A curated collection of links worth visiting - interesting reads mostly from the indieweb. Click through to read some of my thoughts (I promise to be short) and get the link!
Love to read year in review posts! This is a great inspiration - I'll see if I can get mine done before 2026. oglink: https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/2025-in-review
Yordi is so right - "Let's all try to go out of our bubble a little more. There's a whole world to discover outside its boundaries." There's so much good music out there! oglink: https://yordi.me/outside-the-bubble/
A picture of Chicago from someone who loves it. Read this and be ready. oglink: https://aphyr.com/posts/397-i-want-you-to-understand-chicago
Robert shared about his music setup this weekend as well. It uses a combo of Roon and Qobuz and I appreciate his thoughts on not being a musical packrat! oglink: https://www.canneddragons.net/cleaning-out-my-closet/
I feel this. It's worse and or more complicated when friend equals family. Regardless this is an accurate summation of America right now. oglink: https://tadaima.bearblog.dev/life-as-an-average-american-right-now/
Appreciate a lot what Cory has done here. This is an unprecedented time that demands to be documented. Things like this help that that process immensely. oglink: https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/analyzing-the-domains-and-sites-of-an-authoritarian-regime
I love reading about peoples systems they develop for themselves. Ben's plaintext management system is great! Go give it a read! oglink: https://bentsai.org/posts/text-is-best
All of these privacy and security tips are useful! You might know some or all but try to incorporate any you don't know! oglink: https://blog.phunky.tech/2025/08/privacy-and-security-tips-for-the-average-person
Love reading detailed setups like this. John's detailing of what it takes to host a delta chat relay is great reading and is inspiring me to consider trying as well... oglink: https://runtimeterror.dev/self-hosted-chatmail-relay-for-delta-chat/#fn:2
I love this reflection on blogging. It's beautifully written and captures some of what it feels like to blog and maintain a "fortress". oglink: https://meadow.cafe/blog/a-fortress-called-blog/
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