calvusrexI am a lazy journal writer. 😜
https://envs.net/~calvusrex/blog/im-a-lazy-journal-poster-i-admit-it.html
RE: https://islandinthenet.com/what-happens-when-the-machine-has-never-heard-of-you/
"data sovereignty is not a policy talking point — it is the difference between a society that governs itself and one that rents its governance from whoever controls the infrastructure." 👏 #smallweb #indieweb #datasovereignty #slowpint
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/03/james-ellroy-red-sheet
Is he a madman or actually on to how to exist in the modern world?
James Ellroy still writes longhand, doesn't own a computer, and calls our dependence on technology "satanic." Agree or disagree, it's a fascinating look at a writer who has refused to follow the digital tide.
#JamesEllroy #CrimeFiction #SmallWeb #DigitalMinimalism #slowpint
"Why Base Reality May Not Matter as Much as We Think"
There is an old human itch to know what is really real.
gemini://soulthreader.njb1966.com/index.gmi
#gemini #reality #philosophy #consciousness #meaning #simulation #simulationhypothesis #slowpint
Today is project catch-up day. Starting off by cleaning up and organizing my 13,276 song library in my #selfhosted #Navidrome instance. Reorganizing my self-hosted #joplin notebooks and notes, and creating a #plan for migrating items I currently use in #bigtech to an #opensource selfhosted solution. #slowpint
Thank you to the 56 current users of #Gemcities ! The comments I get are always positive and I love that people are taking back their own voice! #geminiprotocol #smallweb #slowpint #indieweb
gemini://calvusrex.gemcities.com/gemlog/2026-05-29-gemlog.gmi
gemini://calvusrex.gemcities.com/gemlog/2026-05-29-gemlog.gmi
Convince me I am wrong: “The Fediverse proved millions will leave commercial platforms when given a reason. But Mastodon, Lemmy, PeerTube, and the rest mostly recreated the same social architecture people wanted to escape: timelines, follower counts, virality, engagement loops... just federated. The migration was sociological, not architectural. People wanted out, but what they got was ‘Twitter, but federated,’ not a fundamentally different shape of online life.” #federated #social #slowpint
I have a new home on the web at https://realityinexile.com. Writing about tech, the small web, self-hosting, music, history, and whatever else has my attention. There is also a small forum for people who want to stay and talk. No ads, no tracking, no algorithms. Just writing and conversation at a relaxing pace. #slowpint #smallweb #forum #blog
There is something to be said about slowing down, not only in online interactions and community, but in life in general. Fluff starts to disappear, meaning and substance start rising to the top, and what once felt like bombardment, begins to feel like clarity. #slowpint #slowdown #ageing #philosophy