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Fighting for our web

A talk from XOXO

A post by Molly on her microblog, syndicated to Twitter, Mastodon, and Bluesky

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POSSE: Reclaiming social media in a fragmented world

A simple technique offers the best of both worlds: total control over your own work, while still maintaining a presence on third-party platforms.

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Big publishers think libraries are the enemy

The recent Second Circuit decision in Hachette v. Internet Archive is only the latest battle in the war on libraries and the freedom to read.

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We can have a different web

Many yearn for the “good old days” of the web. We could have those good old days back — or something even better — and if anything, it would be easier now than it ever was.

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We need to talk about digital ownership

"Ownership" means ten different things to ten different people. Let's talk about what we actually want.

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Migrating from Substack to self-hosted Ghost: the details

I migrated Citation Needed from Substack to self-hosted Ghost. Here is exactly how I did that.

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The venture capitalist's dilemma

The embarrassing investor meltdown surrounding Silicon Valley Bank should drive us to consider new models.