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A comment on $500M for Virtual Biology Initiative, Funded by Zuckerbergs. Parent comment

Re:$500M for Virtual Biology Initiative, Funded by Zuckerbergs by Onavo on Thursday April 30, 2026 @09:23PM (#47970338)
They will probably do a rugpull like what they with their children school funding.
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Re:$500M for Virtual Biology Initiative, Funded by Zuckerbergs by OutOfHere on Thursday April 30, 2026 @10:03PM (#47970593)
It's also what they did with meta.org (a trademark grab followed by a rugpull): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_(academic_company)
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Re:$500M for Virtual Biology Initiative, Funded by Zuckerbergs by apparent on Friday May 01, 2026 @01:10AM (#47971497)
Alternate theory: part of the reason they stopped funding the school is to allocate their philanthropy to projects like this one.
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