Beth Soderberg
@bethsoderberg.bsky.social
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Feminist mom, developer, artist, gardener; CEO + Lead Dev at
@bethink.studio
; she/her
life is a lot like the eye doctor: which one looks clearer? pick that one. then, which one looks cleare? pick that one.
about 1 month ago
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I love the cover. Buy my oldest friend's debut novel!
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about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
The WP Minute Launches Courses, Starting With
#WordPress
Hosting
www.therepository.email/the-wp-minut...
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The WP Minute Launches Courses, Starting With WordPress Hosting
Founder Matt Medeiros and Editor Eric Karkovack are translating their years of industry experience into structured learning, starting with a course on hosting fundamentals.
https://www.therepository.email/the-wp-minute-launches-courses-starting-with-wordpress-hosting
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Small thing I've realized I do that both makes my team more neuro-divergent inclusive while also helping my time-blind brain. When someone wants to huddle in Slack, but they say something like "I'm refreshing my tea and then am ready!" I'll say "Great! Turning the huddle on now so I don't forget!"
about 1 month ago
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A long-time client contact tells us she's leaving her job - all five people on the call become friends on Finch before moving on to practical transition matters. I love the people I work with/for đ
about 1 month ago
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I had the delightful honor to be on
@bph.social
's Gutenberg Changelog podcast last week. We had fun - check it out! :)
gutenbergtimes.com/podcast/gute...
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Gutenberg Changelog #122 - Gutenberg 21.8 and WordPress 6.9 - Gutenberg Times
In episode 122 of the GT Changelog podcast, host Birgit Pauli-Haack is joined by Beth Soderberg, CEO of bethink Studio, to discuss the latest updates in Gutenberg 21.8 and WordPress 6.9. The conversat...
https://gutenbergtimes.com/podcast/gutenberg-changelog-122-gutenberg-21-8-and-wordpress-6-9/
about 1 month ago
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Amphora!?!! Honestly, excellent read.
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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The 3,000-year-old story hidden in the @ sign
In Taiwan they call @ "little mouse". It's "strudel" in Hebrew, "dog" in Russian and "monkey's tail" in Dutch. The @ sign is a mirror, and its story goes back thousands of years.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250923-the-3000-year-old-story-hidden-in-your-keyboard
about 2 months ago
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Autism was first identified in 1912. Acetaminophen was first marketed in the US in 1950. Some of my closest friends have autism. I love you and don't think that anything is "wrong" with you. Pregnant people need access to safe medication for their own health. What about the Epstein files again?
about 2 months ago
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Solidarity kiddo: âIâm going to be very tired today because i have lots of yawns.â
about 2 months ago
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I just love how kids say things sometimes: âI was just resting in my bed for a couple minutes to see if I could make a dream. But I didnât.â
2 months ago
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Our deliberate "don't come to meetings if they'll waste your time" culture leads to it being OK to ask questions. Yay for a developer not wasting an hour! Dev: I got an invite to the [sales] meeting, did you want me to go? Me: I donât think you need to go, save yourself đ D: will do, thanks!
2 months ago
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I read this excellent piece by
@camikaos.bsky.social
over my lunch today. For me, the "mask" that really is "real" is all about my glasses. Without them I look at myself and think it must be my sister for a moment. I've had many pairs of "almost the same" glasses since sometime in middle school. đĽ¸
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2 months ago
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My fave moment of my day thus far: when my coworker and I faked a "very important meeting" so that a salesperson knocking at my door would feel awkward and leave without bothering me.
2 months ago
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I had SO MUCH FUN catching up with
@seriouslybud.bsky.social
. We'd been talking about doing this for a long time and finally did. YAY :)
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2 months ago
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This morning, I started singing "oh it's a beautiful morning, oh it's a beautiful day..." to one of my kids while driving him to school. His response: "Mom, that's not a song. That's just noise."
2 months ago
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Ok the lantern fly experience just got grosser. They are dead on the floor INSIDE my clientsâ office building.
2 months ago
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Just in case anyone has been wondering where the spotted lantern flies are: Arlington. There are at least a few dozen dead (many squashed - yay humans) outside of my fave little bagel place. I squashed the ones that looked alive
2 months ago
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Hypervisible
3 months ago
âSo, the rise of these industrial-scale computing facilities that are needed for A.I. and other Internet applications is certainly one of the factors driving up prices.â âAnd I think thereâs a chance that A.I. is going to drive our bills even higher in the future.â
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How AI infrastructure is driving a sharp rise in electricity bills
Electricity bills are climbing nationwide, rising faster than inflation in many places. The explosive growth of AI and the massive data centers behind it are driving demand and straining the grid. To ...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-ai-infrastructure-is-driving-a-sharp-rise-in-electricity-bills
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Tiffany Bridge
3 months ago
DC residents pulling jury service continue resisting.
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For the love of all things, please do this!
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3 months ago
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new post-WordCamp sleeping record: 14 hours Sunday into Monday! Finally feeling like a real person again :)
3 months ago
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"The best systematic improvements come from actual users, not internal teams. Proprietary systems create short-term advantage. Open systems create long-term value. Systems that belong to everyone are by ... just being, also maintained by everyone."
@karmatosed.art
#WCUS
#WCUS2025
3 months ago
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"This fundamental shift in thinking about systems isn't technical; it's actually cognitive. Instead of asking how do I solve this problem... we need to start thinking: how do I build a system that prevents this class of problems?"
@karmatosed.art
#WCUS
#WCUS2025
3 months ago
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"Good systems, they don't eliminate all friction, they place it strategically... friction in the right places creates quality, prevents errors, and builds user confidence."
@karmatosed.art
#WCUS
#WCUS2025
3 months ago
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"Confusion is actually optional. The art of system design is revealing complexity progressively so users never feel overwhelmed, but never hit artificial limits."
@karmatosed.art
#WCUS
#WCUS2025
3 months ago
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cognitive limits, emotional triggers, learning preferences "If you don't design for these psychological realities, you end up fighting human nature instead of working with it. Because big ideas: they don't scale on inspiration alone."
@karmatosed.art
#WCUS
#WCUS2025
3 months ago
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"Predictability reduces cognitive load and allows us to focus on those higher-level tasks that involve creative problem solving... [We need to design] for our cognitive limits, our emotional triggers and learning preferences rather than fighting against them."
@karmatosed.art
#WCUS
#WCUS2025
3 months ago
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"When systems are not reviewed and iterated they become bloated...systems work for humans by providing reliability and foundations upon which we can build."
@karmatosed.art
at
#WCUS
#WCUS2025
3 months ago
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"At its smallest level, systems thinking involves assigning a process to something. At it's largest it can be a system or application...systems thinking is a way of understanding the world not as isolated parts, but an interconnected whole"
@karmatosed.art
at
#WCUS
#WCUS2025
3 months ago
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Nothing exists alone: "We need to consider this ripple effect and unintended consequences of our actions within systems."
@karmatosed.art
at
#WCUS
#WCUS2025
3 months ago
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Beth Soderberg
Bethink Studio
3 months ago
Going to
#WCUS
is always lots of fun â but taking it on as a team is even better! â¨
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Tiffany Bridge
3 months ago
For those who donât know, Mount Pleasant is a part of the District with a lot of Spanish-speaking immigrants. In case you were wondering why the deputized fash are choosing this elementary school in particular to intimidate.
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Tiffany Bridge
3 months ago
These chucklefucks truly were not prepared for the way their plans were going to hinge on the cooperation of DC residents on jury duty.
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"So many incredible conversations start with these two questions: What do you want to change? What is your biggest dream? ...but really. What do we want to change? What do we want to be dreaming together?"
@amysampleward.bsky.social
at
#WCUS
3 months ago
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"Technology is a tool. When we tell non-profit orgs that some product, some tool, is a solution, we have completely left reality. No tech is 'solving hunger', right? Programs, services, humans are solving these issues, or working to solve them. Tech can support."
@amysampleward.bsky.social
at
#WCUS
3 months ago
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accessibility is "ALL the different barriers that determine whether someone can be part of this project team or not" - transit, internet connection, childcare, timing
@amysampleward.bsky.social
at
#WCUS
#WCUS2025
3 months ago
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"An equitable world requires that we value accessibility as a priority from the start in all technology and social impact work... accessibility doesn't start and end at web standards."
@amysampleward.bsky.social
at
#WCUS
#WCUS2025
3 months ago
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"when we decide that only certain people with only certain credentials or only certain linkedin badges get to be on a project team, whoa, like, that project is not going to be great, right?"
@amysampleward.bsky.social
at
#WCUS
#WCUS2025
3 months ago
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âwhere we are now, and where we have been for decades, is intentional systemic exclusion⌠we need to move to systemic inclusionâ
@amysampleward.bsky.social
at
#WCUS
#WCUS2025
3 months ago
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Who else is headed to
#WCUS
?! âď¸
3 months ago
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Beth Soderberg
carmen f*cking rios
4 months ago
it was an absolute honor to talk to dolores huerta for the latest episode of "looking back, moving forward" â about what she's learned in a lifetime of activism and where the fight for intersectional economic justice must go next. read more + tune in
@msmagazine.com
!
msmagazine.com/2025/08/04/d...
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This makes me love Amy Sherald even more:
www.cnn.com/2025/07/24/s...
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Artist Amy Sherald cancels major Smithsonian exhibition, citing censorship | CNN
The artist Amy Sherald has canceled a major exhibition of her work at the Smithsonianâs National Portrait Gallery, citing censorship over one of her paintings depicting the Statue of Liberty modeled a...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/24/style/artist-amy-sherald-cancels-smithsonian-exhibition
4 months ago
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Kid is almost crying: âI canât talk in Bowser language because I forget.â Me: âoh no! Maybe you ou can listen to Bowser more and learn moreâ Kid: âokkkkkkkkâ
4 months ago
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Slides for "My Process for Building a Custom WordPress Theme in 2025" at
@wcmontclair.bsky.social
bethsoderberg.com/slides/2025/...
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My Process for Building a Custom WordPress Theme in 2025
A framework for easily creating beautiful presentations using HTML
https://bethsoderberg.com/slides/2025/wordcamp-montclair/index.html#/
5 months ago
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Kid explaining his rationale for the Fatherâs Day present he picked out: âby my standards he doesnât have a lot of toys.â
5 months ago
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jamelle
6 months ago
the white house thinks brute force is, no pun intended, a trump card. they donât anticipate pushback and they donât know how to handle it with anything other than escalation. the issue is that each escalation is itself a gamble. if protesters refuse to back down, youâve lost face. (1/?)
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6 months ago
This stuff doesnât look very protect-and-serve-y
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Ipstenu (Mika E.)
6 months ago
Thoughts on
#WordPress
Plugins,
#FAIRPM
, and risk.
halfelf.org/2025/we-shou...
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We Should Free All WordPress Plugins and Themes - Half-Elf on Tech
What if we democratized everything in WordPress, and not just publishing? What if we freed all themes and plugins? How far could we fly?
https://halfelf.org/2025/we-should-free-all-wordpress-plugins-and-themes/
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Thereâs nothing like the feeling of⌠mushy banana⌠between your toes first thing in the morning.
6 months ago
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