Sé Reed
@sereedmedia.bsky.social
Irrational optimist, wild hoper.
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It’s wild that you can just openly bribe the President of the United States with chunks of gold to get
whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It’s wild that you can just openly bribe the President of the United States with chunks of gold to get
whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
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Happy Halloween. 👻
🚨New reporting directly contradicts what Alex Acosta told our Committee in a deposition. We must get the truth & facts about Acosta's investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's financial crimes. Stop the White House cover-up.
Read Ranking Member @robertgarcia.house.gov's full statement ⬇️
Read Ranking Member @robertgarcia.house.gov's full statement ⬇️
November 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Happy Halloween. 👻
a haunted house but it’s just an all hands meeting where people start disappearing
October 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
a haunted house but it’s just an all hands meeting where people start disappearing
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Reminder: one of their *own investors* is amongst those who has lost touch with reality as a result of their product. And they still haven’t slowed down.
The fact that these are the numbers the company will put on the record … www.wired.com/story/chatgp...
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Reminder: one of their *own investors* is amongst those who has lost touch with reality as a result of their product. And they still haven’t slowed down.
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We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the dedicated volunteers who have made today a success. Additionally, we encourage everyone to continue participating in the ongoing WordPress Accessibility Day sessions. 2025.wpaccessibility.day/schedule/ #WPAD2025 #WPA11yDay #WordPress #Accessibility #a11y
Schedule - WordPress Accessibility Day 2025
See the great talks we have planned for this year!
2025.wpaccessibility.day
October 16, 2025 at 6:20 AM
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the dedicated volunteers who have made today a success. Additionally, we encourage everyone to continue participating in the ongoing WordPress Accessibility Day sessions. 2025.wpaccessibility.day/schedule/ #WPAD2025 #WPA11yDay #WordPress #Accessibility #a11y
when i was in college i often wore a tshirt that said “can’t sleep, clowns will eat me” and i always thought it was funny, but nowadays i feeeeel it.
tho now its more like “can’t sleep, clowns are eating everything i value on the planet” 🙃
tho now its more like “can’t sleep, clowns are eating everything i value on the planet” 🙃
October 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
when i was in college i often wore a tshirt that said “can’t sleep, clowns will eat me” and i always thought it was funny, but nowadays i feeeeel it.
tho now its more like “can’t sleep, clowns are eating everything i value on the planet” 🙃
tho now its more like “can’t sleep, clowns are eating everything i value on the planet” 🙃
Jesus: Okay, no more forgiveness, Father, they know what they are doing and they are still doing it!
Noah: Yeah, man, I told you they always miss the boat.
Moses: Look, fellas, it’s about the journey, not the destination.
Noah: Yeah, man, I told you they always miss the boat.
Moses: Look, fellas, it’s about the journey, not the destination.
August 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Jesus: Okay, no more forgiveness, Father, they know what they are doing and they are still doing it!
Noah: Yeah, man, I told you they always miss the boat.
Moses: Look, fellas, it’s about the journey, not the destination.
Noah: Yeah, man, I told you they always miss the boat.
Moses: Look, fellas, it’s about the journey, not the destination.
Just when you think you finally escaped (json as a metaphor for life)
July 31, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Just when you think you finally escaped (json as a metaphor for life)
i was sharing this with someone (as proof that there is more to me than WordPress drama lol) and i figured i would share it here it too, cuz i think this is such a pretty song and sometimes we just need to hear a pretty song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I5P...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I5P...
Alicia Murphy - Home [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by Alicia murphy
www.youtube.com
July 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
i was sharing this with someone (as proof that there is more to me than WordPress drama lol) and i figured i would share it here it too, cuz i think this is such a pretty song and sometimes we just need to hear a pretty song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I5P...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I5P...
ummm how are they phrasing the one about coveting thy neighbor’s wife??
June 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
ummm how are they phrasing the one about coveting thy neighbor’s wife??
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No swimming for kids because of Trump, Stephen Miller, and their crusade of cruelty.
June 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
No swimming for kids because of Trump, Stephen Miller, and their crusade of cruelty.
I think about Harrison Bergeron a lot.
June 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I think about Harrison Bergeron a lot.
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the destruction of chattel slavery is one of the great accomplishments in our nation's history and the reason conservatives hate celebrating it is because doing so legitimizes the black counter-narrative of the united states
June 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
the destruction of chattel slavery is one of the great accomplishments in our nation's history and the reason conservatives hate celebrating it is because doing so legitimizes the black counter-narrative of the united states
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“Interviews with grieving caregivers, health workers and government officials across these settlements all converged on one clear and near-universal conclusion: the funding cuts have led to the deaths of children.”
allafrica.com/stories/2025...
allafrica.com/stories/2025...
Mozambique: These Are the Children the United States Left to Die
Part one: How the Trump Administration abandoned orphans with HIV
allafrica.com
June 20, 2025 at 2:52 AM
“Interviews with grieving caregivers, health workers and government officials across these settlements all converged on one clear and near-universal conclusion: the funding cuts have led to the deaths of children.”
allafrica.com/stories/2025...
allafrica.com/stories/2025...
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NEW: For @prismreports.org, I wrote about my beloved Los Angeles, an American city unlike any other, where there is an unspoken understanding that our place and our people must be defended at all costs:
ICE raids in Los Angeles are a declaration of war
ICE sent the city a message when its agents showed up in full force, and that message was responded to in kind by the people of Los Angeles
prismreports.org
June 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
NEW: For @prismreports.org, I wrote about my beloved Los Angeles, an American city unlike any other, where there is an unspoken understanding that our place and our people must be defended at all costs:
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In which I argue that no act of journalism or archiving is too small. As @prisonculture.bsky.social and friends were saying at our event about 'zines a couple weeks ago -- make your thing! Write your stories down! This is one of our power sources! objectivejournalism.org/2025/06/no-a...
'No act of journalism ... is too small': Creating necessary archives
Archives are the "slam dunk" purpose of movement journalism. What we create just has to archive the truth for the next generation.
objectivejournalism.org
June 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
In which I argue that no act of journalism or archiving is too small. As @prisonculture.bsky.social and friends were saying at our event about 'zines a couple weeks ago -- make your thing! Write your stories down! This is one of our power sources! objectivejournalism.org/2025/06/no-a...
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This is the spirit of Los Angeles.
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
June 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is the spirit of Los Angeles.
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
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Efficiency is when you make the troops homeless *before* they're veterans
“Currently, there is no plan for where everyone is sleeping tonight,” the source said, adding that there was an urgent need to find more portable bathrooms and dumpsters for garbage.
June 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Efficiency is when you make the troops homeless *before* they're veterans
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DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
June 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
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"Right now, we have the opportunity to decide what kind of community we are and what kind of community we want to be." — @sereedmedia.bsky.social #WordPress
www.thewpcommunitycollective.com/2025/06/06/t...
www.thewpcommunitycollective.com/2025/06/06/t...
The Heart of Open Source - The WP Community Collective
Delivered by Sé Reed, CEO of The WP Community CollectiveAlt Ctrl Org, Basel, Switzerland — June 6, 2025 WordPress was not built by one person. No true open source project ever is. Sure, one person can...
www.thewpcommunitycollective.com
June 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
"Right now, we have the opportunity to decide what kind of community we are and what kind of community we want to be." — @sereedmedia.bsky.social #WordPress
www.thewpcommunitycollective.com/2025/06/06/t...
www.thewpcommunitycollective.com/2025/06/06/t...
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Just a few highlights of what stood out for me. In honor of being in Switzerland for #WCEU, I offer my thoughts thus:
Mit zweierlei Mass messen.
Deux poids, deux mesures.
Due pesi e due misure.
make.wordpress.org/project/2025...
Mit zweierlei Mass messen.
Deux poids, deux mesures.
Due pesi e due misure.
make.wordpress.org/project/2025...
June 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Just a few highlights of what stood out for me. In honor of being in Switzerland for #WCEU, I offer my thoughts thus:
Mit zweierlei Mass messen.
Deux poids, deux mesures.
Due pesi e due misure.
make.wordpress.org/project/2025...
Mit zweierlei Mass messen.
Deux poids, deux mesures.
Due pesi e due misure.
make.wordpress.org/project/2025...
The birds in Switzerland sing even when it’s raining.
June 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The birds in Switzerland sing even when it’s raining.
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The Trump administration is engaging on an all-out assault on the institutions, workers and standards that make learning and knowledge production possible, in the hopes of securing political dominance forever. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
May 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The Trump administration is engaging on an all-out assault on the institutions, workers and standards that make learning and knowledge production possible, in the hopes of securing political dominance forever. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
May 27, 2025 at 6:08 AM