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        "html": "<p>I\u2019ve added a Community Feed page where people who sign up can have their RSS links included. You have be a member of the circus, but it\u2019s nearly free. All it costs is your email which will only be used to send updates on new stories. Take a peek. <a href=\"https://mastodon.cc/tags/RSS\">#<span>RSS</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.cc/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.davidtoddmccarty.com/community-feed/\"><span>https://www.</span><span>davidtoddmccarty.com/community</span><span>-feed/</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I\u2019ve added a Community Feed page where people who sign up can have their RSS links included. You have be a member of the circus, but it\u2019s nearly free. All it costs is your email which will only be used to send updates on new stories. Take a peek. #RSS #IndieWeb\n\nhttps://www.davidtoddmccarty.com/community-feed/"
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    "url": "https://fosstodon.org/@eclecticpassions/115877900553229940",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/BurgeonLab\">#<span>BurgeonLab</span></a> <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/WeekNotes\">#<span>WeekNotes</span></a> 010 is out. It's actually a fortnight-note this week!</p><p>2026: Week 02/52 (Dec 29 \u2013 Jan 11)</p><p><a href=\"https://burgeonlab.com/weeknotes/2026/w02/\"><span>https://</span><span>burgeonlab.com/weeknotes/2026/</span><span>w02/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/blogs\">#<span>blogs</span></a> <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/blogpost\">#<span>blogpost</span></a> <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/smolweb\">#<span>smolweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/weeknote\">#<span>weeknote</span></a> <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/personalBlog\">#<span>personalBlog</span></a> <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/weeklynote\">#<span>weeklynote</span></a></p>",
        "text": "#BurgeonLab #WeekNotes 010 is out. It's actually a fortnight-note this week!\n\n2026: Week 02/52 (Dec 29 \u2013 Jan 11)\n\nhttps://burgeonlab.com/weeknotes/2026/w02/\n\n#blogging #blogs #smallweb #indieweb #blogpost #smolweb #weeknote #personalBlog #weeklynote"
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    "url": "https://fosstodon.org/@eclecticpassions/115877893355055576",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Just discovered (a bit late), that one could send Webmentions directly using curl from the terminal. </p><p>This was from discovering there's a IndieWeb News feed called IndieNews:</p><p><a href=\"https://news.indieweb.org/en\"><span>https://</span><span>news.indieweb.org/en</span><span></span></a></p><p>Might try to submit a few more of my previous posts about IndieWeb to it\u2014then  the next thing to tackle is setup automated sending of Webmentions!</p><p><a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/webmentions\">#<span>webmentions</span></a> <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/curl\">#<span>curl</span></a> <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/sourcehut\">#<span>sourcehut</span></a> <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/cicd\">#<span>cicd</span></a> <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/ci\">#<span>ci</span></a> <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/hugo\">#<span>hugo</span></a> <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/indienews\">#<span>indienews</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Just discovered (a bit late), that one could send Webmentions directly using curl from the terminal. \n\nThis was from discovering there's a IndieWeb News feed called IndieNews:\n\nhttps://news.indieweb.org/en\n\nMight try to submit a few more of my previous posts about IndieWeb to it\u2014then  the next thing to tackle is setup automated sending of Webmentions!\n\n#webmentions #curl #sourcehut #cicd #ci #hugo #indieweb #indienews"
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        "html": "<p>Sunday Funday</p><p>In which I contemplate the idea of publishing my diary entries, forced family fun, and the NFL</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.cc/tags/Diary\">#<span>Diary</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.cc/tags/Writing\">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.cc/tags/NFL\">#<span>NFL</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.cc/tags/Sunday\">#<span>Sunday</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.cc/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://www.davidtoddmccarty.com/sunday-funday/\"><span>https://www.</span><span>davidtoddmccarty.com/sunday-fu</span><span>nday/</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Sunday Funday\n\nIn which I contemplate the idea of publishing my diary entries, forced family fun, and the NFL\n\n#Diary #Writing #NFL #Sunday #IndieWeb\nhttps://www.davidtoddmccarty.com/sunday-funday/"
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Jeremy Keith adactio.com

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        "html": "<p>I\u2019m thinking of including a page of RSS links on my website, so that people can discover new content made by actual artists and writers. Sites I like, people I know, new shit I discover.</p><p>How many of you actually and regularly use an RSS reader? I have one, but I don\u2019t use it consistently. Not yet, anyway.</p><p>Here is mine:<br /><a href=\"https://www.davidtoddmccarty.com/feed/\"><span>https://www.</span><span>davidtoddmccarty.com/feed/</span><span></span></a></p><p>Is this something that would be helpful? </p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.cc/tags/RSS\">#<span>RSS</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.cc/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I\u2019m thinking of including a page of RSS links on my website, so that people can discover new content made by actual artists and writers. Sites I like, people I know, new shit I discover.\n\nHow many of you actually and regularly use an RSS reader? I have one, but I don\u2019t use it consistently. Not yet, anyway.\n\nHere is mine:\nhttps://www.davidtoddmccarty.com/feed/\n\nIs this something that would be helpful? \n\n#RSS #IndieWeb"
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        "html": "<p>That\u2019s when I learned something most blogging advice ignores: new blogs don\u2019t get traffic from SEO first. Search engines don\u2019t trust fresh sites yet.</p><p>So I stopped waiting for rankings and focused on people instead.</p><p>Within days, real readers showed up. No backlinks, no authority, no SEO tricks.</p><p>I explained the full approach here:<br />\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https://www.panstag.com/2026/01/how-new-blogs-get-traffic-without-seo.html\"><span>https://www.</span><span>panstag.com/2026/01/how-new-bl</span><span>ogs-get-traffic-without-seo.html</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/webdev\">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/contentcreation\">#<span>contentcreation</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/startablog\">#<span>startablog</span></a></p>",
        "text": "That\u2019s when I learned something most blogging advice ignores: new blogs don\u2019t get traffic from SEO first. Search engines don\u2019t trust fresh sites yet.\n\nSo I stopped waiting for rankings and focused on people instead.\n\nWithin days, real readers showed up. No backlinks, no authority, no SEO tricks.\n\nI explained the full approach here:\n\ud83d\udc49 https://www.panstag.com/2026/01/how-new-blogs-get-traffic-without-seo.html\n\n#blogging #webdev #indieweb #contentcreation #startablog"
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    "url": "https://union.place/@lightbocks/115877183614215450",
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        "html": "<p>Accepting that my home page will always need a little more work because I'm prioritizing more directly active community group projects...</p><p>But also needs to be decent enough to be a 'good example'.</p><p>While remembering I am NEVER going to impress someone who wants web 3.0 graphics more than they want sustainability, control, or personal security.</p><p><a href=\"https://union.place/tags/html\">#<span>html</span></a> <a href=\"https://union.place/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://union.place/tags/fediverse\">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href=\"https://union.place/tags/migration\">#<span>migration</span></a> <a href=\"https://union.place/tags/internetculture\">#<span>internetculture</span></a></p>",
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        "html": "<p>Building software is one thing, making it intuitive to use is another. In retrospect, it feels obvious that hiding Quiet Portal's \"create account\" view three clicks away from the home page wasn't the best idea. I'm very grateful for all the feedback I've received so far, which has been instrumental to progress. If any part of the website feels confusing, or you feel a feature is missing, please let me know!  Link: <a href=\"https://quietportal.com\"><span>https://</span><span>quietportal.com</span><span></span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/rss\">#<span>rss</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/personalweb\">#<span>personalweb</span></a></p>",
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    "url": "https://climatejustice.social/@terminaltilt/115873916724811859",
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        "html": "<p>I have officially chopped down my Linktree and moved to a self-hosted <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mstdn.social/@linkstack\">@<span>linkstack</span></a></span> instance. I made the switch because I am tired of proprietary silos tracking every click. With LinkStack, I own my data and I am supporting a FOSS project that respects user freedom.</p><p>No walled gardens. My data, under my roof.</p><p>You can take a look at it here: <a href=\"https://links.terminaltilt.com/\"><span>https://</span><span>links.terminaltilt.com/</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://climatejustice.social/tags/LinkStack\">#<span>LinkStack</span></a> <a href=\"https://climatejustice.social/tags/FOSS\">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href=\"https://climatejustice.social/tags/OpenSource\">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href=\"https://climatejustice.social/tags/SelfHosted\">#<span>SelfHosted</span></a> <a href=\"https://climatejustice.social/tags/DeGoogle\">#<span>DeGoogle</span></a> <a href=\"https://climatejustice.social/tags/Privacy\">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href=\"https://climatejustice.social/tags/TerminalTilt\">#<span>TerminalTilt</span></a> <a href=\"https://climatejustice.social/tags/Homelab\">#<span>Homelab</span></a> <a href=\"https://climatejustice.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://climatejustice.social/tags/DigitalSovereignty\">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> <a href=\"https://climatejustice.social/tags/deGoogle\">#<span>deGoogle</span></a> <a href=\"https://climatejustice.social/tags/SoftwareFreedom\">#<span>SoftwareFreedom</span></a> <a href=\"https://climatejustice.social/tags/OwnYourData\">#<span>OwnYourData</span></a> <a href=\"https://climatejustice.social/tags/SelfHost\">#<span>SelfHost</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mstdn.social/@linkstack\"></a>",
        "text": "I have officially chopped down my Linktree and moved to a self-hosted @linkstack instance. I made the switch because I am tired of proprietary silos tracking every click. With LinkStack, I own my data and I am supporting a FOSS project that respects user freedom.\n\nNo walled gardens. My data, under my roof.\n\nYou can take a look at it here: https://links.terminaltilt.com/\n\n#LinkStack #FOSS #OpenSource #SelfHosted #DeGoogle #Privacy #TerminalTilt #Homelab #IndieWeb #DigitalSovereignty #deGoogle #SoftwareFreedom #OwnYourData #SelfHost"
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        "html": "<p>I have decided to try something a little different. I am going to include my social media posts here, as well. So, you can follow me on my socials or just follow me on my own site!</p><p><a href=\"https://readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2026/01/10/trying-something-different/\"><span>https://</span><span>readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2026</span><span>/01/10/trying-something-different/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia\">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/personalsite\">#<span>personalsite</span></a></p>",
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        "html": "<p>It's 2026, and the headphone jack is NOT obsolete!</p><p><a href=\"https://hisvirusness.com/im-staying-wired\"><span>https://</span><span>hisvirusness.com/im-staying-wi</span><span>red</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/opinion\">#<span>opinion</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/post\">#<span>post</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/wired\">#<span>wired</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/headphones\">#<span>headphones</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/audio\">#<span>audio</span></a></p>",
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        "html": "<p>Recapping the Formula E race in Mexico City</p><p><a href=\"https://jacen.moe/rants/20260110-formula-e-race-review-2026-mexico-city-e-prix/\"><span>https://</span><span>jacen.moe/rants/20260110-formu</span><span>la-e-race-review-2026-mexico-city-e-prix/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.jacen.moe/tags/FormulaE\">#<span>FormulaE</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.jacen.moe/tags/Motorsport\">#<span>Motorsport</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.jacen.moe/tags/Motorsports\">#<span>Motorsports</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.jacen.moe/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
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        "html": "<p>I've just added a search bar and a new section for minimalist recipe websites to quietportal.com. Feedback welcome!  <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/rss\">#<span>rss</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/personalweb\">#<span>personalweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I've just added a search bar and a new section for minimalist recipe websites to quietportal.com. Feedback welcome!  #indieweb #smallweb #rss #blogging #personalweb"
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        "html": "<p>A Requiem for My Dignity, Sacrificed at the Altar of AI <a href=\"https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/20250902/\"><span>https://</span><span>sightlessscribbles.com/posts/2</span><span>0250902/</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>",
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        "html": "<p>I publish on Medium, even though my opinion about Medium itself is\u2026 complicated.</p><p>My registration there was motivated by fairly base motives: Medium ranks high in search results, and I hoped that if I dropped a few solid pieces there, I\u2019d gain some momentum and send a bit of traffic back to my actual work. That part still makes sense. Medium is a distribution channel, and I am not too proud to use distribution channels.</p><p>But every time I publish, I get the same sinking feeling: my content is getting diluted into an endless flood of \"content\", much of it clearly generated by AI and pasted in with minimal thought.</p><p>I have nothing against AI as a tool. It can be an excellent proofreader. It can help you sanity-check a claim, find a missing link, or summarize background faster. Medium itself even draws a line in its Partner Program rules between AI-assisted work and fully AI-generated writing behind the paywall.</p><p>What I *can\u2019t* respect is the mindless conveyor belt approach to publishing. You know the genre:</p><p>- \"10 bash commands every programmer should know\"<br />- \"5 tools that improved my workflow SO MUCH\"<br />- \"12 settings you should turn on on your iPhone\"<br />- \"15 settings you should turn off on your iPhone\"<br />- \"7 projects that ruled 2025\"<br />- \"13.2 projects that will rule 2026\"</p><p>And then a swarm of near-identical variations from hundreds of accounts, boosting and clapping in a tight loop until the whole thing becomes an attention arbitrage market.</p><p>Is it fair that thoughtful writing competes with mass-produced listicles? Probably not. But \"fair\" is a bad metric for systems built around engagement and volume. The system is not trying to reward originality. It\u2019s trying to maximize throughput and retention. If you aim for fairness, you\u2019ll mostly collect frustration.</p><p>So here\u2019s the conclusion I\u2019m slowly settling into:</p><p>1. Medium is where I *drop* pieces, not where I *build* my archive. My home base needs to be somewhere I control, where the work stays findable and coherent over time.<br />2. I won\u2019t compete on volume. I\u2019ll compete on specificity. The kind of post that solves a real problem, or makes a real point, will always have a small audience that actually cares.<br />3. This is also a backup problem, in disguise. If your entire writing life depends on one platform\u2019s feed and incentives, you\u2019re not publishing, you\u2019re renting attention.</p><p>If you\u2019re on Medium (or any large platform) too, what are you optimizing for? Search reach? Community? Monetization? Habit?<br />And if the answer is \"because it\u2019s where people are\", at what point does that become \"because leaving is too costly\"?</p><p><a href=\"https://c.im/tags/Medium\">#<span>Medium</span></a> <a href=\"https://c.im/tags/TechWriting\">#<span>TechWriting</span></a> <a href=\"https://c.im/tags/Writing\">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href=\"https://c.im/tags/Publishing\">#<span>Publishing</span></a> <a href=\"https://c.im/tags/AI\">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href=\"https://c.im/tags/ContentQuality\">#<span>ContentQuality</span></a> <a href=\"https://c.im/tags/SEO\">#<span>SEO</span></a> <a href=\"https://c.im/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://c.im/tags/TechCulture\">#<span>TechCulture</span></a> <a href=\"https://c.im/tags/ByernNotes\">#<span>ByernNotes</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I publish on Medium, even though my opinion about Medium itself is\u2026 complicated.\n\nMy registration there was motivated by fairly base motives: Medium ranks high in search results, and I hoped that if I dropped a few solid pieces there, I\u2019d gain some momentum and send a bit of traffic back to my actual work. That part still makes sense. Medium is a distribution channel, and I am not too proud to use distribution channels.\n\nBut every time I publish, I get the same sinking feeling: my content is getting diluted into an endless flood of \"content\", much of it clearly generated by AI and pasted in with minimal thought.\n\nI have nothing against AI as a tool. It can be an excellent proofreader. It can help you sanity-check a claim, find a missing link, or summarize background faster. Medium itself even draws a line in its Partner Program rules between AI-assisted work and fully AI-generated writing behind the paywall.\n\nWhat I *can\u2019t* respect is the mindless conveyor belt approach to publishing. You know the genre:\n\n- \"10 bash commands every programmer should know\"\n- \"5 tools that improved my workflow SO MUCH\"\n- \"12 settings you should turn on on your iPhone\"\n- \"15 settings you should turn off on your iPhone\"\n- \"7 projects that ruled 2025\"\n- \"13.2 projects that will rule 2026\"\n\nAnd then a swarm of near-identical variations from hundreds of accounts, boosting and clapping in a tight loop until the whole thing becomes an attention arbitrage market.\n\nIs it fair that thoughtful writing competes with mass-produced listicles? Probably not. But \"fair\" is a bad metric for systems built around engagement and volume. The system is not trying to reward originality. It\u2019s trying to maximize throughput and retention. If you aim for fairness, you\u2019ll mostly collect frustration.\n\nSo here\u2019s the conclusion I\u2019m slowly settling into:\n\n1. Medium is where I *drop* pieces, not where I *build* my archive. My home base needs to be somewhere I control, where the work stays findable and coherent over time.\n2. I won\u2019t compete on volume. I\u2019ll compete on specificity. The kind of post that solves a real problem, or makes a real point, will always have a small audience that actually cares.\n3. This is also a backup problem, in disguise. If your entire writing life depends on one platform\u2019s feed and incentives, you\u2019re not publishing, you\u2019re renting attention.\n\nIf you\u2019re on Medium (or any large platform) too, what are you optimizing for? Search reach? Community? Monetization? Habit?\nAnd if the answer is \"because it\u2019s where people are\", at what point does that become \"because leaving is too costly\"?\n\n#Medium #TechWriting #Writing #Publishing #AI #ContentQuality #SEO #IndieWeb #TechCulture #ByernNotes"
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        "html": "The Programmer\u2019s Fulcrum: 09 January, 2026<br /><br /><p>Welcome to this week\u2019s The Programmer\u2019s Fulcrum.</p><br /><p>It\u2019s your weekly review of the essential news in the Open Media Network and Fediverse development communities with a focus on devastating big tech via Techno Anarchism. We aim to provide actionable content you can use to destroy Techno Feudalism each week.</p><br /><p>IMHO, the best way to do that is to use tools from the Techno Anarchist Manifesto to [\u2026]</p><br /><br /><br /><a href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/the-programmers-fulcrum-09-january-2026/\">https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/the-programmers-fulcrum-09-january-2026/</a><br /><br /><a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/tag/activitypub/\">#ActivityPub</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/tag/atproto/\">#ATProto</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/tag/bonfire/\">#Bonfire</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/tag/bridgy-fed/\">#BridgyFed</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/tag/comaps/\">#CoMaps</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/tag/css/\">#CSS</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/tag/decidim/\">#Decidim</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/tag/drupal-cms/\">#DrupalCMS</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/tag/fair/\">#FAIR</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/tag/fediverse/\">#fediverse</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/tag/ghost/\">#Ghost</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/tag/github/\">#GitHub</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/tag/grav-cms/\">#GravCMS</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/tag/html/\">#HTML</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/tag/javascript/\">#javascript</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/tag/markdown/\">#Markdown</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/tag/mastodon/\">#Mastodon</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/tag/matrix/\">#Matrix</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/tag/microblog/\">#MicroBlog</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/tag/nodebb/\">#NodeBB</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/tag/omn/\">#OMN</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/tag/p2p/\">#p2p</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/tag/pear/\">#Pear</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/tag/postmarketos/\">#PostmarketOS</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/tag/rss/\">#RSS</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/tag/webmentions/\">#Webmentions</a> <a class=\"u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/tag/wordpress/\">#WordPress</a>",
        "text": "The Programmer\u2019s Fulcrum: 09 January, 2026\n\nWelcome to this week\u2019s The Programmer\u2019s Fulcrum.\nIt\u2019s your weekly review of the essential news in the Open Media Network and Fediverse development communities with a focus on devastating big tech via Techno Anarchism. We aim to provide actionable content you can use to destroy Techno Feudalism each week.\nIMHO, the best way to do that is to use tools from the Techno Anarchist Manifesto to [\u2026]\n\n\nhttps://newsletter.mobileatom.net/the-programmers-fulcrum-09-january-2026/\n\n#ActivityPub #ATProto #Bonfire #BridgyFed #CoMaps #CSS #Decidim #DrupalCMS #FAIR #fediverse #Ghost #GitHub #GravCMS #HTML #javascript #Markdown #Mastodon #Matrix #MicroBlog #NodeBB #OMN #p2p #Pear #PostmarketOS #RSS #Webmentions #WordPress"
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    "url": "https://gts.lmorchard.com/@links/statuses/01KEMP9TASHZ4WQHRPB33JPFT7",
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        "html": "<p>Resources for the Personal Web: A Follow-Up Guide \u00b7 brennan.day<br /><br />\"We must find moments of joy in the horror of our present. Joy is not a prize for getting through it all\u2014joy is a tool that enables us to get through the horror. Our joy is an act of resistance.<br /><br />The independent web is already here, quietly thriving while Big Tech implodes under its own extractive weight. All you have to do is join it.\"<br /><br /><a href=\"https://brennan.day/resources-for-the-personal-web-a-follow-up-guide/\">https://brennan.day/resources-for-the-personal-web-a-follow-up-guide/</a><br /><br /><a href=\"https://gts.lmorchard.com/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://gts.lmorchard.com/tags/web\">#<span>web</span></a> <a href=\"https://gts.lmorchard.com/tags/webdev\">#<span>webdev</span></a><br /></p>",
        "text": "Resources for the Personal Web: A Follow-Up Guide \u00b7 brennan.day\n\n\"We must find moments of joy in the horror of our present. Joy is not a prize for getting through it all\u2014joy is a tool that enables us to get through the horror. Our joy is an act of resistance.\n\nThe independent web is already here, quietly thriving while Big Tech implodes under its own extractive weight. All you have to do is join it.\"\n\nhttps://brennan.day/resources-for-the-personal-web-a-follow-up-guide/\n\n#indieweb #web #webdev"
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    "url": "https://mastodon.cc/@dtm/115872235809093230",
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        "html": "<p>If there\u2019s one thing that I\u2019ve learned, and everyone here can probably attest, is that having thousands of followers on social media does not translate to meaningful engagement. You end up engaging with the same few dozen people mostly, which is fine.</p><p>So, the fact that I\u2019ve had 60 people sign up for email alerts on my new website is huge. That includes many of you. Thank you. Please be encouraged to leave comments and engage with others. </p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.cc/tags/Writing\">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.cc/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.cc/tags/Blog\">#<span>Blog</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.davidtoddmccarty.com\"><span>https://www.</span><span>davidtoddmccarty.com</span><span></span></a></p>",
        "text": "If there\u2019s one thing that I\u2019ve learned, and everyone here can probably attest, is that having thousands of followers on social media does not translate to meaningful engagement. You end up engaging with the same few dozen people mostly, which is fine.\n\nSo, the fact that I\u2019ve had 60 people sign up for email alerts on my new website is huge. That includes many of you. Thank you. Please be encouraged to leave comments and engage with others. \n\n#Writing #IndieWeb #Blog\n\nhttps://www.davidtoddmccarty.com"
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        "html": "<p>Micropub popup zoom meeting on 31 January 2025. Micropub is a standard to define tools to enable posting to our own websites (versus silos!) <a href=\"https://events.indieweb.org/2026/01/micropub-HoibP09v7PiS\"><span>https://</span><span>events.indieweb.org/2026/01/mi</span><span>cropub-HoibP09v7PiS</span></a> <a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/Micropub\">#<span>Micropub</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Micropub popup zoom meeting on 31 January 2025. Micropub is a standard to define tools to enable posting to our own websites (versus silos!) https://events.indieweb.org/2026/01/micropub-HoibP09v7PiS #IndieWeb #Micropub"
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