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    "url": "https://infosec.exchange/@beardedtechguy/114954066662284596",
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        "html": "<p>Preview of my new profile page. Coming soon along with my new website/blog. </p><p><a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/tags/ProfilePage\">#<span>ProfilePage</span></a> <a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Preview of my new profile page. Coming soon along with my new website/blog. \n\n#ProfilePage #IndieWeb"
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    "url": "https://pony.social/@axxuy/114953965674669153",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Blaugust is here!</p><p><a href=\"https://axxuy.xyz/blog/posts/2025/blaugust/\"><span>https://</span><span>axxuy.xyz/blog/posts/2025/blau</span><span>gust/</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> <a href=\"https://pony.social/tags/Blaugust\">#<span>Blaugust</span></a>   <a href=\"https://pony.social/tags/Blaugust2025\">#<span>Blaugust2025</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Blaugust is here!\n\nhttps://axxuy.xyz/blog/posts/2025/blaugust/\n\n#Blog #Blogging #Blogpost #IndieWeb #PersonalWebsite #PersonalBlog #Blaugust   #Blaugust2025"
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    "published": "2025-08-01T14:25:14+00:00",
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    "url": "https://elizabethtai.com/2025/08/01/what-my-ai-fiction-writing-experiment-taught-me-about-my-creative-process/",
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        "html": "<p><strong>What my AI fiction writing experiment taught me about my creative\u00a0process</strong></p><p>In my last post, I wrote about my experiment <a href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/2025/07/23/how-im-using-ai-to-write-fiction/\">using AI to write fiction</a>.</p><p>The whole exercise was born out of curiosity and frustration. The story, <em>Forever, at last</em>, was just one of many that I could not finish, but it refused to leave me, literally haunting me when I try to sleep.</p><p><strong>What I discovered</strong></p><p>This experiment has made me realise a few things about my creative writing process:</p><p>Reading a story generated by AI, even it I had written the story beats and dialogue, was unsatisfying to read.</p><p>I enjoy writing a large part of my fiction, like 90%. Taking that away from me would make writing fiction a truly passion-less and boring exercise.</p><p>I am far too territorial with my writing to use AI copy wholesale.</p><p>I have a Hemmingway-ish style of writing, thin on description, minimalist and economical. And there\u2019s nothing wrong with that. (I ended up cutting away a lot of the content AI generated.)</p><p>Most of the enjoyment I have when writing fiction comes from writing the dialogue. In fact, I think I am more of a scriptwriter by nature than a prose writer.</p><p><strong>Understanding my process</strong></p><p>I have come to the conclusion based on my experiment with fiction is that I need to write the dialogue (which I enjoy), detailed storybeats with a light description of the scene (which I don\u2019t enjoy) before even using AI.</p><p>I will then dialogue with AI to find ways to improve my description which I am weak at.</p><p>I seem to love chatting with the AI on how I can improve the existing descriptions or the descriptions it generated. The act of learning is very enjoyable to me.</p><p>I do not judge anyone who wants to generate first drafts and rewrite them \u2013 some people are satisfied with just rewriting, but I realize I want a lot more ownership, and that I need to vividly visualise the scene and create the dialogue. That is the only way I can use AI without sacrificing my enjoyment of writing fiction.</p><p>However, I don\u2019t mind asking AI for help in improving my sparse descriptions of settings.</p><p><strong>Understanding what parts of the writing process I like or don\u2019t like</strong></p><p>What I love:</p><ul><li>Imagining and visualising the scenes vividly in my head, and then writing the storybeats</li><li>Writing dialogue (I\u2019m especially territorial about this!)</li><li>Creating character arcs (This is my second most territorial thing)</li><li>Creating the entire plot</li><li>Learning how to improve my fiction prose writing</li></ul><p>What I don\u2019t enjoy:</p><ul><li>Writing detailed outlines</li><li>Writing descriptions of characters, settings and action scenes (only because I take too long thinking how to do them. I have a feeling once I master this, I\u2019d enjoy it too.)</li><li>Creating story bibles</li><li>Proofreading</li><li>General admin work related to creating the ebook and uploading it to websites</li><li>Marketing the damn book</li></ul><p>To me, writing fiction is all about the craft \u2013 writing sentences that convey emotion, story flow, character arcs \u2026</p><p>I have very little interest in marketing the book or even distributing it for others to read. I have a very interesting approach to my creations. Once I create a novel or piece a fiction, I tend to forget about them and move on to the next. I don\u2019t check up on them, read the reviews, or see how they perform. To me, the piece of art is done, and it\u2019s time to create another.</p><p>So, it\u2019s no wonder that I find the latter half of the process incredibly tedious and unfun.</p><p><strong>Outsourcing what you don\u2019t enjoy</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong>Here\u2019s what I tell authors:</strong>\u00a0Identify your pain points \u2014 the parts of the process that are most annoying and aggravating. Then let AI handle the majority of the work in those areas. \u2013 SJ Pajonas, <a href=\"https://spajonas.substack.com/p/the-joy-factor-how-to-use-ai-without\">\u201cThe Joy Factor: How to Use AI Without Losing What You Love About Writing\u201d</a></p></blockquote><p>\u201cAI-positive\u201d indie writer SJ Pajonas wrote in her Substack recently that we need to find the parts of our writing process that we loved, and the parts where we didn\u2019t. The parts that we don\u2019t, we can outsource to AI.</p><p>It was an intriguing idea. So, I\u2019ll be exploring this idea in the next post.</p><p></p><p><a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/tag/ai/\">#AI</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/tag/being-a-writer/\">#BeingAWriter</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/tag/chatgpt/\">#ChatGPT</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/tag/fiction/\">#Fiction</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/tag/indieweb/\">#indieweb</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elizabethtai.com/tag/internet/\">#Internet</a></p>",
        "text": "What my AI fiction writing experiment taught me about my creative\u00a0process\n\nIn my last post, I wrote about my experiment using AI to write fiction.\n\nThe whole exercise was born out of curiosity and frustration. The story, Forever, at last, was just one of many that I could not finish, but it refused to leave me, literally haunting me when I try to sleep.\n\nWhat I discovered\n\nThis experiment has made me realise a few things about my creative writing process:\n\nReading a story generated by AI, even it I had written the story beats and dialogue, was unsatisfying to read.\n\nI enjoy writing a large part of my fiction, like 90%. Taking that away from me would make writing fiction a truly passion-less and boring exercise.\n\nI am far too territorial with my writing to use AI copy wholesale.\n\nI have a Hemmingway-ish style of writing, thin on description, minimalist and economical. And there\u2019s nothing wrong with that. (I ended up cutting away a lot of the content AI generated.)\n\nMost of the enjoyment I have when writing fiction comes from writing the dialogue. In fact, I think I am more of a scriptwriter by nature than a prose writer.\n\nUnderstanding my process\n\nI have come to the conclusion based on my experiment with fiction is that I need to write the dialogue (which I enjoy), detailed storybeats with a light description of the scene (which I don\u2019t enjoy) before even using AI.\n\nI will then dialogue with AI to find ways to improve my description which I am weak at.\n\nI seem to love chatting with the AI on how I can improve the existing descriptions or the descriptions it generated. The act of learning is very enjoyable to me.\n\nI do not judge anyone who wants to generate first drafts and rewrite them \u2013 some people are satisfied with just rewriting, but I realize I want a lot more ownership, and that I need to vividly visualise the scene and create the dialogue. That is the only way I can use AI without sacrificing my enjoyment of writing fiction.\n\nHowever, I don\u2019t mind asking AI for help in improving my sparse descriptions of settings.\n\nUnderstanding what parts of the writing process I like or don\u2019t like\n\nWhat I love:Imagining and visualising the scenes vividly in my head, and then writing the storybeatsWriting dialogue (I\u2019m especially territorial about this!)Creating character arcs (This is my second most territorial thing)Creating the entire plotLearning how to improve my fiction prose writingWhat I don\u2019t enjoy:Writing detailed outlinesWriting descriptions of characters, settings and action scenes (only because I take too long thinking how to do them. I have a feeling once I master this, I\u2019d enjoy it too.)Creating story biblesProofreadingGeneral admin work related to creating the ebook and uploading it to websitesMarketing the damn bookTo me, writing fiction is all about the craft \u2013 writing sentences that convey emotion, story flow, character arcs \u2026\n\nI have very little interest in marketing the book or even distributing it for others to read. I have a very interesting approach to my creations. Once I create a novel or piece a fiction, I tend to forget about them and move on to the next. I don\u2019t check up on them, read the reviews, or see how they perform. To me, the piece of art is done, and it\u2019s time to create another.\n\nSo, it\u2019s no wonder that I find the latter half of the process incredibly tedious and unfun.\n\nOutsourcing what you don\u2019t enjoyHere\u2019s what I tell authors:\u00a0Identify your pain points \u2014 the parts of the process that are most annoying and aggravating. Then let AI handle the majority of the work in those areas. \u2013 SJ Pajonas, \u201cThe Joy Factor: How to Use AI Without Losing What You Love About Writing\u201d\u201cAI-positive\u201d indie writer SJ Pajonas wrote in her Substack recently that we need to find the parts of our writing process that we loved, and the parts where we didn\u2019t. The parts that we don\u2019t, we can outsource to AI.\n\nIt was an intriguing idea. So, I\u2019ll be exploring this idea in the next post.\n\n\n\n#AI #BeingAWriter #ChatGPT #Fiction #indieweb #Internet"
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    "url": "https://ibe.social/notes/aaweqgw15e",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><span>New month, new blog post: The one where I throw out another of my strong opinions. This time about the use of \"AI\" output.<br /><br /></span><a href=\"https://theresmiling.eu/blog/2025/08/i-feel-offended-by-ai\">https://theresmiling.eu/blog/2025/08/i-feel-offended-by-ai</a><span><br /><br /></span><a href=\"https://ibe.social/tags/blog\">#blog</a> <a href=\"https://ibe.social/tags/personalBlog\">#personalBlog</a> <a href=\"https://ibe.social/tags/personalWebsite\">#personalWebsite</a> <a href=\"https://ibe.social/tags/personalWeb\">#personalWeb</a> <a href=\"https://ibe.social/tags/smallWeb\">#smallWeb</a> <a href=\"https://ibe.social/tags/indieWeb\">#indieWeb</a></p>",
        "text": "New month, new blog post: The one where I throw out another of my strong opinions. This time about the use of \"AI\" output.\n\nhttps://theresmiling.eu/blog/2025/08/i-feel-offended-by-ai\n\n#blog #personalBlog #personalWebsite #personalWeb #smallWeb #indieWeb"
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    "published": "2025-08-01T13:12:11+00:00",
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    "url": "https://indieweb.social/@skk/114952521103715782",
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        "html": "<p>What a sweet discovery this was!<br />Good Internet is back in Switzerland, just in time for the 1st of August and a well-deserved dessert. \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded</p><p>This issue #1 truly is a thing of beauty. So much so that I already have subscribed and am very much looking forward to future issues \ud83d\ude0a and if you love the Internet I'd warmly recommend you to do the same.</p><p>Thank you for the good moments <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://tilde.zone/@xandra\">@<span>xandra</span></a></span> and all its authors!</p><p><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/goodinternet\">#<span>goodinternet</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/goodinternetmagazine\">#<span>goodinternetmagazine</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/goodinternetontour\">#<span>goodinternetontour</span></a> </p><p><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/@skk/114947915925193860\"><span>https://</span><span>indieweb.social/@skk/114947915</span><span>925193860</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://tilde.zone/@xandra\"></a>",
        "text": "What a sweet discovery this was!\nGood Internet is back in Switzerland, just in time for the 1st of August and a well-deserved dessert. \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded\n\nThis issue #1 truly is a thing of beauty. So much so that I already have subscribed and am very much looking forward to future issues \ud83d\ude0a and if you love the Internet I'd warmly recommend you to do the same.\n\nThank you for the good moments @xandra and all its authors!\n\n#goodinternet #goodinternetmagazine #indieweb #goodinternetontour \n\nhttps://indieweb.social/@skk/114947915925193860"
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        "name": "#indieweb",
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    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@vanderwal/114951229560797810",
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        "html": "<p>Looking for a Movie Club in August and / or you want an excuse to watch (or rewatch) Local Hero?</p><p>I have the pleasure to host the August 2025 IndieWeb Movie Club. The introduction is here - <a href=\"https://www.vanderwal.net/random/entrysel.php?blog=2128\"><span>https://www.</span><span>vanderwal.net/random/entrysel.</span><span>php?blog=2128</span></a></p><p>More background about the IndieWeb Movie Club is at - <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/IndieWeb_Movie_Club#2025\"><span>https://</span><span>indieweb.org/IndieWeb_Movie_Cl</span><span>ub#2025</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indiewebmovieclub\">#<span>indiewebmovieclub</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Looking for a Movie Club in August and / or you want an excuse to watch (or rewatch) Local Hero?\n\nI have the pleasure to host the August 2025 IndieWeb Movie Club. The introduction is here - https://www.vanderwal.net/random/entrysel.php?blog=2128\n\nMore background about the IndieWeb Movie Club is at - https://indieweb.org/IndieWeb_Movie_Club#2025\n\n#indieweb #indiewebmovieclub"
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    "published": "2025-08-01T02:49:24+00:00",
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    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
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    "url": "https://social.coop/@mattl/114951086740226104",
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        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@NfNitLoop\">@<span>NfNitLoop</span></a></span> Come join us on the IndieWeb chat too... <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/discuss\"><span>https://</span><span>indieweb.org/discuss</span><span></span></a> (Slack, Discord, IRC, browser chat -- all bridged) <a href=\"https://social.coop/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@NfNitLoop\"></a>",
        "text": "@NfNitLoop Come join us on the IndieWeb chat too... https://indieweb.org/discuss (Slack, Discord, IRC, browser chat -- all bridged) #indieweb"
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    "published": "2025-08-01T02:13:05+00:00",
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    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@NfNitLoop/114951039038167638",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I did some googlin' for <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a> chats (IRC/Discord/whatever) and didn't find any, so I made one.  Come hang out and say hi if that's your kind of thing!</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/smolweb\">#<span>smolweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> </p><p><a href=\"https://discord.gg/GAqQDp5ZkH\"><span>https://</span><span>discord.gg/GAqQDp5ZkH</span><span></span></a></p>",
        "text": "I did some googlin' for #smallweb chats (IRC/Discord/whatever) and didn't find any, so I made one.  Come hang out and say hi if that's your kind of thing!\n\n#smolweb #indieweb \n\nhttps://discord.gg/GAqQDp5ZkH"
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    "url": "https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@glitchypixel/114950993940775574",
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        "html": "<p>Random <a href=\"https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/webdev\">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> question! Does anyone know rrslly good resourced to learn <a href=\"https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/HTML\">#<span>HTML</span></a> + <a href=\"https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/CSS\">#<span>CSS</span></a> but without using JavaScript (or at least avoiding as much as possible).</p><p>Resources in the sense of wanting to become a beast with these two techs only, and impress everyone in awe because of the perfection and number of the CSS HTML crimes I will commit with it!!!</p><p>Yeah a bit exaggerated, but in essence I want to be really good at this to see how much you can push the limits here. Thanks a lot!</p>",
        "text": "Random #webdev #indieweb question! Does anyone know rrslly good resourced to learn #HTML + #CSS but without using JavaScript (or at least avoiding as much as possible).\n\nResources in the sense of wanting to become a beast with these two techs only, and impress everyone in awe because of the perfection and number of the CSS HTML crimes I will commit with it!!!\n\nYeah a bit exaggerated, but in essence I want to be really good at this to see how much you can push the limits here. Thanks a lot!"
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    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.coop/@mattl/114950893118472494",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Made a single HTML file URL shortener. No database needed. </p><p>Let me know what you think!</p><p><a href=\"https://mat.tl/s/\"><span>https://</span><span>mat.tl/s/</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://social.coop/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.coop/tags/opensource\">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.coop/tags/html\">#<span>html</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://social.coop/@mattl/114950875119564602\"><span>https://</span><span>social.coop/@mattl/11495087511</span><span>9564602</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Made a single HTML file URL shortener. No database needed. \n\nLet me know what you think!\n\nhttps://mat.tl/s/\n\n#indieweb #opensource #html\nhttps://social.coop/@mattl/114950875119564602"
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    "published": "2025-08-01T01:23:50+00:00",
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        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://infosec.exchange/@beardedtechguy\">@<span>beardedtechguy</span></a></span> Yep, this is a bit clunky but it works.</p><p><a href=\"https://mat.tl/s/\"><span>https://</span><span>mat.tl/s/</span><span></span></a> for example: <a href=\"https://mat.tl/s/#plum\"><span>https://</span><span>mat.tl/s/#plum</span><span></span></a> will redirect you to indieweb.org </p><p><a href=\"https://social.coop/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://infosec.exchange/@beardedtechguy\"></a>",
        "text": "@beardedtechguy Yep, this is a bit clunky but it works.\n\nhttps://mat.tl/s/ for example: https://mat.tl/s/#plum will redirect you to indieweb.org \n\n#indieweb"
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    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@vanderwal/114950636758901667",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I took a few moments and met the blog Carnival quest from IndieWeb for this month's topic of \u201ctotems\u201d - <a href=\"https://www.vanderwal.net/random/entrysel.php?blog=2127\"><span>https://www.</span><span>vanderwal.net/random/entrysel.</span><span>php?blog=2127</span></a></p><p>The initial IndieWeb Carnival introduction for Totems is at: <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>If you want to join the next IndieWeb Carnival the page is at: <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/IndieWeb_Carnival\"><span>https://</span><span>indieweb.org/IndieWeb_Carnival</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I took a few moments and met the blog Carnival quest from IndieWeb for this month's topic of \u201ctotems\u201d - https://www.vanderwal.net/random/entrysel.php?blog=2127\n\nThe initial IndieWeb Carnival introduction for Totems is at: https://www.maxwelljoslyn.com/2025/07/01/1\n\nIf you want to join the next IndieWeb Carnival the page is at: https://indieweb.org/IndieWeb_Carnival\n\n#indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2025-08-01T00:18:38+00:00",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mustard.blog/@Aoiwave/114950517207417833",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>A forgotten vampire tale, drenched in moonlight and quiet sorrow.</p><p>I unearthed this old story from the vault \u2014 maybe you'll feel the same chill I did when I wrote it.</p><p><a href=\"https://aoiwave.wordpress.com/2025/06/21/blood-moons-embrace/\"><span>https://</span><span>aoiwave.wordpress.com/2025/06/</span><span>21/blood-moons-embrace/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mustard.blog/tags/Blog\">#<span>Blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://mustard.blog/tags/Blogging\">#<span>Blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://mustard.blog/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mustard.blog/tags/Fediverse\">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href=\"https://mustard.blog/tags/LinkPost\">#<span>LinkPost</span></a> <a href=\"https://mustard.blog/tags/ReadWriteOwn\">#<span>ReadWriteOwn</span></a> <a href=\"https://mustard.blog/tags/PersonalBlog\">#<span>PersonalBlog</span></a> <a href=\"https://mustard.blog/tags/vampires\">#<span>vampires</span></a> <a href=\"https://mustard.blog/tags/horrorfiction\">#<span>horrorfiction</span></a> <a href=\"https://mustard.blog/tags/gothic\">#<span>gothic</span></a></p>",
        "text": "A forgotten vampire tale, drenched in moonlight and quiet sorrow.\n\nI unearthed this old story from the vault \u2014 maybe you'll feel the same chill I did when I wrote it.\n\nhttps://aoiwave.wordpress.com/2025/06/21/blood-moons-embrace/\n\n#Blog #Blogging #IndieWeb #Fediverse #LinkPost #ReadWriteOwn #PersonalBlog #vampires #horrorfiction #gothic"
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    "published": "2025-07-31T23:48:14+00:00",
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        "url": "https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb",
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    },
    "url": "https://infosec.exchange/@beardedtechguy/114950494801545759",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Does anyone know of an open source, free, link shorting platform/solution I can possibly run on GitHub Pages?</p><p>I\u2019m needing something similar to PURL from omg.lol. </p><p><a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/tags/FediHelp\">#<span>FediHelp</span></a> <a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/tags/askfedi\">#<span>askfedi</span></a> <a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/tags/Links\">#<span>Links</span></a> <a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Does anyone know of an open source, free, link shorting platform/solution I can possibly run on GitHub Pages?\n\nI\u2019m needing something similar to PURL from omg.lol. \n\n#FediHelp #askfedi #Links #IndieWeb"
    },
    "published": "2025-07-31T23:42:32+00:00",
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    "author": {
        "name": "#webmention",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/webmention",
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    },
    "url": "https://indieweb.social/@OpenMentions/114950319223881065",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/WebMention\">#<span>WebMention</span></a> is brill. That is all.</p>",
        "text": "#WebMention is brill. That is all."
    },
    "published": "2025-07-31T22:57:53+00:00",
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        "name": "#indieweb",
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    "url": "https://herebox.org/2025/07/triplets-of-belleville/",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><strong>Triplets of Belleville</strong></p><p>\ud83c\udfac watched <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Triplets_of_Belleville\">Les Triplettes de Belleville</a> (2003)</p><p>Released in USA as Triplets of Belleville, and I\u2019m amused to see in UK and Ireland as a third title Belleville Rendez-vous.</p><p>As two film enthusiasts living in Los Angeles, my partner and I do not watch many together at home.  We make dates to visit theaters, and share scenes while in motion during monday night <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@fort90tv@tvwatch.party\">fort90 film clubs</a>.  Sitting down to enjoy our a modest projected setup and sorting out the audio was a special event and a treat to enjoy in itself.</p><p>First impressions were such fun on a striking and enchanting ride into a surreal and groovy opening scene.  The visual and sound design continued to surprise and delight up to the final car chase scene, where the story lost me in an aversion to excessive gunfire and pointlessly violent car chase.  The experience overall far surpassed expectations and is one of the most unique animations I\u2019ve enjoyed in a long time!</p><p>It has now been a few weeks since watching and the visual experience stuck with me, especially the repeat views from in front of the <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZeWp1D8MlU&amp;t=61s\">lead son rocking back and forth on his bicycle</a>.  While searching today for loops of these views, I was also reminded how catchy and happy the overall musical themes are from the triplet stars themselves.</p><p>The elder triplets finding and adopting the mother and dog through shared music and frog soup are such a sweet story of tenderness and discovered love between strangers.  I found this obscured on first watch between the darkness of the mafia kidnappings and humans as horses on bikes.</p><p>This is definitely worth re-watching as there is so much detail in the animation style and scenes I know I missed.  I expect to further enjoy the elder triplets story, and the irony of their household instruments.  At 1 hour 22 minutes, it\u2019s a quick and other-worldy trip into animation land I\u2019m so happy to look forward to again.</p><p>Highly recommended for fans Cowboy <br />Beebop, Tour de France and cycling culture, cityscapes, Miyazaki / Studio Ghibli, and jazzy grooves.</p><p>I watched and wrote about this as encouraged by the <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/IndieWeb_Movie_Club\">IndieWeb Movie Club</a> for July, and a personal endeavor to <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/why_post\">post</a>.  Thanks to <a href=\"https://marksuth.dev/posts/2025/07/indieweb-movie-club-july-2025-triplets-bellville\">Mark Sutherland for this month\u2019s suggestion</a>!</p><p><a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://herebox.org/tag/indieweb/\">#indieweb</a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/IndieWebMovieClub\">#IndieWebMovieClub</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://herebox.org/tag/bike/\">#bike</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://herebox.org/tag/bicycle/\">#bicycle</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://herebox.org/tag/bikestodon/\">#bikestodon</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://herebox.org/tag/letsgoridebikes/\">#letsgoridebikes</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://herebox.org/tag/animation/\">#animation</a></p><p><a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://herebox.org/tag/animation/\">#animation</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://herebox.org/tag/bicycle/\">#bicycle</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://herebox.org/tag/bike/\">#bike</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://herebox.org/tag/bikestodon/\">#bikestodon</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://herebox.org/tag/indieweb/\">#indieweb</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://herebox.org/tag/indiewebmovieclub/\">#indiewebmovieclub</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://herebox.org/tag/letsgoridebikes/\">#letsgoridebikes</a></p>",
        "text": "Triplets of Belleville\n\n\ud83c\udfac watched Les Triplettes de Belleville (2003)\n\nReleased in USA as Triplets of Belleville, and I\u2019m amused to see in UK and Ireland as a third title Belleville Rendez-vous.\n\nAs two film enthusiasts living in Los Angeles, my partner and I do not watch many together at home.  We make dates to visit theaters, and share scenes while in motion during monday night fort90 film clubs.  Sitting down to enjoy our a modest projected setup and sorting out the audio was a special event and a treat to enjoy in itself.\n\nFirst impressions were such fun on a striking and enchanting ride into a surreal and groovy opening scene.  The visual and sound design continued to surprise and delight up to the final car chase scene, where the story lost me in an aversion to excessive gunfire and pointlessly violent car chase.  The experience overall far surpassed expectations and is one of the most unique animations I\u2019ve enjoyed in a long time!\n\nIt has now been a few weeks since watching and the visual experience stuck with me, especially the repeat views from in front of the lead son rocking back and forth on his bicycle.  While searching today for loops of these views, I was also reminded how catchy and happy the overall musical themes are from the triplet stars themselves.\n\nThe elder triplets finding and adopting the mother and dog through shared music and frog soup are such a sweet story of tenderness and discovered love between strangers.  I found this obscured on first watch between the darkness of the mafia kidnappings and humans as horses on bikes.\n\nThis is definitely worth re-watching as there is so much detail in the animation style and scenes I know I missed.  I expect to further enjoy the elder triplets story, and the irony of their household instruments.  At 1 hour 22 minutes, it\u2019s a quick and other-worldy trip into animation land I\u2019m so happy to look forward to again.\n\nHighly recommended for fans Cowboy \nBeebop, Tour de France and cycling culture, cityscapes, Miyazaki / Studio Ghibli, and jazzy grooves.\n\nI watched and wrote about this as encouraged by the IndieWeb Movie Club for July, and a personal endeavor to post.  Thanks to Mark Sutherland for this month\u2019s suggestion!\n\n#indieweb #IndieWebMovieClub #bike #bicycle #bikestodon #letsgoridebikes #animation\n\n#animation #bicycle #bike #bikestodon #indieweb #indiewebmovieclub #letsgoridebikes"
    },
    "published": "2025-07-31T22:11:24+00:00",
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    "post-type": "photo",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://xoxo.zone/@artlung/114950059895789204",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>We talked about <a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/accessibility\">#<span>accessibility</span></a>, tried to understand how Apple Live Text works in Safari, I got more todos as I try to understand what makes good markup for accessible comics, and lots of other great stuff. <a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/WebDev\">#<span>WebDev</span></a> Thanks for joining! <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/events/2025-07-31-front-end-study-hall\"><span>https://</span><span>indieweb.org/events/2025-07-31</span><span>-front-end-study-hall</span></a></p>",
        "text": "We talked about #accessibility, tried to understand how Apple Live Text works in Safari, I got more todos as I try to understand what makes good markup for accessible comics, and lots of other great stuff. #IndieWeb #WebDev Thanks for joining! https://indieweb.org/events/2025-07-31-front-end-study-hall"
    },
    "published": "2025-07-31T21:51:56+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "45544054",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.lol/@flamed/114950047653688844",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>\ud83d\udcdd New Post: Hairy Maclary&amp;#39;s Greatest Hits </p><p>A weekend adventure to see Aotearoa's favourite mischievous dog, Hairy Maclary's greatest hits brought to live on stage</p><p>\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https://flamedfury.com/posts/hairy-maclarys-greatest-hits/\"><span>https://</span><span>flamedfury.com/posts/hairy-mac</span><span>larys-greatest-hits/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/books\">#<span>books</span></a></p>",
        "text": "\ud83d\udcdd New Post: Hairy Maclary&#39;s Greatest Hits \n\nA weekend adventure to see Aotearoa's favourite mischievous dog, Hairy Maclary's greatest hits brought to live on stage\n\n\ud83d\udd25 https://flamedfury.com/posts/hairy-maclarys-greatest-hits/\n\n#indieweb #books"
    },
    "published": "2025-07-31T21:48:49+00:00",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://fedi.wersdoerfer.de/@jochen/114949706908305379",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>This <a href=\"https://fedi.wersdoerfer.de/tags/weeknotes\">#<span>weeknotes</span></a> cover Python sentinel values (spoiler: avoid them unless necessary), IndieWeb integration with django-indieweb, and setting up a new M4 Mac Studio for local model testing. Plus: the perils of switching to US keyboard layout.</p><p><a href=\"https://wersdoerfer.de/blogs/ephes_blog/weeknotes-2025-07-28-sentinel-values-indieweb-updates-and-new-hardware/\"><span>https://</span><span>wersdoerfer.de/blogs/ephes_blo</span><span>g/weeknotes-2025-07-28-sentinel-values-indieweb-updates-and-new-hardware/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://fedi.wersdoerfer.de/tags/Python\">#<span>Python</span></a> <a href=\"https://fedi.wersdoerfer.de/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://fedi.wersdoerfer.de/tags/WebDev\">#<span>WebDev</span></a> <a href=\"https://fedi.wersdoerfer.de/tags/MacStudio\">#<span>MacStudio</span></a></p>",
        "text": "This #weeknotes cover Python sentinel values (spoiler: avoid them unless necessary), IndieWeb integration with django-indieweb, and setting up a new M4 Mac Studio for local model testing. Plus: the perils of switching to US keyboard layout.\n\nhttps://wersdoerfer.de/blogs/ephes_blog/weeknotes-2025-07-28-sentinel-values-indieweb-updates-and-new-hardware/\n\n#Python #IndieWeb #WebDev #MacStudio"
    },
    "published": "2025-07-31T20:22:10+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "45543377",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "author": {
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        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
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    "url": "https://social.mkj.earth/@mkj/114949334348429788",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Rather a mixed bundle in my July links roundup blog post, but it's out now.</p><p><a href=\"https://michael.kjorling.se/blog/2025/links-07/\"><span>https://</span><span>michael.kjorling.se/blog/2025/</span><span>links-07/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://social.mkj.earth/tags/links\">#<span>links</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.mkj.earth/tags/LinkShare\">#<span>LinkShare</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.mkj.earth/tags/PersonalWebSite\">#<span>PersonalWebSite</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.mkj.earth/tags/BlogPost\">#<span>BlogPost</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.mkj.earth/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.mkj.earth/tags/SmallWeb\">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.mkj.earth/tags/SmolWeb\">#<span>SmolWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.mkj.earth/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.mkj.earth/tags/PersonalBlog\">#<span>PersonalBlog</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Rather a mixed bundle in my July links roundup blog post, but it's out now.\n\nhttps://michael.kjorling.se/blog/2025/links-07/\n\n#links #LinkShare #PersonalWebSite #BlogPost #IndieWeb #SmallWeb #SmolWeb #blog #PersonalBlog"
    },
    "published": "2025-07-31T18:47:25+00:00",
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