When Dilip Mahalanabis died on October 16, few people noticed. I've found no obituaries in any UK or US newspaper (except the FT).
Yet he was the leading figure in the popularisation of a medical treatment that saved FIFTY MILLION LIVES.

Our indifference to humble inventions is astonishing. Silicon chips, electricity and the steam engine certainly changed the world - but we need to find space for the brick, the cellucotton menstrual pad - and oral rehydration therapy.

https://www.ft.com/content/3b38f61f-f924-4527-bec4-898a54ce98b2

I’m beginning to see quite a few “this is a positive space, there is no place for negativity here” style posts (especially by newer folks) so I want to hopefully clear something up:

This is also a space to be protected. From fascists, bigots, etc., and also from corporate capture (unless you want to watch it turn into what the greater web turned into. Some of us lived through that once. Would be nice not to again.) Opposing such things—and vocally if need be—is not a negative; it is a positive.

For anyone who wants to help lighten the load on a Mastodon instance you're using (and perhaps make things snappier for yourself), consider enabling "slow mode" in your appearance settings.

It should seriously cut back on the number of requests the instance is having to fulfill for your browser.

One thing that's getting a little lost in this mix, is that some of the people desperately holding on at Twitter are because they are trapped by either healthcare or visas.

That there are systemic traps that trap workers in America so they feel unable to move freely to new employers who want them and would have better pay or conditions is *nuts* and deserves a lot more attention than it gets.