Alexandra
@chezpanique.bsky.social
Editor. Writer. Photography-curious. Rabbit hole explorer. Language nerd (🇬🇧 🇵🇹 🇪🇸 🇷🇴).
Talk to me about online subcultures, misinformation and your fav urbex spots
Editor @ Untested: https://untested.sonnet.io/
Substack: https://blogtherapy.substack.com/
Talk to me about online subcultures, misinformation and your fav urbex spots
Editor @ Untested: https://untested.sonnet.io/
Substack: https://blogtherapy.substack.com/
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What kind of an internet is possible outside of Big Tech’s profit incentives and surveillance?
For journalist and editor @chezpanique.bsky.social, it would look a little weirder (cyberpunk computer games, anyone?) and a bit more hand-drawn and creative.
For journalist and editor @chezpanique.bsky.social, it would look a little weirder (cyberpunk computer games, anyone?) and a bit more hand-drawn and creative.
February 5, 2026 at 4:36 PM
What kind of an internet is possible outside of Big Tech’s profit incentives and surveillance?
For journalist and editor @chezpanique.bsky.social, it would look a little weirder (cyberpunk computer games, anyone?) and a bit more hand-drawn and creative.
For journalist and editor @chezpanique.bsky.social, it would look a little weirder (cyberpunk computer games, anyone?) and a bit more hand-drawn and creative.
I did a lil video tour of my favourite indie web haunts with the lovely people at @newpublic.org
The Internet is alive! @chezpanique.bsky.social builds on her viral newsletter and takes us on a tour of the indie web.
These are hand-coded, independent websites, outside the walled gardens created by tech giants.
“It’s a canvas for boundless creativity and really you can be yourself.”
These are hand-coded, independent websites, outside the walled gardens created by tech giants.
“It’s a canvas for boundless creativity and really you can be yourself.”
A tour of the indie web
YouTube video by New_ Public
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:56 PM
I did a lil video tour of my favourite indie web haunts with the lovely people at @newpublic.org
My article for New_Public gained a bit of a second wind and I’m so happy because a creative, grassroots internet is more important now than ever
newpublic.substack.com/p/the-handma...
#indieweb #web1 #amwriting #indiedev #techjournalism #media
newpublic.substack.com/p/the-handma...
#indieweb #web1 #amwriting #indiedev #techjournalism #media
🧶✏️👩🏽💻 The internet’s hidden creative renaissance (and how to find it)
The indie web means the return of gifs, funky cursors, and personal websites
newpublic.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
My article for New_Public gained a bit of a second wind and I’m so happy because a creative, grassroots internet is more important now than ever
newpublic.substack.com/p/the-handma...
#indieweb #web1 #amwriting #indiedev #techjournalism #media
newpublic.substack.com/p/the-handma...
#indieweb #web1 #amwriting #indiedev #techjournalism #media
September 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
You can read this as a companion piece to my article for @newpublic.org. There, I go in-depth about what the indie web is & how you can get started, plus some fun and useful links to explore
that piece is here: newpublic.substack.com/p/the-handma...
that piece is here: newpublic.substack.com/p/the-handma...
September 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
You can read this as a companion piece to my article for @newpublic.org. There, I go in-depth about what the indie web is & how you can get started, plus some fun and useful links to explore
that piece is here: newpublic.substack.com/p/the-handma...
that piece is here: newpublic.substack.com/p/the-handma...
Interviewing indie web folk about the web revival, unrotting your brain, and their favourite places to hang out online
#indieweb #substack #writingcommunity #brainrot #techwriting
#indieweb #substack #writingcommunity #brainrot #techwriting
Guys, There's So Much More To The Internet!
Part one of a series where I interview indie web folk about the web 1.0 revival, unrotting your brain, and their top places to hang out online.
blogtherapy.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Interviewing indie web folk about the web revival, unrotting your brain, and their favourite places to hang out online
#indieweb #substack #writingcommunity #brainrot #techwriting
#indieweb #substack #writingcommunity #brainrot #techwriting
a wild dive into how SEO strategies like aggressive backlinking are used to weaponise outdated content for the AI era
#aislop #ai #investigativejournalism #writingcommunity
brittannica.substack.com/p/the-algori...
#aislop #ai #investigativejournalism #writingcommunity
brittannica.substack.com/p/the-algori...
Algorithmic Revival: How a 1990 Article on a Government Landing Page Was Weaponized for the 'Radical Left' Narrative
How outdated government content gets weaponized through backlink manipulation and AI training data
brittannica.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
a wild dive into how SEO strategies like aggressive backlinking are used to weaponise outdated content for the AI era
#aislop #ai #investigativejournalism #writingcommunity
brittannica.substack.com/p/the-algori...
#aislop #ai #investigativejournalism #writingcommunity
brittannica.substack.com/p/the-algori...
tinyurl.com/5acekt2d
Some of us are cutting carbs and doing 5am runs like we’re trying to summon a demon. Have we completely lost the plot? Is the Great Lock-In the end of the line for fitness challenges?
#greatlockin #tiktok #gymspo #lockin2025 #writingcommunity #amwriting #substack #indieweb
Some of us are cutting carbs and doing 5am runs like we’re trying to summon a demon. Have we completely lost the plot? Is the Great Lock-In the end of the line for fitness challenges?
#greatlockin #tiktok #gymspo #lockin2025 #writingcommunity #amwriting #substack #indieweb
September 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
tinyurl.com/5acekt2d
Some of us are cutting carbs and doing 5am runs like we’re trying to summon a demon. Have we completely lost the plot? Is the Great Lock-In the end of the line for fitness challenges?
#greatlockin #tiktok #gymspo #lockin2025 #writingcommunity #amwriting #substack #indieweb
Some of us are cutting carbs and doing 5am runs like we’re trying to summon a demon. Have we completely lost the plot? Is the Great Lock-In the end of the line for fitness challenges?
#greatlockin #tiktok #gymspo #lockin2025 #writingcommunity #amwriting #substack #indieweb
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Doomscrolling get you down? The indie web is the way out.
Here you’ll find sites that aren’t built for views or profits, by creators who are embracing what made the world wide web beautiful and exciting in the first place.
@chezpanique.bsky.social has a list of her favorites to get you started.
Here you’ll find sites that aren’t built for views or profits, by creators who are embracing what made the world wide web beautiful and exciting in the first place.
@chezpanique.bsky.social has a list of her favorites to get you started.
September 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Doomscrolling get you down? The indie web is the way out.
Here you’ll find sites that aren’t built for views or profits, by creators who are embracing what made the world wide web beautiful and exciting in the first place.
@chezpanique.bsky.social has a list of her favorites to get you started.
Here you’ll find sites that aren’t built for views or profits, by creators who are embracing what made the world wide web beautiful and exciting in the first place.
@chezpanique.bsky.social has a list of her favorites to get you started.
This just in: smelling like a human being is now an act of rebellion
#dystopia #dystopiannews #resist
#dystopia #dystopiannews #resist
My curiosity got me. I read it and was not disappointed.
"When the state is policing your body, ‘genital skincare’ suggests policing it yourself can restore some sense of control."
"...a disgust of body odour has been linked to an increased likelihood to hold rightwing views..."
"When the state is policing your body, ‘genital skincare’ suggests policing it yourself can restore some sense of control."
"...a disgust of body odour has been linked to an increased likelihood to hold rightwing views..."
The big stink: is ‘genital anxiety’ behind the rapid rise of whole-body deodorants?
September 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This just in: smelling like a human being is now an act of rebellion
#dystopia #dystopiannews #resist
#dystopia #dystopiannews #resist
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honored (hyperventilating, sweating, screaming) for this chat with Alexandra on the topic of indie/small web!! lots of amazing peeps mentioned - take a read
My favorite collab this summer—read on to find out where the cool kids are hanging out online
#indieweb #smallweb #webdev #nostalgia #amwriting #writingcommunity #gamedev
#indieweb #smallweb #webdev #nostalgia #amwriting #writingcommunity #gamedev
Thanks to Big Tech, the ethos and aesthetics of the mainstream web have become largely impersonal and commercial.
But there’s a renaissance happening on the indie web. Website crafters are going back to HTML and building expressive personal projects.
Let @chezpanique.bsky.social take you on a tour
But there’s a renaissance happening on the indie web. Website crafters are going back to HTML and building expressive personal projects.
Let @chezpanique.bsky.social take you on a tour
September 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
honored (hyperventilating, sweating, screaming) for this chat with Alexandra on the topic of indie/small web!! lots of amazing peeps mentioned - take a read
Reposted by Alexandra
I've recently gotten excited about using Leaflet.pub & have fallen down some delightful, old-school web holes via pages there like it's 1999. Back to the basics!
Leaflet
tiny interconnected social documents
Leaflet.pub
September 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I've recently gotten excited about using Leaflet.pub & have fallen down some delightful, old-school web holes via pages there like it's 1999. Back to the basics!
My favorite collab this summer—read on to find out where the cool kids are hanging out online
#indieweb #smallweb #webdev #nostalgia #amwriting #writingcommunity #gamedev
#indieweb #smallweb #webdev #nostalgia #amwriting #writingcommunity #gamedev
Thanks to Big Tech, the ethos and aesthetics of the mainstream web have become largely impersonal and commercial.
But there’s a renaissance happening on the indie web. Website crafters are going back to HTML and building expressive personal projects.
Let @chezpanique.bsky.social take you on a tour
But there’s a renaissance happening on the indie web. Website crafters are going back to HTML and building expressive personal projects.
Let @chezpanique.bsky.social take you on a tour
🧶✏️👩🏽💻 The internet’s hidden creative renaissance (and how to find it)
The indie web means the return of gifs, funky cursors, and personal websites
newpublic.substack.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
My favorite collab this summer—read on to find out where the cool kids are hanging out online
#indieweb #smallweb #webdev #nostalgia #amwriting #writingcommunity #gamedev
#indieweb #smallweb #webdev #nostalgia #amwriting #writingcommunity #gamedev
my friend was 10 years ahead of the curve in 2015 when he took his library copy of Dostoyevsky's War and Peace to the beach, to "pick up chicks" (in his own words)
#wapo #amwriting #performativemasculinity
#wapo #amwriting #performativemasculinity
Column | Social media is obsessed with ‘performative men’ – also known as men
A recent ‘Performative Male Contest’ in Seattle went viral, starting a larger conversation about what it means to be a man.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
my friend was 10 years ahead of the curve in 2015 when he took his library copy of Dostoyevsky's War and Peace to the beach, to "pick up chicks" (in his own words)
#wapo #amwriting #performativemasculinity
#wapo #amwriting #performativemasculinity
In fact, if you look up "synergy" in the dictionary you'll find this as an example
#indiedev #indieweb #writingcommunity #amwriting #substack
#indiedev #indieweb #writingcommunity #amwriting #substack
I made a little animation which seems to fit @chezpanique.bsky.social's article well
blogtherapy.substack.com/p/cultivate-...
#animation
blogtherapy.substack.com/p/cultivate-...
#animation
July 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
In fact, if you look up "synergy" in the dictionary you'll find this as an example
#indiedev #indieweb #writingcommunity #amwriting #substack
#indiedev #indieweb #writingcommunity #amwriting #substack
RIP Tom Lehrer, the mathematician-musician who wrote some of the jauntiest, most hummable earworms about mutually assured destruction; who quit in protest when Kissinger got the Nobel Prize in '73; who lived to be 97 and see most of his cursed prophecies come true
#RIP #tomlehrer #musicsky
#RIP #tomlehrer #musicsky
Tom Lehrer - We Will All Go Together When We Go
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
www.youtube.com
July 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
RIP Tom Lehrer, the mathematician-musician who wrote some of the jauntiest, most hummable earworms about mutually assured destruction; who quit in protest when Kissinger got the Nobel Prize in '73; who lived to be 97 and see most of his cursed prophecies come true
#RIP #tomlehrer #musicsky
#RIP #tomlehrer #musicsky
On the off-chance that trying to sustain a train of thought for longer than 10 seconds feels like chasing globs of mercury across an ever-tilting floor. If you wanna beat the constant churn of the algorithm.
blogtherapy.substack.com/p/cultivate-...
#indieweb #substack #writingcommunity #amwriting
blogtherapy.substack.com/p/cultivate-...
#indieweb #substack #writingcommunity #amwriting
July 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
On the off-chance that trying to sustain a train of thought for longer than 10 seconds feels like chasing globs of mercury across an ever-tilting floor. If you wanna beat the constant churn of the algorithm.
blogtherapy.substack.com/p/cultivate-...
#indieweb #substack #writingcommunity #amwriting
blogtherapy.substack.com/p/cultivate-...
#indieweb #substack #writingcommunity #amwriting
in today's edition of Untested: making a top-secret font from scratch, the goofy occult teachings of Thelema, and a quiet song about nothing
#writingcommunity #amwriting #indiedev #indieauthor #fonts #fontmaking #indieweb
#writingcommunity #amwriting #indiedev #indieauthor #fonts #fontmaking #indieweb
July 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
in today's edition of Untested: making a top-secret font from scratch, the goofy occult teachings of Thelema, and a quiet song about nothing
#writingcommunity #amwriting #indiedev #indieauthor #fonts #fontmaking #indieweb
#writingcommunity #amwriting #indiedev #indieauthor #fonts #fontmaking #indieweb
Reclaiming your attention span can look different for different people, but here are some suggestions
#digitaldetox #touchgrass #indieweb #indiedev #altweb
#digitaldetox #touchgrass #indieweb #indiedev #altweb
“Touch grass.” “Detoxing.” So many ways to say you’re taking a break from social media.
It’s not you, it's the platform.
We’re obsessed with finding alternatives to the engagement-focused, profit-driven status quo. Here are some of our recent favorites to explore, outside of the doom scroll. 👇
It’s not you, it's the platform.
We’re obsessed with finding alternatives to the engagement-focused, profit-driven status quo. Here are some of our recent favorites to explore, outside of the doom scroll. 👇
July 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Reclaiming your attention span can look different for different people, but here are some suggestions
#digitaldetox #touchgrass #indieweb #indiedev #altweb
#digitaldetox #touchgrass #indieweb #indiedev #altweb
wondering what being dogpilled looks like? I eavesdropped on neighbour's kid's bday party—without wanting to, it was outside my window—and learned that we say hi to our dog the way most people talk to babies. with big, sweet voices full of love and awe.
#dogsky #dogsofbluesky #dogpilled
#dogsky #dogsofbluesky #dogpilled
July 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
wondering what being dogpilled looks like? I eavesdropped on neighbour's kid's bday party—without wanting to, it was outside my window—and learned that we say hi to our dog the way most people talk to babies. with big, sweet voices full of love and awe.
#dogsky #dogsofbluesky #dogpilled
#dogsky #dogsofbluesky #dogpilled
My friend is building a very cool game and you should absolutely check it out
#indiedev #indiegaming #indieweb #devlog #devsky #gamesky
#indiedev #indiegaming #indieweb #devlog #devsky #gamesky
really the recording is fine... as you can see in any blogpost:
plano-b.site/blog/7
But for some reason bsky chewed all the pixels
plano-b.site/blog/7
But for some reason bsky chewed all the pixels
Plano-B: A 2D Top-Down Tactical Shooter Game
Dive into Plano-B, a pixel-art tactical shooter inspired by Counter-Strike. Experience strategic team-based combat, competitive gameplay, and regular content updates. Multiplayer game with custom maps...
plano-b.site
July 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I'm beginning to think I don't understand art (gasp) because here I was last night, watching Jozef van Wissem and Jim Jarmusch jam out dissonantly on two electric guitars for 20 mins of pure noise, their backs to the audience, and all I could do was laugh uncomprehendingly
#artsky #philistine
#artsky #philistine
July 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I'm beginning to think I don't understand art (gasp) because here I was last night, watching Jozef van Wissem and Jim Jarmusch jam out dissonantly on two electric guitars for 20 mins of pure noise, their backs to the audience, and all I could do was laugh uncomprehendingly
#artsky #philistine
#artsky #philistine
but also beaver is a fish in the Catholic Church so it's not like they're toooootally opposed to loopholes
July 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
but also beaver is a fish in the Catholic Church so it's not like they're toooootally opposed to loopholes
use cases for this gem of a writing app, accumulated over 6 years and a few thousand users
coming soon to an Apple AppStore near YOU
#indiedev #amwriting #writingcommunity #writersky
coming soon to an Apple AppStore near YOU
#indiedev #amwriting #writingcommunity #writersky
July 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
use cases for this gem of a writing app, accumulated over 6 years and a few thousand users
coming soon to an Apple AppStore near YOU
#indiedev #amwriting #writingcommunity #writersky
coming soon to an Apple AppStore near YOU
#indiedev #amwriting #writingcommunity #writersky