New Blogroll Post
“Catching Lyrids: A Two Hundred Kilometre Drive” by Himanshi Kalra
«The Plan: It starts off vague, a bubble of excitement, rising up in the group chat. The excitement of seeing balls of fire grazing across earth’s atmosphere. Few hours later, the trip is planned,…»
#blog #indieweb
https://himanshikalra.com/catching-lyrids-a-two-hundred-kilometre-drive/?ref=blr.indiewebclub.org
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Nice one Chris ✨ https://www.chrisblunt.com/moving-to-pagecord
If you're using Pagecord, please consider blogging about the experience – this is the best way to spread the word! 🙏
#blogging #indieweb
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Two years into working full-time with writing, comics, painting and music. Newsletter #5 is about what happened when the transition finally settled — productivity without to-do lists, music moving from paper to recording, and a manuscript waiting for a decision.
https://jansandstorm.com/33-Newsletter-5.html
#amwriting #indieweb
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"html": "<p>Pleasant Passwords</p><p>My method for making passwords that I don't hate to use.<br /><a href=\"https://lzon.ca/posts/tips/pleasant-passwords/\"><span>https://</span><span>lzon.ca/posts/tips/pleasant-pa</span><span>sswords/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/PersonalWeb\">#<span>PersonalWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Blog\">#<span>Blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Passwords\">#<span>Passwords</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/LifeHacks\">#<span>LifeHacks</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/TechTips\">#<span>TechTips</span></a></p>",
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If you liked Third Grade Letter to Santa, my feed URL is https://sightlessscribbles.com/feed.xml #RSS #IndieWeb
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Testing whether my app plays nicely with Mastodon. Fingers crossed everything connects the way it should. If you've built something that integrates here, curious what your experience was like. #Mastodon #IndieWeb #BuildInPublic
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Test post, as a control. Please ignore. #indieweb
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This study is wild. And it’s consistent with what I’m seeing from my own personal browsing as well as what I see coming in to moderation reports on Mastodon.
https://ai-on-the-internet.github.io/
#AI #Research #RobotApocalypse #IndieWeb #SmallWeb #HumansHaveLostTheirDamnMinds
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Mastodon isn't one place. it's a constellation of communities connected by a shared protocol.
the server picker is asking you to pick a neighborhood — not commit to a platform. new piece walking through what the communities actually are, how they differ, and what a community's AI policy tells you about who it was built for.
Read more:
https://federatedmind.com/mastodon-constellation-of-communities/
find us on the fediverse:
mastodon: @federatedmind@techhub.social
pixelfed: @federatedmind@pixelfed.social
#Mastodon #Fediverse #OpenWeb #ActivityPub #indieweb
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wrote up the thing that trips up nearly every newcomer to this network:
the server picker page isn't asking you to pick a Mastodon. it's asking you to pick a neighborhood. ActivityPub is the road system — it's open, it's shared, it connects every instance to every other instance that hasn't blocked it. what you're choosing is the community whose timeline, rules, and culture shape your local experience.
some things worth knowing before you choose:
→ most major instances are donation-funded, not ad-supported.
→ AI policy is now a real community differentiator.
→ regional and language instances have a center of gravity that the flagship can't credibly provide.
→ the initial choice is revisable. account portability is built in. your followers move with you.
new piece walking through the full landscape:
→ https://federatedmind.com/mastodon-constellation-of-communities/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=exploring-mastodon-1
#Mastodon #Fediverse #ActivityPub #OpenWeb #IndieWeb
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"html": "<p>wrote up the thing that trips up nearly every newcomer to this network:</p><p>the server picker page isn't asking you to pick a Mastodon. it's asking you to pick a neighborhood. ActivityPub is the road system \u2014 it's open, it's shared, it connects every instance to every other instance that hasn't blocked it. what you're choosing is the community whose timeline, rules, and culture shape your local experience.</p><p>some things worth knowing before you choose:</p><p>\u2192 most major instances are donation-funded, not ad-supported.</p><p>\u2192 AI policy is now a real community differentiator.</p><p>\u2192 regional and language instances have a center of gravity that the flagship can't credibly provide.</p><p>\u2192 the initial choice is revisable. account portability is built in. your followers move with you.</p><p>new piece walking through the full landscape:</p><p>\u2192 <a href=\"https://federatedmind.com/mastodon-constellation-of-communities/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=exploring-mastodon-1\"><span>https://</span><span>federatedmind.com/mastodon-con</span><span>stellation-of-communities/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=exploring-mastodon-1</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://techhub.social/tags/Mastodon\">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href=\"https://techhub.social/tags/Fediverse\">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href=\"https://techhub.social/tags/ActivityPub\">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> <a href=\"https://techhub.social/tags/OpenWeb\">#<span>OpenWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://techhub.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
"text": "wrote up the thing that trips up nearly every newcomer to this network:\n\nthe server picker page isn't asking you to pick a Mastodon. it's asking you to pick a neighborhood. ActivityPub is the road system \u2014 it's open, it's shared, it connects every instance to every other instance that hasn't blocked it. what you're choosing is the community whose timeline, rules, and culture shape your local experience.\n\nsome things worth knowing before you choose:\n\n\u2192 most major instances are donation-funded, not ad-supported.\n\n\u2192 AI policy is now a real community differentiator.\n\n\u2192 regional and language instances have a center of gravity that the flagship can't credibly provide.\n\n\u2192 the initial choice is revisable. account portability is built in. your followers move with you.\n\nnew piece walking through the full landscape:\n\n\u2192 https://federatedmind.com/mastodon-constellation-of-communities/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=exploring-mastodon-1\n\n#Mastodon #Fediverse #ActivityPub #OpenWeb #IndieWeb"
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wrote up the thing that trips up nearly every newcomer to this network:
the server picker page isn't asking you to pick a Mastodon. it's asking you to pick a neighborhood. ActivityPub is the road system — it's open, it's shared, it connects every instance to every other instance that hasn't blocked it. what you're choosing is the community whose timeline, rules, and culture shape your local experience.
some things worth knowing before you choose:
→ most major instances are donation-funded, not ad-supported.
→ AI policy is now a real community differentiator.
→ regional and language instances have a center of gravity that the flagship can't credibly provide.
→ the initial choice is revisable. account portability is built in. your followers move with you.
new piece walking through the full landscape:
→ https://federatedmind.com/mastodon-constellation-of-communities/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=exploring-mastodon-1
#Mastodon #Fediverse #ActivityPub #OpenWeb #IndieWeb
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"html": "<p>wrote up the thing that trips up nearly every newcomer to this network:</p><p>the server picker page isn't asking you to pick a Mastodon. it's asking you to pick a neighborhood. ActivityPub is the road system \u2014 it's open, it's shared, it connects every instance to every other instance that hasn't blocked it. what you're choosing is the community whose timeline, rules, and culture shape your local experience.</p><p>some things worth knowing before you choose:</p><p>\u2192 most major instances are donation-funded, not ad-supported.</p><p>\u2192 AI policy is now a real community differentiator.</p><p>\u2192 regional and language instances have a center of gravity that the flagship can't credibly provide.</p><p>\u2192 the initial choice is revisable. account portability is built in. your followers move with you.</p><p>new piece walking through the full landscape:</p><p>\u2192 <a href=\"https://federatedmind.com/mastodon-constellation-of-communities/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=exploring-mastodon-1\"><span>https://</span><span>federatedmind.com/mastodon-con</span><span>stellation-of-communities/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=exploring-mastodon-1</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://sfba.social/tags/Mastodon\">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href=\"https://sfba.social/tags/Fediverse\">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href=\"https://sfba.social/tags/ActivityPub\">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> <a href=\"https://sfba.social/tags/OpenWeb\">#<span>OpenWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://sfba.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
"text": "wrote up the thing that trips up nearly every newcomer to this network:\n\nthe server picker page isn't asking you to pick a Mastodon. it's asking you to pick a neighborhood. ActivityPub is the road system \u2014 it's open, it's shared, it connects every instance to every other instance that hasn't blocked it. what you're choosing is the community whose timeline, rules, and culture shape your local experience.\n\nsome things worth knowing before you choose:\n\n\u2192 most major instances are donation-funded, not ad-supported.\n\n\u2192 AI policy is now a real community differentiator.\n\n\u2192 regional and language instances have a center of gravity that the flagship can't credibly provide.\n\n\u2192 the initial choice is revisable. account portability is built in. your followers move with you.\n\nnew piece walking through the full landscape:\n\n\u2192 https://federatedmind.com/mastodon-constellation-of-communities/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=exploring-mastodon-1\n\n#Mastodon #Fediverse #ActivityPub #OpenWeb #IndieWeb"
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"html": "<p>An alternative way to explore new blogs. </p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/rss\">#<span>rss</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/blogs\">#<span>blogs</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/writing\">#<span>writing</span></a> </p><p><a href=\"https://brennan.day/floating-up-an-interview-with-the-creator-of-bubbles-town-benjamin-behnke/\"><span>https://</span><span>brennan.day/floating-up-an-int</span><span>erview-with-the-creator-of-bubbles-town-benjamin-behnke/</span></a></p>",
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"html": "<p>Some websites I learned about this week:</p><p><a href=\"https://drkt.eu/files/ramblings/honeypots-and-tarpits.html\"><span>https://</span><span>drkt.eu/files/ramblings/honeyp</span><span>ots-and-tarpits.html</span></a><br />tarpits for ssh</p><p><a href=\"https://baccyflap.com/rsp/\"><span>https://</span><span>baccyflap.com/rsp/</span><span></span></a></p><p>An old web ring</p><p><a href=\"https://acko.net/\"><span>https://</span><span>acko.net/</span><span></span></a><br />hacky math</p><p><a href=\"https://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html\"><span>https://</span><span>joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/p</span><span>ixelspace_solarsystem.html</span></a></p><p>If the moon were only one pixel </p><p>Music<br /><a href=\"https://strudel.cc/\"><span>https://</span><span>strudel.cc/</span><span></span></a></p><p>a cool in browser music programming<br />similar to and built from<br /><a href=\"https://tidalcycles.org\"><span>https://</span><span>tidalcycles.org</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://ioc.exchange/tags/web\">#<span>web</span></a> <a href=\"https://ioc.exchange/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://ioc.exchange/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://ioc.exchange/tags/websites\">#<span>websites</span></a></p>",
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New post: How I Built a Low-Friction Blog Pipeline
Write in Notion → frontmatter aligned to RSS schema → deploy to Astro → Dev.to auto-imports → Mastodon + LinkedIn. The whole stack, the lessons, and the real numbers.
🔗 https://www.ilean.me/blog/how-i-built-a-low-friction-blog-pipeline/
#astro #devto #webdev #rss #indieweb
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I've updated the CMS instructions to avoid confusion. A couple of new templates have been added to the repositories. https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS_SE #Web1 #IndieWeb #SmallWeb #OldWeb #RetroWeb👌
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Chat i made a webring :3 I need members so id be grateful if anyone joined
https://junideergirl.zip/yuri/
#webring #webrings #indieweb
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