Welcome to volume twenty-eight of Scrolls, a newsletter for sharing cool stuff from the IndieWeb, Fediverse & Cybersecurity realms. This week we discuss the importance of having a website and do some tubular indie-web surfin’ (with a few other fedi bits and cyber bobs thrown in for fun).
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IndieWeb
Go make a website! It’s more important now than ever. For all the reasons this is true, truly owning your content, your identity, and your place on the web has got to be one of the most important. You are unique. So why try to shove yourself into a character-limited box? Or reduce your accomplishments to boring, pre-canned form fields? Instead, build something that shows who you really are. Something that could even outlive you.
Somethings are easier said than done. With site-building, things really can be done as easy as they are said. There’s tons of website building options and self-hosting resources. Hell, it’s so easy these days you may find yourself hopping from platform to platform just for a change of scenery!
Once you got your site up, it’s time to get writin’. Or y’know, keep tinkerin’ with the site until you’re happy with the way it looks and feels. Completely up to you! You could publish a blogroll, get involved in a blogging challenge, or just write about the little things. It’s this diversity of thought, content and style that make the IndieWeb such a fun place to be and explore.
Small Web Finds and Features
Alright folks, you’re in for a real treat today! Here’s some truly awesome new sites I’ve discovered recently!
- wavelight had me vibing in liminal darkness
- Lose yourself in ominous.net’s excellent writing
- Make a cool ‘moji at the Kaomoji Cool Club
- Take a stroll through Lichendust’s Garden
- If you’re going to doom scroll, try doing it here
- Matt’s Blog looks great and has a lot of interesting content as well
Journals & Recaps
Having a personal blog can mean posting personal stuff! I really enjoy seeing people’s journal entries, weekly recaps and similar types of posts. This type of post generally focuses more on the self and the site, and less on others / external links. Though there’s no reason it can’t have both! Here’s a sampling of journal & recap posts I’ve encountered recently.
- A January 2026 Recap from SAINTHOOD
- The last 1 × 4⅓ weeks from tlohde
- The January 2026 entry within the microfeed from Harley
- Some Site Updates (January 2026) from Antony
- The January 2026 Summary from Joel
- The weeknotes (a while back) from Karen
- The week notes from Katie
- A Weeklog (from Aug ‘25) by Vae
- The Monthly Rewind: January 2026 from Stephanie
- Picks of the month - February 2026 from Desiree
- Weeknote from Thomas
- Weeknotes
- Weeknotes
- Harsh Shandilya’s Weeknotes
- Syl’s Week Notes
Fediverse
Some say “Big Tech’s biggest enemy is Mastodon”. There’s some truth here, but that doesn’t mean Mastodon is impervious to corporate takeover. So let’s all pitch in to help build a truly open, free, and community-like space for all!
To help get you started, here’s some thoughts on how to maximize your own engagement within the Fediverse. Just remember, when you’re here, you’ve got a job to do.
Cybersecurity
Let’s keep it simple. The failures keep coming for AI, Apple’s Platform Security doc has a new coat of paint, and the State of the Art in Red Team is whatever you believe it to be. Done!
Thanks for reading Scrolls! Back to the real (icy) world that is February in Northern VA 🥶.
