What will we do if LinkedIn, Instagram, Substack, Linktree or other social platforms disappear tomorrow? We'll go to our personal websites if we have them. I wrote in my newsletter about six reasons why a personal website is important. Have a read below 👇

Screen garden is closing. From their article: "Speaking personally, the rise of LLM integration in the Obsidian community also poisoned the well. I have zero interest in allowing a bag of weights to think for me. 1/3

The Miscellanea newsletter got a shout-out in DeveloPassion's Newsletter. Sebastien’s community space around obsidian, knowledge management and systems is a great place to hang out. And his Obsidian plugins are always thought through. Links below:

Larry, the Chief Mouser, still holds the fort.

19,999.

19,873 accounts on Eurosky.

Carlo Ginzburg est mort, annonce la presse italienne. Immense historien, il a su construire une oeuvre originale entre micro-histoire et anthropologie historique qui a considérablement renouvelé la discipline. www.repubblica.it/cultura/2026...

The nostalgia over blogs, forums, and the early internet, which you find on mainstream platforms (check Threads to see the performative posts), is in fact nostalgia for a culture of participation that worked. 1/3

Fashy Tech Bros: Back in Roman times, men were men. Just conquering the world with the boys, no time for woke feminist soi boi bullshit. Actual Roman who fought Hannibal: I'd like to share my recipe for poppyseed cheeseballs with you (Cato Agr. 79)

"I asked ChatGPT" is the new " I saw it on Facebook". #internet #ai #technology #sarcasm

New article: Kirsty Day and Iben Fonnesberg-Schmidt on 'Anger and Authority in the Letters of Pope Innocent III (1198–1216)' academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... #medieval

The concept of third spaces was coined by sociologist Ray Oldenburg in the 1970s. In his view, a third space is a social gathering environment different from the first space, the home, where private life happens, and the second space, the workplace, where professional life takes place. 1/3

I’ll just leave this here: “Technology only makes sense if it improves lives, respects our planet, and strengthens our collective autonomy.” — Boris Siegenthaler, founder of Infomaniak #internet #technology

Today, I received an email from Infomaniak, telling me that the newly created Infomaniak Foundation holds the majority of voting rights over the Infomaniak business. The foundation is a Swiss public-interest entity and has nine fundamental principles: - Independence - digital sovereignty 1/2

And you get shade for parked cars, and will consume less energy to cool when used again.

“A man like Dawkins being fooled by the marketing and mimicry of AI may be surprising, but it is not entirely unexpected. In fact, back in 2020, computer scientist Timnit Gebru anticipated exactly such a scenario. 1/3

In the next edition of my newsletter, I’ll write about third spaces: what they are, their importance, and how to find the balance between online and offline communities. Subscribe to get the next edition: danielprindii.com/ne... Goes live on Monday. #newsletter #technology #internet #community

“Three researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, Harry Jiang, Jordan Taylor, and William Agnew, surveyed nearly 400 professional visual artists about how generative AI has changed their working lives, income, opportunities, and outlook, and compiled the results into a paper they presented at 1/4

A “new” phrase is floating around in recent online discussions. It’s about “liquid content”, and it has nothing to do with physics. 1/5

More booksmaxxing, less looksmaxxing. #books

What happens when publishing platforms start blurring the lines between platform effects, brand, and email tool? And how can you run an independent newsletter with current website newsletter platforms? 1/2

Euromaxxing A great visual by The European Correspondent showing people’s attachment to Europe, region, or country. #europe #politics #news #euromaxxing

Apple bloom. #silentsunday #photography #spring

Schrodinger's Strait of Hormuz is a more accurate name. #politics #news #iran #USPolitics

You don't need AI for a cappuccino, ffs.

Spring white #SilentSunday #photography #cityscape #spring #nature

In my latest newsletter edition I write about digital ghost towns, how we lose our shared digital culture with every link that’s dying, and how social acceleration is changing our perception of space and time. #Newsletter #Technology #blog danielprindii.com/blog/miscell...

Made my day! 💚

🧯Hot off the press: Education in Religious Contexts of Late Antiquity (Cambridge Element) > free download until April 8! www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Digital ghost towns, link rot, indie web and forgotten ideas Remember MySpace? How about Clubhouse? Or Artifact? Is Medium a ghost town? Is Facebook one? All of this will be in tomorrow’s edition of my newsletter. Subscribe to get the edition: danielprindii.com/newsletter

We ask The Boring Company to build a Hyperloop, add some pumps, and fill it out with oil.

We exchanged the friction of discovery and curation for the commodity of the algorithm. The algorithmic interface promise was that it would be better at discovering the things we like. But we already see the results: polarisation, populism, low media literacy and a superficial digital landscape. 1/3

Publication – Lorenzo Tanzini, « La bancarotta di Firenze del 1345. Storia di una crisi economica nel Trecento. Nuova edizione » rmblf.be/2026/03/07/p...

AI: created to “optimise” workers. Used to transcribe Instagram screenshots. #internet #ai #technology

Canva acquired Cavalry, a motion design app. Someone wants to be the next Adobe. #canva #design www.canva.com/newsroom/new...

Soon Ai agents for the AI.

Kodak Color experiment with a Zenith camera #analogue #filmphotography #silentSunday #kodak #zenith

The next edition of the Miscellanea newsletter is out shortly. I’ve written about walled gardens, digital gardens, indie web and the POSSE concept: Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere. Goes out in an hour. danielprindii.com/newsletter

The vibes for this women's free skate could not be more different than they were in 2022. Just joy, no Anna Shcherbakova staring vacantly after winning gold or Sasha Trusova cursing Eteri out after getting silver.

Wow Shaidorov. #MilanoCortina #Olympics

Hello from the @eurosky.social side. Smooth migration, even with my custom domain.

From my Miscellanea newsletter: - a short podcast about Heidegger's "readiness to hand" - the chat experiment from Chile to show AI's water consumption - the BBC trailer for the Olympics. All on the blog: danielprindii.com/blog/miscell...

Help, Bluesky Historians! I'm working on a short article for my local historical society on a shipwreck from 1815. It carried a cargo of 'otto of roses'. How would this be used in that time period? I want to stay away from AI articles, so any help will be appreciated! 🗃️

My selection of alternatives to Big Tech apps. A journey started four years ago for a less enshittified digital life. #Bigtech #tech #europe

“Every time a politician casts doubt on the legitimacy of Parliament, because it does not represent ‘the voice of the people’ we can smell the whiff of eternal fascism...” Umberto Eco, Italian philosopher, author of The Name of the Rose, born #OTD 1932. Photo by Leonardo Cendamo

A Seminar to a Kill

15 min city means you can go to buy milk when you want pancakes at 9 pm on a Wednesday.

#MonochromeMonday Museum of the Moon by Luke Jerram. #Cluj #Transylvania

It’s happening!🚀 My first live webinar about Knowledge Bases will be on November 18th. The Introduction to Knowledge Bases webinar can help you: - structure information and documents - offer clarity and eliminate duplicates and outdated versions 1/2