The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth. His work trains the model. The model is replacing his site. There is no credit, clicks, or revenue. This is what the "enshittification" of the open web looks like in practice.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nicolasbouliane_ai-is-killing-all-about-berlin-when-you-share-7463188284924616705-I3Mn

#AI #OpenKnowledge #Berlin #Google #Enshittification #OpenWeb #IndieWeb

It's as distracting yet fun enough to play with for like 30 seconds as ever.

#OldWeb #IndieWeb

Plume

Post to your IndieWeb blog from any page — toolbar composer or right-click capture. Cross-browser, multi-account, no telemetry.


You need a micropub compatible blog engine to use this extension List

🔗 https://rmendes.net/notes/2026/05/21/05d93

@lqdev Yes, yes it is. #indieweb FTW!

A love letter to mornings



This is my contribution to the IndieWeb Carnival May 2026: Write a love letter.

I love mornings.

There's something magical about starting a new day. The vast openness of fresh opportunities, the renewed hope, the stillness in the air before everything begins. Every day I wake up f…



https://robida.net/entries/2026/05/21/a-love-letter-to-mornings

Self-hosted Analytics with Next.js and PostgreSQL

How I built a fully anonymous, privacy-first analytics system for mxd.codes using Next.js API routes and PostgreSQL without any third-party tracking service.

https://mxd.codes/articles/self-hosted-analytics-with-next-js-and-postgresql

#NextJs #React #Selfhosted #DataPrivacy #IndieWeb #Javascript

#Business #Analyses
Ad infini­tum · “Google thinks it no longer needs the web to deliver answers.” https://ilo.im/16d3pn

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#Google #SearchEngine #AnswerEngine #AI #SEO #Advertising #Privacy #OpenWeb #SmallWeb #IndieWeb

Wir haben mit Anna von ResCru über zehn Jahre Schreiben über Videospiele gesprochen — über persönliche Texte, Blogkultur und darüber, warum Gaming manchmal viel mehr ist als nur ein Hobby. 🎮💙

videospielgeschichten.de/mehr-als-nur...

#Videospiele #Gaming #Blog #Videospielgeschichten #IndieWeb

Wir haben mit Anna von ResCru über zehn Jahre Schreiben über Videospiele gesprochen — über persönliche Texte, Blogkultur und darüber, warum Gaming manchmal viel mehr ist als nur ein Hobby. 🎮💙

https://videospielgeschichten.de/mehr-als-nur-ein-hobby-anna-ueber-rescru-und-zehn-jahre-schreiben-ueber-videospiele/

#Videospiele #Gaming #Blog #Videospielgeschichten #IndieWeb

new fractalkitty post - not my norm, but thought I'd write down some of the thoughts and contaminate the web with human content.

https://www.fractalkitty.com/0-0-0/

#indieweb #mathFiction #writing #bedtimeStory #creativeWriting

My brain: Why bother making galleries of your travel pics, Kent? It's all stuff that's been photographed a million times before and anyone who wants to see that stuff can just goog

#smallweb #smolweb #indieweb

Alguno conoce un lugar para subir cosas que uno escribe (se me había ocurrido blogspot pero me deprime)
#indieweb #smallweb #websencilla

Today is May 20th, which means it's Johnny's birthday!

To celebrate, as usual, he is going to become the new Glivy icon at Comic Fury for the day (and indefinitely until I change it).

https://glivy.webcomic.ws/comics/#content-start

#Art #Furryart #furry #oc #originalCharacter #comic #webcomic #indieweb #krita #icon #design #characterDesign

I think the whole belief that the psychopaths behind #BigTech are unable to read the room is fundamentally wrong.

They read the room a long time ago, and they know the pushback is massive, but they simply don’t care. And that’s what terrifies me most: they feel untouchable, immune to any real consequences.

#AI #Tech #Meta #Amazon #Google #Microsoft #OpenAI #Anthropic #HumaneTech #IndieWeb

I think the whole belief that the psychopaths behind #BigTech are completely out of touch and unable to read the room is fundamentally wrong.

They read the room a long time ago, and they know the pushback is massive, but they simply don’t care. And that’s what terrifies me the most: they feel untouchable, immune to any consequences.

#AI #Meta #Amazon #Google #Microsoft #OpenAI #Anthropic #HumaneTech #IndieWeb

A first crack at some acrylic painting classes gave surprising and mixed results.

https://khleedril.org/blog/2026-05-20--acrylic-painting.html

#art #painting #indieweb #smolweb #selfhosted