The WordPress AI plugin 0.8.0 is now available! This release introduces Refine from Notes for automated content refinement, new AI dashboard widgets, Guidelines integration, and promotes Image Generation to a stable Feature. make.wordpress.org/ai/2026/04/2...

What’s new in AI 0.8.0 (23 APR 2026)?

The AI plugin 0.8.0 introduces Refine from Notes, new dashboard widgets, and deeper integration with site Guidelines, while promoting Image Generation to a stable Feature and improving editorial wo…

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i like to call this "electoral college brain," when politicians (or hell just regular people) confuse the fact that the electoral system privileges closely competitive interior states with some deeper, fundamental meaning

Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · 4mo ago

Slotkin is so gross with her "what works in the middle of the country will work on the coasts, but not in reverse" bullshit

Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement

look at my country man, we’re getting out-No Kings’d by the fuckin’ british

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 6mo ago

King Charles has issued a statement following his brother Andrew’s arrest

Hey, I know that site!

WordPress@wordpress.org · 6mo ago

See how Pew Research Center uses WordPress to deliver data-driven insights at scale. With custom blocks and interactive features, their site supports rapid publishing and in-depth data and analysis for a trusted, research-focused audience. wordpress.org/showcase/pew-re...

For 3 months we've been at work on our first fully agentically constructed release with WP AI agent skills, this release features dark mode for the block editor, a seamless Yoast replacement, over a dozen new AI experiments, and SO MUCH more to share, soon. Until then, a 99% working Dark Mode...

Happy 9th Birthday Gutenberg! github.com/WordPress/gu...

Initial commit · WordPress/gutenberg@0fcff29

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Every so often I ask the fine #WordPress people if they'd like to come on the WP Tavern Jukebox podcast? It's not a chance to promote your product/service, but IS a chance to talk about some aspect of the wider WordPress landscape that you're interested in? DM me that's you! Thx

Google Docs-style editing is now the default behavior if you install the Gutenberg plugin 👀 They really are pushing hard on this with the aim of getting it into WordPress 7.0.

Is the administration’s bit that they encourage right-wing influencers to find “fraud” in blue states; influencers “investigate” and publish propaganda claiming said widespread fraud was responsibility of immigrants; and then gov’t sends in ICE to terrorize people because of it?

How the Supreme Court secretly made itself even more secretive Amid calls to increase transparency and revelations about the court’s inner workings, the chief justice imposed nondisclosure agreements on clerks and employees.

How the Supreme Court Secretly Made Itself Even More Secretive

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4 federal agents pull over an elderly US citizen for the suspected crime of being brown, break her car window, throw her to the ground, then drive off after they find her US Passport in her purse. The Salem Police, when called, say there’s nothing they can do. www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...

U.S. citizen injured by federal agents in Salem who demanded to see “papers,” union says - Salem Reporter

A home care worker and union worker was pulled from her car and injured by federal agents Thursday according to a statement by SEIU 503. To comment on this story, use the form at the end of the repor...

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“Productivity benefits may come at the cost of skills necessary to validate AI-written code if junior engineers’ skill development has been stunted by using AI in the first place.” Note that this warning comes from @anthropic.com themselves.

How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

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With its emphasis on decentralization and API openness Bluesky really does remind me of early Twitter.

alex benzer@alexbenzer.com · 6mo ago

we've rolled out support for @bluecast.app links in Live Now! bluecast.app is a super nice audio streaming app built on atproto — especially popular with many of our bsky friends in Japan

Test www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Younger Americans are less likely than others to support an active role for the U.S. in world affairs

Overall, 53% of Americans say it is extremely or very important for the U.S. to take an active role in world affairs.

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The Plot to Enslave America:

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · last yr.

The Trump administration is revoking approval for millions of acres of ocean to be set aside for offshore wind development

"Without checks and balances, [social media companies] have become a little bit tyrannical, very arrogant, and completely dismissive of their impact on our society." Our CEO @imranahmed.bsky.social in @kpbssandiego.bsky.social ⤵️ https://bit.ly/48Xjtdl

It's the first year we got season tickets to the National Theatre. First up for this season: Some Like It Hot

“I was just following otters.”

Chris Mohney@chrismohney.bsky.social · 8mo ago

really went dark for the sequel

Good night Photo by Petr Horalek

They should make AirPods Pro that heat up during the cold months.

They say AI will replace the web as we know it, and this time they mean it. Here follows a short list of previous times they also meant it,… https://zeldman.com/2025/10/25/receipts-a-brief-list-of-prominent-articles-proclaiming-the-death-of-the-web/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Tabs: Closed 🫡 github.com/WordPress/gu... On to Dialog 🚀

New Block: Tabs · Issue #34079 · WordPress/gutenberg

What problem does this address? It is difficult to display a lot of grouped content on a page. The only option is to have all the content display at once on a page because there are no core blocks ...

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A source familiar with this incident told me today that not only did they arrest and charge the comedy club manager, but the Latino man he was defending from ICE -- who was also arrested and whisked away -- **is also a U.S. citizen.** It's unclear where the Latino man is now.

Laugh Factory manager charged with assaulting Border Patrol agent outside Chicago comedy club last week

The night manager at the Chicago Laugh Factory has been charged with assaulting U.S. Border Patrol agent during a confrontation outside the North Side comedy club last week.

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🛫 Off to GitHub Universe with the whole team. Excited to see what ideas we come back with!

⚠️👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀⚠️ github.com/Automattic/v...

GitHub - Automattic/vip-real-time-collaboration: A real-time collaboration WordPress plugin made by WPVIP

A real-time collaboration WordPress plugin made by WPVIP - Automattic/vip-real-time-collaboration

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New enshittification just dropped: Compressing old DVD releases into single-layer DVD for re-releases to save 5 cents youtu.be/Hzz_d9Y44ZE

Some DVD re-releases got cheapened out in a weird way

YouTube video by Technology Connextras

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Someone should make Flighty app for trains

This is fucking horrifying.

amanda moore 🐢@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 10mo ago

A man was just chased and arrested outside of the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago. When legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild asked why, an agent threatened to arrest them too.