Thanks. I can’t help but conclude that the public outcry is exaggerated – the books being bought are evidently selected at random. The chances of the companies buying some particularly rare (and more expensive) book this way seem slim, since they probably don’t want to waste too much money.

Perhaps.

What I actually want to know is the rarity of the books in question.

So, what is the book that they tracked? What other books were in the order alongside it?

Why do you doubt his admission?

Yeah, the prices are mind-boggling (but worth it in the end). Hope it will work out for you.

That sounds about reasonable. But how many people upvoting the meme have such a modest result in mind?

Every single time this meme is posted, it is pointed out that the number in the above part is delusionally low. And yet the meme is reposted again and again both on reddit and on Lemmy and god knows where else.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Guy_Macon/Wikipedia_has_Cancer

This essay is effectively a classic.

Even if it’s not necessarily a bad thing for Wikimedia Foundation to have so much income, just a few days ago it’s been revealed they have made a contract with a union busting legal agency, since their workers are forming one. In other words, money that people donate for Wikipedia is spent on internal bullshit conflicts by the increasingly insular leadership.

the employees are few

WMF has 650 employees.

What they’re going to demand is preventing arbitrary layoffs, less bullying in the workspace, etc. Supposedly the Foundation is very toxic workplace. It’s not (just) about the money.

Don’t abandon Wikipedia over this, if it’s useful it’s useful (though it shouldn’t be overrated). Do reconsider donating to Wikimedia Foundation, since the money apparently can be spent even on union-busting.

Relevant to mention: I’ve just posted a thread about users reporting that apparently WMF has hired a union-busting firm.

https://lemmy.world/post/50205578

It is publicly confirmed that WMF contracted the notorious union-busting law firm Littler Mendelson to fight Wiki Workers United.

(I also posted it to this community but it got deleted by the autobot.)

Edit: I just realised the OP link/article talks about this as well, ah 🤦‍♂️

Also may be worth mentioning the later part of the article, talking about Abstract Wikipedia, a beta project regarding whose future a request for comments has been called. Many editors believe it is unviable and a waste of money and time: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/The_future_of_Abstract_Wikipedia

“We have heard a range of views from staff, including concerns from those who have felt pressured to support union efforts and those who are confused by the unionization process,” the foundation added in a frequently asked questions section. “We have also seen a misunderstanding around what the union can do for global staff and Wikimedia movement communities.”

LMAO, fuck off with this bullshit. I noticed WMF spokepersons love this vocabulary, everyone except for them is “confused”, if you disagree with WMF’s actions it’s just a “misunderstanding”.

People claim it was blown out of proportion (with inflated numbers) or that it was presented selectively (without mentioning Bosniak and Croatian atrocities). This is a relatively frequent idea among American leftists, at least the more radical circles which are common on Lemmy.

Similar to Ukraine, tbh. Basically, nothing has to be “clear and obvious” if you don’t want it to be.

Keep in mind you’re on a site where a solid number of users might downplay or relativise Srebrenica.

You ok there fella?

The three countries’ leaders are “appalled by the indiscriminate and disproportionate missile attacks launched by Iran against countries in the region, including those who were not involved in initial US and Israeli military operations”, said the joint statement

Lmao, go fuck yourselves, the US has I suppose discriminately murdered 150 children who were totally involved in Iranian military operations. After all Trump has done trying to destabilise EU this spineless scum is still holding his back geopolitically.

See the article I linked: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/wikipedia-bans-archive-today-after-site-executed-ddos-and-altered-web-captures/

.ph is just a mirror of the same service, it probably still DDOS’es…

Yes, the visible part of the article talks about the disease. Later on also:

He harbored deep resentment toward his parents, who knew there was a high risk their children would inherit osteogenesis imperfecta, which his mother also had. In 2014, he published an op-ed on the Daily Stormer, the main English-language neo-Nazi website, where he expressed support for eugenics and voluntary sterilization of people with disabilities.

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Kind of yes.