Many yearn for the "good old days" of the web. We could have those good old days back — or something even better — and if anything, it would be easier now than it ever was.
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Molly White
Many yearn for the "good old days" of the web. We could have those good old days back — or something even better — and if anything, it would be easier now than it ever was. https://www.citationneeded.news/we-can-have-a-different-web/
Molly White
So excited to hear that the Ghost blogging software is going to support federation via ActivityPub! https://activitypub.ghost.org/ If you sign up for updates, they have a survey where they're asking for feedback. Now's your chance to get your suggestions in!
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Phillip :unverified:
@molly0xfff this is huge!! I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for it's release 👀👀
Michael Vilain
@molly0xfff I haven't parsed how to use Ghost like I would patreon or substack. I subscribe to ghost newsletters but there doesn't seem to be a way to login to ghost without being creator and paying a fee. I want to use the ghost login like my Patreon page and my old substack page where I can subscribe and unsubscribe newsletters. I don't see a way to do that. Have I misunderstood their model? I subscribe to your newsletter and platformer as discreet content rather than under a centralized Ghost account.
thomas bohn
@molly0xfff when I read your newsletter with an RSS reader they display your icon next to the audio player above the player and very big.
Molly White
i am so over the web design trend where every piece of text on the page has to animate in
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Angel Ponce
@molly0xfff The product conversation probably went something like this: Designers/Developers: Which sections do you think we should emphasize with animation? Stakeholder/Client: Yes. At work, we've had clients leave because competitors offer "better" design, and by better, they mean it looks like Michael Bay directed the million animations running on the site.
Molly White
all the snuggles for this little lady today
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Nihl L'Amas
@molly0xfff here, wapo's advice is only $1 per week https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2023/09/04/sandwich-recipes-lunch-work-school/
Alexander The 1st
Pasta - $26.99 Somebody who is good at this economy help me balance my budget.
Molly White
super cool that all these companies have decided to make customers opt OUT of having their data sold for AI training purposes "but no one would do it if it was opt-in!" yeah, THAT IS THE PROBLEM
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OldTurk🗽Focus: #FreeAssange
Molly White
finally! i've always wished i could look at my #NFTs on [checks notes] the dashboard of my mercedes
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Molly White
My Citation Needed newsletter is no longer on Substack!
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Sarah Schumacher
@molly0xfff appreciate your explanation and the technical details about your migration. I'd considered Substack in the past for the network effects, but had never been able to get past not owning my own content. I build websites for a living though, so in a lot of ways it's an easier decision. I haven't followed this closely but I really feel for all the writers trying to figure out what to do.
♿🔞 Many the Mousetacular
@molly0xfff woo!! i'm glad it has a more easily found RSS link, too, gonna go migrate my feed reeder to the new link now!
Molly White
i appreciate whoever writes the @signalapp release notes
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Nour (aka Autistic Enby) 🏳️⚧️
@molly0xfff I also like Slack's release notes, but I don't think they're as fun as they used to be. Also honorable mention to Discord, but I think they often overdo it.
paulie4
@molly0xfff @signalapp had this great message on July 19, 2023 for its 6.26.0 update:
Molly White
always remember to double check the destination wallet address before sending the down payment to the hitman you've hired to kill your girlfriend https://justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/doctor-pleads-guilty-dark-web-murder-hire-plot
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C++ guy
@molly0xfff The story is vague about whether the hitman was an agent or whether the FBI found out about the hit in some other way. But is $16,000 really all it costs to have someone killed? That’s scary.
Greg Stolze
@molly0xfff Ah hah ha, I wrote something very similar. It's called A SERIES OF ONE-SIDED CONVERSATIONS. http://gregstolze.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/OneSided.pdf
Molly White
Yes, the enthusiasm for NFTs has cratered, but we shouldn't use junk analysis to make that point. Too many news outlets uncritically reprinted a bad "study", and the resulting eye-catching headline was widely shared. https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/news-flash-95-of-nfts-have-always
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Gazoche
@molly0xfff Thanks Molly for your moral integrity. I can't overstate how refreshing it feels to see someone calling out misinformation, even when it goes in the direction of their own beliefs. Also, you're selling yourself short with that drawing 😄
Jason Petersen
@molly0xfff regardless of the study or whatever amount buyers and sellers value them at, they are still—all of them—worthless, which is the important point to drive home.
Molly White
Seeing talk of chrome orbs that will give you crypto in exchange for your biometrics? That's Worldcoin, and and these are some of the risks we would need to consider if it became widespread. https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/worldcoin-a-solution-in-search-of
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Peter Nimmo
@molly0xfff “Innovative ideas in mechanism design and the attribution of social relationships will be necessary“ is an amazing way of saying "We don't know how to fix this"- this being an issue which, to me, looks like a fatal flaw
STRÖMBLAD
@molly0xfff I will also admit to my great ignorance and lack of understanding of the greater cryptocurrency ecosystem. Great article!
Brindy
@molly0xfff great essay! I am curious what your quantum computing prediction is? Sooner or later than Halpin? Or perhaps something else?
Molly White
wikipedia editors hard at work on the article about the titan submersible implosion
Molly White
with bluesky using domains for usernames, the time has finally come for of us who've somewhat habitually collected bizarro domains over the years
Molly White
last year i discovered that law360.com required a "professional email address" to sign up for free, which is how i came to be the proud owner of fartbag.lol
Molly White
every so often one of those twitter spam DMs is ever so slightly compelling
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Molly White
while going through a16z's massive list of portfolio companies i found that they invested in what appears to be some sort of rent-an-egirl service
Molly White
Feedly is really out here pretending they didn't just advertise "track[ing] strikes that pose a risk to company assets"
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ryan onstott
@molly0xfff weird how gaslighting is just the outward (PR) language of tech companies now
drukac
@molly0xfff Does Feedly want us to believe they are selling technology that can make the right call on some of the riskiest and most volatile job situations, and then refer to the benefits as assets and not human lives? They already forgot what they wrote.
Molly White
happy UTC april fools' day, this wikipedian's least favorite holiday
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@molly0xfff Oh good god d*** it. It’s like reading server logs but they’re intentionally trolling.
Molly White
if you're trying to migrate off feedly, here's how to export an .opml file to import all of your feeds into a new RSS reader |
@molly0xfff It's so good to read something with a positive and encouraging bottom line. Thanks for this article.
@molly0xfff
This metaphor of the garden works so well!
@molly0xfff This was a lovely read to start my day with. Thank you for writing it!