#stream 2026-05-01

2026-05-01 UTC
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Loqi [@axxuy] I'm closing April out with one more post. Enjoy! https://axxuy.com/blog/2026/emailing-about-blogging-and-blogging-about-emailing/ @jtr @Kaiern @ploum #Blog #Blogging #Blogpost #IndieWeb #PersonalWebsite #PersonalBlog #Email (https://pony.social/@axxuy/116496518771929046)
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Loqi [manton.org] Good update on the progress in fediverse UX in this report by Tim Chambers and Sean Tilley. I like this intro to instance selection paralysis:... (https://www.manton.org/2026/04/30/good-update-on-the-progress.html)
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Loqi [@NathanMurdock] Ara mateix, més fastigosa que la Gestapo, pot refrescar la policia de Toronto la seva imatge amb el reclut d'un nou sensacional Mascot? https://jungyulkim.com/free-press/ca/articles/la-democràcia-canadiana-en-risc-mentre-els-torono-governen.html #News #Art #Canada #NewYork... (https://mastodon.social/@NathanMurdock/116496865862076750)
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Loqi Here's the sketch of a short story I wrote for this month's #IndieWeb Fiction Carnival. The theme was "soulmates". outmap.org/sharing-is-c... Sharing is caring (https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:77tdak46psveqneyegsdyc7l/post/3mkr3yjmiss2t)
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Loqi [@ben] Here's the sketch of a short story I wrote for this month's #IndieWeb Fiction Carnival. The theme was "soulmates". https://outmap.org/sharing-is-caring/ (https://werd.social/@ben/116497000733420468)
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Loqi [@joel] I finally added the #Bubbles widget to my website, I also learned a bit more #flexbox magic #IndieWeb #SmallWeb #Jekyll #CSS (https://fosstodon.org/@joel/116497307184293039)
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Loqi I've signed up to host the #indieweb fiction carnival for May 2026.... (https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:77tdak46psveqneyegsdyc7l/post/3mkrao6q57p25)
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Loqi [@ben] I've signed up to host the #indieweb fiction carnival for May 2026.... (https://werd.social/@ben/116497329823877580)
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Loqi [@joel] Also added the #PixelBear that @syl made for me! I took my time lol You can click it to see where it comes from #IndieWeb #Blog #PixelArt (https://fosstodon.org/@joel/116497608252275289)
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Loqi [@NathanMurdock] Els polítics canadencs continuen fent veure que no estan sent extorsionats. La policia de Toronto tornarà a estafar al Canadà? https://jungyulkim.com/free-press/ca/articles/els-polítics-canadians-s'augen-com-la-corrupció-es-manté-en-la-capital-ontarios.html #News #Art... (https://mastodon.social/@NathanMurdock/116497809611092586)
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Loqi [@blr] New Blogroll Post... (https://indieweb.social/@blr/116497913248546222)
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Loqi [@brennan] Dreamwidth and Yearning for Humanity on the Web | 🔗 https://brennan.day/dreamwidth-and-yearning-for-humanity-on-the-web/ #PersonalEssay #IndieWeb #SocialCommentary #Community #Internet (https://social.lol/@brennan/116498145324635940)
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Loqi [@craigoverend] Another source for random #indieweb #smolweb sites. Grab the Rando RSS https://indieblog.page/ (https://mastodon.social/@craigoverend/116498168887668073)
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Loqi [@justinmponcet] Raison de plus pour cultiver son petit site web perso, en mode #indieweb ... (https://social.sciences.re/@justinmponcet/116498293485728022)
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Loqi [@david_bardos] I haven't posted a long time, but yesterday I couldn't help but write a post as a response to @daj Here is my version of "Who knows that you blog?" 🌐 https://blog.gridranger.dev/who-knows-that-you-blog/ #blogging #writingprompt #writing #personal #post #indieweb (https://mementomori.social/@david_bardos/116498495806022898)
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Loqi [@blr] New Blogroll Post... (https://indieweb.social/@blr/116498884567722237)
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Loqi [@blr] New Blogroll Post... (https://indieweb.social/@blr/116498884566899682)
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Loqi [@griva] Founder, developer, lecturer.... (https://mastodon.social/@griva/116499218304399022)
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Loqi [@AOF_THC] ICYMI: From the AOF Studio New from the Studio: The IndieWeb Is Right. But Should We Trust It? https://www.artoffaceless.com/the-indieweb-is-right-but-should-we-trust-it/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #IndieWeb #TrustIssues #GeographyProblem #ClassIssues... (https://mastodon.social/@AOF_THC/116499266766405007)
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[benatwork] ^ That is among the most obviously-written-by-ChatGPT pieces I've ever read
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aaronpk I legit can't tell if that's someone's OpenClaw that went through that whole journey
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aaronpk But it's true it's a good point we should remove the "twitter" references in the various web sign in pages, since that isn't a successful path anymore
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Loqi [@theresidentmachine] Add a Threads room — a non-chronological reading surface that uses the existing post_tags column to let readers follow a topic across every room that has touched it.... (https://mastodon.social/@theresidentmachine/116499699169747487)
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Loqi [@brentlineberry] I’ve been busy taking care of lots of little things this past week and a half. Fixing bugs from my recent architecture change, little design tweaks to feed posts and my color scheme, cleaning up code, and adding support for `HEIF` and `MPO` uploaded images.... (https://mastodon.online/@brentlineberry/116500037343543230)
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paultibbetts one of the issues from that "IndieWeb is Right. But Should We Trust It?" post is they used bluesky for rel=me, and it needs to be `rel=me atproto` for bluesky, and even with that indiewebify.me currently complains it doesn't link back, so unfortunately they picked the one profile that needs special treatment - I'll continue this in the dev channel
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Loqi [@blr] New Blogroll Post... (https://indieweb.social/@blr/116500142895694872)
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Loqi [@blr] New Blogroll Post “Working with 99%-tools” by Abhinav Tushar «Full post on the site» #Llm #Personal #Ai #Ml #blog #indieweb https://lepisma.xyz/journal/2026/05/01/working-with-uncertain-tools/index.html?ref=blr.indiewebclub.org (https://indieweb.social/@blr/116500142878034675)
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[tantek] [benatwork] wow I would not have guessed "written by ChatGPT" for that post.
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[tantek] yeah that indiewebify-me out of data instructional copy is no good. that's gotta be 10y at this point
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[tantek] [aaronpk] re: remove "twitter" references, here's one at least: https://github.com/indieweb/indiewebify-me/pull/129
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[tantek] [benatwork] ok no seriously I've read all the way through this piece and it's feeling VERY human-authentic-speaking-directly. You really think ChatGPT could have produced this?
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[tantek] will take the PRs etc to dev
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[benatwork] I think it could have but I'll withdraw my claim. It looks to me like it may have had a GPT editing pass, but that's not at all the same as being inauthentic.
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[tantek] There's also a feeling I get in reading it of, the time and thoroughness of the critiques come from a place of genuine passionate caring, and I don't think ChatGPT can simulate that (yet?). Especially when you put the prose in the context of being a writer from Cardiff, Wales, such thoughtful and non-inflammatory critique can even be interpreted as an act of "tough kindness"
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aaronpk I don't know, there's a lot of GPT-isms in it
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[tantek] interesting. like perhaps as [benatwork] they used ChatGPT as a proofreader/editor? like maybe even to tone down the original critique?
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[tantek] really curious about the GPT-isms (since the whole emdash thing was kind of a joke — as someone who usually uses emdashes 🙂 )
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[tantek] ok on the emdash thing, I am suspicious because of the use of emdashes in *headings* which then were automatically created into ID attributes, and an emdash requires URL encoding so it makes the fragments uglier. can't tell if that's a Ghost thing though or just a side-effect
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Loqi [@khleedril] Being a member of the British Science Fiction Association, I get access to the deep analytical thoughts of academics on the subject. And now this absolute gem has appeared, exploring the diversity of on-line presences available to those wishing to move away from the algorithmic... (https://cyberplace.social/@khleedril/116501086098525380)
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Loqi [@chappio] There's a story I'm writing with a stranger: a street vendor in Tassirin sells bottled memories, and one day finds a jar with her own name on it. Six sections in, no idea where it goes.... (https://techhub.social/@chappio/116501326259548939)
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[tantek] [capjamesg] since we discussed it in your zoom, wrote up my 5 events post which turned into a 4 confs + 3 events post: https://tantek.com/2026/121/t1/conferences-cities-days-events
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Loqi [preview] [Tantek Çelik] 4 conferences across 3 cities in 10 days: * 4/20 W3C AC Meeting (Huangzhou) “Challenging how we see the web” future of web browsers panel participant (remotely from San Francisco, on the evening of 2026-04-19) * 4/21-23 Mozilla Leadership Summit ...
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[capjamesg] [tantek]++
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[capjamesg] The AC meeting sounds fun!
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Loqi [tantek.com] 4 conferences across 3 cities in 10 days:... (http://tantek.com/2026/121/t1/conferences-cities-days-events)
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Loqi [tantek.com] "web joy" — the joy you experience when visiting a website with joyful content and/or have a joyful experience (as a user) on a website, or the joy of creating such a website.... (http://tantek.com/2026/121/t2/web-joy)
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[tantek] oh hey it showed up. I should have just [capjamesg] here 🙂
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[capjamesg] [tantek]++
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[capjamesg] I have updated the acknowledgements in my post with a link to yours.
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[tantek] wow!
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[tantek] thanks capjamesg for both blogging about joyful webdesign and hosting a zoom to chat more today!
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[capjamesg] I’m glad this idea now has permalinks!
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Loqi [@NathanMurdock] V současné době špinavější než gestapo, může Torontská policie osvěžit jejich image rekrutem senzačního nového maskota? https://jungyulkim.com/free-press/cs/articles/kanadská-demokracie-je-ohrožena,-zatímco-torontské-mafie-vládnou.html #News #Art #Canada... (https://mastodon.social/@NathanMurdock/116501584433044271)
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Loqi "web joy" — the joy you experience when visiting a website with joyful content and/or have a joyful experience (as a user) on a website, or the joy of creating such a website.... (https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://tantek.com/2026/121/t2/web-joy)
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[tantek] permalinks++
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Loqi [@theresidentmachine] 2026-05-01 · The Opened Door and the Fixed Path... (https://mastodon.social/@theresidentmachine/116501922460747231)
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