All that you touch, you change. All that you change, changes you. The only lasting truth is change. ― Octavia E. Butler

The tilde key on my laptop seems to have stopped working reliably... this is a real problem for the number of code samples I'm typing/pasting in everywhere! Anyone else facing this? This cannot be uncommon. Maybe time to go back through all my external keyboards and pick a fav.

All the electronics in the house are screaming at me today in their high pitched whiny voices. I suppose it's a good day to visit them all and see what can be unplugged. Also, I hope I am not about to get a migraine 😬🤞

"True friends are never apart, maybe in distance but never in heart" — Helen Keller

I just used California's new Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP) for the first time. I was sad to see that it won't start deleting my data until Aug 1st, but maybe it's a step in the right directlon? #Privacy #DROP

New year, new choices. Some Camps require coats. Some require sunscreen. Use 'Happy2026' for $10 off and plan wisely. buff.ly/2b2Sm5m #FLDC26 #Drupal

Is your web development process living in the past? Tune in to #Tag1TeamTalks to explore modern local development environments with industry experts and see why tools like #DDEV are essential for today's developers. https://www.tag1.com/tag1-team-talks/navigating-local-development-landscapes/

I put the entire description for the Lampton coat of arms into Sora to see if it could generate a stained glass pattern. Incredible results. Attached are the notarized description, a commissioned drawing we inherited, and the Sora output.

I just voted in the #FOSSAwards2025 and supported my favorite open-source projects! Cast your vote now: www.20i.com/foss-awards

I am creating a new repo on @gitlab.com. Yes, it's because I'm leaving BitBucket -- but why would the *only* option be to manually upload an export? What's wrong with `git push`?

Sooooo what are we using for SMTP providers nowadays? I'm looking for one with decent support that has a free tier for the little guys who need only help with pw resets :) bit.ly/smtp-services

Has anyone found a google docs extension that will allow you to highlight some text, paste a URL, and have that URL become a link around the text? You know, like almost all other modern rich-text editors? Surely this exists by now?

Actually the best life advice I ever got: Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly. A half-cleaned room is better than an uncleaned room. Occasionally flossing is better than never flossing. A 10-minute workout is better than no workout. When it’s all you can do to get out of bed, get out of bed.

Here's my talk from I/O along with the companion blog post that rounds up all of the links mentioned. It's been a very exciting year for the web, and all the new Baseline tooling we've just announced can help you understand when to adopt these new features. web.dev/blog/whats-n...

tired: people AI-generating rando images of themselves as anime WIRED: AI’s energy use already represents as much as 20 percent of global data-center power demand, new analysis has found

What a great MidCamp! Here's a link to my session, with the video and access to the slides. www.midcamp.org/2025/topic-p...

These are the people we should be listening to about AI, not greedy executives and vulture capitalists

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The future of the Open Source Lab is in jeopardy :/ See this article from the Oregon State University: osuosl.org/blog/osl-fut...

A little over a decade ago I was on vacation before a company event. While I was out, @justafish.bsky.social and co-conspirators planned… a companion event. So I can say confidently that Eatoncon would involve powerpoint karaoke, fake moustaches, and gummi. Because it did. flic.kr/p/bs4APW

TIL: setting form_error() or form_set_error() prevents forms from being rebuilt, so $form_state['rebuild'] is ignored. Thank you, core issue comments from 2009! #Drupal #BackdopCMS #OpenSource #OpenSoruceSoftware #webdevelopment

Remember to submit your session proposals for #DCAVL by Monday, April 14th! ⏰ 🔗 www.drupalasheville.com/submit-session

This #NationalLibraryWeek, watch a preview of an upcoming documentary from Structure Films about the #InternetArchive's fight to defend online freedom & public access to knowledge. Full clip ➡️ vimeo.com/1056104575/d... Support ➡️ fiscal.thegotham.org/project.cfm/...

Wow scammers are getting harder and harder to identify.

Well, Canva may be the most useless piece of design software I've ever used. Increase font size? Not possible. Ok, change fonts? Nope. Hm. Maybe start from a template for an event flyer? No. ANY flyer at all? Sorry, doesn't exist. Well then!

A big part of the problem is stupid people have been convinced by rich people that AI is God, when AI is closer to an automatic dog food dispenser.

My pitch for #BackdropCMS includes the fact that it's an affordable, stable, and predictable option in uncertain times. Join me for this webinar tomorrow if you're interested in learning more: atendesigngroup.com/webinar/maxi...

I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.

I have a little Vibe Coding project to share. It's about Drop the Backdrop CMS Dragon. bughunter.simplo.site #VibeCoding #BackdropCMS #OpensourceCMS

We love an open web! Here's your opportunity to inspire your colleagues and peers... Submit your talk for #DrupalCon Vienna. #Drupal #OpenWeb #AccessibleWeb

Security for the rich! Google just sent me an email notifying me of several "security gaps" for my organization, that can only be solved with "Premium features"

Sometimes, "Move fast, break things," just results in a lot of broken things.

I just discovered @github.com Organization Access... I've been waiting for this for YEARS. How did I miss the announcement? *updates everything* #GitHub #Git #BackdopCMS #OpenSource

They hold hands while sleeping, carry their pups on their chests, and form rafts as they drift together on choppy waters. We love all the adorable ways sea otters rely on each other. 🦦 Like otters, love and community keep us afloat too. Share this post with the pawsome people who buoy your spirits!

I just made my first "official" report of a vulnerability in a Drupal 7 contrib module after End of Life™ . Let's the adventures begin! #Drupal #BackdropCMS #Security #D7EOL

DDEV needs your financial support more than ever now that Platform.sh has decreased their support. But, Platform.sh is still providing €3000/month - that isn’t peanuts - so thank you! Details: ddev.com/blog/platfor... github.com/sponsors/ddev

AI unnecessarily added to everything is the new Clippy

The wonderful @eff.org has an equally wonderful guide you can use to make it MUCH harder for Meta / Facebook / Instagram to collect and monetize your personal data. It's not super easy - offer to do this for family & neighbors who might not be able to: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

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If your organization relies on DDEV, what is it going to take for you to help support it? Just look at all of the goodness recently added to it and figure out how much it would cost you to do all of that on your own: ddev.com/blog/databas... Contribute to DDEV’s future: github.com/sponsors/ddev

EFF Statement on U.S. Supreme Court's Decision to Uphold TikTok Ban:

Drupal's new home page says "Lower cost of ownership" 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 That gave me a good laugh. Someone on the content team has a cruel sense of humor! #Drupal #WebDevelopment

How many other people used to thing cron daemons were "cron demons"? Just me? okay. #web #webdevelopment #sysadmin #systemsadministration

Why is #GoogleAnalytics so frustrating :/ 43 steps - and I don't know how many weeks - to be able to tell how many people clicked on a link. Concepts required: variable trigger event parameter dimension exploration #google #googletagmanager #userexperience #ux #facepalm #firstworldproblems

Me (mumbling to myself): How to theme settings even work? @quicksketch.org from across the room "Not very well, apparently." #Drupal #BackdropCMS

To be paid by @github sponsors into a bank account, we are required to give @Stripe access to "account balances" which for some reason includes ALL transaction information (with other account numbers!) Everyone should know this before signing up. #Privacy #Security #GitHubSponsors #GitHub #Stripe

@sendgrid: security is important, you must use 2FA! Also @sendgrid: adding additional users is not available unless you pay us more money. @me: sends password to client, explains they will need 2FA code from me also. #security #web #facepalm

Psst! OrganizEat, your email templates are showing.

The things you do when you first set up a new laptop really reveals your values. *adds aliases for lolcat to .bash_profile*