Jeremy Cherfas

via gwern.net[W]hat could be more noble than using one character flaw to offset the bad effects of another?

@noffle I know absolutely nothing about server admin but I am very happy using bits of indieweb. There is also micro.blog which is even more accessible than WithKnown.

Good reporting from Maclej.

I do fear that “episode” is going the way of “blog post,” a battle long since lost.

When it comes to mushrooms, always best to be absolutely sure they are edible rather than fairly sure they aren’t. But you did miss a treat.

#Hearsay19

Frankly, if I wanted to read a detailed report on the work you did in the past week, I’d become your boss.Via Phil GyfordIts bad enough feeling bad about monthly round-ups. I’m not going to foist weeknotes on myself or anyone else. But this is a good reminder.

in 2019 the web is less about documents and more for restaurantsThis, from one who knows.

Just confirmed that my little script for posting podcasts I’ve listened to from Overcast to WithKnown fails when there is more than one episode of the same show in the queue. Pinning that down is going to be … tricky.

I have not exactly solved the problem, but I can say that posting a bookmark from Omnibear, using the Firefox extension, does work. That is, the description is received and used by Known.

@AgroBioDiverse So true. Feeds make it so much easier for people to keep up with websites of interest. Case in point: one of my favourite backgarden plant breeders sprang back to life after a gap of 8 years, and I was immediately informed. daughterofthesoil.blogspot.com