Running @manton’s new Blog Audit tool for micro.blog. Plenty for it to crunch through here…

The dashboard displays an audit summary for a blog with information on valid and broken links, missing image descriptions, and other website issues.

Flip. When did Boing Boing become completely ad-riddled?

Unlikely image of the day.

Having a full-on “dad dancing” moment at the TikTok News: Next Generation event at Soho House.

A man with gray hair is sitting at a table in a café or restaurant with cups and plates, while a woman standing behind him appears to be speaking or eating.A paper held up displays the phrase THE FORMAT CAN CHANGE. THE FUNDAMENTALS DON'T. against a backdrop of overlapping black circles.A window displays the text TikTok News Next Generation with a city skyline visible in the background.

Oh, nuts. Sounds awfully like the drive I’m using for Time Machine has just died.

Re-Xing?

The “should we go back to X/Twitter” conversation springing up in the tech social media sphere is interesting – but I have a pragmatic reason for not doing so. I’m time poor, and time spent there does not replay itself. The fact that staying away also aligns with my moral thoughts about the platform sure helps, too.

I maintain an account there, and occasionally browse for an awareness of discussions. But it would take a major change of ownership, or change of approach, for me to really move back.

I think it’s fair to say that Autumn is properly here.

A pile of dried brown and green leaves is accumulated next to a stone or concrete step.

Found a piece of beakandsqueak street art on my commute yesterday.

A chalk drawing on pavement shows two birds having a conversation about forgiveness versus petty revenge, signed beakandsqueak.

Just discovered that Movable Type removed xml-rpc in its latest update. (I’m still on their mailing list for MT professionals.) Briefly wondered if it would impact @danielpunkass - but how many @marsedit@mastodon.social users are actually using the latest versions of MT these days anyway?

Streamer time for Harvest Festival.