David G. Johnson
@davidjohnson.bsky.social
Dad • Geek • Sometime Podcaster
Brand Bard at StellarWP | @stellarwp.bsky.social
Formerly: Product at SolidWP
Brand Bard at StellarWP | @stellarwp.bsky.social
Formerly: Product at SolidWP
Reposted by David G. Johnson
I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
Reposted by David G. Johnson
Selling one's likeness for a mere $500 and having it talk about its sexual preferences while hawking fiber supplements is like a sad plot device that I would expect from a good science fiction novel.
But it's real, via @sapna.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/b...
But it's real, via @sapna.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/b...
He Sold His Likeness. Now His Avatar Is Shilling Supplements on TikTok.
www.nytimes.com
August 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Selling one's likeness for a mere $500 and having it talk about its sexual preferences while hawking fiber supplements is like a sad plot device that I would expect from a good science fiction novel.
But it's real, via @sapna.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/b...
But it's real, via @sapna.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/b...
Looking forward to processing everything we took away from #WCEU with Kyleigh from @itsliquidweb.bsky.social! It was great having her with us in the @stellarwp.bsky.social booth!
Kyleigh and @davidjohnson.bsky.social had a great time at #WCEU 2025 in Basel 🤩
And now they’re ready to share their #WordPress learnings with you in our Thursday webinar 📣 💻
📍 Top WordPress Trends and Takeaways from WordCamp EU 2025
📅 Date: 6/26
🕑 Time: 2 PM EST
👉 Register now: ow.ly/1Op150W2QXe
And now they’re ready to share their #WordPress learnings with you in our Thursday webinar 📣 💻
📍 Top WordPress Trends and Takeaways from WordCamp EU 2025
📅 Date: 6/26
🕑 Time: 2 PM EST
👉 Register now: ow.ly/1Op150W2QXe
June 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Looking forward to processing everything we took away from #WCEU with Kyleigh from @itsliquidweb.bsky.social! It was great having her with us in the @stellarwp.bsky.social booth!
June 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Reposted by David G. Johnson
Missing #WCEU 2025 this week? We've got you covered 😌
Get the insights you need on emerging themes and key #WordPress trends in our recap.
Join our free webinar with Kyleigh Fitzgerald & @davidjohnson.bsky.social
Register now: ow.ly/tvvs50W2QNi
Can't make it? We'll send the slides & recording ✔️
Get the insights you need on emerging themes and key #WordPress trends in our recap.
Join our free webinar with Kyleigh Fitzgerald & @davidjohnson.bsky.social
Register now: ow.ly/tvvs50W2QNi
Can't make it? We'll send the slides & recording ✔️
June 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Missing #WCEU 2025 this week? We've got you covered 😌
Get the insights you need on emerging themes and key #WordPress trends in our recap.
Join our free webinar with Kyleigh Fitzgerald & @davidjohnson.bsky.social
Register now: ow.ly/tvvs50W2QNi
Can't make it? We'll send the slides & recording ✔️
Get the insights you need on emerging themes and key #WordPress trends in our recap.
Join our free webinar with Kyleigh Fitzgerald & @davidjohnson.bsky.social
Register now: ow.ly/tvvs50W2QNi
Can't make it? We'll send the slides & recording ✔️
Glad to see @stellarwp.bsky.social and @itsliquidweb.bsky.social becoming active here!
📣 Big news from our friends at @stellarwp.bsky.social
They just launched StellarSites — the fastest, easiest way to build and launch a WordPress site.
No code, no hassle, all power.
Congrats to the team!
👉 Read the full press release for more: ow.ly/ugNb50VZrAq
#WordPress #LiquidWeb
They just launched StellarSites — the fastest, easiest way to build and launch a WordPress site.
No code, no hassle, all power.
Congrats to the team!
👉 Read the full press release for more: ow.ly/ugNb50VZrAq
#WordPress #LiquidWeb
May 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Glad to see @stellarwp.bsky.social and @itsliquidweb.bsky.social becoming active here!
This was so disorienting 😵💫
It was if Chris Cornell had been teleported to the 40s and we were going to the mattresses
open.spotify.com/track/7c9UV6...
It was if Chris Cornell had been teleported to the 40s and we were going to the mattresses
open.spotify.com/track/7c9UV6...
Black Hole Sun
Ramin Djawadi · Westworld: Season 1 (Music from the HBO Series) · Song · 2016
open.spotify.com
May 16, 2025 at 11:41 AM
This was so disorienting 😵💫
It was if Chris Cornell had been teleported to the 40s and we were going to the mattresses
open.spotify.com/track/7c9UV6...
It was if Chris Cornell had been teleported to the 40s and we were going to the mattresses
open.spotify.com/track/7c9UV6...
Have you ever noticed that the price paid for the sunglasses is inversely correlated with the length of ownership?
or is that just me?
or is that just me?
May 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Have you ever noticed that the price paid for the sunglasses is inversely correlated with the length of ownership?
or is that just me?
or is that just me?
Hey look! It's @telizarose.bsky.social on "Women in WordPress" from @poststatus.com with the one and only @michellefrechette.bsky.social 🤩😁
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_os...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_os...
Women in WordPress: Taylor Waldon
YouTube video by Post Status
www.youtube.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Hey look! It's @telizarose.bsky.social on "Women in WordPress" from @poststatus.com with the one and only @michellefrechette.bsky.social 🤩😁
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_os...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_os...
EU OS is a project worth keeping an eye on.
The future of secure platforms is inevitably going to be open source software, whether it's your desktop OS, your browser, your website's CMS, etc. And not JUST for the public sector.
eu-os.gitlab.io
The future of secure platforms is inevitably going to be open source software, whether it's your desktop OS, your browser, your website's CMS, etc. And not JUST for the public sector.
eu-os.gitlab.io
EU OS
Proof-of-Concept OS for the EU
eu-os.gitlab.io
April 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
EU OS is a project worth keeping an eye on.
The future of secure platforms is inevitably going to be open source software, whether it's your desktop OS, your browser, your website's CMS, etc. And not JUST for the public sector.
eu-os.gitlab.io
The future of secure platforms is inevitably going to be open source software, whether it's your desktop OS, your browser, your website's CMS, etc. And not JUST for the public sector.
eu-os.gitlab.io
Reposted by David G. Johnson
"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
April 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
Not me weeping in my kitchen listening to the latest episode of Twenty Thousand Hertz 😭😭😭
www.20k.org/episodes/the...
@20k.bsky.social
www.20k.org/episodes/the...
@20k.bsky.social
“The Autumn, She’s Been Hit!” The wish that changed Halo forever — Twenty Thousand Hertz - The stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds.
In the late ‘90s, Brian Johnson and Brian Morden were suburban teenagers obsessed with video games and music. And then, through an extraordinary wish, the two friends found themselves on a journey tha...
www.20k.org
March 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Not me weeping in my kitchen listening to the latest episode of Twenty Thousand Hertz 😭😭😭
www.20k.org/episodes/the...
@20k.bsky.social
www.20k.org/episodes/the...
@20k.bsky.social
Reposted by David G. Johnson
I'm not going to ask how the f..k this got out, but I, for one, would not like to FA with the hacker trans community.
Authority: friend of dozens of elite trans #infosec allies.
Authority: friend of dozens of elite trans #infosec allies.
Over on X, Chris Rufo is out with a series of leaked internal chats between trans intelligence analysts at NSA, where they talked about things like coming out, bottom surgery, and their sex lives. So yeah, employees should be afraid of things like that even if they’re not fired.
NEWS: In USDA, multiple people have been asked to report the names of LGBTQ employee resource group leaders to higher-ranking officials, according to interviews with workers and a document reviewed by Mother Jones.
+ similar in the Department of the Interior
+ similar in the Department of the Interior
February 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I'm not going to ask how the f..k this got out, but I, for one, would not like to FA with the hacker trans community.
Authority: friend of dozens of elite trans #infosec allies.
Authority: friend of dozens of elite trans #infosec allies.
"Mornings are for coffee and contemplation," Saturday at Siesta Key Village Edition
February 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"Mornings are for coffee and contemplation," Saturday at Siesta Key Village Edition
"Hey. You're gonna say that device down and pay attention to me, right?"
February 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
"Hey. You're gonna say that device down and pay attention to me, right?"
I was always curious about how to make a Molotov cocktail. Who knew that the knowledge would come to me via my favorite cybersecurity podcast?!🤣
First: a portable dog killer
Now: Molotov cocktails
What is Steve Gibson really trying to train us to do?
/s
Hi @leolaporte.me
First: a portable dog killer
Now: Molotov cocktails
What is Steve Gibson really trying to train us to do?
/s
Hi @leolaporte.me
February 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I was always curious about how to make a Molotov cocktail. Who knew that the knowledge would come to me via my favorite cybersecurity podcast?!🤣
First: a portable dog killer
Now: Molotov cocktails
What is Steve Gibson really trying to train us to do?
/s
Hi @leolaporte.me
First: a portable dog killer
Now: Molotov cocktails
What is Steve Gibson really trying to train us to do?
/s
Hi @leolaporte.me
How should we "label" machine-generated speech?
This reminds me of the requirement that electric cars make sounds or even Harley-Davidson's efforts to add sound to electric motorcycles.
Seems like a good episode idea for @20k.bsky.social
www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
This reminds me of the requirement that electric cars make sounds or even Harley-Davidson's efforts to add sound to electric motorcycles.
Seems like a good episode idea for @20k.bsky.social
www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
AIs and Robots Should Sound Robotic - Schneier on Security
Most people know that robots no longer sound like tinny trash cans. They sound like Siri, Alexa, and Gemini. They sound like the voices in labyrinthine customer support phone trees. And even those rob...
www.schneier.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
How should we "label" machine-generated speech?
This reminds me of the requirement that electric cars make sounds or even Harley-Davidson's efforts to add sound to electric motorcycles.
Seems like a good episode idea for @20k.bsky.social
www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
This reminds me of the requirement that electric cars make sounds or even Harley-Davidson's efforts to add sound to electric motorcycles.
Seems like a good episode idea for @20k.bsky.social
www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
That moment when colleagues who have only known you since you grew "the beard" notice the pre-beard pic still lingering on your Github profile 😳
January 31, 2025 at 10:44 PM
That moment when colleagues who have only known you since you grew "the beard" notice the pre-beard pic still lingering on your Github profile 😳
Reposted by David G. Johnson
Why the majority of people in the #WordPress community do not want it to fork: A thread (x-posted). 🧵
(In which I generalize considerably for ease of language and unverified character limits.)
(begin)
(In which I generalize considerably for ease of language and unverified character limits.)
(begin)
January 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Why the majority of people in the #WordPress community do not want it to fork: A thread (x-posted). 🧵
(In which I generalize considerably for ease of language and unverified character limits.)
(begin)
(In which I generalize considerably for ease of language and unverified character limits.)
(begin)
Reposted by David G. Johnson
AI- generated profiles were inevitable. As were AI-generated "influencers."
The question is, why is Meta compelled to create their own?
The question is, why is Meta compelled to create their own?
January 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
AI- generated profiles were inevitable. As were AI-generated "influencers."
The question is, why is Meta compelled to create their own?
The question is, why is Meta compelled to create their own?
Reposted by David G. Johnson
Shout out to all the neurodivergents, heading into a week of over stimulation, no routine, sky high expectations, and non optional socialising.
I see you.
I see you.
December 23, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Shout out to all the neurodivergents, heading into a week of over stimulation, no routine, sky high expectations, and non optional socialising.
I see you.
I see you.
These 2 Florida residents will track down any heat source this time of year 🤣
December 9, 2024 at 4:29 PM
These 2 Florida residents will track down any heat source this time of year 🤣
I've always heard it was Groucho Marx that said "I don’t want to belong to any club that would have me as a member"
And yet:
* This is a phenomenal group of people
* Only one of them actually consented to my inclusion 🤣
Thanks for building such a great list of WordPress people, @shawnhooper.ca!
And yet:
* This is a phenomenal group of people
* Only one of them actually consented to my inclusion 🤣
Thanks for building such a great list of WordPress people, @shawnhooper.ca!
I made my first Starter Pack today. Lots of folks in here I would consider the "old school" WordPress people.
Some aren't as active community anymore, but are still great to keep in touch with.
go.bsky.app/FDnJuyf
#WordPress #StarterPack
Some aren't as active community anymore, but are still great to keep in touch with.
go.bsky.app/FDnJuyf
#WordPress #StarterPack
December 3, 2024 at 11:18 AM
I've always heard it was Groucho Marx that said "I don’t want to belong to any club that would have me as a member"
And yet:
* This is a phenomenal group of people
* Only one of them actually consented to my inclusion 🤣
Thanks for building such a great list of WordPress people, @shawnhooper.ca!
And yet:
* This is a phenomenal group of people
* Only one of them actually consented to my inclusion 🤣
Thanks for building such a great list of WordPress people, @shawnhooper.ca!