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Howdy, It has been another evenful week for sure! WordCamp US came to an end and WordPress 7.1 was released. Your WordPress profile now has a shortcut w.org/@[yourusername]. If you want to check out mine w.org/@bph (don’t forget the @ sign) . Mullenweg mentioned in his closing fire side chat that this could actually work […]

Donald J. Trump’s South Carolina rally came to an abrupt stop Friday after a heckler began shouting from the crowd—and one particularly angry supporter made sure everyone knew exactly how he felt about the interruption. Trump was campaigning in Myrtle Beach for Republican S...

Anil Dash in a follow-up reply on Bluesky after blogging about how to move away from Big AI:

People tried to shame folks out of using Instagram, out of using Uber, out of getting into crypto. How’s that going? What if, instead, we had focused on providing credible, pro-social community-based alternatives that addressed the things people thought they would get from those platforms?

He’s right that we can learn from the success of podcasting too.

My life Do some stuffSleep like a dogDo some stuffSleep like a dog Or watch the play from a seat close to a door "Hell is other people."—Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopheasy explains, What makes another person’s gaze so powerful? According to Sartre, we exist in two radically different ways.In our own minds, we are a “Subject.” […]

“Years before Natalie Harp became a key White House aide to President Donald Trump, she flooded her Twitter feed with posts demonstrating extraordinary devotion to him on January 6, 2021,” CNN reports. “Harp posted more than 150 tweets that day, urging Republicans to ‘FIGHT FOR TRUMP’ as he began his speech near the White House. […]

“The morning after he pulled negotiators from trade talks in Washington and set off a new round of American tariffs, Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday explained to Canadians why he walked away, calling the U.S. proposal ‘a bad deal,'” the New York Times reports. Said Carney: “We’ve recognized from the start that America has […]

“House and Senate Republicans on Friday criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend tariffs on ground beef imports, with lawmakers from agricultural states decrying the impact Trump’s decision will have on farmers,” NBC News reports. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE): “I’m extremely disappointed by this decision from the White House. We all want lower grocery prices, […]

“A new Israeli government effort to build settlements near Jerusalem could lead to another uptick in Israeli-Palestinian tensions, and there’s little indication the Trump administration will use its influence to limit rising instability,” NOTUS reports. “Israel’s housing ministry opened bidding this week for companies to build more than 1,200 housing units in the West Bank’s […]

On July 16, the team at Hugging Face noticed something weird moving through their production systems: An intruder that was

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My mom, grandma, and I are in Columbus this weekend to celebrate my grandma’s 79th birthday, and here is the view from the hotel we are staying in! It’s definitely outside of downtown, but not a bad view, honestly. We’ve got some good, clean, wholesome fun planned (drinking, gambling, debauchery). You only turn 79 once! […]

Dolly Parton has been down a bit recently, but she's not out. Continue reading…

Mirror #4, 1970 #newyorkart #lichtenstein

Something I’ve been asking myself lately: what new things are possible when AI costs drop? I’ve been improving Micro.blog’s Logs page, and this morning updated it to rewrite confusing Hugo messages in more friendly language. It even localizes if your account isn’t set to English.

Love this. IndieWeb is punk:

Nobody’s waiting for permission to have a website. You don’t need a “content strategy.” You don’t need a niche. You need a place that’s yours, and the nerve to hit publish.

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For new error and warning logs, if you have AI enabled we now rephrase the logging to be more readable for people not familiar with Hugo. There’s a “Show Message” button on hover to reveal the original log.

When the news broke that the national deficit hit the $40 trillion mark, Sen Ron Johnson went on Xitter to condemn it, saying that we are "mortgaging our children's future" and calling it "immoral." He issued his condemnation while quote-tweeting a post from Fox that point...

These locations across New York State are mispronounced by most of America. Continue reading…

Diego Rivera, Self Portrait (Autorretrato), 1930 #diegorivera #museumarchive

“President Donald Trump is betting new sanctions, a naval blockade and ramped-up economic pressure against Iran’s trading partners can accomplish what thousands of bombs and missiles could not: force Tehran to accept a deal to end the war on U.S. terms,” Bloomberg reports. “But like other U.S. efforts to force Iran into capitulation, there’s one […]

I love AI but I also love slapstick AI. ❤️ 🎉 😇