Junited is a little blog-adventure invented by Robert Birming, writers of e-logs (or... blogs), share posts they enjoy and discover new bloggers along the way.

I'm not yet sure how much, or how little, I'll be able to share. But we'll see. I'll try to add at least a new post a week, but I really hope it'll be more often.

So, come back any time you see me toot about a new post I've added here, or just check back when you feel like it.

Header image by Markus Winkler

• A post from the Absurd Pirate, on advertising. And did it hit home!
  https://blog.absurdpirate.com/im-so-tired-of-ads/
• Autistic as F**k, a very difficult story of how adults can screw up children's minds, especially those that are neurodivergent.
  https://www.autisticasfxxk.com/blog/trust-myself/
• Needing people is not a weakness! Thanks Mikka (I'll re: this shortly, probably)
  https://mikkolaksola.com/on-needing-others/
• OMG, yes! Have a fucking website! The internet is built on websites - Other Strangeness
  https://www.otherstrangeness.com/2026/03/14/have-a-fucking-website/
• On competence, LLMs, and the investor class, deadSimpleTech
  https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/attack-on-competence
• Adulting is hard. And it's no fun on top of that! The Tinkering Dwarf
  https://tinkerdwarf.com/adulting-is-hard/
• Can you eyeball where a value sits on the line? Not exactly a blog post, but highly entertaining!
  https://eyeball.rory.codes/
• An aggregate of aggregators, why not? By Sebastian
  https://bstn.info/list-of-blog-aggregators
• I am aphantastic, so this article by Cauê Napier is.. well.. Phantastic 😆
  https://cauenapier.com/blog/inner_mind_senses/
• Which plants can you spin into yarn? Lee Cattarin shares their experience
  https://leecat.art/spinning-plants/
• Amadeus Maximillian makes a good point about side projects. I'm thinking "My friend, you're on the edge of a burn-out, by the sound of it", but I'm no expert.
  https://amxmln.com/blog/2026/building-stuff-i-don-t-want-to/

• Yes, Monaco is boring, thanks for the reminder Kev!
  https://kevquirk.com/2026-06-07-2211
• Looking forward to God of War: Laufey. But apparently, some people think a female lead is woke (who cares)? Or something? I kinda wish I hadn't come across this. David makes a good argument.
  https://www.thenewestrant.com/2026/06/some-people-are-mad-at-new-god-of-war.html
• The smallweb archipelago, from ege
  https://hypersubject.net/entries/2026/06/smallweb-is-becoming-an-archipelago/
• And, in the same sense, how a blog finds people, by Jim Grey
  https://blog.jimgrey.net/2026/06/09/how-a-blog-finds-its-people/
• I agree so much with Amit!
  https://www.amitgawande.com/blog/2026/the-ai-fatigue/
• Mattias is a lifesaver. Or SSH saver...
  https://ma.ttias.be/backup-sshd-do-release-upgrade/
• Playing with light and photography, always cool
  https://www.grizzlebit.com/posts/2026/06-11-lightscape/
• One more about ""AI"", Ava, on the LLM mass delusion
  https://avas.bearblog.dev/llm-circus/
• SO MUCH THIS! HTML FIRST!
  https://www.mohkohn.co.uk/writing/html-first/
• I don't have a coffee link, or other "support me" link on my website, but I do support buying a coffee for someone.
  https://brennan.day/yes-buy-them-a-coffee-support-and-mutual-aid-on-the-indieweb/
• Rishabh poses some questions about AI. It might turn into something interesting! I'm not sure if I'll go through answering...
  https://blog.rishabhps.com/posts/2026-05-28-ai-blog-question-challenge/

• It is winter, and it is recognisable, the unrelenting "must be productive"
  https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/midwinter
• When overwhelmed, slow down! I need to remind myself of this more often. Thanks Nathan!
  https://nathanpeterson.net/overwhelmed-slow-down/
• You are one of one
  https://mjulius.com/you-are-one-of-one/
• Substack is not your website! Get off substack, get a website!
  https://elizabethtai.com/2026/06/10/substack-writers-you-need-a-website/
• Make your own soldering flux from pine resin!
  https://northcoastsynthesis.com/news/homemade-traditional-resin-flux/
• I just love plushies, okay?
  https://spoon-tamago.com/japan-first-plushie-shrine/
• Getting laid off sucks, downsizing, made redundant, call it what you want, it sucks. All the best on your job hunt Aayush!
  https://aayushsahu.com/blog/layoffs
• This is the best vacuum ever!
  https://makerspet.com/blog/building-an-open-source-robot-vacuum-meet-oomwoo/
• I love cows. Which may or may not be a surprise. Hence, I love this article/poem by ReedyBear!
  https://reedybear.bearblog.dev/if-cows-could-talk/
• Have you considered not talking about AI as if it was a living being?
  https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/how-to-talk-about-ai-without-adding-to-the/

Although I'm really trying, the occasional article about AI may slip through. But I honestly wish I didn't (have to) read about that all the time...