If Twitter killed the RT and the # it could only be better for the world. They didn't make this monster, they just did what the monster wanted for 10 years, in the hope of making millions. They've done that, perhaps now they need shutting down.
@everythingabili See Micro.blog, likes are private, no follower counts, RT not available: What’s the difference between Micro.blog and Twitter? – Micro.blog Help.
Memex 1.1 | John Naughton’s online diary is a great read, also a newsletter: Memex 1.1
Hey Pressto! Conference 2020 – A WordPress and ClassicPress conference which happens only on Twitter #HeyPresstoConf20 organised by Phil Barker (@philbarker) and Pat Lockley (@pgogy).
It seems to follow on from the 2020 PressEdConf Conference ( I took part in the 2018 one)
Plenty of interesting ideas, for example, the strong mention of classic WordPress and the Environmental Policy.
A while back I wondered about participating in PressEd using a blog and bridgy that might be an interesting way to take IndieWeb ideas to Hey Pressto.
Fascinating watch
More on Fawkes This is really fascinating stuff.
Including Binaries for MacOS/Windows/Linux
This is a commandline thing, but the instructions are fairly straightforward.
My test took a bit longer than 40 seconds per image. I can see a wee bit difference and there is a fair increase in file size. I wonder if the cloaking survives resizing or other image operations.
Update, the first run produced png files, I then read the help and set the format for output to jpg. That made the file size a lot smaller. 140 KB as opposed to the original 828 KB
I guess this ort of thing could be built in to image editors.
via: John Naughton Thursday 23 July, 2020 | Memex 1.1
Went to Ben Oss yesterday. Lovely day, lots to see. Photos and notes on the walkmap
A bit of a tab dump:
Miso Dengaku (Tofu, Eggplant, Daikon & Konnyaku) 味噌田楽 • Just One Cookbook I’ve dipped my spoon into this site a few times, horrible number of popups, but tasty.
Panelle al Forno (Baked chick pea flour gnocchi) Recipe I’ve eaten a lot of chickpea flour over lockdown, Panelle, pancakes, rissoles
Rathad an Isein. A Lewis moorland glossary by Anne Campbell. – peat cultures
Rathad an Isein The Bird’s Road. A Lewis Moorland Glossary.
Sexy Peat / Tìr mo Rùin | Artists’ diaries from the Lewis Peatlands
Artists’ diaries from the Lewis Peatlands
See how a modern neural network auto-completes your text 🤗
This site, built by the Hugging Face team, lets you write a whole document directly from your browser, and you can trigger the Transformer anywhere using the Tab key. It’s like having a smart machine that completes your thoughts 😀
The Big Butterfly Count is a UK-wide survey aimed at helping us assess the health of our environment simply by counting the amount and type of butterflies (and some day-flying moths) we see.
‘Scotland small?’ by Hugh MacDiarmid | Scottish Poetry Library
Japanese White Eye – Limited Edition Fine Art Print | Richard Spare
Drypoint and watercolour
Somerset JPP Textured White 300gsm cotton paper
Image Size: 150 x 125mm
Paper Size: 285 x 255mm
enviro:bit micro:bit Kit – Pimoroni Store
Make a friendly weather station to sit on your windowsill, that keeps track of temperature, pressure, humidity, light and colour, and sound. A perfect way to introduce kids to sensors and science.
One of a few hundred generated by laying random images with imagemagick.
Blast from the past, I found a wee pile of these today.
