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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/115839508793563072",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Letting your unused domains expire is a form of self-care.</p><p><a href=\"https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/webdev\">#<span>webdev</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Letting your unused domains expire is a form of self-care.\n\n#indieweb #webdev"
    },
    "published": "2026-01-04T23:50:29+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46959775",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@spottyboypress/115839151552574040",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Yay I finally finished coding my website! It turns out that I was avoiding updating my Wordpress website because I didn't have enough granular control over it to make it mine - and that I actually like making websites.</p><p>I think it needs some webrings, favicons, and a status.cafe just to get the real <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> aesthetic going. <br /><a href=\"https://spottyboypress.com/\"><span>https://</span><span>spottyboypress.com/</span><span></span></a> </p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/website\">#<span>website</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/personalweb\">#<span>personalweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/www\">#<span>www</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Yay I finally finished coding my website! It turns out that I was avoiding updating my Wordpress website because I didn't have enough granular control over it to make it mine - and that I actually like making websites.\n\nI think it needs some webrings, favicons, and a status.cafe just to get the real #indieweb aesthetic going. \nhttps://spottyboypress.com/ \n\n#website #personalweb #www"
    },
    "published": "2026-01-04T22:19:38+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46959309",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.lol/@flamed/115838808069356869",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>\ud83d\udcdd New Post: Music I Listened to in 2025 </p><p>A recap of the music I listened to in 2025</p><p>\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https://flamedfury.com/posts/music-i-listened-to-in-2025/\"><span>https://</span><span>flamedfury.com/posts/music-i-l</span><span>istened-to-in-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/Music\">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/Listening\">#<span>Listening</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/Personalweb\">#<span>Personalweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/Indieweb\">#<span>Indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/Blogging\">#<span>Blogging</span></a></p>",
        "text": "\ud83d\udcdd New Post: Music I Listened to in 2025 \n\nA recap of the music I listened to in 2025\n\n\ud83d\udd25 https://flamedfury.com/posts/music-i-listened-to-in-2025/\n\n#Music #Listening #Personalweb #Indieweb #Blogging"
    },
    "published": "2026-01-04T20:52:17+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46958732",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://xoxo.zone/@artlung/115838597009569028",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mamot.fr/@Amgine\">@<span>Amgine</span></a></span> on the <a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> wiki several of us have been trying to document \u201cAI\u201d scraping\u2019s impact - it may be useful to you to click through to the mitigation schemes mentioned. <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/large_language_model_traffic\"><span>https://</span><span>indieweb.org/large_language_mo</span><span>del_traffic</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mamot.fr/@Amgine\"></a>",
        "text": "@Amgine on the #indieweb wiki several of us have been trying to document \u201cAI\u201d scraping\u2019s impact - it may be useful to you to click through to the mitigation schemes mentioned. https://indieweb.org/large_language_model_traffic"
    },
    "published": "2026-01-04T19:58:37+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46958384",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mamot.fr/@Amgine/115838573266993168",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><a href=\"https://mamot.fr/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> question related to scraping and permalinks: has anyone developed a method to reduce/address AI scraping?</p><p>I was thinking a more-complicated shorturl which checks the referer, which should match the syndication site else redir to a spider trap/boring page. Also consider(ed|ing) .onion or i2p as I really am not trying to communicate with folk who are not using one or the other.</p>",
        "text": "#IndieWeb question related to scraping and permalinks: has anyone developed a method to reduce/address AI scraping?\n\nI was thinking a more-complicated shorturl which checks the referer, which should match the syndication site else redir to a spider trap/boring page. Also consider(ed|ing) .onion or i2p as I really am not trying to communicate with folk who are not using one or the other."
    },
    "published": "2026-01-04T19:52:34+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46958348",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.lol/@brennan/115838269223890895",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>How Can We Use the Internet for Good? | \ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https://brennan.day/how-can-we-use-the-internet-for-good/\"><span>https://</span><span>brennan.day/how-can-we-use-the</span><span>-internet-for-good/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/politics\">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/activism\">#<span>activism</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/writing\">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/philosophy\">#<span>philosophy</span></a></p>",
        "text": "How Can We Use the Internet for Good? | \ud83d\udd17 https://brennan.day/how-can-we-use-the-internet-for-good/\n\n#politics #indieweb #activism #writing #philosophy"
    },
    "published": "2026-01-04T18:35:15+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46957829",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@rodmoi/115838261867952491",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><a href=\"https://rm-o.dev/til/paste-joining-lines/\"><span>https://</span><span>rm-o.dev/til/paste-joining-lin</span><span>es/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/til\">#<span>til</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "https://rm-o.dev/til/paste-joining-lines/\n\n#blog #til #indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2026-01-04T18:33:23+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46957830",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@rodmoi/115838258634745768",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><a href=\"https://rm-o.dev/til/linux-unattended-upgrades/\"><span>https://</span><span>rm-o.dev/til/linux-unattended-</span><span>upgrades/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/til\">#<span>til</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "https://rm-o.dev/til/linux-unattended-upgrades/\n\n#blog #til #indieweb"
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    "published": "2026-01-04T18:32:33+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46957831",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
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    "url": "https://social.alyve.be/objects/5d6f2804-7424-40af-a7ca-2f3a95199431",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Grosse mise \u00e0 jour de mon blog ce soir, avec un nouveau th\u00e8me. Un retour \u00e0 la simplicit\u00e9 pour moi. C'est ce que j'avais envie et besoin. Et \u00e7a me fait <strong>beaucoup</strong> de bien. \ud83d\ude42\u200d\u2195\ufe0f</p><p>\u27a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https://alyve.be/blog/nouveau-theme-liberation-et-simplicite/\">https://alyve.be/blog/nouveau-theme-liberation-et-simplicite/</a></p><p><a href=\"https://social.alyve.be/tag/blog\">#blog</a> <a href=\"https://social.alyve.be/tag/simplicit%C3%A9\">#simplicit\u00e9</a> <a href=\"https://social.alyve.be/tag/smallweb\">#smallweb</a> <a href=\"https://social.alyve.be/tag/indieweb\">#indieweb</a></p>",
        "text": "Grosse mise \u00e0 jour de mon blog ce soir, avec un nouveau th\u00e8me. Un retour \u00e0 la simplicit\u00e9 pour moi. C'est ce que j'avais envie et besoin. Et \u00e7a me fait beaucoup de bien. \ud83d\ude42\u200d\u2195\ufe0f\n\n\u27a1\ufe0f https://alyve.be/blog/nouveau-theme-liberation-et-simplicite/\n\n#blog #simplicit\u00e9 #smallweb #indieweb"
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    "published": "2026-01-04T18:21:52+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46957735",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.lol/@yvan/115838226696248913",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I\u2019m falling down the rabbit hole of <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> and the <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a>. Does anyone know of good resources to get familiar with the core concepts and first steps? I\u2019m a bit overwhelmed by the amount of information out there and not sure what I should focus on or where to start.</p><p>Goal: I want my own blog, the ability to easily share my posts on the <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/fediverse\">#<span>fediverse</span></a>, and a straightforward writing tool I can use to publish them.</p>",
        "text": "I\u2019m falling down the rabbit hole of #blogging and the #indieweb. Does anyone know of good resources to get familiar with the core concepts and first steps? I\u2019m a bit overwhelmed by the amount of information out there and not sure what I should focus on or where to start.\n\nGoal: I want my own blog, the ability to easily share my posts on the #fediverse, and a straightforward writing tool I can use to publish them."
    },
    "published": "2026-01-04T18:24:26+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46957736",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://fosstodon.org/@pheonix/115838125961759016",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>You tell an llm to write function but you gotta recheck and possibly refactor it before adding it to your code base. What was even the point then huh?</p><p><a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/noai\">#<span>noai</span></a> <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/llm\">#<span>llm</span></a> <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/programming\">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/testing\">#<span>testing</span></a> <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/enshittification\">#<span>enshittification</span></a> <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/python\">#<span>python</span></a> <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/golang\">#<span>golang</span></a> <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/rust\">#<span>rust</span></a> <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/javascript\">#<span>javascript</span></a> <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "You tell an llm to write function but you gotta recheck and possibly refactor it before adding it to your code base. What was even the point then huh?\n\n#noai #llm #programming #testing #enshittification #python #golang #rust #javascript #indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2026-01-04T17:58:49+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46957567",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@susam/115838005207313251",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>A test page with 2000 randomly generated entries to answer a question from the HN comments section:</p><p><a href=\"https://susam.net/code/test/2k.html\"><span>https://</span><span>susam.net/code/test/2k.html</span><span></span></a></p><p>Actual page size is 240 kB and the compressed transfer size is 130 kB.</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/webdev\">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/web\">#<span>web</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/programming\">#<span>programming</span></a></p>",
        "text": "A test page with 2000 randomly generated entries to answer a question from the HN comments section:\n\nhttps://susam.net/code/test/2k.html\n\nActual page size is 240 kB and the compressed transfer size is 130 kB.\n\n#webdev #web #indieweb #programming"
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    "published": "2026-01-04T17:28:07+00:00",
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    "post-type": "photo",
    "_id": "46957382",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://gamepad.club/@Tipa/115836995779881813",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>New <a href=\"https://gamepad.club/tags/DailyBlogroll\">#<span>DailyBlogroll</span></a> with stories by <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@davew\">@<span>davew</span></a></span>, Syp, <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@WarnerCrocker\">@<span>WarnerCrocker</span></a></span>, Krista, <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mas.to/@wilhelm_arcturus\">@<span>wilhelm_arcturus</span></a></span>, Azuriel, Luna, <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@zarfeblong\">@<span>zarfeblong</span></a></span> and more!</p><p><a href=\"https://westkarana.xyz/\"><span>https://</span><span>westkarana.xyz/</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://gamepad.club/tags/WorldOfWarcraft\">#<span>WorldOfWarcraft</span></a> <a href=\"https://gamepad.club/tags/PillarsOfEternity2\">#<span>PillarsOfEternity2</span></a> <a href=\"https://gamepad.club/tags/RingFitAdventure\">#<span>RingFitAdventure</span></a> <a href=\"https://gamepad.club/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mas.to/@wilhelm_arcturus\"></a>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@zarfeblong\"></a>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@WarnerCrocker\"></a>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@davew\"></a>",
        "text": "New #DailyBlogroll with stories by @davew, Syp, @WarnerCrocker, Krista, @wilhelm_arcturus, Azuriel, Luna, @zarfeblong and more!\n\nhttps://westkarana.xyz/\n\n#WorldOfWarcraft #PillarsOfEternity2 #RingFitAdventure #IndieWeb"
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    "published": "2026-01-04T13:11:24+00:00",
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    "post-type": "photo",
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Tantek Çelik tantek.com

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2026-01-03 23:49-0800",
    "url": "http://tantek.com/2026/003/t1/seek-2025-year-in-review",
    "category": [
        "indieweb",
        "100PostsOfIndieWeb",
        "100Posts",
        "yearInReview",
        "iNaturalist",
        "SeekApp"
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    "content": {
        "text": "My Seek 2025 Year in Review:\n\n* 101 new species observed (down from 141 last year)\n\nTop three kinds:\n\u00a0 * 64 new plants (down from 79)\n\u00a0 * 14 new insects (down from 20)\n\u00a0 * 8 new fungi\n* 4 new challenge badges earned (down from 56)\n\nJuly, June, February were the months I observed the most new species.\nLast year: June, March, July.\n\nSeek also gave me a graph of observations per month, and also a map of where I made my discoveries.\n\nAs noted last year: https://tantek.com/2025/020/t1/seek-2024-year-in-review\n\nSeek is a delightful free (like actually free, free of tracking, free of surveillance) native mobile application for identifying species.\n\nMade by the iNaturalist folks (https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app), Seek works:\n1. works without creating an account\n2. works completely offline to identify species\n3. adds new species to your local collection on your device\n\nThose first two capabilities (no login wall, offline first) are what we should aspire to when we build #indieweb apps or websites for ourselves and our friends.\n\nThis is post 3 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb. #100Posts #yearInReview #iNaturalist #SeekApp\n\n\u2190 https://tantek.com/2026/002/t1/find-export-strava-year-in-sport\n\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e\n\n\nGlossary:\n\nlogin wall\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/login_wall\noffline first\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/offline_first",
        "html": "My Seek 2025 Year in Review:<br /><br />* 101 new species observed (down from 141 last year)<br /><br />Top three kinds:<br />\u00a0 * 64 new plants (down from 79)<br />\u00a0 * 14 new insects (down from 20)<br />\u00a0 * 8 new fungi<br />* 4 new challenge badges earned (down from 56)<br /><br />July, June, February were the months I observed the most new species.<br />Last year: June, March, July.<br /><br />Seek also gave me a graph of observations per month, and also a map of where I made my discoveries.<br /><br />As noted last year: <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2025/020/t1/seek-2024-year-in-review\">https://tantek.com/2025/020/t1/seek-2024-year-in-review</a><br /><br />Seek is a delightful free (like actually free, free of tracking, free of surveillance) native mobile application for identifying species.<br /><br />Made by the iNaturalist folks (<a href=\"https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app\">https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app</a>), Seek works:<br />1. works without creating an account<br />2. works completely offline to identify species<br />3. adds new species to your local collection on your device<br /><br />Those first two capabilities (no login wall, offline first) are what we should aspire to when we build #<span class=\"p-category\">indieweb</span> apps or websites for ourselves and our friends.<br /><br />This is post 3 of #<span class=\"p-category\">100PostsOfIndieWeb</span>. #<span class=\"p-category\">100Posts</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">yearInReview</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">iNaturalist</span> #<span class=\"p-category\">SeekApp</span><br /><br />\u2190 <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2026/002/t1/find-export-strava-year-in-sport\">https://tantek.com/2026/002/t1/find-export-strava-year-in-sport</a><br />\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e<br /><br /><br />Glossary:<br /><br />login wall<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/login_wall\">https://indieweb.org/login_wall</a><br />offline first<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/offline_first\">https://indieweb.org/offline_first</a>"
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    "_id": "46954689",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
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        "photo": null
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    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@gusseting/115836019110592456",
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        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://tantek.com/\">@<span>tantek.com</span></a></span> I would love to set up my own website again. Just posted to <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> re: looking for a host, as I've previously been with siteground who are now powered by AI <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/noai\">#<span>noai</span></a> for me... are there <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/websitehosting\">#<span>websitehosting</span></a> recommendations for indieweb?</p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://tantek.com/\"></a>",
        "text": "@tantek.com I would love to set up my own website again. Just posted to #indieweb re: looking for a host, as I've previously been with siteground who are now powered by AI #noai for me... are there #websitehosting recommendations for indieweb?"
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    "published": "2026-01-04T09:03:01+00:00",
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    "url": "https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://tantek.com/2026/003/t1/seek-2025-year-in-review",
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        "html": "<p>My Seek 2025 Year in Review:<br /><br />* 101 new species observed (down from 141 last year)<br /><br />Top three kinds:<br />\u00a0 * 64 new plants (down from 79)<br />\u00a0 * 14 new insects (down from 20)<br />\u00a0 * 8 new fungi<br />* 4 new challenge badges earned (down from 56)<br /><br />July, June, February were the months I observed the most new species.<br />Last year: June, March, July.<br /><br />Seek also gave me a graph of observations per month, and also a map of where I made my discoveries.<br /><br />As noted last year: <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2025/020/t1/seek-2024-year-in-review\">https://tantek.com/2025/020/t1/seek-2024-year-in-review</a><br /><br />Seek is a delightful free (like actually free, free of tracking, free of surveillance) native mobile application for identifying species.<br /><br />Made by the iNaturalist folks (<a href=\"https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app\">https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app</a>), Seek works:<br />1. works without creating an account<br />2. works completely offline to identify species<br />3. adds new species to your local collection on your device<br /><br />Those first two capabilities (no login wall, offline first) are what we should aspire to when we build <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span class=\"p-category\">indieweb</span></a> apps or websites for ourselves and our friends.<br /><br />This is post 3 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> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/yearInReview\">#<span class=\"p-category\">yearInReview</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/iNaturalist\">#<span class=\"p-category\">iNaturalist</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/SeekApp\">#<span class=\"p-category\">SeekApp</span></a><br /><br />\u2190 <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2026/002/t1/find-export-strava-year-in-sport\">https://tantek.com/2026/002/t1/find-export-strava-year-in-sport</a><br />\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e<br /><br /><br />Glossary:<br /><br />login wall<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/login_wall\">https://indieweb.org/login_wall</a><br />offline first<br />\u00a0 <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/offline_first\">https://indieweb.org/offline_first</a></p>",
        "text": "My Seek 2025 Year in Review:\n\n* 101 new species observed (down from 141 last year)\n\nTop three kinds:\n\u00a0 * 64 new plants (down from 79)\n\u00a0 * 14 new insects (down from 20)\n\u00a0 * 8 new fungi\n* 4 new challenge badges earned (down from 56)\n\nJuly, June, February were the months I observed the most new species.\nLast year: June, March, July.\n\nSeek also gave me a graph of observations per month, and also a map of where I made my discoveries.\n\nAs noted last year: https://tantek.com/2025/020/t1/seek-2024-year-in-review\n\nSeek is a delightful free (like actually free, free of tracking, free of surveillance) native mobile application for identifying species.\n\nMade by the iNaturalist folks (https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app), Seek works:\n1. works without creating an account\n2. works completely offline to identify species\n3. adds new species to your local collection on your device\n\nThose first two capabilities (no login wall, offline first) are what we should aspire to when we build #indieweb apps or websites for ourselves and our friends.\n\nThis is post 3 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb. #100Posts #yearInReview #iNaturalist #SeekApp\n\n\u2190 https://tantek.com/2026/002/t1/find-export-strava-year-in-sport\n\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e\n\n\nGlossary:\n\nlogin wall\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/login_wall\noffline first\n\u00a0 https://indieweb.org/offline_first"
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    "published": "2026-01-04T07:49:00+00:00",
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    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
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        "photo": null
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    "url": "https://mas.to/@frontenddogma/115835713178223511",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>2026: The Year of My Website, by <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://hachyderm.io/@TheIdOfAlan\">@<span>TheIdOfAlan</span></a></span>:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.alanwsmith.com/en/37/gf/6i/sa/\"><span>https://www.</span><span>alanwsmith.com/en/37/gf/6i/sa/</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mas.to/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mas.to/tags/socialmedia\">#<span>socialmedia</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://hachyderm.io/@TheIdOfAlan\"></a>",
        "text": "2026: The Year of My Website, by @TheIdOfAlan:\n\nhttps://www.alanwsmith.com/en/37/gf/6i/sa/\n\n#indieweb #socialmedia"
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    "published": "2026-01-04T07:45:13+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46954097",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
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    "url": "https://hachyderm.io/@jakesmolka/115835540978042154",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Perks of trying to pick up blogging in 2026 again: finding out my RSS feed is broken.<br />There's virtually no reason for folks to actually subscribe to it, but that's also a nice way to learn that no one does \ud83d\ude2c</p><p><a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Perks of trying to pick up blogging in 2026 again: finding out my RSS feed is broken.\nThere's virtually no reason for folks to actually subscribe to it, but that's also a nice way to learn that no one does \ud83d\ude2c\n\n#indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2026-01-04T07:01:25+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46953908",
    "_source": "8007",
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    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.lol/@tyron/115834664060426475",
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        "html": "<p>I love that <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://social.lol/@adam\">@<span>adam</span></a></span>  created <a href=\"https://url.town\"><span>https://</span><span>url.town</span><span></span></a></p><p>I\u2019ve found more interesting websites from my 20 minutes of perusing this URL directory than I have over the last couple of years searching on Google. Viva la <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://social.lol/@adam\"></a>",
        "text": "I love that @adam  created https://url.town\n\nI\u2019ve found more interesting websites from my 20 minutes of perusing this URL directory than I have over the last couple of years searching on Google. Viva la #indieweb"
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    "published": "2026-01-04T03:18:25+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "46953100",
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    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@inautilo/115834375929077678",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>\u201dA blog alarm clock lives inside me. As time passes, an uncomfortable pressure builds up until the alarm finally goes off, rattling my bones and my soul. Snoozing isn\u2019t an option; the only way to turn the alarm off and release the pressure is to publish a blog post.\u201d \u2014 Brad Frost</p><p>_____<br /><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Business\">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Blogging\">#<span>Blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Writing\">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Publishing\">#<span>Publishing</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Content\">#<span>Content</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Blog\">#<span>Blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/SmallWeb\">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/AlarmClock\">#<span>AlarmClock</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Quotes\">#<span>Quotes</span></a></p>",
        "text": "\u201dA blog alarm clock lives inside me. As time passes, an uncomfortable pressure builds up until the alarm finally goes off, rattling my bones and my soul. Snoozing isn\u2019t an option; the only way to turn the alarm off and release the pressure is to publish a blog post.\u201d \u2014 Brad Frost\n\n_____\n#Business #Blogging #Writing #Publishing #Content #Blog #SmallWeb #IndieWeb #AlarmClock #Quotes"
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    "published": "2026-01-04T02:05:08+00:00",
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    "_id": "46952661",
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