Jake Orlowitz

@JakeOrlowitz
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Founder of the Wikipedia Library, 1Lib1Ref, and WikiBlueprint. Author of Welcome to the Circle. Advancing open knowledge, well people, and sane societies. Fighting disinformation with style.

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Mehttps://www.jakeorlowitz.com
Workhttps://www.wikiblueprint.com
Bookhttps://www.welcometothecircle.net
Profilehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-orlowitz-58321656/
Can we make Project 2029 a reality? www.Project2029.me
What's at stake in the court case in India against Wikipedia? https://www.thewikipedian.net/p/wmf-bjp-court-order-sell-out-principles #wikipedia
Is the Wikimedia Foundation about to sell out its editors—and its principles?

At a time of rising authoritarianism, the Wikimedia Foundation faces a choice it may celebrate—or regret—forever

The Wikipedian
Wikipedia:2024 open letter to the Wikimedia Foundation - Wikipedia

“I Live in a Blue Bubble… So How Can I Help?” - Jake Orlowitz - Medium

The frustration is real. It’s hard not to feel isolated and helpless, watching so much suffering from within a “blue bubble.” Yet, there’s a way to channel that frustration, a way to make it count…

Medium

On this very terrible day I am taking a moment to remind myself that the enemy has already self-published a schematic diagram of itself that shows how to dismantle it:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/07/14/fracture-lines/#disassembly-manual

@pluralistic

https://tenor.com/view/deathstar-briefing-protontorpedo-chainreaction-gif-7369873

Pluralistic: The true, tactical significance of Project 2025 (14 Jul 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Don’t Despair. This is Who America Has Always Been. Now You See It. Back to Work.

To all of you who woke up today with a pit in your stomach, wondering what went wrong, this is for you. I know that seeing Kamala on the ticket meant something. She was hope. She was change embodied…

Medium

Silicon Valley and the other billionaires got their president.

Now realize that those guys are not, not ever, on your side.

Don’t get fooled again: Beware of election misinformation today and in the coming weeks. Here are some tips on how to tell what’s real. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/protect-yourself-election-misinformation
Protect Yourself from Election Misinformation

Welcome to your U.S. presidential election year, when all kinds of bad actors will flood the internet with election-related disinformation and misinformation aimed at swaying or suppressing your vote in November. So… what’re you going to do about it? As EFF’s Corynne McSherry wrote in 2020, online...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
If you still haven't voted, please take the time to vote. So much is at stake.
How can I vote for Kamala Harris if she supports Israel’s war? Here is my answer

Trump says Netanyahu is doing a good job and Biden is holding him back. Even on this issue, Trump is worse

The Guardian