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kradeelavthis week I finally finished porting all of my bluesky follows back to RSS feeds; as I mentioned there, it's mostly "tweaking digital habits to prevent me from scrolling, and aggressively pushing me to explore sites directly", with a side of "if my account is nuked, the follows are safe", as well as my yearly ~go hermiting~ instincts. (to be completely honest, I also have substantially less faith in the site (and its users) than i did at the beginning of this year, but I don't care to go into that.)
the cool thing is; while i haven't been keeping hard metrics on this shift - the amount of links I'm treasure-hunting naturally feels pretty substantially more in the last week alone compared to before. too early to say if i've broken that habit, but it's a step in the right direction.
here's a few below ~
* for a spot of old web whimsy, this is a great, authentic writeup on usage of incense in japanese culture. fascinating how the blend of spirituality is adopted from elsewhere.
* if i haven't mentioned it elsewhere, yandex is my go-to for finding,... ah..... "on the high seas" media links. cobalt.directory is the second part of that to ripping videos/audio off of various video hosting platforms. (cobalt.tools is the original, but sadly youtube blocks their shenanigans; the lesser-known cobalt mirrors aren't usually blocked though.) yandex oftentimes links back to archive.org gems such as this giant directory of free vintage software.
* about the only time hackernews is useful these days is when all the nerds come out of the woodwork to mention their RSS readers of choice (there were a shocking amount I haven't heard).
* this excellent deradicalization documentory for free on youtube is one i've seen for a long time in those circles; been meaning to watch it. this is incidentally a great chaser of an essay; while not about deradicalization, it's about the tough, nuanced issue of kids essentially being homeless on the internet these days and at much greater risk for radicalization-and-its-partner, grooming. (the line about how kids have nowhere to go on the internet -> being a different species of plant but choking out the fauna of nsfw creators was a really great metaphor, imo, without trying to play the blame game.)
* for the digital forensics nerds that i know are reading this, this article was originally about GrapheneOS shenaniganry, but was really quite the thourough 101 primer for phone forensics for me. (after first unlock / before first unlock explained).
* a thoughtful essay about how wikipedia handles discord (not the app, hah); ways it could be better, ways it's handled conflict in the past and learned from it.
* and for a little bit of back petting, "how to make a 2010's anime cell in krita" by yours truly, as a static article.
the cool thing is; while i haven't been keeping hard metrics on this shift - the amount of links I'm treasure-hunting naturally feels pretty substantially more in the last week alone compared to before. too early to say if i've broken that habit, but it's a step in the right direction.
here's a few below ~
* for a spot of old web whimsy, this is a great, authentic writeup on usage of incense in japanese culture. fascinating how the blend of spirituality is adopted from elsewhere.
* if i haven't mentioned it elsewhere, yandex is my go-to for finding,... ah..... "on the high seas" media links. cobalt.directory is the second part of that to ripping videos/audio off of various video hosting platforms. (cobalt.tools is the original, but sadly youtube blocks their shenanigans; the lesser-known cobalt mirrors aren't usually blocked though.) yandex oftentimes links back to archive.org gems such as this giant directory of free vintage software.
* about the only time hackernews is useful these days is when all the nerds come out of the woodwork to mention their RSS readers of choice (there were a shocking amount I haven't heard).
* this excellent deradicalization documentory for free on youtube is one i've seen for a long time in those circles; been meaning to watch it. this is incidentally a great chaser of an essay; while not about deradicalization, it's about the tough, nuanced issue of kids essentially being homeless on the internet these days and at much greater risk for radicalization-and-its-partner, grooming. (the line about how kids have nowhere to go on the internet -> being a different species of plant but choking out the fauna of nsfw creators was a really great metaphor, imo, without trying to play the blame game.)
* for the digital forensics nerds that i know are reading this, this article was originally about GrapheneOS shenaniganry, but was really quite the thourough 101 primer for phone forensics for me. (after first unlock / before first unlock explained).
* a thoughtful essay about how wikipedia handles discord (not the app, hah); ways it could be better, ways it's handled conflict in the past and learned from it.
* and for a little bit of back petting, "how to make a 2010's anime cell in krita" by yours truly, as a static article.
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Date: 2025-10-13 09:26 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2025-10-15 05:22 am (UTC)I think the part of it that most got me thinking was where they go over how like, Wikipedia never really settles an issue, they just aim to keep any relitigation of issues productive and adequate to procedure. something to learn there, I think. not everything can work that way, but I feel like there are so many conflicts between like, people who feel like they haven't been heard vs people who feel like they've had this conversation so many times already
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Date: 2025-10-18 03:00 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2025-10-18 07:28 pm (UTC)