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        "text": "Lean into it. Make Steve Harvey ACC Commissioner."
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        "text": "This fantastic essay touches on so many things related to IndieWeb and A Domain of One\u2019s Own. We often talk about the \u201cwhy\u201d of these movements, but Alan Jacobs provides some underlying ethics as well.\n#IndieWeb #DoOO #EdTech #ethics\nboffosocko.com/2021/07/26/557\u2026",
        "html": "This fantastic essay touches on so many things related to IndieWeb and A Domain of One\u2019s Own. We often talk about the \u201cwhy\u201d of these movements, but Alan Jacobs provides some underlying ethics as well.\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23IndieWeb\">#IndieWeb</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23DoOO\">#DoOO</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23EdTech\">#EdTech</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ethics\">#ethics</a>\n<a href=\"https://boffosocko.com/2021/07/26/55793925/\">boffosocko.com/2021/07/26/557\u2026</a>"
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        "text": "This is a wild ask but: does anyone know about changes in the price of horseshoe crab blood? I need a informed source for a piece I am working on."
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        "text": "FUN!"
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                "text": "\u201cThe Hami missile silo field is in a much earlier stage of development than the Yumen site.\u201d \u2014\u00a0Great work by @mattkorda & @nukestrat fas.org/blogs/security\u2026",
                "html": "\u201cThe Hami missile silo field is in a much earlier stage of development than the Yumen site.\u201d \u2014\u00a0Great work by <a href=\"https://twitter.com/mattkorda\">@mattkorda</a> &amp; <a href=\"https://twitter.com/nukestrat\">@nukestrat</a> <a href=\"https://fas.org/blogs/security/2021/07/china-is-building-a-second-nuclear-missile-silo-field/\">fas.org/blogs/security\u2026</a>"
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    "content": {
        "text": "Looking forward to apologists for the Chinese regime using their usual whatabout excuses on this one."
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            "content": {
                "text": "This story\u2019s got it all.\n\nOperation Fox Hunt: How China Exports Repression Using a Network of Spies Hidden in Plain Sight \u2014 ProPublica propublica.org/article/operat\u2026",
                "html": "This story\u2019s got it all.\n\nOperation Fox Hunt: How China Exports Repression Using a Network of Spies Hidden in Plain Sight \u2014 ProPublica <a href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/operation-fox-hunt-how-china-exports-repression-using-a-network-of-spies-hidden-in-plain-sight\">propublica.org/article/operat\u2026</a>"
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    "url": "https://twitter.com/karabaic/status/1419796467422695424",
    "content": {
        "text": "This story\u2019s got it all.\n\nOperation Fox Hunt: How China Exports Repression Using a Network of Spies Hidden in Plain Sight \u2014 ProPublica propublica.org/article/operat\u2026",
        "html": "This story\u2019s got it all.\n\nOperation Fox Hunt: How China Exports Repression Using a Network of Spies Hidden in Plain Sight \u2014 ProPublica <a href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/operation-fox-hunt-how-china-exports-repression-using-a-network-of-spies-hidden-in-plain-sight\">propublica.org/article/operat\u2026</a>"
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    "url": "https://twitter.com/Nadreck/status/1419788533062152199",
    "content": {
        "text": "Post: The Tchotchke Internet nadreck.me/2021/07/the-tc\u2026",
        "html": "Post: The Tchotchke Internet <a href=\"https://nadreck.me/2021/07/the-tchotchke-internet/\">nadreck.me/2021/07/the-tc\u2026</a>"
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Nabil Maynard",
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    "url": "https://nadreck.me/2021/07/the-tchotchke-internet/",
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        "text": "The Tchotchke Internet is a social media landscape of digital flair and knick-knacks, a direct evolution of the freemium user experience. It\u2019s the small ways that users can spend money (or make money) to have a better experience on social media. It\u2019s Reddit Gold, Discord Nitro, Twitter Super Follows, celebrity verified checkmarks, premium Zoom calls, NFT galleries, Ethereum domain names in your bio, Fortnite skins, Roblox Robux, personal Minecraft servers, custom Twitch emotes, Linktree URLs, cryptocoin giveaways, Clubhouse invites, and social media partner programs.\nPeople are spending a lot of money to express themselves online and most of what they\u2019re paying for is basically the digital equivalent of an emo kid\u2019s backpack covered in Hot Topic pins, random little digital artifacts that bely some kind of personal identity.\nRyan Broderick\n\n\n\n\nIt\u2019s a clever, and I think apt, name for how the internet has shifted recently, and continues a trend we\u2019ve been seeing for a while around virality, monetization, and content creation. We\u2019ve been talking about \u201cinfluencer culture\u201d for a while, and I think this is a (perhaps inevitable) continuation of that trend. I think that the \u201cdigital flair\u201d is definitely an attempt at status signaling, but also an attempt for some to feel like they can still express themselves and be part of the larger dialogue. As the nature of discourse on the internet increasingly feels like broadcasts (one-to-many, and largely in one direction), having little ways to make your mark feel increasingly important.\n\n\n\n Continue reading \u201cThe Tchotchke Internet\u201d",
        "html": "<blockquote>\n<p>The Tchotchke Internet is a social media landscape of digital flair and knick-knacks, a direct evolution of the freemium user experience. It\u2019s the small ways that users can spend money (or make money) to have a better experience on social media. It\u2019s Reddit Gold, Discord Nitro, Twitter Super Follows, celebrity verified checkmarks, premium Zoom calls, NFT galleries, Ethereum domain names in your bio, Fortnite skins, Roblox Robux, personal Minecraft servers, custom Twitch emotes, Linktree URLs, cryptocoin giveaways, Clubhouse invites, and social media partner programs.</p>\n<p>People are spending a lot of money to express themselves online and most of what they\u2019re paying for is basically the digital equivalent of an emo kid\u2019s backpack covered in Hot Topic pins, random little digital artifacts that bely some kind of personal identity.</p>\n<a href=\"https://www.garbageday.email/p/trapped-forever-in-the-fortnite-mall\">Ryan Broderick</a>\n</blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a clever, and I think apt, name for how the internet has shifted recently, and continues a trend we\u2019ve been seeing for a while around virality, monetization, and content creation. We\u2019ve been talking about \u201cinfluencer culture\u201d for a while, and I think this is a (perhaps inevitable) continuation of that trend. I think that the \u201cdigital flair\u201d is definitely an attempt at status signaling, but also an attempt for some to feel like they can still express themselves and be part of the larger dialogue. As the nature of discourse on the internet increasingly feels like broadcasts (one-to-many, and <em>largely</em> in one direction), having little ways to make your mark feel increasingly important.</p>\n\n\n\n <a href=\"https://nadreck.me/2021/07/the-tchotchke-internet/#more-11025\">Continue reading<span> \u201cThe Tchotchke Internet\u201d</span></a>"
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    "content": {
        "text": "Inject this directly into my veins!\n\nLoki's soundtrack was soooo good\u2026\n\nmusic.apple.com/us/album/loki-\u2026",
        "html": "Inject this directly into my veins!\n\nLoki's soundtrack was soooo good\u2026\n\n<a href=\"https://music.apple.com/us/album/loki-vol-1-episodes-1-3-original-soundtrack/1574250166\">music.apple.com/us/album/loki-\u2026</a>"
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Jared White",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/jaredcwhite",
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    "url": "https://twitter.com/ZoeSchiffer/status/1419766899198488600",
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        "text": "I see that Activision allegedly managed to sneak in some union busting talking points at the all hands today. Very impressive, guys! Calling a hotline is definitely better than having the protection of a union.......\nuppercutcrit.com/activision-bli\u2026",
        "html": "I see that Activision allegedly managed to sneak in some union busting talking points at the all hands today. Very impressive, guys! Calling a hotline is definitely better than having the protection of a union.......\n<a href=\"https://uppercutcrit.com/activision-blizzard-psuedo-all-hands-meeting-seems-to-promise-more-of-the-same/\">uppercutcrit.com/activision-bli\u2026</a>"
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        "type": "card",
        "name": "Zo\u00eb Schiffer",
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    "published": "2021-07-26T20:43:42+00:00",
    "url": "https://twitter.com/jaredcwhite/status/1419760362379874409",
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        "text": "\u201cIt\u2019s hard to have a brainstorm on a Zoom call.\u201d\n\nNo, Mr. Out-of-Touch Executive, it\u2019s easy to have a brainstorm on a Zoom call (async\u2019s even easier much of the time!) for those of us not trained to think that butts-in-seats = collaboration. Get with the times\u2026or step aside."
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        "type": "card",
        "name": "Jared White",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/jaredcwhite",
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        "text": "We can send one another messages through the split flap transit board when we\u2019re in different places. I just got this important update. (Reads: \u201cDora is very tired\u201d in Croatian, please note tired cat on couch below)"
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        "type": "card",
        "name": "Lillian Karabaic",
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    "quotation-of": "https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1419721679920533505",
    "content": {
        "text": "\u201cIt\u2019s like uber, but for that creepy Jake Ghyllenhaal character in Nightcrawler\u201d"
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        "type": "card",
        "name": "rooting for the nameless gorn",
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                "text": "Citizen is quietly hiring New Yorkers to run around the city and livestream crime scenes for $25 an hour nypost.com/2021/07/25/cit\u2026",
                "html": "Citizen is quietly hiring New Yorkers to run around the city and livestream crime scenes for $25 an hour <a href=\"https://nypost.com/2021/07/25/citizen-pays-new-yorkers-25-an-hour-to-livestream-crime-scenes\">nypost.com/2021/07/25/cit\u2026</a>"
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            "author": {
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                "name": "Taylor Lorenz",
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    "url": "https://twitter.com/karabaic/status/1419749503679139858",
    "content": {
        "text": "Worth reading. Your paid entitlement may take you weeks to collect because of antifraud measures that haven\u2019t measurably decreased fraud.\n\nWant your unemployment benefits? You may have to submit to facial recognition first - CNN cnn.com/2021/07/23/tec\u2026",
        "html": "Worth reading. Your paid entitlement may take you weeks to collect because of antifraud measures that haven\u2019t measurably decreased fraud.\n\nWant your unemployment benefits? You may have to submit to facial recognition first - CNN <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/23/tech/idme-unemployment-facial-recognition/index.html\">cnn.com/2021/07/23/tec\u2026</a>"
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    "author": {
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        "name": "rooting for the nameless gorn",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/karabaic",
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    "published": "2021-07-26T19:24:23+00:00",
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    "content": {
        "text": "COVID vaccination threads on Nextdoor be like..."
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Jonathan LaCour",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/cleverdevil",
        "photo": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/744804831064317952/W-gMo7AO.jpg"
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    "url": "https://twitter.com/jaredcwhite/status/1419733772459659264",
    "content": {
        "text": "I can\u2019t believe it\u2019s taken me multiple decades of adult living to discover I can just buy a bottle of malt vinegar and drizzle it over a bowl of regular ol\u2019 potato chips and now they\u2019re, like, twice as good. Why didn\u2019t anybody tell me this"
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Jared White",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/jaredcwhite",
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        "text": "Looking forward to the followup with the woman who\u2019s raising his kids without his assistance while he\u2026\u201dsacrifices\u201d. \ud83d\ude44\n\nOh, and with the kids in a few years.\n\ncapitaldaily.ca/news/penniless\u2026",
        "html": "Looking forward to the followup with the woman who\u2019s raising his kids without his assistance while he\u2026\u201dsacrifices\u201d. \ud83d\ude44\n\nOh, and with the kids in a few years.\n\n<a href=\"https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/penniless-two-decades-without-money\">capitaldaily.ca/news/penniless\u2026</a>"
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
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        "url": "https://twitter.com/karabaic",
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        "text": "Lost in all of the (justified) criticism about Safari's new tab UI is how great the new \"tab groups\" feature is. Segmenting browser tabs into \"workspaces\" that sync across devices is great for organization.\n\nI'd even be OK with tabs being in the sidebar as list items..."
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        "type": "card",
        "name": "Jonathan LaCour",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/cleverdevil",
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        "text": "Tweets 10 years ago:\nLook, they are so smol we will literally just send them to your phone as an SMS right as they come in!\n\nTrying to open a single tweet today, from any app:"
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Site Monitoring, Plausibly

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    "published": "2021-07-26T09:03:14-07:00",
    "url": "https://nadreck.me/2021/07/site-monitoring-plausibly/",
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        "text": "I\u2019m on my annual sojourn to Squam this week, listening to the lake and the loons. I\u2019ve got a few personal projects I\u2019ve been meaning to do that I hope to work on while here (in addition to the socializing and swimming and such). For instance, I\u2019ve been meaning to move away from Google Analytics for monitoring site traffic. No diss on the quality of the tool, but philosophically I\u2019ve been increasingly uncomfortable with handing over my site\u2019s viewership information to Google for their own purposes. I do still want some level of monitoring, though: site stats aren\u2019t strictly necessary, but I\u2019m enough of a stats geek that I do like to occasionally see what pages are getting views, what links are getting clicked, and so on.\n\n\n\nThere\u2019s a couple different open source solutions out there that serve this purpose. Matomo is a popular one (it was previously named Piwik and has been around for quite some time), but seemed excessive for what I wanted. Personally, I ended up landing on Plausible. It\u2019s fairly lightweight, fast, GDPR compliant, doesn\u2019t collect PII, and I can self-host it. Setup was a little bit of a pain, but not an insurmountable one. To be more clear: installation itself is easy, as it\u2019s just a docker container, but it terminates to http, not https. This meant I needed to set up a reverse proxy to pass it through a secure connection, or else browser content protections would block the script (they don\u2019t like mixing secure and non-secure files). But hey, good opportunity to learn something new!",
        "html": "<p>I\u2019m on my annual sojourn to Squam this week, listening to the lake and the loons. I\u2019ve got a few personal projects I\u2019ve been meaning to do that I hope to work on while here (in addition to the socializing and swimming and such). For instance, I\u2019ve been meaning to move away from Google Analytics for monitoring site traffic. No diss on the quality of the tool, but philosophically I\u2019ve been increasingly uncomfortable with handing over my site\u2019s viewership information to Google for their own purposes. I do still want some level of monitoring, though: site stats aren\u2019t strictly necessary, but I\u2019m enough of a stats geek that I do like to occasionally see what pages are getting views, what links are getting clicked, and so on.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s a couple different open source solutions out there that serve this purpose. <a href=\"https://matomo.org\">Matomo</a> is a popular one (it was previously named Piwik and has been around for quite some time), but seemed excessive for what I wanted. Personally, I ended up landing on <a href=\"https://plausible.io\">Plausible</a>. It\u2019s fairly lightweight, fast, <abbr title=\"General Data Protection Regulation\">GDPR</abbr> compliant, doesn\u2019t collect <abbr title=\"Personally Identifiable Information\">PII</abbr>, and I can self-host it. Setup was a little bit of a pain, but not an insurmountable one. To be more clear: installation itself is easy, as it\u2019s just a docker container, but it terminates to http, not https. This meant I needed to set up a reverse proxy to pass it through a secure connection, or else browser content protections would block the script (they don\u2019t like mixing secure and non-secure files). But hey, good opportunity to learn something new!</p>"
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