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  1. Search history, or: Hyperlinks

    A Sijo

    Leon Wieseltier posed questions \\ while poring over manuscripts;
    then, years later, I followed links \\ to essays, chapters, printed texts;
    my mourning became a map \\ for other lost wayfarers

    W3 poetry prompt

    For this week’s W3, Jaideep invites us to write a three-line poem showing how a cultural tradition and modern technology meet, interact, or create something new.

    Sijo?

    A Korean verse form related to haiku and tanka and comprised of three lines of 14-16 syllables each, for a total of 44-46 syllables. Each line contains a pause near the middle, similar to a caesura, though the break need not be metrical. The first half of the line contains six to nine syllables; the second half should contain no fewer than five. Originally intended as songs, sijo can treat romantic, metaphysical, or spiritual themes. Whatever the subject, the first line introduces an idea or story, the second supplies a “turn,” and the third provides closure. Modern sijo are sometimes printed in six lines.

    Let’s write poetry together!

    When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

    Ben Harper (b. 1969)

    Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

    #Books #Comparison #Internet #Kaddish #LeonWieseltier #Poem #Poetry #Quote #Research #Sijo #VincentVanGogh #W3
  2. Search history, or: Hyperlinks

    A Sijo

    Leon Wieseltier posed questions \\ while poring over manuscripts;
    then, years later, I followed links \\ to essays, chapters, printed texts;
    my mourning became a map \\ for other lost wayfarers

    W3 poetry prompt

    For this week’s W3, Jaideep invites us to write a three-line poem showing how a cultural tradition and modern technology meet, interact, or create something new.

    Sijo?

    A Korean verse form related to haiku and tanka and comprised of three lines of 14-16 syllables each, for a total of 44-46 syllables. Each line contains a pause near the middle, similar to a caesura, though the break need not be metrical. The first half of the line contains six to nine syllables; the second half should contain no fewer than five. Originally intended as songs, sijo can treat romantic, metaphysical, or spiritual themes. Whatever the subject, the first line introduces an idea or story, the second supplies a “turn,” and the third provides closure. Modern sijo are sometimes printed in six lines.

    Let’s write poetry together!

    When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

    Ben Harper (b. 1969)

    Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

    #Books #Comparison #Internet #Kaddish #LeonWieseltier #Poem #Poetry #Quote #Research #Sijo #VincentVanGogh #W3
  3. W3 Prompt #220: Wea’ve Written Weekly

    Intro

    Dear friends,

    Welcome to our W3 Poetry Prompt, which goes live on Wednesdays at The Skeptic’s Kaddish.

    You may click here for a fuller explanation of W3; but here’s the ‘tldr’ version:

    Part I

    The main ingredient of W3 is a weekly poem written by a Poet of the Week (PoW), which participants read before participating in the prompt.

    Part II

    The second ingredient is a writing guideline (or two) provided by the PoW. Guidelines may include, but are not limited to: word counts, poetic forms, inclusion of specific words, and use of particular poetic devices.

    Part III

    After five days, when the prompt closes, the PoW shall select one participant’s poem as the W3 prompt for the following week, and its author becomes the next PoW.

    Simple enough, right?

    Kindly note: All entries for the W3 poetry prompt must be the original work of the submitting author. AI-generated poetry is not permitted.

    Okie dokie ~ Let’s do this thing!

    I. The prompt poem:

    ‘Slant’ by Jaideep Khanduja

    I’m doing great – that’s what I always tell
    people, smoothing my face over all
    the cracks, rehearsing calm until the
    performance gets mistaken for truth.
    My hands don’t shake, my voice stays even, but
    that’s only the version I let myself tell.
    Underneath it all, quietly, I miss you. I feel it
    even now, though I keep bending the truth, keep leaning slant.

    II. Jaideep’s prompt: Heritage-Tech Fusion

    The Challenge

    Write one three-line poem that brings together a cultural tradition and modern technology.

    Your poem can be playful, thoughtful, imaginative, or personal. Each line may contain any number of syllables, so feel free to follow your own natural rhythm.

    Structure

    • Line 1: Mention something traditional from your culture, such as a craft, art form, festival, song, food, or dance.
    • Line 2: Connect that tradition with technology, such as AI, an app, a digital tool, a virtual space, or a smart device.
    • Line 3: Show how the tradition and technology can work together, inspire one another, or create something new.

    Most importantly, enjoy exploring how the past and the future can meet in just three lines.

    Example

    Pottery hands shape ancient clay
    AI learns patterns from grandmother’s designs
    Digital vessels tell new stories

    III. Submit: Click on ‘Mister Linky’ below

    In order to participate and share a poem, open up this blog post, outside of the WordPress reader. At the bottom, just below these words, you will see a small rectangular graphic with the words ‘Mr Linky’. Click on that to submit.

    Submissions are open for 5 days, until Monday, July 20, 10:00 AM (GMT+2)

    Last week’s W3 poem

    This week’s W3 prompt poem (above), composed by Jaideep, was written in response to last week’s W3 prompt poem, which Jodi wrote:

    ‘Freedom’ by Violet Lentz

    at fifteen
    i didn’t question
    your packing up my life
    in a garbage bag
    and sending me to gramma’s
    i wanted my freedom
    i saw being sent away
    as you giving it to me
    i thought i had won
    
    at twenty five
    i didn’t question
    abandoning my marriage
    and two children
    to recapture the freedom
    i perceived
    as having been stolen from me
    surely the end
    would justify the means
    
    at thirty five
    i didn’t question
    getting clean
    i knew it was
    either quit- or die
    so i quit- because
    too much freedom
    had in the end
    taken me hostage
    
    at forty five
    i looked into
    the eyes of a woman
    i had never seen before
    she told me:
    
    that fifteen year olds
    don’t get garbage bags
    full of freedom
    
    that twenty five year olds
    can disappear- but
    never really leave-
    (their children behind)
    
    that thirty five year olds
    never really get clean,,
    they just quit using….
    
    and that the only way
    to ever really catch freedom
    is to stop running…
    #Community #CreativeWriting #Culture #Inspiration #Micropoetry #Poem #Poetry #Prompt #Technology #W3
  4. W3 Prompt #220: Wea’ve Written Weekly

    Intro

    Dear friends,

    Welcome to our W3 Poetry Prompt, which goes live on Wednesdays at The Skeptic’s Kaddish.

    You may click here for a fuller explanation of W3; but here’s the ‘tldr’ version:

    Part I

    The main ingredient of W3 is a weekly poem written by a Poet of the Week (PoW), which participants read before participating in the prompt.

    Part II

    The second ingredient is a writing guideline (or two) provided by the PoW. Guidelines may include, but are not limited to: word counts, poetic forms, inclusion of specific words, and use of particular poetic devices.

    Part III

    After five days, when the prompt closes, the PoW shall select one participant’s poem as the W3 prompt for the following week, and its author becomes the next PoW.

    Simple enough, right?

    Kindly note: All entries for the W3 poetry prompt must be the original work of the submitting author. AI-generated poetry is not permitted.

    Okie dokie ~ Let’s do this thing!

    I. The prompt poem:

    ‘Slant’ by Jaideep Khanduja

    I’m doing great – that’s what I always tell
    people, smoothing my face over all
    the cracks, rehearsing calm until the
    performance gets mistaken for truth.
    My hands don’t shake, my voice stays even, but
    that’s only the version I let myself tell.
    Underneath it all, quietly, I miss you. I feel it
    even now, though I keep bending the truth, keep leaning slant.

    II. Jaideep’s prompt: Heritage-Tech Fusion

    The Challenge

    Write one three-line poem that brings together a cultural tradition and modern technology.

    Your poem can be playful, thoughtful, imaginative, or personal. Each line may contain any number of syllables, so feel free to follow your own natural rhythm.

    Structure

    • Line 1: Mention something traditional from your culture, such as a craft, art form, festival, song, food, or dance.
    • Line 2: Connect that tradition with technology, such as AI, an app, a digital tool, a virtual space, or a smart device.
    • Line 3: Show how the tradition and technology can work together, inspire one another, or create something new.

    Most importantly, enjoy exploring how the past and the future can meet in just three lines.

    Example

    Pottery hands shape ancient clay
    AI learns patterns from grandmother’s designs
    Digital vessels tell new stories

    III. Submit: Click on ‘Mister Linky’ below

    In order to participate and share a poem, open up this blog post, outside of the WordPress reader. At the bottom, just below these words, you will see a small rectangular graphic with the words ‘Mr Linky’. Click on that to submit.

    Submissions are open for 5 days, until Monday, July 20, 10:00 AM (GMT+2)

    Last week’s W3 poem

    This week’s W3 prompt poem (above), composed by Jaideep, was written in response to last week’s W3 prompt poem, which Jodi wrote:

    ‘Freedom’ by Violet Lentz

    at fifteen
    i didn’t question
    your packing up my life
    in a garbage bag
    and sending me to gramma’s
    i wanted my freedom
    i saw being sent away
    as you giving it to me
    i thought i had won
    
    at twenty five
    i didn’t question
    abandoning my marriage
    and two children
    to recapture the freedom
    i perceived
    as having been stolen from me
    surely the end
    would justify the means
    
    at thirty five
    i didn’t question
    getting clean
    i knew it was
    either quit- or die
    so i quit- because
    too much freedom
    had in the end
    taken me hostage
    
    at forty five
    i looked into
    the eyes of a woman
    i had never seen before
    she told me:
    
    that fifteen year olds
    don’t get garbage bags
    full of freedom
    
    that twenty five year olds
    can disappear- but
    never really leave-
    (their children behind)
    
    that thirty five year olds
    never really get clean,,
    they just quit using….
    
    and that the only way
    to ever really catch freedom
    is to stop running…
    #Community #CreativeWriting #Culture #Inspiration #Micropoetry #Poem #Poetry #Prompt #Technology #W3
  5. Slave to the #system?
    I deliberately left the bit about Bitcoin in my #Cypherpunk Manifesto article. I’d copied it and included a link to it. It was addressed to the W3 crowd on Nostr, who see Bitcoin as the savior. Here, Bitcoin is seen as the Antichrist, facilitating the rise of fascism. Both are oversimplified analyses. That’s why I’d been hoping for a discussion, as I’m not entirely sure myself.

    However, both #Thiel and #Musk made their fortunes through predatory platforms, mainly via #PayPal. The most horrific things in the world happen because #BlackRock and the like speculate on food. Because the military-industrial complex is flooding the world with weapons. All without Bitcoin or crypto. There’s also the Bitcoin Africa movement, which simply doesn’t fit into the ‘scammer-hater’ narrative.

    Nevertheless, I think that as long as the world is ruled by #money (and it will be for a long time to come), it’s better to have decentralized money than #centralized money managed by states or companies. In Germany, they say, ‘Money doesn’t stink’. With money, you can buy flowers for your loved one or weapons to fight the enemy.

    The dollar and the euro are ultimately controlled by a select few.. Crypto could, if viewed positively, be #democratic. I think this is a worthwhile discussion.
    Think in terms of #structures, not #ideologies.

    word.undead-network.de/2026/07
    #bitcoin #crypto #decentral #freedom #money #slavery #w3 #www3

  6. The ghost, or: The silence

    A Sijo

    for one year, Kaddish gave my loss
    a borrowed ancient voice;
    then silence marked the threshold
    between mourning and forever;
    I withdrew after the last amen
    but returned to words as breathing

    W3 poetry prompt

    For Benji’s W3 prompt this week, he invites us to reflect on the quiet we long for, and what happens when it finally arrives. He asks us to consider the uneasy space after busyness, obligation, noise, or familiar chaos has ended, when freedom may first feel welcome but later reveal loneliness, memory, regret, or unexpected clarity.

    Sijo?

    A Korean verse form related to haiku and tanka and comprised of three lines of 14-16 syllables each, for a total of 44-46 syllables. Each line contains a pause near the middle, similar to a caesura, though the break need not be metrical. The first half of the line contains six to nine syllables; the second half should contain no fewer than five. Originally intended as songs, sijo can treat romantic, metaphysical, or spiritual themes. Whatever the subject, the first line introduces an idea or story, the second supplies a “turn,” and the third provides closure. Modern sijo are sometimes printed in six lines.

    Let’s write poetry together!

    When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

    Ben Harper (b. 1969)

    Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

    #Kaddish #Poetry #Mourning #Grief #Loss #Poem #Writing #Sijo #SelfExpression #W3 #Threshold
  7. The ghost, or: The silence

    A Sijo

    for one year, Kaddish gave my loss
    a borrowed ancient voice;
    then silence marked the threshold
    between mourning and forever;
    I withdrew after the last amen
    but returned to words as breathing

    W3 poetry prompt

    For Benji’s W3 prompt this week, he invites us to reflect on the quiet we long for, and what happens when it finally arrives. He asks us to consider the uneasy space after busyness, obligation, noise, or familiar chaos has ended, when freedom may first feel welcome but later reveal loneliness, memory, regret, or unexpected clarity.

    Sijo?

    A Korean verse form related to haiku and tanka and comprised of three lines of 14-16 syllables each, for a total of 44-46 syllables. Each line contains a pause near the middle, similar to a caesura, though the break need not be metrical. The first half of the line contains six to nine syllables; the second half should contain no fewer than five. Originally intended as songs, sijo can treat romantic, metaphysical, or spiritual themes. Whatever the subject, the first line introduces an idea or story, the second supplies a “turn,” and the third provides closure. Modern sijo are sometimes printed in six lines.

    Let’s write poetry together!

    When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

    Ben Harper (b. 1969)

    Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

    #Kaddish #Poetry #Mourning #Grief #Loss #Poem #Writing #Sijo #SelfExpression #W3 #Threshold
  8. Uncurl, or: Unanswered

    A Sijo

    I plant my unanswered questions 
    hoping spring knows what to do;
    yearning tendrils spread outward
    straining to find some purchase;
    crisp, green vowels uncurl softly
    beside bright consonant foliage

    W3 poetry prompt

    For Sally’s W3 prompt last week, she invites us to explore what lies beneath the surface—whether in gardens, nature, or ourselves—through the images of soil, roots, weeds, and hidden growth.

    My above sijo was inspired by this limerick I wrote for a d’Verse community prompt back in 2021:

    Crisp, or: Fresh

    I sow d'Verse prompts in my garden
    But I feel that I must beg your pardon.
    For my rows are of keys
    That yield green abc's
    Though my gardenin's really quite ardent.

    Sijo?

    A Korean verse form related to haiku and tanka and comprised of three lines of 14-16 syllables each, for a total of 44-46 syllables. Each line contains a pause near the middle, similar to a caesura, though the break need not be metrical. The first half of the line contains six to nine syllables; the second half should contain no fewer than five. Originally intended as songs, sijo can treat romantic, metaphysical, or spiritual themes. Whatever the subject, the first line introduces an idea or story, the second supplies a “turn,” and the third provides closure. Modern sijo are sometimes printed in six lines.

    Let’s write poetry together!

    When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

    Ben Harper (b. 1969)

    Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

    #Conceit #Garden #Gardening #Hope #Metaphor #Plants #Poem #Poetry #Questions #Sijo #W3
  9. Proud father, or: Foolish, foolish man

    For her eleventh birthday, I
    Bought Harry Potter, seven high.
    A gift, I thought, she might enjoy;
    As have so many girls and boys.

    She read the volumes with such speed;
    A newfound fandom soon took seed.
    I'd thought my scheming rather grand;
    But things soon got quite out of hand.

    She reads alone and reads with me;
    Records for friends quite faithfully.
    Three Potter storylines now run;
    She wasn't satisfied with one.

    Each day I wake to Hogwarts news;
    Fresh theories, facts, and wizard views.
    Before my first sip of coffee,
    She shares the latest news with me.

    I'd only wished to spark her mind;
    But, honestly? I'm now resigned.
    My inner voice groans, "Foolish man!
    You've unleashed a new superfan!"

    W3 poetry prompt

    For last week’s W3, Nancy invites us to write a poem in one or more four-line stanzas, with each line containing exactly eight syllables and a maximum length of twenty lines. She encourages us to focus on a memorable success, failure, or combination of both, using humor, reflection, triumph, embarrassment, or self-deprecation to tell the story.

    Let’s write poetry together!

    When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

    Ben Harper (b. 1969)

    Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

    #Books #Childhood #Fandom #Frustration #HarryPotter #Humor #Obsession #Parenthood #Poem #Poetry #W3
  10. Proud father, or: Foolish, foolish man

    For her eleventh birthday, I
    Bought Harry Potter, seven high.
    A gift, I thought, she might enjoy;
    As have so many girls and boys.

    She read the volumes with such speed;
    A newfound fandom soon took seed.
    I'd thought my scheming rather grand;
    But things soon got quite out of hand.

    She reads alone and reads with me;
    Records for friends quite faithfully.
    Three Potter storylines now run;
    She wasn't satisfied with one.

    Each day I wake to Hogwarts news;
    Fresh theories, facts, and wizard views.
    Before my first sip of coffee,
    She shares the latest news with me.

    I'd only wished to spark her mind;
    But, honestly? I'm now resigned.
    My inner voice groans, "Foolish man!
    You've unleashed a new superfan!"

    W3 poetry prompt

    For last week’s W3, Nancy invites us to write a poem in one or more four-line stanzas, with each line containing exactly eight syllables and a maximum length of twenty lines. She encourages us to focus on a memorable success, failure, or combination of both, using humor, reflection, triumph, embarrassment, or self-deprecation to tell the story.

    Let’s write poetry together!

    When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

    Ben Harper (b. 1969)

    Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

    #Books #Childhood #Fandom #Frustration #HarryPotter #Humor #Obsession #Parenthood #Poem #Poetry #W3
  11. Seasons of my home, or: Sunlit

    A Sijo

    newly back in Jerusalem
    autumn gathered over stone;
    sunlit droplets veiled the city
    my delicious walk in the rain;
    at last, my Jewish liturgy
    fit the seasons of my home

    W3 poetry prompt

    For this week’s W3, Artie encourages us to let ourselves drift from Mary Oliver’s poem Drifting. We may use either of the prompt lines, “my delicious walk in the rain” or “what it is that music is trying to say”, directly or indirectly as inspiration.

    The goal is not to imitate Oliver’s poem but to follow our own memory, wonder, weather, music, or other experience wherever it leads, especially when it seems to communicate something beyond ordinary language.

    Sijo?

    A Korean verse form related to haiku and tanka and comprised of three lines of 14-16 syllables each, for a total of 44-46 syllables. Each line contains a pause near the middle, similar to a caesura, though the break need not be metrical. The first half of the line contains six to nine syllables; the second half should contain no fewer than five. Originally intended as songs, sijo can treat romantic, metaphysical, or spiritual themes. Whatever the subject, the first line introduces an idea or story, the second supplies a “turn,” and the third provides closure. Modern sijo are sometimes printed in six lines.

    Let’s write poetry together!

    When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

    Ben Harper (b. 1969)

    Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

    #Judaism #Prayer #Poetry #Israel #Weather #Poem #Seasons #Sijo #Rain #Roots #W3
  12. W3Rooster reconstructs transaction paths during fork-based swaps to ensure no hidden internal call alters the effective output during a buy.
    #W3 #W3Rooster

  13. Liquidity events often fail because of mismatched decimals or misconfigured router versions. W3Rooster checks both the router ABI and the pair initialization sequence to prevent unexpected reverts.
    #W3 #W3Rooster #Web3 #crypto #blockchain

  14. W3Rooster assesses how tax logic affects swap outputs during extreme volatility to confirm no internal rounding error accumulates into long-term imbalance.
    #W3 #W3Rooster

  15. When forking mainnet for testing, W3Rooster pins a single block to remove randomness.
    Pay attention this produces deterministic, reproducible results—no changing state, no hidden variables.
    #W3 #W3Rooster #Web3 #crypto #blockchain

  16. Incoming, or: Push notification

    A ‘Cameo’ poem

    phone screens 
    flare up, an alert 
    ringing across Jerusalem 
    Zoom meeting 
    participants brace, alert for 
    sirens—ready to shelter— 
    mobile 

    W3 poetry prompt

    For our W3 prompt this week, Lesley encourages us to compose poems in the cameo form:

    • Form: Cameo;
      • Heptastich (a poem in 7 lines);
      • Syllabic: 2-5-8-3-8-7-2 syllables per line;
      • Unrhymed, but end words should be strong.

    Let’s write poetry together!

    When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

    Ben Harper (b. 1969)

    Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

    #Cameo #Danger #Iran #Israel #Jerusalem #Poem #Poetry #Sirens #Terrorism #W3 #War
  17. What happens if one ignores the errors shown by validator.w3.org while writing html?

    #html #w3 #WebErrors

  18. W3Rooster does not trust…

    W3Rooster does not trust default router assumptions. Every contract is tested against dry-run swaps, reversed routes, and edge-case fee paths to ensure no unexpected pair fallback occurs. #W3Rooster #W3 #Blockchain

    w3rooster.com/w3rooster-does-n

  19. W3 Prompt #188: Wea’ve Written Weekly

    Intro

    Dear friends,

    Welcome to our W3 Poetry Prompt, which goes live on Wednesdays at The Skeptic’s Kaddish.

    You may click here for a fuller explanation of W3; but here’s the ‘tldr’ version:

    Part I

    The main ingredient of W3 is a weekly poem written by a Poet of the Week (PoW), which participants read before participating in the prompt.

    Part II

    The second ingredient is a writing guideline (or two) provided by the PoW. Guidelines may include, but are not limited to: word counts, poetic forms, inclusion of specific words, and use of particular poetic devices.

    Part III

    After five days, when the prompt closes, the PoW shall select one participant’s poem as the W3 prompt for the following week, and its author becomes the next PoW.

    Simple enough, right?

    Kindly note: All entries for the W3 poetry prompt must be the original work of the submitting author. AI-generated poetry is not permitted.

    Okie dokie ~ Let’s do this thing!

    I. The prompt poem:

    ‘Loneliness’, a poem by Indira

    Life was like a desert.Tasteless, boring, and colorlessWhen I had given up all hopeI had abandoned myself to fateYou came like a breath of fresh airSoothing to the soulLike a beautiful songWith the promise of making my world melodiousA beautiful story of love and friendship,Like a sweet melody of dreams and hopesI am so grateful, butA fear lurks within meWhat if this is all a dream?And it will shatter the moment I open my eyes?And,So it did.Now it's just meAndYour melody, andLoneliness...

    II. Indira’s prompt guidelines

    This week, write a poem on any subject, but give it a comic touch (no pathos this round).

    Feel free to use any poetic form.
    There’s no set length, just be reasonable 🙃

    Have fun with it!

    III. Submit: Click on ‘Mister Linky’ below

    In order to participate and share a poem, open up this blog post, outside of the WordPress reader. At the bottom, just below these words, you will see a small rectangular graphic with the words ‘Mr Linky’. Click on that to submit.

    Submissions are open for 5 days, until Monday, Dec. 8, 10:00 AM (GMT+2)

    Last week’s W3 poem

    This week’s W3 prompt poem (above), composed by Indira, was written in response to last week’s W3 prompt poem, which Ange wrote:

    On the Car Seat, a poem by A J Wilson

    I cling to the fabric, a lone strand of hair,Caught in a crease, unnoticed, quite bare,A remnant of journeys, not big or profound,The car drones along, I'm just hanging around.The sun filters in, casting shadows of dust,Indifferent to weather, I’ve no need to adjust,A witness to journeys, so many on repeat,No one will find me, I'm lost in this seat.On every road trip, I simply lay low,Prostrate on the upholstery, nothing to show,No stories to echo, no feelings to share,I simply exist, just one lone piece of hair.

    #comedy #community #creativeWriting #funny #humor #inspiration #poem #poetry #prompt #w3

  20. Why I gave the world wide web away for free, Tim Berners-Lee

    "I gave the world wide web away for free because I thought that it would only work if it worked for everyone. Today, I believe that to be truer than ever. Regulation and global governance are technically feasible, but reliant on political willpower. If we are able to muster it, we have the chance to restore the web as a tool for collaboration, creativity and compassion across cultural borders. We can re-empower individuals, and take the web back. It’s not too late."
    >>
    theguardian.com/technology/202
    #WorldWideWeb #W3 #PlatformCooperative #governance

  21. Why I gave the world wide web away for free, Tim Berners-Lee

    "I gave the world wide web away for free because I thought that it would only work if it worked for everyone. Today, I believe that to be truer than ever. Regulation and global governance are technically feasible, but reliant on political willpower. If we are able to muster it, we have the chance to restore the web as a tool for collaboration, creativity and compassion across cultural borders. We can re-empower individuals, and take the web back. It’s not too late."
    >>
    theguardian.com/technology/202
    #WorldWideWeb #W3 #PlatformCooperative #governance

  22. #jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy
    We are looking for a Scientifc Head of the department “Survey Design and Methodology”. At the same time, the appointment is made in accordance with the “Jülich Model” (for Joint Professorial Appointments) to a #W3 #professorship for #SurveyMethodology at the School of Social Sciences of the University of Mannheim.

    The position is located at our office in #Mannheim. The English job ad can be found below the German ad:

    hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.J

  23. #jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy
    We are looking for a Scientifc Head of the department “Survey Design and Methodology”. At the same time, the appointment is made in accordance with the “Jülich Model” (for Joint Professorial Appointments) to a #W3 #professorship for #SurveyMethodology at the School of Social Sciences of the University of Mannheim.

    The position is located at our office in #Mannheim. The English job ad can be found below the German ad:

    hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.J

  24. now if you started doing D3 long enough and are old enough to remember, the HTML5 and D3 rollouts were very much overlapping. so, HTML5 was still getting out there when D3 kind of made a splash.

    In the early days of HTML5, there was incredible optimism for web apps completely obviating any other type of software stack. this was nirvana! finally, everything could be defragmented, using WWW standards.

    #WWW #W3 #standards #software

  25. now if you started doing D3 long enough and are old enough to remember, the HTML5 and D3 rollouts were very much overlapping. so, HTML5 was still getting out there when D3 kind of made a splash.

    In the early days of HTML5, there was incredible optimism for web apps completely obviating any other type of software stack. this was nirvana! finally, everything could be defragmented, using WWW standards.

    #WWW #W3 #standards #software

  26. Heidelberg Uni and GESIS offer a joint position as Head of team „Family Surveys“ (f/m/d) at GESIS #Mannheim and as Full professor (#W3) in “Comparative Survey Methodology and Social Data Science” (f/m/d) at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at Heidelberg Uni: hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.J

  27. Heidelberg Uni and GESIS offer a joint position as Head of team „Family Surveys“ (f/m/d) at GESIS #Mannheim and as Full professor (#W3) in “Comparative Survey Methodology and Social Data Science” (f/m/d) at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at Heidelberg Uni: hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.J

  28. @PSiReN
    I mean Reply Guys is the reason Gaming on Linux "Liam" left and went to Bluesky. I don't know if Bluesky users get many reply guys there but who knows...I don't know much about Bluesky except that that their protocol isn't compatible with the W3 standard ActivityPub

    @Black_Flag
    Yo, your username is seen here on the screenshot. Do you consent to this use? Any publicity is good publicity some say.

    #ReplyGuys #ActivityPub #bluesky #GamingOnLinux #w3 #consent

  29. Is #AlbionOnline declining in #popularity? I mean, it's not a hard game and when you go into a red zone or black zone you know what you are risking.

    I feel like Albion Online should become a gaming protocol, like make it #OpenSource and add it to #w3.

    It's just pure game mechanics, it doesn't feel like a game that much. Run around with your horse, join that yellow zone faction warfare.

    #FactionWarfare was for me the main way to make silver. Pure #zerg!

  30. How do you petition W3 to accept a standard?

    Every major browser supports a "fill available" keyword, but all of them are prefixed.

    - "-moz-available"
    - "-webkit-fill-available"
    - idk what the Chrome one is but I know it exists

    The page generator I'm using (Ktor) supports the keywords "available", "fill-available", and "-webkit-fill-available" but not "-moz-available" which is the only one FireFox/Librewolf supports.

    I can manually set it to "-moz-available", yes. But then I only support Firefox-based browsers. Which I'm not opposed to at this point in time, but one day I might prefer another browser and this will be obsolete.

    If I were writing this page statically, I would have the option of writing all of the (broken) options in, but the generator only supports one option at a time.

    #W3 #Firefox #Gecko #Webkit #WebStandards #WebStandard

  31. How do you petition W3 to accept a standard?

    Every major browser supports a "fill available" keyword, but all of them are prefixed.

    - "-moz-available"
    - "-webkit-fill-available"
    - idk what the Chrome one is but I know it exists

    The page generator I'm using (Ktor) supports the keywords "available", "fill-available", and "-webkit-fill-available" but not "-moz-available" which is the only one FireFox/Librewolf supports.

    I can manually set it to "-moz-available", yes. But then I only support Firefox-based browsers. Which I'm not opposed to at this point in time, but one day I might prefer another browser and this will be obsolete.

    If I were writing this page statically, I would have the option of writing all of the (broken) options in, but the generator only supports one option at a time.

  32. Mash – Haiku 2024 #W3 – Suzette B’s Blog

    Image credit: Franco Antonio Giovanella | Unsplash spectacular spuds diced or shredded physique appealing mashups  Source: Mash – Haiku 2024 #W3 – Suzette B's Blog

    nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthene

    #w3