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   Molly White (molly0xfff@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 05:52:39 JST Molly White

   having succeeded in purchasing positions of influence inside the White House, the billionaires and tech VCs have now set their sights back on Wikipedia

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     Shafik Yaghmour (shafik@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 06:18:47 JST Shafik Yaghmour

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     @molly0xfff not being able to quote toot is so frustrating.

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     Shafik Yaghmour (shafik@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 06:18:58 JST Shafik Yaghmour

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     @molly0xfff folks need to step up and donate more.

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     Molly White (molly0xfff@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 06:21:02 JST Molly White

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     • Richard Matthias

     @rhm both?

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     Richard Matthias (rhm@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 06:21:04 JST Richard Matthias

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     @molly0xfff I can't work out if this is a sinister attempt to rewrite reality in a way that suits them. Or if they are so deluded they actually believe what they're saying.

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     Derek Caelin is writing a book (derek@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 07:38:49 JST Derek Caelin is writing a book

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     @molly0xfff just set up a monthly donation.

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     astroPug (astropug@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 09:12:46 JST astroPug

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     @molly0xfff

     They can cry but we won’t let them take it. Silly billionaires, go fight over who gets to carve up TikTok.

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     Hugo Labrande (hlabrande@digipres.club)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 12:17:10 JST Hugo Labrande

     • Infoseepage

     @Infoseepage @molly0xfff there is https://dumps.wikimedia.org/ but it's not really legible by kiwix directly as I understand it

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     Helga Secures All the Things (bluetea@ioc.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 16:50:32 JST Helga Secures All the Things

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     @molly0xfff I assume Wiki has backups of its database ... we really need a locked copy of the whole thing stored in another country.

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     schrotthaufen (schrotthaufen@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 16:50:35 JST schrotthaufen

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     • CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:

     @molly0xfff @catsalad Thankfully, the wikimedia foundation is funded for years to come. The edit wars I just saw flashing before my eyes are a whole other beast, though.

     Coincidentally, I was just listening to a report about a sock puppet zoo revising history on German Wikipedia. Chilling stuff, but also a boost to respect towards serious Wikipedia editors. https://www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/sockenpuppenzoo-angriff-auf-wikipedia/prolog-ep-00/swr-kultur/14060171/ (in German)

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     Kavus (kavus@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 17:50:54 JST Kavus

     • Infoseepage

     @Infoseepage
     It's available here, for use with Aard 2: https://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/aarddict/
     @molly0xfff

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     Kavus (kavus@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 18:06:04 JST Kavus

     @Infoseepage
     I've never heard of Taxi, sounds interesting. Yeah not having the images sucks, although I imagine the space the archive would take up if it had them would be enormous.
     @molly0xfff

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 18:26:45 JST Rich Felker

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     • Kobold

     @kobold @molly0xfff Wikipedia has plenty funds to last indefinitely, and it's not for sale. They don't need money but action against attackers.

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     Kobold (kobold@social.troll.academy)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 18:26:48 JST Kobold

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     @molly0xfff Time to donate to #wikipedia

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 18:30:52 JST Rich Felker

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     • Kobold

     @kobold @molly0xfff So far the attacks seem to be intimidation/dox threats against contributors. Any kind of legal attack should quickly fail without major expenses. But they have money to cover that too.

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     Kobold (kobold@social.troll.academy)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 18:30:54 JST Kobold

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     • Rich Felker

     @dalias @molly0xfff to the point they need to pay their lawyers....