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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
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        "html": "<p>Discover the IndieWeb, one blog post at a time \u2014 <a href=\"https://indieblog.page\"><span>https://</span><span>indieblog.page</span><span></span></a><br /><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews\">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Blogging\">#<span>Blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/WebDevelopment\">#<span>WebDevelopment</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineCommunity\">#<span>OnlineCommunity</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalIdentity\">#<span>DigitalIdentity</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Discover the IndieWeb, one blog post at a time \u2014 https://indieblog.page\n#HackerNews #IndieWeb #Blogging #WebDevelopment #OnlineCommunity #DigitalIdentity"
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    "author": {
        "name": "Paul Robert Lloyd",
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    "url": "https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2025/053/a1/blog_questions_challenge/",
    "published": "2025-02-22T18:40:00+00:00",
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        "html": "<p>I\u2019d been meaning to do this chain-letter-like <a href=\"https://kevquirk.com/blog/blog-questions-challenge\">challenge</a>, but found enough excuses not to. But then <a href=\"https://sallylait.com/blog/2025/02/16/blog-questions-challenge/\">Sally tagged me</a>, so here I am with a meta blog post about blogging.</p><h2>Why did you start blogging?</h2><p>I\u2019m slightly envious of those who can point to their very first blog post. My blog emerged from an area on the homepage of my previous site (cringingly called LloydyWeb) that gave short, monthly updates. It only became more blog-like because the people I was following online were doing the same.</p><p>I moved my site to <code>paulrobertlloyd.com</code> in 2008, and <a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2008/274/a1/taking_flight/\">the first post</a> outlined some early motivations:</p><blockquote><p>My previous site had a very personal bias, yet in retrospect the most interesting posts were those not about my own life, but commentary and thoughts on topics that interested me in the news and the world around me. As I move to this new (and more grown-up sounding) domain, so I would like to spend more time writing about these subjects.</p></blockquote><p>I\u2019m not sure the mix of topics ever really changed, or if that matters. This is a personal website, after all.</p><p>My second post was a write-up of my trip on the <a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2008/267/a1/california_zephyr/\">California Zephyr</a>, and it\u2019s short <a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/categories/travel/\">travelogues</a> like this that form the bulk of my writing today. I also enjoy writing about <a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/categories/architecture/\">architecture</a> and <a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/categories/design/\">design</a>, and while there are posts about <a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/categories/web/\">the web</a>, more often these about the things I\u2019m doing on it, rather than anything about the specific technologies behind it.</p><h2>What platform are you using to manage your blog and why did you choose it?</h2><p>Like many others, I use <a href=\"https://www.11ty.dev/\">Eleventy</a>. I\u2019ve been using this static site generator since 2018, but that\u2019s not to say my head hasn\u2019t been turned. Eleventy is a remarkable piece of software, though I find it to be fiddly at times, undoubtedly the result of me using it to build a website that really should use a database in places.</p><p><a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2023/054/a1/lume/\">I was considering moving to Lume</a>. This is a static site generator that credits Eleventy as inspiration, but avoids many of its pitfalls; <a href=\"https://lume.land/docs/core/searching/\">pagination is much more flexible in Lume</a>, for example.</p><p>I ended up aborting that move, mainly due to it requiring Deno. Building atop <a href=\"https://dbushell.com/2024/08/05/the-deno-package-paradox/\">a venture-backed runtime</a> seems like risky long-term bet. Meanwhile Node.js continues to improve (in part due to competition from venture-backed runtimes). If Lume were to support Node, I\u2019d move in a heartbeat. It\u2019s also possible that I\u2019ll still be using Eleventy in eleventy years time.</p><h2>Have you blogged on other platforms before?</h2><p>I covered this when I <a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2023/054/a1/lume/\">wrote about moving to Lume</a>, so won\u2019t rehash the same history here. But in short, after a few months using Blogger I moved to <a href=\"https://www.movabletype.org/\">Movable Type</a> in 2004, doggedly sticking with that platform until 2015. I then used <a href=\"https://jekyllrb.com/\">Jekyll</a> before choosing Eleventy in 2018.</p><p>Some choices remain steadfast: always static, never a database and absolutely never WordPress \u2013 a decision that has proven itself many times over, and especially recently.</p><h2>How do you write your posts?</h2><p>I begin longer posts in <a href=\"https://ia.net/writer\">iA Writer</a> before moving to Visual Studio Code where I can tweak and fiddle while previewing locally before committing to git.</p><p>For shorter posts I use <a href=\"https://getindiekit.com/\">Indiekit</a>. I can use its own posting interface or its Micropub endpoint which allows me to post from <a href=\"https://micro.blog/\">Micro.blog</a>\u2019s apps.</p><p>I dearly wish more applications would support <a href=\"https://micropub.spec.indieweb.org/\">Micropub</a>. Funnily enough, iA Writer supports Micropub, though I\u2019ve yet been able to summon the courage to post from it. That might be because I can\u2019t see how a post will look on my website. If only <a href=\"https://redsweater.com/marsedit/\">MarsEdit</a> would add support for Micropub\u2026</p><h2>When do you feel most inspired to write?</h2><p>Annoyance has always been my greatest motivator, and many posts have started out as a comment, a tweet or shorter note.</p><p>This is best exemplified by <a href=\"https://haiprl.andyhiggs.uk/\">How Annoyed Is Paul Robert Lloyd</a>, a satirical tool my friend Andy Higgs built to crowd-source an analysis of my tweets to determine how annoyed I was.</p><img src=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/media/2025/053/a1/haiprl_screenshot.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of \u2018How Annoyed Is Paul Robert Lloyd\u2019.\" />My annoyance has to escalate through to fatalities before writing a blog post.<p>Andy resurrected the site a few years ago, and it now pulls in notes I\u2019ve cross-posted to Micro.blog. However, this tool was more a reflection on how Twitter encouraged pithy moans, with only the most enraging topics being allowed more thoughtful consideration in longer form.</p><p>Today, a <a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/categories/railways/\">railway adventure</a>, <a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2023/106/a1/birmingham/\">building redevelopment</a> or <a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/categories/television/\">television show</a> may elicit a blog post, but there\u2019s much less ire.</p><h2>Do you publish immediately after writing, or do you let it simmer a bit as a draft?</h2><p>There\u2019s no point hanging about! I find it best to get a post written in one sitting if I can, else it\u2019ll languish forever in the dreaded drafts folder. But if anything I\u2019ve written might be controversial, painful experience has taught me to get a second opinion before publishing.</p><h2>What\u2019s your favourite post on your blog?</h2><p>There\u2019s no way I can pick one! Riffing of Sally\u2019s post a little, here a few favourites grouped by topic:</p><h3>Personal ones</h3><ul><li><a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2018/068/a1/walsall/\">Wallowing in Walsall</a></li><li><a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2018/058/a1/move_slowly_and_fix_things/\">Moving slowly and fixing things</a></li><li><a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2015/341/a1/peaceful_reflection/\">Peaceful reflection</a> (originally published on the long since departed Pastry Box Project website)</li></ul><p>And of course, my <a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/collections/year_in_review/\">end of year reviews</a>.</p><h3>Travel ones</h3><ul><li><a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2019/245/a1/brighton_to_lisbon/\">Brighton to Lisbon by train</a></li><li><a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2017/206/a1/le_havre/\">A summer in Le Havre</a></li><li><a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2011/082/a1/san_francisco/\">I never left my heart in San Francisco</a></li></ul><h3>Design ones</h3><ul><li><a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2019/019/a1/slacks_new_logo/\">Several people are outraged</a></li><li><a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2014/051/a1/olympic_websites/\">Landmark Olympic websites, where art thou?</a></li><li><a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2009/271/a1/a_cohesive_and_unified_identity_for_british_government/\">A cohesive and unified identity for British Government</a></li></ul><h3>Architecture ones</h3><ul><li><a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2018/276/a1/tempelhof/\">Tempelhof</a></li><li><a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2015/210/a1/londons_olympic_stadium/\">London\u2019s Olympic Stadium: A legacy lost</a></li><li><a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2011/087/a1/brasilia_palace_hotel/\">The Bras\u00edlia Palace Hotel</a></li></ul><h3>Ranty ones</h3><ul><li><a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2016/238/a1/conference_sustainability/\">Conferences shouldn\u2019t cost the Earth</a></li><li><a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2012/124/a1/inspiring_nobody/\">Inspiring nobody</a></li><li><a href=\"https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2011/228/a1/change_the_world/\">Change the world</a></li></ul><h2>Any future plans for your blog?</h2><p>With an abandoned redesign still recent memory, and having made a series of subtle updates last year instead, I suspect this may be the direction of travel; continual refinement instead of wholesale reform.</p><p>That said, my home page doesn\u2019t reflect the breadth of what the site has to offer, and was designed for earlier period in my freelance career. I sometimes have thoughts about making this an experimental, ever changing canvas of sorts, where I can go a bit more wild while allowing the rest of the site to remain more structured and restrained.</p><h2>Who\u2019s next?</h2><p>Most people I follow have already answered these questions. But <a href=\"https://roobottom.com/\">Jon</a> hasn\u2019t! If you haven\u2019t either, consider yourself tagged, too.</p><p>Reply via email</p>",
        "text": "I\u2019d been meaning to do this chain-letter-like challenge, but found enough excuses not to. But then Sally tagged me, so here I am with a meta blog post about blogging.Why did you start blogging?I\u2019m slightly envious of those who can point to their very first blog post. My blog emerged from an area on the homepage of my previous site (cringingly called LloydyWeb) that gave short, monthly updates. It only became more blog-like because the people I was following online were doing the same.\n\nI moved my site to paulrobertlloyd.com in 2008, and the first post outlined some early motivations:My previous site had a very personal bias, yet in retrospect the most interesting posts were those not about my own life, but commentary and thoughts on topics that interested me in the news and the world around me. As I move to this new (and more grown-up sounding) domain, so I would like to spend more time writing about these subjects.I\u2019m not sure the mix of topics ever really changed, or if that matters. This is a personal website, after all.\n\nMy second post was a write-up of my trip on the California Zephyr, and it\u2019s short travelogues like this that form the bulk of my writing today. I also enjoy writing about architecture and design, and while there are posts about the web, more often these about the things I\u2019m doing on it, rather than anything about the specific technologies behind it.What platform are you using to manage your blog and why did you choose it?Like many others, I use Eleventy. I\u2019ve been using this static site generator since 2018, but that\u2019s not to say my head hasn\u2019t been turned. Eleventy is a remarkable piece of software, though I find it to be fiddly at times, undoubtedly the result of me using it to build a website that really should use a database in places.\n\nI was considering moving to Lume. This is a static site generator that credits Eleventy as inspiration, but avoids many of its pitfalls; pagination is much more flexible in Lume, for example.\n\nI ended up aborting that move, mainly due to it requiring Deno. Building atop a venture-backed runtime seems like risky long-term bet. Meanwhile Node.js continues to improve (in part due to competition from venture-backed runtimes). If Lume were to support Node, I\u2019d move in a heartbeat. It\u2019s also possible that I\u2019ll still be using Eleventy in eleventy years time.Have you blogged on other platforms before?I covered this when I wrote about moving to Lume, so won\u2019t rehash the same history here. But in short, after a few months using Blogger I moved to Movable Type in 2004, doggedly sticking with that platform until 2015. I then used Jekyll before choosing Eleventy in 2018.\n\nSome choices remain steadfast: always static, never a database and absolutely never WordPress \u2013 a decision that has proven itself many times over, and especially recently.How do you write your posts?I begin longer posts in iA Writer before moving to Visual Studio Code where I can tweak and fiddle while previewing locally before committing to git.\n\nFor shorter posts I use Indiekit. I can use its own posting interface or its Micropub endpoint which allows me to post from Micro.blog\u2019s apps.\n\nI dearly wish more applications would support Micropub. Funnily enough, iA Writer supports Micropub, though I\u2019ve yet been able to summon the courage to post from it. That might be because I can\u2019t see how a post will look on my website. If only MarsEdit would add support for Micropub\u2026When do you feel most inspired to write?Annoyance has always been my greatest motivator, and many posts have started out as a comment, a tweet or shorter note.\n\nThis is best exemplified by How Annoyed Is Paul Robert Lloyd, a satirical tool my friend Andy Higgs built to crowd-source an analysis of my tweets to determine how annoyed I was.My annoyance has to escalate through to fatalities before writing a blog post.Andy resurrected the site a few years ago, and it now pulls in notes I\u2019ve cross-posted to Micro.blog. However, this tool was more a reflection on how Twitter encouraged pithy moans, with only the most enraging topics being allowed more thoughtful consideration in longer form.\n\nToday, a railway adventure, building redevelopment or television show may elicit a blog post, but there\u2019s much less ire.Do you publish immediately after writing, or do you let it simmer a bit as a draft?There\u2019s no point hanging about! I find it best to get a post written in one sitting if I can, else it\u2019ll languish forever in the dreaded drafts folder. But if anything I\u2019ve written might be controversial, painful experience has taught me to get a second opinion before publishing.What\u2019s your favourite post on your blog?There\u2019s no way I can pick one! Riffing of Sally\u2019s post a little, here a few favourites grouped by topic:Personal onesWallowing in WalsallMoving slowly and fixing thingsPeaceful reflection (originally published on the long since departed Pastry Box Project website)And of course, my end of year reviews.Travel onesBrighton to Lisbon by trainA summer in Le HavreI never left my heart in San FranciscoDesign onesSeveral people are outragedLandmark Olympic websites, where art thou?A cohesive and unified identity for British GovernmentArchitecture onesTempelhofLondon\u2019s Olympic Stadium: A legacy lostThe Bras\u00edlia Palace HotelRanty onesConferences shouldn\u2019t cost the EarthInspiring nobodyChange the worldAny future plans for your blog?With an abandoned redesign still recent memory, and having made a series of subtle updates last year instead, I suspect this may be the direction of travel; continual refinement instead of wholesale reform.\n\nThat said, my home page doesn\u2019t reflect the breadth of what the site has to offer, and was designed for earlier period in my freelance career. I sometimes have thoughts about making this an experimental, ever changing canvas of sorts, where I can go a bit more wild while allowing the rest of the site to remain more structured and restrained.Who\u2019s next?Most people I follow have already answered these questions. But Jon hasn\u2019t! If you haven\u2019t either, consider yourself tagged, too.\n\nReply via email"
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    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
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    "url": "https://phpc.social/@davidbisset/114049852132607334",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><a href=\"https://indieblog.page/\"><span>https://</span><span>indieblog.page/</span><span></span></a> lets you randomly explore the <a href=\"https://phpc.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> by clicking a button and being redirected to a random post from a personal blog.</p>",
        "text": "https://indieblog.page/ lets you randomly explore the #IndieWeb by clicking a button and being redirected to a random post from a personal blog."
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    "published": "2025-02-22T22:17:16+00:00",
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{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
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    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@readbeanicecream/114049590026493185",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Integrated Mastodon Comments</p><p>Commenting on posts directly from Mastodon is now available!</p><p><a href=\"https://readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2025/02/22/integrated-mastodon-comments/\"><span>https://</span><span>readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2025</span><span>/02/22/integrated-mastodon-comments/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse\">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon\">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Integrated Mastodon Comments\n\nCommenting on posts directly from Mastodon is now available!\n\nhttps://readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2025/02/22/integrated-mastodon-comments/\n\n#indieweb #blogging #fediverse #mastodon #smallweb"
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    "published": "2025-02-22T21:10:36+00:00",
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    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
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    "url": "https://indiepocalypse.social/@bugbear/114049497381776975",
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        "html": "<p>I was browsing some <a href=\"https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> sites the other day and found this little thing:</p><p>\"Decentralised, minimalist microblogging service\"</p><p>Haven't tried it yet (I'm not sure if people even still use it), but it looks interesting. It's using simple text files, which it scrapes for new messages.</p><p><a href=\"https://github.com/buckket/twtxt\"><span>https://</span><span>github.com/buckket/twtxt</span><span></span></a></p>",
        "text": "I was browsing some #IndieWeb sites the other day and found this little thing:\n\n\"Decentralised, minimalist microblogging service\"\n\nHaven't tried it yet (I'm not sure if people even still use it), but it looks interesting. It's using simple text files, which it scrapes for new messages.\n\nhttps://github.com/buckket/twtxt"
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    "published": "2025-02-22T20:47:03+00:00",
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    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
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    "url": "https://mastodon.online/@jlsksr/114049294809451500",
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        "html": "<p>I really like personal homepages and have quite a list of them bookmarked. I'll post one every week unless I fall behind this schedule. \ud83d\ude09 So here's Cool Personal Homepages <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/CPH\">#<span>CPH</span></a> Vol. 38: \"This is definitely a website\" <a href=\"https://www.pixouls.xyz/\"><span>https://www.</span><span>pixouls.xyz/</span><span></span></a></p><p> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/SmallWeb\">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/smolweb\">#<span>smolweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/PersonalSites\">#<span>PersonalSites</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/homepage\">#<span>homepage</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I really like personal homepages and have quite a list of them bookmarked. I'll post one every week unless I fall behind this schedule. \ud83d\ude09 So here's Cool Personal Homepages #CPH Vol. 38: \"This is definitely a website\" https://www.pixouls.xyz/\n\n #SmallWeb #indieweb #smolweb #PersonalSites #homepage #blog"
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    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
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    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@h4ckernews/114049262127436986",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Discover the IndieWeb, one blog post at a time \u2014 <a href=\"https://indieblog.page\"><span>https://</span><span>indieblog.page</span><span></span></a><br /><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Blogging\">#<span>Blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Tech\">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Community\">#<span>Community</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/WebDevelopment\">#<span>WebDevelopment</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Discover the IndieWeb, one blog post at a time \u2014 https://indieblog.page\n#IndieWeb #Blogging #Tech #Community #WebDevelopment"
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    "published": "2025-02-22T19:47:13+00:00",
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    "url": "https://merveilles.town/@zoy/114048269003590028",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Last night I learned how incredibly easy it is to have <a href=\"https://merveilles.town/tags/Peertube\">#<span>Peertube</span></a> automatically archive (or syndicate, import, synchronise) a Tiktok account. I did have to increase my server resources a little on Elestio to pull it off but once I'd done that it was perfectly smooth.</p><p>TBH I'm not sure why it took so long for me to learn this! It's right there in the settings, it's just such a small, unassuming tickbox that I didn't recognise what it was. </p><p>I would have expected people to be talking about this a lot more, with all the worry about Tiktok being banned. It's such an obvious and simple way to protect your work from platform instability! The documentation only mentions the main landscape format video sites, but it works great with Tiktok as well, and even imports the original publication date automatically.</p><p><a href=\"https://docs.joinpeertube.org/use/channel-sync\"><span>https://</span><span>docs.joinpeertube.org/use/chan</span><span>nel-sync</span></a></p><p>Even if it's impossible at this point for Peertube to gain traction because of the commercial pressures that push people onto corporate social media, it's valuable even just as a personal archiving tool. As with everything else <a href=\"https://merveilles.town/tags/Indieweb\">#<span>Indieweb</span></a> lately, I'm just so pleasantly surprised by the extent to which you can have your cake and eat it too. You don't even need to change your workflow, you can just post on Tiktok and let Peertube do its thing. And in the process, you'll be reducing the switching cost for everyone else.</p><p><a href=\"https://merveilles.town/tags/PESOS\">#<span>PESOS</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Last night I learned how incredibly easy it is to have #Peertube automatically archive (or syndicate, import, synchronise) a Tiktok account. I did have to increase my server resources a little on Elestio to pull it off but once I'd done that it was perfectly smooth.\n\nTBH I'm not sure why it took so long for me to learn this! It's right there in the settings, it's just such a small, unassuming tickbox that I didn't recognise what it was. \n\nI would have expected people to be talking about this a lot more, with all the worry about Tiktok being banned. It's such an obvious and simple way to protect your work from platform instability! The documentation only mentions the main landscape format video sites, but it works great with Tiktok as well, and even imports the original publication date automatically.\n\nhttps://docs.joinpeertube.org/use/channel-sync\n\nEven if it's impossible at this point for Peertube to gain traction because of the commercial pressures that push people onto corporate social media, it's valuable even just as a personal archiving tool. As with everything else #Indieweb lately, I'm just so pleasantly surprised by the extent to which you can have your cake and eat it too. You don't even need to change your workflow, you can just post on Tiktok and let Peertube do its thing. And in the process, you'll be reducing the switching cost for everyone else.\n\n#PESOS"
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    "published": "2025-02-22T15:34:39+00:00",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://shellsharks.social/@shellsharks/114048217140873372",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>How do you refer to the <a href=\"https://shellsharks.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> ?</p><p>IndieWeb<br />Indieweb<br />Indie Web</p>",
        "text": "How do you refer to the #IndieWeb ?\n\nIndieWeb\nIndieweb\nIndie Web"
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    "published": "2025-02-22T15:21:28+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43981853",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://floss.social/@strk/114048138333297120",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere: <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/POSSE\"><span>https://</span><span>indieweb.org/POSSE</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://floss.social/tags/POSSE\">#<span>POSSE</span></a> <a href=\"https://floss.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere: https://indieweb.org/POSSE\n\n#POSSE #IndieWeb"
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    "published": "2025-02-22T15:01:25+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43981666",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.art/@NiwlCraft/114048048577862452",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Finding so many cool artists via neocities.<br />For example, rhz ceramics: <a href=\"https://rhzartist.neocities.org/gallery-ceramic\"><span>https://</span><span>rhzartist.neocities.org/galler</span><span>y-ceramic</span></a><br />The gallery even has an olmec-inspired bowl, wow! nerd-sniped.</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.art/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Finding so many cool artists via neocities.\nFor example, rhz ceramics: https://rhzartist.neocities.org/gallery-ceramic\nThe gallery even has an olmec-inspired bowl, wow! nerd-sniped.\n\n#indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2025-02-22T14:38:36+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43981432",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodontech.de/@jak2k/114047810413820549",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>21% percent of the my site's visitors, who don't block my (privacy-friendly Matomo) analytics, are from Russia. I already included \"Fuck Russia\" in the random text banner at the top. I think it's time to step up. What else could I do?</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodontech.de/tags/russia\">#<span>russia</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodontech.de/tags/website\">#<span>website</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodontech.de/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodontech.de/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodontech.de/tags/analytics\">#<span>analytics</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodontech.de/tags/matomo\">#<span>matomo</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodontech.de/tags/web\">#<span>web</span></a></p>",
        "text": "21% percent of the my site's visitors, who don't block my (privacy-friendly Matomo) analytics, are from Russia. I already included \"Fuck Russia\" in the random text banner at the top. I think it's time to step up. What else could I do?\n\n#russia #website #indieweb #blog #analytics #matomo #web"
    },
    "published": "2025-02-22T13:38:02+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43981044",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.lol/@mihobu/114047703253509255",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>\ud83e\udd16 There\u2019s a new post on Michael Burkhardt\u2019s Whirled Wide Web:</p><p>My Favorite Movies By Decade</p><p><a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/Movies\">#<span>Movies</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mihobu.lol/my-favorite-movies-by-decade\"><span>https://</span><span>mihobu.lol/my-favorite-movies-</span><span>by-decade</span></a></p>",
        "text": "\ud83e\udd16 There\u2019s a new post on Michael Burkhardt\u2019s Whirled Wide Web:\n\nMy Favorite Movies By Decade\n\n#Movies #IndieWeb\n\nhttps://mihobu.lol/my-favorite-movies-by-decade"
    },
    "published": "2025-02-22T13:10:47+00:00",
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    "post-type": "photo",
    "_id": "43980814",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://indieweb.social/@immarisabel/114046758345191424",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I added a <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Blogroll\">#<span>Blogroll</span></a> \ud83e\udd73<br />I also added a Mastodon feed for <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/blogpost\">#<span>blogpost</span></a> of <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> tags.</p><p><a href=\"https://marisabel.nl/public/blogroll.php\"><span>https://</span><span>marisabel.nl/public/blogroll.p</span><span>hp</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://marisabel.nl/public/indieweb_blogs.php\"><span>https://</span><span>marisabel.nl/public/indieweb_b</span><span>logs.php</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/personalwebsite\">#<span>personalwebsite</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I added a #Blogroll \ud83e\udd73\nI also added a Mastodon feed for #blogpost of #indieweb tags.\n\nhttps://marisabel.nl/public/blogroll.php\n\nhttps://marisabel.nl/public/indieweb_blogs.php\n\n#personalwebsite #blog"
    },
    "published": "2025-02-22T09:10:28+00:00",
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    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://caneandable.social/@WeirdWriter/114046717227676534",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>travis-jeans/Cyanotype-Bear-Blog-Theme: A version of the Wordpress Cyanotype theme modified to be suitable for the Bear Blog blogging system. It uses minimal classes and is made to be accessible. - Codeberg.org <a href=\"https://codeberg.org/travis-jeans/Cyanotype-Bear-Blog-Theme\"><span>https://</span><span>codeberg.org/travis-jeans/Cyan</span><span>otype-Bear-Blog-Theme</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/BearBlog\">#<span>BearBlog</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/Blog\">#<span>Blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/Blogging\">#<span>Blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/CSS\">#<span>CSS</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/Accessibility\">#<span>Accessibility</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/A11y\">#<span>A11y</span></a></p>",
        "text": "travis-jeans/Cyanotype-Bear-Blog-Theme: A version of the Wordpress Cyanotype theme modified to be suitable for the Bear Blog blogging system. It uses minimal classes and is made to be accessible. - Codeberg.org https://codeberg.org/travis-jeans/Cyanotype-Bear-Blog-Theme #BearBlog #Blog #Blogging #IndieWeb #CSS #Accessibility #A11y"
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    "published": "2025-02-22T09:00:01+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43979414",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://fantastic.earth/@abnv/114045812310550477",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Improved my Micro blog page <a href=\"https://abhinavsarkar.net/microblog/\"><span>https://</span><span>abhinavsarkar.net/microblog/</span><span></span></a> by aggregating similar tags using stemming, and retagging my posts. Turn on JavaScript and trying clicking on the tags. <a href=\"https://fantastic.earth/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Improved my Micro blog page https://abhinavsarkar.net/microblog/ by aggregating similar tags using stemming, and retagging my posts. Turn on JavaScript and trying clicking on the tags. #indieweb"
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    "published": "2025-02-22T05:09:53+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43978518",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://gamedev.lgbt/@illuminesce/114045191721463389",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Updated by \"now\" page with up-to date info on what I'm up to.<br /><br />In short:<br />\ud83d\udcaa collaborating with cool clients on web development &amp; design<br />\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7 coordinating translation of Terranova (PTBR/RU/JP)<br />\ud83d\udc8e getting back into glassblowing<br />\ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5 JLPT N1\u306b\u5411\u3051\u3066\u3001\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u306e\u52c9\u5f37\u3092\u5fa9\u6d3b\u3059\u308b </p><p><a href=\"https://buff.ly/4hOMBXi\"><span>https://</span><span>buff.ly/4hOMBXi</span><span></span></a> </p><p><a href=\"https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/now\">#<span>now</span></a> <a href=\"https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/glassblowing\">#<span>glassblowing</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Updated by \"now\" page with up-to date info on what I'm up to.\n\nIn short:\n\ud83d\udcaa collaborating with cool clients on web development & design\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7 coordinating translation of Terranova (PTBR/RU/JP)\n\ud83d\udc8e getting back into glassblowing\n\ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5 JLPT N1\u306b\u5411\u3051\u3066\u3001\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u306e\u52c9\u5f37\u3092\u5fa9\u6d3b\u3059\u308b \n\nhttps://buff.ly/4hOMBXi \n\n#indieweb #smallweb #now #glassblowing"
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    "published": "2025-02-22T02:32:04+00:00",
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        "https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/114/045/191/754/486/780/original/60f7e4625b5a7fb1.jpeg"
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    "post-type": "photo",
    "_id": "43977920",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://hachyderm.io/@miclgael/114044726288265183",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Its still basic and certain things don't work how i want them to just yet, but the skate diary has an MVP <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/RSS\">#<span>RSS</span></a> feed now</p><p><a href=\"https://skate.michaelgale.dev/rss.xml\"><span>https://</span><span>skate.michaelgale.dev/rss.xml</span><span></span></a> </p><p><a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/Skate\">#<span>Skate</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/Diary\">#<span>Diary</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/Skateboard\">#<span>Skateboard</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/Skateboarding\">#<span>Skateboarding</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Its still basic and certain things don't work how i want them to just yet, but the skate diary has an MVP #RSS feed now\n\nhttps://skate.michaelgale.dev/rss.xml \n\n#Skate #Diary #Skateboard #Skateboarding #IndieWeb"
    },
    "published": "2025-02-22T00:33:42+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
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    "_source": "8007",
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CSF_01: Three Steps for IndieWeb Cybersecurity

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2025-02-21 13:37-0800",
    "url": "http://tantek.com/2025/052/b1/steps-indieweb-cybersecurity",
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        "indieweb"
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    "name": "CSF_01: Three Steps for IndieWeb Cybersecurity",
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        "text": "Welcome to my first Cybersecurity Friday (CSF) post. \nAlmost exactly one week ago I experienced (and had to fight & recover from) \na cybersecurity incident. While that\u2019s a much longer story, \nthis post series is focused on sharing tips and incident learnings\nfrom an \n \n #indieweb-centric \n perspective.\n\nSteps for Cybersecurity\n\nHere are the top three steps in order of importance, \nthat you should take ASAP \nto secure your online presence.\n\n\nEmail MFA/2FA. \n  Add multi-factor authentication (MFA) using \n  an actual Authenticator application to all places \n  where you store or check email. \n  Some services call this second factor or two factor authentication (2FA). \n  While checking your email security settings, verify recovery settings:\n  Do not cross-link your emails as recovery methods for each other, \n  and do not use a mobile/cell number for recovery at all.\n\n\nDomain Registrar MFA. \n  Add MFA to your Domain Registrar(s) if you have any. \n  Optionally disable password reset emails if possible (some registrars may allow this).\n\n\nWeb Host MFA.\n  Add MFA to your web hosting service(s) if you have any. \n  This includes both website hosting and any content delivery network (CDN) \n  services you are using for your domains.\n\n\nDo not use a mobile number for MFA, \n  nor a physical/hardware key if you travel internationally.\nThere are very good reasons to avoid doing so. I\u2019ll blog the reasons in another post.\n\n\nThose are my top three recommended cybersecurity steps \nfor protecting your internet presence. \nThat\u2019s it for this week. These are the bare minimum steps to take. \nThere are many more steps you can take to strengthen your personal cybersecurity.\nI will leave you with this for now:\n\n\nEntropy is your friend in security.\n\nGlossary\nGlossary for various terms, phrases, and further reading on each.\ncontent delivery network\nhttps://indieweb.org/content_delivery_network\ncybersecurity\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cybersecurity\ndomain registrar\nhttps://indieweb.org/domain_registrar\nemail recovery\nA method for recovering a service account password \nvia the email account associated with that account. \nSee also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_notification_email\n\nentropy\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_(information_theory)\n\nMFA / 2FA\n\n\nhttps://indieweb.org/multi-factor_authentication sometimes called Two Factor Authentication or \nSecond Factor Authentication\n\nmobile number for MFA\nhttps://indieweb.org/SMS#Criticism\nweb host\nhttps://indieweb.org/web_hosting\n\nSyndicated to: \n IndieNews",
        "html": "<p>\nWelcome to my first Cybersecurity Friday (<abbr>CSF</abbr>) post. \nAlmost exactly one week ago I experienced (and had to fight &amp; recover from) \na cybersecurity incident. While that\u2019s a much longer story, \nthis post series is focused on sharing tips and incident learnings\nfrom an \n <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">\n #<span class=\"p-category\">indieweb</span></a>-centric \n perspective.\n</p>\n<h2>Steps for Cybersecurity</h2>\n<p>\nHere are the top three steps in order of importance, \nthat you should take <abbr title=\"as soon as possible\">ASAP</abbr> \nto secure your online presence.\n</p>\n<ol><li>\n<b>Email MFA/2FA.</b> \n  Add multi-factor authentication (<abbr>MFA</abbr>) using \n  an actual Authenticator application to <em>all</em> places \n  where you store or check email. \n  Some services call this <i>second factor</i> or <i>two factor authentication</i> (<abbr>2FA</abbr>). \n  While checking your email security settings, verify recovery settings:\n  <strong>Do not</strong> cross-link your emails as recovery methods for each other, \n  and <strong>do not</strong> use a mobile/cell number for recovery at all.\n</li>\n<li>\n<b>Domain Registrar MFA.</b> \n  Add MFA to your Domain Registrar(s) if you have any. \n  Optionally disable password reset emails if possible (some registrars may allow this).\n</li>\n<li>\n<b>Web Host MFA.</b>\n  Add MFA to your web hosting service(s) if you have any. \n  This includes both website hosting and any content delivery network (<abbr>CDN</abbr>) \n  services you are using for your domains.\n</li>\n</ol><p>\n<strong>Do not</strong> use a mobile number for MFA, \n  <strong>nor</strong> a physical/hardware key if you travel internationally.\nThere are very good reasons to avoid doing so. I\u2019ll blog the reasons in another post.\n</p>\n<p>\nThose are my top three recommended cybersecurity steps \nfor protecting your internet presence. \nThat\u2019s it for this week. These are the bare minimum steps to take. \nThere are many more steps you can take to strengthen your personal cybersecurity.\nI will leave you with this for now:\n</p>\n<p>\nEntropy is your friend in security.\n</p>\n<h2>Glossary</h2>\n<p>Glossary for various terms, phrases, and further reading on each.</p>\ncontent delivery network\n<a href=\"https://indieweb.org/content_delivery_network\">https://indieweb.org/content_delivery_network</a>\ncybersecurity\n<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cybersecurity\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cybersecurity</a>\ndomain registrar\n<a href=\"https://indieweb.org/domain_registrar\">https://indieweb.org/domain_registrar</a>\nemail recovery\nA method for recovering a service account password \nvia the email account associated with that account. \nSee also: <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_notification_email\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_notification_email</a>\n\nentropy\n<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_(information_theory)\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_(information_theory)</a>\n\n<abbr>MFA</abbr> / <abbr>2FA</abbr>\n\n\n<a href=\"https://indieweb.org/multi-factor_authentication\">https://indieweb.org/multi-factor_authentication</a> sometimes called <b>Two Factor Authentication</b> or \n<b>Second Factor Authentication</b>\n\nmobile number for MFA\n<a href=\"https://indieweb.org/SMS#Criticism\">https://indieweb.org/SMS#Criticism</a>\nweb host\n<a href=\"https://indieweb.org/web_hosting\">https://indieweb.org/web_hosting</a>\n<p>\nSyndicated to: \n <a class=\"u-syndication\" href=\"https://news.indieweb.org/en\">IndieNews</a>\n</p>"
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        "name": "Tantek \u00c7elik",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
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    "url": "https://mastodon.cloud/@raf/114042909753952270",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I made a site/plaything where you can hold hands with strangers:</p><p>1. go to <a href=\"https://hands.sonnet.io/\"><span>https://</span><span>hands.sonnet.io/</span><span></span></a><br />2. wait for a buddy<br />3. hold hands</p><p>(recommended with sound on)</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.cloud/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.cloud/tags/art\">#<span>art</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I made a site/plaything where you can hold hands with strangers:\n\n1. go to https://hands.sonnet.io/\n2. wait for a buddy\n3. hold hands\n\n(recommended with sound on)\n\n#indieweb #art"
    },
    "published": "2025-02-21T16:51:44+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43972955",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}