Most people would agree that something like feeding starving babies is a worthy apolitical cause. But few that are donating to an online encyclopedia foundation would want their money to be redirected to babies. Otherwise they would have given that directly. That's what I see as the core issue here, rather than the minutia of whether some particular charity money went to is an ok cause

The original twitter thread references Wikimedia’s explicit support and advocacy for intersectional ideology. That is far more than “donating to orgs that support diversity in science” in terms of taking sides in the culture war. There is no ability to claim neutrality after taking that position.

> support diversity in science

They donated a quarter mil to an organization whose support for "diversity in science" seemingly involves posting obscure YouTube videos featuring bizarre rants about "hyperspace" and their "intersectional scientific method", whatever that is. Does this stuff help minorities succeed in science? How does this help Wikipedia's mission, exactly? I even tried searching for "intersectional scientific method" on Wiki, hoping to learn some cool science about hyperspace - but I'm not sure that they'd accept that encyclopedia article in the first place.

> support diversity

> I don't know why someone considers that "political,"

I'm guessing you live outside of the US

I live in the US but I'm not buying into the lunacy of the culture wars, just as I don't think climate change is an inherently political issue because one group of people want me to think it is.

How is something like climate change not political? There are few topics more political.

I think there's even just fundamental disagreement on what "neutral" means. I'd like to think that equality and respectfulness are neutral values but we've drawn political lines around basic dignity. I'm sure some of the groups they gave money to didn't yield great results but that doesn't imply any bad intent.

Because they advertise as if you're donating to keep wikipedia alive, not fund a woke charity.