Marty McGuire

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2022
Fri Jul 1
★ Liked https://ariadne.space/2022/07/01/a-silo-can-never-provide-digital-autonomy-to-its-users/
post a silo can never provide digital autonomy to its users
Lately there has been a lot of discussion about various silos and their activities, notably GitHub and an up and coming alternative to Tumblr called Cohost. I’d like to talk about both to make the point that silos do not, and can not elevate user freedoms, by design, even if …
★ Liked https://podcasting20.substack.com/p/its-not-really-about-rss
Thu Jun 30
★ Liked https://tedium.co/2020/04/07/technorati-blog-search-engine-history/
★ Liked https://blog.adafruit.com/2022/06/30/nyc-launches-industrial-working-group-to-chart-sectors-post-pandemic-future-adafruit-is-a-co-chair/
post from New York City launches a new Industrial Working Group – Adafruit Co-Chairs
NYC Launches Industrial Working Group to Chart Sector’s Post-Pandemic Future – Adafruit is a co-chairKickoff of 25-Member Group Delivers on Key Commitment in Mayor Adams’ Blueprint for NYC’s Economic RecoveryNEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today launched a new …
Wed Jun 29
★ Liked https://wilkie.how/posts/social-media
Tue Jun 28
★ Liked https://hidde.blog/dark-light/
Sat Jun 25
★ Liked https://pluralistic.net/2022/06/25/roe-v-wade-v-abortion/
Fri Jun 24
★ Liked https://kimberlyhirsh.com/2022/06/24/antiracism-daily-offers.html
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Anti-Racism Daily offers actions to take in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
★ Liked https://infrequently.org/2022/06/apple-is-not-defending-browser-engine-choice/
Thu Jun 23
★ Liked https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/11693-Exit-stage-left
Wed Jun 22
★ Liked https://www.mattmontag.com/music/chip-player-js
Mon Jun 20
★ Liked https://werd.io/2022/infosec-for-abortion-seekers
post from Infosec for abortion-seekers
We know from a leaked draft decision that over the next few days, it’s likely that the US Supreme Court will issue a ruling in Dobbs vs Jackson that will eliminate federal abortion protections.Here, from my colleagues at The 19th, is what abortion laws look like across the US …
★ Liked http://audreywatters.com/2022/06/19/this-week
Sat Jun 18
★ Liked https://www.jwz.org/blog/2022/06/rez-and-rezlikes/
Thu Jun 16
★ Liked https://whatisawridingmybikearoundtoday.com/2022/06/16/burned-flag-pole-at-31st-and-barclay-streets/
★ Liked https://neil.computer/notes/dear-spotify-can-we-just-get-table-of-songs/
Wed Jun 15
★ Liked https://adrianroselli.com/2022/06/internet-explorer-still-does-not-go-away-today.html
★ Liked https://david.shanske.com/2022/06/15/pingbacks-trackbacks-and-css-tricks/
post from Pingbacks, Trackbacks, and CSS-Tricks
Earlier today, a post was published on popular site CSS-Tricks that referenced my site and a post I’d written. My site has never been especially popular, and isn’t usually picked up in this way.
Tue Jun 14
★ Liked https://blog.adafruit.com/2022/06/14/the-12th-annual-interactive-show-cursed-technology-shop/
post from The 12th Annual Interactive Show: Cursed Technology Shop
A short vid to give ya an idea of the excellent vibes from the NYC Resistor 12th Annual Interactive Show: Cursed Technology Shop –
Mon Jun 13
★ Liked https://educatedguesswork.org/posts/web5-first-impressions/
★ Liked https://maya.land/responses/2022/06/12/robin-sloan-spring-83-initial-musing.html
post from initial musing on robin sloan's spring '83 protocol idea
Right okay! Robin Sloan is someone of whom we in maya dot land (all of us nibbling on lichen under the bridge here) think highly, and altweb projects are fantastic, so if you haven’t gone and read through his protocol proposal go do that! Little of what I write here will make …
Sat Jun 11
★ Liked https://michaelweinberg.org/blog/2022/06/11/lincoln-hand/
post from Lincoln Hand Shifter Knob
In the interest of celebrating the weirdness of open data, I want to share a quick project that exists because of open data: Abraham Lincoln’s left hand as the shifter knob of a 1995 Mazda truck.
★ Liked https://www.robinsloan.com/lab/specifying-spring-83/
★ Liked https://blog.mollywhite.net/is-acceptably-non-dystopian-self-sovereign-identity-even-possible/#fnref:fn4
★ Liked https://whatisawridingmybikearoundtoday.com/2022/06/10/looking-south-from-the-prison-at-eager-fallsway/
Fri Jun 10
★ Liked https://cristobal.space/writing/folk
★ Liked https://www.jwz.org/blog/2022/06/three-new-wordpress-plugins/
★ Liked https://www.miriamsuzanne.com/2022/06/09/the-spam/
post from The Spam Has Arrived
The other day, I posted an article about implementing webmentions on this site. Today, I’m battling an endless stream of spam in my mentions.
Thu Jun 9
★ Liked https://havenweb.org/2022/06/07/walled-gardens.html
post from Some thoughts on 'Some thoughts on walled gardens'
The IndieWeb is an awesome community of people building their own websites. In their words it “is a people-focused alternative to the corporate web.” James is a blogger who I found through that community and this morning he has a post titled Some thoughts on walled gardens. …
★ Liked https://blog.adafruit.com/2022/06/09/instagram-protect/
post from Protecting your personal Instagram account
Embarrassment, confusion, anger, upset, anxiety, defeat, anguish, hopelessness. These are just a few of the emotions that had been present. (editor’s note – Isaac was kind enough to share this story so other can learn and see what can happen, and how to solve it).On a restful …