It's clear Automattic's business model is shifting toward trademark rent-seeking while it "defends" open source. FLOSS no longer needs outside detractors, we've got our own now, thanks.

Arrived in Ottawa for #WCEH2025! #WordPress Contributor Day tomorrow, then #WCEH! I'll be speaking on software supply chain security in a decentralized federated ecosystem. Looking forward to This!

Debugging: the art of slowly realizing you're the problem.

You know you're a nerd when you get an email with "Bios" in the subject line, and you think, "BIOS"?

You know you're a nerd when you get an email with "Bios" in the subject line, and you think, "BIOS"?

I'll say this louder for those in the back: #WordPress "5 for the Future" **cannot** be reformed or rescued without tearing up its foundation: it exists for the wrong reasons. Stop trying to fix it--tear it down and re-evaluate completely.

The #wordpress ecosystem has lots of questions & potential pitfalls being pointed out for @fairpm & @AspirePress but tbh, I haven't yet seen one that hasn't already been considered by those groups. Few people are even checking whether there is an answer already.

Some people did a thing for the #wordpress community coming out of the #wpdrama - I'm proud of the work they did and thankful for the privilege of working with this team! https://www.therepository.email/aspirepress-the-quiet-project-powering-fairs-infrastructure

Just published: Reframing the Maker-Taker Problem on Philosophy https://yawp.foo/articles/2025/reframing-the-maker-taker-problem/

The worst thing that's happened to email in the last decade is not spam, it's MS Office adding emoji responses to email.

This is a new hell, sending an email with nothing but a remote image of an emoji that's blocked in the mail client anyway.

I swear Microsoft is out to completely kill email.

@lori try Synergy. Assumes separate monitors per system but I've been using it for years with dual cross-platform desktops.

By Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz, via https://bsky.app/profile/mweinstock.bsky.social

Not looking to pick a fight here, but is it just me or does Human Made's Enterprise #WordPress analysis feel just a little tone-deaf to #wpdrama in the ecosystem? It's beautifully designed & has some excellent trend analysis, but the room contains an unaddressed elephant. https://wpbiz.dev/news/human-made-publishes-wordpress-in-2025-report/

The #Tesla CyberTruck is 17 times more likely to have a fire fatality than a Ford Pinto, which was famously flawed with a gas tank behind the rear bumper that would explode in rear-end collisions.

https://fuelarc.com/evs/its-official-the-cybertruck-is-more-explosive-than-the-ford-pinto/

America: a country founded by immigrants who showed up uninvited, now worried about people showing up uninvited.

I do not understand those inbox zero people. I can't even achieve browser tab zero.

We don't need to read the text. The headline alone wins a Pulitzer.

Where is the best place to sell a used chess set?

At a pawn shop.

#funny #jokes #dadjokes

Thanks @courtney for the shoutout on @mattmedeiros #TheWPMinute this week! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rezkof5PKn8 good stuff all the way through the episode & appreciate the discussion of https://yawp.foo/articles/2025/free-riding-free-software/ #freeriderproblem in #WordPress #FOSS #opensource

Just Published: Breaking the Status Quo is The Future of WordPress on the future of #WordPress - it's been a busy week in #wpdrama but this explains where we need to go. https://yawp.foo/articles/2025/breaking-the-status-quo-is-the-future-of-wordpress/