Timo Haanpää
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Timo Haanpää
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I write code during the day
I make music in the evening
I tinker with (mostly old) electronics and play (mostly old) video games at night
Sometimes I sleep
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molly.wiki
any billionaire buying Wikipedia would be a tragedy, "on the good side" or not. we need to stop divvying up all the important institutions along billionaires and then relying on their good graces — look how it's gone so far.
goldenstatecats.bsky.social goldenstatecats.bsky.social @goldenstatecats.bsky.social · Jan 8
Isn’t there a democratic billionaire who can buy Wikipedia and keep it free of Rich White MAGA Separatists??

Please we need a wealthy benefactor who’s on the good side, the sane side, the kind side, the normal American side
molly.wiki Molly White @molly.wiki · Jan 8
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."
January 8, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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molly.wiki
in case you weren't familiar with why elon musk has a longstanding grudge against Wikipedia

he hates what he cannot control

slate.com/technology/2...
But there is in fact someone who cares more about Musk’s Wikipedia page than even his most diehard fanboy—Elon Musk himself. All signs indicate that the world’s richest man is obsessed with how he is described on the free internet encyclopedia. Back in December 2019, Musk tweeted, “Just looked at my wiki for 1st time in years. It’s insane! Btw, can someone please delete ‘investor’. I do basically zero investing.” In a follow-up tweet, Musk suggested that his Wikipedia page should focus on his leadership of Tesla and SpaceX rather than his investing activity. Although it’s notoriously hard to read Musk’s mind, his tweets indicate that he would prefer that Wikipedia name him as a “founder” of Tesla because of his relatively early contributions to the company and popular associations with the EV brand. But notice how, once again, Musk is asking Wikipedia editors to set aside years of third-party reporting that documents how Musk purchased shares to become Tesla’s majority shareholder and was not one of the individuals involved since Tesla’s scrappy beginnings. Thankfully, Musk cannot decree what information about him should appear on Wikipedia, nor can he mandate that Wikipedia use his preferred nomenclature.
December 25, 2024 at 7:21 PM
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mjfree.bsky.social
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget
November 21, 2024 at 12:16 PM