https://aneeshsathe.com/tags/blaugust2026/Recent content in Blaugust2026 on Aneesh SatheHugoen-usSat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://aneeshsathe.com/blaugust-begins/Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://aneeshsathe.com/blaugust-begins/<figure > <img src="https://aneeshsathe.com/media/2026/08/blaugust-begins-pasted-20260802062006.jpg" alt="Image"> </figure> <p>A few weeks ago I decided it was time to firmly exit the platforms. At first I was going to do some kind of cross-posting but most don’t have an exposed API or any kind of application password type setup. So right now, my blog only cross-posts to Bluesky and Mastodon. But what I’m finding more and more is that maybe I don’t really even need those.</p> <p>I’m coming to a rather happy realization that bloggers who still blog are a particularly shaped kind of people. What I’ve gathered so far is that they value freedom along multiple axes, some easy ones to spot:</p>