Is it Orientalist to ask why the Muslim world fell behind? My article is now Open Access: compactmag.com/article/why-... It examines Muslim societies' early golden age and current underdevelopment—and how Edward Said's important book is now used to dismiss critical analysis.

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How did R, the free statistical open-source software ecosystem, become the world's leading tool for statistical data analysis and visualization? Discuss this with the recipients of the #RousseeuwPrize for Statistics: https://wu.at/matters-111126-bs-en #WUvienna #WUmatters #Rstats #Statistics

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Lots of focus on Google/search being broken and killing the reach of websites, but there's also been a noticeable recent choking of reach on LinkedIn. Despite a follower base of 8576, this post I made earlier today has had 15 impressions in 2 hours. What's the point?

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Explanation of the change in screen name. Featuring a sex change, a weird excursion into the tiresome history of Australian racism, and a girl strapped to an A-frame when the cops arrive at the sex party. notes.djnavarro.net/posts/2026-1...

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I am learning today how many other young people were affected by Stewart as Picard in exactly the same way I was. His memory is already a blessing.

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