Plus: Dubai influencers, cultural time and the "most uplifting corner" of the internet
#764: It's been a year
Plus: phone poems, low-friction friends and the decline of online travel recs
#766: An AI company you can wear without socks
Plus: Wedding Brain, news hustlers, the importance of talking to strangers and the best restaurant bread in America
#769: Nothing you see online is true
Clipping as emergent online literacy, the women self-injecting bootleg Botox and the woes of Facebook nanny groups
Beneath The Enshittification, Something Amazing Is Growing
Last month Terry Godier published a great essay on his website about “the boring internet,” discussing how the internet that many of us grew up with, the wonderful, empowering, exciting…
FediForum | Growing the Open Social Web un-workshop, 2026/03/02
The Dystopian Reality of Online Advertising
AHOY! 2025 - Aendra Rininsland on Queer Resilience on the Social Web - ATProto Community
AHOY! European Social Web Day in Hamburg in 2025
Peer2Peer: A Critical Internet Studies Gathering in LA - FCCW: Feminist Center for Creative Work
UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry and FCCW Present Peer2Peer: A Critical Internet Studies Gathering in LA Friday, May 2 & Saturday, May 3 FCCW: 3035 Rosslyn St. LA, CA 90065 Info on our space Free Peer2Peer is a two-day gathering bringing together researchers, artists, archivists, and makers to think collectively and critically about the Internet. Come hear incredible new work from our research community, learn how to up your digital security, learn how to archive (or not!) the web, come laugh at jokes about the Internet! All events unless otherwise noted are open to the public. Come for an hour or stay for the whole two-days!
AT friends #7: @zzstoatzz.io (aka nate!) - Jake Simonds's Blog
informal chats with people building cool stuff in the open social world
AT friends #4 & #5: @gabboman.at.app.wafrn.net and @djara.dev of Wafrn - Jake Simonds's Blog
informal chats with people building cool stuff in the open social world
The Nightmare of Eternal Spring: Why Social Media Can't Survive on "Niceness" Alone - Nightflight
Weird netizens — Open Indie
It's been a year since I wrote about Weird web pages as a prospective catalyst for the reclamation of my digital identity. There's been s...
How to beat LinkedIn: The Game
A strategy guide for using a semi-pointless social network in all the wrong ways.
It's working - Tynan's Leaflets
5 pieces of context on a single post, proving what the social web offers today
Today some of the most innovative creators & podcasters are launching social websites that will bring millions of their fans to the social web: verge.surf.social decoder.surf.social versionhistory.surf.social vergecast.surf.social wired.surf.social 404media.surf.social poweruser.surf.social
