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Excellent table from the HTML spec.

A table showing the average and maximum legs and tails for Cats and English Speakers. Interestingly, the maximum number of legs for an English speaker is 4, and the average number of tails for English speakers is 0.33.

Nick Williams @wicky.nillia.ms · 13/09/2026

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One of the few proposals for funding OSS that feels like it could actually work

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Stuart Robson @sturobson.com · 11/09/2026

… and that's my rank! 2027 edition www.alwaystwisted.com/articles/and...

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... And That's My Rank! 2027 Edition

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Mia [data-css=poetic] @miriam.codes · 03/09/2026

CSS has changed dramatically in the last 6 years, but always building on core principles of resilience & design systems. Join me in October for a 5-day (3-week) @smashingconf.com workshop about how it all fits together, and how to make it work for your team: smashingconf.com/online-works... #CSS

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Cascading Style Systems: Resilient & Maintainable CSS — Online Workshops

If you ever feel lost in the CSS weeds, wrestling with the cascade, or you just want to improve your workflow with modern, efficient, and maintainable stylesheets, then this workshop is for you!

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Jake Archibald @jakearchibald.com · 26/08/2026

📝 When and how CSS custom properties are calculated might not be what you expect, and it has a big impact on your styles. Here's how it works: jakearchibald.com/2026/css-cus...

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Controlling when CSS custom properties are computed

The default might not be what you expect, and it has a big impact on your styles.

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Kevin Powell @kevinpowell.co · 24/08/2026

When we got modals with dialog, it already seemed like something that was a pain in the butt was just so easy now... add invoker commands into the mix, and it's almost too easy 😅

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James Stuckey Weber @jamessw.com · 22/08/2026

At what point do you disregard the HTML spec's recommendation to do something to support legacy browsers? All browsers have supported the `<progress>` element since at least 2013, so no, I won't be setting the value as inline text for legacy browsers.

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James Stuckey Weber @jamessw.com · 17/08/2026

Next week I'll be headed to Chicago to speak at @djangocon.us about all the great new things your user's browser can do. If you're there, say hi!

Brad Frost @bradfrost.com · 13/08/2026

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🎙️ Just published a new episode of Wake Up Excited!: Pottery, Theater, CSS Collaboration, and the Ethics of AI with Miriam Suzanne. Have a listen:

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Pottery, Theater, CSS Collaboration, and the Ethics of AI with Miriam Suzanne

Brad chats with Miriam Suzanne about pottery, theater, CSS, and why we...

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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Issue 2 of If Not This... What does a web created by the daughters of traumatised Yoruba WWII soldiers look like? I'm reflecting on some of my research looking at the importance of WW2 for the advancement for computing & the exploitation of Nigerian soldiers. buttondown.com/ifnotthis/ar...

Nigerian recruits being inspected by British commanders

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Mia [data-css=poetic] @miriam.codes · 31/07/2026

Today is the last day to get early bird pricing for the Poetic CSS course! Learn to write & review CSS with confidence. The first module is live, with more coming through the summer & fall. Get the full course as it's ready, without waiting to pay full price: courses.oddbird.net/poetic-css/ #CSS

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Poetic CSS

Understand CSS as a system — so you can write, review, and maintain web styles with confidence on a timeline and under budget.

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James Stuckey Weber @jamessw.com · 22/07/2026

Very much looking forward to more of this. The first issue is fascinating!

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James Stuckey Weber @jamessw.com · 16/07/2026

I was curious to recreate those scrolly collapsing World Cup brackets I've been seeing, and it's fairly straightforward with anchor positioning, scroll snap, and scroll triggered animations. codepen.io/jamessw/pen/... (Chrome 150+ only)

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World Cup Bracket 2026

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James Stuckey Weber @jamessw.com · 14/07/2026

I want to make an iframe a popover, something like <iframe popover loading="lazy">. Then each tooltip can be its own document. But content is no longer accessible by keyboard, unless you wrap the iframe in a div that is the popover.

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James Stuckey Weber @jamessw.com · 10/07/2026

This is a great write up. (And as tech support for the anchor positioning polyfill, the disclaimer about not being tech support for the polyfill made me laugh out loud)

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James Stuckey Weber @jamessw.com · 07/07/2026

Updated my slidy-collapsey bracket with the latest result!

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James Stuckey Weber @jamessw.com · 07/07/2026

I've been in "Can it work in 8-year-old browsers?" mode, so I decided to see what I could do with some of the newest things. Scroll-animated border-area gradients? Squircles? Anchor positioned node connections? Try it in Chromium 150+.

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World Cup Bracket 2026

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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 06/07/2026

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Just published a blog post about the new CSS Anchor Positioning API! ⚓ I’ve been learning about it over the past few weeks, and it’s friggin’ great, but it also took me a minute to really get the hang of it. My goal in this post is to share the most useful bits, so you can start using it today. 🔥

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Getting Started with Anchor Positioning • Josh W. Comeau

For decades, one of the most notoriously-challenging problems on the web has been sticking one element to another element, for things like tooltips and nested menus. The CSSWG has decided to provide a...

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Dave Rupert @davatron5000.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I consider myself a person who knows a lot about CSS... but @miriam.codes' knowledge eclipses mine by ~10,000%. She brings an artistry to the discipline of authoring CSS and I'm sure anyone – whether newbie or old-timer like myself – can learn a lot from her course.

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Mia [data-css=poetic] @miriam.codes · 02/07/2026

Poetic CSS course is live for early-bird registration! Only available during July. Thanks for your patience, we had some last-minute fixes. #css courses.oddbird.net/poetic-css/

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Poetic CSS

Understand CSS as a system — so you can write, review, and maintain web styles with confidence on a timeline and under budget.

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djangocon.us @djangocon.us · 30/06/2026

🎤 Speaker Spotlight James Stuckey Weber joins DjangoCon US 2026 with: "But did you know the browser already does that?" Learn how modern browser capabilities and tools like Baseline can help you build more with less JavaScript. #Django #Python #WebDev

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Ashlee 🤟🏻 @ashleemboyer.com · 22/06/2026

In urgent need of funds. If you know of anyone looking for contract/freelance web development work please send them my way! I specialize in accessibility, design systems, & documentation. Open to full stack as well! Email: inquiries@semanticfish.com Website: semanticfish.com

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Schalk Neethling @schalkneethling.com · 18/06/2026

Heyo! I am officially open to new opportunities. If you stumble across something you believe I would be a good fit for, please let me know. Thanks so much 🙌

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Mia [data-css=poetic] @miriam.codes · 16/06/2026

This Thursday, @stacykvernmo.com and I will Wing It live, looking at #CSS grid-lanes (now in WebKit/Safari). Neither of us have had a chance to actually play with it yet, and we're excited to see how it works. Come learn with us! youtube.com/live/siSCSaq...

Grid Lanes: the Future of Masonry Layout

James Stuckey Weber @jamessw.com · 14/06/2026

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Sure, I could carefully develop a plan for introducing allergens to the baby, or I could put them all in a smoothie for the 5 year old to accidentally spill on the baby.

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Mia [data-css=poetic] @miriam.codes · 11/06/2026

I'm sad to miss you all at #CSSDay this year! Wish I could be there, and see all the great talks. In the spirit of the event, I'm launching my new #CSS course – Poetic CSS! The first module is ready, and early bird tickets will go on sale for the month of July. courses.oddbird.net/poetic-css/

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Poetic CSS

Understand CSS as a system — so you can write, review, and maintain web styles with confidence on a timeline and under budget.

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James Stuckey Weber @jamessw.com · 11/06/2026

Might be playing too much ultimate frisbee... just wrote "backend and foreend".

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James Stuckey Weber @jamessw.com · 11/06/2026

I’m curious- anchor positioning usage has jumped up about 5x in the last 2 months based on Chrome stats and polyfill downloads. Any ideas why now?

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James Stuckey Weber @jamessw.com · 10/06/2026

I'm excited that I've been selected to speak at DjangoCon this year! I'll be there to share a few of the many new things browsers can do natively like popovers and view transitions, and how to know if they are ready to use.

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Mia [data-css=poetic] @miriam.codes · 28/05/2026

In 45m (11am MT) I'll be Winging It with @stacykvernmo.com for a look at #CSS shorthands, how they work, when to use them, and some ways they might surprise you. It's a side-quest that will be bonus material in my upcoming course – early bird signup available soon! www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX7E...

Surprising Effects of CSS Shorthands

OddBird @oddbird.dev · 26/05/2026

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You have a site that you want to build or redesign. Maybe you have a few core colors in mind, and you’re thinking about how to quickly implement a theme based on those colors. Baseline features can help! www.oddbird.net/2026/05/14/b... In May OddNews mailchi.mp/oddbird/fast... #CSS

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Color Themes with Baseline CSS Features

So, you have a site that you want to build or redesign. Maybe you have a few core colors in mind, and you're thinking about how to quickly implement a theme based on those colors. Baseline features ca...

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James Stuckey Weber @jamessw.com · 24/05/2026

There's actual gamut mapping of wide-gamut colors in Firefox Nightly- I'm going to play around with it a bit and see how it's working. It's in Firefox Nightly 153, by setting layout.css.gamut-mapping.method to 2.

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Adam Argyle @nerdy.dev · 24/05/2026

I still think we need the choice! Sucks both ways if it’s a binary state; vibrancy for gradients or mapping for calculated a11y contrast not having both to choose seems only limited by ability to articulate, not calculate. Also, lovely post and studies. A good read.

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James Stuckey Weber @jamessw.com · 21/05/2026

You'll never believe this one crazy trick to drive up session length and retention...

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QuirksBot @quirksbot.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

[[WebKit]] [threaded-animations] disable Threaded Time-based Animations on CNN.com on iOS bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=315… We're hitting some jetsams on iOS for cnn.com when Threaded Time-based Animations are enabled. Until we fix those, disable this feature on that site. (WebCor...

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[threaded-animations] disable Threaded Time-based Animations on CNN.c… · WebKit/WebKit@8b0c7d7

…om on iOS https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=315099 Reviewed by Tim Nguyen. We're hitting some jetsams on iOS for cnn.com when Threaded Time-based Animations are enabled. Until we fix ...

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Stuart Robson @sturobson.com · 18/05/2026

This week's Design Systems News has no sponsor … so I'm taking the slot for myself 😄 When I'm not curating the newsletter, I'm a front-end developer & Design Systems consultant Currently looking for new client work Get in touch: stu@alwaystwisted.com read the newsletter: news.design.systems 🙏🖤

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Design Systems News

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James Stuckey Weber @jamessw.com · 15/05/2026

Inspired by @denodell.bsky.social's post on browser quirks, I present QuirksBot! bsky.app/profile/quir...

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QuirksBot @quirksbot.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

[[WebKit]] Add site-specific quirk to make anchor elements mouse-focusable on thesaurus.com and dictionary.com bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=312… Clicking links on thesaurus.com and dictionary.com causes blur events with a null relatedTarget, breaking dropdown menus that rely on rel...

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Add site-specific quirk to make anchor elements mouse-focusable on th… · WebKit/WebKit@4509531

…esaurus.com and dictionary.com https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=312692 rdar://174959285 Reviewed by Abrar Protyasha. Clicking links on thesaurus.com and dictionary.com causes blur events...

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James Stuckey Weber @jamessw.com · 11/05/2026

On Friday I realized I wanted a polyfill for CSS @function, Saturday I was away from my computer and thought through how to do it, and today I got a rough polyfill working. (No promises this will get released…)

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James Stuckey Weber @jamessw.com · 26/04/2026

Is there a name for the law that states "Any time saved by AI use in one step of the process will be spent later in the process"?

James Stuckey Weber @jamessw.com · 16/04/2026

Coming up in less than than an hour!

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James Stuckey Weber @jamessw.com · 14/04/2026

The fact that anchor() is a length gives it superpowers, but it has some limitations. Join us on Thursday to hear more!

Dos & Don’ts of Anchor Positioning

James Stuckey Weber @jamessw.com · 11/04/2026

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I started by asking if a <textarea> needs `text-wrap: stable`, and now I'm convinced it isn't real. I can't make it actually cause different behavior, and curiously there are no WPT tests. I see no legit use on Github, and it isn't in Tailwind.

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Schalk Neethling @schalkneethling.com · 07/04/2026

The Process of Shipping The CSS Media Pseudo Classes Polyfill | My first polyfill 🙌 - Thank you @jamessw.com for the inspiration. This post covers what shipped, what I learned about the CSSOM and unsupported CSS, how you can try it, and what comes next. | schalkneethling.com/posts/the-pr...

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The Process of Shipping The CSS Media Pseudo Classes Polyfill

The CSS Media Pseudo Classes Polyfill is now available on npm. This post covers what shipped, what I learned about the CSSOM and unsupported CSS, how you can try it, and what comes next."

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James Stuckey Weber @jamessw.com · 06/04/2026

Anchor positioning is great, until it isn't. Join us for a live stream with some of the tips and learnings that have been rattling around my head. youtube.com/live/OEvVW4w...

Dos & Don’ts of Anchor Positioning