No JS, No CSS, No HTML: online "clubs" celebrate plainer websites
The revived No JS Club celebrates websites that don't use Javascript, the powerful but sometimes overused code that's been bloating the web and crashing tabs since 1995. The No CSS Club goes a step further and forbids even a scrap of styling beyond the browser defaults. And there is even the No HTML Club, where you're not even allowed to use HTML. Plain text websites!
The modern web is the pure incarnation of evil. When Satan has a 1v1 with his manager, he confers with the modern web. If Satan is Sauron, then the modern web is Melkor [1]. Every horror that you can imagine is because of the modern web. Modern web is not an existential risk (X-risk), but is an astronomic suffering risk (S-risk) [2]. It is the duty of each and every man, woman, and child to revolt against it. If you're not working on returning civilization to ooga-booga, you're a bad person.
A compromise with the clubs is called for. A hypertext brutalism that uses the raw materials of the web to functional, honest ends while allowing web technologies to support clarity, legibility and accessibility. Compare this notion to the web brutalism of recent times, which started off in similar vein but soon became a self-subverting aesthetic: sites using 2.4MB frameworks to add text-shadow: 40px 40px 0px hotpink to 400kb Helvetica webfonts that were already on your computer.
I also like the idea of implementing "hypotext" as an inversion of hypertext. This would somehow avoid the failure modes of extending the structure of text by failing in other ways that are more fun. But I'm in two minds about whether that would be just a toy (e.g. references banished to metadata, i.e. footnotes are the hypertext) or something more conceptual that uses references to collapse the structure of text rather than extend it (e.g. links are includes and going near them spaghettifies your brain). The term is already in use in a structuralist sense, which is to say there are 2 million words of French I have to read first if I want to get away with any of this.
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No JS, No CSS, No HTML: online "clubs" celebrate plainer websites
The revived No JS Club celebrates websites that don't use Javascript, the powerful but sometimes overused code that's been bloating the web and crashing tabs since 1995. The No CSS Club goes a step further and forbids even a scrap of styling beyond the browser defaults. And there is even the No HTML Club, where you're not even allowed to use HTML. Plain text websites!
The modern web is the pure incarnation of evil. When Satan has a 1v1 with his manager, he confers with the modern web. If Satan is Sauron, then the modern web is Melkor [1]. Every horror that you can imagine is because of the modern web. Modern web is not an existential risk (X-risk), but is an astronomic suffering risk (S-risk) [2]. It is the duty of each and every man, woman, and child to revolt against it. If you're not working on returning civilization to ooga-booga, you're a bad person.
A compromise with the clubs is called for. A hypertext brutalism that uses the raw materials of the web to functional, honest ends while allowing web technologies to support clarity, legibility and accessibility. Compare this notion to the web brutalism of recent times, which started off in similar vein but soon became a self-subverting aesthetic: sites using 2.4MB frameworks to add text-shadow: 40px 40px 0px hotpink to 400kb Helvetica webfonts that were already on your computer.
I also like the idea of implementing "hypotext" as an inversion of hypertext. This would somehow avoid the failure modes of extending the structure of text by failing in other ways that are more fun. But I'm in two minds about whether that would be just a toy (e.g. references banished to metadata, i.e. footnotes are the hypertext) or something more conceptual that uses references to collapse the structure of text rather than extend it (e.g. links are includes and going near them spaghettifies your brain). The term is already in use in a structuralist sense, which is to say there are 2 million words of French I have to read first if I want to get away with any of this.
Republished Under Creative Commons Terms.
Boing Boing Original Article.
Huawei and ByteDance plan major investments in tech sectors in Brazil
Huawei and ByteDance plan major investments in tech sectors in Brazil
The moves in AI and cloud infrastructure may deepen US concerns about China’s growing digital presence in Latin America.Igor Patrick (South China Morning Post)
Cumdach, reliquie di un'epoca i cui libri dominavano dall'alto i campi di battaglia d'Irlanda - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Cumdach, reliquie di un'epoca i cui libri dominavano dall'alto i campi di battaglia d'Irlanda - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
In una leggenda del VI secolo connessa ai viaggi di evangelizzazione del missionario San Gallo, successivamente all’esilio dei monaci dal regno dei Franchi per una disputa con la sovrana Brunechilde, egli si trovò ad un certo punto accampato in pross…Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
Prof. Glenn Diesen : European Complicity in Israeli Killings.
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Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
Looking for a Safe, Super Open Source (and also cheap if not free) Journaling app. Any Recomendations?
I have already tried DayOne and Journey
Didn't like them Particularly. DayOne seems uncool and even though they claim, a little unsafe. Plus i once before lost all my journal entries in DayOne bcoz i didn't save the encryption keys in my GoogleDrive.
Journey is Worse (my opinion). They keep on pushing me to buy their paid option which costs 4$ per month. Like WTF. Its just a Journaling app.
I am not going to try Penzu because i have heard a lot of bad reviews on how they cheat people and stuff.
Finally i landed on DD-DigitalDiary which isn't open source. Which Sucks. But at least isn't costing me like 50$ a month or anything. Its mostly free. But i am looking or something better.
More specifically OpenSource, Free (or almost free) and idk, modern & sxy
Like when will these huge companies understand. Not everything needs to be VC funded.
Next i am launching my VC funded Venture backed Fried Eggs company
Day One Journal: Private Diary - Apps on Google Play
The perfect daily journal for recording notes, thoughts, photos, travels & more.play.google.com
Pervasive Surveillance of People is Being Used to Access, Monetise, Coerce, and Control: Computer Vision Research Feeds Surveillance Tech as Patent Links Spike 5×
Analyses of over 40,000 documents, computer vision papers and downstream patents spanning four decades indicates the extent of this surveillance and the rise of obfuscating language that helps to normalise such approaches.
Pervasive Surveillance of People is Being Used to Access, Monetise, Coerce, and Control: Computer Vision Research Feeds Surveillance Tech as Patent Links Spike 5×
Analyses of over 40,000 documents, computer vision papers and downstream patents spanning four decades indicates the extent of this surveillance and the rise of obfuscating language that helps to normalise such approaches.
Meta is adding AI-powered summaries to WhatsApp
Catch up on conversations with Private Message Summaries
We're excited to introduce Message Summaries, a new option that uses Meta AI to privately and quickly summarize unread messages in a chat, so you can get an idea of what is happening, before reading the details in your unread messages.WhatsApp.com
Meta is Adding AI-Powered Summaries to WhatsApp
Catch up on conversations with Private Message Summaries
We're excited to introduce Message Summaries, a new option that uses Meta AI to privately and quickly summarize unread messages in a chat, so you can get an idea of what is happening, before reading the details in your unread messages.WhatsApp.com
Creative Commons is Introducing CC Signals: A New Social Contract for the Age of AI
Introducing CC Signals: A New Social Contract for the Age of AI - Creative Commons
CC Signals © 2025 by Creative Commons is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Creative Commons (CC) today announces the public kickoff of the CC signals project, a new preference signals framework designed to increase reciprocity and sustain a creative commons i…Anonymous (Creative Commons)
Creative Commons is Introducing CC Signals: A New Social Contract for the Age of AI
Introducing CC Signals: A New Social Contract for the Age of AI - Creative Commons
CC Signals © 2025 by Creative Commons is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Creative Commons (CC) today announces the public kickoff of the CC signals project, a new preference signals framework designed to increase reciprocity and sustain a creative commons i…Anonymous (Creative Commons)
California’s Corporate Cover-Up Act Is a Privacy Nightmare: it would let corporations spy on us in secret, gutting long-standing protections without a shred of accountability.
California’s Corporate Cover-Up Act Is a Privacy Nightmare
California lawmakers are pushing one of the most dangerous privacy rollbacks we’ve seen in years. S.B.Electronic Frontier Foundation
California’s Corporate Cover-Up Act Is a Privacy Nightmare: it would let corporations spy on us in secret, gutting long-standing protections without a shred of accountability.
California’s Corporate Cover-Up Act Is a Privacy Nightmare
California lawmakers are pushing one of the most dangerous privacy rollbacks we’ve seen in years. S.B.Electronic Frontier Foundation
Spanish Transport Minister Óscar Puente:
Spanish Transport Minister Óscar Puente:
"This is absolutely unacceptable and intolerable."
وزير المواصلات الاسباني "اوسكار بوينيتي": "هذا أمر غير مقبول ولا يطاق
على الإطلاق"
Did any Arab ministers write anything before?
Free Free Palestine!
Free Free Palestine! A space for activists and Palestinians to connect and amplify their efforts for the liberation of Palestine. Promote Palestinian solidarity events, or document and share here.Mastodon hosted on freefree.ps
Flock Removes States From National Lookup Tool After ICE and Abortion Searches Revealed [404 Media]
Following 404 Media’s reporting and in light of new legislation, automatic license plate reader (ALPR) company Flock has stopped agencies reaching into cameras in California, Illinois, and Virginia.
The Career Calamity: Monster. com and CareerBuilder, Two of the most prominent legacy job application sites file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Together. Maybe they lost their edge.
Monster & CareerBuilder: When Job Sites Were Weird
Two of the most prominent legacy job application sites file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Together. Maybe they lost their edge.Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet.
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The Career Calamity: Monster. com and CareerBuilder, Two of the most prominent legacy job application sites file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Together. Maybe they lost their edge.
Monster & CareerBuilder: When Job Sites Were Weird
Two of the most prominent legacy job application sites file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Together. Maybe they lost their edge.Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet.
Bernie Sanders says that if AI makes us so productive, we should get a 4-day work week
Bernie Sanders says that if AI makes us so productive, we should get a 4-day workweek | TechCrunch
As AI companies rave about how their products are revolutionizing productivity, Senator Bernie Sanders wants the tech industry to put its money where its automated mouth is.Amanda Silberling (TechCrunch)
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We should've gotten a 4-day work week decades ago. Now it should be a 3-day work week at most and I'm being generous. The capitalists are always screeching about the low birth rate, but if people were working 3 days a week and making a decent living off that time, it would help the birth rate because then a household with two working parents could be scheduled on different days and alternate staying home with the child, plus have a shared day off every week.
Anyway, that's just a selling point to make to the capitalists. Whether or not it helps with the birth rate doesn't matter as much as the fact that we're owed shorter work weeks thanks to all the blood, sweat, and tears that labor has put into making the world as wealthy as it is now. What's the point of all this work if not to improve our standard of living? Technology making our lives better is hitting diminishing returns and now it's often not making our lives better or it's even making our lives worse.
We should've gotten a 4-day work week decades ago
Then you should have burned down Chicago decades ago.
The 5 day work week didn't just happen because workers deserved it. It happened because they went to war.
Here’s a running list of all of Tesla’s robotaxi mishaps so far
- Robotaxi drives into oncoming lane
- Rider presses "pull over", Robotaxi stops in the middle of an intersection, rider gets out while Robotaxi blocks intersection for a few moments
- Rider presses pull over and the car just stopped in the middle of the road. Safety monitor has to call rider support to get car moving again
- Robotaxi doesn't detect UPS driver's reverse lights (or the car reversing towards it) and continues to attempt to park, then safety monitor manually stops it
- Robotaxi cuts off a car, then randomly brakes (potentially because of an upcoming tree shadow?)
- Robotaxi going 26 in a 15
- Robotaxi unexpectedly brakes, possibly due to nearby police
- Robotaxi unexpectedly slams on brakes, causing rider to drop phone
- Robotaxi comes to a complete stop after approaching an object, then runs it over (rider says it's a shopping bag, though the car visibly bump up and down)
- Robotaxi runs over curb in parking lot
- Safety driver moved to driver seat to intervene
Apportez draps blancs, keffiehs, vêtements rouges.
Que ceux qui ont la possibilité de le faire se prépare à s'allonger sur le sol pour symboliser les victimes du génocide.
Bezos' Venice wedding party venue moved following protests – DW – 06/25/2025
Bezos' Venice wedding party venue moved following protests
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's Venice wedding party venue was moved out of Venice's city center. Many have protested against the lavish ceremonies because they see it as yet another example of exploitation of the city.Rana Taha (Deutsche Welle)
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Bezos' Venice wedding party venue moved following protests – DW – 06/25/2025
Bezos' Venice wedding party venue moved following protests
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's Venice wedding party venue was moved out of Venice's city center. Many have protested against the lavish ceremonies because they see it as yet another example of exploitation of the city.Rana Taha (Deutsche Welle)
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Bezos' Venice wedding party venue moved following protests – DW – 06/25/2025
Bezos' Venice wedding party venue moved following protests
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's Venice wedding party venue was moved out of Venice's city center. Many have protested against the lavish ceremonies because they see it as yet another example of exploitation of the city.Rana Taha (Deutsche Welle)
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Bezos' Venice wedding party venue moved following protests – DW – 06/25/2025
Bezos' Venice wedding party venue moved following protests
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's Venice wedding party venue was moved out of Venice's city center. Many have protested against the lavish ceremonies because they see it as yet another example of exploitation of the city.Rana Taha (Deutsche Welle)
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The [new] venue is considered safer than the medieval former religious school where the party was initially scheduled to be held. It is surrounded by water, making it impossible to reach by land when bridges are raised.
I wonder, if Jeff is a good guy, why is he so scared? If he was a good guy, surely nobody would want to Luigi him (attack and/or murder him) too?
Yes, Your TV Is Probably Spying on You. Your Fridge, Too. Here’s What They Know.
Yes, Your TV Is Probably Spying on You. Your Fridge, Too. Here’s What They Know.
Your smart TV, speakers, lights, and cameras know a lot about you. We looked into what they’re studying and who they’re sharing it with.Rachel Cericola (Wirecutter)
The Tyranny of 'Big Balls' Has Come to an End
Edward Coristine, the 19-year-old given unprecedented access to some of the most private information on Americans, has reportedly quit his role at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency according to Wired. If you don’t remember the name Coristine, you probably remember his nickname, the thing he reportedly told people to call him while he plundered the nation’s data. He went by Big Balls.
Officially, Coristine was an employee of GSA but was working across multiple government agencies, according to Wired. Big Balls was reportedly rooting around in government systems for USAID, the Department of Education, and the Small Business Administration, among others. It’s not clear how much data to which Coristine ultimately got access. Nor do we know what he, or anyone else affiliated with DOGE, has done with it.
Coristine made an infamous appearance on Fox News where he tried to strengthen Musk’s case that the federal government was riddled with waste, fraud, and abuse. But he wound up accidentally revealing that he simply had no idea how anything works. Coristine and Musk seemed to believe that because they didn’t know how various things in the government worked, some kind of nefarious activity had been exposed. But it did nothing of the sort.
The Tyranny of 'Big Balls' Has Come to an End
The 19-year-old dipshit is moving on from DOGE work.Matt Novak (Gizmodo)
We're federated now!
Greetings Programs! I just wanted to let you know that the #announcement, #news, and #release tags on discourse.imfreedom.org are now available directly on the Fediverse!
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"La danza dei lebbrosi" di Leonard Cohen - recensione di Giuseppe Iannozzi
Su Aphorism.it recensisco "La danza dei lebbrosi" di Leonard Cohen, un romanzo che il Poeta scrisse in età giovanile. In Italia è nel catalogo Bompiani.
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La danza dei lebbrosi (Recensione Libro) @ Aphorism.it
Leggi la recensione del libro di Leonard Cohen "La danza dei lebbrosi" scritta da Giuseppe Iannozzi.Aphorism.it
Hamas says Gaza ceasefire talks ‘intensified in recent hours’
Hamas says Gaza ceasefire talks ‘intensified in recent hours’
A senior Hamas official has told AFP that talks for a Gaza ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist...DAWN.COM
Co-op announces it will stop selling products from Israel
Co-op announces it will stop selling products from Israel
The Co-op has said it will no longer source carrots from Israel, along with several other products from "countries of concern."Charlie Herbert (The London Economic)
Tip #730
Remove unwanted people from your Vivaldi Social followers.
If you automatically accept new followers on Vivaldi Social you may end up with people you’d rather not see your posts following your account. Luckily, they can be removed.
To remove unwanted followers:
- On Vivaldi Social, go to Preferences > Follows and followers.
- On that page, for Relationship select “Followers”.
- Tick the box in front of the user(s) you want to remove.
- Click “Remove selected followers”.
#Mastodon #Vivaldi #VivaldiSocial
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Tip #730 - Vivaldi Social | Vivaldi Browser
How can I remove followers on Vivaldi Social? Discover where you can manage your follows and followers.Vivaldi Tips (Vivaldi Technologies)
Chemists create molecular magnet that could boost data storage by 100 times
Manchester chemists create molecular magnet that could boost data storage by 100 times
Scientists at The University of Manchester have designed a molecule that can remember magnetic information at the highest temperature ever recorded for this kind of material.University of Manchester
UK calls China’s power ‘an inescapable fact’, says freezing ties not an option
UK calls China’s power ‘an inescapable fact’, says freezing relations ‘not an option’
Chinese attempts to spy on and destabilise Britain have grown, but Beijing remains a vital economic partner, a government audit concludes.Associated Press (South China Morning Post)
In Zohran Mamdani’s Win, Socialism Beat the Status Quo
In Zohran Mamdani’s Win, Socialism Beat the Status Quo
There is a hunger for bold, transformative politics in the United States right now. Zohran Mamdani shows how the Left can run on a principled, disciplined message that speaks to voters’ lived concerns — and win.jacobin.com
Russia frees REvil hackers after sentencing
Russia frees REvil hackers after sentencing
Four members of the REvil ransomware group have been released from custody despite pleading guilty to fraud and malware distribution charges.Jess Weatherbed (The Verge)
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