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Some interesting product-centric "Reflections on the social web" from John O'Nolan, CEO of Ghost: john.onolan.org/reflections-...
Reflections on the social web
My biggest point of uncertainty about Ghost 6.0 was whether people were going to "get" the social web integration.
The technology is wonderful, but complex. For many people, terms like ActivityPub, F...
john.onolan.org
August 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Some interesting product-centric "Reflections on the social web" from John O'Nolan, CEO of Ghost: john.onolan.org/reflections-...
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my god, just look at that changelog. looks like it's upgrade day for me!
ghost.org/changelog/6/
ghost.org/changelog/6/
Ghost 6.0
Networked publishing, native analytics, and $100M earned by indie publishers
ghost.org
August 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
my god, just look at that changelog. looks like it's upgrade day for me!
ghost.org/changelog/6/
ghost.org/changelog/6/
sniped a monarch butterfly today
August 3, 2025 at 12:22 AM
sniped a monarch butterfly today
here is a leopard slug i found today, since people loved my snail post so much
August 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
here is a leopard slug i found today, since people loved my snail post so much
Here is a snail I saw today
August 1, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Here is a snail I saw today
@andersnoren.bsky.social Do you have a wordpress host that you use for your website, or do you self-host? What advice or recommendations do you have?
July 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
@andersnoren.bsky.social Do you have a wordpress host that you use for your website, or do you self-host? What advice or recommendations do you have?
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Every time a self-published thing reaches as many people, or more people, than a journal published by a big university or some other fancy institution, an angel gets a new long-reach stapler.
July 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Every time a self-published thing reaches as many people, or more people, than a journal published by a big university or some other fancy institution, an angel gets a new long-reach stapler.
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Zines are back. AI can't steal your words if you only write them in a zine.
What does our how to win a fight zine include? Guides to:
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www.wired.com
June 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Zines are back. AI can't steal your words if you only write them in a zine.
lofi byzantine music radio - chanting to relax/study/pray to
June 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
lofi byzantine music radio - chanting to relax/study/pray to
i created a website for listening to byzantine chanting! orthodox.cafe
June 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
i created a website for listening to byzantine chanting! orthodox.cafe
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“The true solution, perhaps, is more solidarity and more sincerity.”
June 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“The true solution, perhaps, is more solidarity and more sincerity.”
@marc-fischer.bsky.social Did you write for Tropic? Dave Barry mentions you in his memoir Class Clown!
June 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
@marc-fischer.bsky.social Did you write for Tropic? Dave Barry mentions you in his memoir Class Clown!
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“What AI is is an ideology—a system of ideas that has swept up not only the tech industry but huge parts of government on both sides of the aisle, a supermajority of everyone with assets in the millions and up, and a … growing sector of the journalism class.”
aworkinglibrary.com/writing/tool...
aworkinglibrary.com/writing/tool...
Toolmen
Even the best weapon is an unhappy tool.
aworkinglibrary.com
May 31, 2025 at 2:37 AM
“What AI is is an ideology—a system of ideas that has swept up not only the tech industry but huge parts of government on both sides of the aisle, a supermajority of everyone with assets in the millions and up, and a … growing sector of the journalism class.”
aworkinglibrary.com/writing/tool...
aworkinglibrary.com/writing/tool...
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for new #rss people coming in:
you can follow any #bluesky profile in your feed reader, just tack on "/rss" to the end of the profile url
e.g. bsky.app/profile/john...
you can follow any #bluesky profile in your feed reader, just tack on "/rss" to the end of the profile url
e.g. bsky.app/profile/john...
November 9, 2024 at 8:13 PM
for new #rss people coming in:
you can follow any #bluesky profile in your feed reader, just tack on "/rss" to the end of the profile url
e.g. bsky.app/profile/john...
you can follow any #bluesky profile in your feed reader, just tack on "/rss" to the end of the profile url
e.g. bsky.app/profile/john...
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there is no plan(et) b.
April 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
there is no plan(et) b.
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This is why I still think that the internet, not the issues, are the root cause of this culture war. People (including journalists…who are people) imagine the loudest, angriest positions as default positions because those are the ones that get eyeballs in an ultra-competitive attention economy.
“Supporters of inclusion view those who hesitate or have questions as bigots.” that’s not fucking true. we keep explaining how transition and athletics works BECAUSE we believe people who don’t know will mostly come around once they do know! if we thought they were all bigots we wouldn’t try!!
NYT actually published this sentence, which asks us to take baseless moral panic bullshit seriously as a reasonable position.
Supporters of the Holocaust considered Jews to be subhuman saboteurs of German society, too. So fucking what??
Supporters of the Holocaust considered Jews to be subhuman saboteurs of German society, too. So fucking what??
April 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is why I still think that the internet, not the issues, are the root cause of this culture war. People (including journalists…who are people) imagine the loudest, angriest positions as default positions because those are the ones that get eyeballs in an ultra-competitive attention economy.
I mostly hated the movie but Hank is right. The experience of being in that theater was well worth the price of admission for as long as I can remember, except for like Avengers Endgame. (I wasn't alive for the original star wars trilogy.)
I just watched the Minecraft Movie and it is extremely good and the theater was the exact right amount of rowdy and kids were doing callbacks to the screen and singing along with Jack Black.
The whole theater yelling “CHICKEN JOCKEY” alone was worth the price of admission.
The whole theater yelling “CHICKEN JOCKEY” alone was worth the price of admission.
April 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I mostly hated the movie but Hank is right. The experience of being in that theater was well worth the price of admission for as long as I can remember, except for like Avengers Endgame. (I wasn't alive for the original star wars trilogy.)
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It struck a chord because it's true. As I write in More Than Words, the chief benefit of LLMs to writing (and teaching writing) is it forces us to examine what we value in writing. We should be building statues of the students who remain proud to be themselves & encourage others to join them.
Here’s an observation that’s closing in on 80k likes on twitter:
April 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
It struck a chord because it's true. As I write in More Than Words, the chief benefit of LLMs to writing (and teaching writing) is it forces us to examine what we value in writing. We should be building statues of the students who remain proud to be themselves & encourage others to join them.
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💪 Training programs for digital community stewards
🏛️ Platform designs that enable collective governance
🫂 Alternative business models prioritizing community
🧑💻 Decentralized technical infrastructure
Let’s move from algorithm-driven shouting matches into vibrant civic forums.
🏛️ Platform designs that enable collective governance
🫂 Alternative business models prioritizing community
🧑💻 Decentralized technical infrastructure
Let’s move from algorithm-driven shouting matches into vibrant civic forums.
Local Digital Spaces Are Essential Civic Infrastructure (SSIR)
With traditional community spaces underfunded and neglected, investing in the health of our online gathering places has become essential.
ssir.org
April 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
💪 Training programs for digital community stewards
🏛️ Platform designs that enable collective governance
🫂 Alternative business models prioritizing community
🧑💻 Decentralized technical infrastructure
Let’s move from algorithm-driven shouting matches into vibrant civic forums.
🏛️ Platform designs that enable collective governance
🫂 Alternative business models prioritizing community
🧑💻 Decentralized technical infrastructure
Let’s move from algorithm-driven shouting matches into vibrant civic forums.
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in case you're wondering, "what's the harm in claiming an extinct species has been brought back from the dead" when it most certainly has not, our interior secretary is already using it to justify taking animals off the endangered species list
April 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
in case you're wondering, "what's the harm in claiming an extinct species has been brought back from the dead" when it most certainly has not, our interior secretary is already using it to justify taking animals off the endangered species list