Books in #GoodReads personal data export are represented by title only. No author information, no ISBN, no publisher, no publication date, no edition info, no URLs. Ugh. #indieweb

How Gemini Gives Me Hope for a Better Internet

"There was something magical about viewing bits and pieces of this person and their life through text on a screen and images that didn't load directly on the page. Who else knew this capsule existed? How many more people know Gemini exists? A small web floating on the internet with a vibrant set of people just wanting a peaceful existance."

https://bearblog.stevedylan.dev/how-gemini-gives-me-hope-for-a-future-internet/

#blogs #gemini #indieweb

Laurens Hof at Connected Places wraps up the Threads / fediverse experiment:

My take is that Meta and Threads have played the game well. They immediately capitalised on the moment in 2023 when decentralisation and Twitter-alternatives got large-scale attention, and knew how to say the right buzzwords to ride the wave.

Threads with even partial ActivityPub support in maintenance mode is still better than a completely closed platform. But it is disappointing that Meta didn’t take this further.

Hi folks! I've been lurking for a bit, but here's an #introduction. I'm a graduate student in #musicology, mostly working on early music. Periodization is difficult (and so early music is an acceptably vague term), but my interests primarily concern music in Europe between the late-ish middle ages and 1750. I studied Classical Liberal Arts in my undergraduate education, so I also enjoy connecting musicological research with other disciplines, especially classics, philosophy, theology, and history. Besides my academic work, I'm a harpsichord technician and a web developer.

Here is a nice list of things I can be curmudgeonly about:
- Musicology
- Early music (#Medieval, #Renassance, #Baroque)
- Historiography
- Medievalism (is interesting both in relation to medieval history and as its phenomenon)
- Philosophy
- #Harpsichords
- Keyboard #temperaments (the squiggle on the WTC cover page is just a scribble)
- #Latin
- Sustainable #agriculture
- Web development
- #IndieWeb

"Num futuro estado policial, o famoso apresentador de TV Jason Taverner acorda numa espelunca e ninguém mais o reconhece, como se nunca tivesse existido. Além da fuga constante para não ser preso e enviado para um campo de concentração, tenta entender o que aconteceu com sua realidade."

[Fluam, Minhas Lágrimas, Disse o Policial - sol2070](https://sol2070.in/2025/12/fluam-minhas-lagrimas-philip-k-dick/)

#PhilipKDick #PKD #SciFi #SciFiBooks #livros #FiccaoCientifica #IndieWeb #SmallWeb #SurfandoWeb

New on the blog: The one where I talk about taking things slowly.
I was inspired by exchanging e-mails with a fellow blogger. And also by (probably) having already lived half of my life.
😱

#blog #personalBlog #personalWeb #personalWebsite #indieWeb #smallWeb

#veille

« Internet est mort. Voici comment le ressusciter »

https://treshautdebit.substack.com/p/coder-son-site-web-dernier-geste

Cet hommage au #indieWeb fait bien écho à ce que nous mettons en place dans nos ateliers dédiés à la création d'un site web. Si cette approche du web vous parle, n'hésitez pas à nous contacter à contact@translucide.net

@floresophize Parabéns, rainha da #indieweb! 🥳

Mid-morning watch 🎄
Dogs fed, backups done, lights steady.
One more week safely boxed up before the festivities really begin.

Whether you’re on duty, travelling, or quietly logging off for a bit —
keep warm, take it steady, and don’t forget to breathe.

We’ll mind the light.

#LighthouseLore #HauntedLighthouse #Fediverse #FestiveWatch #IndieWeb #SelfHosting

Any recommendations for a self-hostable headless CMS?

I consider switching to a CMS instead of writing in local for my Astro blog. Reason is being able to write wherever I want. I tried Payload, but it‘s way heavy for my needs. Keystatic seems to be fine too and Git-based. But are there other options? I use MDX a lot too so I should be able to create custom components.

#astro #headlesscms #cms #blog #IndieWeb #markdown

It kinda seems like webmention could be used to say “here is a patch for your git repo that I think you should apply” in a fully distributed way #webmention #webdev #git

Could all of you spam my website on Linkedin? I want to make people that wear suits and ties uncomfortable. https://sightlessscribbles.com/the-colonization-of-confidence/ #Blog #Blogging #IndieWeb #LinkedIn

😔 Why do I feel bad about posting I'm on the market for a job? Its a mix of shame and guilt which I don't know the source of?

Is putting yourself out there in a two-liner, upselling yourself this cringy? Am I alone in this? It feels betrayal of some unspoken rule of social media.

#askfedi #jobs #ux #foss #opensource #noai #indieweb #design #linux #tumblr #remotework #programming #mentalhealth #adhd #depression

✨ Blogroll energy is back. 🔗 Mark your friends, colleagues, and people you've actually met 💜. #WordPress #IndieWeb #Fediverse #XFN
https://courtneyr.dev/2025/12/11/the-web-remembers-who-we-are-building-xfn-for-wordpress-in-2025/

Midnight watch.
Fog presses close, the sea mutters old names against the rocks.
The light turns, slow and patient, cutting holes in the dark.

If you’re awake, you’re not alone.
Some of us keep watch so others don’t drift.

The lighthouse remains.

#LighthouseLore #HauntedLighthouse #MidnightWatch #Fediverse #IndieWeb #AfterDark

Mid-evening watch: wind easing, rain still tapping at the glass.
Dogs fed, logs checked, lights steady.
The lighthouse hums, quiet and stubborn, doing its job while the world scrolls past.

Keep warm. Keep curious.
We’ll mind the light.

#LighthouseLore #HauntedLighthouse #Fediverse #IndieWeb #SelfHosting #EveningWatch

Are you an open source project looking to polish up your website? I can help. I'm a full stack engineer with over 4 years experience. I built and maintain a Mozilla recommended addon. I can work with your technical stack and build fast, reliable and maintainable websites without relying on AI. Accessibility and ethical ux patterns all the way.

Remote is perfect.

#getfedihired #ux #foss #opensource #noai #indieweb #design #linux

Christmas nod to all Fediverse admins keeping the lights on with duct tape, Rails, shell scripts, and a healthy distrust of “just add AI”, growth hacks, and anyone promising scale before coffee.

You keep instances humane, imperfect, and running anyway.
That’s the magic.

Festive watch continues.
We see you.

#Fediverse #Mastodon #AdminLife #IndieWeb #HauntedLighthouse #ChristmasWatch