Josh Betz
@jsh.bz
Tech Lead at Auth0 (Okta). Previously WordPress VIP and WooCommerce at Automattic. https://josh.blog
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“Kavanaugh stops” is a tremendous term term for cops racially profiling people and someone should start a crowdfunding effort to pay a bunch of SEC sorority influencers to popularize it on TikTok. We must fight fire with devastating trending topics slate.com/news-and-pol...
There’s a New Lawsuit Against “Kavanaugh Stops.” It’s Absolutely Devastating.
These detentions, far from the “brief” inconvenience the justice described, are often lengthy, violent, and dangerous.
slate.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
“Kavanaugh stops” is a tremendous term term for cops racially profiling people and someone should start a crowdfunding effort to pay a bunch of SEC sorority influencers to popularize it on TikTok. We must fight fire with devastating trending topics slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Can we all agree now that they never gave a shit about the deficit? It was only ever a convenient excuse for keeping as much money as possible in the hands of big corporations and billionaires.
July 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Can we all agree now that they never gave a shit about the deficit? It was only ever a convenient excuse for keeping as much money as possible in the hands of big corporations and billionaires.
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The Republican spending bill is a historic theft that will take from the poor to give to the already-rich.
Republicans passed this knowing people will die.
They know people will lose their health care.
They know children will go hungry.
They will own the tragic results. We can't let them forget.
Republicans passed this knowing people will die.
They know people will lose their health care.
They know children will go hungry.
They will own the tragic results. We can't let them forget.
July 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The Republican spending bill is a historic theft that will take from the poor to give to the already-rich.
Republicans passed this knowing people will die.
They know people will lose their health care.
They know children will go hungry.
They will own the tragic results. We can't let them forget.
Republicans passed this knowing people will die.
They know people will lose their health care.
They know children will go hungry.
They will own the tragic results. We can't let them forget.
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Republicans in Congress have voted to devastate millions of people across our nation — kicking Americans off their health care, shuttering hospitals, eliminating food assistance, and raising costs.
This is Project 2025 in action.
This is Project 2025 in action.
July 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Republicans in Congress have voted to devastate millions of people across our nation — kicking Americans off their health care, shuttering hospitals, eliminating food assistance, and raising costs.
This is Project 2025 in action.
This is Project 2025 in action.
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Republicans in the House just cheered as they voted to kick 17 million people off their health care.
July 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Republicans in the House just cheered as they voted to kick 17 million people off their health care.
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My self-introduction post on the WordCamp Canada blog. canada.wordcamp.org
June 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
My self-introduction post on the WordCamp Canada blog. canada.wordcamp.org
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June 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Kash Patel and Pam Bondi are real quiet when a Dem Gov’s mansion is burned and two MN lawmakers are targeted for assassination. It’s almost as if they only care about one side being targeted for violence….
June 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Kash Patel and Pam Bondi are real quiet when a Dem Gov’s mansion is burned and two MN lawmakers are targeted for assassination. It’s almost as if they only care about one side being targeted for violence….
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I kept this screenshot assuming someday we might be asked to forget.
January 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I kept this screenshot assuming someday we might be asked to forget.
It is so weird to get an ad for like Zip Recruiter on a podcast about American troops being deployed in American city against Americans
June 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It is so weird to get an ad for like Zip Recruiter on a podcast about American troops being deployed in American city against Americans
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When Americans raised concerns about RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine views, he said he was "not gonna take away vaccines from anybody."
But now he's taking them away from millions of mommas and babies.
Vaccine recommendations should be based on science, not RFK Jr.'s political agenda.
But now he's taking them away from millions of mommas and babies.
Vaccine recommendations should be based on science, not RFK Jr.'s political agenda.
May 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
When Americans raised concerns about RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine views, he said he was "not gonna take away vaccines from anybody."
But now he's taking them away from millions of mommas and babies.
Vaccine recommendations should be based on science, not RFK Jr.'s political agenda.
But now he's taking them away from millions of mommas and babies.
Vaccine recommendations should be based on science, not RFK Jr.'s political agenda.
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Twelve years (and 2.1 billion views) ago, when my brother and I decided that we could make videos that could maybe help people in their high school and college educations and then give them away for free, no one was there to tell us we were crazy, and I am very glad for that...🧵
May 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Twelve years (and 2.1 billion views) ago, when my brother and I decided that we could make videos that could maybe help people in their high school and college educations and then give them away for free, no one was there to tell us we were crazy, and I am very glad for that...🧵
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Global average temperatures are spiking, rising faster than climate models seem able to explain, and in a sane world, every country would be united in a full-scale effort to figure this out & respond. Instead the US is dismantling its scientific infrastructure.
The World’s Most Urgent Scientific Question
https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/wmo-confirms-2024-warmest-year-record-about-155degc-above-pre-industrial-level
There is no question more urgent than the one indicated by that red arrow in the graph...
app.wedonthavetime.org
May 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Global average temperatures are spiking, rising faster than climate models seem able to explain, and in a sane world, every country would be united in a full-scale effort to figure this out & respond. Instead the US is dismantling its scientific infrastructure.
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My latest guide on WordPress emails explains how it all works:
✅ How wp_mail() really works
✅ Setting headers, SMTP, and DKIM correctly
✅ Using filters like phpmailer_init to lock it all in
👉 Read the guide: wpelevator.com/guides/wordp...
✅ How wp_mail() really works
✅ Setting headers, SMTP, and DKIM correctly
✅ Using filters like phpmailer_init to lock it all in
👉 Read the guide: wpelevator.com/guides/wordp...
WordPress Emails
All transactional emails in WordPress are sent by the wp_mail() function which is one of the "pluggable" functions (can be overwritten) in wp-includes/pluggable.php. Tip: Use the Mail Pilot plugin to…
wpelevator.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
My latest guide on WordPress emails explains how it all works:
✅ How wp_mail() really works
✅ Setting headers, SMTP, and DKIM correctly
✅ Using filters like phpmailer_init to lock it all in
👉 Read the guide: wpelevator.com/guides/wordp...
✅ How wp_mail() really works
✅ Setting headers, SMTP, and DKIM correctly
✅ Using filters like phpmailer_init to lock it all in
👉 Read the guide: wpelevator.com/guides/wordp...
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For pretty much any government agency you can think of, if their software doesn't work, the agency doesn't work. DOGE fucked up the FAA's software, and people are going to die because of it.
Radar screens at Newark airport went black again overnight
Radar screens at New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport went black again early Friday morning.
abcnews.go.com
May 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
For pretty much any government agency you can think of, if their software doesn't work, the agency doesn't work. DOGE fucked up the FAA's software, and people are going to die because of it.
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ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn
April 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn
What is the deal with people running in huge AirPods Max headphones? It seems so u comfortable. Don’t they get all sweaty and gross?
April 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
What is the deal with people running in huge AirPods Max headphones? It seems so u comfortable. Don’t they get all sweaty and gross?
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It costs more to administrate & collect fees for school lunch programs than to just provide the lunches for free.
Saves on the salary needed for a cashier, administrative efforts to collect (often small) past due balances, the overhead of determining who does or doesn't qualify for free programs.
Saves on the salary needed for a cashier, administrative efforts to collect (often small) past due balances, the overhead of determining who does or doesn't qualify for free programs.
April 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It costs more to administrate & collect fees for school lunch programs than to just provide the lunches for free.
Saves on the salary needed for a cashier, administrative efforts to collect (often small) past due balances, the overhead of determining who does or doesn't qualify for free programs.
Saves on the salary needed for a cashier, administrative efforts to collect (often small) past due balances, the overhead of determining who does or doesn't qualify for free programs.
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DOGE claims it will take only a few months to replace legacy systems at the Social Security Administration. Having worked on similar modernization efforts before, we can tell you that isn’t true—here’s why.
Replacing legacy systems
Barriers to replacing legacy systems, and how 18F successfully approached modernization work.
18f.org
April 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
DOGE claims it will take only a few months to replace legacy systems at the Social Security Administration. Having worked on similar modernization efforts before, we can tell you that isn’t true—here’s why.
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Head Start, an early childhood education program for low income families, is on the chopping block. Growing up, my own mom was an aide with the program; it’s helped countless young mothers, including the one who tells her story here.
www.kqed.org/news/1203596...
www.kqed.org/news/1203596...
April 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Head Start, an early childhood education program for low income families, is on the chopping block. Growing up, my own mom was an aide with the program; it’s helped countless young mothers, including the one who tells her story here.
www.kqed.org/news/1203596...
www.kqed.org/news/1203596...
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
April 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
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Remember: Republicans in Congress can put a stop to this at any time.
April 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Remember: Republicans in Congress can put a stop to this at any time.