The latest from @tamrynspruill.bsky.social on AI and why we're not using it at @kaleidaweb.com. Excellent read with tons of resources and links! ➡️ kaleidaweb.com/ai-is-overra...

AI is overrated and unnecessary We're taking a stand against slop + AI at kaleidaweb.com. Our latest blog by Tamryn Spruill @tamrynspruill.bsky.social expands on it all. "Artificial Intelligence (AI) is, as its name implies, artificial, and incongruous to intellect." kaleidaweb.com/ai-is-overra...

Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

Choosing your security and privacy tools is an ongoing process, not a one-time purchase or download. ssd.eff.org/en/module/c...

The @altmetric.com on the @whysharksmatter.bsky.social @drjuliawester.bsky.social study academic.oup.com/icb/advance-... really tells the story, doesn't it?

It’s Content Independence Day: Cloudflare, along with a majority of the world's leading publishers and AI companies, is changing the default to block AI crawlers unless they pay creators for their content. blog.cloudflare.com/content-inde...

Cloudflare is making it easier for publishers and content creators of all sizes to prevent their content from being scraped for AI training by managing robots.txt on their behalf. blog.cloudflare.com/control-cont...

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It's #Juneteenth. Please join us in celebrating freedom then and committing to continue to fight for freedom and equality everyday. 🖤🤎 #Juneteenth #FreedomDay #NoKings

HAPPY PRIDE ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩷🩵🤎🖤

working on a spiffy new vertical scrolling section 📜 more at kaleidaweb.com #webdesign #UX #design #webdev

Signed and donated. Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine are so important.

Please take a minute to help save the Internet Archive and Wayback Machine! Sign the petition here: chng.it/4wD6JrDzZC

blue checks for bsky! a welcome addition was just announced. friendly reminder: we can help you or your business self-verify with your domain name and a website at kaleidaweb.com/bluesky-services

A look at our reporting system, showing metrics from Google Analytics and detailed, custom recap of performance, updates, backups, and security tasks. They are visually appealing, understandable and a big hit with clients! ➡️ Learn more about our #WordPress #WebMaintenance services at kaleidaweb.com

EFF’s @legind.bsky.social spoke with @lifehackerofficial.bsky.social about the best browsers for protecting privacy, and while opinions may vary, there’s agreement on one thing: It ain’t Chrome.

Joined the Easton Chamber of Commerce today. Excited to continue to help out fellow members and the local Easton, MA community with #WebDesign and #WebMaintenance... in a more official capacity! We're good humans. We code + care. 🫶 Learn more about working with us on your site at kaleidaweb.com.

Happy to help new clients! Eames Insurance of Mansfield, MA just signed up for web maintenance for their site with plans for a redesign in the near future... stay tuned. we can help your business on the web ➡️ kaleidaweb.com #webdev #smallbiz #webdesign

Finally, social media that's billionaire-proof. ⚡ Bluesky's first IRL ads spotted in @boston.gov @mbta.com.

please don't post on substack. we can help you get a stellar site up quickly and fully representing you and your values. not the values of billionaire VCs destroying the planet. your domain. your content. your control. check out our portfolio and web design options for everyone at kaleidaweb.com

Focus.

When laws are rushed, rights get trampled. The Take It Down Act can be easily abused. Tell Congress to stop it.

We have the Target 40 day boycott that’s already underway. Tomorrow starts the Amazon boycott.

Bluesky adds a 'followers only' reply option and more. techcrunch.com/2025/02/18/b...

Fresh new header for 2025 for Campus Child Care's administrative team. Formatted to ensure photo cropping looks nice across devices. They're on a maintenance plan for their website and edits like these are included. 🏠 kaleidaweb.com 🎒 campuschildcareinc.org #WebDesign #WebMaintenance #WebDev

ah, the yearly tradition of updating new client copyright dates and adding code to automate next year.

Wishing everyone the best in 2025.

You can request personal content removed from Google Search in the link below. support.google.com/websearch/co...

Happy 28 years to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Thank you for offering a fast, easy way to manage web site look and feel. #webdev #webdesign 🔗 www.w3.org/press-releas...

“There's no one-size-fits-all security solution" to protect digital privacy & bodily autonomy, "so the best thing anyone can do is prepare now & figure out what will work best if you need those contingency plans,” EFF’s Daly Barnett told @rewirenewsgroup.com.

WordPress hosting firm Automattic and its CEO Matthew Mullenweg have been ordered to stop interfering with the business of rival WP Engine. WP Engine wins injunction against Automattic • The Register www.theregister.com/2024/12/11/w...

Had a great chat with Katie on the challenges of T&S scaling at Bluesky. Take a listen! PS: I just call myself head of T&S since there’s no point in title inflation in a startup.

helping clients diversify their sites with inclusive media and content #webdev #webdesign

Like privacy? Hate censorship? You should be an EFF member! We've been fighting for the user for more than 30 years.

I know it’s absolutely trite to say, but this - THIS - is the dream of the open internet. Crazily great

By popular request, here's how to add Bluesky replies as your blog's comment section! This requires some technical know-how for now, but I'm hoping that we see some no-code solutions for this pop up soon, like Ghost or Wordpress plugins. emilyliu.me/blog/comments

🔒 Release announcement: WordPress 6.7.1 is now available! This is a maintenance release featuring 16 bug fixes in total. It's recommended to always run the latest version of WordPress, so update today! More information can be found in this post: wordpress.org/news/2024/11... #WordPress

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

How the foundation of Bluesky was built is so crucial for the future of social — so much so that @rmac.bsky.social & I wrote a whole chapter about it in our book. From day 1, @jay.bsky.team was insistent on independence, a decision that was extraordinarily prescient. (1/2)

Bluesky explained in 60 seconds!

@support.bsky.team can you add functionality to embed posts in Wordpress? Thanks!

Fresh coffee is brewed as we setup Bluesky domain verifications for a few clients today as part of their Web Care plan. Contact us if you need help with your business or organization. We can quickly migrate your data and get you set up.

Another day, another million new people have joined Bluesky! 18M users? 🙂‍↔️ 18M friends 🙂‍↕️

If you're on X and don't want your data used for AI: Visit: x.com/settings/gro... - or - From the menu: More > Settings and Privacy > Privacy and safety > Grok Uncheck the box “Allow your posts as well as your interactions, inputs, and results with Grok to be used for training and fine-tuning”

Info + helpful tools to quickly get started on @bsky.app. Folks are done with the misinfo, hate speech, busted algorithm, offensive content, and bots on Musk's network. We break down the differences with tips how to switch to Bluesky efficiently, with your content. kaleidaweb.com/bluesky-the-...

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Check out our handle @kaleidaweb.com! It uses our custom domain kaleidaweb.com, which also allows us to use our verified identity across social networks built with @atproto.com. It's easy to do if you own a website through DNS, and Bluesky offers a service to help if not: bsky.social/about/blog/4...