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The Kremlin has decided to rewrite "Wikipedia" and create a new version of history, reports The Economist.

Specifically, Moscow aims to achieve this through its own censored version of the RuWiki resource.

"Wikipedia" has faced challenges from the Kremlin before, with russian censors threatening it almost from the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine in 2014. However, the publication noted that it only became clear at the end of 2023 that Moscow was serious about replacing it.

RuWiki, as russian censors call the project, is largely a direct copy of "Wikipedia." However, in the russian version, the most sensitive historical moments are omitted or rewritten. Kremlin ideologues hope that millions of russians will now accept these revised versions as truth.

The RuWiki project could be called Orwellian if the British author were not subject to periodic censorship himself. For example, the article about "1984" lacks the site's usual description of Winston Smith's Ministry of Truth, which "corrects" the historical record.

The atrocities committed by russians in Bucha near Kyiv in 2022 are reinterpreted as a "Ukrainian and Western disinformation campaign." Kherson, destroyed by russian bombs, is mentioned without any reference to the war. The execution of nearly 22,000 Polish officers in Katyn in 1940 has been rewritten to cast doubt on archival documents proving it was carried out by Soviet special services.

There is no mention of "Putin h..ylo!" — a contemptuous catchphrase mocking the russian leader. All references to Alexei Navalny, considered a russian opposition leader, have been changed to describe him merely as a "blogger."

An analysis of the site by the independent russian media organization Mediazona shows that the vast majority of new edits are made during business hours on weekdays. This suggests that the editing is done by teams of paid authors, unlike Wikipedia's volunteer model.

Good tradeoffs. Looking back in 20 years, observers will consider you approach brilliant.

Typical attitude of government and the parasitic political class. The individual prosecutor in this case is a piece of shit.

Good advice. Kindness is beneficial to the giver even when bestowed upon the undeserving.

Do you suppose such a misogynist would think it insulting for someone to observe that he already has a pot belly at thirty-five and is not likely to appear in the daydreams or erotic fantasies of any current or future female observers?

Some have written about the successes of asymmetrical warfare. I think of this as asymmetrical development.

Good trilogy for a t-shirt or coffee mug!

Nothing beats quality on sale!

Yes, thank you for the advice. Doing anything illegal is the last thing I would ever want to accidentally do considering how much I respect the lawmakers and how highly correlated laws always are with morality and wisdom!

Thanks for the reminder!!

Thanks!

Yeah, banks are the first place I’d look for good ideas on engineering resilience to heat!

Are any coins silver?

So I guess more directly to your question, I don’t manage keys on River and don’t “trust” beyond about 0.05 BTC so far, but I do like River so far and pretty much ignore the BTC price day to day.

I let the sats accumulate to at least 0.05 BTC and transfer to a cold wallet for longterm saving. I also keep a couple hundred U.S. dollars worth in a lightening wallet. I’m nowhere near an expert though.

River - Daily, auto-DCA.

That would be great! Thanks

Skillful photography! (and wonderful scenery)

I’ve tried it both ways several times with different images and it works with or without the tires (or other minor components). A also waste time deliberately failing just to fuck with the algorithm.