Mary Baum
@marybaum.bsky.social
WordPress Core team. Release co-lead, 6.5, 5.5.2; fingers in 5.3-6.8. Dev blog.
Typography, tennis, FriendFeed, CSS, cats, Blender, Boeing fighters. Grandmother.
marybaum.com
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Typography, tennis, FriendFeed, CSS, cats, Blender, Boeing fighters. Grandmother.
marybaum.com
profiles.wordpress.org/marybaum/
supportinclusionintech.com
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Mary Baum
@marybaum.bsky.social
· Jan 31
I am serious about supporting local journalism. If you want to report the stories, I will get you set up technically.
And I will keep you online.
HMU.
PS>Any hosting partners wanna step up? How about one shared account for the first three new local publications?
(Traffic will be small at first)
And I will keep you online.
HMU.
PS>Any hosting partners wanna step up? How about one shared account for the first three new local publications?
(Traffic will be small at first)
"Early Detection: Catching Cancer When It's Curable" by Bruce Ratner, Adam Bonislawski
Published in 2024, so not very outdated. But I’m not even finished with it and I’m impressed!
Free on Kindle Unlimited. a.co/6s8qdSc
Published in 2024, so not very outdated. But I’m not even finished with it and I’m impressed!
Free on Kindle Unlimited. a.co/6s8qdSc
Early Detection: Catching Cancer When It's Curable
Shared via Kindle. Description: <p><b>The Second-Leading Killer in the USA Shouldn’t Be This Deadly</b></p><p><i>Written by Bruce Ratner and Adam Bonislawski, ….</i></p><p>Catching cancer <u>early</u>...
a.co
November 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
"Early Detection: Catching Cancer When It's Curable" by Bruce Ratner, Adam Bonislawski
Published in 2024, so not very outdated. But I’m not even finished with it and I’m impressed!
Free on Kindle Unlimited. a.co/6s8qdSc
Published in 2024, so not very outdated. But I’m not even finished with it and I’m impressed!
Free on Kindle Unlimited. a.co/6s8qdSc
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WordPress Podcasts.
WP Podcasts
Search every episode of every WordPress podcast and find what you need to hear.
wppodcasts.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:09 AM
WordPress Podcasts.
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“Design decisions lay the foundation for accessibility. Baking inclusive practices into the visual language, from colour contrast to interaction patterns, is the fastest and very least expensive time to do it.”
Accessibility on the web isn’t optional, it’s essential.
As designers, developers, and content creators, we have a responsibility to make the web inclusive for everyone.
#WCEH #WordPress #Accessibility
canada.wordcamp.org/2025/designi...
As designers, developers, and content creators, we have a responsibility to make the web inclusive for everyone.
#WCEH #WordPress #Accessibility
canada.wordcamp.org/2025/designi...
Designing for Everyone: Sustaining Accessibility in Higher Ed
Accessibility in higher ed isn’t solved with a checklist. It takes consistent effort across teams, and a shared commitment to doing things right.
canada.wordcamp.org
September 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
“Design decisions lay the foundation for accessibility. Baking inclusive practices into the visual language, from colour contrast to interaction patterns, is the fastest and very least expensive time to do it.”
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“If WordPress is robust enough to meet CERN’s security, accessibility, and scalability standards, it’s more than ready for enterprise use across industries—from education and healthcare to government and media.”
🚀 CERN—birthplace of the World Wide Web—just migrated 1,000+ sites from Drupal to #WordPress.
Their reason? "Empowerment through simplicity."
If WP is good enough for the world's most advanced particle physics lab, it's ready for your enterprise too.
🔗 ow.ly/Ey7650WFje6
Their reason? "Empowerment through simplicity."
If WP is good enough for the world's most advanced particle physics lab, it's ready for your enterprise too.
🔗 ow.ly/Ey7650WFje6
August 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“If WordPress is robust enough to meet CERN’s security, accessibility, and scalability standards, it’s more than ready for enterprise use across industries—from education and healthcare to government and media.”
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Curious about how the WordPress Developer Blog can build your skills and connect you with a global community? Join host @nonstopnewsuk.bsky.social and guests @justintadlock.bsky.social and @marybaum.bsky.social https://openchannels.fm/learn-share-and-grow-with-the-wordpress-developer-blog-community/
Unlocking WordPress Growth: Tips from Developer Blog Experts
Join Abha Thakor as she explores the WordPress Developer Blog with Justin Tadlock and Mary Baum, sharing tips for developers at all levels.
openchannels.fm
July 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Curious about how the WordPress Developer Blog can build your skills and connect you with a global community? Join host @nonstopnewsuk.bsky.social and guests @justintadlock.bsky.social and @marybaum.bsky.social https://openchannels.fm/learn-share-and-grow-with-the-wordpress-developer-blog-community/
Not until the price drops to half that methinks. I just bought a 24 for about $250; sure as hell not spending $300 for the other six 😜
July 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Not until the price drops to half that methinks. I just bought a 24 for about $250; sure as hell not spending $300 for the other six 😜
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Craft is its own reward.
July 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Craft is its own reward.
It will always be hilarious to me that there’s a dispensary in the same building as the Creve Coeur, MO City Hall.
“I’m going to pick up some gummies before traffic court.”
“K hun. Just don’t eat any until you get home.”
“I’m going to pick up some gummies before traffic court.”
“K hun. Just don’t eat any until you get home.”
July 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It will always be hilarious to me that there’s a dispensary in the same building as the Creve Coeur, MO City Hall.
“I’m going to pick up some gummies before traffic court.”
“K hun. Just don’t eat any until you get home.”
“I’m going to pick up some gummies before traffic court.”
“K hun. Just don’t eat any until you get home.”
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NEW ALBUM NEWS
We’re throwing ourselves headlong into a BRAND NEW JESUS JONES album! We’re hoping to have it released by the end of this year, and it’s going to be called…….. “Twilight”
We’re throwing ourselves headlong into a BRAND NEW JESUS JONES album! We’re hoping to have it released by the end of this year, and it’s going to be called…….. “Twilight”
July 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
NEW ALBUM NEWS
We’re throwing ourselves headlong into a BRAND NEW JESUS JONES album! We’re hoping to have it released by the end of this year, and it’s going to be called…….. “Twilight”
We’re throwing ourselves headlong into a BRAND NEW JESUS JONES album! We’re hoping to have it released by the end of this year, and it’s going to be called…….. “Twilight”
When I was in college I asked my parents when I would be old enough to use a trampoline.
They said, “When you’re a hundred.”
I told mine the same thing when they were kids, but they can make up their own minds now that they’re adults.
apple.news/A_KvYuUQqTTO...
They said, “When you’re a hundred.”
I told mine the same thing when they were kids, but they can make up their own minds now that they’re adults.
apple.news/A_KvYuUQqTTO...
Are You in Trampoline Denial? — New York Magazine
Bouncing on one is the birthday-party activity of the moment. But doctors say, actually, kids should not be on them at all.
apple.news
June 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
When I was in college I asked my parents when I would be old enough to use a trampoline.
They said, “When you’re a hundred.”
I told mine the same thing when they were kids, but they can make up their own minds now that they’re adults.
apple.news/A_KvYuUQqTTO...
They said, “When you’re a hundred.”
I told mine the same thing when they were kids, but they can make up their own minds now that they’re adults.
apple.news/A_KvYuUQqTTO...
Come see Dave Winer at WordCamp Canada!
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canada.wordcamp.org/2025/wceh-ke...
WCEH Keynote: Dave Winer
It’s our great pleasure to introduce Dave Winer as a keynote speaker for WordCamp Canada.
canada.wordcamp.org
June 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Come see Dave Winer at WordCamp Canada!
canada.wordcamp.org/2025/wceh-ke...
canada.wordcamp.org/2025/wceh-ke...
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Jesus Christ, Trump just bombed Iran w/o Congressional approval. I studied international relations formally and intensively for 7 years before turning to librarianship and I don't have wods for how fucking bad this is.
June 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Jesus Christ, Trump just bombed Iran w/o Congressional approval. I studied international relations formally and intensively for 7 years before turning to librarianship and I don't have wods for how fucking bad this is.
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I recently migrated the ~80 file JavaScript codebase of the AI Services WordPress plugin to TypeScript - a perfect use-case for AI assistance, for such a beneficial yet tedious task.
Read more about how using Cline and Gemini sped things up substantially: felix-arntz.me/blog/migrati...
Read more about how using Cline and Gemini sped things up substantially: felix-arntz.me/blog/migrati...
Migrating Your JavaScript Codebase to TypeScript with AI - felix-arntz.me
Get inspired for AI assisted development through my experience of migrating a JavaScript codebase to TypeScript using Cline and Gemini.
felix-arntz.me
June 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I recently migrated the ~80 file JavaScript codebase of the AI Services WordPress plugin to TypeScript - a perfect use-case for AI assistance, for such a beneficial yet tedious task.
Read more about how using Cline and Gemini sped things up substantially: felix-arntz.me/blog/migrati...
Read more about how using Cline and Gemini sped things up substantially: felix-arntz.me/blog/migrati...
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The @wordpress.org Security Team will be discontinuing updates to the WP 4.1-4.6 branches in July.
As a reminder: only the most recent version of WordPress is actively supported. Currently, this is 6.8.
Please update your sites today!
As a reminder: only the most recent version of WordPress is actively supported. Currently, this is 6.8.
Please update your sites today!
Security updates will cease for WordPress versions 4.1 through 4.6
The WordPress Security Team will cease providing updates for WordPress versions 4.1 – 4.6 in July 2025. Officially only the latest version of WordPress is supported. The Security Team histori…
make.wordpress.org
June 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The @wordpress.org Security Team will be discontinuing updates to the WP 4.1-4.6 branches in July.
As a reminder: only the most recent version of WordPress is actively supported. Currently, this is 6.8.
Please update your sites today!
As a reminder: only the most recent version of WordPress is actively supported. Currently, this is 6.8.
Please update your sites today!
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Mel is amazing and you should check this out.
June 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Mel is amazing and you should check this out.
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i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!
Everyone Is Using A.I. for Everything. Is That Bad?
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!
Get your docs read! All the way to the end wordpress.tv/2025/06/07/g...
Get your docs read! All the way to the end
If more people read the docs, articles and blog posts that support your WordPress products, and read them all the way through, could you focus more on building and less on support? Or, put another …
wordpress.tv
June 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Get your docs read! All the way to the end wordpress.tv/2025/06/07/g...
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Awesome workshop by @milana-cap.bsky.social about the #InterativityAPI at #WCEU. A slow train that leads to understanding the complex and powerful #WordPress feature.
June 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Awesome workshop by @milana-cap.bsky.social about the #InterativityAPI at #WCEU. A slow train that leads to understanding the complex and powerful #WordPress feature.
The Chateau at Chillon.
June 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The Chateau at Chillon.
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it’s pride month and if you’re straight you have to be nice to me for the next 30 days, sorry not sorry
June 1, 2025 at 7:02 AM
it’s pride month and if you’re straight you have to be nice to me for the next 30 days, sorry not sorry
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Dear Mike Johnson and friends,
May 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Dear Mike Johnson and friends,
White mediocrity. Oy gevalt.
White people are unhinged.
why are we like this.
May 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
White mediocrity. Oy gevalt.
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I hate this so much.
May 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I hate this so much.
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