Let’s go United! Playing Houston Dynamo tonight. Storm has passed but “Dark Clouds” still present. ⚽️
Collected POAP 7376382 for Washington Avenue Bridge — 612 POAP Challenge.
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. — 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.
Radar imagery before last nights storms hit — 100 mph winds.
My car was parked right here before the storm hit, right next to @quinntchrest. Luckily we both moved them to a clear area. These branches would have done significant damage.
We are visiting my relatives in Grandin, ND and last night’s storm was the worst I’ve ever been through. Winds in excess of 100 mph. Lasted for hours. Power is out to the entire town. Many trees down. Uncle’s house power line from the pole is down.
