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“I think the new web aesthetic is about getting active again. Platforms encourage passivity. They want us to stay still and scrolling, looking at what the algo wants to show us. Like, swipe, repeat. But the new web aesthetic is non-linear. It encourages you to move from one site to another, to dive down rabbit holes, and crucially, to continue sharing what you find.”
toward a new aesthetic, @sachajudd https://newsletter.sachajudd.com/archive/toward-a-new-aesthetic/
What is the root¹ issue with agentic AI? by @Mer__edith
¹ no pun intended I swear
✨ New blog post: “Back to the Old Internet: A Personal Reboot”
Switching to Linux. Self-hosting. Fossifying my phone.
I thought the old internet was gone — turns out, it just needed a reboot.
https://laurahargreaves.com/the-old-internet/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=autopost
✨ New blog post: “Back to the Old Internet: A Personal Reboot” Switching to Linux. Self-hosting. Fossifying my phone. I thought the old internet was gone — turns out, it just needed a reboot. #OldInternet #OpenWeb #FOSS #Linux #DigitalReboot
Usborne are still offering free PDFs of their computer books from the 1980s
https://usborne.com/gb/books/computer-and-coding-books
#RetroGaming #VideoGames #Coding #80s #Commodore #ZXSpectrum #Apple #Acorn
Okay here is my very simple concept for a #FediCard - a "business card" that encourages people to join the #Fediverse and links to @_elena 's explanatory video.
My idea is that people can hand these out at #protests, political organizations, and so forth - where politically active people gather who already have had bad experiences with commercial social media.
The back side could be customized further to list an instance which is most relevant to the place where you want to share them - for example, I want to print a variant for the gruene.social #Mastodon instance.
I will certainly try to apply my meagre #design skills to make this more appealing, but first I wanted to hear what you all think of this concept, and what your suggestions for improvement are.
(Note: If you want to play around with the design, I have made it available in #SVG / #Inkscape format. The template has the 85 x 55 mm size for European business cards, so you will want to adjust it for other regions.)
#FediHelp
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JxwrLkpvuBaAcRMLFoEjbIXJnhO-bs3r
Another #FediForumFriday post, this time to help @elena 's video get even further and convert more folks to fedi! @juergen_hubert is working on the idea of a "FediCard" and is looking for feedback and ideas: https://mementomori.social/@juergen_hubert/114744137014358945 .
#FediForum #Fediverse
https://mementomori.social/@juergen_hubert/114744137014358945
Attached: 1 image Okay here is my very simple concept for a #FediCard - a "business card" that encourages people to join the #Fediverse and links to @_elena@mastodon.social 's explanatory video. My idea is that people can hand these out at #protests, political organizations, and so forth - where politically active people gather who already have had bad experiences with commercial social media. The back side could be customized further to list an instance which is most relevant to the place where you want to share them - for example, I want to print a variant for the gruene.social #Mastodon instance. I will certainly try to apply my meagre #design skills to make this more appealing, but first I wanted to hear what you all think of this concept, and what your suggestions for improvement are. (Note: If you want to play around with the design, I have made it available in #SVG / #Inkscape format. The template has the 85 x 55 mm size for European business cards, so you will want to adjust it for other regions.) #FediHelp https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JxwrLkpvuBaAcRMLFoEjbIXJnhO-bs3r
🔗 Taking Blogging Seriously via Tom Critchlow #Blogging
It’s a warm summer night in NYC and I’m walking through central park with a friend, the fireflies blink around us like an external reflection of the neurons firing in our brains as the conversation sparks.
https://tomcritchlow.com/2025/06/27/taking-blogging-seriously/
🔗 More people should write via @@ #Blogging
More people should do what I’m doing right now. They should sit at their computers and bat the cursor around — write full sentences about themselves and the things they care about.
Richard MacManus
Dr. Cat Hicks
n1k0
Laura Hargreaves 👩💻
digituba
Jürgen Hubert
Alexis Bushnell (she/her)
Cory Dransfeldt 
