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
Bush at the start of the Iraq war when MSNBC called him a visionary. He looked pretty lost at the time, I remember -- and we all hoped that wasn't true, we hoped he knew what he was doing. That's when we learned he was utterly hopeless as a chief executive and commander in chief.
January 3, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Bush at the start of the Iraq war when MSNBC called him a visionary. He looked pretty lost at the time, I remember -- and we all hoped that wasn't true, we hoped he knew what he was doing. That's when we learned he was utterly hopeless as a chief executive and commander in chief.
this appeared in gmail.
looks like i ran out of space a long time ago, no warning.
there's nothing there that i need to keep.
certainly anything older than the statute of limitations could go.
but they make you delete items 32 at a time, with confirmation.
they want the money obviously.
looks like i ran out of space a long time ago, no warning.
there's nothing there that i need to keep.
certainly anything older than the statute of limitations could go.
but they make you delete items 32 at a time, with confirmation.
they want the money obviously.
December 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
this appeared in gmail.
looks like i ran out of space a long time ago, no warning.
there's nothing there that i need to keep.
certainly anything older than the statute of limitations could go.
but they make you delete items 32 at a time, with confirmation.
they want the money obviously.
looks like i ran out of space a long time ago, no warning.
there's nothing there that i need to keep.
certainly anything older than the statute of limitations could go.
but they make you delete items 32 at a time, with confirmation.
they want the money obviously.
#1 movie when you were ten years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
December 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
#1 movie when you were ten years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
when i went to this address in chrome --
feed.shadowsky.io/xrpc/app.bsk...
i got an error --
Error generating feed: column p.author_handle does not exist
when i referenced the address in curl, i got a JSON object that looks interesting but does not appear to be RSS.
screen shot follows
feed.shadowsky.io/xrpc/app.bsk...
i got an error --
Error generating feed: column p.author_handle does not exist
when i referenced the address in curl, i got a JSON object that looks interesting but does not appear to be RSS.
screen shot follows
December 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
when i went to this address in chrome --
feed.shadowsky.io/xrpc/app.bsk...
i got an error --
Error generating feed: column p.author_handle does not exist
when i referenced the address in curl, i got a JSON object that looks interesting but does not appear to be RSS.
screen shot follows
feed.shadowsky.io/xrpc/app.bsk...
i got an error --
Error generating feed: column p.author_handle does not exist
when i referenced the address in curl, i got a JSON object that looks interesting but does not appear to be RSS.
screen shot follows
I want to know if they make out before the season is over.
You know who I mean. 😇
You know who I mean. 😇
November 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I want to know if they make out before the season is over.
You know who I mean. 😇
You know who I mean. 😇
RSS 2.0, the antidote to enshitification.
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
RSS 2.0, the antidote to enshitification.
One of my recent, short, posts is getting a lot of traffic.
scripting.com/2025/11/20.h...
We have to come up with a way to use AI apps without them behaving like humans if we want to retain our identity as a species.
scripting.com/2025/11/20.h...
We have to come up with a way to use AI apps without them behaving like humans if we want to retain our identity as a species.
November 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
One of my recent, short, posts is getting a lot of traffic.
scripting.com/2025/11/20.h...
We have to come up with a way to use AI apps without them behaving like humans if we want to retain our identity as a species.
scripting.com/2025/11/20.h...
We have to come up with a way to use AI apps without them behaving like humans if we want to retain our identity as a species.
Screen shot of a blog post that appears on Mastodon thanks to the WordPress/ActivityPub bridge. It feels totally natural, unless someone points it out you probably wouldn't notice.
November 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Screen shot of a blog post that appears on Mastodon thanks to the WordPress/ActivityPub bridge. It feels totally natural, unless someone points it out you probably wouldn't notice.
Blog posts on Mastodon from my blog, scripting.com.
mastodon.social/@scripting@d...
Thanks to the wpcom API, and ActivityPub, the pieces fit together, I'm editing in *my* editor, and all the publishing it taken care of via software that seems to work really well.
Screen shot below.
mastodon.social/@scripting@d...
Thanks to the wpcom API, and ActivityPub, the pieces fit together, I'm editing in *my* editor, and all the publishing it taken care of via software that seems to work really well.
Screen shot below.
November 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Blog posts on Mastodon from my blog, scripting.com.
mastodon.social/@scripting@d...
Thanks to the wpcom API, and ActivityPub, the pieces fit together, I'm editing in *my* editor, and all the publishing it taken care of via software that seems to work really well.
Screen shot below.
mastodon.social/@scripting@d...
Thanks to the wpcom API, and ActivityPub, the pieces fit together, I'm editing in *my* editor, and all the publishing it taken care of via software that seems to work really well.
Screen shot below.
this wins the award for density of lies.
November 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
this wins the award for density of lies.
gmail now insists on writing my replies for me. if i want to say something else i have to delete their reply.
i've tried turning off all the settings i can find and it keeps doing this.
i've tried turning off all the settings i can find and it keeps doing this.
November 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
gmail now insists on writing my replies for me. if i want to say something else i have to delete their reply.
i've tried turning off all the settings i can find and it keeps doing this.
i've tried turning off all the settings i can find and it keeps doing this.
Reality check. Did you ever think this cartoon would apply to the United States government?
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Reality check. Did you ever think this cartoon would apply to the United States government?
John Borthwick and Matt Mullenweg in NYC..
November 5, 2025 at 11:11 PM
John Borthwick and Matt Mullenweg in NYC..
his campaign promises are definitely dishonest, maybe that isn't the right word -- aspirational, to give it a positive spin.
or it's just bullshit. the ny mayor can't do any of that without a lot other politicians signing on.
the unions are going to have a lot of fun with him.
or it's just bullshit. the ny mayor can't do any of that without a lot other politicians signing on.
the unions are going to have a lot of fun with him.
November 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
his campaign promises are definitely dishonest, maybe that isn't the right word -- aspirational, to give it a positive spin.
or it's just bullshit. the ny mayor can't do any of that without a lot other politicians signing on.
the unions are going to have a lot of fun with him.
or it's just bullshit. the ny mayor can't do any of that without a lot other politicians signing on.
the unions are going to have a lot of fun with him.
This is the city the mayor of NY supposedly governs.
October 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This is the city the mayor of NY supposedly governs.
This is a product i created a few years back but it went off the air when Twitter exploded for app devs, now it's back and still lovely.
tv.bingeworthy.org
tv.bingeworthy.org
October 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This is a product i created a few years back but it went off the air when Twitter exploded for app devs, now it's back and still lovely.
tv.bingeworthy.org
tv.bingeworthy.org
One more slide from my presentation.
October 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
One more slide from my presentation.
Working on my slides for WordCamp Canada.
This is one of them.
This is one of them.
October 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Working on my slides for WordCamp Canada.
This is one of them.
This is one of them.
Working on my slides for WordCamp Canada next week.
I don't think I'll actually use the F-word in the slide. But I it makes me laugh when I see it.
It's funny because it's true. ;-)
I don't think I'll actually use the F-word in the slide. But I it makes me laugh when I see it.
It's funny because it's true. ;-)
October 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Working on my slides for WordCamp Canada next week.
I don't think I'll actually use the F-word in the slide. But I it makes me laugh when I see it.
It's funny because it's true. ;-)
I don't think I'll actually use the F-word in the slide. But I it makes me laugh when I see it.
It's funny because it's true. ;-)