When I wrote HTML for People, I envisioned non-tech people learning it because knowing HTML is a generally useful skill in information work.

But AI kinda ruins that. Fewer non-tech people want to learn HTML.

But it seems to have found a niche audience among people who still want to learn HTML despite having access to AI. That makes me feel better about it.

I’m glad I wrote it when I did because I’m not sure I could have stayed motivated to write it in 2026 with the proliferation of AI options—whether for writing HTML or for learning it.

https://htmlforpeople.com

#Via Elizabeth Spiers
@espiers
3:42 PM · Apr 24, 2026

"If you don’t subscribe to The Nation, and want to read my Palantir column, I send my columns out via my (free) newsletter. So you can also read here:"

https://www.elizabethspiers.com/palantirs-manifesto-promises-a-dystopian-future/

RE: https://mastodon.xyz/@nextcloud/116460843255191514

"In the Netherlands' capital, everyone was talking about digital sovereignty. Heck, there was a sold-out Open Sovereign Cloud Day at the conference's start. It wasn't just there, though. Digital sovereignty was almost as hot a topic at the show as AI. The subject came up in the keynotes, the hallway track, and vendor booths."

#KubeConEU #digitalsovereignty

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@Paulatics/116444287287689324

This story just gets darker and weirder. AI slopaganda combined with foreign interference and good old fashioned greed. Are Dutch YouTube influencers sabotaging Alberta politics and Canadian unity just for lols and cash? Or are they themselves being manipulated by someone with a malicious political agenda? #cdnpoli #Canada #Alberta #separatism #abpoli

The White House posts a photo celebrating the Georgia Women's tennis team.

Spot one problem.

if our 'rights' can change every 4, 6 or 8 years with elections

we don't have 'rights'

we have what we are allowed to have