February 2026 at The New Leaf Journal
Reviewing the new articles and short posts on The New Leaf Journal, Emu Cafe Social, The Newsletter Leaf Journal, and related projects in February 2026.
[Favorite] Re; The Indie Web Is Not Defined by Its Enemies
social.emucafe.orgI concur with Khürt Williams’s argument that the independent web should be defined by what it is for instead of what it is against, and offer additional thoughts.
How LLMs & Chatbots Are Bad For the Indie Web
Large language models and their associated bots are bad for the indie web in at least three ways: 1) their logistical consequences are bad for bandwidth, 2) their social consequences are bad for guides, and 3) their citational consequences are bad for surfability.
Newsletter Leaf Journal CCLXVI 〜 Little White Lies
In issue 266 of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, I share the first-ever NLJ original visual novel, links to our new articles and short posts, and 24 links from around the web.
Inbox Valentine 〜 Newsletter Leaf Journal CCLXVII
Newsletter Leaf Journal 267 falls on Valentine's Day. In addition to our usual assortment of links to new NLJ and ECS posts, links froun around the web, and other news and notes, this newsletter has a special section with links to Valentines-themed articles from the NLJ archive.
AI Game Worlds and Humane Games
I begin with a critique of Project Genie before segueing into a defense of games and game worlds by humans for humans and the tools that enable them.