websites Defunct blogging platforms. Rob Beschizza

cool Straw.page is an "extremely simple website builder" with a HTML-brutalism vibe Rob Beschizza

Games Roblox is a $45bn platform built largely by children working for scrip Rob Beschizza

websites The Midnight Pub in Gemini Space Rob Beschizza

rona Covid misinformation videos overwhelm YouTube Rob Beschizza

twitter Myspace hasn't tweeted since 9/11, and we're starting to worry Andrea James

eu Inside big tech's last-minute scramble to comply with Europe's new privacy rules Cory Doctorow

web theory Web developers publish open letter taking Google to task for locking up with web with AMP Cory Doctorow

happy mutants How depending on a platform is a ticket to financial ruin, and what to do about it Cory Doctorow

publishing Minimalist web publishing platforms Rob Beschizza

Business The internet promised open markets, delivered rigged ones, then fake ones, then outright monopolies Cory Doctorow

floss How libraries can save the Internet of Things from the Web's centralized fate Jason Griffey

censorship Twitter censors BBC documentary revealing Narendra Modi's role in 2002 massacre of Muslims in India Rob Beschizza

music Musician Ariel Pink used unauthorized photo of artist Jill Miller on album cover, so now she's selling alternative covers featuring Ariel as NFTs David Pescovitz

television Velma dethrones Dragonball: Evolution to become IMDB's worst-rated film Devin Nealy

facebook Facebook approved ads calling for murder of Brazilian president's children Mark Frauenfelder

parts is parts Meta's oversight board recommends Facebook and Instagram "free the nipple" Jason Weisberger

Social Medias Twitter let Trump run wild Jason Weisberger

michael flynn Musk replatforms Trump-pardoned felon Michael Flynn on second anniversary of January 6 insurrection Mark Frauenfelder