Marty McGuire martymcgui.re

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2025-05-23T09:43:19-0400",
    "summary": "\ud83d\udcd7 Want to read Death of the Author (Deluxe Limited Edition) by Nnedi Okorafor ISBN: 9780063391147",
    "url": "https://martymcgui.re/2025/05/23/094319/",
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Passing Through

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        "name": "Jared White",
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    "url": "https://jaredwhite.com/20250522/passing-through",
    "published": "2025-05-22T21:45:50-07:00",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>\u201cTired and confused, yes I am<br />Don\u2019t see much in the future for me<br />I\u2019m a vagabond and a drifter<br />Not so hard to be<br />Walking down the highway<br />Walking through the park<br />Looking out for something<br />Still in the dark<br />Don\u2019t know what to say when I see you smile<br />So I guess I\u2019ll turn my head and go<br />On the way to another mile\u201d</p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaO2i8b-xhw\">Passing Through</a> has always been one of my favorite Bruce Hornsby songs from what is probably my favorite Bruce Hornsby album, <em>Harbor Lights</em>. It holds a special significance for me now that I\u2019ve had many a <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/nomadlifestyle\">#NomadLifestyle</a> moment feeling too like a vagabond and a drifter. (Through a tad less depressed about it\u2026)</p>\n\n<p>I love this later section of the song:</p>\n\n<p>\u201cWant faith in something<br />So hard to believe<br />Maybe one night soon<br />Maybe you could make me see\u201d</p>\n\n<p><strong>So good.</strong> \ud83d\ude0c</p>",
        "text": "\u201cTired and confused, yes I am\nDon\u2019t see much in the future for me\nI\u2019m a vagabond and a drifter\nNot so hard to be\nWalking down the highway\nWalking through the park\nLooking out for something\nStill in the dark\nDon\u2019t know what to say when I see you smile\nSo I guess I\u2019ll turn my head and go\nOn the way to another mile\u201d\n\n\n\nPassing Through has always been one of my favorite Bruce Hornsby songs from what is probably my favorite Bruce Hornsby album, Harbor Lights. It holds a special significance for me now that I\u2019ve had many a #NomadLifestyle moment feeling too like a vagabond and a drifter. (Through a tad less depressed about it\u2026)\n\nI love this later section of the song:\n\n\u201cWant faith in something\nSo hard to believe\nMaybe one night soon\nMaybe you could make me see\u201d\n\nSo good. \ud83d\ude0c"
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Marty McGuire martymcgui.re

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2025-05-22T14:31:15-0400",
    "url": "https://martymcgui.re/2025/05/22/143115/",
    "category": [
        "glitch",
        "web",
        "hosting",
        "shutdown",
        "2025"
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    "syndication": [
        "https://fed.brid.gy/"
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    "content": {
        "text": "Oh no! Oh no. \ud83d\ude3f\nhttps://blog.glitch.com/post/changes-are-coming-to-glitch/",
        "html": "<p>Oh no! Oh no. \ud83d\ude3f</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://blog.glitch.com/post/changes-are-coming-to-glitch/\">https://blog.glitch.com/post/changes-are-coming-to-glitch/</a></p>"
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    "author": {
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Link: Oregon Exports Affected by Retaliatory Tariffs

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        "name": "Jared White",
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    "url": "https://jaredwhite.com/links/20250521/oregon-exports-affected-by-retaliatory-tariffs",
    "published": "2025-05-21T23:38:08-07:00",
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        "html": "<blockquote>\n  <h2><a href=\"https://www.opb.org/article/2025/05/21/oregon-key-exports-imports-impact-trump-tariffs-wheat-coffee-computer-chips/\"></a></h2>\n\n  <p>Businesses and manufacturers in the state rely on imported goods and parts to run companies ranging from furniture shops to computer chip factories. Meanwhile, Oregon farmers, fishers and manufacturers rely on international buyers\u2019 interest in their products. And shipping and storage companies generate business by helping move these imports and exports around.</p>\n\n<p>All told, last year Oregon imported more than $28 billion worth of goods, and sent more than $34 billion worth of stuff to global markets.</p>\n\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>This deep dive analysis by Kyra Buckley, business reporter at Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB), is absolutely fascinating. I honestly had no idea that Oregon exported more than it imported in global trade\u2014particularly that \u201cmore than 80% of the soft, white wheat grown in Eastern Oregon is sold overseas for products ranging from noodles and dumplings to crackers.\u201d</p>\n\n<p>All of this is affected now by the trade wars. Not only must we contend with rising prices for imports, but Oregon\u2019s exports are threatened by retaliatory tariffs other countries impose on those imports coming in.</p>\n\n<p>One of our more famous food brands is <strong>Bob\u2019s Red Mill</strong>, maker of many fine whole grain and baking products. Well, CEO Trey Winthrop has been sounding the alarm about how the company\u2019s exports are being affected:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>Bob\u2019s Red Mill products can also be found on shelves in 65 countries. But Winthrop told Governor Tina Kotek that he\u2019s seeing campaigns in countries like Canada encouraging consumers to stop buying American goods in response to Trump\u2019s tariffs.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>As I keep snarking on Mastodon: <strong>Good job MAGA!</strong> \ud83d\ude03\ud83d\udc4d</p>",
        "text": "Businesses and manufacturers in the state rely on imported goods and parts to run companies ranging from furniture shops to computer chip factories. Meanwhile, Oregon farmers, fishers and manufacturers rely on international buyers\u2019 interest in their products. And shipping and storage companies generate business by helping move these imports and exports around.\n\nAll told, last year Oregon imported more than $28 billion worth of goods, and sent more than $34 billion worth of stuff to global markets.\n\n\n\nThis deep dive analysis by Kyra Buckley, business reporter at Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB), is absolutely fascinating. I honestly had no idea that Oregon exported more than it imported in global trade\u2014particularly that \u201cmore than 80% of the soft, white wheat grown in Eastern Oregon is sold overseas for products ranging from noodles and dumplings to crackers.\u201d\n\nAll of this is affected now by the trade wars. Not only must we contend with rising prices for imports, but Oregon\u2019s exports are threatened by retaliatory tariffs other countries impose on those imports coming in.\n\nOne of our more famous food brands is Bob\u2019s Red Mill, maker of many fine whole grain and baking products. Well, CEO Trey Winthrop has been sounding the alarm about how the company\u2019s exports are being affected:\n\n\n  Bob\u2019s Red Mill products can also be found on shelves in 65 countries. But Winthrop told Governor Tina Kotek that he\u2019s seeing campaigns in countries like Canada encouraging consumers to stop buying American goods in response to Trump\u2019s tariffs.\n\n\nAs I keep snarking on Mastodon: Good job MAGA! \ud83d\ude03\ud83d\udc4d"
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gRegor Morrill gregorlove.com

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2025-05-21 20:15-0700",
    "url": "https://gregorlove.com/2025/05/an-fda-committee/",
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        "ActionItem"
    ],
    "syndication": [
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        "text": "An FDA committee is meeting and considering removing some COVID vaccine recommendations for certain groups. Public comment is open until May 23, 2025 11:59PM Eastern.\n\nVisit the People\u2019s CDC guide for background and follow their steps to leave a comment\n\t\nRead my own comment and feel free to borrow any language from it!",
        "html": "<p>An FDA committee is meeting and considering removing some COVID vaccine recommendations for certain groups. Public comment is open until May 23, 2025 11:59PM Eastern.</p>\n\n<ul><li>Visit the <a href=\"https://peoplescdc.substack.com/p/vaccine-access-is-under-attack-act\">People\u2019s CDC guide</a> for background and follow their steps to leave a comment</li>\n\t<li>\n<a href=\"https://gregorlove.com/2025/05/fda-vrbpac-comment/\">Read my own comment</a> and feel free to borrow any language from it!</li>\n</ul>"
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    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "44878615",
    "_source": "95"
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gRegor Morrill gregorlove.com

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2025-05-21 19:04-0700",
    "url": "https://gregorlove.com/2025/05/i-was-reminded-of/",
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        "text": "I was reminded of this satirical gem from 2006. Funny/sad/infuriating how much it still applies almost 20 years later.",
        "html": "<p>I was reminded of <a href=\"https://fafblog.blogspot.com/2006/01/q-our-omnipotent-president-q.html\">this satirical gem from 2006</a>. Funny/sad/infuriating how much it still applies almost 20 years later.</p>"
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "gRegor Morrill",
        "url": "https://gregorlove.com/",
        "photo": "https://gregorlove.com/site/assets/files/6268/profile-2021-square.300x0.jpg"
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    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "44878616",
    "_source": "95"
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Pedro and the Girl

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    "url": "https://jaredwhite.com/20250520/pedro-and-the-girl",
    "published": "2025-05-20T18:57:05-07:00",
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        "html": "<p>I just finished watching that one where Pedro Pascal has to brave the perils of a hostile environment all while protecting the orphan girl in his care from the dangers which lurk around every corner.</p>\n\n<p>Nope, not <a href=\"https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/100088-the-last-of-us\">the one you\u2019re thinking of</a>. <a href=\"https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/506072-prospect\">The other one!</a></p>\n\n<p>Yes indeed, <em>Prospect</em> completely passed me by back in 2018 when it came out, but I happened to be on Tubi and noticed a cast centered around Pedro and Sophie Thatcher (who has proven to be thoroughly outstanding in the more recent productions of <em>Heretic</em> and <em>Companion</em>). Count me in!</p>\n\n<p>While I won\u2019t go so far as to say it\u2019s a standout in the pantheon of <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/scifi\">#scifi</a> <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/movies\">#movies</a>, I quite enjoyed the watch and was amazed at how compelling a film like this could be with so little of the whiz-bang special effects you normally expect to see in the genre. I was also chuckling that the \u201calien landscape\u201d was shot on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. <strong>Sure, I guess you could say the Pacific Northwest is out of this world!</strong></p>\n\n<p>Definitely worth the watch if you haven\u2019t seen it yet\u2014especially since it\u2019s free (with ads) on Tubi. I hope the indie filmmaking team is able to secure the funding necessary to <a href=\"https://www.fringedrifters.com/\">continue this IP aka \u201cThe Fringe\u201d in future projects</a>.</p>",
        "text": "I just finished watching that one where Pedro Pascal has to brave the perils of a hostile environment all while protecting the orphan girl in his care from the dangers which lurk around every corner.\n\nNope, not the one you\u2019re thinking of. The other one!\n\nYes indeed, Prospect completely passed me by back in 2018 when it came out, but I happened to be on Tubi and noticed a cast centered around Pedro and Sophie Thatcher (who has proven to be thoroughly outstanding in the more recent productions of Heretic and Companion). Count me in!\n\nWhile I won\u2019t go so far as to say it\u2019s a standout in the pantheon of #scifi #movies, I quite enjoyed the watch and was amazed at how compelling a film like this could be with so little of the whiz-bang special effects you normally expect to see in the genre. I was also chuckling that the \u201calien landscape\u201d was shot on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. Sure, I guess you could say the Pacific Northwest is out of this world!\n\nDefinitely worth the watch if you haven\u2019t seen it yet\u2014especially since it\u2019s free (with ads) on Tubi. I hope the indie filmmaking team is able to secure the funding necessary to continue this IP aka \u201cThe Fringe\u201d in future projects."
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Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com

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        "text": "Here for MCP Night"
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    "_id": "44861221",
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    "url": "https://jaredwhite.com/20250519/gosh-im-tired",
    "published": "2025-05-19T21:46:14-07:00",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Gosh, I\u2019m tired. Exhausted.</p>\n\n<p>A lot of <em>stuff</em> has happened to me in the past few days. Some very good stuff, but also some very\u2014uh\u2014not good stuff. The kind of stuff which would really affect my mental health in a negative way if I hadn\u2019t built up a whole ton of <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/mindfulness\">#mindfulness</a> mojo (that\u2019s the medical term for it, dontchaknow!) from my many recent travels &amp; hikes through nature wilderness areas.</p>\n\n<p>I have never had to be so \u201cgrounded\u201d in my inner life as right now. The world seems to have gone utterly, utterly mad. <strong>I get very little peace from any externalities right now.</strong> If I am to be at peace, I must summon it from within\u2014and from the rocks and the trees and the streams and the grass and the sky. <em>You\u2019d better believe I\u2019m even doing hippie-dippie shit like holding crystals.</em> Yeah, crystals! \ud83d\udc8e</p>\n\n<p><strong>It\u2019s come to this.</strong> \ud83d\ude02</p>\n\n<p>What are your mindfulness / meditation / spiritual practices you like to do to remain grounded and find inner peace? I\u2019d love it if you would comment via Mastodon (link below) and let me know!</p>",
        "text": "Gosh, I\u2019m tired. Exhausted.\n\nA lot of stuff has happened to me in the past few days. Some very good stuff, but also some very\u2014uh\u2014not good stuff. The kind of stuff which would really affect my mental health in a negative way if I hadn\u2019t built up a whole ton of #mindfulness mojo (that\u2019s the medical term for it, dontchaknow!) from my many recent travels & hikes through nature wilderness areas.\n\nI have never had to be so \u201cgrounded\u201d in my inner life as right now. The world seems to have gone utterly, utterly mad. I get very little peace from any externalities right now. If I am to be at peace, I must summon it from within\u2014and from the rocks and the trees and the streams and the grass and the sky. You\u2019d better believe I\u2019m even doing hippie-dippie shit like holding crystals. Yeah, crystals! \ud83d\udc8e\n\nIt\u2019s come to this. \ud83d\ude02\n\nWhat are your mindfulness / meditation / spiritual practices you like to do to remain grounded and find inner peace? I\u2019d love it if you would comment via Mastodon (link below) and let me know!"
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Tantek Çelik tantek.com

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    "published": "2025-05-18 21:32-0700",
    "url": "https://tantek.com/2025/138/t1/ran-bay-to-breakers",
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        "text": "Ran my 13th Bay to Breakers race in 1:55:31 today! 4min+ faster than last year.\n\nOnce again the Midnight Runners crew cheered runners in Hayes Valley at the park a couple of blocks before the hill.\n\nFelt better than I did last year, more able to sustain a moderate pace.\n\nOne quick pitstop in Golden Gate Park, and then picked up the pace to finish with a negative split and well under 2 hours. This time I made sure to keep running until I was well past the last timing strip.\n\nOther than the Midnight Runners cheer gang, this year I did not see anyone I knew the whole race. Bus + BART + jog to the start. Howard street up to Hayes hill, then by the Panhandle and through Golden Gate park to the finish.\n\nI did spot a neighbor after the finish and we caught up on the walk to the N-Judah light rail. Seeing the long line I decided to easy run backwards along the race course to see the costumes and a few human carried floats.\n\nCaught the Midnight Runners crew on the Conservatory of Flowers steps and hiked back to the Panhandle together. After catching up with a few friends I went home to shower and eat before heading back to the Panhandle.\n\nIn contrast to last year, last Friday I only did a short shakeout run \u2014 no evening run and staying out late with Midnight Runners. Saturday SFRC was about the same distance.\n\nSimilar to last year I took a bus to Van Ness, then jogged to the Civic Center station and took BART to Embarcadero. It seems that\u2019s the only reliable transit option, no matter what any mapping application (Apple Maps, Google Maps, or Routesy) claims about bus or lightrail times or routes (they were all wrong, yet again, just like last year).\n\nDespite not seeing any friends running the race, feeling both stronger and more confident in my training was enough to boost my mood for the duration. I was grateful to be out there running on a beautiful day.\n\nLast year: https://tantek.com/2024/150/t1/ran-baytobreakers\n\n#SanFrancisco #run #runner #race #roadRace #B2B #Bay2Breakers #BayToBreakers",
        "html": "Ran my 13th Bay to Breakers race in 1:55:31 today! 4min+ faster than last year.<br /><br />Once again the Midnight Runners crew cheered runners in Hayes Valley at the park a couple of blocks before the hill.<br /><br />Felt better than I did last year, more able to sustain a moderate pace.<br /><br />One quick pitstop in Golden Gate Park, and then picked up the pace to finish with a negative split and well under 2 hours. This time I made sure to keep running until I was well past the last timing strip.<br /><br />Other than the Midnight Runners cheer gang, this year I did not see anyone I knew the whole race. Bus + BART + jog to the start. Howard street up to Hayes hill, then by the Panhandle and through Golden Gate park to the finish.<br /><br />I did spot a neighbor after the finish and we caught up on the walk to the N-Judah light rail. Seeing the long line I decided to easy run backwards along the race course to see the costumes and a few human carried floats.<br /><br />Caught the Midnight Runners crew on the Conservatory of Flowers steps and hiked back to the Panhandle together. After catching up with a few friends I went home to shower and eat before heading back to the Panhandle.<br /><br />In contrast to last year, last Friday I only did a short shakeout run \u2014 no evening run and staying out late with Midnight Runners. Saturday SFRC was about the same distance.<br /><br />Similar to last year I took a bus to Van Ness, then jogged to the Civic Center station and took BART to Embarcadero. It seems that\u2019s the only reliable transit option, no matter what any mapping application (Apple Maps, Google Maps, or Routesy) claims about bus or lightrail times or routes (they were all wrong, yet again, just like last year).<br /><br />Despite not seeing any friends running the race, feeling both stronger and more confident in my training was enough to boost my mood for the duration. I was grateful to be out there running on a beautiful day.<br /><br />Last year: <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2024/150/t1/ran-baytobreakers\">https://tantek.com/2024/150/t1/ran-baytobreakers</a><br /><br />#<span class=\"p-category\">SanFrancisco</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">run</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">runner</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">race</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">roadRace</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">B2B</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">Bay2Breakers</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">BayToBreakers</span>"
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Link: Well Surprise Surprise…Looks Like Cities Like Portland are Growing After All

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    "url": "https://jaredwhite.com/links/20250518/surprise-cities-are-growing-after-all",
    "published": "2025-05-18T21:34:12-07:00",
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        "html": "<blockquote>\n  <h2><a href=\"https://portlandtribune.com/2025/05/17/portland-population-finally-grows-after-pandemic/\"></a></h2>\n\n  <p>The population of Portland increased in 2024 for the first time since COVID-19 shut down the economy, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The increase is included in the Vintage 2024 Estimates for American cities and towns that was released on Thursday, May 15. The population increase follows growth in downtown foot traffic over the past few years reported by Downtown Portland Clean &amp; Safe, the downtown service district that tracks downtown visits.</p>\n\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>You wouldn\u2019t believe the rhetoric getting spewed right and left over how cities in \u201cblue\u201d states, particularly here on the U.S. west coast, were shedding population in favor of people moving out to the \u2018burbs and red state areas instead. It took a pandemic, they said, for people to realize they should escape these urban hellholes and move out to the <em>real America</em> of the <a href=\"https://genius.com/Jason-aldean-try-that-in-a-small-town-lyrics\">\u201csmall town\u201d</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Only thing is that isn\u2019t true. Or if it were at one point temporarily true, <strong>it\u2019s not anymore.</strong></p>\n\n<p>(Honestly, I think the urban/rural divide is simply more culture war nonsense. We\u2019d all figure out how to get along and respect each other if it weren\u2019t for cynical politicians and far-right agitators turning it into yet another wedge issue\u2026)</p>",
        "text": "The population of Portland increased in 2024 for the first time since COVID-19 shut down the economy, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The increase is included in the Vintage 2024 Estimates for American cities and towns that was released on Thursday, May 15. The population increase follows growth in downtown foot traffic over the past few years reported by Downtown Portland Clean & Safe, the downtown service district that tracks downtown visits.\n\n\n\nYou wouldn\u2019t believe the rhetoric getting spewed right and left over how cities in \u201cblue\u201d states, particularly here on the U.S. west coast, were shedding population in favor of people moving out to the \u2018burbs and red state areas instead. It took a pandemic, they said, for people to realize they should escape these urban hellholes and move out to the real America of the \u201csmall town\u201d.\n\nOnly thing is that isn\u2019t true. Or if it were at one point temporarily true, it\u2019s not anymore.\n\n(Honestly, I think the urban/rural divide is simply more culture war nonsense. We\u2019d all figure out how to get along and respect each other if it weren\u2019t for cynical politicians and far-right agitators turning it into yet another wedge issue\u2026)"
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Webfinger Reverse Discovery

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    "published": "2025-05-18T14:49:22+00:00",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Activitypub addresses the problem of participating in a decentralized social network with a low barrier to entry. You participate through the server you have joined but often times the people you want to interact with reside on other servers. For instance, if you want to follow a friend, visiting that friend\u2019s url does not provide a simple follow button.  That simple follow button is on your own server but you need to navigate to your server\u2019s profile page for your friend who is on a remote server.  An easy way to do this is to perform a search on your friend\u2019s webfinger address which looks like an email address. Your server can make a <a href=\"https://www.w3.org/community/reports/socialcg/CG-FINAL-apwf-20240608/#forward-discovery\">forward discovery</a> request to ask for the url of your friend\u2019s actor document so that you can visit your server\u2019s profile page for your friend.</p>\n\n<p>Your server needs to do more than forward discovery to validate that the actor url actually belongs to the requested webfinger address in case the domain of the webfinger address is different than the domain of the actor url.  In this case, after fetching the actor url, your server needs to construct a 2nd webfinger address composed of the preferredUsername it found in the actor document followed by the domain of the actor url.  Your server can make a webfinger request to this 2nd address and use the response to verify that the subject matches the original webfinger address that you submitted in your search.  If they don\u2019t match, your server can display the profile associated with the 2nd address and ignore the original webfinger address since the validation failed.</p>\n\n<p>I wrote a <a href=\"https://github.com/herestomwiththeweather/irwin/commit/330765dc10054156cd26c397ed1973c93ed30760#diff-e66847e10576724ed355f062a794f1953374908bf08e248a62f3ccde6682de42R25-R34\">should use the custom domain</a> example spec to make sure the server can accommodate a custom domain different than the domain in the actor url.</p>\n\n<p>In the example spec, we are given bob@example.com whose webfinger points to an actor document at activitypub.test:</p>\n\n<pre><code>let(:bob_webfinger_info) { {\"subject\" =&gt; \"acct:bob@example.com\", \"links\"=&gt;[{\"rel\"=&gt;\"self\", \"type\"=&gt;\"application/activity+json\", \"href\"=&gt;\"https://activitypub.test/users/bob\" }]} }\n</code></pre>\n\n\n<p>It is not enough to fetch the actor document and assume bob is at activitypub.test.  Instead, <a href=\"https://docs.joinmastodon.org/spec/webfinger/#mastodons-requirements-for-webfinger\">as Mastodon does</a>, a reverse discovery should be performed by constructing a new WebFinger address by combining the preferredUsername from the actor document and the hostname of the id of the actor document.</p>\n\n<p>In the example spec, this new WebFinger address would be bob@activitypub.test and, in this case, the test host activitypub.test returns a webfinger response that confirms that the subject is bob@example.com that was requested with forward discovery.</p>\n\n<p>Another example spec <a href=\"https://github.com/herestomwiththeweather/irwin/commit/8f4b4f3abb8e47bd1c9d144439874f25ed6cf0c1#diff-e66847e10576724ed355f062a794f1953374908bf08e248a62f3ccde6682de42R61-R93\">should not use the custom domain if subject returned by activitypub server is different than the original subject</a> tests when george@example.com is not recognized by the host activitypub.test who george points his webfinger address to:</p>\n\n<pre><code>let(:george_webfinger_info) { {\"subject\" =&gt; \"acct:george@example.com\", \"links\"=&gt;[{\"rel\"=&gt;\"self\", \"type\"=&gt;\"application/activity+json\", \"href\"=&gt;\"https://activitypub.test/users/george\" }]} }\n</code></pre>\n\n\n<p>In this case, the validation fails because the host returns acct:george@activitypub.test in the 2nd webfinger request instead of acct:george@example.com so example.com is discarded and the domain of the account should fall back to activitypub.test.</p>",
        "text": "Activitypub addresses the problem of participating in a decentralized social network with a low barrier to entry. You participate through the server you have joined but often times the people you want to interact with reside on other servers. For instance, if you want to follow a friend, visiting that friend\u2019s url does not provide a simple follow button.  That simple follow button is on your own server but you need to navigate to your server\u2019s profile page for your friend who is on a remote server.  An easy way to do this is to perform a search on your friend\u2019s webfinger address which looks like an email address. Your server can make a forward discovery request to ask for the url of your friend\u2019s actor document so that you can visit your server\u2019s profile page for your friend.\n\nYour server needs to do more than forward discovery to validate that the actor url actually belongs to the requested webfinger address in case the domain of the webfinger address is different than the domain of the actor url.  In this case, after fetching the actor url, your server needs to construct a 2nd webfinger address composed of the preferredUsername it found in the actor document followed by the domain of the actor url.  Your server can make a webfinger request to this 2nd address and use the response to verify that the subject matches the original webfinger address that you submitted in your search.  If they don\u2019t match, your server can display the profile associated with the 2nd address and ignore the original webfinger address since the validation failed.\n\nI wrote a should use the custom domain example spec to make sure the server can accommodate a custom domain different than the domain in the actor url.\n\nIn the example spec, we are given bob@example.com whose webfinger points to an actor document at activitypub.test:\n\nlet(:bob_webfinger_info) { {\"subject\" => \"acct:bob@example.com\", \"links\"=>[{\"rel\"=>\"self\", \"type\"=>\"application/activity+json\", \"href\"=>\"https://activitypub.test/users/bob\" }]} }\n\n\n\nIt is not enough to fetch the actor document and assume bob is at activitypub.test.  Instead, as Mastodon does, a reverse discovery should be performed by constructing a new WebFinger address by combining the preferredUsername from the actor document and the hostname of the id of the actor document.\n\nIn the example spec, this new WebFinger address would be bob@activitypub.test and, in this case, the test host activitypub.test returns a webfinger response that confirms that the subject is bob@example.com that was requested with forward discovery.\n\nAnother example spec should not use the custom domain if subject returned by activitypub server is different than the original subject tests when george@example.com is not recognized by the host activitypub.test who george points his webfinger address to:\n\nlet(:george_webfinger_info) { {\"subject\" => \"acct:george@example.com\", \"links\"=>[{\"rel\"=>\"self\", \"type\"=>\"application/activity+json\", \"href\"=>\"https://activitypub.test/users/george\" }]} }\n\n\n\nIn this case, the validation fails because the host returns acct:george@activitypub.test in the 2nd webfinger request instead of acct:george@example.com so example.com is discarded and the domain of the account should fall back to activitypub.test."
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    "name": "Webfinger Reverse Discovery",
    "post-type": "article",
    "_id": "44847562",
    "_source": "246"
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Marty McGuire martymcgui.re

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2025-05-18T13:01:22-0400",
    "summary": "\ud83d\udcd7 Want to read Not Here, Not Now by Anthony Dunne, Fiona Raby ISBN: 9780262049665",
    "url": "https://martymcgui.re/2025/05/18/130122/",
    "category": [
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Marty McGuire",
        "url": "https://martymcgui.re/",
        "photo": "https://martymcgui.re/images/logo.jpg"
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    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "44843976",
    "_source": "175"
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Maybe Automation is, Like, Uh, Y’know, Actually Kinda Bad

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "Jared White",
        "url": "https://jaredwhite.com/",
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    "url": "https://jaredwhite.com/20250517/maybe-automation-is-like-bad",
    "published": "2025-05-17T18:33:45-07:00",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><strong>Stop me if you\u2019ve heard this one:</strong></p>\n\n<p>\u201cGee, we have all sorts of automation when it comes to manufacturing goods, and sometimes that\u2019s put people out of work and stuff. Oh well! The Industrial Age has been great for humanity. So what\u2019s wrong with automating intellectual work sometimes? The Age of AI will also be great for humanity!\u201d</p>\n\n<p>The foolish person would concede the first point, while continuing to engage on the question of intellectual automation.</p>\n\n<p>I think it will benefit us to apply some wisdom here and question the initial premise. Because, y\u2019know, maybe\u2014<strong>just maybe!</strong>\u2014the automated manufacturing of physical goods is <strong>also bad.</strong></p>\n\n<p><em>Shock!</em> <em>Gasp!</em> <em>Horror!</em> \ud83d\ude31</p>\n\n<p>Look, I won\u2019t pretend to argue we shouldn\u2019t have <em>any</em> factories and machinery. I can\u2019t even imagine a modern world without industry. There certainly wouldn\u2019t be the Internet, computers, etc., so it\u2019s rather pointless to debate that, right?</p>\n\n<p>And yet, I think we <em>should</em> have a debate on just how much \u201cjunk\u201d gets manufactured, sold, and then discarded\u2014ending up in ever-expanding landfills. The amount of literal trash modern society generates is unfathomable. The deleterious effects on the environment are truly alarming. The poor quality of life of many factory workers across the globe is appalling. The loss of skill, the death of craftsmanship, the fact that so many people\u2019s homes and places of work are filled with crappy mass-produced items of little meaningful artistic merit instead of handmade objects by creative individuals\u2014<strong>these are real issues of grave concern.</strong></p>\n\n<p>I think it\u2019s shameful that a glib response to the rise of \u201cintellectual automation\u201d (assuming <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/generativeai\">#generativeAI</a> is even truly capable of that now\u2026itself a highly contested point!) touting the perceived success of industrial automation is just taken as a given. Is it really the <em>totally coolest thing ever</em> that you can buy a mass produced scarf for cheap (maybe not so cheap now\u2026thanks Trump tariffs! \ud83d\ude02) at Walmart rather than purchase a one-of-a-kind shawl by a local craftsperson which undoubtedly costs more?</p>\n\n<p><strong>On a related note\u2026</strong></p>\n\n<p>Are you aware of the huge uprising against automobiles taking over city streets in the early 1900s? Are you aware of the massive campaigns by auto makers to sway public opinion? Did you know they <em>literally invented</em> the term \u201cjaywalking\u201d to make the perfectly reasonable goal of, er, walking across a street <a href=\"https://www.vox.com/2015/1/15/7551873/jaywalking-history\">perceived as foolish? Even illegal?</a></p>\n\n<p>Did you know that when someone accuses you of being a \u201cluddite\u201d for avoiding some newfangled technology, they are (likely unwittingly) referring to a movement in England which smashed looms in protest against horrible factory conditions and whose leaders were subsequently executed for their \u201ccrimes\u201d?</p>\n\n<p>The Industrial Revolution was a \u201csuccess\u201d\u2026because the protesters were shot. <em>That\u2019s not even an exaggeration!</em></p>\n\n<p>As I <a href=\"https://theinternet.review/2025/05/13/you-do-not-get-to-die-on-the-vibe-coding-hill-simon/\">keep saying until I\u2019m blue in the face</a>, we <em>desperately</em> need a reset when it comes to the AI conversation because if something doesn\u2019t change fast, <strong>we will end up making many of the same mistakes society made in the last round of automation reshaping civilization.</strong> And I am unconvinced we\u2019ve even made it out of <em>that</em> hype cycle with our moral fiber intact.</p>",
        "text": "Stop me if you\u2019ve heard this one:\n\n\u201cGee, we have all sorts of automation when it comes to manufacturing goods, and sometimes that\u2019s put people out of work and stuff. Oh well! The Industrial Age has been great for humanity. So what\u2019s wrong with automating intellectual work sometimes? The Age of AI will also be great for humanity!\u201d\n\nThe foolish person would concede the first point, while continuing to engage on the question of intellectual automation.\n\nI think it will benefit us to apply some wisdom here and question the initial premise. Because, y\u2019know, maybe\u2014just maybe!\u2014the automated manufacturing of physical goods is also bad.\n\nShock! Gasp! Horror! \ud83d\ude31\n\nLook, I won\u2019t pretend to argue we shouldn\u2019t have any factories and machinery. I can\u2019t even imagine a modern world without industry. There certainly wouldn\u2019t be the Internet, computers, etc., so it\u2019s rather pointless to debate that, right?\n\nAnd yet, I think we should have a debate on just how much \u201cjunk\u201d gets manufactured, sold, and then discarded\u2014ending up in ever-expanding landfills. The amount of literal trash modern society generates is unfathomable. The deleterious effects on the environment are truly alarming. The poor quality of life of many factory workers across the globe is appalling. The loss of skill, the death of craftsmanship, the fact that so many people\u2019s homes and places of work are filled with crappy mass-produced items of little meaningful artistic merit instead of handmade objects by creative individuals\u2014these are real issues of grave concern.\n\nI think it\u2019s shameful that a glib response to the rise of \u201cintellectual automation\u201d (assuming #generativeAI is even truly capable of that now\u2026itself a highly contested point!) touting the perceived success of industrial automation is just taken as a given. Is it really the totally coolest thing ever that you can buy a mass produced scarf for cheap (maybe not so cheap now\u2026thanks Trump tariffs! \ud83d\ude02) at Walmart rather than purchase a one-of-a-kind shawl by a local craftsperson which undoubtedly costs more?\n\nOn a related note\u2026\n\nAre you aware of the huge uprising against automobiles taking over city streets in the early 1900s? Are you aware of the massive campaigns by auto makers to sway public opinion? Did you know they literally invented the term \u201cjaywalking\u201d to make the perfectly reasonable goal of, er, walking across a street perceived as foolish? Even illegal?\n\nDid you know that when someone accuses you of being a \u201cluddite\u201d for avoiding some newfangled technology, they are (likely unwittingly) referring to a movement in England which smashed looms in protest against horrible factory conditions and whose leaders were subsequently executed for their \u201ccrimes\u201d?\n\nThe Industrial Revolution was a \u201csuccess\u201d\u2026because the protesters were shot. That\u2019s not even an exaggeration!\n\nAs I keep saying until I\u2019m blue in the face, we desperately need a reset when it comes to the AI conversation because if something doesn\u2019t change fast, we will end up making many of the same mistakes society made in the last round of automation reshaping civilization. And I am unconvinced we\u2019ve even made it out of that hype cycle with our moral fiber intact."
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    "name": "Maybe Automation is, Like, Uh, Y\u2019know, Actually Kinda Bad",
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Star Wars: Andor is Indisputably Phenomenal

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "Jared White",
        "url": "https://jaredwhite.com/",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://jaredwhite.com/20250516/star-wars-andor-is-sublime",
    "published": "2025-05-16T20:56:57-07:00",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><em>Star Wars: Andor</em> is a triumph, outstanding, sublime in its perfection. It not only does the job of elevating the <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/scifi\">#scifi</a> genre as one of Disney+\u2019s prestige <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/tvshows\">#tvshows</a>, it transcends genre and becomes a work of art\u2026a G.O.A.T. Not since the original <em>Star Wars</em> film and its even more impressive sequel <em>The Empire Strikes Back</em> have we seen quality of this caliber. There, I said it. This is the best we\u2019ve seen out of Lucasfilm since <em>Empire</em>. <strong>Boom.</strong></p>\n\n<p>When the Season 1 finale aired, <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/links/20221211/andor-is-the-best-star-wars-since-the-last-jedi\">I wrote the following:</a></p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>Perhaps <em>Andor</em> won\u2019t be to everyone\u2019s taste across the broader fandom, but I can tell you right now: THIS is the kind of Star Wars I like. <strong>More please.</strong></p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>And more we did indeed get with an incredible epic Season 2. I will say it started out a bit slow, but the momentum kept building and building and never stopped until the closing credits.</p>\n\n<p>It\u2019s strange: I must admit I wasn\u2019t a huge fan of <em>Rogue One</em> when it came out. I enjoyed it. <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/articles/my-top-5-scifi-films-of-2016\">But I didn\u2019t love it.</a></p>\n\n<p>I very much look forward to a rewatch now that so much backstory has been laid down. I hope I enjoy it more, but I fear no matter what it won\u2019t quite reach the heights of its chronological predecessor.</p>\n\n<p>No matter. <em>Andor</em> stands on its own: two seasons of some of the best television I have ever seen. Well done, Kathleen Kennedy, Tony Gilroy, and crew. <strong>This is one for the history books.</strong></p>",
        "text": "Star Wars: Andor is a triumph, outstanding, sublime in its perfection. It not only does the job of elevating the #scifi genre as one of Disney+\u2019s prestige #tvshows, it transcends genre and becomes a work of art\u2026a G.O.A.T. Not since the original Star Wars film and its even more impressive sequel The Empire Strikes Back have we seen quality of this caliber. There, I said it. This is the best we\u2019ve seen out of Lucasfilm since Empire. Boom.\n\nWhen the Season 1 finale aired, I wrote the following:\n\n\n  Perhaps Andor won\u2019t be to everyone\u2019s taste across the broader fandom, but I can tell you right now: THIS is the kind of Star Wars I like. More please.\n\n\nAnd more we did indeed get with an incredible epic Season 2. I will say it started out a bit slow, but the momentum kept building and building and never stopped until the closing credits.\n\nIt\u2019s strange: I must admit I wasn\u2019t a huge fan of Rogue One when it came out. I enjoyed it. But I didn\u2019t love it.\n\nI very much look forward to a rewatch now that so much backstory has been laid down. I hope I enjoy it more, but I fear no matter what it won\u2019t quite reach the heights of its chronological predecessor.\n\nNo matter. Andor stands on its own: two seasons of some of the best television I have ever seen. Well done, Kathleen Kennedy, Tony Gilroy, and crew. This is one for the history books."
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    "name": "Star Wars: Andor is Indisputably Phenomenal",
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    "_id": "44831349",
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fluffy beesbuzz.biz

Doldrums

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2025-05-16T18:41:33-07:00",
    "url": "https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/7951-Doldrums",
    "category": [
        "mental health",
        "depression",
        "fatigue",
        "sleep",
        "chronic pain"
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    "name": "Doldrums",
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "fluffy",
        "url": "https://beesbuzz.biz/",
        "photo": "https://beesbuzz.biz/static/headshot.jpg"
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    "post-type": "article",
    "_id": "44830382",
    "_source": "2778"
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fluffy beesbuzz.biz

Some Comma 3X followup stuff

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2025-05-16T13:23:58-07:00",
    "url": "https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/8657-Some-Comma-3X-followup-stuff",
    "category": [
        "EV",
        "comma",
        "self-driving"
    ],
    "name": "Some Comma 3X followup stuff",
    "content": {
        "text": "Some comments have happened on certain other sites from my last post about the Comma. Most of them are in the form of, \u201cThis person is insane/irresponsible/reckless for doing this.\u201d\n\nSome points:\nThe vertigo attacks are triggered by anxiety, and only last a few seconds. Having the safety net of automatic steering has cut down on my anxiety significantly, and I haven\u2019t had a vertigo attack while driving ever since I installed the Comma 3X.\nIf an attack were to last more than 1-2 seconds I would still pull over.\nI have over 30 years of driving experience and have never caused an accident. In fact the only time I\u2019ve ever been in a car accident while driving was when someone rear-ended me at a stoplight. This was 30 years ago.\nI live in an area with a lot of Teslas, where it is almost certain that many people are using Tesla FSD. I am having the Comma do way less for me than what people \u2014 possibly several of the same people making comments questioning my safety \u2014 entrust Tesla FSD with. I would absolutely trust Comma\u2019s training process far more than Tesla\u2019s.\nI am disabled, basically unemployed (and what little work I do, I do it from home), and don\u2019t have reliable access to transportation otherwise. Without the Comma unit I would be completely stuck at home or reliant on Lyft/Uber, which would get very expensive very fast and not allow me to do most of the things I actually need a car for. On days when I\u2019m having worse anxiety/vestibular issues I still don\u2019t drive, I take Lyft or put a trip off. I am still not driving all that much, and I have, so far, about one hour total of drive time with the Comma.\nI am taking on the full liability of using this device, and I am still in control of the braking and acceleration.\nAlso, notably, even when I have had vertigo attacks while driving, I have never lost control of my vehicle. I just feel like I might, and having a supportive presence is the best thing to pull me out of an anxiety state.\nChoose kindness and charity.",
        "html": "<p>Some comments have happened on certain other sites from <a href=\"https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/14719-Comma-3X-Initial-impressions\">my last post about the Comma</a>. Most of them are in the form of, \u201cThis person is insane/irresponsible/reckless for doing this.\u201d</p><p>Some points:</p>\n<ol><li>The vertigo attacks are triggered by anxiety, and only last a few seconds. Having the safety net of automatic steering has cut down on my anxiety significantly, and I haven\u2019t had a vertigo attack while driving ever since I installed the Comma 3X.</li>\n<li>If an attack were to last more than 1-2 seconds I would still pull over.</li>\n<li>I have over 30 years of driving experience and have never caused an accident. In fact the only time I\u2019ve ever been in a car accident while driving was when someone rear-ended me at a stoplight. This was 30 years ago.</li>\n<li>I live in an area with a <em>lot</em> of Teslas, where it is almost certain that many people are using Tesla FSD. I am having the Comma do way less for me than what people \u2014 possibly several of the same people making comments questioning my safety \u2014 entrust Tesla FSD with. I would absolutely trust Comma\u2019s training process <em>far</em> more than Tesla\u2019s.</li>\n<li>I am disabled, basically unemployed (and what little work I do, I do it from home), and don\u2019t have reliable access to transportation otherwise. Without the Comma unit I would be completely stuck at home or reliant on Lyft/Uber, which would get very expensive very fast and not allow me to do most of the things I actually need a car for. On days when I\u2019m having worse anxiety/vestibular issues I still don\u2019t drive, I take Lyft or put a trip off. I am still not driving all that much, and I have, so far, about one hour total of drive time with the Comma.</li>\n<li>I am taking on the full liability of using this device, and I am still in control of the braking and acceleration.</li>\n<li>Also, notably, even when I <em>have</em> had vertigo attacks while driving, <strong><em>I have never lost control of my vehicle</em></strong>. I just feel like I <em>might</em>, and having a supportive presence is the best thing to pull me out of an anxiety state.</li>\n</ol><p>Choose kindness and charity. </p>"
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        "type": "card",
        "name": "fluffy",
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Everything Changed That Day

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "Jared White",
        "url": "https://jaredwhite.com/",
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    },
    "url": "https://jaredwhite.com/20250515/everything-changed-that-day",
    "published": "2025-05-15T23:39:09-07:00",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>It\u2019s curious how most days are \u201cjust another day\u201d\u2014even if you happen to have a particularly jovial or even noteworthy time\u2014and then every once in a great while you have A Day to Remember. A day when <strong>everything changes</strong> (hopefully for good and not ill).</p>\n\n<p>It\u2019s particularly curious to me how much my present life can be traced back to two specific days within the past year. I think about these two days\u2014one last summer and one at the start of this year\u2014on a regular basis. If I told you what happened on these days, it wouldn\u2019t sound like much.</p>\n\n<p>One of the days, I went on a long walk late at night along the Willamette River in Portland.</p>\n\n<p>Another one of the days, I sat in my car in a parking lot in Lincoln Beach and stared at the Pacific Ocean.</p>\n\n<p>In both those cases, something profound shifted within my psyche. <em>I was affected by the universe.</em> There was a fork in the road\u2026even if I didn\u2019t fully understand that yet.</p>\n\n<p>I am amazed by days like this. Whenever they come along, <strong>treasure them.</strong></p>",
        "text": "It\u2019s curious how most days are \u201cjust another day\u201d\u2014even if you happen to have a particularly jovial or even noteworthy time\u2014and then every once in a great while you have A Day to Remember. A day when everything changes (hopefully for good and not ill).\n\nIt\u2019s particularly curious to me how much my present life can be traced back to two specific days within the past year. I think about these two days\u2014one last summer and one at the start of this year\u2014on a regular basis. If I told you what happened on these days, it wouldn\u2019t sound like much.\n\nOne of the days, I went on a long walk late at night along the Willamette River in Portland.\n\nAnother one of the days, I sat in my car in a parking lot in Lincoln Beach and stared at the Pacific Ocean.\n\nIn both those cases, something profound shifted within my psyche. I was affected by the universe. There was a fork in the road\u2026even if I didn\u2019t fully understand that yet.\n\nI am amazed by days like this. Whenever they come along, treasure them."
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    "name": "Everything Changed That Day",
    "post-type": "article",
    "_id": "44823985",
    "_source": "2783"
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fluffy beesbuzz.biz

Fuck AI LLM scrapers

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2025-05-15T17:46:09-07:00",
    "url": "https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/6837-Fuck-AI-LLM-scrapers",
    "category": [
        "admin tax",
        "AI",
        "bullshit",
        "internet",
        "cloudflare"
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    "name": "Fuck AI LLM scrapers",
    "content": {
        "text": "Wellp, my whack-a-mole approach finally got to be too much to maintain. The last day or so my server has been absolutely inundated with traffic from thousands of IP blocks, all coming from China, and I got sick of trying to keep up with it myself.\n\nI looked into setting up Anubis and preparing to just whitelist a lot of IndieWeb things, but it\u2019s all just so very overwhelming and for now I\u2019ve gone with Cloudflare, problematic as they are, because the amount of energy I can put into this shrinks every day and sometimes I just want things to stop sucking for a while.\n\nAll of my DNS has propagated but of course it\u2019ll be a while before the bots decide to update their own DNS caches, so my server is still getting absolutely hammered, but hopefully things will subside, and in the meantime things are at least responsive.\n\nI guess at some point I\u2019ll have to figure out how to actually set up TLS with Cloudflare (since I\u2019ve been using Letsencrypt wildcard certs but obviously those don\u2019t work anymore when Cloudflare is handling my DNS) but that\u2019s a problem for future me. Also I\u2019ll definitely be on the lookout to make sure that Cloudflare is properly honoring my login cookies. It\u2019d definitely be unfortunate if it gets confused about logins, which is one of the more common failure modes with HTTP proxies.\n\nI\u2019m also super worried that this will interfere with IndieWeb stuff, because of course most of the anti-bot things assume that any traffic coming from data centers or from headless/scriptless user agents is abusive. Which is, y'know, 99.99% accurate, but that 0.01% is stuff I really care about (namely interop).\n\nAnyway. I resent that this is the state of the Internet right now. It\u2019s getting really difficult for me to find anything positive about AI when this is how the industry treats everyone.",
        "html": "<p>Wellp, my <a href=\"https://beesbuzz.biz/articles/9050-Blocking-abusive-webcrawlers\">whack-a-mole</a> approach finally got to be too much to maintain. The last day or so my server has been absolutely <em>inundated</em> with traffic from thousands of IP blocks, all coming from China, and I got sick of trying to keep up with it myself.</p><p>I looked into setting up <a href=\"https://anubis.techaro.lol/\">Anubis</a> and preparing to just whitelist a <em>lot</em> of IndieWeb things, but it\u2019s all just so very overwhelming and for now I\u2019ve gone with <a href=\"https://cloudflare.com\">Cloudflare</a>, problematic as they are, because the amount of energy I can put into this shrinks every day and sometimes I just want things to stop sucking for a while.</p><p>All of my DNS has propagated but of course it\u2019ll be a while before the bots decide to update their own DNS caches, so my server is still getting absolutely hammered, but hopefully things will subside, and in the meantime things are at least responsive.</p><p>I guess at some point I\u2019ll have to figure out how to actually set up TLS with Cloudflare (since I\u2019ve been using Letsencrypt wildcard certs but obviously those don\u2019t work anymore when Cloudflare is handling my DNS) but that\u2019s a problem for future me. Also I\u2019ll definitely be on the lookout to make sure that Cloudflare is properly honoring my login cookies. It\u2019d definitely be unfortunate if it gets confused about logins, which is one of the more common failure modes with HTTP proxies.</p><p>I\u2019m also super worried that this will interfere with IndieWeb stuff, because of course most of the anti-bot things assume that any traffic coming from data centers or from headless/scriptless user agents is abusive. Which is, y'know, 99.99% accurate, but that 0.01% is stuff I really care about (namely interop).</p><p>Anyway. I resent that this is the state of the Internet right now. It\u2019s getting really difficult for me to find anything positive about AI when this is how the industry treats everyone.</p>"
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        "type": "card",
        "name": "fluffy",
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gRegor Morrill gregorlove.com

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2025-05-15 14:27-0700",
    "url": "https://gregorlove.com/2025/05/scam-text-from-509-387-9884/",
    "category": [
        "scam",
        "phishing"
    ],
    "content": {
        "text": "Scam text message from (509) 387-9884\n\nWatch out for a text message that is attempting to get you to enter your Amazon login like this. Amazon will not send you a text message like this:\n\n\n\u201cAmazon Order Review - Your Refund Has Been Approved\n\nDear Customer,\n\nFollowing a recent review of our marketplace activity, we identified that a seller associated with your previous purchase failed to meet Amazon's operational standards. The seller has since been removed from our platform.\n\nAs a result, you are entitled to a full refund, with no need to return the product. This action will not affect your account or purhcase history in any way.\n\nPlease click the secure link below to confirm your refund:\n\n[bit.ly link redacted]\n\nThank you for shopping with Amazon.\n\n-Amazon Customer Support\n\n{3N:E8:91:61:QV:L6:YD:KC:NP}\u201d\n\n\nI\u2019m reporting the link to bit.ly using their report abuse page.\n\nNerd stuff:\n\nThis was a group message, including nine other numbers. It was also an RCS message, not SMS, and was end-to-end encrypted.\n\nVarious Unicode letters were used, making the text appear bold every few words. For example, it used the Unicode \u201cmathematical sans-serif bold\u201d characters to spell out \u201cAmazon.\u201d Most likely this was an attempt to avoid triggering spam filters, though my Android automatically prompted \u201creport this as suspected spam?\u201d\n\nBit.ly\u2019s link checker indicates the destination was guoqushangmao dot com. Obviously, I do not recommend visiting that domain.",
        "html": "<p><b>Scam text message from (509) 387-9884</b></p>\n\n<p>Watch out for a text message that is attempting to get you to enter your Amazon login like this. Amazon will not send you a text message like this:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAmazon Order Review - Your Refund Has Been Approved</p>\n\n<p>Dear Customer,<br />\nFollowing a recent review of our marketplace activity, we identified that a seller associated with your previous purchase failed to meet Amazon's operational standards. The seller has since been removed from our platform.</p>\n\n<p>As a result, you are entitled to a full refund, with no need to return the product. This action will not affect your account or purhcase history in any way.</p>\n\n<p>Please click the secure link below to confirm your refund:<br />\n[bit.ly link redacted]</p>\n\n<p>Thank you for shopping with Amazon.<br />\n-Amazon Customer Support<br />\n{3N:E8:91:61:QV:L6:YD:KC:NP}\u201d</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>I\u2019m reporting the link to bit.ly using their <a href=\"https://bitly.com/pages/trust/report-abuse\">report abuse</a> page.</p>\n\n<p><b>Nerd stuff:</b></p>\n\n<p>This was a group message, including nine other numbers. It was also an <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services\">RCS message</a>, not SMS, and was end-to-end encrypted.</p>\n\n<p>Various Unicode letters were used, making the text appear bold every few words. For example, it used the Unicode \u201cmathematical sans-serif bold\u201d characters to spell out \u201cAmazon.\u201d Most likely this was an attempt to avoid triggering spam filters, though my Android automatically prompted \u201creport this as suspected spam?\u201d</p>\n\n<p>Bit.ly\u2019s <a href=\"https://support.bitly.com/hc/en-us/p/link-checker\">link checker</a> indicates the destination was <code>guoqushangmao dot com</code>. Obviously, I do not recommend visiting that domain.</p>"
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "gRegor Morrill",
        "url": "https://gregorlove.com/",
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    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "44820202",
    "_source": "95"
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