People and blogs involved with and about the IndieWeb community, the fediverse, and/or the open web in general.
It's not just the government that's afraid of small groups of people working together. Big tech companies also. And startups hoping to sell out to big companies.
Sign seen in Philadelphia today via Mastodon. 
If you think we need to find a way past the billionaires, then we have to find a way around the established media. They keep selling us out and we keep acting as if we show them that they're doing it in a way they understand they'll get on our side. But they can't. “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it,” wrote Upton Sinclair in 1935. It's still true 90 years later. Another great philosopher, Les Moonves, said in 2016, "It may not be good for America, but it's damn good for CBS," referring to Trump's run for president. He was referring to increased viewership and resulting ad revenue. I'm sure it's still true today, though CBS stopped boasting about it in public.
I just updated the Micro.blog photoblogging page with the latest words for week 3! 📷
Today's song: Queen of the Roller Derby.
serverless.industries/2025/06/14/webmentions-microformats.en.html
Stay safe everyone going to a No Kings protest. I like this:
A core principle behind all No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these.
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Finalising the set list for Friday’s album launch gig with Salter Cane.
Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
Why the idealistic promise of collaborative software often falls short of its potential.
ArtLung
• Joe Crawford
OB today was fun again. Not much else to say. Not today. Be well. Ride waves.
Now that I’ve had a little more time with it, I see what Dia is going for. It’s not just about asking AI questions about a web page. It also aspires to become the starting point for all questions, replacing dedicated apps like ChatGPT or Claude.
Gatto from Enrico Casarosa sounds amazing:
The Annecy crowd cheered the announcement and went wild as Docter unveiled animation tests of a distinct, unique hand-painted look, something Pixar has never shown before. The film appears to be rich in colors from Venetian settings, and blends 2D hand paint textures with cutting-edge CG animation.
Casey Liss blogs some initial reactions to WWDC, including on the new iPad multitasking:
They work well with a finger, but work great with a pointing device. The new multitasking mechanism will remove many of the shackles I feel when using my iPad Pro. I no longer feel like I’m trying to wade through wet cement when using it. I don’t feel like I’m bending to its needs — rather, it’s bending to mine.
We’ll be doing a couple betas of Micro.blog for iOS, whenever Apple approves it. If you’d like to be on the latest version, you can sign up on TestFlight. I tend to do short betas — just a few days or week and then it’ll ship to everyone.
Trying Dia, which is now available if you had an Arc account. It is very interesting. Not sure yet whether I will stick with it, or go back to Arc.
"Who me?" asks the Democrat. Yes, you.
BTW isn't it amazing that when you say something counter to Democratic dogma, their first impulse is to try to destroy you personally? "Who me?" asks the Democrat. Yes, you.
