Andy
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  • Fixing the web, again

    Last year, I wrote about my efforts to get a link in a podcast feed fixed for an old podcast. It took some effort, but someone was able to correct the error in the feed. This year, I noticed a broken link in a site at the University of Texas at Austin about the alma…

  • Reprise on WordLand

    While cleaning up some email, I saw a “note to self” about Dave Winer’s demo of his WordLand application for WordPress. This demo occurred in October 2025 at WordCamp Canada. I reviewed my postings and did not see a link to this event, so wanted to make a post to capture this: WordLand is still…

  • Doomsday Pack: 90 days of food, water and basics for a small apartment (site list supplies and provides Amazon links for purchase (via ReaderJohn on micro.blog)). Interesting!

  • Mississippi Free Press: Liveblog of the Mississippi 2026 US Senate race – fascinating coverage of county updates and background articles.

  • Election Law Blog: After a Few Days of Accepting Reality, Donald Trump Back to Calling Election Results into Question, Saying Dan Sullivan Won Alaska – screen caps of Truth Social posts – a counterpoint to Election Day comments from Trump

  • Anchorage Daily News: Like in past elections, Alaska is still counting ballots. When will we know who won? (via Election Law Blog) – more results should be available this week…

  • Pluralistic/Cory Doctorow: America cannot undo Trumpism – “If the old order is over, then we will never again be able to trust America to serve as the world’s cop, banker, ISP, IT department and consumer of first resort.” – sounds a lot like Season 4 of “The Diplomat” tv series….

  • Josh Bernoff: The midterm election winners were the best communicators – Democrats articulated their message better than Republicans (sidenote: Lauren Kapp worked with James Talarico (more background here on Lauren).

  • More great recipes from the New York Times

    As I mentioned in an earlier post, I signed up for a one year subscription to be able to get access to NYT Cooking. Here are some recent recipes I have made (all were excellent! (gift links below)): Also, here are some recent collections I am looking through:

  • Wired: Election Deniers Aren’t Contesting Their Massive Losses