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Spotted some commentary on the https://slashfriends.org project in my feed reader. Nice site, but not sure the concept differs from blogrolls.
A /friends page is where you link to the people you like. Remember blogrolls? And the MySpace Top 8? I want to bring that back.
Linking out is generous. It's a free gift that sends traffic, boosts SEO, and says "I like this person."
Journalism isn’t dying: it’s rebuilding in the ashes of the digital wildfire that has swept through the business model of the old, established media businesses. Emerging media will take a while to find its feet.
- Journalism isn’t dying Adam Tinworth
I enjoyed reading this article on the future of journalism from @adders @masto.onemanandhisblog.com, which I missed first time around.
Using the hooks provided by Pure Blog I was able to set up my blog to automatically commit and push my /content directory to a private repo to keep a backup of all of my content in the event of a disaster on my VPS.
- Backing up my blog Digitally Adrift
There are estimated to be 204 deaths a year of people with childhood dementia. The figure for childhood cancer (0-14 years) is 260
Very sad story in the BBC. Though I would never have thought that childhood dementia mortality might be even in the same ballpark as that of childhood cancer.
75% of fans oppose VAR in Premier League, says FSA
90% disagreed that the introduction of the technology in the Premier League has improved the matchday experience, and...94% disagreed that VAR makes watching football on television more enjoyable.
-- Daniel Austin for the BBC
Green party wins Gorton and Denton byelection, pushing Labour to third place in blow to Keir Starmer
Excellent news to wake up to, but the wrong headline. Reform comprehensively defeated, by a strong local candidate with a strong local vision.
Ancient stepwells brought back to life as India begins to run out of water
Shoma Abhyankar writing in the Guardian on projects to reinstate ancient step wells as water supply strains.
The AfD is flirting with Nazi history – but moral outrage alone won't stop the far right
Katja Hoyer writing in the Guardian.
Those who want to see the AfD diminished should expend less energy talking about the party and more on working out what has allowed it to grow and prosper.
Romania in safety drive to improve EU's deadliest roads
Insomniac reading bringing back decade old memories of the hustle and bustle of Bucharest traffic.
Hannah Al-Othman in the Guardian writing about local opposition to Sunderland University's campaign to demolish the National Glass Centre.
Having a bigger todo list than capacity to do it, I appreciated Greg's approach to managing workload - which feels quite similar to my own.
'Rage knitting' against the machine: the hobbyists putting anti-ICE messages into crafts
You know that you are on the losing side of the argument when the knitters gang up on you. Especially in my house. Julia Carrie Wong in the Guardian.
How the left can win back the internet – and rise again
Robert Topinka writing in the Guardian on how the left can end the pre-eminence of the right on the internet.
