleick #ElonIsATwat

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Contributing and sharing...

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🤦‍♂️ ffs
I'm so tired of this asshole.
Key a Tesla as stress relief.

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It's particularly concerning given the part of Project 2025 that takes aims at non-profits and seeks to give the government the authority to take away a non-profit's status due to "supporting terrorism" which is a term with no meaningful definition associated with it.

So if, for example, conservatives label a human rights movement like BLM "terrorist" and wikipedia simply doesn't host right-wing misinformation about the group the GOP could define that as "support for terrorist groups"

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"Wikipedia has long faced accusations of bias from both sides of the political spectrum." Both sides? Actually that means balance -- overall. I just gave them an extra donation for this year, and upped the amount. #wikipedia.

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I didn't donate to The Wikipedia for years. Because I wrote so many articles for them and thought that was an unpleasant experience* in some ways and more than enough free labor for me.

But last year I relented and started a donation and this makes me think it was a good idea after all.

It's decent enough and THAT is becoming rare online.

@gleick If all he's doing is telling his supporters not to contribute to it, that will make no difference at all, they have more than enough funding and don't need MAGA contributors.

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I confess: I've never donated money to @wikipedia before, but I just decided to change that because Mr. Musk told me not to.

@gleick well fuck Elon Musk. I’m donating monthly now. Possibly due to spite or possibly due to solidarity, but I’m not one to analyze my feelings much

@gleick Thanks for the reminder. Donated. With the bonus good feelings from resisting the will of authoritarianism.

@gleick it's just enshittifying slowly tho...

@gleick First time financial supporter. Support free knowledge and fight fascism at the same time. Two causes in one, and it's tax-deductible. 😄

@gleick First they came for the trans people, but I was cis so I didn’t care.
Then they came for children’s books, but it wasn’t my state so I didn’t care.
Then they came for women’s bodily autonomy, but I was male so I didn’t care.
Then they came for social media, but I went to other platforms so I didn’t care.
Then they came for wikipedia…
What are you gonna do?

@gleick This the kind of "Dear John" letter I like to get

(Medien: 1)

@gleick I swear to shit, if these fuck heads try going to war with Wikipedia I'm going to fully lose my mind. DX

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He really should stop taking drugs.
And see a shrink.

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Cheers to #Wikipedia. I sent an extra dab of donation just to spite #PresidentMusk 😝

@gleick if musk says 'don't' then I guess we know what has to happen.
Fuck that fascist and his megalomania.

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Worth defending it…

#wikipedia

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Shitlon Muff is an existential threat to human civilization.

@gleick Swamp creature.

@gleick What an awful human being.

Musk has just made me increase my contribution to Wikipedia. Won't you join me?

@gleick I use it, and support it.
I also highly recommend it. #wikipedia

@gleick I have happily donated to Wikipedia.

@gleick wikipedia is not “antidote to disinformation”
wikipedia is mostly disinformation by it’s nature

You want an example? I once intentionally put a fake on wikipedia. This fake was reprinted by several newspapers, which were “authoritative sources” for wikipedia. All further attempts to roll back the information to the true state were rebuffed by the wikipedia administration

@gleick What if Wikipedia "decentralized"? Use block chain to spread around the web or something like that. It'd be a hell of a lot harder to kill then!

@gleick @ska I’ve never felt more inclined to actually donate to Wikipedia.

@gleick just made a donation. First, because I love Wikipedia and second, because I hate that fucking idiotic morron slime fuck Felon Mush