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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 13/03/2026

Meanwhile on the Mach-e subreddit 😆

Gas prices then shows Leo in Django unchained with his little glass of wine and pinky out with the overlay "me"

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 06/03/2026

Ran it again on my artist site and it's weirdly confirming

Death Certificate
DECEASED
Sia Karamalegos
CAUSE OF DEATH
Misidentification — this is a person, not a SaaS product. The scanner needs glasses.
TIME UNTIL DEATH
Heat death of the universe
EULOGY
"Dearly beloved, we gathered here today to bury a SaaS company and instead found an actual human being with actual talent making actual art with their actual hands. The algorithm wept, for there was nothing left to disrupt. Sia's landscapes will hang on walls long after the last server farm is reclaimed by the forest she painted."

LAST WORDS
"Wait… this isn't even a SaaS company. Why is the scanner pointed at an artist's portfolio? WHO IS RUNNING THIS THING?"

"We came to kill SaaS and found a woman quietly painting landscapes — even the SaaSpocalypse has standards."

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 18/02/2026

Uh I think the AI bot influencer accounts have arrived on bsky

Two replies with nearly the same linked in style blowhard wording and format with two emojis at the end.

"Love the passion behind this, hoping you find the support you need to keep doing such meaningful work 💛 💻"

"Love the passion you're bringing to the community, hope the right support comes your way soon ♥️✨"

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 29/01/2026

FYI general strike tomorrow, Friday January 30th. No work, no school, no shopping. nationalshutdown.org I haven't seen it here yet, so posting here (oddly more posts on IG)

national SHUTDOWN
FRI JAN 30
NO WORK. NO SCHOOL. NO SHOPPING.
STOP FUNDING ICE.

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 13/01/2026

I finally collated my favorite books that I read in 2025. I finished reading 150 total books for 60,785 pages total with an average rating of 3.27. Life is too short to finish books you don't like - I DNF'ed 35 books. Here are my favs: bookshop.org/lists/2025-f... #booksky

A montage of the many book covers - list of books in link

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 13/01/2026

December data is now live in Theme Vitals - see how Shopify themes perform for Core Web Vitals... Also have a new feature this month! Percent of themes with improved overall CWV performance themevitals.com/newsletter/2... #webperf #shopify

Number of themes with improved CWV
For all themes with performance data, the number of themes which improved in their passing all Core Web Vitals (CWV) metric as well as how many got worse or stayed the same.

In Dec 2025, on mobile devices, 46% of themes improved their passing CWV score. On desktop, 25% of themes improved.

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 09/01/2026

Why are bots filling my contact forms with hash-like inputs? Just curious. Was waiting to implement a spam filter, but it seems I need to do it now as the volume has gone up. Also, this one caught my eye because it's from "Curse da fuck..."

[SIA.CODES] Contact form request from CUrsdUfqAURpqEBg: Contract inquiry from sia.codes
Inbox

SIA.CODES
11:37 AM (6 minutes ago)
to me

jwATNsucseKmbnvxJmIgBnj

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 17/12/2025

I think I'm more depressed by this - like I could have written a short-ish novel but nope, i was shit posting instead for a year

Words Written

46.2K words across 1.1K posts · 22.8 words/post

272.2K

Characters

46.2K

Words

1.1K

Posts

134 chars/post
22.8 words/post
📖
You've written 8.0% of a War and Peace!

Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel · 580,000 words

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 17/12/2025

Phew I'm slightly better. Maybe I should schedule regular fasts

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 11/12/2025

My first time with this puzzle. A little slow but fun! cluesbysam.com

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 02/12/2025

This tracks. Most proud that "friends" and "y'all" are on there 1. "11ty" (60×) 2. "shopify" (50×) 3. "webperf" (44×) 4. "meetup" (43×) 5. "performance" (41×) See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest

Word cloud visualization for 2025 showing your 50 most-used words, sized by frequency. Top 10: "11ty" (60×), "shopify" (50×), "webperf" (44×), "meetup" (43×), "performance" (41×), "folks" (39×), "perf" (31×), "help" (28×), "blog" (28×), "theme" (28×) (from Anisota's Annual Bluesky Harvest)

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 29/11/2025

Can't believe they stole my idea in 2020

Homemade charcuterie chalet - house and yard made of charcuterie

House from side showing wreath made of thyme

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 28/11/2025

Don't shop Amazon for books! Help independent bookstores and authors get more money by shopping Bookshop. Also get my personal recommendations in my Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/siasbooks Use code BOOKISH for 25% off select books #booksky

Free shipping. Get 25% off 150+ books recommended by real booksellers

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 25/11/2025

I love this free work - help me keep doing it! - All blog posts, newsletters & most talks - Building/maintaining ThemeVitals - Organizing the Eleventy Meetup - Co-organizing PerformanceObserver - Organizing Durham Social Hack Night - Organizing Durham Plein Air - Building/maintaining NC Art Meets

Support community organizers! We build some good 💩

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 25/11/2025

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 24/11/2025

jamming to this on repeat

Fire girl meme with house on fire in background and she has an evil smile

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 24/11/2025

You might be able to detect them. Not sure which platform you're on. On Buttondown, I have the ability to filter subscribers based on risk - though I haven't had a blow up of fake accounts on my newsletters yet so not sure how well it works

Subscriber list filter showing risk score from "very safe" to "very risky"

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 23/11/2025

My dog has these ridiculous smiles

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 18/09/2025

May I suggest this alternative map and a choice of A?

World map with two hand drawn lines splitting equatorial regions from north and south. Equatorial is A, south is B, and north is C

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 23/08/2025

Fermenting some red Serrano peppers because I can't keep up with the harvest from that plant. This will be my first attempt at making hot sauce. I think it's going to be 🔥

A jar full of processed red Serrano peppers in brine

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 22/08/2025

Particularly this beautiful artwork

Hand drawn sketch showing pushing a repo to github and building it on Netlify

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 06/08/2025

First time seeing this in a newsletter sign up. Very thoughtful.

We understand certain times of the year can be difficult, please let us know if you prefer not to receive this content.

Opt Out of Mother's Day | Opt Out of Father's Day

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 07/07/2025

Was able to help them for a few hours. Luckily lots of volunteers came out so they have a lot of labor support. Just heartbreaking for the commission and all they do for the arts community plus the artists who had studios there and lost everything below 3 feet

A large art room for teaching with river silt all over the floor and in complete disarray as the high stuff was moved out

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 27/06/2025

This was really hard to come up with. In the end I had to make a lot of tough choices between "this movie is excellent" and "I just really love watching this movie". The latter won since it was "favorite" movies.

THE 100 BEST MOVIES OF THE 21st CENTURY
Reader’s Choice: My Ballot
Poster for The Favourite
The Favourite
2018
Poster for Little Women
Little Women
2019
Poster for Thor: Ragnarok
Thor: Ragnarok
2017
Poster for Barbie
Barbie
2023
Poster for Volver
Volver
2006
Poster for Inglourious Basterds
Inglourious Basterds
2009
Poster for Pride & Prejudice
Pride & Prejudice
2005
Poster for Moulin Rouge!
Moulin Rouge!
2001
Poster for The Departed
The Departed
2006
Poster for Everything Everywhere All at Once
Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 25/06/2025

I still don't understand why people do this. Like why on earth would I want some rando to write a blog post about business referrals on my... personal tech blog website?

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 19/06/2025

YO THE COW PANEL TRELLIS LOOKS SO GOOD!!! I'm so pleased. About $60 in materials. Don't make fun of my janky deer fence.

Metal arch trellis secured on t-posts. A raised garden is on one side with vining plants that now have a better place to climb

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 19/06/2025

Round boi going wild on the St John's Wort

A bumble bee doing from one bright yellow bloom to another

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 19/06/2025

The tall meadow bed is starting to hit peak bloom. This is its second year so it still looks a bit thin. Can't wait until next year! (Sleep -> Creep -> Leap)

Various flowering perennials on a plant bed in early morning sun. The flowers are yellow, pink, purple, and fuchsia

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 13/06/2025

Mail came early today - lucky me. Such a sucker for VE Schwab #booksky

Hand holding up a book titled Bury our bones in the midnight soil by V. E. Schwab

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 16/04/2025

I'm very proud of this achievement

Squarespace
Your domain has expired
Your Squarespace Domain expired on Apr 15, 2025.

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 09/04/2025

Ordered my foraging book just in time for the recession

Book with title Sam Thayer's Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants of Eastern and Central North America

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 02/04/2025

Also my lawnmower 2 hours after it arrived brand new at my house

Close up of a lawnmower covered in bright yellow pollen

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 31/03/2025

That's not smoke. Welcome to spring in North Carolina, where our area turns into a racist Hollywood set for some gritty movie in the global south

Yellow cloud of pine pollen billowing off the trees

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 27/03/2025

Shut up and take my money

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 26/03/2025

“We are currently clean on op sec”

Ned Stark outside the brothel on Game of Thrones

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 24/03/2025

Lol there's another one: "We are currently clean on OPSEC"

All along, members of the Signal group were aware of the need for secrecy and operations security. In his text detailing aspects of the forthcoming attack on Houthi targets, Hegseth wrote to the group—which, at the time, included me—“We are currently clean on OPSEC.”

Shane Harris contributed reporting.

This is a free article

About the Author

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 24/03/2025

Pete Hegseth, in a group text on Signal: "And if we do, I will do all we can to enforce 100% OPSEC”

The Hegseth message goes on to state, “Waiting a few weeks or a month does not fundamentally change the calculus. 2 immediate risks on waiting: 1) this leaks, and we look indecisive; 2) Israel takes an action first – or Gaza cease fire falls apart – and we don’t get to start this on our own terms. We can manage both. We are prepared to execute, and if I had final go or no go vote, I believe we should. This [is] not about the Houthis. I see it as two things: 1) Restoring Freedom of Navigation, a core national interest; and 2) Reestablish deterrence, which Biden cratered. But, we can easily pause. And if we do, I will do all we can to enforce 100% OPSEC”—operations security. “I welcome other thoughts.”

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 21/03/2025

Today I walked around Duke Gardens to admire the cherry blossoms and do a quick plein air watercolor 🌸

Pathway through a tunnel of blooming cherry blossom trees

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 13/03/2025

Sorting through my photos looking for reference images for art and came across this banger

Bar scene with wine glasses and bottles backlit by light. Above is a chalkboard with the quote "Opinions are like assholes. Everybody has one" - Harry Callahan

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 02/03/2025

Hello can you spell "yacht"? The 80s were superior. That is the only word I remember from this thing.

Speak & Spell: an 80s digital spelling device

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 28/02/2025

I guess it's forced practice? Oh no, it's dark... Guess I need to turn on my φακός

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 20/02/2025

I keep getting this the first time I try to access a website in my browser - could it be something going on with my ISP? This level of tech knowledge is outside my realm. I'm pretty sure it's multiple DNS providers

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