Joe Crawford
@artlung.com
Website fixer · IndieWebber · Comics maker · Bodysurfer · Blogger · Toy robot collector · CSS Battler · San Diego · Peace, love, resistance
https://artlung.com/
https://artlung.com/
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The Police State is more evenly distributed. What will you do about it? (rhetorical)
January 12, 2026 at 3:33 AM
The Police State is more evenly distributed. What will you do about it? (rhetorical)
“Wrongful death” is a useful term in USA 2025.
January 11, 2026 at 5:19 PM
“Wrongful death” is a useful term in USA 2025.
Micropub popup zoom meeting on 31 January 2026. Micropub is a standard to define tools to enable posting to our own websites (versus silos!) events.indieweb.org/2026/01/micr... #IndieWeb #Micropub
Micropub
events.indieweb.org
January 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Micropub popup zoom meeting on 31 January 2026. Micropub is a standard to define tools to enable posting to our own websites (versus silos!) events.indieweb.org/2026/01/micr... #IndieWeb #Micropub
Next 6pm Eastern US time #Indieweb Homebrew Website Club will be on Wednesday. events.indieweb.org/2026/01/home... All are welcome to come commiserate and exult in the websites and web-like things.
Homebrew Website Club - Eastern
events.indieweb.org
January 10, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Next 6pm Eastern US time #Indieweb Homebrew Website Club will be on Wednesday. events.indieweb.org/2026/01/home... All are welcome to come commiserate and exult in the websites and web-like things.
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But yeah, I've noticed this, too.
Tell me what exception you think genAI is OK to use for, and I'll tell you which discipline you least respect.
Tell me what exception you think genAI is OK to use for, and I'll tell you which discipline you least respect.
January 9, 2026 at 11:47 PM
But yeah, I've noticed this, too.
Tell me what exception you think genAI is OK to use for, and I'll tell you which discipline you least respect.
Tell me what exception you think genAI is OK to use for, and I'll tell you which discipline you least respect.
columnated ruins domino
January 9, 2026 at 4:41 PM
columnated ruins domino
"Well, who ya gonna believe me or your own eyes?” - Chico Marx
January 8, 2026 at 7:05 PM
"Well, who ya gonna believe me or your own eyes?” - Chico Marx
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Hi all 👋 I’m Steve aka RobotWig. I'm a freelance creative & miniature photographer based in the UK.
I’m very passionate about my work. All my miniature photos are made using practical FX, real lighting, figures & miniature sets.
If you love movies give me a follow 🙏
#introduction #photography
I’m very passionate about my work. All my miniature photos are made using practical FX, real lighting, figures & miniature sets.
If you love movies give me a follow 🙏
#introduction #photography
January 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Hi all 👋 I’m Steve aka RobotWig. I'm a freelance creative & miniature photographer based in the UK.
I’m very passionate about my work. All my miniature photos are made using practical FX, real lighting, figures & miniature sets.
If you love movies give me a follow 🙏
#introduction #photography
I’m very passionate about my work. All my miniature photos are made using practical FX, real lighting, figures & miniature sets.
If you love movies give me a follow 🙏
#introduction #photography
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📝 AI purveyors:
“Nice system you got there, would be a shame if anyone hacked into it with AI. Better get some AI to protect yourself.”
blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/ai-secu...
“Nice system you got there, would be a shame if anyone hacked into it with AI. Better get some AI to protect yourself.”
blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/ai-secu...
The AI Security Shakedown
Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.
blog.jim-nielsen.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:44 AM
📝 AI purveyors:
“Nice system you got there, would be a shame if anyone hacked into it with AI. Better get some AI to protect yourself.”
blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/ai-secu...
“Nice system you got there, would be a shame if anyone hacked into it with AI. Better get some AI to protect yourself.”
blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/ai-secu...
"It’s a great business to be in, if you think about it. You sell a tool for security exploits and you sell the self-same tool for protection against said exploits. Everybody wins!” blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/ai-secu...
The AI Security Shakedown
Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.
blog.jim-nielsen.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:36 PM
"It’s a great business to be in, if you think about it. You sell a tool for security exploits and you sell the self-same tool for protection against said exploits. Everybody wins!” blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/ai-secu...
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This should honestly be a legal requirement for discontinued products.
Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of bricking them
Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of bricking them
Bose speakers un-bricked
buff.ly
January 8, 2026 at 3:20 PM
This should honestly be a legal requirement for discontinued products.
Let’s do something constructive and something creative today to spite those who suck.
January 8, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Let’s do something constructive and something creative today to spite those who suck.
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get a blog
The Case for Blogging in the Ruins
In 1751, Denis Diderot began publishing his Encyclopédie, a project that would eventually span 28 volumes and take more than two decades to complete. The French government banned it twice. The Catholi...
www.joanwestenberg.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:48 PM
get a blog
It’s weirdly straightforward to create something “simulating” (well, kind of) orbiting bodies. You can bet had 2025 browser tech had been around when I was in the 5th grade my science project would’ve been building a solar system in HTML + CSS. codepen.io/artlung/pen/...
Basic orbiting figures
...
codepen.io
January 8, 2026 at 12:07 AM
It’s weirdly straightforward to create something “simulating” (well, kind of) orbiting bodies. You can bet had 2025 browser tech had been around when I was in the 5th grade my science project would’ve been building a solar system in HTML + CSS. codepen.io/artlung/pen/...
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Luther Heggs and Elmer Weems will both return in Avengers: Doomsday.
January 7, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Luther Heggs and Elmer Weems will both return in Avengers: Doomsday.
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ICE shot and killed a woman on camera today. We all saw the video.
The Trump administration is lying.
The Trump administration is lying.
January 7, 2026 at 7:47 PM
ICE shot and killed a woman on camera today. We all saw the video.
The Trump administration is lying.
The Trump administration is lying.
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Shouldn't there be about ten gazillion state hearings by now
January 7, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Shouldn't there be about ten gazillion state hearings by now
San Diego Homebrew Website Club is back on after a (checks notes) 5 year hiatus. Who can even remember why we paused? Oh right: *waves around at world on fire*.
Hope to see you in February.
events.indieweb.org/2026/02/home... #SanDiego #IndieWeb
Hope to see you in February.
events.indieweb.org/2026/02/home... #SanDiego #IndieWeb
Homebrew Website Club San Diego
events.indieweb.org
January 7, 2026 at 3:33 PM
San Diego Homebrew Website Club is back on after a (checks notes) 5 year hiatus. Who can even remember why we paused? Oh right: *waves around at world on fire*.
Hope to see you in February.
events.indieweb.org/2026/02/home... #SanDiego #IndieWeb
Hope to see you in February.
events.indieweb.org/2026/02/home... #SanDiego #IndieWeb
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But this also ties in with the sustainability efforts of shadow libraries, as I was writing about the other day. eve.gd/2026/01/01/t...
The Lineages and Inheritances of Shadow Libraries and their Documentation
Shadow libraries, that is, illegal massive repositories of books of all kinds, are of course prone to takedowns by police and disappearance from the internet...
eve.gd
January 4, 2026 at 12:48 PM
But this also ties in with the sustainability efforts of shadow libraries, as I was writing about the other day. eve.gd/2026/01/01/t...
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The first internet message was sent from UCLA fifty-six years ago 🌐
Watch PBS SoCal's "Lost L.A." host Nathan Masters visit UCLA Library Special Collections with internet pioneer, Prof. Leonard Kleinrock to see the logbook firsthand: www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-l...
@uclasamueli.bsky.social
Watch PBS SoCal's "Lost L.A." host Nathan Masters visit UCLA Library Special Collections with internet pioneer, Prof. Leonard Kleinrock to see the logbook firsthand: www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-l...
@uclasamueli.bsky.social
How This Contraption at UCLA Sent the First DM
At UCLA Professor Leonard Kleinrock reveals proof of when the internet was born.
www.pbssocal.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The first internet message was sent from UCLA fifty-six years ago 🌐
Watch PBS SoCal's "Lost L.A." host Nathan Masters visit UCLA Library Special Collections with internet pioneer, Prof. Leonard Kleinrock to see the logbook firsthand: www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-l...
@uclasamueli.bsky.social
Watch PBS SoCal's "Lost L.A." host Nathan Masters visit UCLA Library Special Collections with internet pioneer, Prof. Leonard Kleinrock to see the logbook firsthand: www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-l...
@uclasamueli.bsky.social
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McCoy doesn't use transporters because he won't accept their cookies.
January 6, 2026 at 3:53 PM
McCoy doesn't use transporters because he won't accept their cookies.
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Random book fact: Cory Doctorow’s book Enshittification has 82 holds on 15 copies in the San Diego Public Library system. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy
January 6, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Random book fact: Cory Doctorow’s book Enshittification has 82 holds on 15 copies in the San Diego Public Library system. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy