{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 175: Trevor Parscal","description":"\ud83d\udd51 1 hour 27 minutes Former Wikimedia Foundation developer Trevor Parscal returns to the podcast to talk about the happy (to many) news that Ross Ulbricht, who was serving a double life sentence for having created and run the &quot;dark web&quot; website Silk Road, was just released from prison. We also talk about the state of U.S. politics in general, and what it means for the tech world - and for Wikipedia. Links for some of the topics discussed:  Ross Ulbricht Wikipedia article &quot;More Speech and Fewer Mistakes&quot; (Meta blog post, January 2025) &quot;What is \u2018debanking\u2019 and why are Marc Andreesen and Silicon Valley talking about it?&quot; (Fast Company article, December 2024) &quot;Google stabs Wikipedia in the front&quot; (The Register article, January 2014) &quot;Since legacy media propaganda is considered a \u201cvalid\u201d source by Wikipedia, it naturally simply becomes an extension of legacy media propaganda!&quot; (Elon Musk X post, January 2025) SPINACH Wikidata Agent  ","author_name":"Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/betweenthebrackets.libsyn.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/35056095\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/35056095"}