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Welcome to volume forty-six of Scrolls, a newsletter for sharing cool stuff from the IndieWeb, Fediverse & Cybersecurity realms.

Metaphysical musing(s) on the idea of a “World Wide Web”… World: The totality of humankinds digital (online) existence is a nearly-incalculable.

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Monday, July 6 - Things You Might Not Know About This Site Tuesday, July 7 - World Wide Web Life gets busy in unexpected ways.

Welcome to volume forty-five of Scrolls, a newsletter for sharing cool stuff from the IndieWeb, Fediverse & Cybersecurity realms.

I was a guest on James’ fantastic Wonders of Web Weaving podcast!

Welcome to volume forty-four of Scrolls, a newsletter for sharing cool stuff from the IndieWeb, Fediverse & Cybersecurity realms.

Welcome to volume forty-three of Scrolls, a newsletter for sharing cool stuff from the IndieWeb, Fediverse & Cybersecurity realms.

Okie-Dokie artichokey, let me share what’s goin’ on garden-wise the past few weeks… I have a lot more plants this year to feed, and from my research, watering with rainwater is preferrable thanks to its natural acidity and chemical-free nature.

Welcome to volume forty-two of Scrolls, a newsletter for sharing cool stuff from the IndieWeb, Fediverse & Cybersecurity realms.

Three months ago I shared my gardening plan for this year, and I’m here now to give updates on how it’s all been shaking out.

Welcome to volume forty-one of Scrolls, a newsletter for sharing cool stuff from the IndieWeb, Fediverse & Cybersecurity realms.

This month’s IndieWeb Carnival is hosted by Juha-Matti Santala—the theme is love letter.

This note contains lists of plants and animals that I’ve seen in my yard.

Welcome to volume forty of Scrolls, a newsletter for sharing cool stuff from the IndieWeb and the Fediverse.

Farewell “Designer Vulnerabilities”, and hello Vulnerability Garden 🪴 — the new (and improved) space for cataloguing all named vulnerabilities, attack techniques and exploits.

I recently intoduced my newest project, the Vulnerability Garden 🪴.

In the aftermath of the Copy Fail bug being (very unceremoniously) disclosed, the security news organization Decipher published a (maybe not serious?)

Welcome to volume thirty-nine of Scrolls, a newsletter for sharing cool stuff from the IndieWeb, Fediverse & Cybersecurity realms.

This month I keep the lights on with the site, I’m watching the NBA playoffs, and I’m getting my hands dirty with the yard and garden.

This month’s IndieWeb Carnival (courtesy of Pablo) is about Adventure.

Welcome to volume thirty-eight of Scrolls, a newsletter for sharing cool stuff from the IndieWeb, Fediverse & Cybersecurity realms.

Welcome to volume thirty-seven of Scrolls, a newsletter for sharing cool stuff from the IndieWeb, Fediverse & Cybersecurity realms.

Welcome to volume thirty-six of Scrolls, a newsletter for sharing cool stuff from the IndieWeb, Fediverse & Cybersecurity realms.

Spring has sprung, and with it a new garden 🌱 — the Vulnerability Garden 🪴!

Welcome to volume thirty-five of Scrolls, a newsletter for sharing cool stuff from the IndieWeb, Fediverse & Cybersecurity realms.

Welcome to volume thirty-four of Scrolls, a newsletter for sharing cool stuff from the IndieWeb, Fediverse & Cybersecurity realms.

Some vulnerability name suggestions perfect for the current times: SlopBleed Slopsploit SlopShell ETERNALSLOP SLOPwn SlopShock Slopocalypse SlopFlood SLOPpySeconds SlopStrike SlopHell SlopLeak Sloppageddon BadSlop SlopHole DeathSlop Slop4Shell Slop of Dea…

“AI” is making me, and a lot of other people sad.

Welcome to volume thirty-three of Scrolls, a newsletter for sharing cool stuff from the IndieWeb, Fediverse & Cybersecurity realms.

Inspired by this post on Threads, I thought about which Pokémon would be the most useful to me in real life.

Wow.

I don’t think I really know when it happened—the “burnout”.

This month’s IndieWeb Carnival, hosted by James (of James’ Coffee Blog), is “Museum memories”.

Welcome to volume thirty-two of Scrolls, a newsletter for sharing cool stuff from the IndieWeb, Fediverse & Cybersecurity realms.

I recently came across MAESTRO—billed as a “novel threat modeling framework designed specifically for the unique challenges of Agentic AI.”

Welcome to volume thirty-one of Scrolls, a newsletter for sharing cool stuff from the IndieWeb, Fediverse & Cybersecurity realms.

It’s been a busy month on the blog!

My response-to / thoughts-on Neil’s write up, ‘Self-host it’ is not the answer. 👹 Strapping on my devils advocate horns hat… Neil is right, self-hosting isn’t a panacea for the ills of big tech, and barriers absolutely exist, some insurmountable for many,…

It’s simple.

I want to self-host a bunch of things.

Welcome to volume thirty of Scrolls, a newsletter for sharing cool stuff from the IndieWeb, Fediverse & Cybersecurity realms.

Howdy y’all 🧑‍🌾!

I previously introduced the idea of using CSS as a means to selectively style references to other sites/authors/creators.

A list of things you’ll absolutely NEVER hear me say… “I like AI art” “No, I don’t feel like eating BBQ tonight” “Trans women aren’t women” “Check out my Substack” “The Rise of Skywalker is a great Star Wars movie” 🤭 “My knees and ankles feel 100%!”

Welcome to volume twenty-nine of Scrolls, a newsletter for sharing cool stuff from the IndieWeb, Fediverse & Cybersecurity realms.

I’ve always thought the best way to learn something was to have an idea on how you actually would want to use something.

I like this idea.

The year is 2026.

This month’s IndieWeb Carnival is Intersecting Interests.