There are very few things I know for SURE to be true. For a long time, one of them has been that @courtneyr.dev REALLY likes post formats. And so, nothing surprised me less than when I saw this today: courtneyr.dev/2025/12/03/p... Congrats, Courtney 🌟

Post Formats for Block Themes: My First WordPress Plugin After 11 Years

I finally published my first WordPress plugin: Post Formats for Block Themes brings all 10 classic post formats to modern block themes. After 11 years teaching others, here's why I built it and what you can do with it.

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The latest in kids are great: “I’m not growing, I just get hurt every day”

I love kids: “ don’t like the sun. It’s just a ginormous fireball that floats in the sky. Who made it anyway?”

My old computer finally died. RIP. I had a new computer on deck already as this was not an unexpected passing. In setting it up I am getting all aspirational: can I REALLY keep a cleaned up downloads folder and desktop? Ask me how I did at the end of 2026... lol. For today, I'm doing great!

Open source anxiety management tools. What could be better? Maybe nothing. anxietyaidtools.com

Open Source Anxiety Toolkit

Community-built tools for anxiety relief including breathing techniques, grounding, and muscle relaxation.

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Kids are brilliant: "did you know your shadow is always there? sometimes you just can't see it"

I'm pretty obsessed with this gradient color game: feyder.co/projects/chr...

Chromatic - A Colorful Daily Puzzle Game

Sort colors, create gradients, find your daily calm.

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life is a lot like the eye doctor: which one looks clearer? pick that one. then, which one looks cleare? pick that one.

I love the cover. Buy my oldest friend's debut novel!

Thomas Elrod@thomas-elrod.com · 10mo ago

I should have mentioned, which I forgot to do yesterday, that the illustrator is Jun Cen and the cover design is by Esther S. Kim. They did a fantastic job. Thanks too to @leeharris.net for his editorial insights as we developed this cover.

The WP Minute Launches Courses, Starting With #WordPress Hosting www.therepository.email/the-wp-minut...

The WP Minute Launches Courses, Starting With WordPress Hosting

Founder Matt Medeiros and Editor Eric Karkovack are translating their years of industry experience into structured learning, starting with a course on hosting fundamentals.

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Small thing I've realized I do that both makes my team more neuro-divergent inclusive while also helping my time-blind brain. When someone wants to huddle in Slack, but they say something like "I'm refreshing my tea and then am ready!" I'll say "Great! Turning the huddle on now so I don't forget!"

A long-time client contact tells us she's leaving her job - all five people on the call become friends on Finch before moving on to practical transition matters. I love the people I work with/for 😍

I had the delightful honor to be on @bph.social 's Gutenberg Changelog podcast last week. We had fun - check it out! :) gutenbergtimes.com/podcast/gute...

Gutenberg Changelog #122 - Gutenberg 21.8 and WordPress 6.9 - Gutenberg Times

In episode 122 of the GT Changelog podcast, host Birgit Pauli-Haack is joined by Beth Soderberg, CEO of bethink Studio, to discuss the latest updates in Gutenberg 21.8 and WordPress 6.9. The conversat...

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Amphora!?!! Honestly, excellent read. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

The 3,000-year-old story hidden in the @ sign

In Taiwan they call @ "little mouse". It's "strudel" in Hebrew, "dog" in Russian and "monkey's tail" in Dutch. The @ sign is a mirror, and its story goes back thousands of years.

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Autism was first identified in 1912. Acetaminophen was first marketed in the US in 1950. Some of my closest friends have autism. I love you and don't think that anything is "wrong" with you. Pregnant people need access to safe medication for their own health. What about the Epstein files again?

Solidarity kiddo: “I’m going to be very tired today because i have lots of yawns.”

I just love how kids say things sometimes: “I was just resting in my bed for a couple minutes to see if I could make a dream. But I didn’t.”

Our deliberate "don't come to meetings if they'll waste your time" culture leads to it being OK to ask questions. Yay for a developer not wasting an hour! Dev: I got an invite to the [sales] meeting, did you want me to go? Me: I don’t think you need to go, save yourself 😉 D: will do, thanks!

I read this excellent piece by @camikaos.bsky.social over my lunch today. For me, the "mask" that really is "real" is all about my glasses. Without them I look at myself and think it must be my sister for a moment. I've had many pairs of "almost the same" glasses since sometime in middle school. 🥸

Cami Kaos (she/her)@camikaos.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Natural is overrated. Pink is better. Masking Monday: Not Natural, But Real camikaos.com/2025/09/16/m...

My fave moment of my day thus far: when my coworker and I faked a "very important meeting" so that a salesperson knocking at my door would feel awkward and leave without bothering me.

I had SO MUCH FUN catching up with @seriouslybud.bsky.social . We'd been talking about doing this for a long time and finally did. YAY :)

Seriously, BUD? @seriouslybud.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Very excited to tell you that this Friday, you can hear what @bethsoderberg.bsky.social had to say on Seriously, BUD? This unexpected conversation was a long time coming, and the pleasure was all mine!

This morning, I started singing "oh it's a beautiful morning, oh it's a beautiful day..." to one of my kids while driving him to school. His response: "Mom, that's not a song. That's just noise."

Ok the lantern fly experience just got grosser. They are dead on the floor INSIDE my clients’ office building.

Just in case anyone has been wondering where the spotted lantern flies are: Arlington. There are at least a few dozen dead (many squashed - yay humans) outside of my fave little bagel place. I squashed the ones that looked alive

“So, the rise of these industrial-scale computing facilities that are needed for A.I. and other Internet applications is certainly one of the factors driving up prices.” “And I think there’s a chance that A.I. is going to drive our bills even higher in the future.”

How AI infrastructure is driving a sharp rise in electricity bills

Electricity bills are climbing nationwide, rising faster than inflation in many places. The explosive growth of AI and the massive data centers behind it are driving demand and straining the grid. To ...

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DC residents pulling jury service continue resisting.

Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 12mo ago

NEW: DC grand jurors reject more Justice Dept cases Former DOJ attorney: “Not only have I never heard of this happening, I've never heard of a prosecutor who's heard of this happening” www.cbsnews.com/news/d-c-gra...

For the love of all things, please do this!

Courtney@courtneyr.dev · 12mo ago

Implementing Namespaces and Coding Standards in WordPress Plugin Development #WordPress

new post-WordCamp sleeping record: 14 hours Sunday into Monday! Finally feeling like a real person again :)

"The best systematic improvements come from actual users, not internal teams. Proprietary systems create short-term advantage. Open systems create long-term value. Systems that belong to everyone are by ... just being, also maintained by everyone." @karmatosed.art #WCUS #WCUS2025

"This fundamental shift in thinking about systems isn't technical; it's actually cognitive. Instead of asking how do I solve this problem... we need to start thinking: how do I build a system that prevents this class of problems?" @karmatosed.art #WCUS #WCUS2025