not sure how everyone else engages with this site, but since i was a kid my brother and i would just have a bunch of tabs opened from various Wikipedia articles that sparked our interest. even today, we sometimes FaceTime and go through lists of [random category] just for the heck of it 😂
Feb 9, 2025
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Really a picture of where my mind is. Last night when I was supposed to be falling asleep I was thinking about a certain HRO post that I could not find and was delusionally hoping it would be mentioned on its Wikipedia page but of course the page is shamefully skeletal.
Thinking about the Food Babe and her consequences because she‘s randomly mentioned on the cover of the 2024 annual print issue of Evie the demented propaganda rag (which we will discuss in the next episode of Gilded)? Just thinking a lot as always but Wikipedia clearly hasn’t factored too heavily into that thinking as of late…
Dec 5, 2024
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the wikipedia app has a home screen where you can see what the top articles are in a given day. unlike “trending” algorithms on social media the wikipedia top articles are just straightforwardly about “how many people are pulling up this article” today.
i love this because actually pulling up a wikipedia article to read something is in many ways more significant than just sending a tweet or watching a video or whatever, and as such stats on what wikipedia articles are trending gives a more authentic view of what “the culture” is actually thinking.
sometimes the top articles are straightforward (today it’s rfk jr and kamala harris etc lol), but sometimes it’s a huge curveball, and piecing together the reasons why articles are trending (and sometimes why trending articles that seem unrelated actually are) is always very fun and a much more stimulating way to engage with information than just a straightforward feed. highly recommend
Aug 25, 2024
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even if it's the most obscure fact that might come in handy??(mostlikelynot) anyway, i like the wikipedia app. You can find endless internet wormhole threads through wiki
depending on where you live, your public library might be able to offer online resources if you're unable to visit in person!
Jun 12, 2024
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idk how i came across this in my daily wikipedia surfs, but something about this painting just amuses me so much.
my first impression was this looks fairly modern in a way, possibly because of the composition and how she made her features so light and bouncy. it oddly made me think of disney when i looked for longer. then i see it was made in 1909 😂
this painting can transcend times and i wouldn’t truly know when it was made unless i looked more closely at the objects around the subject. but even that can be a stretch as vintage items can be popular amongst anyone and they can just have their vanity setup look like this.
i tried looking for photographs of her online but alas nothing came up with certainty.
Apr 27, 2025
i saw something on here a day ago about how fireflies are disappearing and lightly catastrophized the scenario. but then as i regulated myself i looked up an article lightly extinguishing my concerns.
so as i look at the copious little flickers out my window, ill be glad to tell you that while firefly populations are decreasing, some firefly species are adapting to new environments trying to prosper and evolve. big causes for their decline are obvi climate change, urbanization, and light pollution. a simple way for you to not make things bad for the fireflies in your area is to not use pesticides on your lawns if you have them. they spend most of their lives in the ground so it starts at the soil.
additionally, every article i see with the salacious title about “last generation to see fireflies“ seems to be blocking out a lot of things about current firefly populations. most of the fireflies on the IUCN red list they keep mentioning are marked vulnerable or least concern. so there is a possibility a species or more of fireflies may disappear, but all of them i don’t think so.
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Feb 10, 2025