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Nat Eliason’s career arc is borderline absurd—but it works.  In the last five years, he ran an SEO agency, got into crypto, made $600,000 from a course on the note-taking toolRoam Research, flipped real estate in Austin for a 6x return, and published abook with Random ...

Nat Eliason’s career arc is borderline absurd—but it works.  In the last five years, he ran an SEO agency, got into crypto, made $600,000 from a course on the note-taking tool Roam Research, flipped real estate in Austin for a 6x return, and published a book with Random ...

Trust is built by consistently doing the same thing, hopefully the right thing, over years. There’s no shortcut. And to destroy trust requires either that same kind of repetition, in the opposite direction, or for people to have missed everything that came before. Misinforma...

On the podcast today we have Derek Ashauer. Derek, who transitioned from freelancing to creating WordPress plugins like Sunshine Photo Cart and Conversion Bridge, discusses the impact of European privacy laws, the limitations of Google Analytics, and the rise of privacy-focused analytics tools like Fathom and Plausible. He emphasises the ease and necessity of conversion tracking for websites, and how his plugin, Conversion Bridge, simplifies this process for both individual site owners and agencies by integrating with multiple analytics platforms. If you're an agency, developer, or digital marketer, this discussion will help equip you with knowledge and strategies to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of web analytics.

Excited to see a new iOS app for Micro.blog released: Micro Social. From developer Greg Morris:

Micro.blog is an incredible platform, but I wanted a cleaner, more intuitive way to engage with my timeline, conversations, and the things I care about most—books, photos, and blogging.

I've had an experience few people have had, and it's relevant to the way all of us feel right now. The experience: Being part of a Silicon Valley company that was acquired by another Silicon Valley company. I was the CEO. It's not a very comfortable place. I recognize the f...

What can your Google searches reveal about your personality? In this episode of Remarkable People, Guy Kawasaki explores the fascinating world of psychological targeting with Sandra Matz, Professor at Columbia Business School. Matz shares eye-opening insights about how our d...

The JavaScript industrial complex won’t crumble anytime soon. But the stage is set for a return to an ecosystem of reusable components accessible to business developers, only this time based on the universal web platform and its core standards. How To Build Web Components Using ChatGPT LLM series at The New Stack

As President Trump issues executive orders that encroach on the powers of Congress — and in some cases fly in the face of established law — a debate has begun about whether he’s merely testing the boundaries of his power or triggering a full-blown constitutional crisis. Adam...

Little by little, congressional Republicans are waking up to discover that their own voters are in revolt against Elon Musk’s efforts to wreck the federal government. New reports from CNN and The Bulwark show that Republicans are quietly seeking to tamp do...

If only political reporters had the same knowledge of their subject as sports reporters do.

Amazing post from @heyloura about using Micro.blog’s private notes API. Personally I’m using notes more and more, often for posts that could be drafts but where my thoughts aren’t really put together yet.

NPR article on immigrants in Chicago skipping care because of fear of ICE raids. I expect nurses all over the country have heartbreaking stories like this. And it’ll just exacerbate problems in our upside down health care system since everyone is worse off when people who are sick can’t get treated.

At the Paris AI Action Summit, J.D. Vance delivers anything but

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Cool to see hints that Tumblr is continuing with the WordPress backend transition. TechCrunch:

Automattic confirmed to TechCrunch that when the migration is complete, every Tumblr user will be able to federate their blog via ActivityPub, just as every WordPress.com user can today.

Ben Werdmueller adds:

Given the long tail of ActivityPub and the simultaneous rise of Bluesky, which is connected to the ActivityPub network via Bridgy Fed, the future of the open social web is very bright.

Now I wonder if Automattic pulling folks from WordPress core has actually made more time for Tumblr.

Sarah McBride was elected to the House of Representatives in 2024, representing Delaware's lone congressional district — and becoming the first openly transgender member of Congress. 

She’s become a target for her conservative colleagues — but she’s also determined to work with Republicans. She joins Martine Powers to talk about how she makes that work and what she thinks Democrats can do now.

Rep. Sarah McBride is part of “Post Next 50,” The Post’s project profiling 50 people shaping our society in 2025. The full list can be found here. 

Today’s show was produced by Emma Talkoff. It was edited by Maggie Penman and mixed by Sam Bair. Thank you to Lucas Trevor.

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Wrapped up coding on a couple new fediverse settings that will ship in Micro.blog tomorrow. I’ll have a full blog post about it. There wouldn’t be much point in having our own ActivityPub implementation if we didn’t do things a little differently than Mastodon. See also: IndieWeb monoculture.

At the end of January, the New York State Public Service Commission approved the creation of a new New York City area code. Listeners call in to share what their area codes mean to them as a personal point of pride.

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Bahar Ostadan, Nassau County politics reporter at Newsday Media Group, reports on the news that Nassau County has authorized its police detectives to work with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to arrest and deport undocumented immigrants accused of committing crimes.

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