Now what?

A time-lapse of the night sky provides a background to the text which reads: Now distributing across the Open Social Web. Ghost. The future of community building is on the Open Social Web.

Earlier this week @ghost.org announced a major update. With it, every Ghost publication is now on the Open Social Web.

This is a huge step forward for the Open Social Web and a real testament to how work across the Social Web is benefitting creators and organisations away from Big Tech.

He didn't earn breakfast?

I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.

🔗: bit.ly/4fmHWvc

Kelley Mack, an actress known for appearing on The Walking Dead, has died.

The Cincinnati, Ohio native, born Kelley Klebenow, died on Aug. 2, after being diagnosed with glioma of the central nervous system, her Tuesday, Aug. 5, obituary said. She was 33.

📷: Getty

The Numbers Don’t Lie! America has spoken…. Release the damn files clown 🤡

Are You the Same Person You Used to Be? Researchers have studied how much of our personality is set from childhood, but what you’re like isn’t who you are.

Are we the same people at age four that we will be at 24, 44, or 74? Or do we change dramatically through time?

Didn't you do that one?

One of the biggest newsletter platforms now syndicates to Bluesky and Mastodon Ghost 6.0 adds social web-focused features.

this is the future www.theverge.com/news/718286/...

Fraudulent Scientific Papers Are Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds For years, whistle-blowers have warned that fake results are sneaking into the scientific literature at an increasing pace. A new statistical analysis backs up the concern. From a report: A team of researchers found evidence of shady organizations churning out fake or low-quality studies on an indus...

Fraudulent Scientific Papers Are Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds

https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/08/05/0137204/fraudulent-scientific-papers-are-rapidly-increasing-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

Red beans and (cauliflower) rice for dinner, who should I call 🤔

This is incredible

2 men charged after being linked to a suspect in the killings of 4 relatives of an abandoned infant Tennessee authorities have arrested two men they say are connected to the case of four murdered family members who were related to an abandoned infant.

Tennessee authorities have arrested two men they say are connected to the case of four murdered family members who were related to an abandoned infant.

Now that's selling it

A wooden bowl of salad with the headline: The 23 Best Salads of All Time

These are salads you know and love, the ones that stand above the fold, some with long histories and others that only feel like they’ve been around forever. https://nyti.ms/41gBJuY

I ASSumed you would

Got the sniffles? Here's what to know about summer colds, COVID-19 and more COVID-19 activity is rising in much of the country. Data released Friday by federal health officials shows overall respiratory virus spread is low.

COVID-19 activity is rising in much of the country.

Challenge accepted

Pasta time

Steam Survey For July Shows Linux Use Approaching 3% - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Survey-July-2025

Why can't we learn?

Mind-Blowing Discovery: Peacocks Have Lasers In Their Tails Sharks with frickin' lasers are tired news.

Have a great weekend, but keep your eyes on those peacocks

Mind-Blowing Discovery: Peacocks Have Lasers In Their Tails : ScienceAlert share.google/Q6KIkQbiH17n...

Until you joined the party

Why does the Bluesky app log me out every week or so? Do you want me to stop bothering to log in again?

Same

You can't outrun a bad diet. Food — not lack of exercise — fuels obesity, study finds One explanation for the rise in obesity in industrialized countries is that people burn fewer calories than people in countries where obesity is rare. A major study finds that's not the case.

One explanation for the rise in obesity in industrialized countries is that people burn fewer calories than people in countries where obesity is rare. A major study finds that's not the case.

No more Twitter or Meta for me. Just Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, Pixelfed, and Flipboard. Bluesky goes as soon as I see an ad.

Condolences

Same. I have a couple that are a year old and one is struggling in this heat. They need a lot of water.