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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2021-10-22T13:15:21+00:00",
    "url": "https://twitter.com/jgmac1106/status/1451537663828406274",
    "content": {
        "text": "Cool writing prompt. Write a future where humans return to earth inhabited by these creatures: vox.com/down-to-earth/\u2026 or tell the story of one of these future animals",
        "html": "Cool writing prompt. Write a future where humans return to earth inhabited by these creatures: <a href=\"https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/22734772/future-animals-evolution-unexplainable\">vox.com/down-to-earth/\u2026</a> or tell the story of one of these future animals"
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "https://jgregorymcverry.com",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/jgmac1106",
        "photo": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/565227710104883200/g4MDcTnx.jpeg"
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    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "24485726",
    "_source": "2773"
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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2021-10-22T09:48:51+00:00",
    "url": "https://twitter.com/slsoftworks/status/1451485696414322689",
    "quotation-of": "https://twitter.com/youyuxi/status/1439426768255991809",
    "content": {
        "text": "free idea for swc: AOT-compiled JS-to-Wasm plugins for tha masses :)"
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "flaki",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/slsoftworks",
        "photo": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/749678683514896385/7gxIRnoC.jpg"
    },
    "post-type": "note",
    "refs": {
        "https://twitter.com/youyuxi/status/1439426768255991809": {
            "type": "entry",
            "published": "2021-09-19T03:10:59+00:00",
            "url": "https://twitter.com/youyuxi/status/1439426768255991809",
            "in-reply-to": [
                "https://twitter.com/devongovett/status/1439426244525760512"
            ],
            "content": {
                "text": "I kinda worry that de-opting back into JS AST will defeat a significant part of the performance wins. You know how users will pile on JS plugins - and if they can be written in JS, most of them will be written in JS :)",
                "html": "I kinda worry that de-opting back into JS AST will defeat a significant part of the performance wins. You know how users will pile on JS plugins - and if they can be written in JS, most of them will be written in JS :)\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://twitter.com/devongovett\"></a>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://twitter.com/mikesherov\"></a>"
            },
            "author": {
                "type": "card",
                "name": "Evan You",
                "url": "https://twitter.com/youyuxi",
                "photo": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1206997998900850688/cTXTQiHm.jpg"
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            "post-type": "reply"
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    "_id": "24481278",
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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2021-10-22T05:14:53+00:00",
    "url": "https://twitter.com/karabaic/status/1451416750453452804",
    "content": {
        "text": "On TNG, there\u2019s also an ep where Troi \u201closes\u201d her empathic sense. She has a strong reaction; people seem like cardboard cutouts to her. Later, they show Troi using the holodeck to train for command. \n\nWouldn\u2019t the holodeck be excruciating to her, like a really bad video game?"
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "uncoordinated authentic behaviorist",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/karabaic",
        "photo": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1256785873384861696/QfRzUvne.jpg"
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    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "24477508",
    "_source": "2773"
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{
    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2021-10-22T05:04:05+00:00",
    "url": "https://twitter.com/cleverdevil/status/1451414028694081537",
    "content": {
        "text": "Tonight, I drink to Colin Robinson."
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Jonathan LaCour",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/cleverdevil",
        "photo": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1428891351014285317/zGK22rDG.jpg"
    },
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "24477509",
    "_source": "2773"
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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2021-10-22T04:53:05+00:00",
    "url": "https://twitter.com/tomwiththeweath/status/1451411261938356268",
    "quotation-of": "https://twitter.com/jonl/status/1451338536993624067",
    "content": {
        "text": "very good conversation with a reference to \"Things to Come\"  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Things_to\u2026",
        "html": "very good conversation with a reference to \"Things to Come\"  <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Things_to_Come\">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Things_to\u2026</a>"
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "herestomwiththeweather",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/tomwiththeweath",
        "photo": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/52629372/flickr.jpg"
    },
    "post-type": "note",
    "refs": {
        "https://twitter.com/jonl/status/1451338536993624067": {
            "type": "entry",
            "published": "2021-10-22T00:04:06+00:00",
            "url": "https://twitter.com/jonl/status/1451338536993624067",
            "content": {
                "text": "Watch Plutopians talk about a Lexicon of the Future with @GuRuth : bit.ly/3aY50jJ",
                "html": "Watch Plutopians talk about a Lexicon of the Future with <a href=\"https://twitter.com/GuRuth\">@GuRuth</a> : <a href=\"https://bit.ly/3aY50jJ\">bit.ly/3aY50jJ</a>"
            },
            "author": {
                "type": "card",
                "name": "Jon Lebkowsky",
                "url": "https://twitter.com/jonl",
                "photo": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1425780747214934025/MLoTkCAw.jpg"
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            "post-type": "note"
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    "_id": "24477331",
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{
    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2021-10-22T02:05:53+00:00",
    "url": "https://twitter.com/jaredcwhite/status/1451369183292235776",
    "content": {
        "text": "I'm still trying to wrap my head around what it would be like to use a Mac with ProMotion. That sweet, sweet 120Hz refresh rate is one of the things I love most about my iPad Pro. But part of that magic is the tactile feel you get as you're using the touchscreen."
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Jared White \ud83d\udd2e",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/jaredcwhite",
        "photo": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1431863008288931841/hsLQJBv4.jpg"
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    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "24475282",
    "_source": "2773"
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{
    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2021-10-22T00:31:32+00:00",
    "url": "https://twitter.com/ZoeSchiffer/status/1451345441308565509",
    "content": {
        "text": "\"Many people want to boil down this to just 'crazy libs' obsessed with 'cancel culture' who want to harm Chappelle, but that could not be further from the truth. Within the Trans* team there is no desire to 'destroy Netflix' or cancel Dave.'\" washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/\u2026",
        "html": "\"Many people want to boil down this to just 'crazy libs' obsessed with 'cancel culture' who want to harm Chappelle, but that could not be further from the truth. Within the Trans* team there is no desire to 'destroy Netflix' or cancel Dave.'\" <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/21/netflix-walkout-b-pagels-minor-fired-chappelle/\">washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/\u2026</a>"
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Zo\u00eb Schiffer",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/ZoeSchiffer",
        "photo": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1339414834350182401/Cbwg03OA.jpg"
    },
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "24473966",
    "_source": "2773"
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{
    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2021-10-22T00:14:58+00:00",
    "url": "https://twitter.com/Johannes_Ernst/status/1451341270786265089",
    "content": {
        "text": "When people start admitting that they don't know, but will try to find out, we might actually get somewhere. Bravo @twitter . protocol.com/policy/twitter\u2026",
        "html": "When people start admitting that they don't know, but will try to find out, we might actually get somewhere. Bravo <a href=\"https://twitter.com/Twitter\">@twitter</a> . <a href=\"https://www.protocol.com/policy/twitter-algorithm-right-wing-bias\">protocol.com/policy/twitter\u2026</a>"
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Johannes Ernst",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/Johannes_Ernst",
        "photo": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/462335209015238656/ie0cRjdx.jpeg"
    },
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "24473800",
    "_source": "2773"
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2021-04-03 15:19-0700",
    "url": "https://tantek.com/2021/093/t1/days-til-fully-vaccinated",
    "content": {
        "text": "Over 50 hours post-jab and no side-effects. Was a bit more tired last night, but nothing unusual, slept in today just in case. Now the 12 days wait til \u201cfully vaccinated\u201d."
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Tantek \u00c7elik",
        "url": "https://tantek.com/",
        "photo": "https://tantek.com/photo.jpg"
    },
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "24473270",
    "_source": "2460"
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2021-04-02 15:19-0700",
    "url": "https://tantek.com/2021/092/t1/jnj-vaccinated",
    "category": [
        "JNJ"
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    "content": {
        "text": "24 hours ago\nI got vaccinated\nNo one to see, nowhere to go\nI got #JNJ vaccinated\n\nJust drive across the Bay Bridge\nAnd guide me to a lane\nAsking, asking, asking\nConfirming my consent\nI opened up my car door\nI rolled up my left sleeve\nOh, jab, oh oh oh oooh! \n\n\u2026\n\n(to be continued)",
        "html": "24 hours ago<br />I got vaccinated<br />No one to see, nowhere to go<br />I got #<span class=\"p-category\">JNJ</span> vaccinated<br /><br />Just drive across the Bay Bridge<br />And guide me to a lane<br />Asking, asking, asking<br />Confirming my consent<br />I opened up my car door<br />I rolled up my left sleeve<br />Oh, jab, oh oh oh oooh! <br /><br />\u2026<br /><br />(to be continued)"
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Tantek \u00c7elik",
        "url": "https://tantek.com/",
        "photo": "https://tantek.com/photo.jpg"
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    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "24473271",
    "_source": "2460"
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{
    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2021-03-28 17:19-0700",
    "url": "https://tantek.com/2021/087/t3/basically-just-simply-obscure",
    "content": {
        "text": "Are there other words like:\n\"basically\"\n\"just\"\n\"simply\"\nused in explanations/instructions to obscure actual complexity or difficulty?\n\nIs there a name for such words?\n\nThey often shame the reader as a side-effect (if it\u2019s not easy, it must be my fault)",
        "html": "Are there other words like:<br />\"basically\"<br />\"just\"<br />\"simply\"<br />used in explanations/instructions to obscure actual complexity or difficulty?<br /><br />Is there a name for such words?<br /><br />They often shame the reader as a side-effect (if it\u2019s not easy, it must be my fault)"
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Tantek \u00c7elik",
        "url": "https://tantek.com/",
        "photo": "https://tantek.com/photo.jpg"
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    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "24473275",
    "_source": "2460"
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{
    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2021-03-28 10:54-0700",
    "url": "https://tantek.com/2021/087/t1/insightful-visualthinking-talks",
    "category": [
        "visualthinking"
    ],
    "content": {
        "text": "Reflecting on insightful #visualthinking talks by @nadrosia & @evalottchen @BTConf @StayCurio_us Caf\u00e9 last week. A couple of quotes:\n\n\u201cmaking things and editing should be in two different phases \u2026 also in writing. these are two different modes\u201d \n\n\u201cyou want to have your own CSS in your hand [when drawing] ... your style for an h1 h2 or pullquote\u201d\n\nboth by @evalottchen",
        "html": "Reflecting on insightful #<span class=\"p-category\">visualthinking</span> talks by <a class=\"h-cassis-username\" href=\"https://twitter.com/nadrosia\">@nadrosia</a> &amp; <a class=\"h-cassis-username\" href=\"https://twitter.com/evalottchen\">@evalottchen</a> <a class=\"h-cassis-username\" href=\"https://twitter.com/BTConf\">@BTConf</a> <a class=\"h-cassis-username\" href=\"https://twitter.com/StayCurio_us\">@StayCurio_us</a> Caf\u00e9 last week. A couple of quotes:<br /><br />\u201cmaking things and editing should be in two different phases \u2026 also in writing. these are two different modes\u201d <br /><br />\u201cyou want to have your own CSS in your hand [when drawing] ... your style for an h1 h2 or pullquote\u201d<br /><br />both by <a class=\"h-cassis-username\" href=\"https://twitter.com/evalottchen\">@evalottchen</a>"
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Tantek \u00c7elik",
        "url": "https://tantek.com/",
        "photo": "https://tantek.com/photo.jpg"
    },
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "24473277",
    "_source": "2460"
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2021-03-25 17:55-0700",
    "url": "https://tantek.com/2021/084/t2/run-feet-grand-slam-feat",
    "category": [
        "sfhillclimbchallenge"
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    "content": {
        "text": "Going for a run to move my feet and get more vert for the @Nov_Project_SF #sfhillclimbchallenge https://sfhillclimb.challenges.run, adding reps on top of last month\u2019s 50/50 Grand Slam feat made possible by a 35mile run around SF to get the last 21 hills.",
        "html": "Going for a run to move my feet and get more vert for the <a class=\"h-cassis-username\" href=\"https://twitter.com/Nov_Project_SF\">@Nov_Project_SF</a> #<span class=\"p-category\">sfhillclimbchallenge</span> https://sfhillclimb.challenges.run, adding reps on top of last month\u2019s 50/50 Grand Slam feat made possible by a 35mile run around SF to get the last 21 hills."
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Tantek \u00c7elik",
        "url": "https://tantek.com/",
        "photo": "https://tantek.com/photo.jpg"
    },
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "24473278",
    "_source": "2460"
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2021-03-25 17:49-0700",
    "url": "https://tantek.com/2021/084/t1/ownyourlinks-indieweb-github-redirect",
    "category": [
        "OwnYourLinks",
        "IndieWeb"
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    "content": {
        "text": "Minor #OwnYourLinks #IndieWeb trick I setup a while ago:\n\nTop level /github redirect to my profile so I can link to:\nhttps://tantek.com/github/cassis instead of linking to @Github directly.\n\nEnables eventual moving/selfhosting repos/issues without breaking links.",
        "html": "Minor #<span class=\"p-category\">OwnYourLinks</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">IndieWeb</span> trick I setup a while ago:<br /><br />Top level /github redirect to my profile so I can link to:<br /><a href=\"https://tantek.com/github/cassis\">https://tantek.com/github/cassis</a> instead of linking to <a class=\"h-cassis-username\" href=\"https://twitter.com/Github\">@Github</a> directly.<br /><br />Enables eventual moving/selfhosting repos/issues without breaking links."
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Tantek \u00c7elik",
        "url": "https://tantek.com/",
        "photo": "https://tantek.com/photo.jpg"
    },
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "24473279",
    "_source": "2460"
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2021-03-22 11:28-0700",
    "url": "https://tantek.com/2021/081/t1/some-days-meetingfull-others-meaningful",
    "content": {
        "text": "Some days are more meetingfull and others are more meaningful."
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Tantek \u00c7elik",
        "url": "https://tantek.com/",
        "photo": "https://tantek.com/photo.jpg"
    },
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "24473280",
    "_source": "2460"
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2021-03-14 10:48-0700",
    "url": "https://tantek.com/2021/073/t2/cascade-paths-painting-revealed",
    "content": {
        "text": "Day before Thanksgiving 2019 my hot water heater broke, kicking off a cascade of forking paths still unfolding. For every repair I chose bold options, renovating thru 2020 lockdowns (another story). Most recently, painting the inside of my flat revealed:"
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Tantek \u00c7elik",
        "url": "https://tantek.com/",
        "photo": "https://tantek.com/photo.jpg"
    },
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "24473287",
    "_source": "2460"
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2021-03-13 21:45-0800",
    "url": "https://tantek.com/2021/072/t2/more-insights-past-possible-futures",
    "content": {
        "text": "Took my solar anniversary and the next day off from work.\n\nDialed down email, chat, news, & social media, creating larger blocks of continuous thinking. More insights surfaced, stretching from deeper in the past to possible futures. Some interconnected.",
        "html": "Took my solar anniversary and the next day off from work.<br /><br />Dialed down email, chat, news, &amp; social media, creating larger blocks of continuous thinking. More insights surfaced, stretching from deeper in the past to possible futures. Some interconnected."
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Tantek \u00c7elik",
        "url": "https://tantek.com/",
        "photo": "https://tantek.com/photo.jpg"
    },
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "24473289",
    "_source": "2460"
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2021-03-11 23:18-0800",
    "url": "https://tantek.com/2021/070/t2/do-not-go-gentle-into-that-night",
    "category": [
        "NPSF"
    ],
    "content": {
        "text": "\ud83c\udf1e\ud83d\udd04\u2705\nrewatched Interstellar\n\nDo not go gentle into that good night,\nOld age should burn and rave at close of day;\nRage, rage against the dying of the light.\n\nmore 2020:\nMar 9\n* #NPSF Dolo^1\n* 100% remote work\nMar 10\n* Ocean Beach \ud83d\ude0d sunset^2\n* Sutra philosophy class in-person\nMar 11\n* #NPSF Alta Plaza^3\n\n^1 https://tantek.com/t55X2\n^2 https://tantek.com/t55X3\n^3 https://tantek.com/t55Z1",
        "html": "\ud83c\udf1e\ud83d\udd04\u2705<br />rewatched Interstellar<br /><br />Do not go gentle into that good night,<br />Old age should burn and rave at close of day;<br />Rage, rage against the dying of the light.<br /><br />more 2020:<br />Mar 9<br />* #<span class=\"p-category\">NPSF</span> Dolo^1<br />* 100% remote work<br />Mar 10<br />* Ocean Beach \ud83d\ude0d sunset^2<br />* Sutra philosophy class in-person<br />Mar 11<br />* #<span class=\"p-category\">NPSF</span> Alta Plaza^3<br /><br />^1 <a href=\"https://tantek.com/t55X2\">https://tantek.com/t55X2</a><br />^2 <a href=\"https://tantek.com/t55X3\">https://tantek.com/t55X3</a><br />^3 <a href=\"https://tantek.com/t55Z1\">https://tantek.com/t55Z1</a>"
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Tantek \u00c7elik",
        "url": "https://tantek.com/",
        "photo": "https://tantek.com/photo.jpg"
    },
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "24473291",
    "_source": "2460"
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2021-03-08 12:21-0800",
    "url": "https://tantek.com/2021/067/t1/last-year-last-times",
    "category": [
        "IndieWeb"
    ],
    "content": {
        "text": "Last year last times:\nMar 2\n* lunch with co-workers\nMar 4\n* bus ride\n* in the office\n* #IndieWeb HWC @MozSF tantek.com/b/5BX1\n* train ride\nMar 5\n* haircut\n* indoor yoga @YogaFlowSF\nMar 7 \n* movie @AMCTheatres (Knives Out)\n& @Benihana for nephew1 bday",
        "html": "Last year last times:<br />Mar 2<br />* lunch with co-workers<br />Mar 4<br />* bus ride<br />* in the office<br />* #<span class=\"p-category\">IndieWeb</span> HWC <a class=\"h-cassis-username\" href=\"https://twitter.com/MozSF\">@MozSF</a> <a href=\"http://tantek.com/b/5BX1\">tantek.com/b/5BX1</a><br />* train ride<br />Mar 5<br />* haircut<br />* indoor yoga <a class=\"h-cassis-username\" href=\"https://twitter.com/YogaFlowSF\">@YogaFlowSF</a><br />Mar 7 <br />* movie <a class=\"h-cassis-username\" href=\"https://twitter.com/AMCTheatres\">@AMCTheatres</a> (Knives Out)<br />&amp; <a class=\"h-cassis-username\" href=\"https://twitter.com/Benihana\">@Benihana</a> for nephew1 bday"
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Tantek \u00c7elik",
        "url": "https://tantek.com/",
        "photo": "https://tantek.com/photo.jpg"
    },
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "24473293",
    "_source": "2460"
}

One Year Since The #IndieWeb Homebrew Website Club Met In Person And Other Last Times

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    "published": "2021-03-05 18:43-0800",
    "url": "https://tantek.com/2021/064/b1/one-year-since-homebrew-website-club",
    "featured": "https://fastly.4sqi.net/img/general/width960/476_qJUWdNuuOixrSpY_D3DMlHrFgi4oOr1BhQv5VK27d5Q.jpg",
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    "name": "One Year Since The #IndieWeb Homebrew Website Club Met In Person And Other Last Times",
    "content": {
        "text": "March 2021 is the second March in a row where so many of us are still in countries & cities doing our best to avoid getting sick (or worse), slow the spread, and otherwise living very different lives than we did in the before times. Every day here forward will be an anniversary of sorts for an unprecedented event, experience, change, or loss. Or the last time we did something. Rather than ignore them, it\u2019s worth remembering what we had, what we used to do, both appreciating what we have lost (allowing ourselves to mourn), and considering potential upsides of adaptations we have made.\n\n\nA year ago yesterday (2020-03-04) we hosted the last \nin-person Homebrew Website Club meetups \nin \nNottingham \n(by Jamie Tanna in a caf\u00e9)\nand \nSan Francisco \n(by me at Mozilla).\n\n\nNormally I go into the office on Wednesdays but I had worked from home that morning. I took the bus (#5736) inbound to work in the afternoon, the last time I rode a bus.  I setup a laptop on the podium in the main community room to show demos on the displays as usual.\n\n\nAround 17:34 we kicked off our local Homebrew Website Club meetup with four of us which grew to seven before we took a photo. As usual we took turns \ntaking notes in IRC during the meetup as participants demonstrated their websites, something new they had gotten working, ideas being developed, or inspiring independent websites they\u2019d found. \n\nCan you see the joy (maybe with a little goofiness, a little seriousness) in our faces?\n\n\n\nWe wrapped up the meeting, and as usual a few (or in this case two) of us decided to grab a bite and keep chatting. I did not even consider the possibility that it would be the last time I would see my office for over a year (still haven\u2019t been back), and left my desk upstairs in whatever condition it happened to be. I remember thinking I\u2019d likely be back in a couple days.\n\n\nWe walked a few blocks to Super Duper Burgers on Mission near Spear. That would be the last time I went to that Super Duper Burgers. Glad I decided to indulge in a chocolate milkshake.\n\n\n\nAfterwards Katherine and I went to the Embarcadero MUNI station and took the outbound MUNI N-Judah light rail. I distinctly remember noticing people were quieter than usual on the train. There was a palpable sense of increased anxiety.\n\n\n\nInstinctually I felt compelled to put on my mask, despite only two cases of Covid having been reported in San Francisco (of course now we know that it was already spreading, especially by the asymptomatic, undetected in the community). Later that night the \ntotal reported would be 6.\n\n\nYes I was carrying a mask in March of 2020. Since the previous 2+ years of seasonal fires and subsequent unpredictable days of unbreathable smoke in the Bay Area, I\u2019ve traveled with a compact N-95 respirator in my backpack.\n\n\nSide note: the CDC had yet to recommend that people wear masks. However I had been reading and watching enough global media to know that the accepted practice and recommendation in the East was quite different. It seemed people in Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong were already regularly wearing masks (including N95 respirators) in close public quarters such as transit. Since \nSARS had hit those regions much harder \nthan the U.S. I figured they had learned from the experience and thus it made sense to follow their lead, not the CDC (which was already under pressure from a criminally incompetent neglectful administration to not scare people). Turned out my instinct (and analysis and conclusions based on watching & reading global behaviors) was more correct than the U.S. CDC at the time (they eventually got there).\n\n\nShortly after the train doors closed I donned my mask and checked the seals. The other useful advantage of a properly fitted N95 is that it won\u2019t (shouldn\u2019t) let in any funky public transit smells (perfume, patchouli, or worse), like none of it. No one blinked at seeing someone put on a mask.\n\n\nWe reached our disembarkation stop and stepped off. I put my mask away. We hugged and said our goodbyes. Didn\u2019t think it would be the last time I\u2019d ride MUNI light rail. Or hug a friend without a second thought.\n\n\nAlso posted on IndieNews.",
        "html": "<p>\nMarch 2021 is the second March in a row where so many of us are still in countries &amp; cities doing our best to avoid getting sick (or worse), slow the spread, and otherwise living very different lives than we did in the before times. Every day here forward will be an anniversary of sorts for an unprecedented event, experience, change, or loss. Or the last time we did something. Rather than ignore them, it\u2019s worth remembering what we had, what we used to do, both appreciating what we have lost (allowing ourselves to mourn), and considering potential upsides of adaptations we have made.\n</p>\n<p>\nA year ago yesterday (2020-03-04) we hosted the last \n<a href=\"https://events.indieweb.org/2020/03/04\">in-person Homebrew Website Club meetups</a> \nin \n<a href=\"https://events.indieweb.org/2020/03/homebrew-website-club-nottingham-FWdZAqhKZBnq\">Nottingham</a> \n(<a href=\"https://www.jvt.me/mf2/2020/02/qriob/\">by Jamie Tanna</a> in a caf\u00e9)\nand \n<a href=\"https://events.indieweb.org/2020/03/homebrew-website-club-san-francisco-KTBJlSw7JJKm\">San Francisco</a> \n(by me at <a href=\"https://wiki.mozilla.org/SF\">Mozilla</a>).\n</p>\n<p>\nNormally I go into the office on Wednesdays but I had worked from home that morning. I took the bus (#5736) inbound to work in the afternoon, the last time I rode a bus.  I setup a laptop on the podium in the main community room to show demos on the displays as usual.\n</p>\n<p>\nAround 17:34 we kicked off our local Homebrew Website Club meetup with four of us which grew to seven before we took a photo. As usual we took turns \n<a href=\"https://chat.indieweb.org/2020-03-05#t1583372099486000\">taking notes in IRC</a> during the meetup as participants demonstrated their websites, something new they had gotten working, ideas being developed, or inspiring independent websites they\u2019d found. </p>\n<p>\nCan you see the joy (maybe with a little goofiness, a little seriousness) in our faces?\n<a href=\"https://events.indieweb.org/2020/03/homebrew-website-club-san-francisco-KTBJlSw7JJKm#photos\"><img class=\"u-featured\" src=\"https://fastly.4sqi.net/img/general/width960/476_qJUWdNuuOixrSpY_D3DMlHrFgi4oOr1BhQv5VK27d5Q.jpg\" alt=\"Participants of HWC San Francisco pose in two rows in front of a large screen displaying an 80s style Homebrew Website Club logo in the commons room at Mozilla San Francisco.\" /></a>\n</p>\n<p>\nWe wrapped up the meeting, and as usual a few (or in this case two) of us decided to grab a bite and keep chatting. I did not even consider the possibility that it would be the last time I would see my office for over a year (still haven\u2019t been back), and left my desk upstairs in whatever condition it happened to be. I remember thinking I\u2019d likely be back in a couple days.\n</p>\n<p>\nWe walked a few blocks to Super Duper Burgers on Mission near Spear. That would be the last time I went to that Super Duper Burgers. Glad I decided to indulge in a chocolate milkshake.\n<a href=\"https://fastly.4sqi.net/img/general/original/476_6rKnpO8ESoeRf8WsiSIBEa_j7TvhDNVvtZm7BVT0p60.jpg\"><img src=\"https://fastly.4sqi.net/img/general/width960/476_6rKnpO8ESoeRf8WsiSIBEa_j7TvhDNVvtZm7BVT0p60.jpg\" alt=\"veggie burger, chocolate milkshake with an unopened straw on top, and a small container of kethcup on a tray with napkins\" /></a>\n</p>\n<p>\nAfterwards Katherine and I went to the Embarcadero MUNI station and took the outbound MUNI N-Judah light rail. I distinctly remember noticing people were quieter than usual on the train. There was a palpable sense of increased anxiety.\n<a href=\"https://fastly.4sqi.net/img/general/original/476_qDEijUuizENp3pKrOcO153YlwZowtIm857nysyIq_JQ.jpg\"><img src=\"https://fastly.4sqi.net/img/general/width960/476_qDEijUuizENp3pKrOcO153YlwZowtIm857nysyIq_JQ.jpg\" alt=\"Underground in the Embarcadero MUNI rail station, dirty rafters above with pipes along the far wall, etched with a diagonal geometric design, covered with a series of five panels of advertising, a portion of track visible below in the lower left corner.\" /></a>\n</p>\n<p>\nInstinctually I felt compelled to put on my mask, despite only two cases of Covid having been reported in San Francisco (of course now we know that it was already spreading, especially by the asymptomatic, undetected in the community). Later that night the \n<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:COVID-19_pandemic_data/United_States/California/San_Francisco_County_medical_cases_chart\">total reported would be 6</a>.\n</p>\n<p>\nYes I was carrying a mask in March of 2020. Since the previous 2+ years of seasonal fires and subsequent unpredictable days of unbreathable smoke in the Bay Area, I\u2019ve traveled with a compact N-95 respirator in my backpack.\n</p>\n<p>\nSide note: the CDC had yet to recommend that people wear masks. However I had been reading and watching enough global media to know that the accepted practice and recommendation in the East was quite different. It seemed people in Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong were already regularly wearing masks (including N95 respirators) in close public quarters such as transit. Since \n<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_acute_respiratory_syndrome#Epidemiology\">SARS had hit those regions much harder</a> \nthan the U.S. I figured they had learned from the experience and thus it made sense to follow their lead, not the CDC (which was already under pressure from a criminally incompetent neglectful administration to not scare people). Turned out my instinct (and analysis and conclusions based on watching &amp; reading global behaviors) was more correct than the U.S. CDC at the time (they eventually got there).\n</p>\n<p>\nShortly after the train doors closed I donned my mask and checked the seals. The other useful advantage of a properly fitted N95 is that it won\u2019t (shouldn\u2019t) let in any funky public transit smells (perfume, patchouli, or worse), like none of it. No one blinked at seeing someone put on a mask.\n</p>\n<p>\nWe reached our disembarkation stop and stepped off. I put my mask away. We hugged and said our goodbyes. Didn\u2019t think it would be the last time I\u2019d ride MUNI light rail. Or hug a friend without a second thought.\n</p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https://news.indieweb.org/en/tantek.com/2021/064/b1/one-year-since-homebrew-website-club\" class=\"u-syndication\">Also posted on IndieNews</a>.\n</p>"
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        "name": "Tantek \u00c7elik",
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