How Censorship Can Be Particularly Damaging to Open Source Projects

Upon returning from a WordPress Congress last week (namely WordCamp Europe 2025 in Basel, Switzerland), I had some reservations concerning in the WordPress community’s evolving cultural norms. This week, these reservations became even more rampant as I became aware of signs that some of my own views may be being censored. Censorship is always a… Continue reading How Censorship Can Be Particularly Damaging to Open Source Projects

Interesting Things

What interests you? This is a question I have by mulling over (with one of my best friends) during our annual November retreat. And just today, we also introduced the notion of (grammatical) subjects and objects of attention into the mix of ideas. He is fully aware of what has been not only fully but… Continue reading Interesting Things

Dumb Americans

I sometimes have a way of saying things that people find awkward or even inappropriate, and I have a hunch the title I have chosen here is at high risk of becoming one of those situations. There is a lot to unpack here, and I don’t know if I will be able to unpack all… Continue reading Dumb Americans

If Google is the Pope of the Internet, Then Who Are You & I?

I’m sorry that this week’s installment is a little bit later than usual, but I have been experiencing some technical difficulties. As far as I know, these technical difficulties have to do with censorship … insofar as someone or something seems to be trying to censor me. Yet I refuse to relinquish — much like… Continue reading If Google is the Pope of the Internet, Then Who Are You & I?

Mainstreaming vs. Mass Throttling

This week I am very much under the influence of a few podcasts which address (or “report” on) topics I find fascinating, yet which are not directly in the “wheelhouse” of my interests. The topics covered, while somewhat similar, seem rather unconnected (apart from both being related to my own interest in such topics as… Continue reading Mainstreaming vs. Mass Throttling

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