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Sunday, August 16, 2026 Brent Simmons posted a note in RSS.chat about how to connect with NetNewsWire. I have a fairly detailed response, that says dynamic OPML is the way to go. I know serving it publicly will be a problem, that's why we're going to move FeedLand into posi...

Over the years I’ve trained more than 5,000 people face-to-face, so getting back in a room with beginners at WordCamp US in Phoenix today was a real joy. And the results were pretty great. Across 18 learners, average confidence in the core WordPress skills we covered jumped from 2.67 → 4.16. 15/18 improved and nobody […]

Peasant Woman Stooping and Gleaning, 1885 #vincentvangogh #realism

Discovered: Aug 17, 2026 01:34 (UTC) ME:: Preach G! ; Garret Vreeland:: Virality Needs a Speed Limit ¦ dangerousmeta! <– QUOTE: Virality should be treated less like success and more like an electrical surge: a dangerous condition requiring a circuit breaker. We do not need systems capable of deciding truth for us. We need systems incapable of turning uncertainty into instant mass conviction. ... The goal is not to stop free speech. It is to stop velocity from impersonating legitimacy.

Discovered: Aug 16, 2026 16:42 (UTC) Like climate change we have the solutions (free ‘extended` care for all, universal basic income, etc) yet the powerful don’t want them because it reduces their power and the not so powerful refuse to believe that they could work because they have been brainwashed) Scott Santens The Hidden Reasons Authoritarianism Is Growing — And How to Reverse It

Discovered: Aug 16, 2026 16:38 (UTC) Must buy these $10 LUTs if I haven’t already :-) ; G’MIC and RawTherapee Film Simulation LUTs Converted by RADIOPROEKTOR

Discovered: Aug 16, 2026 16:33 (UTC) ME:: tl-dr-ing; Transactional web of ‘AI’ and human web ; Andy Budd:: Will AI Agents Kill the Web as We Know It?

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• Read the whole thing: Andy Budd:: Will AI Agents Kill the Web as We Know It?

One layer will be invisible: efficient, transactional, built for machines—powered by protocols like MCP. The other will be human-facing: emotional, experiential, and deeply brand-driven.

AI agents won’t kill the web. But they will radically reshape it. And just like with retail, the winners will be the ones who make that second layer worth visiting.

Discovered: Aug 16, 2026 16:32 (UTC) ME:: I don’t do code reviews but I do do knowledge base reviews and they do make me anxious :-) ; Lee, Foster-Marks:: Code Review Anxiety Workbook

Discovered: Aug 16, 2026 16:29 (UTC) Must try this new app from Marco Arment:: Unforgetful

QUOTE:

• Read the whole thing: Marco Arment:: Unforgetful

• It’s impossible to lose a task. Notifications always repeat, even if you miss or dismiss them, until the task is completed or deleted.
• Designed for procrastination. Snoozing is a core feature, with thoughtful intervals that scale as you snooze a task more.
• Nothing is hidden away. A hidden task is a forgotten task. No folders, no tags, no organization, no different views or modes.
• No judgment or shame. Nothing is overdue. You’re not in trouble. Everything is either due now or in the future. Didn’t get to it today? Maybe tomorrow. Every day is a fresh start.

Discovered: Aug 16, 2026 16:25 (UTC) Must watch this Japanese movie from 2021; Wikipedia:: Drive My Car (film)

Discovered: Aug 16, 2026 16:19 (UTC) ME:: I wake up I don’t know where I’ve been :-) ; Shayla Love:: A new book, “Little Blue Dot,” by Katherine Dunn, raises questions about the unintended consequences of knowing where we are. G.P.S. and the Lost Art of Getting Lost

Discovered: Aug 15, 2026 15:15 (UTC) ME:: tl-dr-ing The hypocrisy of the dominant hegemony means it’s OK to moan about cancellation, harmless pronouns and loss of prestige for public figures and also it’s OK to not hold people accountable for imprisoning dissidents, dismant...

Red and Brown, 1957 #rothko #markrothko

Hayden Panettiere, who played Juliette Barnes on 'Nashville,' has died at 36. Her representative confirmed the news. Continue reading…

The man thinks he's God's gift to women.

Yet, he was pals with Jeffrey Epstein.

What does that tell you?

Hmmm.

Open thread.

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