Note to linkblog readers: I just flipped a switch and am now using WordLand to do the linkblog. Today's links are good, but the ones from prior days were mainly test posts. They will scroll off in a few days, and it'll be as it always has been. Still diggin.
People and blogs involved with and about the IndieWeb community, the fediverse, and/or the open web in general.
🗓️ The Level Up
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 these exciting indie teams!
- Quicksand
- Lazy Boy
- Ventson
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 day June 21st, 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/tickets/59690
Most people outside of Micro.blog don’t pay attention to our news blog, so quoting this here too:
Fixed an issue where mentions to Mastodon users weren’t actually sent to remote servers if Micro.blog hadn’t yet cached the ActivityPub info for that user.
If you’re on Bluesky, we also automatically mirror our bug fixes and features to the micro.blog profile over there.
People talk about "regime change" as if the only regime that could change is the one in Iran.
No time for peaceniks
Trump may not want regime change in Iran, but he definitely wants regime change in California.
He's going to war with Iran to hide his war with the United States.
We need a war-ready Democratic Party.
Governor or mayor is not a job for peaceniks.
Dave Winer will be keynoting WordCamp Canada in Ottawa:
I’m also not happy with the tech industry of the US. I’d like a fresh start, a return to our roots, with the assumption that the people control their destiny and the role of developers is to give them to the tools to try out new ideas.
There is still so much potential where the fediverse and blogging overlap.
Today's song: Peace in our time.
Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
The New Surveillance State: Why Data Privacy Is Now Essential to Democracy
"When the government can track where you go, whom you associate with, and what you spend your money on, it [...] chills freedom of expression, undermines your freedom to travel, and destroys the fundamental privacy right that underlies American liberty."
RSS on a timeline
More on the vision for WordLand and RSS.
Imagine that WordLand is the editor of a twitter-like system built around RSS. It saves your writing to WordPress, where it is published on a website and via RSS. You don't have to use WordLand or WordPress, because RSS is an open fo...
WordCamp Canada in October
I'm keynoting the WordCamp Canada conference in October in Ottawa. It's the first conference I've attended since before the pandemic.
The timing is ideal, and the location is significant. As an American, I don't want to try to attract people from around the world to a meeti...
Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
Publishers facing existential threat from AI, Cloudflare CEO says
Ten years ago, Google crawled two pages for every visitor it sent to a publisher. Today, Anthropic crawls 60,000.
Kelp
A UI library for people who love HTML, powered by modern CSS and Web Components.
I really enjoyed rocking out with Salter Cane on Friday night—thanks to everyone who came along!
I really enjoyed rocking out with Salter Cane on Friday night—thanks to everyone who came along!
Waves were licking at the bottom of the pier. Big and fun.
Some of the problems Trump has created are fixable. They are painful for many people, and clearly so morally wrong, illegal, or just plain dumb that they will have to be reversed, with time. And then there are the disastrous, long-term mistakes like bombing Iran that we’ll be stuck with for decades.
Got everything set up for the photo booth for the MySpace ride tomorrow! Ready to roll out the door!
Hopefully the weight distribution is ok. There's a giant battery powering the monitor and printer, it's held in place slightly in front of the axle.
It's waffle night! Time to stock up on breakfast waffles!
The grocery store only had 2 silken tofu but I need 6 so I had to improvise... used a lot more oat milk and yogurt to make up the difference.
I’ve updated the Micro.blog photo challenge page with the final list of words. Thanks everyone for the suggestions! I think I’ve got at least one or two from everyone who sent ideas in.
In hindsight, June was an incredibly busy month for me to do this, but I’m so happy to see people’s photos. 📷
“Take Two” as in Television Production
For the June 2025 IndieWeb Carnival by Nick: “Take Two” Joe: READY CAMERA ONE. Joe: TAKE ONE. Joe: CAMERA TWO DOLLY BACK TO A TWO SHOT. Joe: READY CAMERA TWO. Joe: TAKE TWO. In 1988 I took a class at San Diego City College on Radio & TV Production. I learned to read a tv...
🎂 Congrats @microformats.org on 20 years! #microformats20Even after 20 years, people keep discovering new ways of using #microformats:* @artlung.com: "WML, WAP, & Microformats Demo!" (https://lab.artlung.com/wml/faux)> Because WML elements may have the class attributeO...