Category Archives: Analysis
Matt Mullenweg v. WP Engine escalates
Update, September 26, 2024: WordPress.org has banned websites hosted on WP Engine from accessing its resources. As someone put it on X, this is Matt Mullenweg dropping a giant turd into the laps of millions of WordPress users. The Matt … Continue reading
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Tagged Automattic, GPL licence, Matt Mullenweg, trademark law, WordPress VIP, WordPress.com, WordPress.org, WP Engine
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Matt Mullenweg v. WP Engine
Automattic CEO and WordPress co-developer Matt Mullenweg published a post on September 21 calling WP Engine a “cancer to WordPress”. For the uninitiated: WP Engine is an independent company that provides managed hosting for WordPress sites; WordPress.com is owned by … Continue reading
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Tagged Automattic, Kevin Ohashi, MarsEdit, Matt Mullenweg, post revisions, WordPress.com, WordPress.org, WP Engine
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What can science education do, and what can it not?
On September 29, 2021, The Third Eye published an interview with Milind Sohoni, a teacher at the Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas and at IIT Bombay. (Thanks to @labhopping for bringing it into my feed.) I found it … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna University, Big Science, class mobility, India-based Neutrino Observatory, Jacques Ellul, Milind Sohoni, science education, social science, spinoff technologies, The Technological Society, The Third Eye
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Phogat and Khelif, and others
This tweet is spot-on… … and we’re seeing it play out somewhat in the aftermath of Vinesh Phogat being disqualified from the Paris Olympics for not staying within the stipulated weight limit for two straight days. It was a tough … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Carini, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, Hema Malini, Imane Khelif, Kangana Ranaut, Rose Eveleth
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India-based neutrino oblivion
In a conversation with science journalist Nandita Jayaraj, physicist and Nobel laureate Takaaki Kajita touched on the dismal anti-parallels between the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) and the Japanese Kamioka and Super-Kamiokande observatories. The INO’s story should be familiar to readers … Continue reading
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Tagged ASHA workers, Challakere science city, COVID-19 pandemic, Department of Atomic Energy, India-based Neutrino Observatory, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Kamioka, Naba K Mondal, Nandita Jayaraj, Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector, Takaaki Kajita, The Hindu
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The problem with a new, rapid way to recycle textiles
Researchers from the University of Delaware have developed a chemical reaction that can break polyester in clothing down to a simpler compound that can be used to make more clothes. The reaction also spares cotton and nylon, allowing them to … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon capture, climate justice, cotton, microwave-assisted glycolysis, polycotton, polyester, techno-economic assessment, textile recycling, textile waste
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A gentle push over the cliff
From ‘Rotavirus vaccine: tortured data analyses raise false safety alarm’, The Hindu, June 22, 2024: Slamming the recently published paper by Dr. Jacob Puliyel from the International Institute of Health Management Research, New Delhi, on rotavirus vaccine safety, microbiologist Dr. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bharat Biotech, Brian Hooker, Brian Wansink, conspiracy theory, Gagandeep Kang, Jacob Puliyel, Krishna Ella, p-hacking, peer review, rotavirus vaccine, The Hindu
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