@firstdogonmoon We all feel your pain re music streaming services. However, have you tried out @Bandcamp? And they're introducing sharable, user-generated playlists to benefit artists. AND today is #BandcampFriday 🙂 https://bandcamp.com/about_playlists
@Documentally Muchas gracias. I think WordPress is on the verge where one can use it as a full Fediverse instance, including interfacing with others (currently you can Follow but not interface). More here ("Following Others"): https://activitypub.blog/2025/07/23/7-1-0-polishing-tables/ I'm excited about prospect of being master of my domain, literally 🙂 I'll come back to you when WordPress... Continue Reading →
@Documentally Hey Christian, I'm an avid reader (alas non-paying subscriber) of your newsletter. Have you tinkered with WordPress's ActivityPub? Hoping to ultimately transfer my account at Mastodon.ie server over to Automattic's completely. Thought I'd ask you this Federation query. All the best, Allan
Underscores the importance of maintaining access to official documents and the role of archiving, as highlighted by the Quill Project. For online records, archiving services such as Wayback Machine (http://www.archive.org) are useful. Fintan O’Toole: Official documents are…
@JP_Biz Beautiful image, John. Well captured.
The Guardian: From polling to pasta quantities: Edith Pritchett’s week in Venn diagrams – cartoonFrom polling to pasta quantities: Edith Pritchett’s week in Venn diagrams – cartoon
@Ostrov_A @simonwaltersuk Well, @POTUS is asking @ZelenskyyUa to do exactly this with Putin.
‘A feasible bite out of a big apple’: outcomes from ARINS/Irish Times North–South surveys 2024 “The ARINS event in Belfast revealed important insights into public opinion on Irish unification, the willingness to plan for its possibility, and the complexities of such a…
‘A feasible bite out of a big apple’: outcomes from ARINS/Irish Times North–South surveys 2024 “The ARINS event in Belfast revealed important insights into public opinion on Irish unification, the willingness to plan for its possibility, and the complexities of such a transition.” https://mrulster.com/2025/03/14/a-feasible-bite-out-of-a-big-apple-outcomes-from-arins-irish-times-north-south-surveys-2024/ #NorthernIreland #UnitedIreland
#nerdalert I followed the development of the application of "outcomes-based accountability" to the #NorthernIreland #ProgrammeForGovernment for about a whole decade. Essentially an effort to ingrain data science for an objective, empirical analysis of high-level public policy.… https://x.com/SharedFuture/status/1897231573017096250
mapsontheweb: The major walls in Belfast known as the “peace lines” that are supposed to separate Catholic majority and Protestant majority neighborhoods There are about 100 ‘peace walls’ in Belfast still, a quarter century after the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. Source: Daily Mail
@libranet So, this may explain why I can't log into my venera.social account today: "Login failed because your account is blocked." Research led me to your post here. But it would have been nice to receive an email notice about this. Any way for me to create a new (renew) venera.social account? I can't find... Continue Reading →