People and blogs involved with and about the IndieWeb community, the fediverse, and/or the open web in general.
Remember when, just weeks ago, the Dems told the military that they must not obey illegal orders. We passed that red line when they obeyed orders to start a war that had not been declared by Congress.
If you have an X account, esp if you have a lot of followers, please RT this post. I'd like to get my real account back. Thanks for your help.
Eventually we’re going to have OpenClaw-like assistants that can filter or prioritize emails and calls, but for now I wish there was some kind of voicemail scripting. If a voicemail transcript contains “$”, delete it.
Micro.blog books update
Micro.blog users who actively use our book-related features will have noticed over the last couple of weeks that books search has been unreliable. Long story short, we were using a combination of Google Books and Open Library, and rate-limiting with Google in particular star...
I have a few blog post drafts about recent AI controversy and advertising that I may post eventually, but for now I do want to note Dario Amodei’s blog post on the ongoing negotiations with the military. I thought his leaked internal post was in poor taste, overly personal, so I like his apology here to correct the record:
It was a difficult day for the company, and I apologize for the tone of the post. It does not reflect my careful or considered views. It was also written six days ago, and is an out-of-date assessment of the current situation.
Simon Carstensen has rebuilt Jottit, the web publishing tool he built with Aaron Swartz in 2007:
Aaron believed the web should be easy enough that anyone could participate. Not just people who know how to code or who can afford a platform’s cut.
Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
Workers who love ‘synergizing paradigms’ might be bad at their jobs
Employees who are impressed with corporate jargon are less good at their jobs. News at 11.
Artemis changelog #8
I have been working on a few new features for Artemis, the calm web reader I maintain. You can read a summary of what’s new below.
Organise subscriptions with folders
You can now create folders in Artemis. This feature is designed to help you organise websites you follow into...
Manuel Moreale — Everything Feed
• Manuel Moreale
Eric Schwarz
This week on the People and Blogs series we have an interview with Eric Schwarz, whose blog can be found at schwarztech.net.
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Matt Mullenweg
• Matt
Bar Gyu x Wapuu
For the Japanese WordPress community, I have planted a special Wapuu at the coolest spot in Niseko, Bar Gyu, aka the refrigerator door bar. Now on the handle you’ll find a special surprise. Anyone recognize which WordCamp it’s from? Ioanna and Hisashi run one of the coolest bars in the world; it’s been on my … Continue reading Bar Gyu x Wapuu →
Watched: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Enjoyed this more than I was expecting. Good show. 📺
ArtLung
• Joe Crawford
Just passing through at PB #CaliforniaSeaLion
Mountain laurel.
Chris Aldrich
• Chris Aldrich
Replaced the old, crushed rubber body panel grommets on my 1956 Remington Standard typewriter with new ones.
Artemis changelog #8
I have been working on a few new features for Artemis, the calm web reader I maintain. You can read a summary of what’s new below.
Organise subscriptions with folders
You can now create folders in Artemis. This feature is designed to help you organise websites you follow into...
On the other hand, it's hard to get Claude.ai to really apply itself to my own software. It likes to drive. Same with ChatGPT.
Thursday session
Thursday session
Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester
"A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI."
This is a low.