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The Plot to Enslave America:

"Without checks and balances, [social media companies] have become a little bit tyrannical, very arrogant, and completely dismissive of their impact on our society." Our CEO @imranahmed.bsky.social in @kpbssandiego.bsky.social ⤵️ https://bit.ly/48Xjtdl

It's the first year we got season tickets to the National Theatre. First up for this season: Some Like It Hot

“I was just following otters.”

Good night Photo by Petr Horalek

They should make AirPods Pro that heat up during the cold months.

They say AI will replace the web as we know it, and this time they mean it. Here follows a short list of previous times they also meant it,… https://zeldman.com/2025/10/25/receipts-a-brief-list-of-prominent-articles-proclaiming-the-death-of-the-web/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Tabs: Closed 🫡 github.com/WordPress/gu... On to Dialog 🚀

A source familiar with this incident told me today that not only did they arrest and charge the comedy club manager, but the Latino man he was defending from ICE -- who was also arrested and whisked away -- **is also a U.S. citizen.** It's unclear where the Latino man is now.

🛫 Off to GitHub Universe with the whole team. Excited to see what ideas we come back with!

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New enshittification just dropped: Compressing old DVD releases into single-layer DVD for re-releases to save 5 cents youtu.be/Hzz_d9Y44ZE

Someone should make Flighty app for trains

This is fucking horrifying.

Since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, HBCUs received terroristic threats. Black students have been expelled or forced to withdraw. Black professors and teachers have been fired and placed on leave. A Black firefighter was placed on leave. A Black journalist was fired thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/26/f...

Italy said it deployed one of its naval vessels on Wednesday to come to the aid of an aid flotilla that was targeted by drones while trying to reach Gaza, with activists claiming that Israel was behind the strikes.

Ah damn. Today’s the worst day ever. IT got wise and stopped hard wired internet access for non IT machines. Back the work the laptop 😤

Depolarization is not "a scalable solution for reducing societal-level conflict.... achieving lasting depolarization will likely require....moving beyond individual-level treatments to address the elite behaviors and structural incentives that fuel partisan conflict" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

NJ PBS shutting down next summer. “15yrs ago Gov. Christie ended 4 decades of state funding for public TV, forcing them to find a new funder. The state cut $750k in funding this yr, but that was hardly the fatal blow; that came from the end of federal funds.” newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-je...

Pretty cool! Run AI models locally on your iOS device including Apples on device models. apps.apple.com/app/id674142...

The hyper normalization of extrajudicial murder is accelerating within the infrastructure of the military that is quite quite bad news for when the full weight of the military is turned inward over the coming weeks and months.

Social media was once positioned as the great connecting force that would improve our world. If it ever did that, it certainly isn’t now. We must rein in these platforms, and deceptive narratives aimed at stopped regulation isn’t helping. Age restrictions are an experiment worth trying.

If you have an extra $10 a month to spare, here's a list of worker-owned cooperative news sites you might want to support: • 404 Media • Defector • The Flytrap • Flaming Hydra • The Appeal • Aftermath • Racket • Hell Gate • The 51st • The Colorado Sun • Range Media • Discourse Blog • Pop Heist

Godzilla website in 2000 #WebDesignHistory

Apple needs to make Airplay 3 with like fallback to Matter spec for interoperability. Why is the gov taking 15% here 20% there from big tech and not dictating interoperability standards 😤

First I had to get rid of Paramount+, then I had to cancel the Disney+ family bundle. This year has been great for my overall goal of winnowing down subscription services.

Most parents (81%) say that public schools should require students to get the measles and polio vaccines, with exceptions for medical and religious reasons. Among all parents, 8% requested a vaccine exemption so a child could attend school or daycare: https://on.kff.org/4nqSlZG

Agentic workflows (Copilot, Claude Code) are game changers for enterprise WordPress. Learn how WP Playground can be utilized to speed up your dev workflows.

BREAKING: Multiple HBCUs reportedly received threats, prompting lockdowns and heightened security

The right's undeniable advantage is understanding that propaganda works.

Diving in to Claude Code and GitHub Actions today, excited about the auto documentation and issue triage and management I can possibly do with this.

Netanyahu praised Charlie Kirk, who was a raging antisemite, because Netanyahu does not actually view antisemitism as a problem if it is aimed at liberal and leftist Jews or if it serves his ultra-nationalism.

Still some more work to do, but core/dialog and core/tabs both submitted for review! github.com/WordPress/gu... github.com/WordPress/gu...

“WordPress isn’t dumbing down. It’s getting smarter about who can participate in the building process.” gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-ai...

“The birthday book is not just a test of Trump’s influence but also a test of the power of our current, broken media ecosystem, as well as a rare look at what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they want.” #BirthdayBook #Epstein

I am happy Ezra Klein is coming around to the reality that we should not treat the fight for democracy as a normal part of the democratic process, but it is infuriating that our Media & Political Elite are constantly months or years behind us, mocking us right up to moment they grasp reality.

It's official! Master the Model Context Protocol has launched on EpicAI! Join the cohort with thousands of other developers to be on the leading edge of user interaction with MCP! Learn more here: www.epicai.pro/cohorts/mast...

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/...

"When you put all your faith in technological progress [...] Democracy has no air left to breathe [...] collectively, as a society, we are at the mercy of whatever innovations the market sees fit to deliver; that is the future, full stop" Great article by @ntnsndr.in in @techpolicypress.bsky.social

If you take mass transit everyday don’t sleep on Transit. So well designed. I use it just so I have a reminder to get off at my stop, the live activity makes sure of that. apps.apple.com/us/app/trans...

my problem is i grew up in an america where there were some limits, but now i am asked to live in an america with few if any limits

“Much of the world, myself included, [hasn’t] paid much attention to WordPress and we have only used a small fraction of its potential. I’m going to try to build on and unlock for other developers, a whole new side of the platform.” – Dave Winer

To be a political reporter in 2025, you have to be gullible enough to believe that a convicted felon who launched a violent coup attempt is worried about crime. Or you just have to be willing to pretend you’re that gullible. Either way, we deserve better.

New: I wrote about an age of American consumerism that seems to be on its way out. (Also anyone else try to buy a Hobonichi this weekend?) www.theverge.com/analysis/769...

every single economic indicator right now is a blaring siren warning us of whats coming and we’re just steamboat willie whistling our way right past it

Millennials are middle aged now but not me. I stayed young somehow