Even if not pushing for this debacle, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s inability to hold his caucus is proof positive he is the wrong leader for this time.

Senate democrats have earned a new achievement badge.

BREAKING: Democratic Representative Ro Khanna has said: "Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced"

The pain of the shutdown was for nothing. They'll never extend the credits now (at least not without an abortion ban), and you've taught them you'll bail them out every time.

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

I won the top spot in the Code with Kiro Hackathon with Upload Drive-In. It solves a common friction point: collecting files from people who aren’t inside your system. Simple upload page → files go right to Google Drive. Interested? Get in touch! devpost.com/software/upl...

Just wrapped my final hackathon sprint: Upload Drive-In. A Laravel app that makes big file uploads as easy as drag & drop, landing straight in your Google Drive. Hackathon project page: devpost.com/software/upl... No more email attachments. No more “link expired.” Just drop it off at the Drive-In.

Worth mentioning the similar, but different `BasicHttpAuthStatic`: craftcms.com/docs/5.x/ref...

New blog post: Password-protect individual Craft CMS 5 pages without plugins! 🔒 Uses native sessions, super simple for content managers to use. Based on a Craft 3 tutorial but updated for v5. Perfect for keeping looky-loos out of exclusive content.

I've been working on an app using Kiro - kiro.dev. If you're a dev friend of mine, you'll know this already. Sorry for the constant kiro talk! I'm working on an app I call Upload Drive-In. I will share it here soon. @kirodotdev #hookedonkiro

While masked agents were violently attacking a delivery worker this morning, bystanders repeatedly asked to see their badge numbers but they refused. Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right? Agent: Liberals already ruined it.

NEW: Video shared with me from a bystander in DC shows multiple masked federal agents (at least one of whom appears to have an ICE badge) violently attacking and handcuffing a delivery worker in the street outside Bluestone Lane cafe near Logan Circle this morning. Please take care when watching.

New release: Bespoken 5.0.9 adds Redactor field support for Craft 5 sites that haven't updated to CKEditor fields. Create professional narrated audio from your content with a click of a button with ElevenLabs. #craftcms plugins.craftcms.com/bespoken?cra...

Switched from WordPress to Craft CMS just over a year ago. Steep learning curve at times, but no regrets. Wrote up some of the best resources that helped me get started—hope it’s useful to other newbies too! 🔗 weareabstrakt.com/insights/cra... #CraftCMS #WebDev #CMS #FrontendDev #DevResources

Bespoken 5.0.8 is live. Voices can now have individual models and pronunciation rule sets. Great for multilingual sites. Backward compatible with existing setups. #craftcms plugins.craftcms.com/bespoken?cra...

Is Google a monopoly? Let’s check with the YouTube team.

Two. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...

Rights are not things that are up for debate. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...

Markets are now down ~14% since Trump was inaugurated. Not as bad as the recent trough under Trump, but the gap between market performance to date vs. performance in same period in earlier administrations appears to be growing

Tips on Getting Great Voice Clones from ElevenLabs. supergeekery.com/blog/tips-on...

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@jimacosta.bsky.social You are rocking on Substack. It’s quickly become one of my must listen shows. Thanks.

Can I get a, “But her emails,” for old time’s sake?

Fear has a way of being contagious. But courage is also contagious.

It appears this is the fourth worst back to back day for the DJIA in American history with a two day combined -8.65% loss, only trailing the 1929 crash, 1987 Black Monday, and the 2008 crisis.

Now imagine if Joe Biden did this.

Every day is another “major escalation” in the war on normal. It must stop.

I’m enjoying Uzo Aduba in The Residence so much. www.themoviedb.org/tv/242054-th...

The President does not have the constitutional or statutory authority to dictate the content of voter registration forms. This EO is an incredibly dangerous power grab. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Gorton is everywhere! aresluna.org/the-hardest-... #fonts

I gave myself a one-day coding challenge using React and "vibe coding." The app is free, just like my thoughts on AI and coding. Read the post for more. #vibecoding #webdev supergeekery.com/blog/text-a-...

These are fun. designyoutrust.com/2025/03/the-...

also new at IHTOV today: from me, the story about how i abruptly and rudely told my mom that elvis died. it's all about elvis, and what it means to be a fan, and surly teenage daughters ihavethatonvinyl.com/liner-notes/...

Fellow geeks, I just published a post on creating mathematically generated CSS color schemes with the OKLCh color function. It's pretty nerdy, but it was fun. #css #webdev supergeekery.com/blog/create-...

WTF www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...

Gift link: wapo.st/41Vk9fs

These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP. Schumer Fetterman Cortez Masto Durbin King Shaheen Gillibrand Schatz Hassan Peters Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.

Chuck has cast his vote. Now, it's time for a new captain. We need new leadership. What we have now inspires nothing but resignation and fear.

Republicans’ partisan spending bill turns the federal government into a slush fund for Donald Trump and Elon Musk. It’s unthinkable that any Senate Democrat would hand them a blank check by voting for cloture.

Chuck needs to go now.

Thomas Friedman’s article in the times referenced an incredible speech by Abraham Lincoln: constitutioncenter.org/the-constitu...

@createsean.bsky.social‬ coming days or as we like to say: today! craftentries.io/podcast/reac...

I've published a post about using Datastar and the Datastar for Craft CMS plugin. Thank you to Ben Croker for looking it over and offering suggestions along the way. #craftcms #datastar supergeekery.com/blog/unlocki...

It is a dark day.

Ah I love an open source e ink project. TRMNL and their whole approach is great https://youtu.be/eIcZZX10pa4?si=az6S7L2LDLGjWrMq

So after promising to focus on safety, they’ve gotten right down to work… on gender terminology?

Shout-out to @matthiasmartin.dev for making Easing Wizard, easingwizard.com - which makes it so easy and fun to play around with CSS easing functions 🙏