“Next time you’re on #whatsapp why not invite Myra Hindley over to babysit…”

https://matthewsmyth.co.uk/blog/but-seriously-an-idiots-guide-to-the-indie-web/

Brilliantly put @inpc … The sentiments you’ve expressed in this article are exactly shared by me. (Although you’ve gone better by self-hosting!)

I am continually frustrated at basically everyone I know (which includes activists and people who understand and abhor the effects of Cambridge Analytica et al) continuing to support the very platforms that undermine their own beliefs.

You would also not believe some of the organisations I’ve held conversations with about this sort of thing (with a view to making changes in line with their ethics) and they basically end up saying, ‘Yeh but we’re addicted to #Twitter / #Facebook / #Instagram / #Google / #Amazon (etc.).’ i.e. We can’t be arsed to make any real changes.

It’s the same with the #IndieWeb as it is with #ClimateCrisis. It just feels like NOBODY GETS IT! 😭

🔥 River plugin has been updated for #Elgg 5 with polls, translation ability and #IndieWeb compatibility https://es.wzm.me/products/view/2578/river https://pw.wzm.me/wall/v/18884

An exploration and admission of my total and utter inability to utilise any kind of natural direction when away from areas I know well.

https://barrd.net/every-which-way-points-north/

#Blog #IndieWeb #MyNosePointsNorth

Fediverse Governance Drop

@mihobu

@CyborgMisc
I love books but I need the feeling I get if I turn the pages. I love CD's, DVD's and BD's. If you own a movie, a series or music physical you don't lose it if a streaming company decides to take it off the internet. A good example is the series 'Final Space'. The last season never came out physical. It has benn taken off the net for tax reasons so the last season is lost forever.

#Movies #Music #IndieWeb

This is your reminder that #WebMention exists

https://srijan.ch/notes/2024-08-20-001
Redoing these tests with https://github.com/mauricerenck/indieConnector v2.1.0

Discovery Tests 1-22: PASS
Discovery Test 23: FAIL
Update Test 1: PASS
Update Test 2: FAIL
Delete Test 1: Not Tested
Receiver Tests 1-2: PASS

#IndieWeb #Webmention

if you can see this, my new micropub client written in GTK4 and Rust is working! It's called Bowl and I really want to publish it soon!

(but I need to make IndieAuth work first — I had to manually retrieve a token to crate this post.

also i think i need to make the window scrollable.

So… I commented friendly(!) on a bunch of YT videos of smaller channels, that suggest to start private websites again, but none mentioned #IndieWeb principles, despite basically doing step one: Get a domain and own your content.

I wondered why nobody reacted, which is unusual for small channels.

Google has a history website, that lists all own YT comments at https://myactivity.google.com/page?page=youtube_comments

All comments that suggested IndieWeb - and did not(!) even have a link - are gone.

Did I trip auto moderation?

this is getting shared around again (THANK YOU! <3), so want to plug that marigold town is nominated for a tiny award!!

there's still 4 days to vote, if you really like the idea of this project and/or if it made you smile! <333

https://tinyawards.net/

#smallweb #indieweb #internet #web #html #hosting #webhosting #webdev #html

New blog post 📰

So many companies want our attention and our personal data.

Is it wrong to say no?

#blog #indieweb #blogging

https://basic.bearblog.dev/leave-me-alone/

Our back to school code jam over at the #32bitcafe is over. Our biggest yet with 30 submissions. You can check them out over here https://32bit.cafe/~xandra/events/codejam5/

Want to join in next time? Keep an eye out here or join us https://discourse.32bit.cafe/

#smallweb #indieweb

Heard through my friend @gravesle, this article on the state of social media for academics committed to growing meaningful relationships through social media argues, ultimately, for the #IndieWeb approach for which many of us have long been advocating. https://jime.open.ac.uk/articles/10.5334/jime.850

Advocating is not enough. We need to nurture networks of solidarity to build and support the web we need through #ScholarGoverned infrastructure like the Knowledge Commons - @hello

Made some updates to my post about why I built my own markdown replacement and accompanying static site generator.

New notes are on: Nested sections, Built-in test suite, and image handling

#IndieWeb #WebDev

https://www.neopoligen.com/en/2kn3czfj/?page=why-i-built-neopoligen
https://www.neopoligen.com/en/2kn3czfj/?page=why-i-built-neopoligen

I wrote a short piece on how to start playing #pioneerspacesim, the only space game that doesn't make you feel like you're sinking. https://thefoggiest.dev/2024/08/19/pioneer-space-simulator #game #indieweb #space

our #32bitcafe back to school code jam entries are now displayed and available to browse! check out your available courses here to learn from folks around the cafe!

https://32bit.cafe/~xandra/events/codejam5/

this was officially our biggest code jam ever with 30 submissions! 👏

thank you to EVERYONE for participating! you all did an amazing job with this prompt!! i’m so proud of our community!

#smallweb #indieweb #codejam #personalweb #webevent #webdev #cozyweb #internet #html #css #js

@Meyerweb ooooh. I got good at this across a few roles I had. One key is to always be deleting merged branches. The other is to use slashes in your branch names to do a kind of fake folder structure. Come to think of it this might be a good topic for an #IndieWeb popup. Also can’t recommend enough the git zine https://jvns.ca/blog/2024/04/25/new-zine--how-git-works-/ by @b0rk