📗 Want to read Inventing the Renaissance by Ada Palmer ISBN: 9780226837970
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"html": "<p>As a child\u2026well, <strong>I did not yearn for the mines.</strong> \ud83d\ude09 But as a father of kids circa early 2020s, I have many fond memories of playing Minecraft (Java Edition) together as a family for hours upon hours upon hours. I\u2019m also a huge fan of the Minecraft soundtrack by C418\u2014<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOIEo_74L-Q\">Aria Math</a> is sheer perfection.</p>\n\n<p>I was hoping to see the new Minecraft Movie with my kids, but they beat me to it with another group of friends/family. So I finally went by myself to see it (don\u2019t feel bad for me, I <em>love</em> going to the cinema alone).</p>\n\n<p><strong>CHICKEN JOCKEY!</strong></p>\n\n<p>You just knew I had to say it. \ud83d\ude02</p>\n\n<p>I don\u2019t know what beef some critics had with this movie. Maybe it just doesn\u2019t land if you\u2019re not a massive Minecraft nerd. I wouldn\u2019t say I\u2019m totally a nerd (<a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/podcast/117/\">my game franchise of choice is Myst</a>), but I have enough experience with it that I had an absolute blast (TNT of course) watching this very weird and goofy take on the game. Everyone seemed to be acting the hell out of themselves and having great fun, and while it\u2019s fair to say the film is thin on plot and very intent on a-meme-every-second pacing, I was totally there for it.</p>\n\n<p>Plus who doesn\u2019t love a few very comedic moments with Jennifer Coolidge. She is every bit as delightfully wacky as you might expect!</p>\n\n<p>Am I excited for the inevitable sequel, given the fact they\u2019ve raked in an eye-watering amount of dough from this one? <em><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YPnZLTZRYw\">Heh!</a></em></p>\n\n<p>\u2b50\ufe0f <strong>4.5 out of 5 stars.</strong><br /><a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/movies\">#movies</a></p>",
"text": "As a child\u2026well, I did not yearn for the mines. \ud83d\ude09 But as a father of kids circa early 2020s, I have many fond memories of playing Minecraft (Java Edition) together as a family for hours upon hours upon hours. I\u2019m also a huge fan of the Minecraft soundtrack by C418\u2014Aria Math is sheer perfection.\n\nI was hoping to see the new Minecraft Movie with my kids, but they beat me to it with another group of friends/family. So I finally went by myself to see it (don\u2019t feel bad for me, I love going to the cinema alone).\n\nCHICKEN JOCKEY!\n\nYou just knew I had to say it. \ud83d\ude02\n\nI don\u2019t know what beef some critics had with this movie. Maybe it just doesn\u2019t land if you\u2019re not a massive Minecraft nerd. I wouldn\u2019t say I\u2019m totally a nerd (my game franchise of choice is Myst), but I have enough experience with it that I had an absolute blast (TNT of course) watching this very weird and goofy take on the game. Everyone seemed to be acting the hell out of themselves and having great fun, and while it\u2019s fair to say the film is thin on plot and very intent on a-meme-every-second pacing, I was totally there for it.\n\nPlus who doesn\u2019t love a few very comedic moments with Jennifer Coolidge. She is every bit as delightfully wacky as you might expect!\n\nAm I excited for the inevitable sequel, given the fact they\u2019ve raked in an eye-watering amount of dough from this one? Heh!\n\n\u2b50\ufe0f 4.5 out of 5 stars.\n#movies"
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Bridges crossing the Crooked River Canyon in central Oregon
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Wy’east (aka Mt. Hood) overlooking the Anjou pear fields south of Hood River.
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I’ll never get tired of waking up to views like this. 😍 #NomadLifestyle
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Mind-blowing yellow color on the road from Sublimity to Silverton
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Sailboat on the Willamette River
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It was like a video game…in real life! 🤯
“Trees of Mystery” in Northern California
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Looking out at Cape Lookout
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In two weeks I'll be speaking at the MCP Dev Summit in San Francisco! It's going to be a great day packed with back to back sessions.
In less than a year, the MCP project has quickly reshaped how developers are building AI agents. My talk, "Intro to OAuth for MCP Servers", will cover the basics of the new MCP authorization protocol and set the stage for building secure MCP servers.
https://mcpdevsummit.ai/#agenda
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I’ve been hearing that Jensen McRae is asking people to mask at her shows and she’s been providing them. Wasn’t familiar with her before, but I must stan! Loving the music so far, great voice: “Savannah”
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"html": "<p>I want to assure you, as I write this I am completely relaxed, having enjoyed an extremely delightful day and currently car camping in a glorious field on a hilltop overlooking a beautiful valley. So I am anything but agitated as I utter these somber words:</p>\n\n<p><strong>I am no longer certain the <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/openweb\">#OpenWeb</a> and the digital culture we have created for ourselves will survive for much longer.</strong></p>\n\n<p>The built environment of the Internet is being systematically destroyed by <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/generativeai\">#GenerativeAI</a>. I consider the deployment of software such as ChatGPT, Copilot, Sora, etc. to be, put simply, the digital equivalent of clear-cutting a forest.</p>\n\n<p>There will be nothing left when they\u2019re through with it.</p>\n\n<p>As a side effect of this new world order, I increasingly find it hard to justify to myself spending much time online, beyond mainly following some news sources and creators I care about (via free or paid subscriptions). I go back and read articles I wrote in the past\u2014<a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/articles/the-web-is-the-opposite-of-dead\">The Web is the Opposite of Dead</a> for example\u2014which sung the praises of how much of our daily lives are spent online, and <strong>I cringe</strong>.</p>\n\n<p>I now believe the Covid pandemic paved the way for an alarming breakdown in civil society which has been exploited by unbridled Big Tech and radical fascists.</p>\n\n<p>I am haunted by this quote I read today:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>\u201cThe right-wing attack on universities and the widespread use of ChatGPT to replace thinking and writing are two sides of the same relentless assault on what the Greeks called paideia: the education and development of citizens as ethical beings engaged in their communities.\u201d<br />\u2013<a href=\"https://kolektiva.social/@spencerbeswick/114469286889198096\">Spencer Beswick (@spencerbeswick@kolektiva.social)</a></p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>And as multiple essayists have been pointing out for a while now, Generative AI is the new aesthetics of fascism. I consider these movements joined at the hip. Generative AI is the dark side of capitalism dialed up to 11. It is <em>outrageously</em> extractive\u2014suck all the value out of every creative ecosystem and provide virtually no value in return\u2026all so that a small number of fat cats at the top of the food chain gain all the power and resources of the entire system.</p>\n\n<p>I really am at a lost how we move past this. I still believe the AI bubble will burst spectacularly, but that moment still feels rather far off and my existential fear is that by the time it <em>finally</em> does, <strong>it will have been too late.</strong></p>\n\n<p>In other words, I don\u2019t know if the bubble bursts before or after the Internet has been destroyed.</p>\n\n<p>In the end, we may only have lingering remnants of the Fediverse and the Blogosphere and Wikipedia left, more or less. What else is there to hold the line against the <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_goo\">\u201cgray goo\u201d</a>-ification wrought by viral AI?</p>\n\n<p><strong>Nothing beside remains.</strong></p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>I met a traveller from an antique land,<br />Who said\u2014\u201cTwo vast and trunkless legs of stone<br />Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,<br />Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,<br />And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,<br />Tell that its sculptor well those passions read<br />Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,<br />The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;<br />And on the pedestal, these words appear:<br />My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;<br />Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!<br />Nothing beside remains. Round the decay<br />Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare<br />The lone and level sands stretch far away.\u201d<br />\u2013<a href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46565/ozymandias\">Percy Bysshe Shelley</a></p>\n</blockquote>",
"text": "I want to assure you, as I write this I am completely relaxed, having enjoyed an extremely delightful day and currently car camping in a glorious field on a hilltop overlooking a beautiful valley. So I am anything but agitated as I utter these somber words:\n\nI am no longer certain the #OpenWeb and the digital culture we have created for ourselves will survive for much longer.\n\nThe built environment of the Internet is being systematically destroyed by #GenerativeAI. I consider the deployment of software such as ChatGPT, Copilot, Sora, etc. to be, put simply, the digital equivalent of clear-cutting a forest.\n\nThere will be nothing left when they\u2019re through with it.\n\nAs a side effect of this new world order, I increasingly find it hard to justify to myself spending much time online, beyond mainly following some news sources and creators I care about (via free or paid subscriptions). I go back and read articles I wrote in the past\u2014The Web is the Opposite of Dead for example\u2014which sung the praises of how much of our daily lives are spent online, and I cringe.\n\nI now believe the Covid pandemic paved the way for an alarming breakdown in civil society which has been exploited by unbridled Big Tech and radical fascists.\n\nI am haunted by this quote I read today:\n\n\n \u201cThe right-wing attack on universities and the widespread use of ChatGPT to replace thinking and writing are two sides of the same relentless assault on what the Greeks called paideia: the education and development of citizens as ethical beings engaged in their communities.\u201d\n\u2013Spencer Beswick (@spencerbeswick@kolektiva.social)\n\n\nAnd as multiple essayists have been pointing out for a while now, Generative AI is the new aesthetics of fascism. I consider these movements joined at the hip. Generative AI is the dark side of capitalism dialed up to 11. It is outrageously extractive\u2014suck all the value out of every creative ecosystem and provide virtually no value in return\u2026all so that a small number of fat cats at the top of the food chain gain all the power and resources of the entire system.\n\nI really am at a lost how we move past this. I still believe the AI bubble will burst spectacularly, but that moment still feels rather far off and my existential fear is that by the time it finally does, it will have been too late.\n\nIn other words, I don\u2019t know if the bubble bursts before or after the Internet has been destroyed.\n\nIn the end, we may only have lingering remnants of the Fediverse and the Blogosphere and Wikipedia left, more or less. What else is there to hold the line against the \u201cgray goo\u201d-ification wrought by viral AI?\n\nNothing beside remains.\n\n\n I met a traveller from an antique land,\nWho said\u2014\u201cTwo vast and trunkless legs of stone\nStand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,\nHalf sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,\nAnd wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,\nTell that its sculptor well those passions read\nWhich yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,\nThe hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;\nAnd on the pedestal, these words appear:\nMy name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;\nLook on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!\nNothing beside remains. Round the decay\nOf that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare\nThe lone and level sands stretch far away.\u201d\n\u2013Percy Bysshe Shelley"
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"html": "<img alt=\"\" src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/mariposta/image/upload/w_1200,c_limit,q_65/Mon_Mothma_fek1go.jpg\" /><h2>This may be pop culture delivered on a streaming service, but it's also alarm bells ringing for the very real world we live in.</h2>\n\n<p>Take heed: the following might be considered a spoiler if you haven\u2019t yet seen <em>Star Wars: Andor</em> Season 2 Episode 9.</p>\n\n<p>In this episode, Senator Mon Mothma delivers a speech in the Galactic Senate before she is cut off and the video feed is shut down. The following is an excerpt after her formal introductions up to the point she is barred from speaking further. Yes, it touches on events that happen in a TV show on Disney+. It\u2019s just fantasy. It\u2019s \u201centertainment\u201d. <strong>And yet it strikes at the heart of the very real crisis in our American politics we are now grappling with every day.</strong></p>\n\n<p>We have gladly allowed the many decades of <em>Star Wars</em> to tickle our romantic notions of heroism and mythic glory. This is good! May it <em>also</em> speak to us as people who recognize <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/podcast/124/\">we need stories like this to spur us to action in standing up for truth and justice in our own place and time</a>.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Senator Mon Mothma, I yield you the floor.</strong></p>\n\n\n\n<p>I believe we are in crisis.<br />The distance between what is said and what is known to be true<br />has become an abyss.</p>\n\n<p>Of all the things at risk,<br />The loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous.<br />The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil.</p>\n\n<p>When truth leaves us,<br />When we let is slip away,<br />When it is ripped from our hands,<br />We become vulnerable to the appetite<br />of whatever monster screams the loudest.</p>\n\n<p>This chamber\u2019s hold on the truth<br />was finally lost on the Ghorman plaza.<br />What took place yesterday,<br />What happened yesterday on Ghorman<br />was unprovoked genocide. Yes! Genocide!</p>\n\n<p>And that truth has been exiled from this chamber!<br />And the monster screaming the loudest?<br />The monster we\u2019ve helped create?<br />The monster who will come for us all soon enough<br />is <a href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/white-house-donald-trump-king-time-2033574#slideshow/2591956\">Emperor Palpatine</a>!</p>\n\n\n\n <br /><p>\n \n <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/tvshows\">#tvshows</a>\n \n <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/politics\">#politics</a>\n \n </p>",
"text": "This may be pop culture delivered on a streaming service, but it's also alarm bells ringing for the very real world we live in.\n\nTake heed: the following might be considered a spoiler if you haven\u2019t yet seen Star Wars: Andor Season 2 Episode 9.\n\nIn this episode, Senator Mon Mothma delivers a speech in the Galactic Senate before she is cut off and the video feed is shut down. The following is an excerpt after her formal introductions up to the point she is barred from speaking further. Yes, it touches on events that happen in a TV show on Disney+. It\u2019s just fantasy. It\u2019s \u201centertainment\u201d. And yet it strikes at the heart of the very real crisis in our American politics we are now grappling with every day.\n\nWe have gladly allowed the many decades of Star Wars to tickle our romantic notions of heroism and mythic glory. This is good! May it also speak to us as people who recognize we need stories like this to spur us to action in standing up for truth and justice in our own place and time.\n\nSenator Mon Mothma, I yield you the floor.\n\n\n\nI believe we are in crisis.\nThe distance between what is said and what is known to be true\nhas become an abyss.\n\nOf all the things at risk,\nThe loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous.\nThe death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil.\n\nWhen truth leaves us,\nWhen we let is slip away,\nWhen it is ripped from our hands,\nWe become vulnerable to the appetite\nof whatever monster screams the loudest.\n\nThis chamber\u2019s hold on the truth\nwas finally lost on the Ghorman plaza.\nWhat took place yesterday,\nWhat happened yesterday on Ghorman\nwas unprovoked genocide. Yes! Genocide!\n\nAnd that truth has been exiled from this chamber!\nAnd the monster screaming the loudest?\nThe monster we\u2019ve helped create?\nThe monster who will come for us all soon enough\nis Emperor Palpatine!\n\n\n\n \n\n \n #tvshows\n \n #politics"
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"text": "Foreword\nThe World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is holding its regular annual Advisory Board (AB) election this month. \nI was elected two years ago after being elected to a \nsix month term \n(See full AB members history). \nThis is my 2025 AB election nomination statement posted on my blog, in addition to the \nofficial \n Nominations and Statements for W3C Advisory Board 2025 Election page.\n\nTantek \u00c7elik is nominated by Mozilla Foundation. \n\n Nomination statement from Tantek \u00c7elik:\nHi, I'm Tantek \u00c7elik and I'm running for the W3C Advisory Board (AB) to build on the momentum the AB has built with transitioning W3C to a community-led and values-driven organization. I have been participating in and contributing to W3C groups and specifications for over 25 years.\n I am Mozilla\u2019s Advisory Committee (AC) representative and previously served on the AB for several terms, starting in 2013, with a two year break before returning in 2020. In early years I drove the movement to shift W3C to more open licenses for specifications, and more responsiveness to the needs of open source communities and independent website publishers.\n Most recently on the AB I led the AB\u2019s Priority Project for a W3C Vision as contributor and editor, taking it through wide review, and consensus at the AB to a vote by the AC to adopt the Vision as an official W3C Statement.\n Previously I also co-chaired the W3C Social Web Working Group that produced several widely interoperably deployed Social Web Standards. Mastodon and other open source software projects built a social network on ActivityPub and other social web specs which now require maintenance from implementation experience. As such, I have participated in the Social Web Incubator Community Group and helped draft a new charter to restart the Social Web Working Group and maintain these widely adopted specifications.\n With several members stepping down, the AB is experiencing much higher than usual turnover in this election.\n I am running for re-election to both help with continuity, on the Vision project and other efforts, and work with new and continuing Advisory Board members to build a fresh, forward looking focus for the AB. \n I believe governance of W3C, and advising thereof, is most effectively done by those who have the experience of actively collaborating in working groups producing interoperable specifications, and especially those who directly create on the web using W3C standards. This direct connection to the actual work of the web is essential to prioritizing the purpose & scope of governance of that work. \n Beyond effective governance, the AB has played the more crucial role of a member-driven change agent for W3C. While the Board and Team focus on the operations of keeping the W3C legal entity running smoothly, the AB has been and should continue to be where Members go to both fix problems and drive forward-looking improvements in W3C to better fulfill our Vision and Mission. \n I have Mozilla's financial support to spend my time pursuing these goals, and ask for your support to build the broad consensus required to achieve them. \n I post on my personal site tantek.com. You may follow my posts there or from Mastodon: @tantek.com@tantek.com \n If you have any questions or want to chat about the W3C Advisory Board, Values, Vision, or anything else W3C related, please reach out by email: tantek at mozilla.com. Thank you for your consideration.\n\nAddendum: More Candidates Blogged Nomination Statements\nSeveral other candidates (all new candidates) have also blogged their nomination statements, on their personal websites, naturally. This is the first AB election I know of where more than one candidate blogged their nomination statement. Ordered earliest published first:\nTess O\u2019Connor: \nCandidate Statement for the 2025 W3C Advisory Board (AB) election\n\nHidde de Vries: Running for the AB \n\nAnd one more candidate blogged about why he is running:\n\nDaniel Appelquist: Why am I running for W3C Advisory Board?",
"html": "<h2>Foreword</h2>\n<p>The World Wide Web Consortium (<abbr>W3C</abbr>) is holding its regular annual Advisory Board (<abbr>AB</abbr>) election this month. \nI was <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2023/158/t1/congrats-elected-w3cab-members\">elected two years ago</a> after being elected to a \n<a href=\"https://tantek.com/2022/334/b1/running-for-w3c-advisory-board-special-election\">six month term</a> \n(See <a href=\"https://www.w3.org/2002/ab/history/\">full <abbr>AB</abbr> members history</a>). \nThis is my 2025 <abbr>AB</abbr> election nomination statement posted on my blog, in addition to the \n<a href=\"https://www.w3.org/2025/04/ab-nominations\">official \n Nominations and Statements for <abbr>W3C</abbr> Advisory Board 2025 Election page</a>.\n</p>\n<h2>Tantek \u00c7elik is nominated by <a href=\"https://www.mozilla.org/\">Mozilla Foundation</a>. <br />\n Nomination statement from Tantek \u00c7elik:</h2>\n<p>Hi, I'm <a href=\"https://tantek.com/\">Tantek \u00c7elik</a> and I'm running for the <abbr>W3C</abbr> Advisory Board (<abbr>AB</abbr>) to build on the momentum the <abbr>AB</abbr> has built with transitioning <abbr>W3C</abbr> to a community-led and values-driven organization. I have been participating in and contributing to <abbr>W3C</abbr> groups and specifications for over 25 years.</p>\n <p>I am Mozilla\u2019s Advisory Committee (<abbr>AC</abbr>) representative and previously served on the <abbr>AB</abbr> for several terms, starting in 2013, with a two year break before returning in 2020. In early years I drove the movement to shift <abbr>W3C</abbr> to more open licenses for specifications, and more responsiveness to the needs of open source communities and independent website publishers.</p>\n <p>Most recently on the <abbr>AB</abbr> I <a href=\"https://www.w3.org/wiki/AB/2025_Priorities#Vision\">led the <abbr>AB</abbr>\u2019s Priority Project for a <abbr>W3C</abbr> Vision</a> as contributor and editor, taking it through wide review, and consensus at the <abbr>AB</abbr> to a vote by the <abbr>AC</abbr> to adopt <a href=\"https://www.w3.org/TR/w3c-vision/\">the Vision</a> as an official <abbr>W3C</abbr> Statement.</p>\n <p>Previously I also co-chaired the <a href=\"https://www.w3.org/wiki/Socialwg\"><abbr>W3C</abbr> Social Web Working Group</a> that produced several widely interoperably deployed <a href=\"https://www.w3.org/wiki/Socialwg#Recommendations\">Social Web Standards</a>. Mastodon and other open source software projects built a social network on ActivityPub and other social web specs which now require maintenance from implementation experience. As such, I have participated in the Social Web Incubator Community Group and helped draft a new charter to restart the Social Web Working Group and maintain these widely adopted specifications.</p>\n <p>With several members stepping down, the <abbr>AB</abbr> is experiencing much higher than usual turnover in this election.</p>\n <p>I am running for re-election to both help with continuity, on the Vision project and other efforts, and work with new and continuing Advisory Board members to build a fresh, forward looking focus for the <abbr>AB</abbr>.</p> \n <p>I believe governance of <abbr>W3C</abbr>, and advising thereof, is most effectively done by those who have the experience of actively collaborating in working groups producing interoperable specifications, and especially those who directly create on the web using <abbr>W3C</abbr> standards. This direct connection to the actual work of the web is essential to prioritizing the purpose & scope of governance of that work.</p> \n <p>Beyond effective governance, the <abbr>AB</abbr> has played the more crucial role of a member-driven change agent for <abbr>W3C</abbr>. While the Board and Team focus on the operations of keeping the <abbr>W3C</abbr> legal entity running smoothly, the <abbr>AB</abbr> has been and should continue to be where Members go to both fix problems and drive forward-looking improvements in <abbr>W3C</abbr> to better fulfill our Vision and Mission.</p> \n <p>I have Mozilla's financial support to spend my time pursuing these goals, and ask for your support to build the broad consensus required to achieve them.</p> \n <p>I post on my personal site <a href=\"https://tantek.com/\">tantek.com</a>. You may follow my posts there or from Mastodon: @tantek.com@tantek.com</p> \n <p>If you have any questions or want to chat about the <abbr>W3C</abbr> Advisory Board, Values, Vision, or anything else <abbr>W3C</abbr> related, please reach out by email: tantek at mozilla.com. Thank you for your consideration.</p>\n\n<h2>Addendum: More Candidates Blogged Nomination Statements</h2>\n<p>Several other candidates (all new candidates) have also blogged their nomination statements, on their personal websites, naturally. This is the first AB election I know of where more than one candidate blogged their nomination statement. Ordered earliest published first:</p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"https://tess.oconnor.cx/2025/04/AB\">Tess O\u2019Connor: \nCandidate Statement for the 2025 W3C Advisory Board (AB) election\n</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://hidde.blog/ab/\">Hidde de Vries: Running for the AB </a></li>\n</ul><p>\nAnd one more candidate blogged about why he is running:\n</p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"https://www.torgo.com/blog/2025/05/why-am-i-running-for-w3c-advisory-board.html\">Daniel Appelquist: Why am I running for W3C Advisory Board?</a></li>\n</ul>"
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Last Friday I published my second Cybersecurity Friday post with three more key steps for cybersecurity. In summary:
1. Different email address for each account, AKA email masking. Use or create a different email alias for each service you sign-up for.
2. Different password for each account. This is a well known security technique against credential stuffing attacks.
3. Use a password manager to autofill. Always using a password manager to autofill your login username (or email) and password can be a very effective method of reducing the chances of being phished.
Full post with details: https://tantek.com/2025/122/b1/more-steps-indieweb-cybersecurity
#CyberSecurity Friday #cyber #security
Previously: https://tantek.com/2025/055/t1/three-steps-indieweb-cybersecurity
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"text": "Last Friday I published my second Cybersecurity Friday post with three more key steps for cybersecurity. In summary:\n\n1. Different email address for each account, AKA email masking. Use or create a different email alias for each service you sign-up for.\n2. Different password for each account. This is a well known security technique against credential stuffing attacks.\n3. Use a password manager to autofill. Always using a password manager to autofill your login username (or email) and password can be a very effective method of reducing the chances of being phished.\n\nFull post with details: https://tantek.com/2025/122/b1/more-steps-indieweb-cybersecurity\n\n#CyberSecurity Friday #cyber #security\n\nPreviously: https://tantek.com/2025/055/t1/three-steps-indieweb-cybersecurity",
"html": "Last Friday I published my second Cybersecurity Friday post with three more key steps for cybersecurity. In summary:<br /><br />1. Different email address for each account, AKA email masking. Use or create a different email alias for each service you sign-up for.<br />2. Different password for each account. This is a well known security technique against credential stuffing attacks.<br />3. Use a password manager to autofill. Always using a password manager to autofill your login username (or email) and password can be a very effective method of reducing the chances of being phished.<br /><br />Full post with details: <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2025/122/b1/more-steps-indieweb-cybersecurity\">https://tantek.com/2025/122/b1/more-steps-indieweb-cybersecurity</a><br /><br />#<span class=\"p-category\">CyberSecurity</span> Friday #<span class=\"p-category\">cyber</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">security</span><br /><br />Previously: <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2025/055/t1/three-steps-indieweb-cybersecurity\">https://tantek.com/2025/055/t1/three-steps-indieweb-cybersecurity</a>"
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📗 Want to read Things Become Other Things by Craig Mod ISBN: 9780593732540
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"html": "<p>I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll have more to say about this in future travelogue installments, but I just want to say that my ability to travel around the western United States and live this <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/nomadlifestyle\">#NomadLifestyle</a> is really only possible thanks to <strong>libraries</strong>. <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/20250422/how-i-work-as-a-digital-nomad\">As I said in a previous post</a>, they are truly treasures of the common good and rare examples of public spaces open to all.</p>\n\n<p>Growing up I always thought a library is a place where you can browse books and \u201crent\u201d them, for lack of a better word. In other words, if a bookstore is a DVD store, a library is a Blockbuster. (I\u2019m really dating myself here. \ud83d\ude05)</p>\n\n<p>But libraries have evolved to become essentially the \u201cFree Internet Caf\u00e9\u201d of most towns. And the importance of that cannot be overstated. These are veritable community centers which don\u2019t just cater to people like me with some measure of resources but to people who might not have much to their name in this world.</p>\n\n<p>Any time I hear about libraries being denigrated in the news by some chuckleheaded buffoon, I want to gnash my teeth in frustration. <strong>Libraries are amazing! Libraries are incredible!</strong> And I wish I were more into reading books so I could actually enjoy reading books at the library. \ud83d\ude2c But give me a nice desk or table, decent WiFi, and a power outlet, and I am the happiest camper ever. \ud83d\ude0c</p>",
"text": "I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll have more to say about this in future travelogue installments, but I just want to say that my ability to travel around the western United States and live this #NomadLifestyle is really only possible thanks to libraries. As I said in a previous post, they are truly treasures of the common good and rare examples of public spaces open to all.\n\nGrowing up I always thought a library is a place where you can browse books and \u201crent\u201d them, for lack of a better word. In other words, if a bookstore is a DVD store, a library is a Blockbuster. (I\u2019m really dating myself here. \ud83d\ude05)\n\nBut libraries have evolved to become essentially the \u201cFree Internet Caf\u00e9\u201d of most towns. And the importance of that cannot be overstated. These are veritable community centers which don\u2019t just cater to people like me with some measure of resources but to people who might not have much to their name in this world.\n\nAny time I hear about libraries being denigrated in the news by some chuckleheaded buffoon, I want to gnash my teeth in frustration. Libraries are amazing! Libraries are incredible! And I wish I were more into reading books so I could actually enjoy reading books at the library. \ud83d\ude2c But give me a nice desk or table, decent WiFi, and a power outlet, and I am the happiest camper ever. \ud83d\ude0c"
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"name": "Shoutout to Libraries!",
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