Dave Winer
@scripting.com
I've been building around WordPress to create a social network based on RSS. I want to get out of being controlled by billionaire-owned sites. I have a feeling we may need a good backup given where we are now.
http://scripting.com/2025/08/28/140604.html
http://scripting.com/2025/08/28/140604.html
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"The wall looks permanent until the day it comes down."
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-wall-l...
Several people I know have used the word "beautiful" for this piece, and that's exactly right. A beautifully phrased essay on the bind we're in— until we aren't.
Recommended, in an extreme way.
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-wall-l...
Several people I know have used the word "beautiful" for this piece, and that's exactly right. A beautifully phrased essay on the bind we're in— until we aren't.
Recommended, in an extreme way.
The Wall Looks Permanent Until It Falls
On the optimism of preparation in a time of democratic decay.
data4democracy.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:32 AM
"The wall looks permanent until the day it comes down."
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-wall-l...
Several people I know have used the word "beautiful" for this piece, and that's exactly right. A beautifully phrased essay on the bind we're in— until we aren't.
Recommended, in an extreme way.
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-wall-l...
Several people I know have used the word "beautiful" for this piece, and that's exactly right. A beautifully phrased essay on the bind we're in— until we aren't.
Recommended, in an extreme way.
Next year there will be shows where you can hang out with the characters and talk with them about whatever you like.
January 12, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Next year there will be shows where you can hang out with the characters and talk with them about whatever you like.
I did some research into a UI feature of a desk accessory on the original 1984 Macintosh.
scripting.com/2026/01/12/2...
I want to use the mailbox flag icon from the alarm clock desk accessory, I have been looking for it for years, and finally ChatGPT was able to track it down, with screen ...
scripting.com/2026/01/12/2...
I want to use the mailbox flag icon from the alarm clock desk accessory, I have been looking for it for years, and finally ChatGPT was able to track it down, with screen ...
January 12, 2026 at 8:47 PM
I did some research into a UI feature of a desk accessory on the original 1984 Macintosh.
scripting.com/2026/01/12/2...
I want to use the mailbox flag icon from the alarm clock desk accessory, I have been looking for it for years, and finally ChatGPT was able to track it down, with screen ...
scripting.com/2026/01/12/2...
I want to use the mailbox flag icon from the alarm clock desk accessory, I have been looking for it for years, and finally ChatGPT was able to track it down, with screen ...
btw, writers will want this too, not just developers.
titles, linking, bold, italic, audio enclosures, the ability to edit and no character limit
these are all native features of the web. no excuse imho for not supporting them today.
textcasting.org
titles, linking, bold, italic, audio enclosures, the ability to edit and no character limit
these are all native features of the web. no excuse imho for not supporting them today.
textcasting.org
January 12, 2026 at 2:19 PM
btw, writers will want this too, not just developers.
titles, linking, bold, italic, audio enclosures, the ability to edit and no character limit
these are all native features of the web. no excuse imho for not supporting them today.
textcasting.org
titles, linking, bold, italic, audio enclosures, the ability to edit and no character limit
these are all native features of the web. no excuse imho for not supporting them today.
textcasting.org
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if I were making a bluesky client, I would get together with the other independent developers that are creating those clients and agree on adding features that bluesky itself doesn’t support and be compatible with each other.
For ideas of features you could add go here:
textcasting.org.
For ideas of features you could add go here:
textcasting.org.
Textcasting
Applying the philosophy of podcasting to text.
textcasting.org
January 12, 2026 at 1:49 AM
if I were making a bluesky client, I would get together with the other independent developers that are creating those clients and agree on adding features that bluesky itself doesn’t support and be compatible with each other.
For ideas of features you could add go here:
textcasting.org.
For ideas of features you could add go here:
textcasting.org.
if I were making a bluesky client, I would get together with the other independent developers that are creating those clients and agree on adding features that bluesky itself doesn’t support and be compatible with each other.
For ideas of features you could add go here:
textcasting.org.
For ideas of features you could add go here:
textcasting.org.
Textcasting
Applying the philosophy of podcasting to text.
textcasting.org
January 12, 2026 at 1:49 AM
if I were making a bluesky client, I would get together with the other independent developers that are creating those clients and agree on adding features that bluesky itself doesn’t support and be compatible with each other.
For ideas of features you could add go here:
textcasting.org.
For ideas of features you could add go here:
textcasting.org.
i wonder sometimes if we’re the last generation of humanoids for a variety of reasons.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 AM
i wonder sometimes if we’re the last generation of humanoids for a variety of reasons.
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Investors have no idea where to invest with the new tariff economy.
January 11, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Investors have no idea where to invest with the new tariff economy.
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I think that ICE is the continuation of Jan 6.
Difference: now they've had plenty of time to prepare, and there are a lot more of them, and a virtually infinite supply of money and time to build it out and lots of prior art to learn from. And probably no force that can stop it.
Difference: now they've had plenty of time to prepare, and there are a lot more of them, and a virtually infinite supply of money and time to build it out and lots of prior art to learn from. And probably no force that can stop it.
January 11, 2026 at 3:16 PM
I think that ICE is the continuation of Jan 6.
Difference: now they've had plenty of time to prepare, and there are a lot more of them, and a virtually infinite supply of money and time to build it out and lots of prior art to learn from. And probably no force that can stop it.
Difference: now they've had plenty of time to prepare, and there are a lot more of them, and a virtually infinite supply of money and time to build it out and lots of prior art to learn from. And probably no force that can stop it.
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Shepherd and Sheep, 1888 #danishart #pissarro
January 11, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Shepherd and Sheep, 1888 #danishart #pissarro
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What’s happening with ICE is like January 6 four years later with billions of dollars behind it and many months of planning and studying history for prior art.
Something that occurred to me watching football.
Something that occurred to me watching football.
January 11, 2026 at 12:12 AM
What’s happening with ICE is like January 6 four years later with billions of dollars behind it and many months of planning and studying history for prior art.
Something that occurred to me watching football.
Something that occurred to me watching football.
Bob Weir, Guitarist and Founding Member of the Grateful Dead, Dies at 78
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:38 AM
What’s happening with ICE is like January 6 four years later with billions of dollars behind it and many months of planning and studying history for prior art.
Something that occurred to me watching football.
Something that occurred to me watching football.
January 11, 2026 at 12:12 AM
What’s happening with ICE is like January 6 four years later with billions of dollars behind it and many months of planning and studying history for prior art.
Something that occurred to me watching football.
Something that occurred to me watching football.
We should start planning what kind of America we want.
January 10, 2026 at 11:17 PM
We should start planning what kind of America we want.
At the risk of stating the obvious, there isn’t much honesty in the journalism we get.
January 10, 2026 at 10:42 PM
At the risk of stating the obvious, there isn’t much honesty in the journalism we get.
Are there protests today in the US? Hard to tell by tuning into news networks.
January 10, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Are there protests today in the US? Hard to tell by tuning into news networks.
Trump will protect Iranian protestors, but kills American protestors.
January 10, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Trump will protect Iranian protestors, but kills American protestors.
We could have this in the USA. ❤️
January 10, 2026 at 9:03 PM
We could have this in the USA. ❤️
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N.I.C.E.
Be more like Canada 🇨🇦
Be more like Canada 🇨🇦
January 9, 2026 at 12:29 PM
N.I.C.E.
Be more like Canada 🇨🇦
Be more like Canada 🇨🇦
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A sign from one of Tucson’s five events today. Tons of people!
I also loved the sign that said, “OUR HUDDLED MASSES WILL KICK YOUR HOODED ASSES,” but I didn’t get a picture.
Oh, and getting a thumbs up from a cop who drove by was great, too!
I also loved the sign that said, “OUR HUDDLED MASSES WILL KICK YOUR HOODED ASSES,” but I didn’t get a picture.
Oh, and getting a thumbs up from a cop who drove by was great, too!
January 10, 2026 at 8:39 PM
A sign from one of Tucson’s five events today. Tons of people!
I also loved the sign that said, “OUR HUDDLED MASSES WILL KICK YOUR HOODED ASSES,” but I didn’t get a picture.
Oh, and getting a thumbs up from a cop who drove by was great, too!
I also loved the sign that said, “OUR HUDDLED MASSES WILL KICK YOUR HOODED ASSES,” but I didn’t get a picture.
Oh, and getting a thumbs up from a cop who drove by was great, too!
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BREAKING: Massive Crowds of Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota as we speak. The tide is turning. America is Fed Up.
Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.
Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.
January 10, 2026 at 8:23 PM
BREAKING: Massive Crowds of Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota as we speak. The tide is turning. America is Fed Up.
Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.
Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.
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Watching: WordLand Demo 2026: https://johnjohnston.info/blog/watching-wordland-demo-2026/
January 10, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Watching: WordLand Demo 2026: https://johnjohnston.info/blog/watching-wordland-demo-2026/
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.