Just used ENS Fairy for the first time to send halaas.eth to Erik Halaas of 612 Series fame! I’d been wanting to try ENS Fairy out and it worked amazing. Once he sets his reverse record the 612 POAP Challenge Leaderboard will reflect halaas.eth too.
I’ve supported the Electronic Frontier Foundation for over twenty years. I am excited to have this 35th anniversary coin, number 0061, as a keepsake. If only they did POAPs. π€©
“Working to ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all people.”
Four pork shoulders out of the Sous Vides and onto the Traeger for the finish smoke. π₯π
Four pork shoulders into the Sous Vides as preparation for the 4th of July officially starts! π§π₯π
In 2023 I shared Archimedes’ famous line:
Give me a place to stand, and a lever long enough, and I will move the world.
At the time, I suggested the real “threat” to capitalism isn’t socialism or communism but is instead technology itself.
With AI, that lever just got a lot longer.
“My God, it’s full of stars!” – Dave Bowman’s final words as he entered the monolith
This is the feeling I keep having as I continue to dive deeper into Agentic AI.
I added a new award to the 612 POAP Challenge β the Explorer! This token is given to players that are the first to mint a location in the event. I sent it to the 8 players that have been the first to claim 31 of the 33 locations. There are only two more chances to get this award!
Great day having fun around the pool. π¦
I love Tetris. This is a whole different take β Tetris Tumble XL.
Delightful evening at Magic Pines.
We saw F1: The Movie tonight and I thought it was awesome. Great summer movie with a predictable story but still thrilling and exciting! I loved the race scenes β which were plenty. Brad Pitt was great as was the rest of the cast. Recommended!
Tyler got Dayne St. Clairβs signature after tonightβs United win. β½οΈ
Letβs go United! Playing Houston Dynamo tonight. Storm has passed but βDark Cloudsβ still present. β½οΈ
Important ruling for AI model training, copyright, and fair use. This aligns with how I would think about it.
A federal judge in America ruled it was “fair use” for Anthropic, an AI lab, to train its chatbot on books without authors’ permission. Its storage of over 7m pirated books, however, was not. Last year three authors sued Anthropic for allegedly copying and storing pirated material without compensation; the judge said Anthropic will face a separate trial to determine the damages it owes. β Economist, World in Brief, June 25, 2025
Love that @ericmwalk did a run with Strava to get some 612 POAP Challenge locations today! Brilliant! Nice collection of 7 locations so far.
IndieWeb is Punk: Wear It!
I published IndieWeb is Punk and it resonated with folks.
Jim Mitchell created the shirt! Go ahead and get one!
I wanted to make a POAP to go with it so Jim sent me the image files and here we are!
For fun I asked ChatGPT to create the description for this POAP in the voice of Henry Rollins of Black Flag speaking to bloggers of today!
You walked away from the corporate feed trough. You ripped your voice out of the algorithm’s claws. That took guts. That took conviction. That’s punk!
The IndieWeb isn’t some polished product you buy with a tap. It’s you, your words, your server, your turf. It’s raw HTML and full-throated autonomy. This isn’t about metrics or brand deals – it’s about owning your damn voice. If you’ve ever looked at those social media sugar traps and said, “No thanks, I’m not a product,” then congratulations – you’re part of the resistance.
We need digital buttons, badges like the ones we used to stab into our jean jackets – statements of identity, rebellion, belonging. This POAP? It’s not just a collectible. It’s a battle patch. A symbol. A nod to the hard-headed, soft-hearted punks building the web they want to live in.
It started with Jamie Thingelstad screaming the truth from his blog: IndieWeb is Punk. Then others joined the chorus and even joined in voice, and Jim Mitchell did what punks do – he made a damn shirt.
So slap that badge on your digital vest. Wear it like blood, sweat, and static.
You’re not just on the web – you are the web!
Want a POAP? Contact me and I’ll send you a claim code!
Wild electrical activity in last nights storm.
Mesmerizing and weird looking clouds as storms approached.
