Internationalizing the Fediverse

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    "url": "https://herestomwiththeweather.com/2024/03/03/internationalizing-the-fediverse/",
    "published": "2024-03-03T17:12:47+00:00",
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        "html": "<p>Yesterday, <a href=\"https://fed.xnor.in/notice/AfRZC7jgkXRA1xk6Fc\">a request was made</a> to like a post from an account with unicode in the username. As Terence Eden notes in <a href=\"https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/02/internationalise-the-fediverse/\">Internationalise The Fediverse</a></p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>Mastodon (the largest ActivityPub service) doesn\u2019t allow Unicode usernames and has resisted efforts to change.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>So, I tried with <a href=\"https://github.com/herestomwiththeweather/irwin\">Irwin</a> on <a href=\"https://otisburg.social/\">otisburg.social</a> and the code threw an exception when I tried to interact with the account</p>\n\n<pre><code>(URI::InvalidURIError) \"URI must be ascii only \\\"https://i18n.viii.fi/@\\\\u4F60\\\\u597D\\\"\"\n</code></pre>\n\n\n<p>This is not an acceptable uri to pass to URI.parse().  In this case, I found some help from <a href=\"https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7015778/is-this-the-best-way-to-unescape-unicode-escape-sequences-in-ruby\">a stackoverflow post</a> and <a href=\"https://github.com/herestomwiththeweather/irwin/commit/b5899fc090b654383a82674d2d1bf788e2e3ce9f\">fixed the code</a> so I could interact with the account and like the post.</p>\n\n<p>From the comments in Terence\u2019s blog post, I saw <a href=\"https://github.com/swicg/activitypub-webfinger/issues/9\">Allowed characters in preferredUsername</a> has also been identified as an issue with webfinger.</p>",
        "text": "Yesterday, a request was made to like a post from an account with unicode in the username. As Terence Eden notes in Internationalise The Fediverse\n\n\n  Mastodon (the largest ActivityPub service) doesn\u2019t allow Unicode usernames and has resisted efforts to change.\n\n\nSo, I tried with Irwin on otisburg.social and the code threw an exception when I tried to interact with the account\n\n(URI::InvalidURIError) \"URI must be ascii only \\\"https://i18n.viii.fi/@\\\\u4F60\\\\u597D\\\"\"\n\n\n\nThis is not an acceptable uri to pass to URI.parse().  In this case, I found some help from a stackoverflow post and fixed the code so I could interact with the account and like the post.\n\nFrom the comments in Terence\u2019s blog post, I saw Allowed characters in preferredUsername has also been identified as an issue with webfinger."
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    "author": {
        "name": "@weirdwriter",
        "url": "https://tweesecake.social/@weirdwriter",
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    "url": "https://tweesecake.social/@weirdwriter/112035551037883373",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>If you liked Finally, there\u2019s a comic book store for the blind. my feed URL is <a href=\"https://robertkingett.com/feed/\"><span>https://</span><span>robertkingett.com/feed/</span><span></span></a> <a href=\"https://tweesecake.social/tags/RSS\">#<span>RSS</span></a> <a href=\"https://tweesecake.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://tweesecake.social/tags/SmallWeb\">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "If you liked Finally, there\u2019s a comic book store for the blind. my feed URL is https://robertkingett.com/feed/ #RSS #IndieWeb #SmallWeb"
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    "published": "2024-03-04T04:34:00+00:00",
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    "author": {
        "name": "@wonderfulfrog",
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    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@wonderfulfrog/112035509554549405",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I finished a rebuild of my personal site using <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/eleventy\">#<span>eleventy</span></a> !</p><p>If you'd like to read a long post on the process from start to finish, I wrote one! I covered everything from design to details like filters and collection organization!</p><p><a href=\"https://wonderfulfrog.com/posts/version-3/\"><span>https://</span><span>wonderfulfrog.com/posts/versio</span><span>n-3/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/11ty\">#<span>11ty</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/webdev\">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I finished a rebuild of my personal site using #eleventy !\n\nIf you'd like to read a long post on the process from start to finish, I wrote one! I covered everything from design to details like filters and collection organization!\n\nhttps://wonderfulfrog.com/posts/version-3/\n\n#11ty #webdev #indieweb"
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    "author": {
        "name": "@caleb",
        "url": "https://pub.calebhearth.com/@caleb",
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    "url": "https://pub.calebhearth.com/@caleb/112035130114901035",
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        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@matthiasott\">@<span>matthiasott</span></a></span>\u2019s latest \u201cOwn Your Web\u201d has me wondering about building a little app to simulate <a href=\"https://pub.calebhearth.com/tags/SocialBookmarking\">#<span>SocialBookmarking</span></a> based on feeding in <a href=\"https://pub.calebhearth.com/tags/RSS\">#<span>RSS</span></a> feeds from <a href=\"https://pub.calebhearth.com/tags/linklogs\">#<span>linklogs</span></a>. Very <a href=\"https://pub.calebhearth.com/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a>.</p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@matthiasott\"></a>",
        "text": "@matthiasott\u2019s latest \u201cOwn Your Web\u201d has me wondering about building a little app to simulate #SocialBookmarking based on feeding in #RSS feeds from #linklogs. Very #IndieWeb."
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    "author": {
        "name": "@bravodeltalima",
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    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@bravodeltalima/112034551124239213",
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        "html": "<p>I'm using March 2024 to try and move more and more of my digital self to open source software.</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux\">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/opensourcegoals\">#<span>opensourcegoals</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/movingtoopensource\">#<span>movingtoopensource</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://llamasec.com/post/to-continuing-new-beginnings/\"><span>https://</span><span>llamasec.com/post/to-continuin</span><span>g-new-beginnings/</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I'm using March 2024 to try and move more and more of my digital self to open source software.\n\n#indieweb #Linux #opensourcegoals #movingtoopensource\n\nhttps://llamasec.com/post/to-continuing-new-beginnings/"
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    "published": "2024-03-04T00:19:43+00:00",
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    "author": {
        "name": "@ovidem",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/@ovidem",
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    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@ovidem/112034478668529236",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>This is how I generate a social media preview thumbnail for my blog posts, by using just an HTML template!<br /><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/webdev\">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/webdesign\">#<span>webdesign</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://distinctivequality.com/blog/social-preview-thumbnail/\"><span>https://</span><span>distinctivequality.com/blog/so</span><span>cial-preview-thumbnail/</span></a></p>",
        "text": "This is how I generate a social media preview thumbnail for my blog posts, by using just an HTML template!\n#webdev #webdesign #indieweb #smallweb\nhttps://distinctivequality.com/blog/social-preview-thumbnail/"
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    "published": "2024-03-04T00:01:17+00:00",
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    "author": {
        "name": "@Aywren",
        "url": "https://gamepad.club/@Aywren",
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    "url": "https://gamepad.club/@Aywren/112034242601269786",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>A look at a new free <a href=\"https://gamepad.club/tags/webhost\">#<span>webhost</span></a> - Nekoweb! </p><p><a href=\"https://gamepad.club/tags/Blog\">#<span>Blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://gamepad.club/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> </p><p><a href=\"https://aywren.com/2024/03/03/nekoweb-new-free-html-web-host\"><span>https://</span><span>aywren.com/2024/03/03/nekoweb-</span><span>new-free-html-web-host</span></a></p>",
        "text": "A look at a new free #webhost - Nekoweb! \n\n#Blog #IndieWeb \n\nhttps://aywren.com/2024/03/03/nekoweb-new-free-html-web-host"
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    "author": {
        "name": "@emerson",
        "url": "https://floss.social/@emerson",
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    "url": "https://floss.social/@emerson/112034017467347862",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Does anyone know a good simple blogging platform (NOT wordpress) that also has password protection? Like blogging but to a small group of known people <a href=\"https://floss.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://floss.social/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://floss.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://floss.social/tags/opensource\">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href=\"https://floss.social/tags/privacy\">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Does anyone know a good simple blogging platform (NOT wordpress) that also has password protection? Like blogging but to a small group of known people #smallweb #blogging #indieweb #opensource #privacy"
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    "published": "2024-03-03T22:04:00+00:00",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@immarisabel",
        "url": "https://indieweb.social/@immarisabel",
        "photo": null
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    "url": "https://indieweb.social/@immarisabel/112033617578213580",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>And I did it! After 3 weeks, I migrated my whole website to my own PHP CMS! I'm so happy! <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieWeb\">#<span>indieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/smallWeb\">#<span>smallWeb</span></a> I still have a few things to work on. But that is the point of this. A constant WIP :) Still need to think how I want my art gallery in it as well. But that will come this week. Or maybe after 2 weeks. I have 2 very busy weeks coming celebrating my kid's 6th birthday. ~ via <a href=\"http://social.marisabel.nl\"><span>http://</span><span>social.marisabel.nl</span><span></span></a> ~</p>",
        "text": "And I did it! After 3 weeks, I migrated my whole website to my own PHP CMS! I'm so happy! #indieWeb #smallWeb I still have a few things to work on. But that is the point of this. A constant WIP :) Still need to think how I want my art gallery in it as well. But that will come this week. Or maybe after 2 weeks. I have 2 very busy weeks coming celebrating my kid's 6th birthday. ~ via http://social.marisabel.nl ~"
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    "published": "2024-03-03T20:22:18+00:00",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@accordionpolar",
        "url": "https://indieweb.social/@accordionpolar",
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    "url": "https://indieweb.social/@accordionpolar/112033451814259342",
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        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips\">@<span>FediTips</span></a></span> Mastodon God, sir/ma'am/volunteer pls, I find this article unsatisfactory:</p><p><a href=\"https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-a-link-preview-to-appear-in-my-post-on-mastodon/\"><span>https://</span><span>fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-a-link-</span><span>preview-to-appear-in-my-post-on-mastodon/</span></a></p><p>Do you, or anybody else, have any additional tips for getting link previews to appear regularly? I just find it so annoyingly inconsistent \ud83d\ude22 </p><p><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/help\">#<span>help</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/support\">#<span>support</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/tech\">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/advice\">#<span>advice</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips\"></a>",
        "text": "@FediTips Mastodon God, sir/ma'am/volunteer pls, I find this article unsatisfactory:\n\nhttps://fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-a-link-preview-to-appear-in-my-post-on-mastodon/\n\nDo you, or anybody else, have any additional tips for getting link previews to appear regularly? I just find it so annoyingly inconsistent \ud83d\ude22 \n\n#help #indieweb #support #tech #advice"
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    "published": "2024-03-03T19:40:09+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40448246",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@accordionpolar",
        "url": "https://indieweb.social/@accordionpolar",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://indieweb.social/@accordionpolar/112033381871614464",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Wrote this for both the <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> Carnival (on 'Digital Relationships') and the Lainchan Festival (on <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/nature\">#<span>nature</span></a> ): The Neon God</p><p><a href=\"https://foreverliketh.is/blog/the-neon-god/\"><span>https://</span><span>foreverliketh.is/blog/the-neon</span><span>-god/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/writing\">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/technology\">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/love\">#<span>love</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/anime\">#<span>anime</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/greece\">#<span>greece</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/religion\">#<span>religion</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Wrote this for both the #indieweb Carnival (on 'Digital Relationships') and the Lainchan Festival (on #nature ): The Neon God\n\nhttps://foreverliketh.is/blog/the-neon-god/\n\n#smallweb #writing #technology #blog #love #anime #greece #religion"
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    "published": "2024-03-03T19:22:21+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40448025",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@amerpie",
        "url": "https://social.lol/@amerpie",
        "photo": null
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    "url": "https://social.lol/@amerpie/112033148948443096",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://social.lol/@sophie\">@<span>sophie</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://social.lol/@cory\">@<span>cory</span></a></span> writes some of the best stuff. That kind of writing is why I \u2764\ufe0f the <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://social.lol/@cory\"></a>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://social.lol/@sophie\"></a>",
        "text": "@sophie @cory writes some of the best stuff. That kind of writing is why I \u2764\ufe0f the #indieweb"
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    "published": "2024-03-03T18:23:07+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40447708",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@arne",
        "url": "https://spezi.social/@arne",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://spezi.social/@arne/112032450938451806",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Next up: h-feed and h-review <a href=\"https://spezi.social/tags/indieWeb\">#<span>indieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Next up: h-feed and h-review #indieWeb"
    },
    "published": "2024-03-03T15:25:37+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40446260",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@hamatti",
        "url": "https://mastodon.world/@hamatti",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.world/@hamatti/112032261040923678",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Loved reading through Manu's roundup post about last month's <a href=\"https://mastodon.world/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> Carnival</p><p><a href=\"https://manuelmoreale.com/indieweb-carnival-roundup\"><span>https://</span><span>manuelmoreale.com/indieweb-car</span><span>nival-roundup</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Loved reading through Manu's roundup post about last month's #IndieWeb Carnival\n\nhttps://manuelmoreale.com/indieweb-carnival-roundup"
    },
    "published": "2024-03-03T14:37:19+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40445994",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@pfefferle",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/@pfefferle",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@pfefferle/112032149063723752",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://spezi.social/@arne\">@<span>arne</span></a></span> welcome to the <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> \ud83d\udc4b</p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://spezi.social/@arne\"></a>",
        "text": "@arne welcome to the #indieweb \ud83d\udc4b"
    },
    "published": "2024-03-03T14:08:50+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40445802",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@arne",
        "url": "https://spezi.social/@arne",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://spezi.social/@arne/112031942589978425",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Just implemented h-card and h-entry on <a href=\"https://arne.me\"><span>https://</span><span>arne.me</span><span></span></a> (more information: <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/microformats\"><span>https://</span><span>indieweb.org/microformats</span><span></span></a>) <a href=\"https://spezi.social/tags/indieWeb\">#<span>indieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Just implemented h-card and h-entry on https://arne.me (more information: https://indieweb.org/microformats) #indieWeb"
    },
    "published": "2024-03-03T13:16:20+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40445499",
    "_source": "8007",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@inautilo",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/@inautilo",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@inautilo/112030483820597715",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Business\">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Launches\">#<span>Launches</span></a><br />About Ideas Now \u00b7 Connect with people through personal websites <a href=\"https://ilo.im/15y3cj\"><span>https://</span><span>ilo.im/15y3cj</span><span></span></a></p><p>_____<br /><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenWeb\">#<span>OpenWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/WebCommunity\">#<span>WebCommunity</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Design\">#<span>Design</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/ProductDesign\">#<span>ProductDesign</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/UxDesign\">#<span>UxDesign</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/UiDesign\">#<span>UiDesign</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/WebDesign\">#<span>WebDesign</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Development\">#<span>Development</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/WebDev\">#<span>WebDev</span></a></p>",
        "text": "#Business #Launches\nAbout Ideas Now \u00b7 Connect with people through personal websites https://ilo.im/15y3cj\n\n_____\n#OpenWeb #IndieWeb #WebCommunity #Design #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign #Development #WebDev"
    },
    "published": "2024-03-03T07:05:21+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40443717",
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        "html": "<p><strong>March 2024 divestment</strong></p><p>I keep way too much stuff lying about to do something with later. My new ambition is to brain-dump these things somewhere I can always return to and review later. Tabs will be closed, old images deleted, and junk swept away.</p><p>Tabs</p><p>Most of my computer\u2019s resources are taken up keeping tabs open that I will \u201ccome back to any day now\u201d. Like, [\u2026]</p><p><a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://lordmatt.co.uk/tag/blogging/\">#blogging</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://lordmatt.co.uk/tag/brain-dump/\">#brainDump</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://lordmatt.co.uk/tag/chatgpt/\">#ChatGPT</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://lordmatt.co.uk/tag/close-more-tabs/\">#closeMoreTabs</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://lordmatt.co.uk/tag/divestment/\">#divestment</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://lordmatt.co.uk/tag/gallery/\">#gallery</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://lordmatt.co.uk/tag/huggingface/\">#huggingface</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://lordmatt.co.uk/tag/indieweb/\">#IndieWeb</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://lordmatt.co.uk/tag/mastodon/\">#Mastodon</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://lordmatt.co.uk/tag/stock-images/\">#stockImages</a></p><p><a href=\"https://lordmatt.co.uk/?p=1698\">https://lordmatt.co.uk/?p=1698</a></p>",
        "text": "March 2024 divestment\n\nI keep way too much stuff lying about to do something with later. My new ambition is to brain-dump these things somewhere I can always return to and review later. Tabs will be closed, old images deleted, and junk swept away.\n\nTabs\n\nMost of my computer\u2019s resources are taken up keeping tabs open that I will \u201ccome back to any day now\u201d. Like, [\u2026]\n\n#blogging #brainDump #ChatGPT #closeMoreTabs #divestment #gallery #huggingface #IndieWeb #Mastodon #stockImages\n\nhttps://lordmatt.co.uk/?p=1698"
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    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Recent thing on my website, Finally, there\u2019s a comic book store for the blind. <a href=\"https://robertkingett.com/posts/6510/\"><span>https://</span><span>robertkingett.com/posts/6510/</span><span></span></a> <a href=\"https://tweesecake.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://tweesecake.social/tags/SmallWeb\">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a></p>",
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Some feels about my non-involvement in the fediverse

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        "text": "I feel more than a twinge of regret that I\u2019m not more involved in the current decentralized social web movement. This is where I came from, after all: I built one of the first open source social networking platforms (and one of the first social networks overall). Decentralized social networking was the ultimately vision and exactly where we wanted to take it.\n\nSo, here we are, decentralized social networking has been realized thanks to the hard work of many teams, and I\u2019m several degrees removed from it. There are open source social networking summits that I\u2019m not invited to \u2014 quite reasonably, but I care so much about the space and wish I could be there.\n\nDon\u2019t get me wrong: I don\u2019t have regrets about my current direction. I\u2019m focused on journalism in the public interest right now, which feels like an important thing to be doing in America in 2024. There are lots of technical challenges that go far beyond keeping a website online (consider what it took to obtain and analyze The IRS Files, for example).\n\nBut, also, oof, it feels weird to not be in the room and helping to push this movement forwards.\n\nI do have a strong project idea for the space \u2014 something that would expand the fediverse and bring on a bunch of organizations who haven\u2019t been able to join yet. So, maybe I\u2019ll try and get that moving.",
        "html": "<p>I feel more than a twinge of regret that I\u2019m not more involved in the current decentralized social web movement. This is where I came from, after all: I built <a href=\"https://www.zdnet.com/article/run-your-own-myspace-with-elgg-spaces/\">one of the first open source social networking platforms</a> (and one of the first social networks overall). Decentralized social networking was the ultimately vision and exactly where we wanted to take it.</p><p>So, here we are, decentralized social networking has been realized thanks to the hard work of many teams, and I\u2019m several degrees removed from it. There are open source social networking summits that I\u2019m not invited to \u2014 quite reasonably, but I care so much about the space and wish I could be there.</p><p>Don\u2019t get me wrong: I don\u2019t have regrets about my current direction. I\u2019m focused on journalism in the public interest right now, which feels like an important thing to be doing in America in 2024. There are lots of technical challenges that go far beyond keeping a website online (consider what it took to obtain and analyze <a href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax\">The IRS Files</a>, for example).</p><p>But, also, oof, it feels weird to not be in the room and helping to push this movement forwards.</p><p>I do have a strong project idea for the space \u2014 something that would expand the fediverse and bring on a bunch of organizations who haven\u2019t been able to join yet. So, maybe I\u2019ll try and get that moving.</p>"
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