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Dave Ryan
@daves.social
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I work on making corners of the Internet 🔶 2x cancer survivor 🔶 he/him 🏳️‍🌈 daves.bio
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lukekarrys.com
last year for #cranksgiving i bought and hauled 208lbs of food to the Tempe Community Action Agency Food Panty.

this year i have plans to add a trailer and get over 300lbs.
lukekarrys.com luke karrys @lukekarrys.com · Nov 16
final weigh in: 208lbs!
another picture of my cargo bike with all bags full of food
October 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Put some time on your calendar to start cooking some this-decade CSS 🎉 Using this as a tangential excuse to go have a glass of apple cider 😇🍎
jensimmons.bsky.social Jen Simmons @jensimmons.bsky.social · 22d
We’ve been busy over here. For those asking about “stable” — yes, the work that’s currently in Safari Technology Preview will land in stable. Yup.
Screenshot of the graph of progress over the year. A blue line represents Safari, and that line has gone up very steeply in five giant steps since August.
October 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Yep. Officially Friday. Ran fit getch origin just now.
October 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Thanks to @rzen.net and @humanmade.com for @loopconf.com last week ✨ It was a fantastic, cup-filling event 🌞
A beautiful old library with wood shelves and red walls. A yellow poster above the shelves says "make tea not war." A banner outside a wooden doorway reading Bishopsgate Institute: The UK's largest LGBTQIA+ archive. John O'Nolan on stage at LoopConf in front of a slide that says "What would be better?"
September 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Off to @loopconf.com next week 🛫
daves.social Dave Ryan @daves.social · Sep 17
Dusting off my passport next week for the first time in years—heading to a country I’ve never visited. First season of a fun new job done. Two years post–stem cell transplant; scanned clear of cancer this week. Enjoying brand new moons & brand new suns 🌞 youtu.be/XZf_V_iqvVo?...
Xavier Rudd - Follow the Sun | Mahogany Session
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September 17, 2025 at 1:56 AM
daves.social
Dusting off my passport next week for the first time in years—heading to a country I’ve never visited. First season of a fun new job done. Two years post–stem cell transplant; scanned clear of cancer this week. Enjoying brand new moons & brand new suns 🌞 youtu.be/XZf_V_iqvVo?...
Xavier Rudd - Follow the Sun | Mahogany Session
YouTube video by Mahogany
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September 17, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Package registries like npm will be remediated 🤷 the real burning question is whether ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot etc. have speedy and reliable processes for un-learning malware once it's in a user's history, in a model, etc... news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4516... 😬
Hi, yep I got pwned. Sorry everyone, very embarrassing. More info: - https://git... | Hacker News
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September 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Sometimes when I hit a wall in containers, CSS or compilers I just remind myself I push pixels and PRs not quantum particles or launch planetary positioning instruments 🤓 Keeps me grounded 🌎 https://youtu.be/5zJbE7J3X8I
July 16, 2025 at 3:47 AM
daves.social
After seven years with Newfold Digital today is my last day. Immensely grateful to the people who made those years so rewarding and excited to start some new adventures next week!
June 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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therepository.email
PressConf Recap: Why Showing Up Matters in the WordPress Community

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PressConf Recap: Why Showing Up Matters in the WordPress Community
Behind the scenes at PressConf 2025: where WordPress business leaders gathered for honest conversations, real connections, and a reminder of why community matters.
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April 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Good day or bad, if it ends with strawberry shortcake then you're doing it right 🍰
a close up of a dog 's face smiling with its eyes closed .
Alt: a close up of a dog 's face smiling with its eyes closed
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April 8, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Downside? Turns out I'm priced poshly 😅 Upside? I represent an excellent investment opportunity and have strong market potential 📈 😂
Screenshot of an email with Davidryan.com costs $79,888 USD highlighted. "DavidRyan.com costs $79,888 (USD), representing an excellent investment opportunity given its strong market potential. If you're interested in purchasing this domain, you can do so right now from our cart or by contacting our longtime VP of Client Services, [REDACTED] (copied), at [REDACTED] or [REDACTED] will be happy to assist you with the process.
March 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Spent few hours this afternoon turning a microplugin into a miniplugin 😎 ClassAct 2.0 helps craft, sort and cut through CSS classes while working on Blocks in the WordPress Editor.

github.com/0aveRyan/cla...
March 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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It's a good day when you have an appointment to double the down speed of your fiber and 15% increase upload 😎
a man in a flash costume is walking down a street .
Alt: a man in a flash costume is running down a street at hyperspeed
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March 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Ever used additional CSS classes on WordPress Blocks and wished it was easier to see and remove them?

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An animated GIF showing the Advanced panel in WordPress Block Editor with ClassAct, a plugin for easily visualizing and managing CSS classes in a tokenized input field in addition to the native text input. Changes in one field reflect in the other. Makes for one-click removal of CSS class names and easier visualization on a Block with a lot of classes.
February 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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the woods I grew up in are beautiful but very brrr 🥶
Sun streaming through blue sky into the bare and evergreen trees of a rocky peninsula jutting into a frozen pond.
January 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Just cycled passwords, OTP tokens, Passkeys and SSH creds in my vault while nostalgia streaming 🧘
November 30, 2024 at 12:54 AM
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caseynewton.bsky.social
Bluesky is truly having an incredible run as Threads' head of product
November 27, 2024 at 6:12 PM
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Every time I open this app I hear this and it makes me smile 🦋 https://youtu.be/axfNDZXkUOY?si=4BZptarIpQcQltIA
November 20, 2024 at 2:56 AM
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If you see this, please repost with a favourite photo of the sky that you’ve taken recently.

Heron at Tempe Town Lake at sunrise 🌄
A heron looks over Tempe Town Lake at sunrise. Power lines drape above the opposite shore with the silhouette of Four Peaks behind them.
November 20, 2024 at 2:24 AM
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Well @bsky.app really does feel like early Twitter with outages and all, almost endearing 🤗 When it goes down is it fair to say "the sky is falling" 😅
November 14, 2024 at 5:50 PM
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I'm a big believer in using humor and levity near the beginning of most things, so here's a starter slide from a recent slide deck to start this new social ✨
Slide title: Choose your player. Player 1: AI gonna steal my job, followed by reality TV meme plus "and SSN, and biometrics and..." Player 2: AI gonna do my job! Followed by meme of guy tapping his temple with knowing smile and "AI chat and video call clone 🙏🏻" Player 3: ... wait... that fad still goin'? Followed by dog on couch giving side eye and "you sure it's not crypto?" Footer: ✨ #AI #SparkleEmoji ✨
November 14, 2024 at 2:54 AM
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X isn't quite an ex, but it's pretty solidly in "It's Complicated" territory. I'll miss what I had there much more than Facebook, but rapidly seeing more of the kind of feed value here that Twitter had, wasn't here a few weeks ago 🌞
November 14, 2024 at 2:26 AM