Manton Reece (manton.org)We’re on the eve of the Elon Musk / Twitter deal closing. In his Dear Twitter Advertisers letter, Elon writes: The reason I acquired Twitter is because it is important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy mann...
The common digital “square” should be the entire web, with a diverse set of platforms. There should be common APIs but many communities with their own rules, goals, and business models. Concentrating too much power in only a couple social media companies is what created the mess we’re in. The way out is more platforms, free to make the best decisions for their users knowing that there are options to leave and less lock-in for developers.
Manton always seems to hit the nail on the head.
Jan Boddez (jan.boddez.net)Yes! My IndieBlocks plugin is now up on WP.org. Current version offers a single “Context” block, and, optionally, (1) some custom post types, and (2) the ability to add microformats2 to block-based (!) themes. More is on the way. https://wordpress.org/plugins/indieblocks/ Tested it on a nearly e...
This looks as if it might be a way forward for WordPress and the indieWeb. I currently use the post kinds plugin for replying etc. I wonder what would happen if I switched approaches. Can the two plug-ins work together?
The following bit of CSS takes care of the blurring of content in the WordPress Multisite admin users view.
This is really useful looking. I spend a lot of time taking screenshots of Glow Blogs. Blurring usernames while leaving useful information is a pain.
I presented during the 2022 Netherlands WordCamp edition in Arnhem on turning all WordPress sites into fully IndieWeb enabled sites. Meaning turning well over a third of the web into the open social web. Outside all the silos. The slides are available in my self-hosted Slideshare replacement for emb...
WordPress wants to be the Operating System for the Web. That OS is missing social features, and it’s not a big leap to add them with existing web protocols. No website owner would have to be a coder, be it home cooking style or professional, to use those social features and create conversations. It would just be there.
WordPress+IndieWeb as the OS of the Open Social Web – Interdependent Thoughts
Just great. Could quote every slide.
Random Street View – images from all over the world.
Marvellous! Does what it says on the tin. I found a great one on Eigg that seemed to be from a hill track. Couldn’t get the share link to work though.
via Joe Jennet
You can use the BBC micro:bit V2 with built-in speaker as a data logger, recording data from its built-in sensors. Data is stored on your micro:bit even when its power source is disconnected.
This looks really interesting. H.T. to @LouiseE_Foreman. The way the data is saved and accessible is very clever.
You can log data from any of the micro:bit inputs; light sensor, temperature sensor, pins, accelerometer, compass, microphone
More infos and stars at github.com/chrieke/prettymapp
Well this is fun. The Feature image on this post is shrunk & compressed. Via Joe Jennet
a tool to let your readers dive into details
Via Chris Aldrich’s hypothesis, looks like a lot of fun (especially for folk who like brackets).
Diva Harris (caughtbytheriver.net)A poem by Andrew McNeillie.
This late spring, and spring was late,
the Goldfinches came
riding in the tops of next-door’s silver birch
as it took on a wash of green. […]
Sarah Gooding (wptavern.com)WebP, an image format developed by Google, which is intended to replace JPEG, PNG, and […]
“When converting medium-resolution photographs (approx 1600px – 2500px on the long edge), WebP files are often larger than the JPEG equivalent,” WordPress developer Mark Howells-Mead commented on the main ticket for WebP work.
And from the comments:
This plugin will disable WebP generation by default. No settings, just a filter for those who can’t do it on their own.
Just from the point of not having many duplicates, jpg and webp versions taking up server space the plugin seems woth a though.
