We are 2/3rds through July. Terrific submissions to the #IndieWeb Carnival so far. I haven't written a piece yet. It's great to consider how cosplay and masks and dressing relate to our identities. If you write on your site, I invite you to share! artlung.com/identity-cos... #writing Thanks

Bricks are Heavy.

The WordPress community is moving away from Meetup.com. GatherPress, an open source event plugin built by the community, will serve as the foundation going forward. The team would love your thoughts if you organize events or want to help. make.wordpress.org/project/?p... #WordPressCommunity

Yesterday's session (a blog post) artlung.com/blog/2026/07...

@scottishtechnology.club An event to add to your list: html-day-edi.neocities.org 🙌

Why yes, I do have screenshots of when Twitter worked in the text browser Lynx. smorgasborg.artlung.com/twitter-on-l...

The rise of the IndieWeb IndieWeb? Schon wieder so ein hippes Buzzword-Dingens wie DataPortability, Synaptic oder Federated Social Web? Naja, irgendwie schon aber irgendwie auch nicht... ;) Seit dem ich das Internet für mich entdeckt... https://notiz.blog/2013/06/18/the-rise-of-the-indieweb/

Tomorrow we will once again, on Zoom, inspect HTML and CSS and #FrontEnd stuff from now, and then, and for the future during #IndieWeb event "Front End Study Hall" - hope to see you there! events.indieweb.org/2026/07/fron...

Jesus Chocolate Doughnuts

I will not be crossplaying Roxy Richter. Lord John Whorfin, however…

The best time to have backed up and exported your data from letterboxd was yesterday the next best time is right now

Bowling Alone pins the start of the collapse in 1965. the era of third spaces in america is literally exiting living memory. no wonder people think it's mythological.

Damn... RIP Dave Kendall, host of MTV's 120 Minutes. Kinda hard to fathom now, but back in the day you basically had 3 ways to get exposed to good, new, cool music: living somewhere w college radio station, hip older sibling, 120 Minutes. consequence.net/2026/07/dave...

I just read that Dave Kendall died. Kendall was the host of MTV's show "120 minutes" which promoted what would be come "alternative" music. A lot of my favorite music from the 1990s came at me first through that show. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Ke... RIP Dave.

Tomorrow we will once again, on Zoom, inspect HTML and CSS and #FrontEnd stuff from now, and then, and for the future during #IndieWeb event "Front End Study Hall" - hope to see you there! events.indieweb.org/2026/07/fron...

Okay, THIS is probably the final version of this poster... I incorporated some of the omissions people brought up, but this thing is literally stuffed *full* now - I thought it was overstuffed yesterday, but just this morning I squeezed in three more I though should be in there...

Buddy List: an AIM-style buddy list of your active Bluesky mutuals, no login necessary https://aim.cee.wtf/

Columnated ruins are domino-ing again. Surf's up.

Finished this weird bit

I am very much looking forward to San Diego Comic-Con 2026 next week. If you like indie websites and are attending #SDCC please do reach out! #SDCC2026

i am semi-official and I do know - you do NOT need a badge for all CCEL events. There are SO MANY great programs put on at #SDCentralLibrary if you are an #SDCC attendee with mobility issues, you can get a ride to the library, too! @sdpubliclibrary.bsky.social

So, they took it off Netflix, so we can't watch it there. Then I found out that my TV is too old to run the Paramount+ app. Well, they don't support it. Grumble. So can't watch it there. So, I took radical action and bought some DVDs.

Folks who live in Oceania and across Asia have a new #IndieWeb event! Check out events.indieweb.org/2026/08/home... hosted by Naty and covering all things personal and independent web!

@sdccblog.com I have a question about "Library Programs" - held at San Diego Central Library. Shiley Special Events Suite and Neil Morgan Auditorium - do these events require a Comic-Con badge? comiccon2026.sched.com/list/descrip...

Because my brain contains bizarre and terrible music references, I was reminded of, and then listened to “Dog Police” (1982) youtu.be/78Y-1plYJuQ …a novelty record that apparently spawned a failed tv pilot. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_Pol...

Nick Mamatas is for the children.

And Mother would say, "That's positive?!" and I'd say yes, because most of the characters resist the demands of the battle royale, and the only ones who enthusiastically participate are total psychopaths (compare this to The Hunger Games), and I moved like 40-50 copies this way...

All sports are made up.

I will take notice of nature today. #affirmations

Stacks: “Run HyperCard stacks directly on your modern Mac. No emulator required!” [morphing.cloud]

read this, which is good, then buy books (which are good) by @nmamatas.bsky.social. therepublicofletters.substack.com/p/down-from-...

Wrote about how John Oliver guest-starring on GENERAL HOSPITAL reminds us that we all need to find the ridiculous in life in order to survive it. consequence.net/2026/07/john...

To quote Walter Sobchak: “Am I the only one around here who gives a shit about the rules?”

@jeffjarvis.bsky.social Thanks for helping me with this, Jeff. And for pushing me into blogging a long time ago. pressthink.org/j/rosen-arch...

The only sci-fi writer who got everything right was JG Ballard

Puerto Rico should have been granted the option to become a US State decades ago. The islands of the Philippines could’ve been several states if they chose. Guam. American Samoa. DC. Hail, Columbia.

WHAT IF THE HOT PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT The Comics Journal has an exclusive sneak peek of Bimbo Agitprop, Raquelle Jac's dense, obsessive, remarkable debut--see more at https://ow.ly/4VjI50ZjMrn!

I’m sure in the miserable annals of the Earth, you will be duly enshrined.

I’m sure in the miserable annals of the Earth, you will be duly enshrined.

The Human Story of the Open Web STOP ME if you’ve heard this one: The members of an extended family spend years curating a shared online photo album. Then the website they posted on vanishes, flushing their collective memories away forever....

Stormtroopers have laundry day too flic.kr/p/fxhTWb

I was just remembering that there's a coin laundry in Ocean Beach with a Star Wars stormtrooper in the window. It surprised me. www.flickr.com/photos/artlu...

July! Comic-Con month. I challenge you to write about costume or clothing or masks and identity and physical presentation. This months' IndieWeb Carnival theme: "Masks, Identity & Cosplay" artlung.com/identity-cos... #IndieWeb #Blogging #Cosplay #Identity

July! Comic-Con month. I challenge you to write about costume or clothing or masks and identity and physical presentation. This months' IndieWeb Carnival theme: "Masks, Identity & Cosplay" artlung.com/identity-cos... #IndieWeb #Blogging #Cosplay #Identity

I’m watching the video for Randy Newman’s I Love LA (go dodgers) and in the middle of it there’s a shot of Disneyland’s sign out front in 1983, back when they were only open Wednesday to Sunday each week.

Mel Brooks appreciation story. I’m told my father took my mother to see The Producers movie on its first run on an early date. My mother laughed, yes, but my father laughed so much and so uncontrollably that my mother thought something might have been wrong with him. Anyway I exist. Happy 100 Mel!

found a good website www.animatedknots.com

I have made a new website: artlung.neocities.org ~ and naturally I created a new IndieWeb wiki profile page indieweb.org/User:Artlung... I love that the main interface shows you your web files, and has a link to download the whole site. Nice job @neocities.org #IndieWeb #smallweb

Review: "SUPERGIRL" (2026) Warner Bros & DC Studios curiously drop the best comic-book movie of 1996 in 2026 as the James Gunn DCU's wider vision (or maybe part of it?) possibly manifests into clarity as: "What If 90s Comics Were GOOD, Actually?" 😲 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVxz...

What, hey, #HTML and #CSS study hall Zoom will be held Thursday. We explore and learn to make WWW stuff together. An #IndieWeb Happening. events.indieweb.org/2026/06/fron...