Bookmarked Wikipedia admin jailed for 32 years after alleged Saudi spy infiltration by Ashley BelangerAshley Belanger (Ars Technica)
Whistleblowers allege the Saudi Arabian government infiltrated Wikipedia to control information about the country; activists call for the release of jailed Wikipedia volunteers

Wikipedia’s NPOV is a lie. Every fact implies a value and the decision on what facts to include or omit is a value judgment.

And if anyone thinks this is me saying objectivity is impossible… you don’t know me (or objectivity) very well.

Favorited GitHub - Perl/perl5 by Perl authors (GitHub)
The Perl programming language

Perl has been my programming weapon of choice since 1994 and a consistent paycheck since 2007. I started [blogging about it][tag/perl] in earnest on New Year’s Day 2021.

This post also serves to test Bridgys new ability to support favorites as well as likes. Because I like many computer languages, but Perl is my favorite. ❤️

[tag/​perl]: https://phoenixtrap.com/tag/perl/ “#perl” rel=tag

Liked snarfed/bridgy (GitHub)
Connects your web site to social media. Likes, retweets, mentions, cross-posting, and more... - GitHub - snarfed/bridgy: 📣 Connects your web site to social media. Likes, retweets, mentions, cross...

Been wiring up this blog for IndieWeb and Bridgy is the special sauce that connects it to more siloed social networks

Bookmarked Wikipedia: AppleScript update by Mark GardnerMark Gardner (Wikipedia)
Update infobox: remove unused & invalid values, update current AppleScript version & official website after updating Wikidata; still need to verify earliest macOS release that included this version & update Script Editor page as well

Made my first Wikipedia edit in five years, this time to update some basic info on AppleScript. In the process I learned how to update the AppleScript entry on Wikidata, Wikimedia’s database for populating such things.