Amongst the repeated, unsolicited sales pitch emails like "In case you missed my earlier message" (no I am ignoring you), I find one that each message has a different closing:

"Not relevant? Reply 'unsubscribe' and I’ll make like socks in the dryer and vanish from your inbox."

"Not your thing? Reply 'stop' and I’ll take you off my list quicker than you can hit delete."

"Want to opt out? Reply 'stop' and I'll re-evaluate my decision to go into sales."

Credits for humor (still ignoring)

This is CogDogBlogged: "Comment On Back to the Porch"

I have no hopes to convince anyone of my point that may or may not surface in this post, but heck this is my blog home, and here I am right! Or welcome to be told how I am wrong, Just visit, ok?

So I came across this post — er newsletter thing by a Matthew Guay titles “What we lost when we lost comments – Comments require commitment, but they’re worth it.” And I land in agreement with the […]

https://cogdogblog.com/2026/10/comment-porch/

#cogdogblog #commentblogging #comments

Newest #CogDogDailyPhoto in Flickr: 2026/365/278 Spray the Clouds Wide
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/55594059116/

Look at that sky! How can you say Saskatchewan is flat and boring... look up!

Newest #CogDogDailyPhoto in Flickr: 2026/365/277 We Got Front Row Seats
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/55593026837/

Its the best show on.

I am excited to share that, after 4 years of calls, reviews, edits, copyedits, and design changes, my new book, "Open Movements: Recognizing Challenges & Building Connections," is finally coming out later this year!
The book features people working across #OpenAccess, #OpenSource (software and hardware), #OpenEducation, and other open fields as they discuss their work, values, and more!
Check out the (weirdly expensive version) on the ALA Store. An OA copy will be available when it's officially published.

https://alastore.ala.org/open-movements-recognizing-challenges-and-building-connections

I giggle each time a headline story in Apple News is hidden as a News+ ($) feature when in 20 seconds of web search I am reading for free on the web.

Working on my daily flickr posting, I noticed my set up to publish photos I tag in Lightroom as faves were not being published- boom! Added a few 100 more to ones I have designated since 2004

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/albums/72157623654923262/

Liking my own stuff? Ok.

#SilentSunday

Over on Whatever today I go over @subvert.fm's "AI" policy and tell you why I think it's a really good version of such a policy, and why other organizations looking to create such a policy of their own would be well served to give it a look:

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2026/10/18/what-a-good-ai-policy-looks-like/

This movie was… monumental

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenzing_(film)

Now this is cool! HTML Can Do That · Chris Burnell
Check it out https://chrisburnell.com/html-can-do-that/

From my stuff tagged "cooltech" bookmarked in pinboard https://pinboard.in/u:cogdog/t:cooltech

#CogDogCoolTech

RE: https://newsie.social/@estherschindler/117459096346490011

I’m gobsmacked! Been writing HTML since 1993 and have just been blown away but what I did not know. Putting these to use soon.

The web we want still exists-- shining a light on the #SmallWeb and its beautiful things with The Fool on the Hill: Light Weight Web on the web at https://www.journeyman.cc/blog/posts-output/2025-02-24-Light-Weight-Web/

This is from my stuff tagged "smallweb" bookmarked in pinboard https://pinboard.in/u:cogdog/t:smallweb

#NLnet Foundation and #NGIZero awarded grants to 47 #projects in the twelfth open call of the NGI Zero Commons Fund. Supported by the #EuropeanCommission and #SERI, projects span #hardware, #softwareengineering, #infrastructure and #applications to advance #digitalsovereignty. https://www.apc.org/en/news/47-open-source-projects-receive-nlnet-grants-boost-digital-autonomy?Fedizen.EU #Fedizen #Fediverse #ActivityPub #News

Newest #CogDogDailyPhoto in Flickr: 2026/365/276 X for the X
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/55594162908/

Catching the pattern from the rail crossing sign to the crossec contrails in the sunset.

Newest #CogDogDailyPhoto in Flickr: 2026/365/275 Here Felix, It's Your Turn
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/55593021602/

Pimm will share all her toys with her best friend.

Yikes. GrandmAIslop is a thing.

https://www.businessinsider.com/grandparents-ai-images-grandkids-privacy-parents-2026-9

I scrolled right past the link to your blog post, didn’t click, as I am assured it’s waiting in my feed reader when I can look at it with full attention.

For those who are stuck, weaned to the matrix of an algorithmic stream, RSS feeds are the keys to your own garden.

And besides, Lachance the Comment Blogger is still at it https://cogdogblog.com/2025/06/after-so-long-meeting-lachance-the-mysterious-comment-blogger/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@inautilo/117454033827898665

Who lost comments? Mine have been on for 23 years. But true to the point.