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Ben Werdmuller Supports Webmention
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One Practical Thing: Protect Information

[Heather Bryant]

Some good advice from Heather:

"One practical thing you can do in as much depth as you like, identify a particular area of information that you care about or feel is important and protect it. Whether it's critical public data, old abandoned websites, or niche community content that you think is worth preserving, the information is worth saving."

There is lots of practical advice in her piece: contributing to ArchiveTeam and to the End of Term Web Archive, downloading a copy of Wikipedia, and simply keeping a copy of useful information. I agree - particularly in a world where we're all so dependent on storing things in the cloud. The longevity of all of that information matters.

#Technology

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Ben Werdmuller Supports Webmention
• Ben Werdmuller

Building the news

A question many of us are asking: how can we be as effective as possible over the next four years?A few years ago, I made the decision to move out of tech into non-profit news, and I'm glad I'm here. It's a different environment and the learning curve has sometimes been stee...

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notiz.pulli

@simon hat mir einen Pullover mit dem notiz.blog Logo gestrickt besticken lassen und jetzt werde ich wohl nie wieder etwas anderes anziehen! ❤️

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The Shadow DOM discussion is happening outside #FFconf.

The Shadow DOM discussion is happening outside #FFconf.

The Shadow DOM discussion is happening outside #FFconf.

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All the talks at #FFconf have been top-notch so far, but Pixel is a real highlight!

All the talks at #FFconf have been top-notch so far, but Pixel is a real highlight!

All the talks at #FFconf have been top-notch so far, but Pixel is a real highlight!

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Democratic mistakes

I've actually written a lot, but haven't wanted to publish most of it. So many reasons why the Dems lost. Maybe I should just list them. Biden shouldn't have run again. There would have been a primary. Given the result of the election this week, we should have found out wha...

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Still reflecting and listening to how different folks are reacting after the US #election results. A few immediate thoughts:* take care of yourselves, physically, emotionally, etc.* lean into mutual care, check on those close to you* (re)connect with community and especially those that reach out to you* (re)consider privacy implications of your actions, IRL & online, spending habits Here in #SanFrancisco and #California we are seeing mostly positive local results¹ including a new mayor (who I happened to rank first for many reasons).Lots to think about and do in the next couple of months.¹ https://sfstandard.com/2024/11/05/san-francisco-election-results-november-2024/

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Not much time to write today and tomorrow.

Manton Reece Supports Webmention Valid

Noodling with something. I’m still waffling on what form it will take if it ships. Just a static, no-text placeholder website for now: micro.one

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Thursday session

Thursday session

Thursday session

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At the 38th 1/2 Street crossing. 🚂

Ben Werdmuller Supports Webmention
• Ben Werdmuller

Why Democrats won't build their own Joe Rogan

[Taylor Lorenz at User Mag] Gen Z men have lurched to the right, which was one factor behind this month's election result. This is, in part, because they've been inundated with media that speaks to a right-leaning point of view - and there's almost no counte...

Ben Werdmuller Supports Webmention
• Ben Werdmuller

Social media is a symptom, not a cause

[Mathew Ingram at The Torment Nexus]

Mathew Ingram on blaming social media for the stratification of society:

"In the end, that is too simple an explanation, just as blaming the New York Times' coverage of the race is too simple, or accusing more than half of the American electorate of being too stupid to see Trump for what he really is. They saw it, and they voted for him anyway. That's the reality."

This piece does a good job of debunking the lingering idea that "fake news" swings elections, or that social media bubbles are responsible for multiple realities and "alternative facts". In fact, this is a process that has been ongoing since the 1990s, and social media is a mirror of it rather than the cause.

If you're looking for answers, you need to look elsewhere.

#Media

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Manton Reece Supports Webmention Valid

My short-form podcast is back again! Timetable, episode 133, recorded today. It’s the best snapshot of how I’m feeling and what I want to do about it. Only 7 minutes long.

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Information literacy and chatbots as search • Buttondown

buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/information-literacy-and-chatbots-as-search/

If someone uses an LLM as a replacement for search, and the output they get is correct, this is just by chance. Furthermore, a system that is right 95% of the time is arguably more dangerous tthan one that is right 50% of the time. People will be more likely to trust the output, and likely less able to fact check the 5%.

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Ben Werdmuller Supports Webmention
• Ben Werdmuller

Non-profit newsrooms that speak truth to power

If you’re looking for signal, here are some non-profit newsrooms that speak truth to power on a national scale. You can follow all of them for free; all of them could also use your support. ProPublica ProPublica investigates abuses of power and betrayals of the public trust...

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Daring Fireball: Kottke on the Art and Power of Hypertextual Writing

daringfireball.net/2024/11/kottke_on_the_art_and_power_of_hypertextual_writing

Hypertext links are an information-density multiplier.

The way I’ve long thought about it is that traditional writing — like for print — feels two-dimensional. Writing for the web adds a third dimension. It’s not an equal dimension, though. It doesn’t turn writing from a flat plane into a full three-dimensional cube. It’s still primarily about the same two dimensions as old-fashioned writing. What hypertext links provide is an extra layer of depth. Just the fact that the links are there — even if you, the reader, don’t follow them — makes a sentence read slightly differently. It adds meaning in a way that is unique to the web as a medium for prose.

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When a country shows you who they are, believe them.

When a country shows you who they are, believe them.

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When you don’t know what to do, create.

Ben Werdmuller Supports Webmention
• Ben Werdmuller

A hypothesis about the Democrats

I’d like to share a hypothesis about the Democrats. It’s about money. It might not be true — it truly is a hypothesis — but I’d like to air it out and see what you think. We have a lot of people in America who are suffering greatly. Dick Tofel put it like this: “For more tha...