Arthur Besse

cultural reviewer and dabbler in stylistic premonitions

Last Notes

2026-03-05 14:48:34 UTC

see also https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/SUVS7G-lets_end_open_source_together_with_this_one_simple_trick/

2025-11-03 13:31:09 UTC

For those unfamiliar with wikipedia processes, tldr *talk pages* are where discussion about articles happens. See [Help:Talk pages](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Talk_pages) for details.
Link goes to the talk page as of the currently-latest edit by Jimbo; [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AGaza_genocide&diff=cur&oldid=1320161879) is the diff showing other edits to it since then.
see also:
* the current latest version of the article itself, as of today (last edit was four days ago): https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gaza_genocide&oldid=1319572343
* all edits by Jimbo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Jimbo_Wales

2025-01-13 20:20:12 UTC

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/24748390
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