As I wrote last week: "As other information sources fall, Wikipedia’s stubborn independence becomes more vital than ever. The attacks from [the right] aren't just about an online encyclopedia — they're part of a broader assault on any information source that refuses to be controlled."
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Arno Rosenfeld
Scoop: I obtained a confidential presentation outlining how a major conservative think tanks plans to go after volunteer editors on Wikipedia who it says are "abusing their position" and promoting antisemitism
forward.com/news/686797/...
forward.com/news/686797/...
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https://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/wikipedia-entries-show-anti-israel-bias-says-wjc
Open-source software is mutual aid.
making all human knowledge available to anyone who needs it, with the ability to quickly learn about subjects and link to sources for a more granular understanding.
if we are to be free, wikipedia must remain free.
Truth isn't antisemitism
https://donate.wikimedia.org/
Y’all can/should wear/display your beliefs every single day. A pin. A hat. T-shirts. A mug. Pens. Sneak all kinda reason into your surroundings.
The incoming administration is at war on science.
I learned quite a bit from that as a free, easily accessible resource to advance my own knowledge.
Anyone rational should support it.
But MAGA aren’t rational, and therefore, not worth anyone’s TIME.
None of this is about them trying to find objective truth. It’s just about enforcing narrative.
But they want to control information, not encourage “free speech.”
And they’re certainly not interested in vetted & verified facts.
https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/futureofmedia/index-us-mainstream-media-ownership