Tom Finley
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Capital Weather Gang
2 months ago
We declare WINTER OVER. After a long and often harsh season — punctuated by persistent cold, stubborn snow and ice, and a late-season chill this week— the pattern ahead has shifted. Link to full story:
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It was a long, harsh winter in D.C. We can finally call it over.
We can officially declare the start of spring.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026/03/19/dc-winter-over-spring-onset/
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Homer needs a new home! My friend and his family are currently fostering Homer, a 4-mo old puppy, who is a really good boi as evidenced by these pictures (but my friend affirms it). If you’re in the DC/NoVA area, check out Homer’s adoption page:
www.lostdogrescue.org/animal/homer...
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WooCommerce patterns for Ollie are here! The 2-man team at OllieWP has spent the better part of a few months grinding away at releasing a better paradigm for WooCommerce in Gutenberg blocks. Give it a look, give them some love (or better yet — money)!
olliewp.com/ollie-for-wo...
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Ollie for WooCommerce – Ollie WordPress Block Theme
A new way to build your eCommerce shop Quickly design and launch a beautiful, fast-loading WooCommerce store in WordPress — no page builder, no developer requir
https://olliewp.com/ollie-for-woocommerce/
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Hey
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folks — if you're a theme tinkerer or work in a freelance/agency setting where you've relied on WPEngine/StudioPress's now-defunct pattern manager, I've got some good news for you: I've dusted it off and given it some much-needed updates!
github.com/tomfinitely/...
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GitHub - tomfinitely/pattern-manager: Manage your theme's pattern PHP files the easy way, with Pattern Manager by WP Engine.
Manage your theme's pattern PHP files the easy way, with Pattern Manager by WP Engine. - tomfinitely/pattern-manager
https://github.com/tomfinitely/pattern-manager
3 months ago
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Oops, I did it again. Built a Claude-powered SERP Optimizer — point it at a domain, it pulls your metadata and generates smarter titles, H1s, and meta descriptions with a live Google preview. No setup. Runs in the browser.
claude.ai/public/artif...
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WordPress SEO Optimizer - AI-Powered Meta Tags & SERP Preview Tool
Optimize WordPress SEO titles, meta descriptions, and H1 tags using Claude AI. Analyze GSC data, discover pages, and get AI suggestions to improve click-through rates.
https://claude.ai/public/artifacts/2a03c95e-a8d0-462d-8661-29828b601cab
3 months ago
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Got a shout in Gutenberg Times this morning… Have you given Block Zapper a whirl?
#wordpress
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3 months ago
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Uploading an image to a site or ESP isn’t the same as optimizing it. Some platforms handle it well. Others quietly degrade your work. I broke it down, plus a simple workflow to get it right before ever hitting upload
prufcreative.com/a-smarter-im...
#WordPress
#EmailMarketing
#ImageOptimization
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A Smarter Image Optimization Workflow
Most platforms don't compress your images as much as you think. Learn how WordPress, Webflow, Wix, Squarespace, Shopify, Mailchimp, and Constant Contact actually handle image optimization — and how to...
https://prufcreative.com/a-smarter-image-optimization-workflow/
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From my analytics I can tell my Block Zapper post has broken containment, but what do you mean I have to wait a day to figure out where this happened?
tomfinley.com/stop-rebuild...
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Stop Rebuilding WordPress Block Patterns From Scratch — Use Block Zapper | Tom Finley
Stop rebuilding WordPress block patterns from scratch. Block Zapper clears custom attributes selectively — so patterns actually work as starting points.
https://tomfinley.com/stop-rebuilding-wordpress-block-patterns-from-scratch-use-block-zapper/
3 months ago
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Remember when they said Bluesky would never work?
3 months ago
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Remember when Subtle Patterns was the 🐐?
3 months ago
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I heard we're bringing back textures and skeuomorphism this year...
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3 months ago
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Ever strip a WordPress block pattern down to zero just because the custom attributes were a nightmare to clear? There's a tool for that. Block Zapper lets you zap specific attributes while preserving what you actually want to keep — images, backgrounds, structure.
tomfinley.com/stop-rebuild...
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Stop Rebuilding WordPress Block Patterns From Scratch — Use Block Zapper | Tom Finley
Stop rebuilding WordPress block patterns from scratch. Block Zapper clears custom attributes selectively — so patterns actually work as starting points.
https://tomfinley.com/stop-rebuilding-wordpress-block-patterns-from-scratch-use-block-zapper/
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GitHub - tomfinitely/block-zapper: A powerful container block that allows you to group other blocks and reset their custom properties with a single click.A powerful container block that allows you to group other blocks and reset their custom properties with a...
https://tomfinley.com/?p=174373
3 months ago
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Hit a wall for a couple days on my
#WordPress
website relaunch where Safari (MacOS and every iOS browser) was italicizing an Adobe Typekit variable font, that should've rendered as upright.
3 months ago
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Hey web nerds. Have you noticed unusual web traffic in your analytics from Lanzhou, China and/or Singapore lately? Well, it's not just you...
www.wired.com/story/made-i...
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A Wave of Unexplained Bot Traffic Is Sweeping the Web
From small publishers to US federal agencies, websites are reporting unusual spikes in automated traffic linked to IP addresses in Lanzhou, China.
https://www.wired.com/story/made-in-china-niche-websites-are-seeing-a-surge-of-mysterious-traffic-from-china/
3 months ago
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@jacobsberg.bsky.social
pursuant to your interests… 🙃
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https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/nasas-largest-library-to-permanently-close-on-jan-2-books-will-be-tossed-away-10170584
5 months ago
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Katana-Smirk 🔞 (slots full)
6 months ago
If you see this repost this with your model of positive masculinity
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Andy Bell
6 months ago
I've really struggled with the new colours stuff in CSS but editing this series for Kevin has instilled a confidence I never thought I'd had. I'm even more convinced that designers need to be getting into CSS as a serious tool.
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Josh W. Comeau
6 months ago
✨ I just published a new post, and it’s all about one of the most mind-blowing new CSS features: subgrid. Honestly, when I first heard about subgrid, I figured it’d be a convenient little utility. I had no idea it would solve one of the most longstanding issues I’ve had with CSS. 😮 Check it out:
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Brand New Layouts with CSS Subgrid • Josh W. Comeau
Subgrid allows us to extend a grid template down through the DOM tree, so that deeply-nested elements can participate in the same grid layout. At first glance, I thought this would be a helpful conven...
https://www.joshwcomeau.com/css/subgrid/
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David✶🇬🇹
6 months ago
He said "Amen" straight into the drop Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
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Is John Hamm literally in everything these days or is it just me?
6 months ago
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11 years later and Sia’s “Elastic Heart” still slaps so hard…
youtu.be/KWZGAExj-es
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Sia - Elastic Heart feat. Shia LaBeouf & Maddie Ziegler (Official Video)
YouTube video by SiaVEVO
https://youtu.be/KWZGAExj-es
7 months ago
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ryan cooper
7 months ago
side point but the idea that if you make a human grade robot intellect it will do whatever you say without protest seems underexamined
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Please never put in the paper we cost the shareholders money because sunk cost fallacy
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7 months ago
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I don’t care what anyone says, Daniel Craig was the best James Bond. Immensely complex, tortured from within, but he actually loved people deeply. A true, human character.
7 months ago
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Andy Kostrub
7 months ago
Updating my LEGO White House
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Jazz.
7 months ago
Wild as hell I gotta take accountability for my actions and keeping working to be better as a person even though no one in any sort of power does that and the world is ending
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Eric Karkovack
7 months ago
Ah, vibe coding. Where would we be without it? It's tempting to install that "vibed?"
#WordPress
plugin you generated on your production site. Hold on, there, friend! You might want to test it first.
speckyboy.com/test-ai-gene...
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How to Test Your AI-Generated WordPress Plugin — Speckyboy
AI can generate WordPress plugins in minutes, but they’re not ready for production without testing. Learn how to audit code for security, stability, and performance.
https://speckyboy.com/test-ai-generated-wordpress-plugin/
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404 Media
7 months ago
For months we followed what happened when a company forced AI into the world of craft beer. Legal threats, people quitting, and beer judges in revolt over being told to use AI. "It is attempting to solve a problem that wasn’t a problem before AI showed up"
www.404media.co/what-happene...
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What Happened When AI Came for Craft Beer
A prominent beer competition introduced an AI-judging tool without warning. The judges and some members of the wider brewing industry were pissed.
https://www.404media.co/what-happened-when-ai-came-for-craft-beer-canadian-beer-awards-best-beer-app/
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Josh W. Comeau
8 months ago
✨ I just published a brand-new blog post about a modern CSS feature! But, honestly, I’m still on the fence about it. 😅 In this post, I’ll dig into the gnarly issue I ran into, and share three possible workarounds. Along the way, you’ll learn a bunch about the CSS cascade and specificity!
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The Big Gotcha With @starting-style • Josh W. Comeau
CSS has been on fire lately, with tons of great new features. @starting-style is an interesting one; it allows us to use CSS transitions for enter animations, something previously reserved for CSS key...
https://www.joshwcomeau.com/css/starting-style/
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Nick Knudsen
8 months ago
Pause your doomscrolling and listen to this story.
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8647 Mouse
9 months ago
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Probably a dicey topic, but I used Cursor to vibe-code a complex
#WordPress
YouTube plugin that automatically displays multiple YouTube embeds from a user, channel, or playlist using InnerBlocks and the core WP Youtube oEmbed block.
github.com/tomfinitely/...
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GitHub - tomfinitely/youtube-channel-block
Contribute to tomfinitely/youtube-channel-block development by creating an account on GitHub.
https://github.com/tomfinitely/youtube-channel-block
9 months ago
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Chise
9 months ago
Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it will ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.” Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment. No questions asked. No proof required. Pass it on.
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🎶 Vapin’ in the boys room 🎶
11 months ago
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Anil Dash
11 months ago
What if Zohran Mamdani is the prophesied Joe Rogan of the left
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Jason Linkins
11 months ago
I wrote about Brad Lander
newrepublic.com/post/197324/...
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How Brad Lander Lost an Election but Became a National Inspiration
The mayoral hopeful only finished third in the primary but garnered attention for his displays of courage and integrity.
https://newrepublic.com/post/197324/brad-lander-mamdani-national-inspiration
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Ed Zitron
11 months ago
Okay so I need to get a clip, but there is currently an ad for Better Offline airing nationwide on the radio where I call OpenAI a financial abomination, very funny to say that I was encouraged to put this ad out there too!
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LOL let the pearl clutching commence (cc
@jacobsberg.bsky.social
@tiff.is
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D.C. progressives want their own Zohran Mamdani vs. Mayor Bowser
There's one possible candidate in particular that people are buzzing about.
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/06/26/dc-zohran-mamdani-challenge-mayor-bowser
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Earl Grey Memes Club
11 months ago
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Yo
@eve6.bsky.social
, proof of life MF’er
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Art D.
11 months ago
My Dearest Wife, We rode the groovy vibes into battle at dawn yesterday….
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Dr Kat Day (she/her)
11 months ago
The *reason* Ai-generated text contains semicolons, en dashes etc. is that experienced, skilful writers use these marks to subtly convey meaning and nuance in their work. And the Ai LLMs have been trained on the stolen work of experienced, skilful writers.
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If I want to learn to be a more agile and charismatic conversational _and_ public speaker, what are some objectively good (and free?) resources to use as my starting points?
11 months ago
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Anil Dash
11 months ago
You cannot stay in a poison swamp and not get poisoned.
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Roger Williams
11 months ago
$8.8T is the conservative value of open source—and most of it’s held up by overworked volunteers. Just dropped a post on what I saw at
#OpenSourceSummit
: FAIR, OSPOs, Gen Z, governance, and more. Feat.
@marucchi.com
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@joost.blog
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rogerwilliamsmedia.com/the-8-8-tril...
#opensource
#wordpress
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The $8.8 Trillion Wake-Up Call: Notes from Open Source Summit NA 2025 - Going forward by looking back
I landed in Denver just after 7am, headed straight to the Convention Center, and found a seat up front for the opening keynote of the Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit North America. By 9:00, I wa...
https://rogerwilliamsmedia.com/the-8-8-trillion-wake-up-call-notes-from-open-source-summit-na-2025/
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henry ✷
11 months ago
jesus christ somebody's gotta stop this guy
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ceej
11 months ago
in 2026 we're bringing back consequences
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“Nononono… That’s a nasty nasty comment. The song is called ‘Total Obliteration of the Heart.’ TOTAL. 100%. Nobody’s seen a heart obliterated like that. It’s why they wrote a song about it. Eclipse? Nobody’s ever heard of eclipses.”
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