Just read on SVT, Sweden’s public service news outlet, that our neighbors in Denmark will set a minimum age of 15 for social media. Kids 13+ can use it with parents’ permission. PM Mette Frederiksen says it’s about giving childhood back — “phones and social media are stealing it.” Sign of the times.
Posts in "Words"
I love that Robb Knight shared a photo of his workspace in his P&B interview, and I absolutely love how it looks 😍 If there’s one thing the indie web could get better at, it’s sharing photos in posts every now and then. It’s such a nice little treat.
Home sick, but my new Bear theme is getting better. I already have a name for it, though with my obsession for details, it probably should’ve been called OCD. 😅
Working on a new theme for Bear Blog. The more I think about it, the more I lean toward making it the Bearming 3.0 version. It’ll be quite different from the earlier ones, but I suppose that’s the whole point of a new version number.
Today I learned why they named it DuckDuckGo, after reading Annie’s post Duck duck duck dichotomy. I had never heard of this game before 😊
Nice to see the Bear Discovery feed all dressed up for Halloween. Looking delightfully spooky!
Here’s a fun little Halloween hack for your blog: rename your guestbook to Ghostbook 👻
Now you can get the classic Swedish dammsugare (vacuum cleaner) pastry in Halloween mode. Marzipan, chocolate-dipped ends, and a punsch-flavored mix of biscuits, butter, and cocoa. 😋
My brother (yes, I’ve told him to move to Micro.blog) has been using AI to colorize old photos. I think the results are great. He keeps the original black and white as the “real photo” and the AI version as a fun extra. It’s him and me in the shot, somewhere in the 70s.
I’ve done a complete redesign of the Blogging Tips & Tools page. It’s been on my to-do list for a long time, and with Bear’s downtime today, I finally decided to get to work. Hope you like it!
The upside of downtime — a positive take on the current technical issues with the Bear blogging platform.