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Other platforms will soon follow, a senior administration official told POLITICO on Tuesday. “We got Lake America changed on Google Maps, and many other maps are changing in a couple days. And Wikipedia is going to change as well,” said the official, who was granted anonymity to speak frankly.

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A Wikipedia editor put it well: "You almost want to pat them on the head and say 'Yes, of course it will' in the same way you'd tell a small child that Santa Claus will be delivering their presents."

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Huge congratulations to the US-based Wikimedia Foundation employees who voted with 92% support in favor of unionizing, and shoutout to the tireless work of the organizers.

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A bit rich for Senator Bernie Moreno — by far the #1 beneficiary of crypto super PAC spending in 2024, now a champion of the industry's legislation — to accuse anyone of caping for special interest super PACs

Tech Influence Watch 2024 screenshot: Table titled "Top races influenced by crypto industry money". At the top is Bernie Moreno (R) Ohio Senate, who received $40,134,927 in support. The next closest is Elissa Slotkin (D) Michigan Senate, who received just over $10M.
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crypto billionaire Justin Sun has posted an extremely long, extremely weird Twitter post detailing a previous relationship with Chinese actress Jing Tian, suggesting she reneged on a $50 million agreement to use her eggs to have a child with a surrogate (screenshots machine translated)

although at the very end he included a line claiming the "article is entirely fictional", there were rumors earlier this year involving massive amounts of money and an egg retrieval agreement that fell apart between Jing Tian and an unnamed wealthy boyfriend

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