Games Industry.biz (GIb) is a news website which covers the video game industry (surprise!). I have had GIb in my feed collection for a couple of years, and it has informed two NLJ articles in Provocative Out-Of-Context Headlines (GiB was responsible for the "context" rather than the headline) and AI Game Worlds and Humane Games....
Games Industry.biz (GIb) is a news website which covers the video game industry (surprise!). I have had GIb in my feed collection for a couple of years, and it has informed two NLJ articles in Provocative Out-Of-Context Headlines (GiB was responsible for the "context" rather than the headline) and AI Game Worlds and Humane Games. I usually do not think of GiB in terms of authors, but I decided to…
I missed two days of Pook-Emu Bee links. But it is not all bad: Now we have even more links from around the web to choose from.
I've been an RSS obsessive for years. Hundreds of feeds, hand-picked one by one. But RSS only shows you sources you already know. New voices don't find you there.
I added Bubbles' Daily Briefing to my feed…
I missed two days of Pook-Emu Bee links. But it is not all bad: Now we have even more links from around the web to choose from. 1. Why I Built Bubbles (Ben at Bubbles Blog. March 26, 2026.) I've been an RSS obsessive for years. Hundreds of feeds, hand-picked one by one. But RSS...
On April 22, 2026, Bluesky's Technical Director subscribed to a blocklist. Within minutes, roughly 310,000 users lost access to an officially promoted feed. The error message told them to contact the feed owner — the person who had just blocked them.
The incident was fixed in sixteen minutes. An email to safety@bsky.app. The Technical Director unsubscribed from the list. Service…
Today marks the 1957th anniversary of the death-by-suicide of the short-reigning Roman Emperor, Otho. I note this because my longest NLJ article, clocking it at more than 18,000 words, is about Otho. Fortunately, I also published some shorter Otho reading. But Otho aside, it is time for today's edition of Pook-Emu Bee links from around...
Today marks the 1957th anniversary of the death-by-suicide of the short-reigning Roman Emperor, Otho. I note this because my longest NLJ article, clocking it at more than 18,000 words, is about Otho. Fortunately, I also published some shorter Otho reading. But Otho aside, it is time for today's edition of Pook-Emu Bee links from around the web.
Tyler Gaw published a good blog post titled The Old Internet is Still Here, noting that there are many personal websites and blogs worth reading on the web. As he put it, "they just got layered over by time." I agree with his post and encourage you to read it on his website. For those who are inclined, it is easy enough to use a feed reader to collect good websites from around the web (I suggest…
Jatan, writing on his Journal J blog, offers good advice for webmasters who want to promote feed subscriptions for their projects. Having tried to pitch people on feeds in real life, I concur entirely with his assessment that explaining what feeds are and how one should use them are good ideas. I do this on NLJ with my Feed Directory (could use a refresher) and Feed introduction article. For…
I was reading a post on alexwlchan's
blog1 that referenced the concept of digital gardens, a concept/analogy for organising information which dates back to the 90s. This old concept is getting new traction today by contrasting the approach with "endless stream" as used and abused by social media, but also how blogs are typically presented.
_This site_ , my homepage, has a blog, and that's the…
I came across an interesting take by Sebastian Sastre on why he uses an RSS feed instead of a newsletter for his blog. I agree with the feed-first position. However, I personally recommend using both. Recommend feeds as a first option but also have a newsletter (which is a publication unto itself beyond just sharing links). I use Buttondown, which is a good service (I think it avoids some of the…
I missed posting daily Pook-Emu Bee Links yesterday, but we are back in business on this rainy (in Brooklyn NYC, at least) March 3, 2026.
Links from around the web
Out with the communists and in with the rappers in Nepal? We will find out on March 5, 2026.
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I have a Pixelfed account that I use to share better quality versions of photos I post to New Leaf Journal (and more rarely this site). Back in 2021, I published an article about how to follow my Pixelfed account using its ATOM feed. It did "well" when I published it (one of my three most successful articles at the time was my 2020 Pixelfed review, which ended up having its best month in terms of…
If you’ve spent any time in my Section 230 myth-debunking guide, you know that most bad takes on the law come from people who haven’t read it. But lately I keep running into a different kind of bad take—one that often comes from people who have read the law, understand the basics passably well, and […]