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𝒻𝑜𝓁𝓀𝒾𝒻𝓎𝒾𝓃𝑔 how we create and commune on the web with @folkjs.org
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These principles name the opposite of the oppressive design elements being used against us, but like other cyberlibertarian frameworks, they stop short of the root cause: politics. Liberation depends on shifting political power, because power determines which values take hold.
resonantcomputing.org
resonantcomputing.org
The Resonant Computing Manifesto
Technology should bring out the best in humanity, not the worst—a manifesto for resonant computing built on five principles that reject hyper-scale extraction for human flourishing.
resonantcomputing.org
December 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
These principles name the opposite of the oppressive design elements being used against us, but like other cyberlibertarian frameworks, they stop short of the root cause: politics. Liberation depends on shifting political power, because power determines which values take hold.
resonantcomputing.org
resonantcomputing.org
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I did a study of now many users in the atproto world (Bluesky and the broader Atmosphere) have strong control over their identities via rotation keys or other methods
Rotation Key Census, December 2025
Census of rotation keys and other ways of asserting strong control over identity on the Atmosphere
rob.leaflet.pub
December 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I did a study of now many users in the atproto world (Bluesky and the broader Atmosphere) have strong control over their identities via rotation keys or other methods
Remember when the DMCA was passed and the publishers lobbying it claimed it would protect individual artists 🤡
Miles Morales co-creator Sara Pichelli says she does not get any royalties from the ‘Spider-Verse’ films, Insomniac games, or merch
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
December 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Remember when the DMCA was passed and the publishers lobbying it claimed it would protect individual artists 🤡
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i wrote about my new tagline: "software you can touch"
how to touch is also to be seen. it's simple but it invites curiosity, participation, and ultimately, collaboration
news.spencer.place/p/software-y...
how to touch is also to be seen. it's simple but it invites curiosity, participation, and ultimately, collaboration
news.spencer.place/p/software-y...
software you can touch
[TI-23] being seen through experience and personal mantras
news.spencer.place
December 5, 2025 at 6:11 AM
i wrote about my new tagline: "software you can touch"
how to touch is also to be seen. it's simple but it invites curiosity, participation, and ultimately, collaboration
news.spencer.place/p/software-y...
how to touch is also to be seen. it's simple but it invites curiosity, participation, and ultimately, collaboration
news.spencer.place/p/software-y...
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anyone know any Good Discourse on "what is programming anyway"?
random examples of Good Discourse:
- Melanie Hoff's "Always Already Programming" (gist.github.com/melaniehoff/...) & Lucy Keer's reflection on it (lucykeer.com/notebucket/a...)
- PROGRAMme (programme.hypotheses.org)
random examples of Good Discourse:
- Melanie Hoff's "Always Already Programming" (gist.github.com/melaniehoff/...) & Lucy Keer's reflection on it (lucykeer.com/notebucket/a...)
- PROGRAMme (programme.hypotheses.org)
December 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
anyone know any Good Discourse on "what is programming anyway"?
random examples of Good Discourse:
- Melanie Hoff's "Always Already Programming" (gist.github.com/melaniehoff/...) & Lucy Keer's reflection on it (lucykeer.com/notebucket/a...)
- PROGRAMme (programme.hypotheses.org)
random examples of Good Discourse:
- Melanie Hoff's "Always Already Programming" (gist.github.com/melaniehoff/...) & Lucy Keer's reflection on it (lucykeer.com/notebucket/a...)
- PROGRAMme (programme.hypotheses.org)
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IETF gave us the open internet. But consensus has gravity, and gravity pulls toward power.
Here is my short thought on the hidden dynamics of standardization.
Here is my short thought on the hidden dynamics of standardization.
A Note on Standards and Capture
Standards gave us interoperability. Autonomy gives us innovation. A short reflection on using both tools wisely to build the future we want.
blog.tree.fail
November 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
IETF gave us the open internet. But consensus has gravity, and gravity pulls toward power.
Here is my short thought on the hidden dynamics of standardization.
Here is my short thought on the hidden dynamics of standardization.
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To "own" your data on ATProto you need to be able to adversarially migrate your PDS away from a hostile host. That requires a rotation key and a backup of your PDS (see www.da.vidbuchanan.co.uk/blog/adversa...). Currently ~0.004% of users hosted by bluesky have rotation keys...
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 AM
To "own" your data on ATProto you need to be able to adversarially migrate your PDS away from a hostile host. That requires a rotation key and a backup of your PDS (see www.da.vidbuchanan.co.uk/blog/adversa...). Currently ~0.004% of users hosted by bluesky have rotation keys...
To "own" your data on ATProto you need to be able to adversarially migrate your PDS away from a hostile host. That requires a rotation key and a backup of your PDS (see www.da.vidbuchanan.co.uk/blog/adversa...). Currently ~0.004% of users hosted by bluesky have rotation keys...
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 AM
To "own" your data on ATProto you need to be able to adversarially migrate your PDS away from a hostile host. That requires a rotation key and a backup of your PDS (see www.da.vidbuchanan.co.uk/blog/adversa...). Currently ~0.004% of users hosted by bluesky have rotation keys...
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One of the top comments, “alive internet theory”
The Podrace but I made all the sounds with my human mouth - Part 1
YouTube video by Liam's Newly Rebranded Entertainment Franchise
youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
One of the top comments, “alive internet theory”
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i genuinely am concerned this protocol is going to favor service providers over time and then we just reinvent web 2.0 with added friction and none of the meaningful decentralization we’ve been promised
December 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
i genuinely am concerned this protocol is going to favor service providers over time and then we just reinvent web 2.0 with added friction and none of the meaningful decentralization we’ve been promised
December 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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In works such as Tools for Conviviality (1973), he argued that technologies are never neutral: they can either expand human autonomy or quietly undermine it.
2/
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December 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
In works such as Tools for Conviviality (1973), he argued that technologies are never neutral: they can either expand human autonomy or quietly undermine it.
2/
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Has anyone written about how the "Abundance" argument is just recycled from the technofeudalism cult that Elon Musk's grandfather was involved in?
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Has anyone written about how the "Abundance" argument is just recycled from the technofeudalism cult that Elon Musk's grandfather was involved in?
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A lost art in modern web dev is using the DOM event system for behavioral extensibility.
Sub-components can close their own UI loop + fire custom events for changes. Since dispatchEvent() is synchronous, parent components can override or cancel via preventDefault(). This makes components free-standing islands that can alternatively be fully routed through parent, Elm style.
December 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
A lost art in modern web dev is using the DOM event system for behavioral extensibility.
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We have Custom Elements, but do we also need Custom Attributes?
This was discussed at TPAC. Is it something you'd like on the platform?
https://github.com/WICG/webcomponents/issues/1029
This was discussed at TPAC. Is it something you'd like on the platform?
https://github.com/WICG/webcomponents/issues/1029
December 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We have Custom Elements, but do we also need Custom Attributes?
This was discussed at TPAC. Is it something you'd like on the platform?
https://github.com/WICG/webcomponents/issues/1029
This was discussed at TPAC. Is it something you'd like on the platform?
https://github.com/WICG/webcomponents/issues/1029
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Appception: British Airways’s app using a WebView to embed their website, which recommends installing the app I’m already on 😅
December 1, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Appception: British Airways’s app using a WebView to embed their website, which recommends installing the app I’m already on 😅
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Dogspinning @ Corsica Studios for the last time!!
November 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Dogspinning @ Corsica Studios for the last time!!
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My agency as a person seeking to read a PDF has very little to do with the PDF file format; I have agency because feature-complete PDF readers are a ubiquitous commodity.
The freedom afforded by #ATProto is no freedom at all while Bluesky remains a supermassive singularity within the network.
The freedom afforded by #ATProto is no freedom at all while Bluesky remains a supermassive singularity within the network.
We knew from the start we can’t get everything right. Moderation is a hard problem, and it’s impossible to please everyone. So we built a protocol where you always have the right to leave. If you don’t trust us, or don’t like our decisions, you deserve the right to choose an alternative.
September 13, 2025 at 6:41 AM
My agency as a person seeking to read a PDF has very little to do with the PDF file format; I have agency because feature-complete PDF readers are a ubiquitous commodity.
The freedom afforded by #ATProto is no freedom at all while Bluesky remains a supermassive singularity within the network.
The freedom afforded by #ATProto is no freedom at all while Bluesky remains a supermassive singularity within the network.
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New: *Looseleaf* publishing — a way to publish standalone Leaflets on AT Protocol! 📝🍃
We started with publications on atproto; now we're bringing it all together so _anything_ you write on Leaflet, incl single documents / posts, can be 'atprotated' :)
Learn more in thread! ⬇️
We started with publications on atproto; now we're bringing it all together so _anything_ you write on Leaflet, incl single documents / posts, can be 'atprotated' :)
Learn more in thread! ⬇️
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
New: *Looseleaf* publishing — a way to publish standalone Leaflets on AT Protocol! 📝🍃
We started with publications on atproto; now we're bringing it all together so _anything_ you write on Leaflet, incl single documents / posts, can be 'atprotated' :)
Learn more in thread! ⬇️
We started with publications on atproto; now we're bringing it all together so _anything_ you write on Leaflet, incl single documents / posts, can be 'atprotated' :)
Learn more in thread! ⬇️
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Hey, I just launched an app called Antler. The app showcases how we can rebuilt WeChat Mini Apps, but using open web standards.
dmathewwws.com/antler-an-ir...
dmathewwws.com/antler-an-ir...
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Hey, I just launched an app called Antler. The app showcases how we can rebuilt WeChat Mini Apps, but using open web standards.
dmathewwws.com/antler-an-ir...
dmathewwws.com/antler-an-ir...
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Adjacent point, there is nothing inherently ubiquitous about plain text in computing. It took decades of standardization, adoption, and gradual convergence of a behemoth of infrastructure that now resides in every computing environment that we take for granted.
nah i think DBs in any form (including my beloved CRDTs) are almost always a "least worst" option for end user software.
if i have a plain text file i can read it, i can edit it, i can open it in ~any program. the barrier to doing anything useful with a sqlite db or an automerge doc is way higher.
if i have a plain text file i can read it, i can edit it, i can open it in ~any program. the barrier to doing anything useful with a sqlite db or an automerge doc is way higher.
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Adjacent point, there is nothing inherently ubiquitous about plain text in computing. It took decades of standardization, adoption, and gradual convergence of a behemoth of infrastructure that now resides in every computing environment that we take for granted.
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Composing capability security and conflict-free replicated data types spritely.institute/news/composi...
Capability security AND local-first chat?! Two great tastes that taste great together! Plus try our tasty demo, live on the blogpost: Brassica Chat!
Capability security AND local-first chat?! Two great tastes that taste great together! Plus try our tasty demo, live on the blogpost: Brassica Chat!
November 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Composing capability security and conflict-free replicated data types spritely.institute/news/composi...
Capability security AND local-first chat?! Two great tastes that taste great together! Plus try our tasty demo, live on the blogpost: Brassica Chat!
Capability security AND local-first chat?! Two great tastes that taste great together! Plus try our tasty demo, live on the blogpost: Brassica Chat!