Hi all, I've just setup my own #GoToSocial instance, so it's time for an updated #introduction
I'm very much into #yoga and #meditation and everything related to that. I'm trying to learn #Sanskrit because its a beautiful language and also in order to be able to read text like the #BhagavadGita #Upanishads #YogaSutras which greatly inspire me.
I'm from the #Netherlands and work in #science in the field of outdoor #AirQuality I may occasionally share something about that, but this is not a work account (and any opinions are my own).
I love #photography , mostly related to #nature #weather #clouds #trees
I love the #forest, I'm grateful to live at the edge of the beautiful #Veluwe nature area.
I love growing food in my #garden using #organic #permaculture and #RegenerativeAgriculture inspired methods, I'm dreaming of tending my own #FoodForest some day.
Unfortunately I'm operating at half power thanks to #LongCovid since Feb. '22, so most of my hobbies are in "maintenance mode".
I'll post in English, my Dutch account is @kedara_nl
I also have a personal website @ https://kedara.eu where I #blog, tend a #DigitalGarden / #wiki and try to contribute to the #Indieweb #smallweb communities.
I've done my fair share of instance hopping and had hoped to solve that by starting my own Akkoma instance, but found GoToSocial more suitable to my needs in the end. I hope to stay here now indefinitely.
Let me know if you have similar interests and I'll be happy to chat!
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"html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://shellsharks.social/@shellsharks\">@<span>shellsharks</span></a></span> I do like putting things on my blog.<br /><a href=\"https://axxuy.xyz/blog/posts/2025/busyblogging/\"><span>https://</span><span>axxuy.xyz/blog/posts/2025/busy</span><span>blogging/</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://pony.social/tags/Blog\">#<span>Blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://pony.social/tags/Blogging\">#<span>Blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://pony.social/tags/Blogpost\">#<span>Blogpost</span></a> <a href=\"https://pony.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://pony.social/tags/PersonalWebsite\">#<span>PersonalWebsite</span></a> <a href=\"https://pony.social/tags/PersonalBlog\">#<span>PersonalBlog</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://shellsharks.social/@shellsharks\"></a>",
"text": "@shellsharks I do like putting things on my blog.\nhttps://axxuy.xyz/blog/posts/2025/busyblogging/\n#Blog #Blogging #Blogpost #IndieWeb #PersonalWebsite #PersonalBlog"
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There are still things that need tweaking, but for now, I celebrate a successful move from Big Tech (Google & Blogger) over to the IndieWeb (Micro.blog)!
And with a proper domain name to boot: https://prompted.ink/2025/05/14/it-lives-or-to-quote.html
Special thanks go to @NickBohle for his advice on downloading WordPress Studio! It made the migration easy and seamless! 😊
#blogging #IndieWeb #MicroDotBlog
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I first started playing with an RTL-SDR in 2020, and every time I come back I have to re-learn a bunch of stuff. I previously stored all my info in a bookmarks folder in Firefox, and having nice notes on it is helping.
#RTLSDR #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #DigitalGarden #Obsidian #Eleventy #IndieWeb
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In my Obsidian-style notes section on my digital garden, I also started some notes on my RTL-SDR software-defined radio hobby: https://reillyspitzfaden.com/digital-garden/notebook/radio/rtl-sdr/
I first started playing with this in 2020, and every time I come back I have to re-learn a bunch of stuff. I previously stored all my info in a bookmarks folder in Firefox, and having nice notes on it is helping.
The wikilinks plugin (https://github.com/photogabble/eleventy-plugin-interlinker) I mentioned above is helping a lot with the Obsidian -> website transition.
#RTLSDR #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #DigitalGarden #Obsidian #Eleventy #11ty #IndieWeb
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One of the things in my digital garden is this set of tutorials on webmentions: reillyspitzfaden.com/digital-gard...
I noticed I kept writing blog posts about them and decided to put everything in one place.
#HTML #CSS #WebDev #IndieWeb #Webmentions #Microformats
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One of the things in my digital garden is this set of tutorials on webmentions: https://reillyspitzfaden.com/digital-garden/tutorials/webmention-tutorial/
I noticed I kept writing blog posts about them (and realized I would probably keep doing that for a while!) and decided to put everything in one place.
You can use the table of contents (also a new site feature!) to hop around and choose the tutorial you want, and the first two are pretty easy even with only a small amount of HTML experience.
#HTML #CSS #WebDev #IndieWeb #Webmentions #Microformats
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I've just changed the hashtag for (all of) my "cool personal homepages" series from #CPH (which was heavily used for flight tracking stuff") to #CPHP - which seems to be free. It's really cute how this series survived because some of you guys nugged me to go on when I paused for a while.
Go on you smallweb ppl! ❤️
#SmallWeb #indieweb #homepage #blog
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"html": "<p>I've just changed the hashtag for (all of) my \"cool personal homepages\" series from <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/CPH\">#<span>CPH</span></a> (which was heavily used for flight tracking stuff\") to <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/CPHP\">#<span>CPHP</span></a> - which seems to be free. It's really cute how this series survived because some of you guys nugged me to go on when I paused for a while. </p><p>Go on you smallweb ppl! \u2764\ufe0f </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/homepage\">#<span>homepage</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a></p>",
"text": "I've just changed the hashtag for (all of) my \"cool personal homepages\" series from #CPH (which was heavily used for flight tracking stuff\") to #CPHP - which seems to be free. It's really cute how this series survived because some of you guys nugged me to go on when I paused for a while. \n\nGo on you smallweb ppl! \u2764\ufe0f \n\n#SmallWeb #indieweb #homepage #blog"
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In the process of adding a digital garden, I found a useful plugin for Eleventy (github.com/photogabble/...) that lets me use wikilinks as I would in Obsidian, making it easier to link my notes together.
#WebDev #IndieWeb #DigitalGardens #DigitalGarden #Eleventy #11ty
GitHub - photogabble/eleventy-...
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I added a digital garden section to my site! reillyspitzfaden.com/digital-gard...
I'm using it to put tutorials, research/project notes, and other things that I will return to and build on over time.
#WebDev #IndieWeb #DigitalGardens #DigitalGarden #Eleventy #11ty
Digital Garden
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I added a digital garden section to my site! https://reillyspitzfaden.com/digital-garden/
I'm using it to put tutorials, research/project notes, and other things that I will return to and build on over time. In the process, I found a useful plugin for Eleventy (https://github.com/photogabble/eleventy-plugin-interlinker) that lets me use wikilinks as I would in Obsidian, making it easier to link my notes together.
#WebDev #IndieWeb #DigitalGardens #DigitalGarden #Eleventy #11ty
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"html": "<p>I added a digital garden section to my site! <a href=\"https://reillyspitzfaden.com/digital-garden/\"><span>https://</span><span>reillyspitzfaden.com/digital-g</span><span>arden/</span></a> </p><p>I'm using it to put tutorials, research/project notes, and other things that I will return to and build on over time. In the process, I found a useful plugin for Eleventy (<a href=\"https://github.com/photogabble/eleventy-plugin-interlinker\"><span>https://</span><span>github.com/photogabble/elevent</span><span>y-plugin-interlinker</span></a>) that lets me use wikilinks as I would in Obsidian, making it easier to link my notes together.</p><p><a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/WebDev\">#<span>WebDev</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/DigitalGardens\">#<span>DigitalGardens</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/DigitalGarden\">#<span>DigitalGarden</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/Eleventy\">#<span>Eleventy</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/11ty\">#<span>11ty</span></a></p>",
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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. 😉 So here's Cool Personal Homepages #CPHP Vol. 42: "マリウス" https://マリウス.com/
#SmallWeb #indieweb #homepage #blog
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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/CPHP\">#<span>CPHP</span></a> Vol. 42: \"\u30de\u30ea\u30a6\u30b9\" <a href=\"https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/\"><span>https://</span><span>\u30de\u30ea\u30a6\u30b9.com/</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/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 #CPHP Vol. 42: \"\u30de\u30ea\u30a6\u30b9\" https://\u30de\u30ea\u30a6\u30b9.com/\n\n#SmallWeb #indieweb #homepage #blog"
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"html": "<p>How do you folks got into regular writing / blogging? </p><p><a href=\"https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Blogging\">#<span>Blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/smallWeb\">#<span>smallWeb</span></a> </p><p><a href=\"https://plunch.de/is-blogging-my-excuse-to-just-build-a-website/\"><span>https://</span><span>plunch.de/is-blogging-my-excus</span><span>e-to-just-build-a-website/</span></a></p>",
"text": "How do you folks got into regular writing / blogging? \n\n#Blogging #IndieWeb #smallWeb \n\nhttps://plunch.de/is-blogging-my-excuse-to-just-build-a-website/"
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Its wednesday, that means: Time for tinkering with my website. Just updated my Now Page.
#indieWeb #smallWeb #blogging
https://plunch.de/now/
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"text": "Its wednesday, that means: Time for tinkering with my website. Just updated my Now Page. \n\n#indieWeb #smallWeb #blogging \n\nhttps://plunch.de/now/"
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My list of RSS feeds has been updated!
For those that aren't in the loop, this is a categorized list of feeds that I follow. You can easily copy the direct RSS link to things that interest you, or even download a full OPML file for import into your favorite RSS reader.
RSS is the past--and the future! Everyone should use it!
Feel free to respond to this with interesting RSS feeds that you follow.
https://tristanb.me/feeds/
Changes (05/14/2025):
New: Manton Reece, WIL WHEATON dot NET, Newsweek, The New Republic, Release notes from authentik, Release notes from Docker, Release notes from pi-hole, Release notes from vscode, Home Assistant, Joel on Software, LambdaMOO Status Blog, Lobsters.
Removed: AudioGames.net Forum New releases (no longer viable because of their aggressive Cloudflare protection), Popehat, James Hoffmann, Linus Tech Tips, Marques Brownlee, Not Just Bikes, TechLinked
Moved: Changelog on Tailscale (now under Software Releases instead of Technology)
In case it wasn't obvious, all YouTube channels have been removed. I haven't been consuming YouTube via RSS for a long time, although I'd love to return to that someday.
#RSS #feeds #IndieWeb
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"html": "<p>My list of RSS feeds has been updated!<br />For those that aren't in the loop, this is a categorized list of feeds that I follow. You can easily copy the direct RSS link to things that interest you, or even download a full OPML file for import into your favorite RSS reader.<br />RSS is the past--and the future! Everyone should use it!<br />Feel free to respond to this with interesting RSS feeds that you follow.</p><p><a href=\"https://tristanb.me/feeds/\"><span>https://</span><span>tristanb.me/feeds/</span><span></span></a></p><p>Changes (05/14/2025):<br />New: Manton Reece, WIL WHEATON dot NET, Newsweek, The New Republic, Release notes from authentik, Release notes from Docker, Release notes from pi-hole, Release notes from vscode, Home Assistant, Joel on Software, LambdaMOO Status Blog, Lobsters.<br />Removed: AudioGames.net Forum New releases (no longer viable because of their aggressive Cloudflare protection), Popehat, James Hoffmann, Linus Tech Tips, Marques Brownlee, Not Just Bikes, TechLinked<br />Moved: Changelog on Tailscale (now under Software Releases instead of Technology)</p><p>In case it wasn't obvious, all YouTube channels have been removed. I haven't been consuming YouTube via RSS for a long time, although I'd love to return to that someday.<br /><a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/RSS\">#<span>RSS</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/feeds\">#<span>feeds</span></a> <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
"text": "My list of RSS feeds has been updated!\nFor those that aren't in the loop, this is a categorized list of feeds that I follow. You can easily copy the direct RSS link to things that interest you, or even download a full OPML file for import into your favorite RSS reader.\nRSS is the past--and the future! Everyone should use it!\nFeel free to respond to this with interesting RSS feeds that you follow.\n\nhttps://tristanb.me/feeds/\n\nChanges (05/14/2025):\nNew: Manton Reece, WIL WHEATON dot NET, Newsweek, The New Republic, Release notes from authentik, Release notes from Docker, Release notes from pi-hole, Release notes from vscode, Home Assistant, Joel on Software, LambdaMOO Status Blog, Lobsters.\nRemoved: AudioGames.net Forum New releases (no longer viable because of their aggressive Cloudflare protection), Popehat, James Hoffmann, Linus Tech Tips, Marques Brownlee, Not Just Bikes, TechLinked\nMoved: Changelog on Tailscale (now under Software Releases instead of Technology)\n\nIn case it wasn't obvious, all YouTube channels have been removed. I haven't been consuming YouTube via RSS for a long time, although I'd love to return to that someday.\n#RSS #feeds #IndieWeb"
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Is blogging my excuse to just build a website?
I noticed that I love tinkering with my website — creating new pages and improving the site overall. However my initial plan was to start a website in order to write more and learn English, so lets write this article about my desire to write more.
Ideas to write more often
Try to publish one article a week—short or long, it doesn't matter.
Join a IndieWeb Carnival
Take article inspiration from other personal website such as this one https://jamesg.blog/2025/03/13/website-reflections […]
https://plunch.de/is-blogging-my-excuse-to-just-build-a-website/
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"text": "Is blogging my excuse to just build a website?\n\n\nI noticed that I love tinkering with my website \u2014 creating new pages and improving the site overall. However my initial plan was to start a website in order to write more and learn English, so lets write this article about my desire to write more.\n\n\nIdeas to write more often\n\n\nTry to publish one article a week\u2014short or long, it doesn't matter.\n\n\nJoin a IndieWeb Carnival\n\n\nTake article inspiration from other personal website such as this one https://jamesg.blog/2025/03/13/website-reflections [\u2026]\n\nhttps://plunch.de/is-blogging-my-excuse-to-just-build-a-website/"
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"html": "<p>May 2025 garden log in which I am very excited about my garden</p><p><a href=\"https://nannnsss.omg.lol/2025/may-2025-garden/\"><span>https://</span><span>nannnsss.omg.lol/2025/may-2025</span><span>-garden/</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/personalwebsite\">#<span>personalwebsite</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/garden\">#<span>garden</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/gardening\">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/farm\">#<span>farm</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/brassicas\">#<span>brassicas</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a></p>",
"text": "May 2025 garden log in which I am very excited about my garden\n\nhttps://nannnsss.omg.lol/2025/may-2025-garden/\n#indieweb #personalwebsite #garden #gardening #farm #brassicas #blog"
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Playing around with whether AI can make sense of my slides. Also the slides PDF with notes and YouTube link.
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"html": "<p>Before my talk at EFF Austin last night, I exported a PDF of my slides and asked ChatGPT (o4) to tell me about them. Here\u2019s <a href=\"https://chatgpt.com/share/6823bff9-1de8-8001-a696-25ed34a5599d\">the chat transcript</a>. It\u2019s fascinating to me because this is without giving the speaker notes to ChatGPT, so it inferred everything from the slide content.</p>\n<p>I\u2019ve now uploaded a separate copy of <a href=\"https://www.manton.org/uploads/2025/eff-austin.pdf\">the slides with speaker notes as a PDF</a>. I ran <em>this</em> through ChatGPT and it produces a pretty nice summary, which I\u2019m including below.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ8dNGTS3JU\">The talk was recorded</a> and also includes lots of questions from folks attending.</p>\n<p>This presentation titled \u201cIndie microblogging and the fediverse\u201d was delivered by Manton Reece at EFF Austin. It explores the evolution of blogging, the failures of centralized social networks like Twitter, and the alternative vision embodied in platforms like Micro.blog, which Manton founded.</p>\n<p><strong>Background and Motivation</strong></p>\n<ul><li>Manton is a long-time Mac, iOS, and web developer.</li>\n<li>Disillusioned by how Twitter restricted third-party developers and turned hostile toward openness and user control.</li>\n<li>Saw the need for a better alternative that supports both microblogging and broader blogging with open standards.</li>\n</ul><p><strong>The Rise and Fall of Twitter for Developers</strong></p>\n<ul><li>Twitter started as an open platform but progressively locked down its API.</li>\n<li>Third-party clients like Twitterrific introduced key ideas (e.g. the word \u201ctweet\u201d).</li>\n<li>Over time, Twitter killed features (RSS, API tokens, IFTTT integrations) that made the ecosystem vibrant.</li>\n<li>Manton left Twitter in 2012 due to its toxicity and limitations.</li>\n</ul><p><strong>Micro.blog: A Response</strong></p>\n<ul><li>Launched in 2017 via Kickstarter.</li>\n<li>Offers microblogging, photo/video hosting, newsletters, podcasts, custom domains, and more.</li>\n<li>Strong emphasis on open APIs and standards like Micropub, Webmention, WebSub, and ActivityPub.</li>\n<li>Designed to integrate with other platforms like Mastodon, Bluesky, and WordPress.</li>\n</ul><p><strong>Fediverse and Interoperability</strong></p>\n<ul><li>Explains how ActivityPub and AT Protocol (Bluesky) function.</li>\n<li>Shows how Micro.blog fetches and syndicates content using RSS, JSON Feed, WebSub, etc.</li>\n<li>Supports POSSE: Post on your own site, syndicate elsewhere (e.g., Mastodon, Threads, Flickr, etc.).</li>\n<li>Highlights the architectural differences between Mastodon (federated servers) and Bluesky (PDS + relays + app views).</li>\n</ul><p><strong>Principles of Micro.blog</strong></p>\n<ul><li>Minimalism: no likes, no follower counts, no algorithms, no ads.</li>\n<li>Focus on personal ownership through domain names.</li>\n<li>Posts are just HTML and Markdown \u2014 simple, durable, portable.</li>\n<li>Encourages a quiet, human-centered space on the web.</li>\n</ul><p><strong>Vision</strong></p>\n<ul><li>Micro.blog is framed as a part of an \u201copen garden,\u201d in contrast to the closed \u201cwalled gardens\u201d of platforms like Twitter or Facebook.</li>\n<li>Emphasizes user control, interoperability, and humane design.</li>\n<li>Seeks to bring back the spirit of early web publishing, updated with modern protocols and tools.</li>\n</ul>",
"text": "Before my talk at EFF Austin last night, I exported a PDF of my slides and asked ChatGPT (o4) to tell me about them. Here\u2019s the chat transcript. It\u2019s fascinating to me because this is without giving the speaker notes to ChatGPT, so it inferred everything from the slide content.\nI\u2019ve now uploaded a separate copy of the slides with speaker notes as a PDF. I ran this through ChatGPT and it produces a pretty nice summary, which I\u2019m including below.\nThe talk was recorded and also includes lots of questions from folks attending.\nThis presentation titled \u201cIndie microblogging and the fediverse\u201d was delivered by Manton Reece at EFF Austin. It explores the evolution of blogging, the failures of centralized social networks like Twitter, and the alternative vision embodied in platforms like Micro.blog, which Manton founded.\nBackground and Motivation\nManton is a long-time Mac, iOS, and web developer.\nDisillusioned by how Twitter restricted third-party developers and turned hostile toward openness and user control.\nSaw the need for a better alternative that supports both microblogging and broader blogging with open standards.\nThe Rise and Fall of Twitter for Developers\nTwitter started as an open platform but progressively locked down its API.\nThird-party clients like Twitterrific introduced key ideas (e.g. the word \u201ctweet\u201d).\nOver time, Twitter killed features (RSS, API tokens, IFTTT integrations) that made the ecosystem vibrant.\nManton left Twitter in 2012 due to its toxicity and limitations.\nMicro.blog: A Response\nLaunched in 2017 via Kickstarter.\nOffers microblogging, photo/video hosting, newsletters, podcasts, custom domains, and more.\nStrong emphasis on open APIs and standards like Micropub, Webmention, WebSub, and ActivityPub.\nDesigned to integrate with other platforms like Mastodon, Bluesky, and WordPress.\nFediverse and Interoperability\nExplains how ActivityPub and AT Protocol (Bluesky) function.\nShows how Micro.blog fetches and syndicates content using RSS, JSON Feed, WebSub, etc.\nSupports POSSE: Post on your own site, syndicate elsewhere (e.g., Mastodon, Threads, Flickr, etc.).\nHighlights the architectural differences between Mastodon (federated servers) and Bluesky (PDS + relays + app views).\nPrinciples of Micro.blog\nMinimalism: no likes, no follower counts, no algorithms, no ads.\nFocus on personal ownership through domain names.\nPosts are just HTML and Markdown \u2014 simple, durable, portable.\nEncourages a quiet, human-centered space on the web.\nVision\nMicro.blog is framed as a part of an \u201copen garden,\u201d in contrast to the closed \u201cwalled gardens\u201d of platforms like Twitter or Facebook.\nEmphasizes user control, interoperability, and humane design.\nSeeks to bring back the spirit of early web publishing, updated with modern protocols and tools."
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"summary": "Playing around with whether AI can make sense of my slides. Also the slides PDF with notes and YouTube link.",
"published": "2025-05-14T09:02:30-05:00",
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