In a world where headlines spread without sources, Wikipedia takes a different approach: radical transparency. Every edit and discussion is visible to everyone, making knowledge creation a collective, accountable process that builds trust 🧵⬇️ (1/4)
@ElanHR
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Wiki enthusiast, space nerd, policy geek, new project starter.
If you're new to Signal, it might feel a little overwhelming to get the hang of, but you can get it set up and working pretty quickly. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
How to: Use Signal
Download location: Google Play Store, Apple App Store System requirements: Android 5 or later, iOS 13 or later Version used in this guide: Android: 7.38.6 iPhone: 7.5.1 License: GPLv3 Level: Beginner Time required: 15-20 minutes Other reading: https://signal.org/ https://support.signal.org/ https://signal.org/blog/ Table of Contents Download and Install Signal Register and Verify...
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Twenty-five years ago, Wikipedia was an unlikely idea: a place where anyone could share free knowledge. Today, it’s one of the most visited sites on Earth, not powered by corporate ads, but by people.
I appreciate @arstechnica.com for being one of the few outlet to correctly not attribute a user-prompted apology to xAI or the Grok model: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
xAI silent after Grok sexualized images of kids; dril mocks Grok’s “apology”
xAI may be liable for Grok generating AI CSAM.
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I don’t think it is progressive to force urban homeowners like me who live in fire-safe areas to pay higher home insurance premiums to subsidize people who choose to live in McMansions in places with very high fire risk.
Urban Land Rent 🇸🇴🚰@urbanlandrent.bsky.social · 8mo agoThis is what passes for progressivism and climate policy in California. Jane Kim’s answer for elevated fire risk and actuarial risk? Put it on the public dime. Urban renters should bail out well to do exurban property owners and landlords in fire zones. FAIR plan is already a ticking time bomb!
Get more Law Library news in our mid-month E-Update, including info on upcoming closures and a new special date for our December Consumer Rights Clinic. SF Law Library - E-Update: hosted-p0.vresp.com/1095305/2596...
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management. remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
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Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger argues The Epoch Times should be treated as reputable. MAGA Congressmen demand info on Wikipedia editors. Musk's Grokipedia cites Stormfront. The war for reality is being fought over "reliable sources" New from me on Substack: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Source Wars and Bespoke Realities
Wikipedia, Grokipedia, and The Battle for Truth
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Building a Drivable, Life-Size 3D-Printed LEGO Technic Buggy
Building a Drivable, Life-Size 3D-Printed LEGO Technic Buggy
Hackaday Article
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"Doom scrolling" heißt auf Deutsch Dummscrollen, and I think that's beautiful. #linguistics #translation #engdeu
October marked the fifth consecutive month with over 1 million total riders! Thank you for riding with us! 💖
When will Caltrans start adding time via transit to their freeway signs? ⏳
BART@bart.gov · 10mo agoTake transit. It’s safer, better for the environment and it will support our ability to fund service and make improvements.
📺 Happy Monday! We have another Cab Cam video for you! You’re watching sped-up footage of the Blue Line from Dublin to Daly City.
This was a fun and interesting read that got to the Hacker News frontpage yesterday. anniemueller.com/posts/how-i-...
How I, a non-developer, read the tutorial you, a developer, wrote for me, a beginner - annie's blog
“Hello! I am a developer. Here is my relevant experience: I code in Hoobijag and sometimes jabbernocks and of course ABCDE++++ (but never ABCDE+/^+ are you kidding? ha!) and I like working with ...
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33 years ago this month, the movie Sneakers hit theaters. 🕵️♂️💻 The studio even shipped a floppy disk press kit that reporters had to "hack" into for bios & production materials. www.mentalfloss.com/article/5029... 💾 Explore this rare relic on the Internet Archive: archive.org/details/Snea...
Play the <em>Sneakers</em> Computer Press Kit from 1992
Reporters had to
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Join the Electronic Frontier Foundation in honoring heroes of digital freedom at the 2025 #EFF Awards! 🎉 Celebrate innovators, activists, & technologists shaping a better future. 📅 Wed, Sept 10 🕕 6:00 PM reception (awards 7:30) 📍 101 Henry Adams St, SF ℹ️ www.eff.org/event/eff-aw...
These two things help save the planet! My bike meets Professor Trashwheel in the Canton neighborhood of Baltimore. Baltimore has four solar powered Trashwheels that help collect and prevent debris from entering the Harbor. Learn more here: www.mrtrashwheel.com/trash-wheel-...
Came for the hacking - stayed for the community. 📺🎶🔥 Come join us for Resident Electronic Music - a recurring electronic music open mic every fourth Thursday of the month. 272 Capp Str 8-10pm. www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Residen...
My wife started DADA QUEST in a “dimly lit room”… 20 minutes later she was a spy on an assassination mission. Or maybe you'd like to explore the secrets of the Crenshaw Library? That’s the promise, chaos, and sometimes surreal whimsy of this retro text adventure with an AI game master. dada.quest
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
The Wikimedia Hackathon 2025 brought 200+ coders, builders, and dreamers from 30+ countries to Istanbul. From tools flagging gendered language to Wikidata-scale projects, 45 showcases proved one thing: when Wikimedia’s tech community meets, innovation sparks. Read more ➡️ w.wiki/EtXA
![Comic. A snake slithers around a hypercube. No two non-consecutive parts of its coils can be on adjacent corners. [Three small 4-dimensional hypercubes showing disallowed options with one large cube with snake wrapped around it. Dimensions = 4. Max Length - 7.] Snake(N) = Longest snake that can fit in an n-dimensional hypercube. Snake(N=1, 2, 3…8) = 1, 2, 4, 7, 13, 26, 50, 98. Snake(N>8) = UNSOLVED. [caption] It turns out every scientific field has a key thought experiment that involves putting a cute animal in a weird box for no reason. So far, quantum mechanics and graph theory have found theirs, but most other fields are still working on it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicjbjwxfe3ef6styvrvsjtt63znh24tfuqxlceewi3b6t7zfu756i)
“I’m not the same person I was as a child,” Navied Mahdavian writes. “But some things remain.” Read his comic on re-learning how to skateboard.
Skateboarding Into Middle Age
As I approach forty, I have fewer and fewer memories of being a child. It is enough that the body remembers.
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