People and blogs involved with and about the IndieWeb community, the fediverse, and/or the open web in general.
ArtLung
• Joe Crawford
I think about flags. I don’t know that I want to put the energy out there around this, but I wrote this. And I don’t want to begrudge people having a good time on Independence Day. But also my nationalism is on hiatus. But I love the idea of the United States. A Trump flag...
Monday session in Clare
I haven’t looked into the full context behind the quote in this post from @jasraj, but I do love this phrase:
when hatred presents itself as virtue, it becomes seductive
Sadly there are variations of this across ideologies. When fighting for what’s right steps over the line to extreme characterization of others, vilifying them. As regex fans know, now we’ve got two problems: the hatred in others and the hatred in ourselves.
Ben Thompson’s back from the summer break with an excellent rundown on AI and fair use. In a nutshell, LLMs are transformative and it’s so difficult to prove they affect an existing work or even a market, fair use for training will likely stand. If we don’t want that, there will have to be new laws.
This blog post from Robert Birming perfectly captures what Micro.blog is trying to do by leaving some features out.
Congrats to Stephen Hackett on 10 years indie! He’s written a great post with some of the history and priorities he brings to his work. Also love this part on the downsides:
Publishing endlessly can lead to burnout. Social media can poison your opinions. The Internet can be unforgiving when it comes to mistakes. Working virtually can become lonely. Relevance can fade.
That “poison” line is so true. When all you read is everyone else’s hot takes and a community’s growing consensus, it’s harder to have original, possibly more nuanced thoughts on popular topics.
Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
As more people look to AI to learn about the world, the people who control how it's trained and how it responds will control our prevailing narratives. That's wildly dangerous.
“I know how to use a semicolon, ChatGPT. Don’t come for me.” 🤣 — from the Book Riot podcast
I used to really love the em dash. Now that ChatGPT also loves it, I’m using it a little less often. The bar is higher for when I feel like it really belongs.
Manuel Moreale — Everything Feed
• Manuel Moreale
Checked in at Ard Bia at Nimmos. Breakfast at the Spanish Arch — with Jessica
Chris Aldrich
• Chris Aldrich
Finished watching Long Way Home. I love these travel series with Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. The older ones are great too.
One last Galway session in The Crane Bar
