What happened in the Oval Office yesterday was as horror-inspiring as the riot in the Capitol on 1/6/2021.
People and blogs involved with and about the IndieWeb community, the fediverse, and/or the open web in general.
My America is still a democracy and still part of the western world. A pretty great country, far from perfect, but my home. It's rich in all kinds of things, including money. We made a mistake in electing the person we did. Can we admit that and start fixing the mistake now? If not now, when?
GPT-4.5 preview thoughts… and Steve Jobs
OpenAI released GPT-4.5 this week to Pro subscribers and via the API, but it’s not what I was expecting. It is much more expensive, about 15-30 times the cost of GPT-4o. For my simple needs, like figuring out the keywords in a photo or summarizing a web page, older models ar...
Слава Україні!
Слава Україні!
One America Together
AOC asked for ideas of what to do for the SOTU.
I suggested we come up with a new slogan. Like this.
“One America Together”
Make hats, purple — enough for everyone, including the Repubs.
During applause, Dems rise and chant “One America Together.”
What do you think?
Wordle Kitty throwing out the first pitch of the baseball season. Earth is our only home.
The tab key now switches between the main editor and title editor in WordLand. Still a little work to do there.
These days I read Timothy Snyder's essays as soon as they come in.
New month. Last month's source code archived. Onward! 😄
Severance Is the Future Tech Bros Want - Reactor
The tech bros advocating for generative AI to take over art are at the same level of cultural refinement as the characters in Severance. They’re creating apps to summarize books to people, tweeting from accounts with Greek statue profile pictures.
GenAI would automate Lumon’s cultural mission, allowing humans to sever themselves from the production of art and culture.
The future of the internet is likely smaller communities, with a focus on curated experiences | The Verge
theverge.com/press-room/617654/internet-community-future-research
Good news for the fediverse, the indie web, and community sites like The Session:
People are abandoning massive platforms in favor of tight-knit groups where trust and shared values flourish and content is at the core. The future of community building is in going back to the basics.
The Sunshine by the Sea: S20E08 - Harsh Browns
Research by the Sea was one of the best conferences I’ve been to in yeeeeeears. So many good, useful, inspiring, thoughtful, provocative talks. Much more about ethics and power and possibility than I’d expected. None of the ‘utopian bullshit’ you usually get at a product or digital conference, to quote one of the speakers!
Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
GSA eliminates 18F
[Natalie Alms at Nextgov/FCW]
I'd say this was an unbelievable own-goal. But, unfortunately, it's believable:
"The General Services Administration deleted 18F, a government tech consultancy that helps other agencies with their technology, early Saturday mor...
Through Lines 247 | Scott Boms
I miss being excited by technology. I wish I could see a way out of the endless hype cycles that continue to elicit little more than cynicism from me. The version of technology that we’re mostly being sold today has almost nothing to do with improving lives, but instead stuffing the pockets of those who already need for nothing. It’s not making us smarter. It’s not helping heal a damaged planet. It’s not making us happier or more generous towards each other. And it’s entrenched in everything — meaning a momentous challenge to re-wire or meticulously disconnect. I’m slowly finding my own ways of breaking free to regain a sense of self and purpose.
“What’s Up Doc?” IndieWeb Movie Club
Anchor position tool
This is a great little helper in understanding anchor positioning in CSS.
google webfonts helper
Google Fonts only lets you download .ttf files meaning that if you want to self-host your fonts (and you should), you have to first convert them to .woff2 files.
Luckily this tool has been online for over a decade, doing what Google Fonts should be doing by default.
Self-Expression - IndieWeb Carnival March 2025
lifeofpablo.com/blog/self-expression-indieweb-carnival-march-2025
Watched some of the video with Trump, Vance, and Zelenskyy. We are in a very dark place with American foreign policy. Europe will have to take the lead. We have lost our way here, led by a narcissist whose selfishness and cruelty is almost beyond belief. 🇺🇸
Chris Aldrich
• Chris Aldrich
For those interested in writing methods, Peter Elbow’s work can be seen as an interesting shift in pedagogy from the 1970s. Interestingly it relies on pieces of practices pre-dating him which inform commonplace book and related zettelkasten methods. For my own files, from the obituary, it looks like he was using an IBM Selectric I … Continue reading