Mary Baum

I am serious about supporting local journalism. If you want to report the stories, I will get you set up technically. And I will keep you online. HMU. PS>Any hosting partners wanna step up? How about one shared account for the first three new local publications? (Traffic will be small at first)

It’s wild how quickly AI has become the microplastics of code. You can’t be certain if its output is in the software you’ve installed, so you just pray and hope it doesn’t give you cancer later.

Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen: The Who The Stones U2 CSNY The Dead (when they were young and I was a kid)

"Early Detection: Catching Cancer When It's Curable" by Bruce Ratner, Adam Bonislawski Published in 2024, so not very outdated. But I’m not even finished with it and I’m impressed! Free on Kindle Unlimited. a.co/6s8qdSc

WordPress Podcasts.

“Design decisions lay the foundation for accessibility. Baking inclusive practices into the visual language, from colour contrast to interaction patterns, is the fastest and very least expensive time to do it.”

“If WordPress is robust enough to meet CERN’s security, accessibility, and scalability standards, it’s more than ready for enterprise use across industries—from education and healthcare to government and media.”

Curious about how the WordPress Developer Blog can build your skills and connect you with a global community? Join host @nonstopnewsuk.bsky.social and guests @justintadlock.bsky.social and @marybaum.bsky.social https://openchannels.fm/learn-share-and-grow-with-the-wordpress-developer-blog-community/

Not until the price drops to half that methinks. I just bought a 24 for about $250; sure as hell not spending $300 for the other six 😜

Craft is its own reward.

It will always be hilarious to me that there’s a dispensary in the same building as the Creve Coeur, MO City Hall. “I’m going to pick up some gummies before traffic court.” “K hun. Just don’t eat any until you get home.”

NEW ALBUM NEWS  We’re throwing ourselves headlong into a BRAND NEW JESUS JONES album! We’re hoping to have it released by the end of this year, and it’s going to be called…….. “Twilight”

When I was in college I asked my parents when I would be old enough to use a trampoline. They said, “When you’re a hundred.” I told mine the same thing when they were kids, but they can make up their own minds now that they’re adults. apple.news/A_KvYuUQqTTO...

Come see Dave Winer at WordCamp Canada! canada.wordcamp.org/2025/wceh-ke...

Jesus Christ, Trump just bombed Iran w/o Congressional approval. I studied international relations formally and intensively for 7 years before turning to librarianship and I don't have wods for how fucking bad this is.

I recently migrated the ~80 file JavaScript codebase of the AI Services WordPress plugin to TypeScript - a perfect use-case for AI assistance, for such a beneficial yet tedious task. Read more about how using Cline and Gemini sped things up substantially: felix-arntz.me/blog/migrati...

The @wordpress.org Security Team will be discontinuing updates to the WP 4.1-4.6 branches in July. As a reminder: only the most recent version of WordPress is actively supported. Currently, this is 6.8. Please update your sites today!

i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!

Get your docs read! All the way to the end wordpress.tv/2025/06/07/g...

Awesome workshop by @milana-cap.bsky.social about the #InterativityAPI at #WCEU. A slow train that leads to understanding the complex and powerful #WordPress feature.

Lunch in the train station at Bern. Next stop #WCEU!

The Chateau at Chillon.

Dear Mike Johnson and friends,

White mediocrity. Oy gevalt.

I hate this so much.

Looking for somebody to sponsor in WordPress? Rian Rietveld is looking for sponsorship to work on Accessibility documentation, and we need her! rianrietveld.com/2025/05/19/w... #WordPress #a11y

We stopped on our drive today to get some food. Someone in the restaurant was listening to the news on their phone… no headphones. We sat as far away from them as possible, I never want to hear that voice. It makes me physically sick

I don't know about you, but I use WP_Query a lot when coding in #WordPress. This article from @spacedmonkey.bsky.social is a great resource on how to enhance your use of WP_Query. Well worth a read. https://bit.ly/4kwUVfa

PressConf 2025: Celebrating Community and Connections in WordPress https://dothewoo.io/one-for-the-road-via-pressconf-with-adam-and-emma/

Hopper was so taken with Duchamp that he reportedly stole a sign from the Pasadena hotel where Duchamp was staying & had the acclaimed artist sign it (on the index finger), a clear nod to pointing hand in Duchamp's last painting, Tu M' & now considered by some a collaborative artwork by the two men

"Thread Block" is a new #WordPress plugin - a "Twitter/X-style" thread builder letting you chain tweets (posts) in a seamless, engaging conversation flow. "Perfect for storytelling, debates, or breaking down ideas step by step". wordpress.org/plugins/thre...

Stephen Miller’s War on Cancer Cures www.emptywheel.net/2025/05/09/s...

Fake Security Plugin on WordPress Enables Remote Admin Access for Attackers #cybersecurity #hacking #news #infosec #security #technology #privacy thehackernews.com/20...

I just submitted my first talk idea for #WCEH (hint: it involves Gutenberg, a component library and some rubber ducks). Have you? No? Whatcha waiting for? Help us make the second WordCamp Canada even better than the first and be a speaker! canada.wordcamp.org/2025/this-fa...

Imagine the biggest problem in your life being about which bathroom a total stranger uses. Imagine pretending random people you'll never meet are somehow victimizing you with their existence. Imagine being that hard up for troubles that you have to invent them just so you can play the victim.

Forgive the earnest post here, but one year ago this week, Global Tetrahedron took over The Onion. We've since brought back the paper and ONN, dramatically increased revenue, and hired more writers and artists. But most importantly, as other places debased themselves, we refused to bend the knee.

I’ll dance on this country’s ashes before I join forces with these people. This person is whitesplaining John Lewis to the first Black man to be House Minority Leader.

RETWEET if you stand with Judge Hannah Dugan!

Don't tell anyone, doctor or otherwise, the date of you last period!

Have I shared this yet? If so, once is not enough!!!

Believe it or not, Mendel and I never spoke until last night. As you can guess, it was a historical moment. Thanks for forging a path so I can run. #PressConf

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