My father, Ray Wegrzyn, who has died aged 70 after living with Parkinson’s disease for more than 30 years, spent his working life writing about other people, and his last year relying on others to find the words for him.In 2002 he was appointed one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Probation, assessing the efforts of probation services across England and Wales. He believed people could change, and that the work – whether supervising an offender or inspecting a service – deserved honest engagemen... Read more ›
While genetic testing promises answers and connection, those findings can upend long-held beliefs about your identity and family. Read more ›
ensoref2 In 2017, I had the privilege of attending a calligraphy demonstration at the Houston Zen Center by none other than Kazuaki "Kaz" Tanahashi. A sil... Read more ›
Ironically, this post made me check the Indieweb Carnival and the prompt inspired me to write an entry. I have been struggling with writing for what feels like a few years now. It hasn’t been fun. But I’m currently on holidays in a nice house with a swimming pool and lots of time to […] Read more ›
Destiny's lore has been routinely saved by community preservationists, and with support ending on Destiny 2, their work may become even more crucial in the future. The post appeared first on . Read more ›
We be jammin’ now — 50 years on, that is. Fifty years ago this week, Bob Marley & The Wailers headlined a four-night residency at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, England, spanning June 15-18, 1976, a series of shows that kicked off the second leg of their Rastaman Vibration tour. Finally, all these years later, audiences can experience the inherent magic of those seminal, long sought-after shows officially for the first time with the upcoming release of the Roots, Rock, Reggae: Live at the H... Read more ›
Browse and compare current offerings from 50+ specialty roasters — Onyx Coffee Lab, SEY Coffee, Intelligentsia, Black & White, Stumptown, and more. Filter by origin, process, and price. Read more ›
The sol side of the 1829 tlaco, with the liberty Phrygian cap Helping my mom trace our family tree has taught me that this process is as much about the lives of individual people as it is about getting glimpses into their times. It is about finding vital records and trying to understand the historical context of the people they represent. This is why I got this little, battered copper coin. Read more ›
In this article, we hear from Wake Up members, Elli Weisbaum and Nhu-Mai Nguyen, two of our tradition’s youngest lay Dharma teachers. Read more ›
Eternal Software Initiative. Contribute to adriancable/eternal development by creating an account on GitHub. Read more ›
Announcing folk.zone, a collection of free, community-run internet services I'm building as an IndieWeb commons. Including Mastodon, WriteFreely, Forgejo, Pixelfed, Lemmy, and more. All self-hosted on hardware in my living space. This is infrastructure for the common folk, not for enterprise or scale, inspired by omg.lol and rooted in the IndieWeb and Fediverse principles. Read more ›
Yesterday I discovered the Internet phone book, and I was really excited to buy one because this project resonates with me. Unfortunately, it is sold out pretty much everywhere and I'm not going to the USA or Greece to get one (though I wish I could). Since then, they restocked! And I was able to get my hands on one 🙌 Despite this, I still had a thorough look at , and I discovered that they have a call the sites from the book! So what I do now, when I want to take a break but don't want to mi... Read more ›
The Archives were part of a desperate experiment as the world slipped into shadow. Seeing the end approaching, the despair and darkness creeping across the people of the land, a group of alchemists and sages collected all the tomes, scrolls, and other records of the encroaching darkness in this guar Read more ›
Koalas survived a climate-driven population crash 100,000 years ago, and new genomic research is helping scientists better protect the species today. A major genomic study has transformed scientists’ understanding of koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) evolution, showing that the species underwent a dramatic population decline about 100,000 years ago, long before humans reached Australia. Researchers found that [...] Read more ›
From hard house to ambient funeral doom, it's another eclectic month in the undergrowth for Noel Gardner, who returns with your latest New Weird Britain roundup If June’s New Weird Britain dispatch was a DJ set, it would contain transitions of impeccable seamlessness, with intra-review concepts relating to genre, tempo, audience, locality or some other nodule of perceived identity. You’d also get whiplash when we go from hard house to ambient funeral doom. But before we hold on to our hats, l... Read more ›
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We explore how HEYTEA’s newest concept store in Manhattan seeks to redefine the modern Chinese tea experience. Read more ›
This is my submission for the June 2026 IndieWeb Carnival. The theme is “No way!?”, hosted by Alex Hsu. Let’s call this girl Lily. The first time we met was on Twitter, a decade ago – November 2015. The Bataclan terror attacks had just happened. My flatmate’s girlfriend had lost her best friend, so she […] Read more ›