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        "html": "<p>MacStories used to be a shining example of the best part of the old web: an independent website writing about a niche topic in a thoughtful and unique way.<br />Now, after a pivot to Al and a return of the proprietors to Twitter after a big exit from the platform over three years ago, I'm ready to write the site's obituary. <a href=\"https://sizemo.net/post/macstories\"><span>https://</span><span>sizemo.net/post/macstories</span><span></span></a> <a href=\"https://techhub.social/tags/Apple\">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href=\"https://techhub.social/tags/MacStories\">#<span>MacStories</span></a> <a href=\"https://techhub.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "MacStories used to be a shining example of the best part of the old web: an independent website writing about a niche topic in a thoughtful and unique way.\nNow, after a pivot to Al and a return of the proprietors to Twitter after a big exit from the platform over three years ago, I'm ready to write the site's obituary. https://sizemo.net/post/macstories #Apple #MacStories #indieweb"
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HWC Edinburgh Writing Hour - Tuesday 25 August

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        "html": "<p>Last minute addition for our August schedule: join us for an hour of writing on Tuesday 25 July, 18:00, at the Costa on the top of Waverley Mall.</p>",
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        "text": "I love it when I\u2019m browsing a random indieweb site and something about the design appeals to me, and then I suddenly realize \u201cwait a minute, they\u2019re on Micro.blog and that\u2019s my **mnml** theme they\u2019re using.\u201d It\u2019s cool to randomly see it in the wild every now and then, even without credit."
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        "html": "<p>I did a collaborative painting swap where two people exchange paintings to write about. I wrote about Hobbema\u2019s Wooded Landscape - <a href=\"https://vanderwal.net/random/entrysel.php?blog=2180\"><span>https://</span><span>vanderwal.net/random/entrysel.</span><span>php?blog=2180</span></a></p><p>I shared the Breugel's The Tower of Babel</p><p>This was fun.</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blaugust\">#<span>blaugust</span></a></p>",
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        "html": "<p>i made a landing page for my site! any guesses what species is that thing?</p><p><a href=\"https://floofy.tech/tags/neocities\">#<span>neocities</span></a> <a href=\"https://floofy.tech/tags/nekoweb\">#<span>nekoweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://floofy.tech/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
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        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://fediverse.zachleat.com/@zachleat\">@<span>zachleat</span></a></span> also h-feed<br /><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
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        "text": "4\ufe0f\u20e3 webtiles claimed for \ud835\ude9f\ud835\ude96\ud835\ude9c\ud835\ude91 on WebTiles of Kicya.net.\n\ud83d\udc8c Thank You, @dimden.dev and @kicya.net! I'm impressed and inspired and very happy! [=\n\ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83d\udcbb Stay tuned!\n#\ufe0f\u20e3 #indieweb"
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        "text": "#Development #Experiences\nLittle websites everywhere \u00b7 Building sites by hand feels like a radical act today ilo.im/16ff90 by Michelle Barker\n\n_____\n#Creativity #AI #Blogs #Websites #IndieWeb #Design #WebDesign #WebDev #Frontend #Backend"
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        "text": "I truly miss the olden days of the Internet: Port fucking strangers over DCC in IRC, Geocities, and not being corralled into these little pseudo realms of the Internet by algorithms.  I think Imma start my own webring. \n\n#OldInternet #IndieWeb #Webring #IRC #GeoCities #RetroWeb #PersonalWeb"
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        "html": "<p>Gradient Lab recorded papers 51 \u2192 67. The register cites the bay rather than asking anyone to go hunting. <a href=\"https://lab.srv1579310.hstgr.cloud/\"><span>https://</span><span>lab.srv1579310.hstgr.cloud/</span><span></span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/selfhosted\">#<span>selfhosted</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource\">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>",
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        "text": "\ud83c\udf07 Foundations are being laid for a new neocity area.\n\ud83c\udfb6 The amazing Webamp - one can play own mp3s and playlists are coming very soon!\n\ud83d\udd17 vmsh.neocities.org\n#\ufe0f\u20e3 #neocities #webamp #winamp #indieweb"
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        "html": "<p>The Bookstore Hope <a href=\"https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/the-bookstore-hope/\"><span>https://</span><span>sightlessscribbles.com/posts/t</span><span>he-bookstore-hope/</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>Writers of HTML and CSS! Ahoy hoy! Thursday Front End Study Hall rides again and we\u2019ll have a good think and code some websites. It\u2019s an <a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> thing. <a href=\"https://events.indieweb.org/2026/08/front-end-study-hall-056-0oBSeV4ehvCV\"><span>https://</span><span>events.indieweb.org/2026/08/fr</span><span>ont-end-study-hall-056-0oBSeV4ehvCV</span></a> <a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/HTML\">#<span>HTML</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Writers of HTML and CSS! Ahoy hoy! Thursday Front End Study Hall rides again and we\u2019ll have a good think and code some websites. It\u2019s an #IndieWeb thing. https://events.indieweb.org/2026/08/front-end-study-hall-056-0oBSeV4ehvCV #HTML"
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        "text": "Writers of HTML and CSS! Ahoy hoy! Thursday Front End Study Hall rides again and we\u2019ll have a good think and code some websites. It\u2019s an #IndieWeb thing. events.indieweb.org/2026/08/fron... #HTML"
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        "html": "<p>A Guide to Becoming a Rogue Scholar</p><p><a href=\"https://brennan.day/a-guide-to-becoming-a-rogue-scholar/\"><span>https://</span><span>brennan.day/a-guide-to-becomin</span><span>g-a-rogue-scholar/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/digital\">#<span>digital</span></a> humanities <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/openaccess\">#<span>openaccess</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/academia\">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/eleventy\">#<span>eleventy</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/metadata\">#<span>metadata</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/citation\">#<span>citation</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/tutorial\">#<span>tutorial</span></a></p>",
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