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2026-03-25 23:00:00 by Matt from openmentions.com
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The Muse of Last Resort has a collection of Easter-themed writing prompts.

 Writing Prompts
2026-03-18 23:00:00 by Matt from openmentions.com
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Adam has challenged us to list three things we like about ourselves. I’m filing this in Journaling Prompts

 Journalling Prompts
2026-03-15 10:40:48 by Theta Sigma from fandom.ink
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“Truth is no path to fortune.” J.J Rousseau

 If you had to get one book quote tattooed on your body, which quote wuld you get?
2026-03-14 17:15:02 by Matthew Brown from authorplatforms.authorbuzz.co.uk
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There was once only one rule for social media is: Be interesting. Social media is engineered to do one thing – keep users engaged and viewing ads. That is why they favour creators who are interesting. The more provably interesting you are (measured in interactions), the more they will promote [Read More]

Social Media
2026-03-14 17:02:35 by always in correkt from wrong-answers-only.isbrill.com
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What animal would it be supremely unwise to try to punch? My mum Also on: website

 What animal would it be supremely unwise to try to punch?
2026-03-14 16:57:27 by Matt 🔶 (LordMatt) from mastodon.social
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@openmentions.com Artemis by Andy Weir is a solid entry book, being both science-based and a great read

 What are some excellent starter books for people getting into SciFi?
2026-03-10 02:17:44 by RobD from mastodon.social
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@openmentions.com I started with Star Trek books - written by different authors, but easy to digest. Other than that, I think The Forge of God by Greg Bear is a great one. I also liked "We are Legion" (The Bobiverse series) by Dennis Taylor.

 What are some excellent starter books for people getting into SciFi?
2026-03-06 15:54:54 by Matthew Brown from lordmatt.co.uk
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So, I recently made a little toy I call Today In Emoji. It shows you some emojis that relate to the day. If you mouse over them, you get some text explaining what the relevance is, and some are links to more information. [skip to the code] It might look something like this: There’s a [… [Read More]

Code And Development
2026-03-04 02:38:44 by Thanet Liberal Democrats from mastodonapp.uk
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@openmentions.com It has news, local information, and profiles of/for candidates and spokespersons. Also, a rubber duck.

 Tell me about your website
2026-03-04 02:37:02 by Matt 🔶 (LordMatt) from mastodon.social
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@openmentions.com Rattle Snake

 What animal would it be supremely unwise to try to punch?
2026-03-02 11:09:58 by Matt from openmentions.com
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I found an edge case problem for my Top Sites feature of Open Mentions. If a site uses www. as part of their address, my custom SQL didn’t take that into account and filtered it as not the same site. This was because subdomains count as a different site, but the top sites drops the…

 Top Sites
2026-02-23 12:33:18 by Paul Watson from www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk
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In my last post at the end of January about the life-drawing aspect of my artistic practice I wrote about using the second of the…

 Fine Art
2026-02-18 18:00:00 by Adam K from replying.isbrill.com
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Name three things you like about yourself. File this as a Conversation Starter

 Conversation Starters
2026-02-17 18:16:47 by Adam K from replying.isbrill.com
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How do you like your tea? File this as a Conversation Starter on OpenMentions.com

 Conversation Starters
2026-02-16 17:58:29 by Anna the cat mummy from dream-logging.isbrill.com
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I dreamed that my cats had a meeting and voted for independence from the rest of the house. They claimed the garden and front room…

 Dream Log
2026-02-15 17:03:16 by Matthew Brown from
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Today, I took some time out of processing the loss of my dad to do some nerdy tech stuff with OpenMentions and WebMention sources. I was interested in which sites sent the most mentions to the openmentions.com endpoints. This is not especially important, but it could indicate who the most active and [Read More]

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2026-02-15 17:03:16 by Matthew Brown from lordmatt.co.uk
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Today, I took some time out of processing the loss of my dad to do some nerdy tech stuff with OpenMentions and WebMention sources. I was interested in which sites sent the most mentions to the openmentions.com endpoints. This is not especially important, but it could indicate who the most active and [Read More]

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2026-02-03 05:42:05 by Matt from matrixdreams.com
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OpenMentions is a website I made around the idea of OpenTopics, which are targets for WebMentions with a standing invitation to tag them whenever you…

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2026-02-03 05:42:05 by Matt from matrixdreams.com
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OpenMentions is a website I made around the idea of OpenTopics, which are targets for WebMentions with a standing invitation to tag them whenever you…

 OpenMentions Mentions
2026-02-01 12:42:12 by Paul Watson from www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk
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I finished off the last day of January with a second session of life-drawing, following on from the session earlier this month. The first drawing…

 Fine Art
2026-02-01 12:42:12 by Paul Watson from www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk
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I finished off the last day of January with a second session of life-drawing, following on from the session earlier this month. The first drawing…

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2026-01-31 17:25:00 by Coyote from
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Large language models and their associated bots are bad for the indie web in at least three ways: 1) their logistical consequences are bad for bandwidth, 2) their social consequences are bad for guides, and 3) their citational consequences are bad for surfability. These consequences are worth highli [Read More]

IndieWeb
2026-01-16 12:52:22 by Jason Latnar from chat.authorbuzz.co.uk
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What are your writing shower thoughts?

 Shower Thoughts
2026-01-15 14:15:41 by Matt from node.lordmatt.co.uk
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Is pizza just really advanced cheese on toast? File in: Shower Thoughts

 Shower Thoughts
2026-01-15 14:06:12 by always in correkt from wrong-answers-only.isbrill.com
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@openmentions.comNo.

 Have you ever seen an entire department quit all at once?
2026-01-03 16:50:00 by Coyote from
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Although normally spoken about as a cohesive whole, different aspects of the indie web ethos can wind up in tension with each other, which raises the question of which one ultimately takes priority. On the one hand, we have the general interest in onboarding, i.e. helping more people onto the indie [Read More]

IndieWeb
2026-01-02 15:54:28 by Charles Sant from mastodon.world
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@lordmatt @openmentions.com let me know if you are hosting a campaign.

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2026-01-01 11:00:00 by Matt from openmentions.com
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The start of the year is often a time of reflection and making changes. Over the past year, how have you changed? File this in Journalling Prompts

 Journalling Prompts
2025-12-31 22:12:53 by Anna the cat mummy from replying.isbrill.com
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Mine are all cats @openmentions.comMy New Year’s resolutions are to foster more cats, start a cat blog, be nicer to my dog-loving brothers. eat less meat, drive less, get more sleep, stress less… #2026 #cats

 What are your new year’s resolutions?
2025-12-31 02:10:03 by Thanet Liberal Democrats from mastodonapp.uk
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