Emily Rapport
@eatpaintchic.bsky.social
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Front End Designer/Owner at Always Open Design, painter of urban landscapes (she/her)
Maybe last painting for a bit - back to work…
#SceneInJamestown
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Untitled - 9x12” watercolor / Yupo
#LandscapePainting
#JamestownNY
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Cole Ave, Afternoon Sun - watercolor/yupo, 9x12” -
#JamestownNY
#SceneInJamestown
#Watercolor
#LandscapePainting
5 days ago
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Puff the Magic Hater
5 days ago
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
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Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
https://nativeorganizing.org/donate/
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Finally started (and finished!) a painting - “House in the trees,” 12x9”, watercolor/Yupo -
#SceneInJamestownNY
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Kevin Powell
6 days ago
After 7 years of selling courses, I'm finally doing a Black Friday sale. I'd held off for from doing sales in general for all this time, but had some smart people get me on board with it, so I figured if I'm going to do it, I'll go big: 40% off + Flexbox Simplified for free.
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deconspray
10 days ago
Testing digital accessibility isn’t one size fits all. I break down how automation, AI and manual testing each contribute, and why you’ll want all three. Let’s talk about your approach.
buff.ly/kB01jJ4
#DigitalAccessibility
#DigitalInclusion
#TestingStrategy
#WCAG
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Testing Methods: Multiple Ways
WCAG 2.4.5 Multiple Ways ensures users can access content through multiple navigation paths. A hybrid testing approach, combining automated, AI, and manual methods, provides a thorough, user-centered evaluation, enhancing accessibility, usability, and inclusivity across websites.
https://www.dennisdeacon.com/web/accessibility/testing-methods-multiple-ways/
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Ethan Marcotte
11 days ago
🦊 “Artificial intelligence isn’t going anywhere. It’s the future.” I hear that line a lot. The thing is, futures are tricky.
ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/the-li...
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The line and the stream. — ethanmarcotte.com
“Artificial intelligence is the future,” they tell me. The thing is, futures are tricky.
https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/the-line-and-the-stream/
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11 days ago
WordPress didn’t start in a boardroom. It started with one frustrated blog post that’s still online, and that post kicked off the project that now powers around 43% of the web. I wrote up the full story here:
iterativewonders.com/2025/11/21/i...
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It Was Just a Blog Fix… Until It Was WordPress – Iterative Wonders
Ah, the early 2000s internet – a glorious land of dial-up tones, flashing banner ads, and the wild dream of having your own personal blog. Content management ba
https://iterativewonders.com/2025/11/21/it-was-just-a-blog-fix-until-it-was-wordpress/
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Humans tend to favor the things we enjoy and that we have learned to be successful at. If blogging feels like “Ugh, I have to write this,” try reframing it: “I want to document what I know so I can stop explaining it repeatedly.”
#ContentStrategy
#SmallBusinessBlogs
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Making Blogging Work When You're Running a Business
Blogging for small business owners: what's worth writing, how often to publish, and how to measure results without adding "content creator" to your job description.
https://alwaysopen.design/small-business-blog-strategy/
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Prisonculture
11 days ago
I want to uplift again this brilliant piece of writing and thinking by
@shannonmattern.bsky.social
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- I think that everyone who is interested in libraries would benefit from reading it.
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Extralibrary Loan: Making the Civic Infrastructure We Need
Amid a war on public knowledge, libraries are pushing outward, enlarging the commons through new configurations of civic and creative life.
https://placesjournal.org/article/extralibrary-loan-making-civic-infrastructure/
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Sara Soueidan
12 days ago
📣 Hear hear! The biggest savings on the Practical Accessibility course start *today*—for a limited time only. Starting today, you can get the course for 30% off — that's $279 instead of $399. The discounted price excludes sales tax that may be applied depending on where you are buying from.
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The Practical Accessibility Course
A get-right-down-to-it online course for Web designers and developers who want to start creating more accessible Web user interfaces and digital products today
https://practical-accessibility.today/#buy
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Mia (online)
12 days ago
I'll be Winging It Live with
@meyerweb.com
and
@jamessw.com
tomorrow, to talk about anchor positioning – which is now behind a flag in Firefox, and live everywhere else. Join us, and bring your questions! 1pm ET / 10am PT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOXY...
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Cross-browser Anchor Positioning
YouTube video by Winging It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOXY8UYSgAc
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Laura Kalbag
13 days ago
The good people at
@deque.com
have put my
#axe-con
2025 presentation, Design for Everyone, live for all! (With captions and ASL.) This is one of my favourite talks. It covers accessible and rights-respecting design, sort of a culmination of many of my other talks.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAL7...
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Design For Everyone with Laura Kalbag | Axe-con 2025
YouTube video by Deque Systems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAL7ac40gAc
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Erika Hall
13 days ago
The first edition of Conversational Design is available as a free download. I think more people should read it before they go making every interface into chatbots.
www.mulebooks.com/conversation...
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Conversational Design — MULE BOOKS
The interaction design book that explains why chatbots tend to suck
https://www.mulebooks.com/conversational-design
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Topher
13 days ago
THIS THURSDAY at 2pm EST, I'm going to be presenting a live webinar with GreenGeeks about managing new workflows for modern image formats on your site. Modern formats can be faster, easier, & cheaper than what you're doing right now. Come sign up!
#WordPress
#web
www.greengeeks.com/webinars/mod...
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Modern Images on Your Website: Faster, Easier, Cheaper – GreenGeeks Webinars
https://www.greengeeks.com/webinars/modern-images-on-your-website-faster-easier-cheaper/
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Elliott Richmond
17 days ago
I made a free full site editor block theme cheat sheet for
#WordPress
devs (or anyone dipping into theme development). Core blocks, theme.json reference, hooks, and troubleshooting tips I wish I'd had when I started. Grab it:
elliottrichmond.co.uk/block-theme-...
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Block Theme Cheat Sheet for WordPress - elliott richmond
Enhance your WordPress skills with the Block Theme Cheat Sheet. Find everything you need for FSE block themes in one place.
https://elliottrichmond.co.uk/block-theme-cheat-sheet-for-wordpress/
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10 out of 10 feudal serfs agree, working weekends in order to “catch up” and have time for a good life in the future definitely not a workable plan. Remind me in 5 days.
15 days ago
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Bruce Lawson’s quite interesting reading list, 10/31/25 -
brucelawson.co.uk/2025/reading...
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Bruce Lawson's personal site
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https://brucelawson.co.uk/2025/reading-list-349/
15 days ago
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Neighborhood homes, potential painting subjects over winter break 🤞
18 days ago
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Topher
20 days ago
Today's
#WordPress
tutorial is about how to keep your site safe from hackers. It doesn't cover EVERYTHING, but it does give 5 simple steps to harden your front line.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4d6...
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Keep your WordPress site safe from HACKERS!
YouTube video by Topher DeRosia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4d6pdHvP4E
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Launched! Post-launch checks commencing…
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Fixed a slug that was annoyingly /service-name-3/ by deleting two image files with the same name - no MySQL queries.
#Winning
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No stress quite like missing images in a media library and database syncing when you need to launch a site.
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Ruth Nineke
22 days ago
Mutual aid is cute and everything, and we love that you're on the right side of Palestine, but do buy local? Like local-local? Are you promoting and paying small minority owned businesses?
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Proactive SAFE Ways Marginalized People Can Engage with Revolution
What ways can marginalized people to engage in revolution?
https://ruthnineke.co/proactive-safe-ways-for-marginalized-people-to-engage-with-revolution/
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Google Drive telling me I have work boundary issues without explicitly calling me a loser, “You often open around this time.”
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“You might have a fantastic idea you want to write about. But great ideas without planning … will disappear like tears in rain.”
#WordPress
#BloggingMistakes
#WritingIsEditing
alwaysopen.design/13-blogging-...
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Write better blog posts: 13 blogging mistakes and how to fix them
Blogging mistakes can hurt your content strategy and limit your reach. Find out how to improve your blog and attract more traffic.
https://alwaysopen.design/13-blogging-mistakes/
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Eric Karkovack
26 days ago
Here are a few tips for building a blazing-fast
#WordPress
website from the ground up.
speckyboy.com/building-per...
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Tips for Building a Performant WordPress Website — Speckyboy
Want a faster WordPress site? Learn how to boost performance with better hosting, lightweight themes, optimized images, and smart caching strategies.
https://speckyboy.com/building-performant-wordpress-website/
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Great skies here
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Eric Karkovack
about 1 month ago
Who Will Support Quality Content on the Web?
pleasehumoreric.com/who-will-sup...
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Who Will Support Quality Content on the Web? - Please Humor Eric
The market for content creation isn't what it used to be. But there's still hope!
https://pleasehumoreric.com/who-will-support-quality-content-on-the-web/
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zeldman
about 2 months ago
While Hitler plotted and Europe crumbled, a motley crew of mathematicians, philosophers, architects, and economists met weekly to invent Computer Science. Mark Bernstein mines this forgotten history for lessons that just might save today’s web from its worst impulses.


alistapart.com/article/desi...
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Designing Amiable Web Spaces: Lessons from Vienna's Café Culture
Explore the impact of amiability in web interactions and learn from the history of Vienna Circle's collaborative spirit in dealing with disagreements.
https://alistapart.com/article/design-for-amiability-lessons-from-vienna/
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Piccalilli
about 2 months ago
Set your alarms and clear your inboxes: JavaScript for Everyone launches in 7 days, on October 14th. The drafts are done, the editing is *nearly* complete and let us tell you, Mat has written a masterpiece. Get alerted on launch day by signing up for updates:
piccalil.li/javascript-f...
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Erika Hall
about 2 months ago
Please give him something to do today. Thank you.
add a skeleton here at some point
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WRFA-LP
about 2 months ago
WRFA To Host County Executive Debate Oct. 16 WRFA, along with media partners, the Jamestown Post-Journal and Media One Group, will host a Chautauqua County Executive candidates debate this Thursday, October 16. The debate will feature incumbent Republican candidate PJ Wendel and Democratic…
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WRFA To Host County Executive Debate Oct. 16
WRFA, along with media partners, the Jamestown Post-Journal and Media One Group, will host a Chautauqua County Executive candidates debate this Thursday, October 16. The debate will feature incumbent Republican candidate PJ Wendel and Democratic candidate Thomas Carle. It will air live on 107.9 FM WRFA at 6:00 p.m. as well as livestream on wrfalp.com and on WRFA’s YouTube page. There are still a limited amount of in-person seats available for the event. The audience will only be there to observe. Email
[email protected]
to reserve a seat.
http://www.wrfalp.com/wrfa-to-host-county-executive-debate-oct-16/
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It’s Sunday so I wrote a blog article, Search engine rankings and how to get them - enjoy!
alwaysopen.design/small-busine...
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Small Business SEO: A Guide for Beginners
Learn how small business SEO can make your company visible to potential customers actively searching for your services online.
https://alwaysopen.design/small-business-seo-guide/
about 2 months ago
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Remkus de Vries
about 2 months ago
📬 Ready for Friday WordPress insights? @Within_WP newsletter lands in inboxes today! Make sure you’re on the list 👉
withinwp.com/subscribe
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Subscribe to the Newsletter
Stay updated on WordPress with my newsletter. Subscribe to my newsletter for news and tools every Friday.
https://withinwp.com/subscribe/
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Eric Karkovack
about 2 months ago
Why Do We Still Celebrate Tech Leaders as Visionaries? - Please Humor Eric
pleasehumoreric.com/why-do-we-st...
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Why Do We Still Celebrate Tech Leaders as Visionaries? - Please Humor Eric
I think we've taken the term "visionary" a bit too far when describing leaders in technology.
https://pleasehumoreric.com/why-do-we-still-celebrate-tech-leaders-as-visionaries/
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Matthias Ott
about 2 months ago
✍️ New post: Jane Goodall’s Famous Last Words
#blogtober
#interview
#janegoodall
#climateaction
#nature
matthiasott.com/notes/jane-g...
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Jane Goodall’s Famous Last Words · Matthias Ott
Matthias Ott is an independent user experience designer and web design engineer from Stuttgart, Germany. He also teaches Interface Prototyping at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design.
https://matthiasott.com/notes/jane-goodalls-famous-last-words
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Stef Walter
about 2 months ago
My curated weekly newsletter is out: - OKLCH Gradients - Screen Readers And AI Ethics - Boring LLMs Are The Way To Go - Mobile Web Inspiration - European Product Alternatives - Brutalita Font Editor - Accessible Flip Card Tutorial 👉🏻
stephaniewalter.design/blog/pixels-...
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Matthias Ott
about 2 months ago
✍️ New post: EuroÂpean Tech Alternatives 🇪🇺
#blogtober
#tech
#software
#europe
matthiasott.com/notes/europe...
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European Tech Alternatives 🇪🇺 · Matthias Ott
Matthias Ott is an independent user experience designer and web design engineer from Stuttgart, Germany. He also teaches Interface Prototyping at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design.
https://matthiasott.com/notes/european-tech-alternatives
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I just registered for
#WPA11yDay
, a free, virtual 24-hour conference on WordPress accessibility taking place October 15-16, and you should too! Get your free ticket at
2025.wpaccessibility.day
.
#WPAD2025
#WordPress
#a11y
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WordPress Accessibility Day 2025 - WordPress Accessibility Day 2025
WordPress Accessibility Day is a free 24-hour global event dedicated to addressing website accessibility in WordPress. October 15-16, 2025.
https://2025.wpaccessibility.day/
2 months ago
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Eric Karkovack
2 months ago
It's not unusual for freelancers to forget about legacy clients. Once a site launches, the focus usually turns to booking the next project. However, there's still potential for revamping older
#WordPress
websites and adding features.
thewpminute.com/dont-forget-...
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Don’t Forget Your Legacy WordPress Clients - The WP Minute
As freelancers, we tend to focus on what’s in front of us. We finish one project and move to the next one. It seems like there’s never enough time to look back. Don’t get me wrong. I update every Word...
https://thewpminute.com/dont-forget-your-legacy-wordpress-clients/
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Joe Dolson
2 months ago
New post: Able Player 4.7.0 & Able Player for WordPress 2.2.0 Released!
https://www.joedolson.com/2025/09/able-player-4-7-0-able-player-for-wordpress-2-2-0-released/
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Joe Dolson Web Accessibility
Web Accessibility and WordPress: Make the web a better place.
https://www.joedolson.com/2025/09/able-player-4-7-0-able-player-for-wordpress-2-2-0-released/
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Amazing (and I never, ever use that word) visit to the Jamestown Audubon center today - beautiful, well designed, and such a great community resource and respite…
@audubon.org
2 months ago
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Prisonculture
3 months ago
Chicago folks, the Art Institute's exhibition of Elizabeth Catlett's work is open and I highly encourage you to visit. I saw the exhibition 3 times when it was at the Brooklyn Museum. You will thank me later.
www.artic.edu/articles/121...
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Meet Elizabeth Catlett in 11 Facts | The Art Institute of Chicago
For Elizabeth Catlett, art was activism.
https://www.artic.edu/articles/1211/meet-elizabeth-catlett-in-11-facts?qTTw5r-LS_2nPazv_UhQ_aem_guk-7vWFJA_a9pul6ZmTIQ
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Sara Soueidan
3 months ago
🎥 New (Video) Podcast: "Navigating the World of Web Accessibility with Sara Soueidan", with
@kevinpowell.co
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndGK...
I finally sat down with Kevin for a long-overdue, in-depth conversation about web
#accessibility
, and we had a blast!
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Navigating the World of Web Accessibility with Sara Soueidan
YouTube video by General Musings with Kevin Powell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndGKjhzmLXc
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If weekends were 4 days and the “work” week was 3 days, I think I’d get more done. But, maybe that’s true problem…
3 months ago
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I wrote a thing! Finding it hard to understand why my Additional CSS wasn’t working (doing it wrong), I googled, tested, and perplexitied this brief guide into existence for you:
alwaysopen.design/additional-c...
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Using Custom CSS in WordPress Block Themes
How to use the Additional CSS in WordPress to scope block styles across your site. Step-by-step guide, with examples, limitations, and tips.
https://alwaysopen.design/additional-css-wordpress-blocks/
3 months ago
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Eric Karkovack
3 months ago
If health care costs go up as expected, 2026 is going to be a make-or-break year for me (and a lot of other US-based freelancers). I will either have to increase revenue significantly or just go out of business (after 26+ years).
#Freelance
time.com/7312361/obam...
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Why Obamacare Is About to Get a Lot More Expensive
The end of federal subsidies and increased rates from insurers will lead to higher costs.
https://time.com/7312361/obamacare-marketplace-health-insurance-cost-increase/?utm_source=beehiiv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter-the-brief&_bhlid=df298339b2c7935739b334f777247485287313e9
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WRFA-LP
3 months ago
[LISTEN] Arts on Fire – Sally Schaefer and Tyler Bagwell – August 22, 2025 Buffalo musicians Sally Schaefer and Tyler Bagwell stopped by the WRFA studios before their performance at the 2025 Mayville Bluegrass Festival to play some songs in-studio and talk music with AOF host Anthony Merchant…
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[LISTEN] Arts on Fire – Sally Schaefer and Tyler Bagwell – August 22, 2025
Buffalo musicians Sally Schaefer and Tyler Bagwell stopped by the WRFA studios before their performance at the 2025 Mayville Bluegrass Festival to play some songs in-studio and talk music with AOF host Anthony Merchant sallyanndra.com sstb2.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/sallyanndramusic www.facebook.com/tylerbagwellmusic www.instagram.com/sallyanndra www.instagram.com/tylerbagwell
http://www.wrfalp.com/listen-arts-on-fire-sally-schaefer-and-tyler-bagwell-august-22-2025/
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