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You can find the Wikimedia expenses breakdown from the 2024/2025 Auditors' Report here: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Wiki...

Yes, that is a good example. I used to be cynical about these uses of money until I met a 70-year-old volunteer who regularly attends international cycling championships to take pi…

Well, Wikimedia does have an Endowment, currently valued at $169 million. See Form 990: https://wikimediaendowment.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20... This is in addition to asset…

One good thing is that unlike AI, Wikipedia at least allows you to see how an article grew. Yes, for the most part you only see pseudonyms in the edit history, but they represent i…

Hasidic teaching stories are charming. Here is one: When Rabbi Zusha was on his deathbed, his students found him in great distress. They tried to comfort him by telling him that he…

Absolutely. Same with the favelas – locals are safer than strangers. Incidentally, the UK government website contains specific warnings about using GPS navigation in Brazil: ------…

Mm. Google Maps will sometimes confidently suggest roads which without that recommendation would have seemed quite unsuitable. So people put their instincts aside and think Google …