What I've listened to, watched, read, and did in April.
Many good #movies! Watched also #Paradise, #DareDevil, #TheBoys, and other #TVShows!
I read two books, and started a new one..
A couple of new #OverUnder posts!
And a good list of links
This is Day 40 of the #100DaysToOffload challenge.
#podcast #movies #books #blogging #blog #fediverse #linkdump #indieweb #blogging #linkdump
https://lazybea.rs/april-26
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Build Your Blog in Open Source
Last year (almost to the day), I posted how easy setting up a blog is with mkdocs and surge.sh. Well, now that I have migrated this site to Codeberg, I thought I would update that post. Spoiler Alert: It's still easy.
https://readbeanicecream.codeberg.page/2026/05/04/build-your-blog-in-open-source/
#indieweb #blogging #blogger #blog #smallweb #personalsite #codeberg #opensource #foss
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I finished an English beginner series on building a personal AI workbench.
My starting point: one project folder, one command-line window, one plain-English request, and a habit of checking before confirming.
https://marlinbian-site.pages.dev/en/tutorials/ai-workbench-for-everyone/
#AI #Codex #Productivity #IndieWeb
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Learn how to build impactful conference presentations by focusing on storytelling, narrative throughlines, and audience experience rather than just slides.
#blog #indieweb #Presentation #PublicSpeaking #Conference #Storytelling #Career (https://gagor.pro/2026/05/how-to-prepare-presentation-for-a-conference/)
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Part 2 of Exploring Mastodon is about what specific communities actually feel like from the inside — regional instances, language communities, and craft servers where shared context changes what you can assume when you write.
federatedmind.com/mastodon-community-texture/ (link in bio)
find us on the fediverse:
mastodon: @federatedmind@techhub.social
pixelfed: @federatedmind@pixelfed.social
#Mastodon #Fediverse #OpenWeb #ActivityPub #indieweb
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I've long been on a quest to incorporate personal blogs into my scrolling but could never find a good way to gather and follow interesting ones, esp. ones without RSS.
bubbles.town seems to be what I've been looking for. I just signed up today and have already found some great blogs. It's also part of the fediverse, though not sure exactly how that works. Check it out!
#Indieweb #blogging #smolweb #smallweb
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"html": "<p>I've long been on a quest to incorporate personal blogs into my scrolling but could never find a good way to gather and follow interesting ones, esp. ones without RSS.</p><p>bubbles.town seems to be what I've been looking for. I just signed up today and have already found some great blogs. It's also part of the fediverse, though not sure exactly how that works. Check it out!</p><p><a href=\"https://mstdn.social/tags/Indieweb\">#<span>Indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mstdn.social/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://mstdn.social/tags/smolweb\">#<span>smolweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mstdn.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a></p>",
"text": "I've long been on a quest to incorporate personal blogs into my scrolling but could never find a good way to gather and follow interesting ones, esp. ones without RSS.\n\nbubbles.town seems to be what I've been looking for. I just signed up today and have already found some great blogs. It's also part of the fediverse, though not sure exactly how that works. Check it out!\n\n#Indieweb #blogging #smolweb #smallweb"
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I wrote what Mastodon actually feels like from the inside of a specific community — not the structural case (that was part 1), but what shared context does to what you can write.
some of it is easy to show:
→ @UnfareSF posts "1:26 PM: Fare inspectors on T headed South from Yerba Buena/Moscone Station Southbound" on sfba.social. no explanation of what the T is. you either ride Muni or this post isn't for you.
→ mastodon.art's AI ban isn't a rule members have to work around. it's a description of who the community is for. an artist posting there knows the person replying also makes things by hand.
the pattern: when a community already knows what you know, you can start further into whatever you're trying to say.
part 2 of exploring mastodon:
→ https://federatedmind.com/mastodon-community-texture/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=exploring-mastodon-2
#Mastodon #Fediverse #ActivityPub #OpenWeb #IndieWeb
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"html": "<p>I wrote what Mastodon actually feels like from the inside of a specific community \u2014 not the structural case (that was part 1), but what shared context does to what you can write.</p><p>some of it is easy to show:</p><p>\u2192 <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://sfba.social/@UnfareSF\">@<span>UnfareSF</span></a></span> posts \"1:26 PM: Fare inspectors on T headed South from Yerba Buena/Moscone Station Southbound\" on sfba.social. no explanation of what the T is. you either ride Muni or this post isn't for you.</p><p>\u2192 mastodon.art's AI ban isn't a rule members have to work around. it's a description of who the community is for. an artist posting there knows the person replying also makes things by hand.</p><p>the pattern: when a community already knows what you know, you can start further into whatever you're trying to say.</p><p>part 2 of exploring mastodon:<br />\u2192 <a href=\"https://federatedmind.com/mastodon-community-texture/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=exploring-mastodon-2\"><span>https://</span><span>federatedmind.com/mastodon-com</span><span>munity-texture/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=exploring-mastodon-2</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": "I wrote what Mastodon actually feels like from the inside of a specific community \u2014 not the structural case (that was part 1), but what shared context does to what you can write.\n\nsome of it is easy to show:\n\n\u2192 @UnfareSF posts \"1:26 PM: Fare inspectors on T headed South from Yerba Buena/Moscone Station Southbound\" on sfba.social. no explanation of what the T is. you either ride Muni or this post isn't for you.\n\n\u2192 mastodon.art's AI ban isn't a rule members have to work around. it's a description of who the community is for. an artist posting there knows the person replying also makes things by hand.\n\nthe pattern: when a community already knows what you know, you can start further into whatever you're trying to say.\n\npart 2 of exploring mastodon:\n\u2192 https://federatedmind.com/mastodon-community-texture/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=exploring-mastodon-2\n\n#Mastodon #Fediverse #ActivityPub #OpenWeb #IndieWeb"
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I wrote what Mastodon actually feels like from the inside of a specific community — not the structural case (that was part 1), but what shared context does to what you can write.
some of it is easy to show:
→ a post on mastodon.scot about independence referendum discourse doesn't explain what the SNP is. the community already has that context. the post can start further into the argument.
→ on infosec.exchange, a CVE drops and technical analysis starts within minutes. precision norms mean vague claims get corrected — not hostilely, but by people who think carefully about what can and can't be asserted.
the pattern: when a community already knows what you know, you can start further into whatever you're trying to say.
part 2 of exploring mastodon:
→ https://federatedmind.com/mastodon-community-texture/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=exploring-mastodon-2
#Mastodon #Fediverse #ActivityPub #OpenWeb #IndieWeb
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"text": "I wrote what Mastodon actually feels like from the inside of a specific community \u2014 not the structural case (that was part 1), but what shared context does to what you can write.\n\nsome of it is easy to show:\n\n\u2192 a post on mastodon.scot about independence referendum discourse doesn't explain what the SNP is. the community already has that context. the post can start further into the argument.\n\n\u2192 on infosec.exchange, a CVE drops and technical analysis starts within minutes. precision norms mean vague claims get corrected \u2014 not hostilely, but by people who think carefully about what can and can't be asserted.\n\nthe pattern: when a community already knows what you know, you can start further into whatever you're trying to say.\n\npart 2 of exploring mastodon:\n\u2192 https://federatedmind.com/mastodon-community-texture/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=exploring-mastodon-2\n\n#Mastodon #Fediverse #ActivityPub #OpenWeb #IndieWeb"
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Introducing my indieBlog project, which provides a set of drop in indieweb and POSSE components ready to use in a PureBlog project.
Adding Indieweb features to a PureBlog Site
https://prry.uk/adding-indieweb-features-to-a-pureblog-site
#Indieweb #PureBlog
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Bubbles is a fantastic new service which aims to help users discover fresh IndieWeb content.: https://frasermclean.com/posts/bubbles-post-discovery #indieweb #blogging
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"html": "<p>Bubbles is a fantastic new service which aims to help users discover fresh IndieWeb content.: <a href=\"https://frasermclean.com/posts/bubbles-post-discovery\"><span>https://</span><span>frasermclean.com/posts/bubbles</span><span>-post-discovery</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a></p>",
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"html": "<p>Lee Perry hat geliefert: <a href=\"https://indieblog.prry.uk/\"><span>https://</span><span>indieblog.prry.uk/</span><span></span></a><br />Danke Lee \ud83d\udc4d\ud83d\ude4f</p><p><a href=\"https://liedersaenger.de/2026-05-04-2302\"><span>https://</span><span>liedersaenger.de/2026-05-04-23</span><span>02</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://troet.cafe/tags/PureBlog\">#<span>PureBlog</span></a> <a href=\"https://troet.cafe/tags/webmentions\">#<span>webmentions</span></a></p>",
"text": "Lee Perry hat geliefert: https://indieblog.prry.uk/\nDanke Lee \ud83d\udc4d\ud83d\ude4f\n\nhttps://liedersaenger.de/2026-05-04-2302\n\n#PureBlog #webmentions"
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Beautiful! The youngster are getting there, the movement is coming, making the web more even again, more nice again, more fun again!
And.. if you have a personal (indieweb)blog? Add it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSd77oKEX94
#rss #indieweb #blog
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"html": "<p>Similar discovering sites can be found at:</p><p>- <a href=\"https://www.marginalia.nu/\"><span>https://www.</span><span>marginalia.nu/</span><span></span></a><br />- <a href=\"https://feedle.world/\"><span>https://</span><span>feedle.world/</span><span></span></a><br />- <a href=\"https://indieblog.page/all\"><span>https://</span><span>indieblog.page/all</span><span></span></a><br />- <a href=\"https://powrss.com/\"><span>https://</span><span>powrss.com/</span><span></span></a><br />- <a href=\"https://bearblog.dev/discover/\"><span>https://</span><span>bearblog.dev/discover/</span><span></span></a><br />- <a href=\"https://ooh.directory/\"><span>https://</span><span>ooh.directory/</span><span></span></a><br />- <a href=\"https://minifeed.net/global\"><span>https://</span><span>minifeed.net/global</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/rss\">#<span>rss</span></a> <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/feeds\">#<span>feeds</span></a> <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
"text": "Similar discovering sites can be found at:\n\n- https://www.marginalia.nu/\n- https://feedle.world/\n- https://indieblog.page/all\n- https://powrss.com/\n- https://bearblog.dev/discover/\n- https://ooh.directory/\n- https://minifeed.net/global\n\n#rss #feeds #indieweb"
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@susam had created #wander (https://codeberg.org/susam/wander) that is like #smallweb.
I've integrated it in my hugo blog site, so I can enlist sites i frequently visit and some posts which are gem of a find.
After using #rss, this has been next good thing for internet.
https://idlip.in/wander/ (this is a content listing page)
and wandering console is at: https://idlip.in/wander/console/
#indieweb #webdev #rss
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"text": "@susam had created #wander (https://codeberg.org/susam/wander) that is like #smallweb.\n\nI've integrated it in my hugo blog site, so I can enlist sites i frequently visit and some posts which are gem of a find.\nAfter using #rss, this has been next good thing for internet.\n\nhttps://idlip.in/wander/ (this is a content listing page)\nand wandering console is at: https://idlip.in/wander/console/\n\n#indieweb #webdev #rss"
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New blog post from me: Wanting to stop, block or confuse AI? Do it slightly differently than everyone else
Would love to hear your thoughts, if you spot any mistakes or inaccuracies, please let me know.
https://gregoryhammond.ca/blog/stop-ai-differently/
#blog #blogging #BlogPost #IndieWeb #SmallWeb
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"html": "<p>New Blogroll Post</p><p>\u201cAvenged Sevenfold\u201d by Azan</p><p> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxlIzqc0aEwkbP9Gco4KsSi4XGeRQ4k1w&ref=blr.indiewebclub.org\"><span>https://</span><span>youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxl</span><span>Izqc0aEwkbP9Gco4KsSi4XGeRQ4k1w&ref=blr.indiewebclub.org</span></a></p>",
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