{"generator":"GNU social 1.2.0-beta4","title":"Notices tagged with blaugust2026","totalItems":16,"items":[{"actor":{"id":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","displayName":"Tantek","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-stream.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-mini.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"207"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","url":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","portablecontacts_net":{"displayName":"Tantek","addresses":{"formatted":"\nSan Francisco, CA\n"}}},"content":"CSF_03: today\u2019s Cybersecurity Friday post: the effective security of small business websites has likely gotten worse due to LLMs and \u201cAI agents\u201d (with or without safeguards) and what actions you may want to consider.
This article documents an instance of this problem:
* https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-08-10\/ai-assistant-hacks-gym-website-aus-cyber-attack\/107007986<\/a>
Small business websites tend to be sloppily written (no pun intended though that may also be true) and are likely riddled with numerous very fundamental security holes. There are many possible explanations (economics) from poor initial construction, perhaps using the latest new trendy framework rather than established hardened libraries, to lack of maintenance after initial setup. They have obvious holes like lack of server-side form validation (people being able to change values in forms using browser dev tools), and less obvious like buggy APIs allowing more access than they should.
In the past, many of these holes didn\u2019t really matter because those sites were \u201cnot worth attacking\u201d for the incentive models of human-based cyber-attackers or collectives thereof.
However, now that there are LLMs that have likely been trained on any number of common security holes in websites (and how to exploit them), when an \u201cAI agent\u201d is given a task, it may very well use any \u201ctool\u201d at its disposal, including website vulnerabilities to accomplish its goals, as illustrated by the example in the Australia ABC news article above.
Since such chatbots are now essentially \"hack websites as a service\", I expect we will see LOTS more of this happening, likely unintentionally, or sometimes with mild intention like \u201ccan you get me higher on the waitlist\u201d.
Ultimately I think both the human giving instructions to (prompting) such chatbots and the creators of such chatbots should be held responsible for any such intrusions and any damage they cause, even if\/when unintended.
There are a few things you can do about this emerging phenomenon:
1. If you use such \u201cagents\u201d, be very careful about what you ask it\/them to do, avoiding asking for anything that\u2019s morally gray or questionable at all, even something as \u201cminor\u201d as cutting the line in an online waitlist.
2. If you run a small business site, you have your work cut out for you. Pay a professional web developer to audit the security of your website, document what they find, and patch holes \/ repair it accordingly.
3. If you have accounts on small business sites you rarely or ever use, consider exporting any data (receipts, transactions), replacing your profile details (name, addresses, photos) with noise, and then deleting your account. If you need to use the site again, use a different email address (as recommended in https:\/\/tantek.com\/2025\/122\/b1\/more-steps-indieweb-cybersecurity<\/a>) to create a new account.
That last tip is also helpful for reducing your own personal \u201cattack surface\u201d. By pruning your online accounts, you both reduce the number potential data breaches that you\u2019re in, and reduce the places and ways that attackers can cause you trouble (or that you have to double-check if you\u2019re ever the target of a cyber-attack)
Previously: https:\/\/tantek.com\/2025\/122\/b1\/more-steps-indieweb-cybersecurity<\/a>
#CyberSecurity<\/span> #Friday<\/span> #cyber<\/span> #security<\/span> #cyberAttack<\/span> #cyberAttacker<\/span> #chatBot<\/span> #chatBots<\/span> #LLM<\/span> #LLMs<\/span> #AI<\/span> #agent<\/span> #agents<\/span> #AIagent<\/span> #AIagents<\/span>
#Blaugust<\/span> #Blaugust2026<\/span>","generator":{"id":"tag:status.net,2009:notice-source:ostatus","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ostatus"}},"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/226\/t1\/cybersecurity-friday-small-business","object":{"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/226\/t1\/cybersecurity-friday-small-business","objectType":"note","content":"CSF_03: today\u2019s Cybersecurity Friday post: the effective security of small business websites has likely gotten worse due to LLMs and \u201cAI agents\u201d (with or without safeguards) and what actions you may want to consider.
This article documents an instance of this problem:
* https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-08-10\/ai-assistant-hacks-gym-website-aus-cyber-attack\/107007986<\/a>
Small business websites tend to be sloppily written (no pun intended though that may also be true) and are likely riddled with numerous very fundamental security holes. There are many possible explanations (economics) from poor initial construction, perhaps using the latest new trendy framework rather than established hardened libraries, to lack of maintenance after initial setup. They have obvious holes like lack of server-side form validation (people being able to change values in forms using browser dev tools), and less obvious like buggy APIs allowing more access than they should.
In the past, many of these holes didn\u2019t really matter because those sites were \u201cnot worth attacking\u201d for the incentive models of human-based cyber-attackers or collectives thereof.
However, now that there are LLMs that have likely been trained on any number of common security holes in websites (and how to exploit them), when an \u201cAI agent\u201d is given a task, it may very well use any \u201ctool\u201d at its disposal, including website vulnerabilities to accomplish its goals, as illustrated by the example in the Australia ABC news article above.
Since such chatbots are now essentially \"hack websites as a service\", I expect we will see LOTS more of this happening, likely unintentionally, or sometimes with mild intention like \u201ccan you get me higher on the waitlist\u201d.
Ultimately I think both the human giving instructions to (prompting) such chatbots and the creators of such chatbots should be held responsible for any such intrusions and any damage they cause, even if\/when unintended.
There are a few things you can do about this emerging phenomenon:
1. If you use such \u201cagents\u201d, be very careful about what you ask it\/them to do, avoiding asking for anything that\u2019s morally gray or questionable at all, even something as \u201cminor\u201d as cutting the line in an online waitlist.
2. If you run a small business site, you have your work cut out for you. Pay a professional web developer to audit the security of your website, document what they find, and patch holes \/ repair it accordingly.
3. If you have accounts on small business sites you rarely or ever use, consider exporting any data (receipts, transactions), replacing your profile details (name, addresses, photos) with noise, and then deleting your account. If you need to use the site again, use a different email address (as recommended in https:\/\/tantek.com\/2025\/122\/b1\/more-steps-indieweb-cybersecurity<\/a>) to create a new account.
That last tip is also helpful for reducing your own personal \u201cattack surface\u201d. By pruning your online accounts, you both reduce the number potential data breaches that you\u2019re in, and reduce the places and ways that attackers can cause you trouble (or that you have to double-check if you\u2019re ever the target of a cyber-attack)
Previously: https:\/\/tantek.com\/2025\/122\/b1\/more-steps-indieweb-cybersecurity<\/a>
#CyberSecurity<\/span> #Friday<\/span> #cyber<\/span> #security<\/span> #cyberAttack<\/span> #cyberAttacker<\/span> #chatBot<\/span> #chatBots<\/span> #LLM<\/span> #LLMs<\/span> #AI<\/span> #agent<\/span> #agents<\/span> #AIagent<\/span> #AIagents<\/span>
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The bright orange eruptions, orange streaks of lava flow, orange lit clouds of smoke & steam all contrasted against the black sky and land are quite the visual ASMR. Paired with the ASMR wind from the mountain, the effect is quite calming and peaceful.
Putting this on a projector is quite the night light to fall asleep to (requires YouTube Premium to avoid noisy ads interruptions that harsh your mellow)
#Kilauea<\/span> #volcano<\/span> #eruption<\/span> #Hawaii<\/span> #orange<\/span> #lava<\/span> #lavaFlow<\/span> #ASMR<\/span> #wind<\/span> #video<\/span> #USGS<\/span>
#Blaugust<\/span> #Blaugust2026<\/span>","generator":{"id":"tag:status.net,2009:notice-source:ostatus","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ostatus"}},"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/225\/t2\/kilauea-volcano-eruption-hawaii","object":{"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/225\/t2\/kilauea-volcano-eruption-hawaii","objectType":"note","content":"\ud83c\udf0b Kilauea volcano\u2019s currently active eruption in Hawaii https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/mKJ7ZyIdjeQ<\/a>
The bright orange eruptions, orange streaks of lava flow, orange lit clouds of smoke & steam all contrasted against the black sky and land are quite the visual ASMR. Paired with the ASMR wind from the mountain, the effect is quite calming and peaceful.
Putting this on a projector is quite the night light to fall asleep to (requires YouTube Premium to avoid noisy ads interruptions that harsh your mellow)
#Kilauea<\/span> #volcano<\/span> #eruption<\/span> #Hawaii<\/span> #orange<\/span> #lava<\/span> #lavaFlow<\/span> #ASMR<\/span> #wind<\/span> #video<\/span> #USGS<\/span>
#Blaugust<\/span> #Blaugust2026<\/span>","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/225\/t2\/kilauea-volcano-eruption-hawaii","status_net":{"notice_id":116337},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"asmr"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"blaugust2026"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"eruption"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"hawaii"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"lava"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"lavaflow"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"orange"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"usgs"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"video"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"volcano"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"wind"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:status.blaise.ca,2026-08-15:objectType=thread:nonce=15789e9a4194a71b","notice_info":{"local_id":"116337","source":"ostatus"}},"published":"2026-08-13T07:56:00+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"stadeus","url":"http:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/225\/t2\/kilauea-volcano-eruption-hawaii"},{"actor":{"id":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","displayName":"Tantek","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-stream.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-mini.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"207"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","url":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","portablecontacts_net":{"displayName":"Tantek","addresses":{"formatted":"\nSan Francisco, CA\n"}}},"content":"1982 TRON prescience:
\u201cWon't that be grand? Computers and the programs will start thinking and the people will stop.\u201d \u2014 Walter
2026 students:
\u201cHow do you know an assignment is AI proof? Because when it is, students cannot do it.\u201d
* https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Professors\/comments\/1vkw6by\/how_do_you_know_an_assignment_is_ai_proof_because\/<\/a>
\u201cI assign a profile essay. Have for 30 years. Student interviews a person, records it, writes a paper based off the recording. Citations are timestamps. Should be pretty easy. Has been easy pre-AI. Now, students cannot do it.\u201d
Snippet from professor\/student dialog:
====
Prof: \u201dStart with what you found interesting.\u201d
Student: \u201dHow do I know if something\u2019s interesting?\u201d
Prof: \u201dYou\u2019re asking me how you find something interesting?\u201d
Student: \u201dYeah.\u201d
====
Chatbots \/ LLMs are not just \"the latest tools\" like using a calculator instead of doing arithmetic yourself.
Students are being robbed of curiosity, learning to discover and notice novelty, how to \u201cfind something interesting.\u201d
This isn't cognitive enhancement, this is a tool causing brain rot (loss of curiosity), even a developmental disability. Unclear if it is reversible.
TRON quote citation: https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0084827\/quotes\/?item=qt0406255<\/a>
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\u201cWon't that be grand? Computers and the programs will start thinking and the people will stop.\u201d \u2014 Walter
2026 students:
\u201cHow do you know an assignment is AI proof? Because when it is, students cannot do it.\u201d
* https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Professors\/comments\/1vkw6by\/how_do_you_know_an_assignment_is_ai_proof_because\/<\/a>
\u201cI assign a profile essay. Have for 30 years. Student interviews a person, records it, writes a paper based off the recording. Citations are timestamps. Should be pretty easy. Has been easy pre-AI. Now, students cannot do it.\u201d
Snippet from professor\/student dialog:
====
Prof: \u201dStart with what you found interesting.\u201d
Student: \u201dHow do I know if something\u2019s interesting?\u201d
Prof: \u201dYou\u2019re asking me how you find something interesting?\u201d
Student: \u201dYeah.\u201d
====
Chatbots \/ LLMs are not just \"the latest tools\" like using a calculator instead of doing arithmetic yourself.
Students are being robbed of curiosity, learning to discover and notice novelty, how to \u201cfind something interesting.\u201d
This isn't cognitive enhancement, this is a tool causing brain rot (loss of curiosity), even a developmental disability. Unclear if it is reversible.
TRON quote citation: https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0084827\/quotes\/?item=qt0406255<\/a>
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Helpful links so far:
* https:\/\/go.nasa.gov\/EclipseSafety<\/a>
* https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/eclipses<\/a>
#NASA<\/span> #eclipse<\/span> #solarEclipse<\/span> #totalEclipse<\/span> #totalSolarEclipse<\/span>
#Blaugust<\/span> #Blaugust2026<\/span>","generator":{"id":"tag:status.net,2009:notice-source:ostatus","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ostatus"}},"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/224\/t1\/nasa-total-solar-eclipse","object":{"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/224\/t1\/nasa-total-solar-eclipse","objectType":"note","content":"\u25b6\ufe0f watching NASA\u2019s \u201c2026 Total Solar Eclipse\u201d, 1h28m44s on YouTube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/rSvCuSQhC3w<\/a>
Helpful links so far:
* https:\/\/go.nasa.gov\/EclipseSafety<\/a>
* https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/eclipses<\/a>
#NASA<\/span> #eclipse<\/span> #solarEclipse<\/span> #totalEclipse<\/span> #totalSolarEclipse<\/span>
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Previously: https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/218\/t1\/watched-episodes-silo<\/a>
#Silo<\/span> #SiloTV<\/span> #AppleOriginal<\/span> #AppleTV<\/span>
#Blaugust<\/span> #Blaugust2026<\/span>","generator":{"id":"tag:status.net,2009:notice-source:ostatus","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ostatus"}},"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/222\/t1\/watched-silo-season-1-2","object":{"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/222\/t1\/watched-silo-season-1-2","objectType":"note","content":"\u25b6\ufe0f watched and finished the rest of Silo season 1 and all of season 2 over the weekend. Superbly well written.
Previously: https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/218\/t1\/watched-episodes-silo<\/a>
#Silo<\/span> #SiloTV<\/span> #AppleOriginal<\/span> #AppleTV<\/span>
#Blaugust<\/span> #Blaugust2026<\/span>","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/222\/t1\/watched-silo-season-1-2","status_net":{"notice_id":116340},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"appleoriginal"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"appletv"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"blaugust2026"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"silotv"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:status.blaise.ca,2026-08-15:objectType=thread:nonce=d9506f6eb8b03be4","notice_info":{"local_id":"116340","source":"ostatus"}},"published":"2026-08-11T05:36:00+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"stadeus","url":"http:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/222\/t1\/watched-silo-season-1-2"},{"actor":{"id":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","displayName":"Tantek","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-stream.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-mini.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"207"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","url":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","portablecontacts_net":{"displayName":"Tantek","addresses":{"formatted":"\nSan Francisco, CA\n"}}},"content":"Update on Bing use-case: quickly view a Gregorian calendar month display with new features and without Copilot noise.
In 2024, I wrote about a use-case for Bing where it vastly outshines all other search engines. https:\/\/tantek.com\/2024\/287\/t3\/bing-use-case-calendar-month<\/a>
Since then, Bing has added \u201cCopilot\u201d LLM generated results to the top of search results by default, and unfortunately they add zero value to calendar month searches and displays. Worse, Copilot\u2019s \u201csummary\u201d can often be long enough to push the actual calendar month display \u201cbelow the fold\u201d as it were.
Solution: add \" -ai\" to your query.
E.g. assuming you\u2019ve setup Firefox search shortcuts as I recommended (https:\/\/tantek.com\/2024\/287\/t2\/setup-search-shortcuts-firefox<\/a>)
Type this into your Firefox address bar:
b 2026 sep -ai
or directly go to https:\/\/bing.com\/<\/a> and enter: 2026 sep -ai
and press return. You should see a days and weeks grid display for September 2026, with the current day of the month (the 9th as I\u2019m writing this) selected in the displayed month.
<\/a>
Note the new calendar month display features since I last blogged this in 2024:
* Day 252 \u2014 day of the year! September 9th of 2026 is the 252nd day of 2026.
* Week 37 \u2014 Sept 9th is also on the 37th week of 2026
* 31 days later \u2014 Sept 9th is 31 days from today (August 9th).
* < [ Sep v ] > \u2013 little anglebracket arrows on either side of the month button\/dropdown to one-click nav to the prev\/next month
* [ Start Day v ] \u2014 a new \u201cStart Day\u201d drop down button to change which day of the week to display as the start of the week
Amazing that despite already being far better than any other search engine for year month queries, Bing has *improved* its calendar month display search results, while Duckduckgo, Google, Yahoo are just as useless (yes I checked) as they were two years ago (I also tried Ecosia and it was no better). I am hashtagging them all to see if anyone at those other search engines notices and gets around to implementing a similar calendar month display.
#search<\/span> #webSearch<\/span> #SearchShortcut<\/span> #Microsoft<\/span> #Bing<\/span> #MicrosoftBing<\/span> #BingSearch<\/span> #BingTip<\/span> #searchTip<\/span> #calendar<\/span> #month<\/span>
#CoPilot<\/span> #NoCoPilot<\/span> #NoAI<\/span> #NoGenAI<\/span> #NoLLM<\/span> #Firefox<\/span> #DuckDuckGo<\/span> #Google<\/span> #GoogleSearch<\/span> #Yahoo<\/span> #YahooSearch<\/span> #Ecosia<\/span>.
#Blaugust<\/span> #Blaugust2026<\/span>","generator":{"id":"tag:status.net,2009:notice-source:ostatus","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ostatus"}},"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/221\/t1\/update-bing-view-calendar-month","object":{"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/221\/t1\/update-bing-view-calendar-month","objectType":"note","content":"Update on Bing use-case: quickly view a Gregorian calendar month display with new features and without Copilot noise.
In 2024, I wrote about a use-case for Bing where it vastly outshines all other search engines. https:\/\/tantek.com\/2024\/287\/t3\/bing-use-case-calendar-month<\/a>
Since then, Bing has added \u201cCopilot\u201d LLM generated results to the top of search results by default, and unfortunately they add zero value to calendar month searches and displays. Worse, Copilot\u2019s \u201csummary\u201d can often be long enough to push the actual calendar month display \u201cbelow the fold\u201d as it were.
Solution: add \" -ai\" to your query.
E.g. assuming you\u2019ve setup Firefox search shortcuts as I recommended (https:\/\/tantek.com\/2024\/287\/t2\/setup-search-shortcuts-firefox<\/a>)
Type this into your Firefox address bar:
b 2026 sep -ai
or directly go to https:\/\/bing.com\/<\/a> and enter: 2026 sep -ai
and press return. You should see a days and weeks grid display for September 2026, with the current day of the month (the 9th as I\u2019m writing this) selected in the displayed month.
<\/a>
Note the new calendar month display features since I last blogged this in 2024:
* Day 252 \u2014 day of the year! September 9th of 2026 is the 252nd day of 2026.
* Week 37 \u2014 Sept 9th is also on the 37th week of 2026
* 31 days later \u2014 Sept 9th is 31 days from today (August 9th).
* < [ Sep v ] > \u2013 little anglebracket arrows on either side of the month button\/dropdown to one-click nav to the prev\/next month
* [ Start Day v ] \u2014 a new \u201cStart Day\u201d drop down button to change which day of the week to display as the start of the week
Amazing that despite already being far better than any other search engine for year month queries, Bing has *improved* its calendar month display search results, while Duckduckgo, Google, Yahoo are just as useless (yes I checked) as they were two years ago (I also tried Ecosia and it was no better). I am hashtagging them all to see if anyone at those other search engines notices and gets around to implementing a similar calendar month display.
#search<\/span> #webSearch<\/span> #SearchShortcut<\/span> #Microsoft<\/span> #Bing<\/span> #MicrosoftBing<\/span> #BingSearch<\/span> #BingTip<\/span> #searchTip<\/span> #calendar<\/span> #month<\/span>
#CoPilot<\/span> #NoCoPilot<\/span> #NoAI<\/span> #NoGenAI<\/span> #NoLLM<\/span> #Firefox<\/span> #DuckDuckGo<\/span> #Google<\/span> #GoogleSearch<\/span> #Yahoo<\/span> #YahooSearch<\/span> #Ecosia<\/span>.
#Blaugust<\/span> #Blaugust2026<\/span>","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/221\/t1\/update-bing-view-calendar-month","status_net":{"notice_id":116335},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"bing"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"bingsearch"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"bingtip"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"blaugust2026"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"calendar"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"duckduckgo"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"ecosia"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"firefox"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"google"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"googlesearch"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"microsoft"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"microsoftbing"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"month"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"noai"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"nocopilot"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"nogenai"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"nollm"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"searchshortcut"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"searchtip"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"websearch"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"yahoo"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"yahoosearch"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:status.blaise.ca,2026-08-10:objectType=thread:nonce=b9c9972e5fc19a0f","notice_info":{"local_id":"116335","source":"ostatus"}},"published":"2026-08-09T20:05:00+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"stadeus","url":"http:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/221\/t1\/update-bing-view-calendar-month"},{"actor":{"id":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","displayName":"Tantek","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-stream.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-mini.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"207"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","url":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","portablecontacts_net":{"displayName":"Tantek","addresses":{"formatted":"\nSan Francisco, CA\n"}}},"content":"Today is my blog\u2019s 24th blogiversary!
I started my first (previous) blog on this 220th day of 2002 using static HTML + CSS and one file per (Gregorian) month, with fragment links for specific days, posts within a day, and topics within a post:
https:\/\/tantek.com\/log\/2002\/08.html#L20020808<\/a>
No Javascript. No CMS. No SSG. No GitHub.
Just BBEdit and SFTP.
I\u2019m still using BBEdit with my current blog, and now scp instead of SFTP.
Previously:
* 6th: https:\/\/tantek.com\/log\/2008\/08.html#d08t1923<\/a>
* 5th: https:\/\/tantek.com\/log\/2007\/08.html#d08t2359<\/a>
* 4th: https:\/\/tantek.com\/log\/2006\/08.html#d08t2359<\/a>
* 1st: https:\/\/tantek.com\/log\/2003\/08.html#L20030808t2359<\/a>
This is post 14 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb<\/span>. #100Posts<\/span> #indieweb<\/span>
#blog<\/span> #blogs<\/span> #blogiversary<\/span> #staticHTML<\/span> #HTMLCSS<\/span> #NoJS<\/span> #NoJavascript<\/span> #NoCMS<\/span> #NoSSG<\/span> #NoGitHub<\/span> #BBEdit<\/span> #SFTP<\/span> #SCP<\/span>
#Blaugust<\/span> #Blaugust2026<\/span>
\u2190 https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/219\/t1\/open-web-free-content<\/a>
\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e","generator":{"id":"tag:status.net,2009:notice-source:ostatus","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ostatus"}},"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/220\/t3\/24th-blogiversary","object":{"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/220\/t3\/24th-blogiversary","objectType":"note","content":"Today is my blog\u2019s 24th blogiversary!
I started my first (previous) blog on this 220th day of 2002 using static HTML + CSS and one file per (Gregorian) month, with fragment links for specific days, posts within a day, and topics within a post:
https:\/\/tantek.com\/log\/2002\/08.html#L20020808<\/a>
No Javascript. No CMS. No SSG. No GitHub.
Just BBEdit and SFTP.
I\u2019m still using BBEdit with my current blog, and now scp instead of SFTP.
Previously:
* 6th: https:\/\/tantek.com\/log\/2008\/08.html#d08t1923<\/a>
* 5th: https:\/\/tantek.com\/log\/2007\/08.html#d08t2359<\/a>
* 4th: https:\/\/tantek.com\/log\/2006\/08.html#d08t2359<\/a>
* 1st: https:\/\/tantek.com\/log\/2003\/08.html#L20030808t2359<\/a>
This is post 14 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb<\/span>. #100Posts<\/span> #indieweb<\/span>
#blog<\/span> #blogs<\/span> #blogiversary<\/span> #staticHTML<\/span> #HTMLCSS<\/span> #NoJS<\/span> #NoJavascript<\/span> #NoCMS<\/span> #NoSSG<\/span> #NoGitHub<\/span> #BBEdit<\/span> #SFTP<\/span> #SCP<\/span>
#Blaugust<\/span> #Blaugust2026<\/span>
\u2190 https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/219\/t1\/open-web-free-content<\/a>
\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/220\/t3\/24th-blogiversary","status_net":{"notice_id":116333},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"100posts"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"100postsofindieweb"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"bbedit"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"blaugust2026"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"blogiversary"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"blogs"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"htmlcss"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"indieweb"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"nocms"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"nogithub"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"nojavascript"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"nojs"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"nossg"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"scp"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"sftp"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"statichtml"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:status.blaise.ca,2026-08-09:objectType=thread:nonce=82f9fee05e77a9d9","notice_info":{"local_id":"116333","source":"ostatus"}},"published":"2026-08-09T00:14:00+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"stadeus","url":"http:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/220\/t3\/24th-blogiversary"},{"actor":{"id":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","displayName":"Tantek","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-stream.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-mini.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"207"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","url":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","portablecontacts_net":{"displayName":"Tantek","addresses":{"formatted":"\nSan Francisco, CA\n"}}},"content":"The open web has an amazing amount of free content that is actually free, both freely accessible without payment and free of conditions to access. No tracking cookies needed, no logins needed, no ads needed.
A few examples:
* blogs. my blog, and every other #indieweb<\/span> blog (with the exception of sites hosted on content services that show ads without the consent of the blogger). Personal blogs are free to read because it\u2019s a hobby and a way of keeping up with family, friends, colleagues, acquaintances, people we\u2019ve met once at a conference, people that inspire us.
* Wikipedia is free, largely donor supported, partly via donation banners.
* Open Street Maps is free, similarly.
* Internet Archive is free, similarly.
* Government sites are free, supported by taxes.
* Public library sites are free, similarly.
* Museum sites are free, supported by their donors, and in-person visit fees.
* University sites are free, supported by endowments and student tuitions.
There is plenty of free content on the open web, sustainably supported by non-toxic and non-surveillance models.
The open web as a whole does not depend on any particular business model.
Previously: https:\/\/tantek.com\/2010\/281\/b1\/what-is-the-open-web<\/a>
This is post 13 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb<\/span>. #100Posts<\/span>
#openWeb<\/span> #freeContent<\/span> #blog<\/span> #blogs<\/span>
#Blaugust<\/span> #Blaugust2026<\/span>
\u2190 https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/217\/t1\/indieweb-ai-policy<\/a>
\u2192 https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/220\/t3\/24th-blogiversary<\/a>","generator":{"id":"tag:status.net,2009:notice-source:ostatus","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ostatus"}},"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/219\/t1\/open-web-free-content","object":{"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/219\/t1\/open-web-free-content","objectType":"note","content":"The open web has an amazing amount of free content that is actually free, both freely accessible without payment and free of conditions to access. No tracking cookies needed, no logins needed, no ads needed.
A few examples:
* blogs. my blog, and every other #indieweb<\/span> blog (with the exception of sites hosted on content services that show ads without the consent of the blogger). Personal blogs are free to read because it\u2019s a hobby and a way of keeping up with family, friends, colleagues, acquaintances, people we\u2019ve met once at a conference, people that inspire us.
* Wikipedia is free, largely donor supported, partly via donation banners.
* Open Street Maps is free, similarly.
* Internet Archive is free, similarly.
* Government sites are free, supported by taxes.
* Public library sites are free, similarly.
* Museum sites are free, supported by their donors, and in-person visit fees.
* University sites are free, supported by endowments and student tuitions.
There is plenty of free content on the open web, sustainably supported by non-toxic and non-surveillance models.
The open web as a whole does not depend on any particular business model.
Previously: https:\/\/tantek.com\/2010\/281\/b1\/what-is-the-open-web<\/a>
This is post 13 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb<\/span>. #100Posts<\/span>
#openWeb<\/span> #freeContent<\/span> #blog<\/span> #blogs<\/span>
#Blaugust<\/span> #Blaugust2026<\/span>
\u2190 https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/217\/t1\/indieweb-ai-policy<\/a>
\u2192 https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/220\/t3\/24th-blogiversary<\/a>","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/219\/t1\/open-web-free-content","status_net":{"notice_id":116334},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"100posts"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"100postsofindieweb"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"blaugust2026"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"blog"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"blogs"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"freecontent"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"indieweb"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:status.blaise.ca,2026-08-09:objectType=thread:nonce=7632f95120504176","notice_info":{"local_id":"116334","source":"ostatus"}},"published":"2026-08-08T05:20:00+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"stadeus","url":"http:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/219\/t1\/open-web-free-content"},{"actor":{"id":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","displayName":"Tantek","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-stream.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-mini.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"207"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","url":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","portablecontacts_net":{"displayName":"Tantek","addresses":{"formatted":"\nSan Francisco, CA\n"}}},"content":"\u25b6\ufe0f watched episodes 1-6 of Silo over the past week, most while I was a bit under the weather. Excellent dystopia concept and show. Pausing before watching episode 7, titled \u201cThe Flamekeepers\u201d.
#Silo<\/span> #SiloTV<\/span> #AppleOriginal<\/span> #AppleTV<\/span>
#Blaugust<\/span> #Blaugust2026<\/span>","generator":{"id":"tag:status.net,2009:notice-source:ostatus","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ostatus"}},"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/218\/t1\/watched-episodes-silo","object":{"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/218\/t1\/watched-episodes-silo","objectType":"note","content":"\u25b6\ufe0f watched episodes 1-6 of Silo over the past week, most while I was a bit under the weather. Excellent dystopia concept and show. Pausing before watching episode 7, titled \u201cThe Flamekeepers\u201d.
#Silo<\/span> #SiloTV<\/span> #AppleOriginal<\/span> #AppleTV<\/span>
#Blaugust<\/span> #Blaugust2026<\/span>","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/218\/t1\/watched-episodes-silo","status_net":{"notice_id":116331},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"appleoriginal"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"appletv"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"blaugust2026"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"silotv"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:status.blaise.ca,2026-08-08:objectType=thread:nonce=f996061bcd3c0b5c","notice_info":{"local_id":"116331","source":"ostatus"}},"published":"2026-08-07T06:36:00+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"stadeus","url":"http:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/218\/t1\/watched-episodes-silo"},{"actor":{"id":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","displayName":"Tantek","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-stream.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-mini.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"207"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","url":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","portablecontacts_net":{"displayName":"Tantek","addresses":{"formatted":"\nSan Francisco, CA\n"}}},"content":"Weird incident yesterday with self-proclaimed \u201cAIs\u201d joining an IndieWeb Homebrew Website Club meetup. They awkwardly edited the Etherpad, and apparently blanked\/deleted chunks of content.
The meeting hosts reacted quickly to change Etherpad and Zooms and not re-admit the aliases that had claimed to be \u201cAIs\u201d.
Now we have an \u201cAI policy\u201d page on the wiki where we are documenting examples of the AI policies of:
* individual personal websites
* community efforts like blogging challenges (e.g. Blaugust)
* contributions to the IndieWeb wiki
* participants in IndieWeb meetups
https:\/\/indieweb.org\/AI_policy<\/a>
Do you have an AI policy on your website? Add yourself to the IndieWeb Examples section.
Does your community have an AI policy? Add it to the Community Examples section.
Incident documentation of what happened at that particular meetup:
* https:\/\/indieweb.org\/events\/2026-08-05-hwc-asia-pacific-incident<\/a>
This is post 12 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb<\/span>. #100Posts<\/span> #IndieWeb<\/span>