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Manton Reece Supports Webmention Valid

My cookies and sessions are all out of whack now serving both micro.one and micro.blog from essentially the same web application. Separate load balancers, but I think I need to split things out even further to fix a couple issues.

Scripting News Valid

I've changed my Bluesky avatar to MLK's image to celebrate his birthday on Monday, January 20. I dream of everyone wearing this button proudly on Monday in support of American democracy and progress. We are a proud country, beneath all the weirdness.

Ben Werdmuller Supports Webmention
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We Don't Need More Cynics. We Need More Builders.

[Joan Westenberg] An absolutely spot-on call to action: "Cynicism is the cheap seats. It’s the fast food of intellectual positions. Anyone can point at something and say it’s broken, corrupt, or destined to fail. The real challenge? Building something bette...

Manton Reece Supports Webmention Valid

I’ve been ignoring most podcasts over the last month. This morning, listened to the latest Dithering on my walk. It’s got everything you need to know about the TikTok ban and new interest in Xiaohongshu (RedNote).

Ben Werdmuller Supports Webmention
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Peter Thiel Dreams of Empire

[Dave Karpf at Tech Policy Press] Peter Thiel and other tech oligarchs are seeking to weaponize US foreign policy as a way to enforce their corporate agendas: "Thiel is developing a blueprint for putting Big Tech’s policy agenda at the center of US foreign ...

Manuel Moreale — Everything Feed Valid
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P&B: Annie Mueller

This is the 73rd edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Annie Mueller and her blog, anniemueller.com. To follow this series subscribe to the newsletter. A new interview will land in your ...

Adactio Supports Webmention Valid

Changing

It always annoys me when a politician is accused of “flip-flopping” when they change their mind on something. Instead of admiring someone for being willing to re-examine previously-held beliefs, we lambast them. We admire conviction, even though that’s a trait that has been ...

Manton Reece Supports Webmention Valid

I haven’t installed the latest iOS 18.3 beta yet, but just from screenshots I like this italicized change for notification summaries.

Scripting News Valid

Before declaring democracy over, as our major news orgs and tech companies seem to have, remember there are still 50 states, most of whom still seem to accept that votes must be counted, and the winner is who gets the most, not the one who sends in a mob to trash the state Capitol.

Scripting News Valid

Now that I have a search engine for my blog, I can reliably look for all instances of Wordle Kitty which was a character I was playing around with last year with ChatGPT. It even comes out in reverse chronologic order, and it's better than Google which ignores a lot of my blog these days. My own search engine doesn't do that of course.

Manton Reece Supports Webmention Valid

Very small example of a Siri paper cut and why I avoid using it. This morning I got a text while driving asking “what time” something was. I responded with “ten thirty”, and Siri sent “1030” instead of “10:30”. Not a big deal, but there are countless scenarios like this.