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Ben Werdmuller werd.io/profile/benwerd

What I'm leaving behind in 2022

December 31, 2022 6:51pm +00:00

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"text": "As part of The 19th\u2019s non-denominational end-of-year celebration, we were asked what we were leaving behind in 2022. I gave an answer about corporate social media and Instagram in particular, but on reflection, there\u2019s a lot more I want to leave behind.Year ends are both arbitrary and not: a day like any other, but also, genuinely the end of our calendar and the verge of a start to a new blank page. So in that spirit of reflection and new beginnings, these are the things I\u2019d like to leave behind as 2022 disappears behind us.If you\u2019re looking for an overarching theme: my aim is to become more values-led and to do a better job of standing up for what I believe in, which is somewhere I\u2019ve sometimes been severely lacking.Corporate social media (and Instagram in particular)I really do want to do this, and soon. Leaving Twitter was a complete success for me: I found a much richer community in the fediverse. It certainly has some major problems to sort out, most notably that amateur instance-owners often don\u2019t have a working understanding of social power dynamics and what racism, homophobia, and misogyny really are. I can\u2019t gloss over those. But these feel surmountable, and conversations I\u2019ve had with folks who may be starting instances in the new year make me feel hopeful. (For one thing, instances can be owned by the communities they support, which is clearly not the case for any large-scale corporate social media silo.)Instagram and Facebook, maybe ironically, are my last big hold-outs. I was never a big user until I moved to the US when they became the main way I keep in touch with my friends back in Britain, and my family all over the world. But of course, that\u2019s the gameplan: Facebook and Instagram are collectively the world\u2019s largest peer pressure engine. And given the company\u2019s complicity in undermining elections, facilitating genocides, algorithmically causing teen suicides, and potentially much more, I don\u2019t want to participate anymore. Not with random pictures about my day; certainly not with pictures of my baby.I\u2019ve tried to leave several times, but I missed the community - which, to be specific, is the people I love but rarely get to see. But this year has been different, and I have a lot of hope for Pixelfed alongside Mastodon as ways to stay in touch without feeding the beast. (I don\u2019t think either platform will be the final form of the fediverse, by the way, but I think they\u2019re good enough to get going with.) Obviously, I think all of you should start blogs, too, but I understand that the barrier to entry is much higher, and not everyone thinks it\u2019s fun to sit in front of their computer and write (or read) reflective essays.So in 2023, I\u2019ll keep sharing on social media, but I\u2019ll do it on my terms, in a way that doesn\u2019t add to the profits or network effects of a company I despise.And no, the answer isn\u2019t corporate alternatives like Post. It\u2019s a nonsense solution built for people who don\u2019t want to be challenged and I won\u2019t engage any longer.HelplessnessI don\u2019t exactly know how to headline this section, but this is the big one. It could easily be called \u201cunassertiveness\u201d or \u201cacquiescence\u201d, but those ideas don\u2019t quite cover it. They\u2019re right, but they\u2019re a subset of the whole.A lot of people have to deal with a lot of things. I\u2019ve been lucky in my life and I\u2019m aware that I live with a lot of privilege. But I\u2019ve also found the last few years to be very challenging personally.In lots of ways, I\u2019m still dealing with the loss of my mother. Her loss in itself is a crater. We cared for her for over a decade, through pulmonary fibrosis, a double lung transplant, and an intense aftermath brought about by drugs that both kept her alive and slowly killed her. I uprooted my life and moved thousands of miles to be with her. I still have flashbacks to the day of her transplant and lots beyond; she endured torture after torture after torture because, in her words, she wasn\u2019t ready to leave us.I used to cry and express emotion freely. I haven\u2019t been able to do that since. Part of me is still numb; a lot of me is still grieving and adapting.Before all that, I already suffered from deeply low self-esteem. I\u2019ve contemplated ending my life and have made a plan a few times. Self-loathing informed my personality, and I gained a reputation for being kind in part by not being a good steward of my own boundaries. I prioritized other peoples\u2019 needs over mine because I considered them to be much more important.I hated conflict. I still hate conflict. The idea of someone yelling at me is scary as shit to me. It gives me a knot in my stomach. I want everyone to be happy and harmonious. Of course, in a lot of situations, everybody can\u2019t be happy and harmonious. And if you start optimizing for harmony instead of boundaries and values, you can very easily stop standing up for the right thing.We can debate about whether that\u2019s a good way to look at the world or not, but the combination of a predilection for negative self-talk and a major family crisis established a pattern where I treated the world as something that happened to me rather than something I could affect. I likened it all to a turbulent flight where you just sit back and strap in, because what else can you do?And, indeed, I stopped fighting as hard as I should have for the right thing, and I hurt people I care about by not sticking to my values.Here\u2019s what else you can do: you can pilot the fucking plane. It\u2019s not as easy, but it\u2019s often right.When people describe me as nice or kind, which they do from time to time, I now bristle internally. It\u2019s always intended as a compliment, but I know what has led to that, and what it allows. It\u2019s a giant character flaw on top of a giant character flaw. It\u2019s not just that I want to leave it behind in 2023: I have to, both for my own sanity, and for the people I care about.This is hard for me. It\u2019s much easier said than done. I\u2019m having a physical stress response just typing this entry. And people who have come to depend on my acquiescence may be surprised when I don\u2019t. But who wants to live their whole life rolling over? Especially when being compliant can turn you into a far worse person.Related:Tolerating parochialismThere are a lot of small-minded people in the world. For them, parochialism and xenophobia are default positions, even if they don\u2019t realize that this is their worldview.My full name is Benjamin Otto Werdmuller von Elgg. That might sound alien to you - surprisingly Germanic, maybe. Certainly, quite a few people have told me so, or even gone so far as to make fun of it. But it\u2019s only funny-sounding because it sounds like it comes from somewhere else. It\u2019s a kind of othering that\u2019s rooted in quiet, pervasive xenophobia. It\u2019s only the slightest sliver of non-assimilation, but that\u2019s already too much for some people. (And, of course, I understand that this is just a fraction of the microaggressions that people of color suffer through.)I can take it, of course, but that\u2019s also because, as discussed, I\u2019ve taken to burying my own needs. Where this stops hard is when the same thing is done to my child. You do not get to diminish my baby\u2019s heritage or focus on one part of it - the white North American part, for example - as being more important than the others.A version of this parochialism can also be found in the commonly-held but discriminatory belief that people should be happy with what they\u2019re given. This sounds lovely until you examine it for just a fraction of a second: should people involved in civil rights or community justice movements just be happy with what they\u2019ve been given? And given by whom? Isn\u2019t it more equitable to support people who stand up for what\u2019s right and fight for more inclusivity and a better life for everyone? What does not wanting that say about someone?Let alone more overtly exclusionary stances like being anti-immigration, pro-nationalism, or pro-empire, including caring about people variably based on where they come from or expecting the world to conform to mainstream American values. They\u2019re all harmful and they\u2019re all tiresome. It\u2019s a big, connected world full of beautifully varied, diverse humans and amazing places with incredible cultures, and I\u2019m not sure I need people who find that idea challenging, scary, or in any way bad in my life.You are what you tolerate. Enough.Pandemic denialIt\u2019s still happening. I\u2019m still wearing a mask. Onwards.Not having time for myselfI mean, there\u2019s a certain amount of time pressure that\u2019s created when you have a four-month-old baby. I don\u2019t begrudge the time I spend with him at all.But this year I read far fewer books; I spent less time writing than I intended; I did less exercise; my therapist dropped out to have her own baby and I didn\u2019t take the time to find another one; I didn\u2019t spend enough time with people I care about. In other words, I neglected myself, because (here\u2019s an ongoing pattern) I didn\u2019t give myself a high enough priority.My needs are important, and the better I feel, the better I can show up for the people around me and the things I care about. I can be a better person. There is always something or someone that needs my attention, and there always will be. And although I need to also prioritize my baby, I need to give myself space, and do a better job of holding onto my boundaries so I can live more proactively and do the things I think are important.And maybe that\u2019s the theme. I need to not let go of myself, and I need to hold my needs and my values as if they\u2019re actually important to me. They are important to me. And in 2023, I don\u2019t want to leave myself - or the people I care about - behind.",
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So in that spirit of reflection and new beginnings, these are the things I\u2019d like to leave behind as 2022 disappears behind us.If you\u2019re looking for an overarching theme: my aim is to become more values-led and to do a better job of standing up for what I believe in, which is somewhere I\u2019ve sometimes been severely lacking.Corporate social media (and Instagram in particular)I really do want to do this, and soon. Leaving Twitter was a complete success for me: I found a much richer community in the fediverse. It certainly has some major problems to sort out, most notably that amateur instance-owners often don\u2019t have a working understanding of social power dynamics and what racism, homophobia, and misogyny really are. I can\u2019t gloss over those. But these feel surmountable, and conversations I\u2019ve had with folks who may be starting instances in the new year make me feel hopeful. (For one thing, instances can be owned by the communities they support, which is clearly not the case for any large-scale corporate social media silo.)Instagram and Facebook, maybe ironically, are my last big hold-outs. I was never a big user until I moved to the US when they became the main way I keep in touch with my friends back in Britain, and my family all over the world. But of course, that\u2019s the gameplan: Facebook and Instagram are collectively the world\u2019s largest peer pressure engine. And given the company\u2019s complicity in undermining elections, facilitating genocides, algorithmically causing teen suicides, and potentially much more, I don\u2019t want to participate anymore. Not with random pictures about my day; certainly not with pictures of my baby.I\u2019ve tried to leave several times, but I missed the community - which, to be specific, is the people I love but rarely get to see. But this year has been different, and I have a lot of hope for <a href=\"https://pixelfed.org/\">Pixelfed</a> alongside <a href=\"https://werd.social/@ben\">Mastodon</a> as ways to stay in touch without feeding the beast. (I don\u2019t think either platform will be the final form of the fediverse, by the way, but I think they\u2019re good enough to get going with.) Obviously, I think all of you <a href=\"https://getblogging.org\">should start blogs</a>, too, but I understand that the barrier to entry is much higher, and not everyone thinks it\u2019s fun to sit in front of their computer and write (or read) reflective essays.So in 2023, I\u2019ll keep sharing on social media, but I\u2019ll do it on my terms, in a way that doesn\u2019t add to the profits or network effects of a company I despise.And no, the answer isn\u2019t corporate alternatives like <a href=\"https://post.news\">Post</a>. It\u2019s a nonsense solution built for people who don\u2019t want to be challenged and I won\u2019t engage any longer.HelplessnessI don\u2019t exactly know how to headline this section, but this is the big one. It could easily be called \u201cunassertiveness\u201d or \u201cacquiescence\u201d, but those ideas don\u2019t quite cover it. They\u2019re right, but they\u2019re a subset of the whole.A lot of people have to deal with a lot of things. I\u2019ve been lucky in my life and I\u2019m aware that I live with a lot of privilege. But I\u2019ve also found the last few years to be very challenging personally.In lots of ways, I\u2019m still dealing with the loss of my mother. Her loss in itself is a crater. We cared for her for over a decade, through pulmonary fibrosis, a double lung transplant, and an intense aftermath brought about by drugs that both kept her alive and slowly killed her. I uprooted my life and moved thousands of miles to be with her. I still have flashbacks to the day of her transplant and lots beyond; she endured torture after torture after torture because, in her words, she wasn\u2019t ready to leave us.I used to cry and express emotion freely. I haven\u2019t been able to do that since. Part of me is still numb; a lot of me is still grieving and adapting.Before all that, I already suffered from deeply low self-esteem. I\u2019ve contemplated ending my life and have made a plan a few times. Self-loathing informed my personality, and I gained a reputation for being kind in part by not being a good steward of my own boundaries. I prioritized other peoples\u2019 needs over mine because I considered them to be much more important.I hated conflict. I still hate conflict. The idea of someone yelling at me is scary as shit to me. It gives me a knot in my stomach. I want everyone to be happy and harmonious. Of course, in a lot of situations, everybody can\u2019t be happy and harmonious. And if you start optimizing for harmony instead of boundaries and values, you can very easily stop standing up for the right thing.We can debate about whether that\u2019s a good way to look at the world or not, but the combination of a predilection for negative self-talk and a major family crisis established a pattern where I treated the world as something that happened to me rather than something I could affect. I likened it all to a turbulent flight where you just sit back and strap in, because what else can you do?And, indeed, I stopped fighting as hard as I should have for the right thing, and I hurt people I care about by not sticking to my values.Here\u2019s what else you can do: you can pilot the fucking plane. It\u2019s not as easy, but it\u2019s often right.When people describe me as nice or kind, which they do from time to time, I now bristle internally. It\u2019s always intended as a compliment, but I know what has led to that, and what it allows. It\u2019s a giant character flaw on top of a giant character flaw. It\u2019s not just that I want to leave it behind in 2023: I have to, both for my own sanity, and for the people I care about.This is hard for me. It\u2019s much easier said than done. I\u2019m having a physical stress response just typing this entry. And people who have come to depend on my acquiescence may be surprised when I don\u2019t. But who wants to live their whole life rolling over? Especially when being compliant can turn you into a far worse person.Related:Tolerating parochialismThere are a lot of small-minded people in the world. For them, parochialism and xenophobia are default positions, even if they don\u2019t realize that this is their worldview.My full name is Benjamin Otto Werdmuller von Elgg. That might sound alien to you - surprisingly Germanic, maybe. Certainly, quite a few people have told me so, or even gone so far as to make fun of it. But it\u2019s only funny-sounding because it sounds like it comes from somewhere else. It\u2019s a kind of othering that\u2019s rooted in quiet, pervasive xenophobia. It\u2019s only the slightest sliver of non-assimilation, but that\u2019s already too much for some people. (And, of course, I understand that this is just a fraction of the microaggressions that people of color suffer through.)I can take it, of course, but that\u2019s also because, as discussed, I\u2019ve taken to burying my own needs. Where this stops hard is when the same thing is done to my child. You do not get to diminish my baby\u2019s heritage or focus on one part of it - the white North American part, for example - as being more important than the others.A version of this parochialism can also be found in the commonly-held but discriminatory belief that people should be happy with what they\u2019re given. This sounds lovely until you examine it for just a fraction of a second: should people involved in civil rights or community justice movements just be happy with what they\u2019ve been given? And given by whom? Isn\u2019t it more equitable to support people who stand up for what\u2019s right and fight for more inclusivity and a better life for everyone? What does not wanting that say about someone?Let alone more overtly exclusionary stances like being anti-immigration, pro-nationalism, or pro-empire, including caring about people variably based on where they come from or expecting the world to conform to mainstream American values. They\u2019re all harmful and they\u2019re all tiresome. It\u2019s a big, connected world full of beautifully varied, diverse humans and amazing places with incredible cultures, and I\u2019m not sure I need people who find that idea challenging, scary, or in any way bad in my life.You are what you tolerate. Enough.Pandemic denialIt\u2019s still happening. I\u2019m still wearing a mask. Onwards.Not having time for myselfI mean, there\u2019s a certain amount of time pressure that\u2019s created when you have a four-month-old baby. I don\u2019t begrudge the time I spend with him at all.But this year I read far fewer books; I spent less time writing than I intended; I did less exercise; my therapist dropped out to have her own baby and I didn\u2019t take the time to find another one; I didn\u2019t spend enough time with people I care about. In other words, I neglected myself, because (here\u2019s an ongoing pattern) I didn\u2019t give myself a high enough priority.My needs are important, and the better I feel, the better I can show up for the people around me and the things I care about. I can be a better person. There is always something or someone that needs my attention, and there always will be. 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@cordillera mstdn.party/@cordillera

Love surfing Yesterweb and finding weird shit like LandChad.
https://landchad.net/

>This is LandChad.net, a site dedicated to turning internet peasants into Internet Landlords by showing them how to setup websites, email servers, chat servers and everything in between.

#indieweb

December 31, 2022 4:59pm +00:00

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#indieweb mastodon.social/tags/indieweb

@benbrown Does this do #indieweb #webmentions and follow #microformats2 as well?

I've been looking to self-host my own Fediverse compatible instance for a while now -- way before bird-gate happened.

Being part of the Fediverse is cool, but I also blog and interact with other bloggers with webmentions and even other SNS sites with bridgy. Since you're at the early stages of building out Shuttlecraft, I invite you to check out the #indieweb community at indieweb.org, have a chat with us and consider adding this functionality to your app as well.

December 31, 2022 2:10pm +00:00

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@sentience hachyderm.io/@sentience

Began a modest redesign of my personal site today. Planning to use it as the source for my social media posts (and hopefully more blogging). Having so much fun making pixels change colour in code again after too long.

Using #TailwindCSS on it to get a good feel for it as we try it out at #CultureAmp.

#IndieWeb #POSSE

December 31, 2022 11:47am +00:00

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Jeremy Keith adactio.com

2022 in numbers

#2022 #writing #blogging #publishing #words #sharing #indieweb

December 31, 2022 9:51am +00:00

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        "html": "<p><a href=\"https://adactio.com/archive/2022\">I posted 1057 times on adactio in 2022</a>. sparkline</p>\n\n<p>That\u2019s <a href=\"https://adactio.com/journal/18713\">a bit more than in 2021</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://adactio.com/archive/2022/11\">November</a> was the busiest month with 137 posts. sparkline</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://adactio.com/archive/2022/02\">February</a> was the quietest with 65 posts. sparkline</p>\n\n<ul><li>I <a href=\"https://adactio.com/journal/archive/2022\">blogged 91 times</a> during the year. sparkline</li>\n<li>I shared <a href=\"https://adactio.com/links/archive/2022\">382 links</a>. sparkline</li>\n<li>I posted <a href=\"https://adactio.com/notes/archive/2022\">583 notes</a>. sparkline</li>\n</ul><p>That included <a href=\"https://adactio.com/notes/photos/2022\">about 237 notes with photos</a> sparkline and <a href=\"https://adactio.com/notes/replies/2022\">214 replies</a>. sparkline</p>\n\n<p>I published <a href=\"https://adactio.com/articles/19210\">one article</a>, the transcript of my talk, <a href=\"https://adactio.com/articles/19210\">In And Out Of Style</a>.</p>\n\n<p>I watched an awful lot of television but managed to read <a href=\"https://adactio.com/journal/19786\">25 books</a>. sparkline</p>\n\n<p>Elsewhere, <a href=\"https://huffduffer.com/adactio\">I huffduffed 130 audio files</a> and <a href=\"https://thesession.org/members/1/tunes\">added 55 tune settings on The Session</a> in 2022.</p>\n\n<p>I spoke at <a href=\"https://adactio.com/about/speaking/\">ten events</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://adactio.com/archive/2022/map\">I travelled</a> within Europe and the USA to a total of <a href=\"https://adactio.com/notes/travel/2022\">18 destinations</a>. sparkline</p>"
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@auran mas.to/@auran

I have a #neocities #website that I'm somewhat happy with now!
https://auranium.neocities.org
#indieweb #internet #webdev

December 31, 2022 6:53am +00:00

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Duncan Stephen duncanstephen.net

20 years of blogging

December 30, 2022 10:25pm +00:00

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But I persevered at blogging when I could, because it was still occasionally useful, and it meant so much to me.</p>\n<p>Whenever I have formally put my blog on hiatus, I have felt like a part of me has been missing. I do often have things to say, so having an outlet to publish on is important to me, even if I rarely have the time to actually write the content any more.</p>\n<h3>20 years of technology changes</h3>\n<p>20 years is a long time in internet terms. My blog is now as old as the Commodore 64 was when I started it. The past two decades have seen many changes in the way people communicate with each other online.</p>\n<p>Blogging has long since declined from its mid-noughties peak. We\u2019ve seen the rise and fall of MySpace and Flickr, Facebook and Twitter. Medium has parked its bloated bottom where a blossoming blogosphere once was. Video-centric and disappearing content formats like Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok have made the idea of keeping a permanent archive of words seem passe.</p>\n<h3>Today\u2019s publishing opportunity</h3>\n<p>Online publishing is having another moment <em>right now</em>. The <a href=\"https://duncanstephen.net/one-twit-can-make-a-service-a-dodo/\">new Twitter CEO\u2019s mishandling of a service</a> that accelerated the death of blogging, and that many have held close to their hearts for 15 years, has led people to ask: What now?</p>\n<p>Some are flocking to <a href=\"https://joinmastodon.org/\">Mastodon</a>, the most visible piece of software to use a set of interconnected protocols enabling a more decentralised approach to online publishing. A related concept is the <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/\">IndieWeb</a>.</p>\n<p>As things stand today these approaches are far from perfect. The barriers to entry are far too high for them to be as inclusive as they need to be.</p>\n<p>Some people, including <a href=\"https://chriscoyier.net/2022/12/26/bring-back-blogging/\">Chris Coyier</a> and <a href=\"https://billhunt.dev/blog/2022/11/28/weaving-the-web/\">Bill Hunt</a> want to <a href=\"https://bringback.blog/\">bring back blogging</a>. I would love that, even if I find it unlikely given two decades\u2019 worth of change.</p>\n<p>There are also prominent people who think <a href=\"http://scripting.com/2022/11/16.html\">this is the moment for RSS</a>, the technology that enabled bloggers to read each others\u2019 blogs. Maybe there is something in that.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS\">RSS</a> was often derided for being somehow hard for people to understand. That was a self-fulfilling prophecy. The format itself is no harder to understand than HTML. But major vendors didn\u2019t take it to heart, so didn\u2019t do the hard work to make it simple. RSS took a massive hit when Google pulled the plug on Google Reader.</p>\n<p>Despite that, RSS never went away. Today it is what enables countless millions of people to subscribe to podcasts \u2014 even if they know nothing about RSS. That\u2019s because podcast app vendors made it easy. So it is possible.</p>\n<p>This moment offers an opportunity to rethink communication in a post-social media world. Building on existing technologies, we can create a publishing ecosystem that enables people rather than media companies, tech giants and advertisers. This would be closer to the original ideals of world wide web that have steadily been lost.</p>\n<h3>20 years of evolving purposes</h3>\n<p>Aside from the technology changes, 20 years of blogging has inevitably involved change as my life has progressed.</p>\n<p>What started off as a hobby gradually became a showcase for my professional abilities, and then a core tool for my career.</p>\n<p>Moreover, the amount of time I can dedicate to it has steadily decreased. Now I have a demanding job and a toddler to look after, I have almost no time.</p>\n<p>I have experimented with different approaches. A few years ago I reconfigured the blog so that I could post Twitter-style microblog posts, Instagram-style photos, and so on. 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@trilightning indieweb.social/@trilightning

Hey Mastodon community, I just set my new website live. Please check it out and spread word of mouth. I really would love for this project to go somewhere.
#webdev #webseite #website #webdesign #indieweb #indiedev

https://www.trilightning.com

December 30, 2022 9:26pm +00:00

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Jeremy Keith adactio.com

Words I wrote in 2022

#blog #posts #blogging #writing #publishing #words #2022 #indieweb

December 30, 2022 8:59pm +00:00

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@andymci mastodon.social/@andymci

“The web is a fascinating technology. I myself am frequently enamored with its inner workings. So much so that it’s easy to forget that it’s simply the medium. It’s what we fill it with that counts. And when someone takes the time to add something extraordinary, we should all take the time to appreciate it.”

https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/postscript/lemonyellow-intellectual-diary/

#indieweb #blogging #historyoftheweb

December 30, 2022 5:09am +00:00

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@chrisaldrich mastodon.social/@chrisaldrich

On #FeedReaderFriday I'm adding some of my favorite Mastodon accounts to my microsub account on Aperture so I can easily read and follow them in the social readers I use like Monocle. To me this is the purest form of social media interaction. #IndieWeb

https://boffosocko.com/2022/12/29/55813228/

December 30, 2022 2:28am +00:00

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        "html": "<p>On <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/FeedReaderFriday\">#<span>FeedReaderFriday</span></a> I'm adding some of my favorite Mastodon accounts to my microsub account on Aperture so I can easily read and follow them in the social readers I use like Monocle. To me this is the purest form of social media interaction. <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://boffosocko.com/2022/12/29/55813228/\"><span>https://</span><span>boffosocko.com/2022/12/29/5581</span><span>3228/</span></a></p>",
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@jamesvandyne indieweb.social/@jamesvandyne

Tanzawa Strava Integration Merged
https://jamesvandyne.com/9a2f5510-d7b6-4fed-92eb-12ddb12a6540

#Running #IndieWeb #Strava

December 29, 2022 11:44pm +00:00

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        "html": "<p>Tanzawa Strava Integration Merged<br /><a href=\"https://jamesvandyne.com/9a2f5510-d7b6-4fed-92eb-12ddb12a6540\"><span>https://</span><span>jamesvandyne.com/9a2f5510-d7b6</span><span>-4fed-92eb-12ddb12a6540</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Running\">#<span>Running</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Strava\">#<span>Strava</span></a></p>",
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@jonathan cleverdevil.club/@jonathan

Hearing @siracusa give the perfect pitch for #IndieWeb on @atpfm this week is deeply satisfying. Well done, John! Very approachable and cogent.

December 29, 2022 7:17pm +00:00

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@tmichellemoore mastodon.social/@tmichellemoore

IndieWeb: WordPress RSVP

I have been working on ways to use the native WordPress block with classes to produce content that has the appropriate microformat classes. I was successfully in submitting an RSVP with one exception, the image does not seem to want to work properly. I am still becoming conversant in the language of microformats and still learning about them. Read More > https://tmichellemoore.com/blog/indieweb-wordpress-rsvp/

#IndieWeb #wordpress #Microformats #RSVP

December 29, 2022 3:41pm +00:00

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@iamschulz indieweb.social/@iamschulz

I've removed my Twitter profile and share links and went full #indieweb instead. My website is a fediverse application, thanks to https://brid.gy
@iamschulz.com

I'm accumulating likes and comments from webmentions and @ThePracticalDev

December 29, 2022 12:26pm +00:00

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rachsmith.com/2022-was-the-year-i-published/

Jeremy Keith adactio.com

(Almost) no one cares

Every time I’ve thought “this is a niche subject or random thought, no one will be interested but I’ll publish anyway” someone will let me know that it was the EXACT train of thought they were thinking or thing they were looking for.

#writing #publishing #sharing #blogging #indieweb

December 29, 2022 11:23am +00:00

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@benpate mastodon.social/@benpate

Hey #IndieWeb -- I'm so close to getting #WebSub working in Emissary. I started on it first because it seemed easier than ActivityPub.

It's a great spec, but wow, it's been a lot tougher than I'd expected. Can't wait to show it off, though!

December 29, 2022 8:29am +00:00

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@j_forrest mastodon.elest.io/@j_forrest

This honestly feels like one of those rare times in internet history where a good portion of people take back the web to use in meaningful ways again instead of pure commercialism. The #IndieWeb rules! 💥

December 29, 2022 6:22am +00:00

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@sentience hachyderm.io/@sentience

Thanks to @paulrobertlloyd's #indiekit, this post started life on my personal website, and was auto-syndicated to Mastodon. The future! #indieweb #POSSE

December 29, 2022 5:47am +00:00

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        "html": "<p>Thanks to <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@paulrobertlloyd\">@<span>paulrobertlloyd</span></a></span>'s <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/indiekit\">#<span>indiekit</span></a>, this post started life on my personal website, and was auto-syndicated to Mastodon. The future! <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/POSSE\">#<span>POSSE</span></a></p>",
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@ross social.rossabaker.com/@ross

Post-disaster #Introduction:

I am best known for #Scala, #Typelevel, and #http4s. I geek out over #Emacs, #Nix, and the #Indieweb. I'm probably a #Bayesian.

I live in #Indianapolis, #Indiana with a #Dachshund, #Coonhound, #TuxedoCat, and a freshwater #Aquarium or five. I offset my #Jogging with #BBQ. I coach youth #Soccer and attend North United #Methodist Church.

This is a #SelfHosted sequel after a Terraform disaster. Boosts appreciated to relocate my peeps.

#Pronouns are he/him.

December 29, 2022 5:46am +00:00

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