Tantek Çelik tantek.com

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        "text": "I really enjoyed the IndieWeb Movie Club May 2025 submissions about the film \u201cTomorrowland\u201d. Ordered from earliest to most recent:\n\n* Paolo Feadin: https://www.feadin.eu/en/posts/tomorrowland\n* Thomas Vander Wal: https://vanderwal.net/random/entrysel.php?blog=2119\n* gRegor Morrill: https://gregorlove.com/2025/05/tomorrowland/\n* Benji: https://www.benji.dog/watched/1748757918-tomorrowland-2015/\n* James: https://jamesg.blog/2025/07/01/tomorrowland-indieweb-movie-club\n\nAs promised in my welcome post, here are my past posts regarding or related to Tomorrowland the film, Before Tomorrowland the book, and the themes and messages therein:\n* https://tantek.com/2016/042/t1/the-problem-to-solve-negative-news\n* https://tantek.com/2016/145/b1/tomorrowland-misjudging-by-name-association\n* https://tantek.com/2016/150/b1/tomorrowland-change-perspective-flight-paris\n* https://tantek.com/2016/279/t2/finished-reading-before-tomorrowland\n\nI rewatched the film in May, and had a mix of remembering my past impressions as well as forming new impressions in the context of 2025. A lot has changed in the past 10 years. Worth a separate blog post.\n\u00a0\nPreviously: https://tantek.com/2025/120/t1/indieweb-movie-club-tomorrowland\n\n#TomorrowlandFilm #BeforeTomorrowland #IndieWeb #IndieWebMovieClub\n\nThis is post 12 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb. #100Posts\n\n\u2190 https://tantek.com/2025/120/t1/indieweb-movie-club-tomorrowland\n\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e",
        "html": "I really enjoyed the IndieWeb Movie Club May 2025 submissions about the film \u201cTomorrowland\u201d. Ordered from earliest to most recent:<br /><br />* Paolo Feadin: <a href=\"https://www.feadin.eu/en/posts/tomorrowland\">https://www.feadin.eu/en/posts/tomorrowland</a><br />* Thomas Vander Wal: <a href=\"https://vanderwal.net/random/entrysel.php?blog=2119\">https://vanderwal.net/random/entrysel.php?blog=2119</a><br />* gRegor Morrill: <a href=\"https://gregorlove.com/2025/05/tomorrowland/\">https://gregorlove.com/2025/05/tomorrowland/</a><br />* Benji: <a href=\"https://www.benji.dog/watched/1748757918-tomorrowland-2015/\">https://www.benji.dog/watched/1748757918-tomorrowland-2015/</a><br />* James: <a href=\"https://jamesg.blog/2025/07/01/tomorrowland-indieweb-movie-club\">https://jamesg.blog/2025/07/01/tomorrowland-indieweb-movie-club</a><br /><br />As promised in my welcome post, here are my past posts regarding or related to Tomorrowland the film, Before Tomorrowland the book, and the themes and messages therein:<br />* <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2016/042/t1/the-problem-to-solve-negative-news\">https://tantek.com/2016/042/t1/the-problem-to-solve-negative-news</a><br />* <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2016/145/b1/tomorrowland-misjudging-by-name-association\">https://tantek.com/2016/145/b1/tomorrowland-misjudging-by-name-association</a><br />* <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2016/150/b1/tomorrowland-change-perspective-flight-paris\">https://tantek.com/2016/150/b1/tomorrowland-change-perspective-flight-paris</a><br />* <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2016/279/t2/finished-reading-before-tomorrowland\">https://tantek.com/2016/279/t2/finished-reading-before-tomorrowland</a><br /><br />I rewatched the film in May, and had a mix of remembering my past impressions as well as forming new impressions in the context of 2025. A lot has changed in the past 10 years. Worth a separate blog post.<br />\u00a0<br />Previously: <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2025/120/t1/indieweb-movie-club-tomorrowland\">https://tantek.com/2025/120/t1/indieweb-movie-club-tomorrowland</a><br /><br />#<span class=\"p-category\">TomorrowlandFilm</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">BeforeTomorrowland</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">IndieWeb</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">IndieWebMovieClub</span><br /><br />This is post 12 of #<span class=\"p-category\">100PostsOfIndieWeb</span>. #<span class=\"p-category\">100Posts</span><br /><br />\u2190 <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2025/120/t1/indieweb-movie-club-tomorrowland\">https://tantek.com/2025/120/t1/indieweb-movie-club-tomorrowland</a><br />\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e"
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        "html": "<p>I really enjoyed the IndieWeb Movie Club May 2025 submissions about the film \u201cTomorrowland\u201d. Ordered from earliest to most recent:<br /><br />* Paolo Feadin: <a href=\"https://www.feadin.eu/en/posts/tomorrowland\">https://www.feadin.eu/en/posts/tomorrowland</a><br />* Thomas Vander Wal: <a href=\"https://vanderwal.net/random/entrysel.php?blog=2119\">https://vanderwal.net/random/entrysel.php?blog=2119</a><br />* gRegor Morrill: <a href=\"https://gregorlove.com/2025/05/tomorrowland/\">https://gregorlove.com/2025/05/tomorrowland/</a><br />* Benji: <a href=\"https://www.benji.dog/watched/1748757918-tomorrowland-2015/\">https://www.benji.dog/watched/1748757918-tomorrowland-2015/</a><br />* James: <a href=\"https://jamesg.blog/2025/07/01/tomorrowland-indieweb-movie-club\">https://jamesg.blog/2025/07/01/tomorrowland-indieweb-movie-club</a><br /><br />As promised in my welcome post, here are my past posts regarding or related to Tomorrowland the film, Before Tomorrowland the book, and the themes and messages therein:<br />* <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2016/042/t1/the-problem-to-solve-negative-news\">https://tantek.com/2016/042/t1/the-problem-to-solve-negative-news</a><br />* <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2016/145/b1/tomorrowland-misjudging-by-name-association\">https://tantek.com/2016/145/b1/tomorrowland-misjudging-by-name-association</a><br />* <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2016/150/b1/tomorrowland-change-perspective-flight-paris\">https://tantek.com/2016/150/b1/tomorrowland-change-perspective-flight-paris</a><br />* <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2016/279/t2/finished-reading-before-tomorrowland\">https://tantek.com/2016/279/t2/finished-reading-before-tomorrowland</a><br /><br />I rewatched the film in May, and had a mix of remembering my past impressions as well as forming new impressions in the context of 2025. A lot has changed in the past 10 years. Worth a separate blog post.<br />\u00a0<br />Previously: <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2025/120/t1/indieweb-movie-club-tomorrowland\">https://tantek.com/2025/120/t1/indieweb-movie-club-tomorrowland</a><br /><br /><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/TomorrowlandFilm\">#<span class=\"p-category\">TomorrowlandFilm</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/BeforeTomorrowland\">#<span class=\"p-category\">BeforeTomorrowland</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span class=\"p-category\">IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/IndieWebMovieClub\">#<span class=\"p-category\">IndieWebMovieClub</span></a><br /><br />This is post 12 of <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/100PostsOfIndieWeb\">#<span class=\"p-category\">100PostsOfIndieWeb</span></a>. <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/100Posts\">#<span class=\"p-category\">100Posts</span></a><br /><br />\u2190 <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2025/120/t1/indieweb-movie-club-tomorrowland\">https://tantek.com/2025/120/t1/indieweb-movie-club-tomorrowland</a><br />\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e</p>",
        "text": "I really enjoyed the IndieWeb Movie Club May 2025 submissions about the film \u201cTomorrowland\u201d. Ordered from earliest to most recent:\n\n* Paolo Feadin: https://www.feadin.eu/en/posts/tomorrowland\n* Thomas Vander Wal: https://vanderwal.net/random/entrysel.php?blog=2119\n* gRegor Morrill: https://gregorlove.com/2025/05/tomorrowland/\n* Benji: https://www.benji.dog/watched/1748757918-tomorrowland-2015/\n* James: https://jamesg.blog/2025/07/01/tomorrowland-indieweb-movie-club\n\nAs promised in my welcome post, here are my past posts regarding or related to Tomorrowland the film, Before Tomorrowland the book, and the themes and messages therein:\n* https://tantek.com/2016/042/t1/the-problem-to-solve-negative-news\n* https://tantek.com/2016/145/b1/tomorrowland-misjudging-by-name-association\n* https://tantek.com/2016/150/b1/tomorrowland-change-perspective-flight-paris\n* https://tantek.com/2016/279/t2/finished-reading-before-tomorrowland\n\nI rewatched the film in May, and had a mix of remembering my past impressions as well as forming new impressions in the context of 2025. A lot has changed in the past 10 years. Worth a separate blog post.\n\u00a0\nPreviously: https://tantek.com/2025/120/t1/indieweb-movie-club-tomorrowland\n\n#TomorrowlandFilm #BeforeTomorrowland #IndieWeb #IndieWebMovieClub\n\nThis is post 12 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb. #100Posts\n\n\u2190 https://tantek.com/2025/120/t1/indieweb-movie-club-tomorrowland\n\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e"
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        "html": "<p>The <a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> Carnival for July 2025 (that\u2019s now!) is hosted by Maxwell Joslyn: introductory post is here, the theme is \u201ctotems.\u201d</p><p> <a href=\"https://www.maxwelljoslyn.com/2025/07/01/1\"><span>https://www.</span><span>maxwelljoslyn.com/2025/07/01/1</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/writing\">#<span>writing</span></a></p>",
        "text": "The #IndieWeb Carnival for July 2025 (that\u2019s now!) is hosted by Maxwell Joslyn: introductory post is here, the theme is \u201ctotems.\u201d\n\n https://www.maxwelljoslyn.com/2025/07/01/1\n\n#blogging #writing"
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        "html": "<p>Front End Study Hall taught me plenty today. I enjoy putting this event on! Shared etherpad notes we took today: <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/events/2025-07-01-front-end-study-hall\"><span>https://</span><span>indieweb.org/events/2025-07-01</span><span>-front-end-study-hall</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/FrontEnd\">#<span>FrontEnd</span></a> WebDev</p>",
        "text": "Front End Study Hall taught me plenty today. I enjoy putting this event on! Shared etherpad notes we took today: https://indieweb.org/events/2025-07-01-front-end-study-hall\n\n#IndieWeb #FrontEnd WebDev"
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        "html": "<p>Response to ElevenLabs Partnership Inquiry <a href=\"https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/20250524/\"><span>https://</span><span>sightlessscribbles.com/posts/2</span><span>0250524/</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</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/Blogs\">#<span>Blogs</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Response to ElevenLabs Partnership Inquiry https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/20250524/ #IndieWeb #Blog #Blogging #Blogs"
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        "html": "<p><a href=\"https://mstdn.social/tags/11tyCMS\">#<span>11tyCMS</span></a> is coming along nicely... I've been a little quiet on the 11tyCMS front recently because of work. But I've got another week off and so, whenever I get spoons, I'll be working on it.</p><p>Today I did some work on the design inspired by a recent YouTube video I watched ( <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b00sgRR_Vc0\"><span>https://www.</span><span>youtube.com/watch?v=b00sgRR_Vc</span><span>0</span></a> ) about Notion. </p><p>Anyway, a new blog post will hopefully be out by the end of the week talking about some of the changes \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https://mstdn.social/tags/11ty\">#<span>11ty</span></a> <a href=\"https://mstdn.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "#11tyCMS is coming along nicely... I've been a little quiet on the 11tyCMS front recently because of work. But I've got another week off and so, whenever I get spoons, I'll be working on it.\n\nToday I did some work on the design inspired by a recent YouTube video I watched ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b00sgRR_Vc0 ) about Notion. \n\nAnyway, a new blog post will hopefully be out by the end of the week talking about some of the changes \ud83d\udc40 #11ty #indieweb"
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        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mathstodon.xyz/@fractalkitty\">@<span>fractalkitty</span></a></span> After today's FrESH I played with your haiku explorer so I could find words by matching. Filters match from string start. <a href=\"https://codepen.io/artlung/pen/KwpLpQa\"><span>https://</span><span>codepen.io/artlung/pen/KwpLpQa</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/JavaScript\">#<span>JavaScript</span></a> <a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/Haiku\">#<span>Haiku</span></a> <a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/d3\">#<span>d3</span></a> <a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mathstodon.xyz/@fractalkitty\"></a>",
        "text": "@fractalkitty After today's FrESH I played with your haiku explorer so I could find words by matching. Filters match from string start. https://codepen.io/artlung/pen/KwpLpQa\n\n#JavaScript #Haiku #d3 #IndieWeb"
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Manton Reece www.manton.org

Cloudflare is on the offensive against AI bots

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        "html": "<p>Matthew Prince <a href=\"https://blog.cloudflare.com/content-independence-day-no-ai-crawl-without-compensation/\">announcing a major new effort at Cloudflare</a> to block AI crawlers:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Cloudflare, along with a majority of the world\u2019s leading publishers and AI companies, is changing the default to block AI crawlers unless they pay creators for their content.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019m concerned that this default goes too far. Cloudflare has enormous power to intercept web traffic, because they\u2019ve effectively re-centralized DNS for so many websites. While Matthew\u2019s reasons for doing this are good, it should still be an opt-in feature. The open web should by default be open.</p>\n<p>When you think about where Cloudflare\u2019s business originally came from \u2014\u00a0protecting websites that were under a denial-of-service attack \u2014\u00a0it\u2019s understandable that Cloudflare would see any non-human request as fitting in the same category. Bots from hackers are bad, stealing hosting computing resources. Bots from AI companies are also bad, stealing content.</p>\n<p>That\u2019s an oversimplification, though. Some bots from AI companies are training new models. Some bots are acting on the user\u2019s behalf, a little more like a web browser, such as reasoning models that make new requests to the web to answer questions and cite their sources.</p>\n<p>Cloudflare has a series of blog posts today with more details. <a href=\"https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-pay-per-crawl/\">In one post</a>, they outline how AI crawlers can use HTTP Signatures (similar to what ActivityPub uses) to identify themselves if they have a relationship with Cloudflare for making payments to web publishers. When enabled, Cloudflare will return an HTTP 402 \u201cpayment required\u201d response. There\u2019s a mechanism for crawlers to say how much they will pay or to accept the listed price.</p>\n<p>Cloudflare continues:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>At its core, pay per crawl begins a technical shift in how content is controlled online. By providing creators with a robust, programmatic mechanism for valuing and controlling their digital assets, we empower them to continue creating the rich, diverse content that makes the Internet invaluable.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>This sounds noble. However, this is a potential new source of revenue for Cloudflare, because they handle the payments from AI companies, and so they could choose to shave off a percentage for themselves. I\u2019ve found no documentation yet for what this business arrangement might look like. I\u2019m not suggesting that Cloudflare is doing this only for profit, but their business model could shift a little. They could be incentivized to block more requests, in the same way that Meta is incentivized to show more ads.</p>\n<p>I can also imagine a harmless bot accidentally getting mislabelled as an AI crawler. Cloudflare has significant control even though they <em>aren\u2019t even the ones hosting your web site</em>. According to <a href=\"https://www.cloudflare.com/press-releases/2025/cloudflare-just-changed-how-ai-crawlers-scrape-the-internet-at-large/\">a companion press release today</a>, Cloudflare proxies traffic for 20% of the web.</p>\n<p>In running Micro.blog, we sometimes see problems like this already. Micro.blog is always polling RSS feeds in the background, so that you can host your website on WordPress (or anywhere) and those posts will show up in your Micro.blog account. There is nothing nefarious about this. It\u2019s how the open web and RSS feeds are supposed to work.</p>\n<p>There have been a lot of good discussions lately \u2014 including in <a href=\"https://blog.cloudflare.com/ai-search-crawl-refer-ratio-on-radar/\"><em>another</em> one of Cloudflare\u2019s blog posts today</a> \u2014 about how the shift from Google to AI chatbots has affected web publishers:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Content publishers welcomed crawlers and bots from search engines because they helped drive traffic to their sites. The crawlers would see what was published on the site and surface that material to users searching for it. Site owners could monetize their material because those users still needed to click through to the page to access anything beyond a short title.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>This is a narrow view of the web, though. What about all the blogs that don\u2019t need to be monetized at all? We all publish to the web for a variety of reasons: to share what we\u2019ve learned; to be part of a community; to have a place online for our photos; to help us think through a topic while writing a blog post like the one you\u2019re reading; and just because it\u2019s fun to add a little something to the larger web, building on human writing and culture. Not everything needs to be a financial transaction.</p>\n<p>Cloudflare\u2019s move today is bold. It is architected heavily around the needs of ad-based web publishers, but there will likely be costs in complexity for everyone else. For those who distrust AI companies, it will be worth it. I don\u2019t know yet whether it\u2019s actually a good thing for the whole web.</p>\n<p>At Cloudflare\u2019s scale, defaults matter. Such a big change should default to opt-in until we know more about how it will affect the web.</p>",
        "text": "Matthew Prince announcing a major new effort at Cloudflare to block AI crawlers:\n\nCloudflare, along with a majority of the world\u2019s leading publishers and AI companies, is changing the default to block AI crawlers unless they pay creators for their content.\n\nI\u2019m concerned that this default goes too far. Cloudflare has enormous power to intercept web traffic, because they\u2019ve effectively re-centralized DNS for so many websites. While Matthew\u2019s reasons for doing this are good, it should still be an opt-in feature. The open web should by default be open.\nWhen you think about where Cloudflare\u2019s business originally came from \u2014\u00a0protecting websites that were under a denial-of-service attack \u2014\u00a0it\u2019s understandable that Cloudflare would see any non-human request as fitting in the same category. Bots from hackers are bad, stealing hosting computing resources. Bots from AI companies are also bad, stealing content.\nThat\u2019s an oversimplification, though. Some bots from AI companies are training new models. Some bots are acting on the user\u2019s behalf, a little more like a web browser, such as reasoning models that make new requests to the web to answer questions and cite their sources.\nCloudflare has a series of blog posts today with more details. In one post, they outline how AI crawlers can use HTTP Signatures (similar to what ActivityPub uses) to identify themselves if they have a relationship with Cloudflare for making payments to web publishers. When enabled, Cloudflare will return an HTTP 402 \u201cpayment required\u201d response. There\u2019s a mechanism for crawlers to say how much they will pay or to accept the listed price.\nCloudflare continues:\n\nAt its core, pay per crawl begins a technical shift in how content is controlled online. By providing creators with a robust, programmatic mechanism for valuing and controlling their digital assets, we empower them to continue creating the rich, diverse content that makes the Internet invaluable.\n\nThis sounds noble. However, this is a potential new source of revenue for Cloudflare, because they handle the payments from AI companies, and so they could choose to shave off a percentage for themselves. I\u2019ve found no documentation yet for what this business arrangement might look like. I\u2019m not suggesting that Cloudflare is doing this only for profit, but their business model could shift a little. They could be incentivized to block more requests, in the same way that Meta is incentivized to show more ads.\nI can also imagine a harmless bot accidentally getting mislabelled as an AI crawler. Cloudflare has significant control even though they aren\u2019t even the ones hosting your web site. According to a companion press release today, Cloudflare proxies traffic for 20% of the web.\nIn running Micro.blog, we sometimes see problems like this already. Micro.blog is always polling RSS feeds in the background, so that you can host your website on WordPress (or anywhere) and those posts will show up in your Micro.blog account. There is nothing nefarious about this. It\u2019s how the open web and RSS feeds are supposed to work.\nThere have been a lot of good discussions lately \u2014 including in another one of Cloudflare\u2019s blog posts today \u2014 about how the shift from Google to AI chatbots has affected web publishers:\n\nContent publishers welcomed crawlers and bots from search engines because they helped drive traffic to their sites. The crawlers would see what was published on the site and surface that material to users searching for it. Site owners could monetize their material because those users still needed to click through to the page to access anything beyond a short title.\n\nThis is a narrow view of the web, though. What about all the blogs that don\u2019t need to be monetized at all? We all publish to the web for a variety of reasons: to share what we\u2019ve learned; to be part of a community; to have a place online for our photos; to help us think through a topic while writing a blog post like the one you\u2019re reading; and just because it\u2019s fun to add a little something to the larger web, building on human writing and culture. Not everything needs to be a financial transaction.\nCloudflare\u2019s move today is bold. It is architected heavily around the needs of ad-based web publishers, but there will likely be costs in complexity for everyone else. For those who distrust AI companies, it will be worth it. I don\u2019t know yet whether it\u2019s actually a good thing for the whole web.\nAt Cloudflare\u2019s scale, defaults matter. Such a big change should default to opt-in until we know more about how it will affect the web."
    },
    "published": "2025-07-01T12:36:27-05:00",
    "category": [
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        "Artificial Intelligence"
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.coop/@mattl/114779107297902834",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Front end study hall live on Zoom right now. <a href=\"https://events.indieweb.org/2025/07/front-end-study-hall-031-lY8kfUTu1e8B\"><span>https://</span><span>events.indieweb.org/2025/07/fr</span><span>ont-end-study-hall-031-lY8kfUTu1e8B</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.coop/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Front end study hall live on Zoom right now. https://events.indieweb.org/2025/07/front-end-study-hall-031-lY8kfUTu1e8B #indieweb"
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    "published": "2025-07-01T17:16:27+00:00",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.lol/@nsmsn/114779016825271444",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>A big thank you to all who participated in June's <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> Carnival!</p><p>Here's the roundup of all the posts I received last month: <a href=\"https://www.nicksimson.com/posts/2025-take-two-roundup.html\"><span>https://www.</span><span>nicksimson.com/posts/2025-take</span><span>-two-roundup.html</span></a></p>",
        "text": "A big thank you to all who participated in June's #IndieWeb Carnival!\n\nHere's the roundup of all the posts I received last month: https://www.nicksimson.com/posts/2025-take-two-roundup.html"
    },
    "published": "2025-07-01T16:53:26+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "45265935",
    "_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/@small_cypress/114778795906719707",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>My personal guide for getting through <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/smallwebjuly\">#<span>smallwebjuly</span></a> !</p><p>Mastodon is likely not a place I will spend a lot of time until August, mostly because it's more exposure to the corporate web via links than I am interested for this experiment. And the endless scoll is not great for me. I may post updates here, but likely will put them on my blog (<a href=\"http://smallcypress.neocities.org\"><span>http://</span><span>smallcypress.neocities.org</span><span></span></a> for blog and RSS links).</p><p><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Journal\">#<span>Journal</span></a> is a Midori MD and it's my new favorite.</p><p><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/bujo\">#<span>bujo</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/july\">#<span>july</span></a></p>",
        "text": "My personal guide for getting through #smallwebjuly !\n\nMastodon is likely not a place I will spend a lot of time until August, mostly because it's more exposure to the corporate web via links than I am interested for this experiment. And the endless scoll is not great for me. I may post updates here, but likely will put them on my blog (http://smallcypress.neocities.org for blog and RSS links).\n\n#Journal is a Midori MD and it's my new favorite.\n\n#indieweb #smallweb #bujo #july"
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    "published": "2025-07-01T15:57:15+00:00",
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James jamesg.blog

Tomorrowland (IndieWeb Movie Club)

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        "IndieWeb"
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    "name": "Tomorrowland (IndieWeb Movie Club)",
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        "name": "James",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://caneandable.social/@WeirdWriter/114777506989717536",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I think my post about the hostility of doorknobs is a fantastic break in to Disability pride month! <a href=\"https://sightlessscribbles.com/writing/nonfiction/20250626/\"><span>https://</span><span>sightlessscribbles.com/writing</span><span>/nonfiction/20250626/</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/Disability\">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/ADA\">#<span>ADA</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": "I think my post about the hostility of doorknobs is a fantastic break in to Disability pride month! https://sightlessscribbles.com/writing/nonfiction/20250626/ #Blog #Blogging #IndieWeb #Disability #ADA #Accessibility #A11y"
    },
    "published": "2025-07-01T10:29:28+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "45262459",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://phpc.social/@elazar/114777009073236242",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I Miss the Internet<br /><a href=\"https://www.joanwestenberg.com/p/i-miss-the-internet\"><span>https://www.</span><span>joanwestenberg.com/p/i-miss-th</span><span>e-internet</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://phpc.social/tags/Communication\">#<span>Communication</span></a> <a href=\"https://phpc.social/tags/Technology\">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href=\"https://phpc.social/tags/SocialMedia\">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href=\"https://phpc.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://phpc.social/tags/Joy\">#<span>Joy</span></a> <a href=\"https://phpc.social/tags/Discovery\">#<span>Discovery</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I Miss the Internet\nhttps://www.joanwestenberg.com/p/i-miss-the-internet\n\n#Communication #Technology #SocialMedia #IndieWeb #Joy #Discovery"
    },
    "published": "2025-07-01T08:22:50+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "45261585",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://alpaca.gold/@poppacalypse/114776266665754233",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>last 3 days' results for <a href=\"https://saasboilerplates.dev\"><span>https://</span><span>saasboilerplates.dev</span><span></span></a> (1-year-old directory)</p><p>&gt; I have been sleeping on Reddit!!?!?</p><p>&gt; TinyLaunch still sending visitors. My launch there was 3 months ago?!</p><p>&gt; <a href=\"https://alpaca.gold/tags/Google\">#<span>Google</span></a> search finally picking up again after its HCU tanked everything in Feb \ud83e\udd79</p><p><a href=\"https://alpaca.gold/tags/tech\">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href=\"https://alpaca.gold/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "last 3 days' results for https://saasboilerplates.dev (1-year-old directory)\n\n> I have been sleeping on Reddit!!?!?\n\n> TinyLaunch still sending visitors. My launch there was 3 months ago?!\n\n> #Google search finally picking up again after its HCU tanked everything in Feb \ud83e\udd79\n\n#tech #indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2025-07-01T05:14:02+00:00",
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    "post-type": "photo",
    "_id": "45260571",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://alpaca.gold/@poppacalypse/114775963880755765",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>last 7 days' results for a new directory i'm building (<a href=\"https://alpaca.gold/tags/gaming\">#<span>gaming</span></a> niche)</p><p>&gt; TIL Ecosia is an eco-friendly search engine &amp; browser. It sends a lot of visitors my way, so we share the same audience. Must tap into this!?</p><p>&gt; Super happy to see chatGPT recommending my site already?!? \ud83e\udd79</p><p><a href=\"https://alpaca.gold/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "last 7 days' results for a new directory i'm building (#gaming niche)\n\n> TIL Ecosia is an eco-friendly search engine & browser. It sends a lot of visitors my way, so we share the same audience. Must tap into this!?\n\n> Super happy to see chatGPT recommending my site already?!? \ud83e\udd79\n\n#indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2025-07-01T03:57:02+00:00",
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    "post-type": "photo",
    "_id": "45260093",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://pony.social/@axxuy/114775925909198472",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Here's my look back at June <a href=\"https://axxuy.xyz/blog/posts/2025/junereview/\"><span>https://</span><span>axxuy.xyz/blog/posts/2025/june</span><span>review/</span></a></p><p><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>",
        "text": "Here's my look back at June https://axxuy.xyz/blog/posts/2025/junereview/\n\n#Blog #Blogging #Blogpost #IndieWeb #PersonalWebsite #PersonalBlog"
    },
    "published": "2025-07-01T03:47:22+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "45260094",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://caneandable.social/@WeirdWriter/114775355354467787",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Response to ElevenLabs Partnership Inquiry <a href=\"https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/20250524/\"><span>https://</span><span>sightlessscribbles.com/posts/2</span><span>0250524/</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/Blog\">#<span>Blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/Blogs\">#<span>Blogs</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/NoPaywall\">#<span>NoPaywall</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Response to ElevenLabs Partnership Inquiry https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/20250524/ #Blog #Blogs #Blogging #IndieWeb #NoPaywall"
    },
    "published": "2025-07-01T01:22:16+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "45259414",
    "_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.mkj.earth/@mkj/114774006941990219",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Another month, another links roundup blog post.</p><p><a href=\"https://michael.kjorling.se/blog/2025/links-06/\"><span>https://</span><span>michael.kjorling.se/blog/2025/</span><span>links-06/</span></a></p><p>Shout-out to <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodon\">@<span>Em0nM4stodon</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://oldbytes.space/@82mhz\">@<span>82mhz</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@_elena\">@<span>_elena</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@samaaberg\">@<span>samaaberg</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://pixelfed.social/patel.riyen\">@<span>patel.riyen</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.art/@thelatestkate\">@<span>thelatestkate</span></a></span> (that I know of on Fedi).</p><p><a href=\"https://social.mkj.earth/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.mkj.earth/tags/links\">#<span>links</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.mkj.earth/tags/BlogPost\">#<span>BlogPost</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodon\"></a>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mastodon.art/@thelatestkate\"></a>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@_elena\"></a>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@samaaberg\"></a>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://oldbytes.space/@82mhz\"></a>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://pixelfed.social/patel.riyen\"></a>",
        "text": "Another month, another links roundup blog post.\n\nhttps://michael.kjorling.se/blog/2025/links-06/\n\nShout-out to @Em0nM4stodon @82mhz @_elena @samaaberg @patel.riyen @thelatestkate (that I know of on Fedi).\n\n#IndieWeb #links #BlogPost"
    },
    "published": "2025-06-30T19:39:21+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "45257210",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://kedara.social/@kedara_eu/statuses/01JZ0QE3R8Z17AWM9TYC6TT4BA",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>It's 30 June and that means <a href=\"https://kedara.social/tags/junited2025\">#<span>Junited2025</span></a> is now complete. This was a really fun challenge, thanks for the inspiration <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://birming.com/activitypub/robert\">@<span>robert</span></a></span> ! I\u2019ve found so many inspiring blogs, I\u2019d say the personal web is alive and kicking. Have a look at my collection here:<br /><br /><a href=\"https://kedara.eu/bookmarks/junited-2025\">https://kedara.eu/bookmarks/junited-2025</a><br /><br /><a href=\"https://kedara.social/tags/links\">#<span>links</span></a> <a href=\"https://kedara.social/tags/bookmarks\">#<span>bookmarks</span></a> <a href=\"https://kedara.social/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://kedara.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://birming.com/activitypub/robert\"></a>",
        "text": "It's 30 June and that means #Junited2025 is now complete. This was a really fun challenge, thanks for the inspiration @robert ! I\u2019ve found so many inspiring blogs, I\u2019d say the personal web is alive and kicking. Have a look at my collection here:\n\nhttps://kedara.eu/bookmarks/junited-2025\n\n#links #bookmarks #blog #indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2025-06-30T15:31:34+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "45254749",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": true
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