Google may be forced, for the public good, to sell Chrome, or spin it off as an independent company. Who would you want it not sold to? If it were independent how would it make enough money to maintain the software? What should change? What should not?
People and blogs involved with and about the IndieWeb community, the fediverse, and/or the open web in general.
There must be a group of librarians somewhere exploring ChatGPT-like products as a completely new library experience.
I posted a new video on YouTube that shows how filters work in Micro.blog, including a brand new feature: Micro.blog can analyze your blog posts using AI magic to generate keywords and file posts into categories. This is for Micro.blog Premium subscribers. 🪄
I worked my way through all six seasons of Peaky Blinders. I had tried it a few times before and found it hard to get started, but this time I persevered, got to know the characters, and enjoyed the stories. I knew the series was about to end as we approached the end of the f...
Just caught up with Andor through episode 9. What a great show. đź“ş
ArtLung
• Joe Crawford
sun unguent
Nice update to the mnml theme for Micro.blog. It’s cool to see all those settings.
IndieWeb Stickers from Benji
reillyspitzfaden.com/notes/2025/05/indieweb-stickers-from-benji/
Time for some plants for the front yard. Mother’s Day shopping at Home Depot.
Sunday session outside in the shadow of the cathedral
Sunday session outside in the shadow of the cathedral
Made a little Bitsy game
This post is about a month overdue. As compensation, I will waive the customary subscription fee to read it.
Every month, Blake Andrews hosts a 2-hour game jam at Brooklyn indie arcade / bar / awesome place Wonderville.
I attended as my first in-person game jam on April 12th...
Made several little design updates to Micro.blog this weekend, including a more consistent, cleaner header for pages that have some text and a “new” button. Here’s a screenshot for posterity.
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đź“— Want to read Inventing the Renaissance by Ada Palmer ISBN: 9780226837970
So far Gemini has done the best job of emulating my coding style. Here's an example. I didn't have to instruct it in how to do it, it figured it out. Impressive. I've spent a lot of time trying and failing to get Claude and ChatGPT to work the way I work. It makes a big difference, because if I want to try out something they've offered, I have to spend time doing grunt work to get it so I can read it and understand what they're doing.
Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
No, Immigration Is Not An “Invasion”—And It Doesn’t Justify Suspending Habeas Corpus
[Mark Mansour]
Stephen Miller, who the author rightly labels as the most dangerous person in America, has argued for removing a core constitutional right for millions of people on American soil. He wants to classify unauthorized immigration as an "invasion"....
Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
Why New Jersey Prisons’ Change from JPay to ViaPath Tablets Is Distressing
[Shakeil Price at The Marshall Project]
The technology situation for incarcerated people in the United States is beyond bad:
"Because prison telecom vendors tend to bundle their services, corrections systems often contract with a single provider, regardless ...
What do I really own?
I once owned a few acres of land that had some old trees on it. I sat under one of the trees on a lovely afternoon, and thought of the tree "I own you." The tree formed a thought that somehow I could tune into. "I was here long before you were born and I will be here long after you die." I didn't see it exactly as a response to my claim of ownership. But it sure did put things in perspective!
I thought of the tree, "I own you."PS: I wrote that paragraph in 2011.
Manuel Moreale — Everything Feed
• Manuel Moreale
Sharing, helping, connecting
One might think that knowing myself should come naturally to me. After all, I spent my entire life with myself, so I should, in theory, know a thing or two about who I am. And yet one thing I realised recently, since I’m spending more energy trying to understand how my brain...
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Basically it’s summer now
Saturday session in Belgium
Saturday session in Belgium