Bob Downs
@bobdowns.bsky.social
Sci-fi writer 🚀 AI fan 🤖 Web Dev BAS 💻 Wordplay 🔠 Pragmatic techno-optimist ⚖️ Future musings & dad jokes 👨💻😄 New Era Pathfinder 🧭🌠
I just registered for #WPA11yDay, a free, virtual 24-hour conference on WordPress accessibility taking place October 15-16, and you should too! Get your free ticket at 2025.wpaccessibility.day. #WPAD2025 #WordPress #a11y
WordPress Accessibility Day 2025 - WordPress Accessibility Day 2025
WordPress Accessibility Day is a free 24-hour global event dedicated to addressing website accessibility in WordPress. October 15-16, 2025.
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October 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I just registered for #WPA11yDay, a free, virtual 24-hour conference on WordPress accessibility taking place October 15-16, and you should too! Get your free ticket at 2025.wpaccessibility.day. #WPAD2025 #WordPress #a11y
Tell the House to investigate government censorship of Jimmy Kimmel Live! act.indivisible.org/sign/censors...
Tell the House to investigate government censorship of Jimmy Kimmel Live!
On September 17th, ABC/Disney announced it was indefinitely suspending the late-night TV show host Jimmy Kimmel, supposedly in response to comments in his monologue regarding the murder of Charlie Kir...
act.indivisible.org
September 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Tell the House to investigate government censorship of Jimmy Kimmel Live! act.indivisible.org/sign/censors...
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Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.
June 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.
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Thousands of Americans gathered in cities across the country on Saturday for an organized day of protests dubbed “No Kings Nationwide Day of Defiance” against President Trump’s policies. wapo.st/4n1tb4v
June 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Thousands of Americans gathered in cities across the country on Saturday for an organized day of protests dubbed “No Kings Nationwide Day of Defiance” against President Trump’s policies. wapo.st/4n1tb4v
Real power isn't staged in DC — it rises up everywhere else. Join me on No Kings Day to stand together against cruelty, corruption, and authoritarianism. app.sosha.ai/s/nsmX1Vws
Join me on June 14
app.sosha.ai
June 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Real power isn't staged in DC — it rises up everywhere else. Join me on No Kings Day to stand together against cruelty, corruption, and authoritarianism. app.sosha.ai/s/nsmX1Vws
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GIVEAWAY: To honor Memorial Day in the US, 9to5Mac and Grid Studio are giving away (5) Grid® 1 (iPhone 2G) frames — a tribute to the original iPhone.
Open to everyone, worldwide.
Closes 5/30. Winners announced 5/31.
Enter here 👇
gleam.io/dDwOU/9to5mac-x-grid-memorial-day-giveaway
Open to everyone, worldwide.
Closes 5/30. Winners announced 5/31.
Enter here 👇
gleam.io/dDwOU/9to5mac-x-grid-memorial-day-giveaway
9to5Mac x Grid Memorial Day Giveaway 🇺🇸
To honor Memorial Day in the US, 9to5Mac and Grid Studio are giving away (5) Grid® 1 (iPhone 2G) frames! Open to everyone, worldwide. Closes 5/30. Winners announced 5/31.
gleam.io
May 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
GIVEAWAY: To honor Memorial Day in the US, 9to5Mac and Grid Studio are giving away (5) Grid® 1 (iPhone 2G) frames — a tribute to the original iPhone.
Open to everyone, worldwide.
Closes 5/30. Winners announced 5/31.
Enter here 👇
gleam.io/dDwOU/9to5mac-x-grid-memorial-day-giveaway
Open to everyone, worldwide.
Closes 5/30. Winners announced 5/31.
Enter here 👇
gleam.io/dDwOU/9to5mac-x-grid-memorial-day-giveaway
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Assuming this post today is aimed at us. The Trump admin changed the rules to make it easier to replace career federal employees with political loyalists. If you’re not alarmed by Trump’s post, you should be. This isn’t about policy it’s about control. It’s “do as I say, or you’re replaced.”
April 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Assuming this post today is aimed at us. The Trump admin changed the rules to make it easier to replace career federal employees with political loyalists. If you’re not alarmed by Trump’s post, you should be. This isn’t about policy it’s about control. It’s “do as I say, or you’re replaced.”
I love you and I have hope.
MAYOR MELVIN CARTER’S HANDS OFF RALLY SPEECH: A CALL TO FIGHT WITH LOVE, NOT HATE
Melvin Carter is the mayor of St.
open.substack.com
April 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I love you and I have hope.
Of all the meditations I’ve done with this wonderful app over the past couple of months, this one - ironically - was the most difficult (this first time, anyway). I currently have such an enormous pull to be DOING constantly.
February 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Of all the meditations I’ve done with this wonderful app over the past couple of months, this one - ironically - was the most difficult (this first time, anyway). I currently have such an enormous pull to be DOING constantly.
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Again, the willful ignorance it takes to make ANY of this work is staggering. I just don't get it. You have to believe the lies, which means you're lying to yourself. How humiliating.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...
Trump Uses Lies to Lay the Groundwork for Radical Change (Gift Article)
Condoms for Gaza? Ukraine started the war with Russia? The president’s manipulations of the truth lay the groundwork for radical change.
www.nytimes.com
February 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Again, the willful ignorance it takes to make ANY of this work is staggering. I just don't get it. You have to believe the lies, which means you're lying to yourself. How humiliating.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...
“By leveraging the power of machine learning to interpret immune responses, Mal-ID has the potential to streamline the diagnostic process, potentially reducing the time and resources required for accurate disease identification across a wide range of conditions.”
www.perplexity.ai/page/ai-tool...
www.perplexity.ai/page/ai-tool...
AI Tool Diagnoses Diabetes, HIV, and Covid-19
Based on reports from Science, researchers have developed an innovative AI tool called Mal-ID that can diagnose multiple diseases, including COVID-19, type 1...
www.perplexity.ai
February 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“By leveraging the power of machine learning to interpret immune responses, Mal-ID has the potential to streamline the diagnostic process, potentially reducing the time and resources required for accurate disease identification across a wide range of conditions.”
www.perplexity.ai/page/ai-tool...
www.perplexity.ai/page/ai-tool...
Now, if I can just figure out what to DO about this so my family and I and all of us can survive and avoid as much suffering as possible until it finally gets better.
open.substack.com/pub/daveshap...
open.substack.com/pub/daveshap...
It will get much worse before it gets better
Tech Elite are the New Robber Barons—AI will be the new Weimar Hyper-Inflation. Automation will destroy jobs too quickly, and political anger will soar.
open.substack.com
February 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Now, if I can just figure out what to DO about this so my family and I and all of us can survive and avoid as much suffering as possible until it finally gets better.
open.substack.com/pub/daveshap...
open.substack.com/pub/daveshap...
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“Since farm workers can’t afford to isolate at home when they are infected, they are continuing to work while sick.”
h/t @fredgatesdesign.bsky.social
h/t @fredgatesdesign.bsky.social
The US Has Bird Flu Vaccines. Here’s Why You Can’t Get One
H5N1 vaccines have been previously licensed, and millions are in the national stockpile. But even with the news of the country’s first human death due to bird flu, vaccination isn’t yet recommended.
www.wired.com
February 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
“Since farm workers can’t afford to isolate at home when they are infected, they are continuing to work while sick.”
h/t @fredgatesdesign.bsky.social
h/t @fredgatesdesign.bsky.social
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@janefendelmanmc.bsky.social Hey you! ☺️ Welcome to BlueSky!
a man in a tie is making a surprised face with the word omg on his chest
Alt: a man in a tie is making a surprised face with the word omg on his chest
media.tenor.com
February 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
@janefendelmanmc.bsky.social Hey you! ☺️ Welcome to BlueSky!
The free HealthyMinds iOS app has been helping me during this crazy time in history so much.
February 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The free HealthyMinds iOS app has been helping me during this crazy time in history so much.
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How I became a web designer.
zeldman.com/old/designer... #OldGold #careers #TheWeb #design #jobs #working #MyBackPages
zeldman.com/old/designer... #OldGold #careers #TheWeb #design #jobs #working #MyBackPages
Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: But I Play One on the Web
Jeffrey Zeldman's articles on web design and popular culture, as seen at zeldman.com, highfive.com, alistapart.com, mappa.mundi.net, and elsewhere.
zeldman.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
How I became a web designer.
zeldman.com/old/designer... #OldGold #careers #TheWeb #design #jobs #working #MyBackPages
zeldman.com/old/designer... #OldGold #careers #TheWeb #design #jobs #working #MyBackPages
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“The fact that Sam Altman can ship such mediocre software and get more coverage and attention than every meaningful scientific breakthrough of the last five years combined is a sign that our society is sick, our media is broken, and that the tech industry thinks we're all fucking morons.”
The Generative AI Con
It's been just over two years and two months since ChatGPT launched, and in that time we've seen Large Language Models (LLMs) blossom from a novel concept into one of the most craven cons of the 21st ...
www.wheresyoured.at
February 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
“The fact that Sam Altman can ship such mediocre software and get more coverage and attention than every meaningful scientific breakthrough of the last five years combined is a sign that our society is sick, our media is broken, and that the tech industry thinks we're all fucking morons.”
Friends, I want to share some powerful insights that a friend of mine brought to my attention yesterday.
February 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Friends, I want to share some powerful insights that a friend of mine brought to my attention yesterday.
@kanikanik.bsky.social Connection achieved! Thanks for the link!
January 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
@kanikanik.bsky.social Connection achieved! Thanks for the link!
@jeffmoriarty.bsky.social Howdy! Saw your Facebook post and here we are. I got this BlueSky account at least a year ago and think I’ve used it about as much as you’ve used yours.
November 14, 2024 at 3:44 AM
@jeffmoriarty.bsky.social Howdy! Saw your Facebook post and here we are. I got this BlueSky account at least a year ago and think I’ve used it about as much as you’ve used yours.