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Capital Weather @capitalweather.com · 13/06/2026
Holy cow! This may be the weather photo of the year. Double rainbow, orange sky over Nationals Park Friday evening. Absolutely amazing capture by Alex Warofka.
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Capital Weather @capitalweather.com · 19/03/2026
We declare WINTER OVER. After a long and often harsh season — punctuated by persistent cold, stubborn snow and ice, and a late-season chill this week— the pattern ahead has shifted. Link to full story: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
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It was a long, harsh winter in D.C. We can finally call it over.
We can officially declare the start of spring.
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Tom Finley @tomfinley.com · 17/03/2026
Homer needs a new home! My friend and his family are currently fostering Homer, a 4-mo old puppy, who is a really good boi as evidenced by these pictures (but my friend affirms it). If you’re in the DC/NoVA area, check out Homer’s adoption page: www.lostdogrescue.org/animal/homer...
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Tom Finley @tomfinley.com · 11/03/2026
WooCommerce patterns for Ollie are here! The 2-man team at OllieWP has spent the better part of a few months grinding away at releasing a better paradigm for WooCommerce in Gutenberg blocks. Give it a look, give them some love (or better yet — money)! olliewp.com/ollie-for-wo...
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Ollie for WooCommerce – Ollie WordPress Block Theme
A new way to build your eCommerce shop Quickly design and launch a beautiful, fast-loading WooCommerce store in WordPress — no page builder, no developer requir
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Tom Finley @tomfinley.com · 11/03/2026
Hey #WordPress folks — if you're a theme tinkerer or work in a freelance/agency setting where you've relied on WPEngine/StudioPress's now-defunct pattern manager, I've got some good news for you: I've dusted it off and given it some much-needed updates! github.com/tomfinitely/...
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GitHub - tomfinitely/pattern-manager: Manage your theme's pattern PHP files the easy way, with Pattern Manager by WP Engine.
Manage your theme's pattern PHP files the easy way, with Pattern Manager by WP Engine. - tomfinitely/pattern-manager
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Tom Finley @tomfinley.com · 05/03/2026
Oops, I did it again. Built a Claude-powered SERP Optimizer — point it at a domain, it pulls your metadata and generates smarter titles, H1s, and meta descriptions with a live Google preview. No setup. Runs in the browser. claude.ai/public/artif...
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WordPress SEO Optimizer - AI-Powered Meta Tags & SERP Preview Tool
Optimize WordPress SEO titles, meta descriptions, and H1 tags using Claude AI. Analyze GSC data, discover pages, and get AI suggestions to improve click-through rates.
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Tom Finley @tomfinley.com · 28/02/2026
Got a shout in Gutenberg Times this morning… Have you given Block Zapper a whirl? #wordpress tomfinley.com/stop-rebuild...
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Tom Finley @tomfinley.com · 26/02/2026
Uploading an image to a site or ESP isn’t the same as optimizing it. Some platforms handle it well. Others quietly degrade your work. I broke it down, plus a simple workflow to get it right before ever hitting upload prufcreative.com/a-smarter-im... #WordPress #EmailMarketing #ImageOptimization
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A Smarter Image Optimization Workflow
Most platforms don't compress your images as much as you think. Learn how WordPress, Webflow, Wix, Squarespace, Shopify, Mailchimp, and Constant Contact actually handle image optimization — and how to...
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Tom Finley @tomfinley.com · 25/02/2026
From my analytics I can tell my Block Zapper post has broken containment, but what do you mean I have to wait a day to figure out where this happened? tomfinley.com/stop-rebuild...
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Stop Rebuilding WordPress Block Patterns From Scratch — Use Block Zapper | Tom Finley
Stop rebuilding WordPress block patterns from scratch. Block Zapper clears custom attributes selectively — so patterns actually work as starting points.
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Tom Finley @tomfinley.com · 21/02/2026
Remember when they said Bluesky would never work?
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Tom Finley @tomfinley.com · 21/02/2026
Remember when Subtle Patterns was the 🐐?
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Tom Finley @tomfinley.com · 21/02/2026
I heard we're bringing back textures and skeuomorphism this year... #webdesign
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Tom Finley @tomfinley.com · 20/02/2026
Ever strip a WordPress block pattern down to zero just because the custom attributes were a nightmare to clear? There's a tool for that. Block Zapper lets you zap specific attributes while preserving what you actually want to keep — images, backgrounds, structure. tomfinley.com/stop-rebuild...
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Stop Rebuilding WordPress Block Patterns From Scratch — Use Block Zapper | Tom Finley
Stop rebuilding WordPress block patterns from scratch. Block Zapper clears custom attributes selectively — so patterns actually work as starting points.
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Tom Finley @tomfinley.com · 20/02/2026
GitHub - tomfinitely/block-zapper: A powerful container block that allows you to group other blocks and reset their custom properties with a single click.A powerful container block that allows you to group other blocks and reset their custom properties with a... tomfinley.com/?p=174373
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Tom Finley @tomfinley.com · 19/02/2026
Hit a wall for a couple days on my #WordPress website relaunch where Safari (MacOS and every iOS browser) was italicizing an Adobe Typekit variable font, that should've rendered as upright.
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Tom Finley @tomfinley.com · 14/02/2026
Hey web nerds. Have you noticed unusual web traffic in your analytics from Lanzhou, China and/or Singapore lately? Well, it's not just you... www.wired.com/story/made-i...
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A Wave of Unexplained Bot Traffic Is Sweeping the Web
From small publishers to US federal agencies, websites are reporting unusual spikes in automated traffic linked to IP addresses in Lanzhou, China.
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Tom Finley @tomfinley.com · 02/01/2026
@jacobsberg.bsky.social pursuant to your interests… 🙃 www.ndtv.com/world-news/n...
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Katana-Smirk 🔞 (God Emperor of Snek) @katana-smirk.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
If you see this repost this with your model of positive masculinity
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a cartoon of a robot giving the thumbs up
ALT: a cartoon of a robot giving the thumbs up
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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 02/12/2025
I've really struggled with the new colours stuff in CSS but editing this series for Kevin has instilled a confidence I never thought I'd had. I'm even more convinced that designers need to be getting into CSS as a serious tool.
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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 25/11/2025
✨ I just published a new post, and it’s all about one of the most mind-blowing new CSS features: subgrid. Honestly, when I first heard about subgrid, I figured it’d be a convenient little utility. I had no idea it would solve one of the most longstanding issues I’ve had with CSS. 😮 Check it out:
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Brand New Layouts with CSS Subgrid • Josh W. Comeau
Subgrid allows us to extend a grid template down through the DOM tree, so that deeply-nested elements can participate in the same grid layout. At first glance, I thought this would be a helpful conven...
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David✶🇬🇹 @vuc.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
He said "Amen" straight into the drop Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
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Tom Finley @tomfinley.com · 13/11/2025
Is John Hamm literally in everything these days or is it just me?
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Tom Finley @tomfinley.com · 05/11/2025
11 years later and Sia’s “Elastic Heart” still slaps so hard… youtu.be/KWZGAExj-es
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Sia - Elastic Heart feat. Shia LaBeouf & Maddie Ziegler (Official Video)
YouTube video by SiaVEVO
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 02/11/2025
side point but the idea that if you make a human grade robot intellect it will do whatever you say without protest seems underexamined
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Tom Finley @tomfinley.com · 25/10/2025
Please never put in the paper we cost the shareholders money because sunk cost fallacy
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Tom Finley @tomfinley.com · 23/10/2025
I don’t care what anyone says, Daniel Craig was the best James Bond. Immensely complex, tortured from within, but he actually loved people deeply. A true, human character.
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Andy Kostrub @andrewkostrub.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Updating my LEGO White House
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Jazz. @jl3001.blacksky.app · 21/10/2025
Wild as hell I gotta take accountability for my actions and keeping working to be better as a person even though no one in any sort of power does that and the world is ending
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 20/10/2025
Ah, vibe coding. Where would we be without it? It's tempting to install that "vibed?" #WordPress plugin you generated on your production site. Hold on, there, friend! You might want to test it first. speckyboy.com/test-ai-gene...
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How to Test Your AI-Generated WordPress Plugin — Speckyboy
AI can generate WordPress plugins in minutes, but they’re not ready for production without testing. Learn how to audit code for security, stability, and performance.
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404 Media @404media.co · 13/10/2025
For months we followed what happened when a company forced AI into the world of craft beer. Legal threats, people quitting, and beer judges in revolt over being told to use AI. "It is attempting to solve a problem that wasn’t a problem before AI showed up" www.404media.co/what-happene...
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What Happened When AI Came for Craft Beer
A prominent beer competition introduced an AI-judging tool without warning. The judges and some members of the wider brewing industry were pissed.
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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 22/09/2025
✨ I just published a brand-new blog post about a modern CSS feature! But, honestly, I’m still on the fence about it. 😅 In this post, I’ll dig into the gnarly issue I ran into, and share three possible workarounds. Along the way, you’ll learn a bunch about the CSS cascade and specificity!
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The Big Gotcha With @starting-style • Josh W. Comeau
CSS has been on fire lately, with tons of great new features. @starting-style is an interesting one; it allows us to use CSS transitions for enter animations, something previously reserved for CSS key...
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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Pause your doomscrolling and listen to this story.
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Friendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
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Tom Finley @tomfinley.com · 05/09/2025
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/...
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GitHub - tomfinitely/youtube-channel-block
Contribute to tomfinitely/youtube-channel-block development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Tom Finley @tomfinley.com · 28/06/2025
🎶 Vapin’ in the boys room 🎶
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 28/06/2025
What if Zohran Mamdani is the prophesied Joe Rogan of the left
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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
I wrote about Brad Lander newrepublic.com/post/197324/...
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How Brad Lander Lost an Election but Became a National Inspiration
The mayoral hopeful only finished third in the primary but garnered attention for his displays of courage and integrity.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 28/06/2025
Okay so I need to get a clip, but there is currently an ad for Better Offline airing nationwide on the radio where I call OpenAI a financial abomination, very funny to say that I was encouraged to put this ad out there too!
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Tom Finley @tomfinley.com · 27/06/2025
LOL let the pearl clutching commence (cc @jacobsberg.bsky.social @tiff.is)👇 www.axios.com/local/washin...
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D.C. progressives want their own Zohran Mamdani vs. Mayor Bowser
There's one possible candidate in particular that people are buzzing about.
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Earl Grey Memes Club @earlgreymemes.club · 27/06/2025
curated meme by unknown author, with text and image; text reads: Neurotypicals giving advice to ADHDers; image is a Star Trek DS9 scene featuring Odo, with caption: Now, perhaps you could make a list
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Tom Finley @tomfinley.com · 27/06/2025
Yo @eve6.bsky.social, proof of life MF’er
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Count Draugula @artd.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
My Dearest Wife, We rode the groovy vibes into battle at dawn yesterday….
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Dr Kat Day (she/her) 🎃🌓 @chronicleflask.katday.com · 26/06/2025
The *reason* Ai-generated text contains semicolons, en dashes etc. is that experienced, skilful writers use these marks to subtly convey meaning and nuance in their work. And the Ai LLMs have been trained on the stolen work of experienced, skilful writers.
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Tom Finley @tomfinley.com · 26/06/2025
If I want to learn to be a more agile and charismatic conversational _and_ public speaker, what are some objectively good (and free?) resources to use as my starting points?
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 26/06/2025
You cannot stay in a poison swamp and not get poisoned.
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Roger Williams @rogerbikes.com · 25/06/2025
$8.8T is the conservative value of open source—and most of it’s held up by overworked volunteers. Just dropped a post on what I saw at #OpenSourceSummit: FAIR, OSPOs, Gen Z, governance, and more. Feat. @marucchi.com & @joost.blog 👇 rogerwilliamsmedia.com/the-8-8-tril... #opensource #wordpress
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The $8.8 Trillion Wake-Up Call: Notes from Open Source Summit NA 2025 - Going forward by looking back
I landed in Denver just after 7am, headed straight to the Convention Center, and found a seat up front for the opening keynote of the Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit North America. By 9:00, I wa...
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henry ✷ @strange.website · 25/06/2025
jesus christ somebody's gotta stop this guy
A Fox News infographic on "Zohran Mamdani's socialist promises", which has been edited to show Mamdani promising: margin-trim, attr() for all CSS properties, browser-native tree-shaking, and all the lodash functions you keep using become javascript features"
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ceej @ceej.online · 25/06/2025
in 2026 we're bringing back consequences
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