I’m the kind of tired only the parent of a moody teenager feels.

Yes, we had a bit of a meltdown moment on our hands earlier today. My teen is feeling lots of big feelings and I totally get it. I really do. And I love that they are still willing to open up to me about their hopes and fears.

At the same time, #parenting isn’t a switch. I can’t simply “turn on” being a sympathetic sensitive dad to help them go through all the things they’re going through, and then later “turn off” and I’m a perfectly OK me once more. Now I’m feeling big feelings too and…well…it’s not easy. 😅

And that’s all I have to say about that because I need to go to sleep now. 🫠😴💤

Link: Podcasting 2.0: More Apps & Platforms Adding Support

Why I Like Bluesky and You Should Too

Changing Podcast Platforms

🏁🙌🏻 Heidi Vroom’s New Plates!

Link: Seattle’s Getting Big Y’all: Population Now Over 810,000

“Ballerina” Was the Perfect Dance for Me

Join us for an IndieWeb Create Day on July 5! Hang out virtually in our Zoom and/or in the chat, work on your personal website, share ideas, get inspired!

A fluffy dalgona coffee before some afternoon meetings.

#coffee #fluffy #dalgona #IndieWeb

Bookmarked: The Who Cares Era by Dan Sinker:

“In the Who Cares Era, the most radical thing you can do is care.

In a moment where machines churn out mediocrity, make something yourself. Make it imperfect. Make it rough. Just make it.

At a time where the government’s uncaring boot is pressing down on all of our necks, the best way to fight back is to care. Care loudly. Tell others. Get going.”

📕 Finished reading The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djélí Clark ISBN: 9781250767042

Link: Revolution, the NBC TV Show That Was Ahead of Its Time

Casual Science in the Board Games of Elizabeth Hargrave

I’ve Been Blogging Every Day and…Oh Dear

Link: Dreaming of Passion Projects

🗓️ The Level Up

Link: “Materialists” is the Smart, Reimagined Rom-Dram-Com We Needed

Beach day! Just me and eight teenage girls. God help me.

From Andor to Empire

🎂 Congrats @microformats.org on 20 years! #microformats20

Even after 20 years, people keep discovering new ways of using #microformats:
* @artlung.com: "WML, WAP, & Microformats Demo!" (https://lab.artlung.com/wml/faux)
> Because WML elements may have the class attribute
Originally posted 2025-06-18: https://xoxo.zone/@artlung/114705990062730513

That adds to the list of languages with working microformats examples:
* HTML — modern, unversioned as well as every version since HTML4
* HTML3 — see https://microformats.org/wiki/html3
* SVG — see https://microformats.org/wiki/svg
* XHTML — every version, 1.0, 1.1, 2.0
and now also:
* WML — https://microformats.org/wiki/wml

Literally any HTML-like or XML-like language that has a space-separated class attribute can work with microformats.

In constrast, every alternative to microformats (most now defunct) required adding new attributes, or worse, entirely new elements, which meant revising every language one at a time (or use of fragile XML Namespaces), resulting in supporting only 1-2 languages at most (HTML and XHTML) in practice, and nothing else.

Re-using the "class" attribute based on the existing footpath that web designers made for encoding additional semantics into their HTML, and the similarly extensible "rel" attribute, was one of the best design decisions in any extension format ever.

After 20 years, microformats continue to serve as another example of “loosely joined” approaches being more adaptable, reliable, resilient, and longer lasting than “tightly coupled”.

More microformats 20th anniversary posts from the #indieweb personal sites (via https://stream.indieweb.org/)
* @manton.org: "It’s the 20th anniversary of the launch of microforrmats.org!" (https://www.manton.org/2025/06/20/its-the-th-anniversary-of.html)
* ... hashtag your post #microformats or #microformats20 and #federate (using #Mastodon or any compatible #fediverse server etc.) or webmention this post!

#20thAnniversary #smallPieces #looselyJoined

Previously, previously, previously:
* https://tantek.com/2024/173/t1/years-posse-microformats-beyond
* https://tantek.com/2023/171/t1/anniversaries-microformats-posse
* https://tantek.com/2019/171/t1/happy-14th-microformats-org
#microformats20 #microformats: #indieweb #microformats #federate #Mastodon #fediverse #20thAnniversary #smallPieces #looselyJoined