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ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Search Engine Journal: Google CTRs Drop 32% For Top Result After AI Overview Rollout. “A new study from GrowthSRC Media finds that click-through rates (CTRs) for Google’s top-ranking search result have declined from 28% to 19%. This 32% drop correlates with the expansion of AI Overviews, a feature that now appears across a wide range of search results.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/25/search-engine-journal-google-ctrs-drop-32-for-top-result-after-ai-overview-rollout/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/25/search-engine-journal-google-ctrs-drop-32-for-top-result-after-ai-overview-rollout/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: UWM professors are reimagining digital libraries for the visually impaired . “The problem is that most online platforms emphasize visuals, giving little consideration to the needs and primary senses of visually impaired users. That’s why Xie, a professor in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Information Studies, is creating research-driven […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/15/university-of-wisconsin-milwaukee-uwm-professors-are-reimagining-digital-libraries-for-the-visually-impaired/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/15/university-of-wisconsin-milwaukee-uwm-professors-are-reimagining-digital-libraries-for-the-visually-impaired/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Internet Archive Blog: Wayback Machine to Hit ‘Once-in-a-Generation Milestone’ this October: One Trillion Web Pages Archived. “This October, the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is projected to hit a once-in-a-generation milestone: 1 trillion web pages archived. That’s one trillion memories, moments, and movements—preserved for the public, forever.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/02/wayback-machine-to-hit-once-in-a-generation-milestone-this-october-one-trillion-web-pages-archived-internet-archive/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/02/wayback-machine-to-hit-once-in-a-generation-milestone-this-october-one-trillion-web-pages-archived-internet-archive/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Boing Boing: No JS, No CSS, No HTML: online “clubs” celebrate plainer websites. “The revived No JS Club celebrates websites that don’t use Javascript, the powerful but sometimes overused code that’s been bloating the web and crashing tabs since 1995. The No CSS Club goes a step further and forbids even a scrap of styling beyond the browser defaults. And there is even the No HTML Club, where […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/29/no-js-no-css-no-html-online-clubs-celebrate-plainer-websites-boing-boing/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/29/no-js-no-css-no-html-online-clubs-celebrate-plainer-websites-boing-boing/</a></p>
Vivaldi Tips<p><strong>Tip #728</strong></p> <span class=""></span><p></p> <p><strong>Mute websites in Vivaldi on Android.</strong></p> <p>If there’s a website that annoys you by playing media with audio, either automatically or it’s easy to accidentally hit play, you have every right to mute the website. Here are two ways to do it in Vivaldi on Android.</p><p><strong>Option 1</strong></p><ol><li>While a video or sound clip is playing on the web page, tap the shield icon on the Address Bar.</li><li>Select Permissions.</li><li>Toggle off “Sound”.</li></ol><p><strong>Option 2</strong></p><ol><li>Go to Settings &gt; Content Settings &gt; Site Settings &gt; Content &gt; Sound.</li><li>Tap on “Add site exception”.</li><li>Enter the page’s URL.</li><li>Tap on “Add”.</li></ol><p></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://vivaldi.com/tag/android-2/" target="_blank">#android</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://vivaldi.com/tag/media/" target="_blank">#media</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://vivaldi.com/tag/mute/" target="_blank">#Mute</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://vivaldi.com/tag/permissions/" target="_blank">#Permissions</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://vivaldi.com/tag/vivaldi/" target="_blank">#Vivaldi</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://vivaldi.com/tag/vivaldibrowser/" target="_blank">#VivaldiBrowser</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://vivaldi.com/tag/web-pages/" target="_blank">#webPages</a></p><p><a href="https://vivaldi.com/blog/tips/tip-728/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://vivaldi.com/blog/tips/tip-728/</a></p>
YongZS永値生 :misskey: :paricafelogo:<p><i><a href="https://yongzs1218.github.io/weblogs%E7%B6%B2%E8%AA%8C/blog/2025/04/28/hsuan-kung.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">旋宮圖簡介brief introduction of Hsüan Kung Diagram</a></i><span><br>終於,我完成了</span><b>旋宮圖簡介</b><span>頁面!<br>Finally, I have completed the </span><b>brief introduction page of Hsüan Kung Diagram</b><span>!<br><br>Available in </span><b>漢語</b>, <b>English</b>, <b>日本語</b>, <b><ruby>㗂越<rp>(</rp><rt>Tiếng Việtㅤ</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby></b>, <b><ruby>韓國語<rp>(</rp><rt>한  국  어</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>·<ruby>朝鮮語<rp>(</rp><rt>조  선  어</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby></b><span>!<br><br></span><i>​:fox_excited_blur:​</i> <i>​:fox_excited_blur:​</i> <i>​:fox_excited_blur:​</i> <i>​:fox_excited_blur:​</i> <i>​:fox_excited_blur:​</i> <i>​:fox_excited_blur:​</i><span> <br><br></span><a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/音樂" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#音樂</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/樂理" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#樂理</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/音樂理論" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#音樂理論</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/中華" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#中華</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/中國音樂" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#中國音樂</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/國樂" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#國樂</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/民樂" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#民樂</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/中樂" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#中樂</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/華樂" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#華樂</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/網頁" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#網頁</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/編程" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#編程</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/music" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/musictheory" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#musictheory</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/theory" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#theory</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/chinese" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chinese</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/chinesemusic" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chinesemusic</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/web" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#web</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/webpage" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#webpage</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/webpages" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#webpages</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/javascript" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#javascript</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#html</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/css" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#css</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/音乐" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#音乐</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/乐理" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#乐理</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/音乐理论" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#音乐理论</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/中华" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#中华</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/中国音乐" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#中国音乐</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/国乐" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#国乐</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/民乐" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#民乐</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/中乐" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#中乐</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/华乐" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#华乐</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/网页" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#网页</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/编程" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#编程</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/音楽" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#音楽</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/中国" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#中国</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/旋宮圖" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#旋宮圖</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/旋宫图" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#旋宫图</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/âmnhạc" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#âmnhạc</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/amnhac" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amnhac</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/trungquoc" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trungquoc</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/중국" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#중국</a> <a href="https://pari.cafe/tags/음악" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#음악</a></p>
Md Anwar Hussain<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Clonely" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clonely</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> is an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/machine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>machine</span></a> that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/allows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>allows</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/one" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>one</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/duplicate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>duplicate</span></a> any <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webpages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webpages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/such" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>such</span></a> as a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/online" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>online</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/store" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>store</span></a>, or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sales</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/funnel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funnel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/based" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>based</span></a> on the user <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/simply" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>simply</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/providing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>providing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/them" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>them</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/with" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>with</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/the" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>the</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/respective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>respective</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webpage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webpage</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/URL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>URL</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/The" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>The</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tool</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recreates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recreates</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/layout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>layout</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/content" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>content</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elements</span></a> of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/site" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>site</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/which" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>which</span></a> can <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/then" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>then</span></a> be <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/further" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>further</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/customized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>customized</span></a> <br><a href="https://rb.gy/44mszp" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">rb.gy/44mszp</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Search Engine Land: New data: Google AI Overviews are hurting click-through rates. “Two new studies agree: Google’s AI Overviews steal clicks from organic search results. While Google told us that AI Overviews citations result in higher-quality clicks, the introduction of AI Overviews correlates with a measurable decline in organic visibility and clicks, particularly for top-ranking, […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/23/new-data-google-ai-overviews-are-hurting-click-through-rates-search-engine-land/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/23/new-data-google-ai-overviews-are-hurting-click-through-rates-search-engine-land/</a></p>
adingbatponder<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://me.fishingdev.com/users/fishingdev" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fishingdev</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@richardwonka" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>richardwonka</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@fidepus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fidepus</span></a></span> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/reticulum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reticulum</span></a> via <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/nomadnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nomadnet</span></a> also serves pages like <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/webpages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webpages</span></a> which is a powerful &amp; stable manner of providing up to date information in emergencies. Can for example provide automated <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/webcams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webcams</span></a> over <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/lora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lora</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/mesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mesh</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/network" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>network</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/reticulum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reticulum</span></a> allows for data transfer of sound and images and so is ideal for emergency communication over <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/lora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lora</span></a> Saying it is too complex is like saying internet it too complex for emergencies. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rns</span></a> is even simpler than internet &amp; robust</p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Found in my RSS feeds: GeoCities.live. Turn any Web pages into a 1990s GeoCities blink fest. Lots of fun.</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/14/geocities-live/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/14/geocities-live/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Shellsharks: Extending indieweb.txt With Reference Information.. “Indieweb.txt is an idea for sharing information about one’s indie site with the world. It is a proposal which resembles other plain-text, web-bourne, information-sharing documents such as humans.txt and security.txt. As initially proposed, it would contain information such as the tools one uses to implement IndieWeb […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/10/shellsharks-extending-indieweb-txt-with-reference-information/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/10/shellsharks-extending-indieweb-txt-with-reference-information/</a></p>
Vivaldi Tips<p><strong>Tip #688</strong></p> <span class=""></span><p></p> <p><strong>Disable third-party sign-in prompts on websites.</strong></p> <p>To make account registration and login faster, some websites offer to create accounts using a third-party service, such as Google, Apple, Facebook, etc. When you’re logged into one of the aforementioned sites, you’ll notice sign-in prompts popping up on websites that have implemented third-party sign-ins. </p><p>It may be easy to create an account that way, but it does allow the service providers to track and profile you, and the website may get access to personal data you might not have shared using their own sign-up form, to name just a couple of risks. </p><p>If you won’t be using this sign-in method and prefer not to see these prompts either, you can block them.</p><p>To disable third-party sign-in prompts:</p><ol><li>Go to <a href="https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/appearance-customization/settings/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Settings</a> &gt; <a href="https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/privacy/privacy-settings/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Privacy and Security</a> &gt; <a href="https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/privacy/website-permissions/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Website Permissions</a> &gt; Global Permissions.</li><li>Locate “Third-Party Sign-In” on the list of permissions and select “Block”.</li></ol><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://vivaldi.com/tag/privacy/" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://vivaldi.com/tag/vivaldi/" target="_blank">#Vivaldi</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://vivaldi.com/tag/vivaldibrowser/" target="_blank">#VivaldiBrowser</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://vivaldi.com/tag/web-pages/" target="_blank">#webPages</a></p><p><a href="https://vivaldi.com/blog/tips/tip-688/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://vivaldi.com/blog/tips/tip-688/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Found while working on my content curation: Webring List. Webrings are a vintage way to explore the Internet and lately it’s been making a comeback. From the page: “I did a search for these new-style webrings and have so far found the following. Most are for non-commerical, personal sites which is what webrings were originally made for. As the big webring systems have gone, it’s just as easy […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/08/new-to-me-webring-list/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/08/new-to-me-webring-list/</a></p>
ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊<p>Thoughts about the internet—</p><p>Flashy videos that chase people around the page and bright, rapidly-scrolling page headers might be good for grabbing attention, but they are torture to a migraine sufferer. I want to run away from a page with lots of motion and flashing, not stay on it. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MyThoughts</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/webpages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webpages</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Stars and Stripes: DOD webpages celebrating legendary minority troops to be restored after being scrubbed from sites. “Webpages detailing the history of legendary minority service members will be restored to the Defense Department’s online platforms after the content was pulled following an agency-wide examination of material for diversity, equity and inclusion, the Pentagon said […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/21/stars-and-stripes-dod-webpages-celebrating-legendary-minority-troops-to-be-restored-after-being-scrubbed-from-sites/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/21/stars-and-stripes-dod-webpages-celebrating-legendary-minority-troops-to-be-restored-after-being-scrubbed-from-sites/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Hackaday: BritCSS: Write CSS With British English Spellings. “Implemented as a simple, 14 kB JavaScript script to be included in an HTML page, it allows one to write CSS files using proper spelling, such as background-colour and centre. Meanwhile harsh language such as !important is replaced with the more pleasant !if-you-would-be-so-kind.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/15/britcss-write-css-with-british-english-spellings-hackaday/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/15/britcss-write-css-with-british-english-spellings-hackaday/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Smashing Apps: How to Find the Publication Date of a Website: 10 Proven Methods. “In a digital world overflowing with information, it’s not easy to find the publication date of a website, if needed…. This guide simplifies the process with 10 actionable methods, from quick visual checks to advanced tools.” Good list.</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/14/how-to-find-the-publication-date-of-a-website-10-proven-methods-smashing-apps/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/14/how-to-find-the-publication-date-of-a-website-10-proven-methods-smashing-apps/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Ana Rodrigues: In defense of unpolished personal websites. “My imperfect and unpolished code on my personal website isn’t the full reflection on my technical abilities or knowledge of web development standards. It’s a constant draft where my handwriting is legible and where I want optimization takes a backseat. It’s where I use the little free time I have to actually write on it and […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/13/ana-rodrigues-in-defense-of-unpolished-personal-websites/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/13/ana-rodrigues-in-defense-of-unpolished-personal-websites/</a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>Thousands of U.S. Government <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/WebPages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebPages</span></a> Have Been Taken Down Since Friday<br>Federal agencies moved to satisfy Trump’s orders to remove topics like diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”<br>About 3,000 pages from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a>), 3,000 from the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Census" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Census</span></a> Bureau, and 1,000 from the Office of Justice Programs make up the bulk of takedown. <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/upshot/trump-government-websites-missing-pages.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/02/upshot/</span><span class="invisible">trump-government-websites-missing-pages.html</span></a><br><a href="https://archive.ph/TOY6v" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/TOY6v</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
adingbatponder<p>(1) Video on making pages (<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/webpages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webpages</span></a>), using <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/nomadnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nomadnet</span></a> software. Pages are for being served over the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/nomadnetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nomadnetwork</span></a> using <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/reticulum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reticulum</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RN%C5%9A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RNŚ</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kuKqhP85qk" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=8kuKqhP85q</span><span class="invisible">k</span></a></p><p>(2 Video showing how then to read the pages (like webpages) using <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/reticulummeshchat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reticulummeshchat</span></a> &amp; using <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/lora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lora</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rnodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rnodes</span></a> to connect to the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/nomadnetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nomadnetwork</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/mesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mesh</span></a> &amp; also to retrieve the data from the serving node on the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/nomadnetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nomadnetwork</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fgr1WBktQw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=5Fgr1WBktQ</span><span class="invisible">w</span></a></p><p>Like <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meshtastic</span></a> mesh but ... provides resilient <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/lora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lora</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rnode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rnode</span></a></p>