It is not true that he was sentenced to 35 years in prison by US authorities for transferring and sharing scientific articles from JSTOR. It is true that he killed himself.
I am genuinely disappointed that on an ostensibly science-related message board I see comments along the lines “this isn’t actually true, but it kinda-sorta is, therefore, inaccurate claims somehow aren’t misinformation”. If all kinds of counter-factual things were true, then all kinds of things would be true: what is the point of this hand-waving to defend something that is riddled with untruths? Also, with whom did he purportedly share these documents? In 22 words, this person got no fewer than two things wrong and you are carrying water for what reason?
I only know it as “I approve of this”, not “lol, I don’t approve of this, but I say I am to be hilarious”. This is the danger of adopting this Nazi Internetspeak to be funny.
No one said that it is all like that, but enough of /b/ is so gross as to taint the reputation of the entire site. Allowing some of the stuff that is on there is enough guilt by association, even if some of the other boards have better discourse.
Victory Field’s retired groundskeeper makes paintings about the sport he loves: As baseball returns to Indy, artist and longtime Victory Field employee Paul Drew reflects on the magic of baseball.
Irvington graffiti: Who’s the artist spray-painting red and blue faces? (mirrorindy.org)
It's okay, tankies love fascism, so they're not put out by the result (lemmy.world)
Never Forget (mander.xyz)
Remnants of a Legendary Typeface Rescued From the River Thames (news.artnet.com)
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america is so fucking based man...
That mysterious font is Festive, not Stymie (precastreinforced.co.uk)
Baseball in Indianapolis back for 2024 (mirrorindy.org)
Victory Field’s retired groundskeeper makes paintings about the sport he loves: As baseball returns to Indy, artist and longtime Victory Field employee Paul Drew reflects on the magic of baseball.
ICYMI: Aptos replaces Calibri (languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu)
The Surprising Truth About Pixels and Accessibility (www.joshwcomeau.com)
Baseball And The Algorithm (pebblehunting.substack.com)
Oakland Ballers (www.oaklandballers.com)
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GitHub - arcataroger/awesome-engineering-games: A curated list of engineering-related video games rated Very Positive or higher on Steam (github.com)