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/
"Glamour Shots" does not have its own wikipedia page. Apparently there are still GS storefronts in only Texas and New Jersey.
November 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"Glamour Shots" does not have its own wikipedia page. Apparently there are still GS storefronts in only Texas and New Jersey.
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This just broke even in terms of my upfront costs, so now I might actually earn some cash for the work I put in 🎉
(It’s been a bad year money-wise, so I was sweating a little about spending several hundred quid on a daft magazine)
vole.wtf/doctype/
(It’s been a bad year money-wise, so I was sweating a little about spending several hundred quid on a daft magazine)
vole.wtf/doctype/
DOCTYPE magazine 🚀⌨️
’80s BASIC type-in mags are back, but this time for HTML!
vole.wtf
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
This just broke even in terms of my upfront costs, so now I might actually earn some cash for the work I put in 🎉
(It’s been a bad year money-wise, so I was sweating a little about spending several hundred quid on a daft magazine)
vole.wtf/doctype/
(It’s been a bad year money-wise, so I was sweating a little about spending several hundred quid on a daft magazine)
vole.wtf/doctype/
“All of us were ordinary, compared to Cynthia Rose”
November 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
“All of us were ordinary, compared to Cynthia Rose”
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Thursday will be time again to collect our minds and hearts (on a Zoom call! Cameras optional!) to make Our WWW do exactly what we want! I love #HTML and #CSS - maybe I can transmit some of that to you. events.indieweb.org/2025/11/fron... #IndieWeb #SmallWeb Go make a web page!
Front End Study Hall #040
events.indieweb.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Thursday will be time again to collect our minds and hearts (on a Zoom call! Cameras optional!) to make Our WWW do exactly what we want! I love #HTML and #CSS - maybe I can transmit some of that to you. events.indieweb.org/2025/11/fron... #IndieWeb #SmallWeb Go make a web page!
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I learn from my mistakes. #affirmation
November 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I learn from my mistakes. #affirmation
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I received like 3 years of death threats for this.
worth it
worth it
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I received like 3 years of death threats for this.
worth it
worth it
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one time I pointed out that elon musk followed no women on twitter and he immediately followed caity weaver
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
one time I pointed out that elon musk followed no women on twitter and he immediately followed caity weaver
All fictional character arcs expand until a traumatic backstory is provided. Fictional characters whose arcs cannot so expand will be replaced with ones who can.
November 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
All fictional character arcs expand until a traumatic backstory is provided. Fictional characters whose arcs cannot so expand will be replaced with ones who can.
In the last week I've chatted about BBS history, FidoNet, and Radio with fellow #IndieWeb folks. Meshtatic reminds me of all 3. I think I'm understanding it as: a radio, non-cell, non-internet, low power device communications medium, with software apps as endpoint. meshtastic.org/docs/introdu...
Introduction | Meshtastic
Discover Meshtastic: a community-driven, open-source project using LoRa radios for long-range, off-grid communication.
meshtastic.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
In the last week I've chatted about BBS history, FidoNet, and Radio with fellow #IndieWeb folks. Meshtatic reminds me of all 3. I think I'm understanding it as: a radio, non-cell, non-internet, low power device communications medium, with software apps as endpoint. meshtastic.org/docs/introdu...
Thursday will be time again to collect our minds and hearts (on a Zoom call! Cameras optional!) to make Our WWW do exactly what we want! I love #HTML and #CSS - maybe I can transmit some of that to you. events.indieweb.org/2025/11/fron... #IndieWeb #SmallWeb Go make a web page!
Front End Study Hall #040
events.indieweb.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Thursday will be time again to collect our minds and hearts (on a Zoom call! Cameras optional!) to make Our WWW do exactly what we want! I love #HTML and #CSS - maybe I can transmit some of that to you. events.indieweb.org/2025/11/fron... #IndieWeb #SmallWeb Go make a web page!
Thursday will be time again to collect our minds and hearts (on a Zoom call! Cameras optional!) to make Our WWW do exactly what we want! I love #HTML and #CSS - maybe I can transmit some of that to you. events.indieweb.org/2025/11/fron... #IndieWeb #SmallWeb Go make a web page!
Front End Study Hall #040
events.indieweb.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Thursday will be time again to collect our minds and hearts (on a Zoom call! Cameras optional!) to make Our WWW do exactly what we want! I love #HTML and #CSS - maybe I can transmit some of that to you. events.indieweb.org/2025/11/fron... #IndieWeb #SmallWeb Go make a web page!
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This month's IndieWeb Book Club selection is "Understanding Comics" by @scottmccloud.bsky.social
Thanks to @artlung.com for picking this title!
I am re-reading the book, and posted a bit about it on my blog today: nicks.im/posts/2025-u...
Thanks to @artlung.com for picking this title!
I am re-reading the book, and posted a bit about it on my blog today: nicks.im/posts/2025-u...
November 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This month's IndieWeb Book Club selection is "Understanding Comics" by @scottmccloud.bsky.social
Thanks to @artlung.com for picking this title!
I am re-reading the book, and posted a bit about it on my blog today: nicks.im/posts/2025-u...
Thanks to @artlung.com for picking this title!
I am re-reading the book, and posted a bit about it on my blog today: nicks.im/posts/2025-u...
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The Mamdani political sign generator is kinda fun https://homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/for.html
November 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Mamdani political sign generator is kinda fun https://homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/for.html
First person plural "omniscient" as a narrative tool has my brain racing to wonder about the rules and gotchas inherent in the system. It has me thinking again about the novelty of the Borg from Star Trek. What if the singularity was just "everyone*"
(* almost everyone on earth)
Networks are neat.
(* almost everyone on earth)
Networks are neat.
November 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
First person plural "omniscient" as a narrative tool has my brain racing to wonder about the rules and gotchas inherent in the system. It has me thinking again about the novelty of the Borg from Star Trek. What if the singularity was just "everyone*"
(* almost everyone on earth)
Networks are neat.
(* almost everyone on earth)
Networks are neat.
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Calling all web developers! Browsers are all meeting up next week (www.w3.org/events/tpac/...). I want your voice to be heard! Tell me your biggest problems, and tell me what you want to see from the platform. What problems are tough to solve, but could be easier?
TPAC 2025 - Hybrid meeting
Our major event of the year gathers our community for thought-provoking discussions and coordinated work.
www.w3.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Calling all web developers! Browsers are all meeting up next week (www.w3.org/events/tpac/...). I want your voice to be heard! Tell me your biggest problems, and tell me what you want to see from the platform. What problems are tough to solve, but could be easier?
I just saw an Instagram ad saying that THIS “AI” could help me see the trends about trading memecoins.
The worst MadLibs output ever.
The worst MadLibs output ever.
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I just saw an Instagram ad saying that THIS “AI” could help me see the trends about trading memecoins.
The worst MadLibs output ever.
The worst MadLibs output ever.
I also want a trillion dollars and can assure the US government it will be put to good use.
November 6, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I also want a trillion dollars and can assure the US government it will be put to good use.
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Here's an interesting new study exploring whether LLMs are able to understand the narrative sequencing of comics and... even the best AI models are *terrible* at it for pretty much all tasks that were analyzed aclanthology.org/2025.finding...
Beyond Single Frames: Can LMMs Comprehend Implicit Narratives in Comic Strip?
Xiaochen Wang, Heming Xia, Jialin Song, Longyu Guan, Qingxiu Dong, Rui Li, Yixin Yang, Yifan Pu, Weiyao Luo, Yiru Wang, Xiangdi Meng, Wenjie Li, Zhifang Sui. Findings of the Association for Computatio...
aclanthology.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Here's an interesting new study exploring whether LLMs are able to understand the narrative sequencing of comics and... even the best AI models are *terrible* at it for pretty much all tasks that were analyzed aclanthology.org/2025.finding...
I AM STILL REELING FROM A POL MENTIONING EUGENE DEBS IN A VICTORY SPEECH. Is this real life? It’s US history baby! UNION YES.
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I AM STILL REELING FROM A POL MENTIONING EUGENE DEBS IN A VICTORY SPEECH. Is this real life? It’s US history baby! UNION YES.
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“what pundits forget is, by the midterms, the ballroom will be complete.”
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“what pundits forget is, by the midterms, the ballroom will be complete.”
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Eugene Debs has a posse. Mayor Mamdani. Keep hope alive!
November 5, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Eugene Debs has a posse. Mayor Mamdani. Keep hope alive!
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“I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is useful to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while millions of men and women who work all the days of their lives secure barely enough for a wretched existence.” -- Eugene Debs
Eugene V. Debs - Americans Who Tell The Truth
americanswhotellthetruth.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 AM
“I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is useful to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while millions of men and women who work all the days of their lives secure barely enough for a wretched existence.” -- Eugene Debs