Track your internet rabbitholes and hold onto the knowledge you discover
A Brief History & Ethos of the Digital Garden
A newly revived philosophy for publishing personal knowledge on the web
The Internet Transition
The Internet is allowing us to build a richer, more complex society but the way in which we Internet today is failing to support the governance systems that a more complex world requires. I take a look at why these issues are related, try to develop an intuition for a way forward, and point at the emerging field that is coming together to build that future.
Flushes
The Internet's Bathroom. Post your flushes, see who else is in there, and keep every record in your own AT Protocol repo.
Online Trust and Safety Hub: Stay Safe Online | Internet Society
Learn how to stay safe online, protect your privacy, spot scams, identify false information, and build safer digital habits.
Keytrace — One identity, many proofs.
Link your GitHub, domain, and other accounts to your internet handle. Cryptographically signed, user-owned, and portable.
Wikipedia Is Battling for the Soul of the Internet
The internet’s largest stockpile of free knowledge is under threat from MAGA, A.I. and foreign autocrats. A bibliophile ex-ambassador is here to help.
Holdfast 0: Situating
This post introduces the written version of some optimistic and constructive thinking on knowledge in networks that I’ve been wrestling with since the end of last year.
The evolution of expert communities
A look at how online forums grow, thrive, and then decay.
Exit Chat Control · Become Ungovernable
A practical field guide to escape Chat Control and reclaim your digital privacy: encrypted messaging, email, VPN, DNS, passwords, Linux, GrapheneOS, self-hosting. Free, open source, no tracking.
OpenCola
Build trust networks that give you control of your personal data and the flow of information around you.
Trove
Australia’s free online research portal. Trove is a collaboration between the National Library of Australia and hundreds of Partner organisations around Australia.
Gathering the Custodians of the Internet: Lessons from the First CivilServant Summit - Citizens and Technology Lab
An agenda for citizen behavioral science to maintain and protect the communities we love online.
gregpak.link: Yes We Blog! Webring
A webring for real people who actually blog. Yes, a functioning webring in 2025!
