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I just got inspired to write some blog posts but I’m discouraged by the long list of previous ideas I haven’t written yet. Plus I usually end up distracted by ideas for improving my site. Anyone have tips on developing a writing habit? I mainly do it because I enjoy the feeling of capturing my thoughts and experiences for myself before they slip my memory. So I don’t need to publish consistently or even have anyone read it. But I think I need a way to whittling away at my ideas. Even ...

Just saw a report that styling isn't working in WordLand in latest versions of Safari. We're using MediumEditor to do the editing. Did a quick query in Claude.ai and there do appear to be some compatibility issues with Safari. A request that people actually report these problems in the repo, via the Support link in the main menu, otherwise it's hit or miss. Thanks.

Two stories that feel loosely connected. First on NPR, highlighting a veteran in Alaska fired from the Small Business Administration. He was planning to finish his career with the government, now he’s losing sleep, worried about supporting his family, saying:

I’ve never felt more betrayed in my entire life.

Then via Political Wire, James Carville has a prediction:

I believe that this administration, in less than 30 days is in the midst of a massive collapse and particularly a collapse in public opinion.

Since Bluesky gave us the ability to limit responses to people I follow, the amount of spam/abuse has been reduced to a trickle. People can still comment, by quoting my post. But they want to troll, to gain exposure to my followers. Helping promote my ideas is not their idea of fun.

Would have preferred if, when replacing Joy Reid, MSNBC had hired someone in Detroit or Miami, or St Louis or Dallas. Or a different city each day. Put yourself where the people are. The drumbeat: Enough is enough.

Aziz Poonawalla wrote a review of WordLand. I'd like to respond. First, I'd like to say I put a lot of thought into this product, so it is the way it is for good reason. I'm trying to escape from the limits of twitter-like systems. I want a writing world where we get the fea...

@simon hatte eine Idee: Wir starten Ende Februar eine neue kleine Veranstaltungsreihe: den KrautPress Website Club. Gemeinsam mit Matthias Pfefferle werden wir uns einmal im Monat treffen und ganz im Sinne des WordPress-Mottos „democratize publishing“ zusammen über persönliche Websites sprechen. …und fand die perfekten Worte um mich zu umgarnen 🫶: Matthias ist im deutschsprachigen Raum, […]

I see the personal website as being an antidote to the corporate, centralised web. Yeah, sure, it’s probably hosted on someone else’s computer – but it’s a piece of the web that belongs to you. If your host goes down, you can just move it somewhere else, because it’s just HTML.

Sure, it’s not going to fix democracy, or topple the online pillars of capitalism; but it’s making a political statement nonetheless. It says “I want to carve my own space on the web, away from the corporations”. I think this is a radical act. It was when I originally said this in 2022, and I mean it even more today.

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[Dan Sinker] This story doesn't feel like it's going to end up heartwarming, but bear with it: "George Dale printed their names in his newspaper, part of his unrelenting, unceasing, and unflinching attack on the Muncie Klan. [...] When he wrote an editorial...

[Bert Hubert] A European point of view: "We now have the bizarre situation that anyone with any sense can see that America is no longer a reliable partner, and that the entire US business world bows to Trump’s dictatorial will, but we STILL are doing everyt...

Finished reading: Empire of Exiles by Erin M Evans. This was excellent. Starts like a murder mystery set in a fantasy world, with unique magic. 📚

The new 5G router — which we knew would be a temporary solution until Google Fiber is sorted out — has a habit of going out every afternoon around 2-3pm. Just poof, no wi-fi for a little while, time to take a walk or read a book. Maybe random but it’s feeling like a pattern.

Hint: if a party is heavily supported by people who throw Nazi salutes, it might not be up to much good.   Voters of new right-wing parties are economically worried, but blame their issues on the influx of immigrants rather than the increasing divides between rich and ...

Dave Winer is launching WordLand:

The goal is to bootstrap something new – a social network without all the problems of Twitter et al. Ultimately the limits they impose on writers are unacceptable. I’ve waited for them to fix these problems for 18 years now, and I’ve come to see, amazingly, they don’t see them as problems.

One way to think about WordLand is that it’s a posting front-end to WordPress, with its own RSS feeds outside of WordPress. The feeds have both HTML and Markdown. So you could build platforms (like Micro.blog!) that aggregate user feeds.

This started out as a post on the support group, but it became a post that needed to be on the blog. The groundrules here are -- if you see a problem in the support group and you can help with it, please give it a try and speak up. It's important to develop a community her...

In addition to being a very good Micro.blog client, Micro Social also has pretty much all of the book features from our companion app Epilogue. I recorded a quick video playing around with it.

Git scraping is a clever technique from Simon Willison to track changes to web pages by adding them to a repository. He’s using this to crawl the DOGE site.

Reading Matrix by Lauren Groff.

The Level Up is an indie improv showcase. Join us as we watch amazing New York indie improv talents gain XP on the Magnet stage, unlock new achievements, and reach new milestones. Or do comedy.

Come support Michael as he dons his hosting-duties cap for three exciting indie teams:

• Fleischwunde
• Paul Ton Jon Mon and Son
• Candlelit Hot Dog Dinner For Two

I’ll be playing in with Michael and the rest of the Level Up!

Looking forward to it! And to seeing you there!! (Yes, you. Come on out!!!)

Saturday Feb 22nd, 2025 @ 10:30pm
Magnet Theater
254 West 29th St (btwn 7th and 8th Ave.)
New York City, NY 10001
Tickets $10: https://magnettheater.com/show/59276/

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