Be the wrench you want to see in the works.

Ok, last blog post for this week. I’ve been a blog post machine because I may or may not be distracting myself from the fact that the baby starts daycare next week 😭 melanie-richards.com/blog/learnin...

*DJ. Khaled voice* Another one! All my active hobby projects wrapped around the same time, heh #sewing #quilting making.melanie-richards.com/n...

Another project I finished in January: my first capital-Q Quilt! #sewing #quilting making.melanie-richards.com/g...

National Nurses United, largest nurses' union in US, are holding actions over the coming week in honor of Alex Pretti and all others killed by ICE www.nationalnursesunited.org/week-of-acti...

May I offer you a birb or five in these trying times? #BirbFest2026 #sketchbook 🐤 making.melanie-richards.com/b...

So happy to see that Sinners has set a new record for Oscar nominations: 16, previous was 14. Hope Ryan Coogler, Michael B. Jordan, and team take home a bunch of awards!! www.forbes.com/sites/conormur...

#uspol: if you want to see ICE defunded and disbanded, call your Rep today. The House is expected to vote on a DHS appropriations bill tomorrow (Thursday). Just called despite my millennial fear of the phone, and my 4-month-old helped voice her dissent as well 😂 5calls.org/issue/dhs-budget-i...

✍️ New blog post: a buffet of creative goals for 2026. Making things helps me stay balanced in These Trying Times making.melanie-richards.com/2...

Jan 20 2:00pm: Seattle Center / Climate Pledge arena area peeps, note below. Especially if attending the Torrent game tonight or possibly even the Kraken game tomorrow.

Want to help support people in Minnesota right now? Check out standwithminnesota.com

Decided to do the #BirbFest2026 shortlist! Here's last Thursday's birb, the Bronzewing Pigeon; a pretty pidge #BirbFest #sketchbook

This is such a nicely-done intro to CSS Grid Lanes 🚗🚙 (unsurprisingly given the authors on the byline) webkit.org/blog/17660/introdu...

Inked up for January, and an accidental happy trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️ from my pens! Happy new journal day! #journaling #fountainpens

Pushed to production and then picked that baby up for some snuggles melanie-richards.com/blog/202...

And now for a compendium of 2025 analog creative hobbies! #sewing #knitting #sketchbook making.melanie-richards.com/e...

✍️ December Learning Log, a short scribble on the blog melanie-richards.com/blog/lea...

The only way iOS VTT understands me is if I over-enunciate like I'm mad 😅

📚🗓️ Day 1 of @backlogreadathon.com This is my second year hosting a chill-vibes readathon! To start the proceedings, I’m finishing up a cozy romantasy and a nonfiction audiobook, both from the library. #BacklogReadathon

If anyone needs an excuse to cozy up and read between now and the end of the year, Backlog Readathon starts today! #booksky #BacklogReadathon www.backlogreadathon.com

MFW I eat a vegetable around the holidays

If you were a misplaced beanie I knit last winter, where in my house would you be? 🤔

Have you been wishing masonry layouts would just hurry up and arrive in CSS?? Well, happy holidays! webkit.org/blog/17660/i...

I’m running my little readathon again! This was so fun last year, looking forward to cozying up with books again…now with a new little reading buddy 💕

Don’t know what to read for our end-of-year readathon? There’s now a random prompt generator for that! #BacklogReadathon #booksky www.backlogreadathon.com/current#read...

Happy belated Hobonichi Day! Just stickered my Weeks for 2026. My husband advised on important decisions such as which otter to adhere. Sticker sources: - Seal and back sticker from work (Webflow) - Cardcaptor Sakura from Lil Sprout Garden - Everything else from STICKII #hobonichi #planners

Today’s a great day to read a book you already have on your shelves or devices. 📖🐛 See you in a few weeks for the December 2025 #readathon! #booksky

I’m working on my first capital-Q quilt! It’s the Granny Core Quilt in the baby size, which will hang on the wall in my wee baby’s room. #quilting #quiltsky #grannycorequilt #dcpgrannycore daisychainpatterns.com/products/gra...

'Tis the season to receive 10 emails from every brand you've ever spent money with

*whispers* corner-shape 🤫👂 🟢 round 🪏 scoop 📐 bevel ⛏️ notch ⬛️ square 🐿️ squircle 🦹🏻‍♀️ superellipse *Pass it on* codepen.io/una/pen/PwNo...

The law of babies is that they have a finely tuned sense for when their parents are about to do a self care. This is the moment to scream. 😌

Local elections suffer from low turnout, but the results have a huge impact on your community. Go vote! 🗳️

The missing raspberry in the GBBO title sequence is my Roman Empire

✍️ New Learning Log is up! These will likely be a bit brief for awhile… melanie-richards.com/blog/lea...

King County WA community food resources, for those who need them or want to contribute to them: publichealthinsider.com/2025/...

Gonna be porch candy people this year. Happy Halloween everyone! 🎃

Anyone notice how many novels are set in 2019? Almost as if the authors didn't want to navigate something that happened in 2020 onward… 🙃

As you progress in your career, you need to adjust your communication to your audience. *speaks in a sweet, squeaky voice to the baby* 🐣

Internet Auntie is online, buying domains for all the niblings 🛒

Finished knitting my second pair of socks last week! #knitting #knitsky #sockKnitting #colorworkKnitting making.melanie-richards.com/flower-power...

At this point in culinary evolution, "salad" is a meaningless word

👋🏻❤️ I just wrapped a project with a lovely client, and I’m thinking about what’s next. So! I’ve got availability for new work starting in October 2025. Spiffed up the ol’ portfolio a bit to showcase some past projects, and to talk about the work I do: ethanmarcotte.com/work/

Interop 2026 has started asking for proposals. web.dev/blog/interop... What would you like to see being made more interoperable across all the major browsers?

90% of my family lives in Florida and I am not doing ok right now!!! I know we can't give into hopelessness and despair, but these villains make that SO HARD to resist 😞

*Bernie voice* I am once again asking why Google Slides doesn't support webp

A 20 point swing toward Democrats. Ready to run for office? @runforsomething.net will help. runforwhat.net

Hi all 👋 We're gearing up for 2026 planning soon (UI capabilities and Interop) Do you work on a UI library or framework? I want to hear from you and your experiences/needs. Message me!

Kicked off @backlogreadathon.com today, so there’s plenty of time to join us in reading your TBR stacks! I’m hoping to finish these two books in pursuit of SPL’s Summer Book Bingo. Still getting over an illness from last week so we’ll see how far I get #BacklogReadathon #readathon

#BacklogReadathon kicks off today!! 🚀We're reading a little more than usual through Sep 1. That said, anyone have a fun reading goal for this week of seasonal wrap-up? #readathon

The State of HTML survey is CLOSING SOON 💥 Share what features you use, want, or find confusing. Whether you're new or a seasoned frontender, your input is vital! Help shape the future of the web! 🗳️ stateofhtml.com/en-US