[] @burningbird@mastodon.social I found your
@burningbird I found your post shortly after deactivating and deleting the Friends plugin just moments ago. After several months, I realised that most of the websites in my RSS feedreader are not...
View Article[] I don’t usually hate people. I think I found my exception...
I don’t usually hate people. I think I found my exception. The court’s decision marks a victory for anti-affirmative action legal strategist Edward Blum, who filed a lawsuit last August against the...
View Article[] #JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) rebrands as...
#JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) rebrands as Breakthrough #T1D. It's about time! It seems silly to orient fund raising and advocacy around children when we know that there are more adults...
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[] Irish Seisiun play for enjoyment at Flounder Brewing on e...
Irish Seisiun play for enjoyment at Flounder Brewing on every month's second and fourth Thursdays. The session is acoustic and spontaneous. The Irish Gaelic language word for "session" is seisiún. It's...
View Article[] The capitalist are turning us all into indentured servant...
The capitalist are turning us all into indentured servants. Concept artist Sam Santala pointed out that you can’t raise a support request to discuss the terms without first agreeing to them. You can’t...
View Article[] Hopefully I’ll be retired from #cybersecurity and living ...
Hopefully I’ll be retired from #cybersecurity and living in a hut in a Central American jungle or near a beach when this "Black Mirror" style AI love affair all goes to shit. TotalRecall shows how...
View Article[] My blog posts can be followed via ActivityPub (e.g. Masto...
My blog posts can be followed via ActivityPub (e.g. Mastodon or Threads) as khurtwilliams@islandinthenet.com but are also cross-posted to khurtwilliams@indieweb.social. I'm thinking of removing the...
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[] We have a new male betta fish named Elton John, nicknamed...
We have a new male betta fish named Elton John, nicknamed "Eee". Betta replaces our previous betta, Laddie "Dee", who replaced a female betta named "Cee". "Cee" was a replacement for "Bee", short for...
View Article[] If you’re looking to follow my blog posts on ActivityPub ...
If you’re looking to follow my blog posts on ActivityPub social accounts (e.g. Mastodon, Pixelfed, etc.) please follow `khurtwilliams@islandinthenet.com`.
View Article[] I read Kevin Quirk’s post about creating a blogroll and f...
I read Kevin Quirk’s post about creating a blogroll and for 30 seconds I thought about how I could create one. Kevin has maybe a dozen blogs listed on his blogroll. I read a lot more blogs than Kevin...
View Article[] John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight segment on swimming in th...
John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight segment on swimming in the Seine planned for the Olympics perfectly aligns with the themes of the Netflix movie Under Paris. I had a big smile on my face after watching...
View Article[] The recruiter asks for the resume. I provide it. I then g...
The recruiter asks for the resume. I provide it. I then get a bunch of questions which are easily answered by reading the resume. 😠
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[] On a recent trip to Cleveland, we stayed overnight in Pit...
On a recent trip to Cleveland, we stayed overnight in Pittsburgh to visit a brewery. The next day before we left, we went for breakfast at a restaurant near Mellon Square. Mellon Square, Pittsburgh ·...
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[] Bhavna and I recently visited the Plainsboro Preserve in ...
Bhavna and I recently visited the Plainsboro Preserve in Plainsboro Township for the first time. We hiked around the lake and ventured onto Maggie's Trail, where we found some benches with beautiful...
View Article[] I updated my robots.txt file. ~~~ User-agent: Apple...
I updated my robots.txt file. ~~~ User-agent: Applebot-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / ~~~
View Article[] Perfect weather all weekend! What shall I do?
Perfect weather all weekend! What shall I do?
View Article[] The United States Cricket Team: https://usacricket.org/te...
The United States Cricket Team: https://usacricket.org/team-usa/ #Cricket #T2 #Caribbean
View Article[] Is "cybersecurity" one or two words? Some prefer "#cy...
Is "cybersecurity" one or two words? Some prefer "#cybersecurity" as one word, while some, like me, often use two words while others hyphenate it as "cyber-security." However, both the Merriam-Webster...
View Article[] I am seeing all sorts of problems when using the Activity...
I am seeing all sorts of problems when using the ActivityPub plugin. Scheduled but not yet published posts and updated posts are being published to the fediverse. Mastodon comments sometimes create a...
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