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[–] Diva@lemmy.ml 116 points 2 months ago (2 children)

a new popular front is forming:

[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago

My God, this is amazing.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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[–] YungOnions@sh.itjust.works 107 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago (2 children)

"All my ex's are woke! My child, who hates me, is woke! The IRS is Woke! The advertisers who don't want to give me money are woke! Woo oooohhh ooooh, everything I hate is woke~" 🎶

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 103 points 2 months ago (6 children)

"The Wikimedia Foundation wishes to thank Elon Musk for our sudden large rush of donations..."

[–] Blackout@fedia.io 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I donate each time anyways, will double it this time. May Elon choke on an orange hog this Christmas.

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[–] raoul@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Never donated before today. Thanks elon I guess 👍

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Me neither but just did.

[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

Yeah it's been a while since I last donated and there is some light controversy around how Wikipedia goes about asking for money but I still believe in their mission.

So fuck you Musk, have a twenty Wikipedia.

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[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 55 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’ve never donated to Wikipedia. I have now donated to Wikipedia.

[–] Joeffect@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

This man did more for Wikipedia than those annoying Wikipedia messages could ever do

[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 50 points 2 months ago

Because any information at all is woke.

This is the idiocracy way.

[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I am a monthly donor to Wikipedia, because I think it's an incredibly important resource. Elon Musk can fuck all the way off.

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[–] fraksken@infosec.pub 39 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] arni@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

After reading your coment I've donated 10 euro ; )

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[–] FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

I had been clicking past the donate reminder so far this year. Thanks for the reminder to get it done today before the new year.

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 37 points 2 months ago

Wikipedia is arguably the best website on all of the internet.

Like, if you wanted one website to survive the apocalypse or whatever, it's probably Wikipedia.

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, I wasn't sure about donating this year, this sealed the deal for me. What an asshole.

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[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Runs platform based on lies and hates platform based on truth. Check notes yeah that about sums it up.

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[–] Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Huh. I had never donated to Wikipedia, and here I am...

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[–] wide_eyed_stupid@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

Been a while since I donated. Thanks for the reminder, Elon.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I am beginning to think Satan will turn out less evil than this monster.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 25 points 2 months ago

Oh, great reminder, I didn't donate in a few months, gonna send them a lil Santa coffee gift right now.

[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

He looks like he starts all his announcements with an unironic "fellow humans".

Seriously, is he some kind of meat puppet controlled by incel aliens?

[–] eyjohn@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

For those of you with workplace donation platforms, Wikipedia/wikimedia are usually registered and eligible for company match, so is the web archive.

[–] PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

$10 donation coming in hot!

[–] SirMaple__@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (3 children)
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[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

I usually donate a low amount, but I'm going to drop a $50 this year now. We know this asshat's threats are random, but we can't risk it.

[–] GetOn@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

Thanks for the reminder. Just donated!

[–] uebquauntbez@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 months ago (4 children)

So, how many GB to save a complete copy of Wikipedia?

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago

It’s a 19GB download that expands to 86GB for only the current article versions in English

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download

[–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There's a zim for kiwix(an offline client for wiki sites) that's around 100GB with photos.

Latest is updated to January 2024.

https://download.kiwix.org/zim/wikipedia/wikipedia_en_all_maxi_2024-01.zim

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can always get the book version.

27 pages on Gwen Stefani alone!

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[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Dude has Resting Sauhagin Face.

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[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

I had an uncle who was a rabid Trump supporter. Ultranationalist, White Supremacist and Bible thumper. (its even weirder that my uncle is a Canadian living in the US who refuses to get US citizenship).

he moved to Texas because he wanted to get away from the "morally bankrupt liberals" in California, moved to Texas because Elon went there. I think the only person he loved more than Trump was Elon.

then suddenley, one day he told the family that he wasn't following Elon anymore, and that Elon is evil. I'd really like to hear what he has to say about it. Except there is zero contact because the guy is so deranged he made death threats against my mother. So we're keeping him at length and not giving him any sense of welcome that he can come back into our lives, or worse yet, come visit physically.

still, would be interesting to see into the mind of a lunatic.

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago
[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 months ago

I dunno, doesn't seem like the conservapedia shithole likes elon much either.

https://www.conservapedia.com/Elon_Musk#Controversies

[–] Zier@fedia.io 11 points 2 months ago

Xelon is nothing but a drug addict, and he's fuckin' nutzzz!

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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[–] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

I'm going to donate even harder now

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

God what a fucking moron

[–] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Just donated

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 months ago

You know what? I'm upping my monthly donation.

[–] NewAgeOldPerson@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I told myself during my undergrad that if I ever made enough money, I would support a handful of causes. Wiki is on top of that list. I donate $20 monthly so don't feel bad if you aren't able to yet. It takes a village. One day when I'm on a fixed income, someone else can make that lavish $20/month donation :⁠-⁠)

Honestly thought, I need to reevaluate if I can give more. Thanks for reminding me Apartheid Musk!

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