Scripting News: Saturday, May 2, 2026

Knicks will play the Sixers in round 2 of the playoffs starting Monday. #
I've been teaching Claude why we favor Markdown. "We add support for Markdown editing wherever we can, because people like Markdown and they should. It makes things simple and guarantees a certain level of flexibility for their writing far beyond the standards of twitter-like systems with tiny little text boxes. If you don't really support Markdown people figure it out right away. But the character limits and stuff like that seem more technical to users. Markdown support says clearly -- you're really on the web."#
On Bluesky: I asked ChatGPT when weblogs.com peaked. #
Something weird happens as you get older, you walk into a room and see a friend but at first you don't get that this is your friend. Instead you see an old man or lady. Your attention goes away because like everyone you are programmed not to look at old people. Then you instantly realize this is your friend. You put on the virtual colored glasses that let you see them as you remember them, instead of what's there today. #
  • Here's a single-page site for WordPress news. #
  • And here's the OPML subscription list.#
  • You're free to import that OPML file into any feed reader. #
  • I'd like to work with others to help get more good sources flowing through that list. The better the news delivery system, the more news sources we'll get. It's a chicken and egg thing, a bootstrap. People use Slack or Twitter to keep track of WordPress which is already a great idea-sharing network. Let's start using the tools we make to make the news we need. #
  • Let's get more news sites on that list. There's a lot of news we're not getting over the web. #
  • Comments, questions, suggestions here. #
  • PS: I had a much longer post here earlier today, but factored it down to the basics.#
  • It's time to do whatever you were sent here to do.#
Linkblog items for the day
RFK Jr. wants to treat addiction on wellness farms, without medication.

npr.org
How Paris redesigned itself to be a city of bikes—not cars.

fastcompany.com
These are the blogs we followed on weblogs.com, in reverse chron order of when they updated, in March 2000. It's a very interesting snapshot of an early web community, the bloggers.

web.archive.org
2007: Creating a maintainable and thriving web. (Scripting News)

scripting.com
Is AI the next phase of evolution?

archive.is
Apparently trump really said this.

politicalwire.com
Who's to blame for Rockets' embarrassing first-round exit? (Kevin Durant is responsible, for all the incredibly braindead stupid things he said about basketball in NYC.)

cbssports.com
“..as you would expect from a tight silo like Substack, the API lets you read but not write. They want you to use their editor, what they don’t want is to be one of 20 distributors of your writing. They want an exclusive and they get it.“

scripting.com
Trump is running out of options to contain gas price backlash.

washingtonpost.com
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