Excited and intrigued to see the return of Digg. https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/05/kevin-rose-and-alexis-ohanian-acquire-digg/
I hope it manages to somehow hook into the Fediverse natively.
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@webaware @jordesign ooh - never seen The Conversation. Adding it to my watch list.
Damn. Gene Hackman.
I know there's more critically acclaimed films - but these favourites of mine now need a rewatch soon.
* The French Connection
* Enemy of the State
* Royal Tenebaums
* Mississipi Burning
JA WestenbergWhy do we talk about walled gardens?
That implies something beautiful, something worth defending.
It conjures images of beautifully maintained flowerbeds protected from the outside world.
But that’s not what Facebook built, what Instagram built, what Twitter built.
They built paved, unshaded, barren hellscapes, trapped us in them, and surrounded us with guard towers and razor wire, intended to keep us in, not protect us from anyone else.
There's no "garden" here.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/why-personal-websites-matter-more-than-ever/
Why Personal Websites Matter More Than Ever
I don’t know why we talk about walled gardens. That seems to imply something beautiful, something worth defending. It conjures images of beautifully maintained flowerbeds protected from the outside world. But that’s not what Facebook built, what Instagram built, what Twitter built. They built paved, unshaded, barren hellscapes,
Some days I miss Pandora.com (discontinued in Australia many years ago). I just want to pick a single track and be taken on a journey of un/related sounding music...
@wallamba My hope is to one day build a WordPress based solution (as the ActivityPub plugin will activate federation and webmentions) that also allows for a quick and easy setup to just *start* without having to worry about it too much.
StarhawkThe Internet is mostly shit these days, but every once in a great while I stumble across an incredible, passion-project website.
This one is hand-animated weird art and it is worth your time as a fun decompressing thing in between your doomscrolling sessions.
I don't even know what hashtags this deserves, so it's not getting any. Boost to your friends!
Starting today - I'm going to be listening my way through @jjjplays.bsky.social Hottest 100. Starting with 1993....
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/41hNkCFTDt1gupVdIpAoA9?si=f5dbaa5e41d64a03
"The trap ... that people have fallen into is the idea that these platforms are the ONLY way to get further: to sell, to advertise, to be seen. You trade convenience and a "free" app for the ensnarement and caging of your creativity." - @nazhamid
