Bubbles Briefing

The most voted posts on Bubbles, updated once a day.

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Top Bubble

I wanted Bear Blog, but for my photos (Peter Gombos)
84

I love Bear. It is one of the few places on the web that still feels calm, personal, and human. You write something, publish it, and it exists as a simple page on the internet. No algorithm. No follower count. No pressure to perform. For writing, Bear feels almost perfect to me.…

Fresh Bubbles

First time in a Briefing. Two or more votes in the last 24 hours.

Life

  1. Don't be afraid to comment (Sylvia's Studio)
    12

    Yesterday I posted this on Mastodon (post link) I'm building a new habit here on Mastodon: instead of liking, I try to reply to at least 3 posts, especially on…

  2. A simple photo journal (Happily Imperfect)
    8

    I’ve recently been looking around for some place that isn’t Instagram, isn’t Flickr, but is a quiet place to share some of (what I consider) my better photos.…

  3. Me, condensed (Happily Imperfect)
    8

    When I started my current job, the first couple of weeks were similar to most other places. HR induction, reams of information, sources, names, services, all…

  4. The Coffee Saga (HakkerBlog)
    5

    If you were wondering why there was a huge uptick in coffe related posts, well I had a opinion... And people had opinions about it... Like a lot of opinions.…

  5. This way to the town square (newsonaut)
    2

    So, Cauê Napier has created this nifty little thing you can add to your site called Town Square. Of course, I signed up for it right away and implemented it on…

Tech

  1. Announcing folk.zone: An attempt to build the IndieWeb commons myself. (brennan.day)
    21

    Announcing folk.zone, a collection of free, community-run internet services I'm building as an IndieWeb commons. Including Mastodon, WriteFreely, Forgejo,…

  2. Bubbles mentioned in the Installer Newsletter by The Verge. (@gurupanguji)
    29

    Bubbles: functions a bit like Hacker News but specifically for personal blogs. You log in with a Mastodon or Fediverse account, upvote posts you like, and…

  3. Still using the XTEink X4 (Laura Michet)
    8

    In late March, I wrote that I'd acquired a tiny, nearly credit-card-sized e-reader and had been regularly using it. I still am! Several months later, it…

  4. Dear Pinboard, I'm breaking up with you. It's me and it's you. (Michael Harley)
    11

    Welp, I'm doing it. I'm canceling my Pinboard subscription. I've actually been a Pinboard customer for a very long time. I found Pinboard way back in 2010 when…

  5. Alternatives to Big Tech software (Care-full musings)
    2

    I recently gave a talk at a doctoral school in Belgium about alternatives to Big Tech software: do they exist, where are they, and how to find them? I figured…

  6. Links: Writing and the web (What the Fran)
    5

    Roundup of links including writing, the web, and writing on the web

  7. Three Years of Blogging (niqwithq)
    2

    Three years and counting! Keeping up a habit for this long is quite uncommon for someone who gets as easily distracted as I do. Especially with a mind as busy…

  8. ⭐️ Is Apple making the European Union a scapegoat with Siri AI? (Michael Sliwinski)
    3

    I used to fly all the way to California for Apple’s Developer conference, called WWDC. I’ve been an Apple fan for nearly two decades, I’m still iPadOnly, and…

Writing

  1. A Stranger Made Me Cry Today (blog.spu.io)
    6

    Realization over Coffee

  2. re: Bloggers, can we make better titles for our posts? (An Almost Anonymous Blog)
    5

    A reply to Michael Harley's post, "Bloggers, can we make better titles for our posts?".

  3. Spirit Crossing's AI Problem (quailblog)
    3

    AI "assisted" Code is still generative AI and it's weird how people try to justify that it's not

Still Bubbling

Already featured in a Briefing before. Two or more votes in the last 24 hours.

  1. Nobody clicks your share buttons (Ankur Sethi)
    54
  2. heres your better post title!!!!! (candyether.space)
    14
  3. Appreciation for the small web (jola.dev)
    55
  4. Bloggers, can we make better titles for our posts? (Michael Harley)
    26
  5. UK announced Social media ban (What's up with James?)
    8
  6. Call me Sarah! (Forking Mad+)
    28
  7. Someone bought me a coffee! (Happily Imperfect)
    7
  8. Two days of Town Square (Cauê Napier)
    34
  9. NetNewsWire Status (inessential.com)
    9
  10. Photographers Are Tired of Big Cameras (FUJI X WEEKLY)
    6
  11. 🔗 abadidea: “just got insulted by a particu…” (@gurupanguji)
    4
  12. New social media restrictions (diamond geezer)
    6
  13. Please meet our cat Linus (Michael Harley)
    19
  14. Turn your site into a place people can bump into each other (Cauê Napier)
    37
  15. PSA: Bubbles.town has a widget (splitbrain.org)
    43

Tiny Bubbles

Fresh posts with exactly one vote in the last 24 hours.

Nature

  1. Mt Omuro: hiking Izu's extinct volcano (Emma Goto)
    1