Aaron Jorbin

Internship: Sharpen your digital skills by redesigning SND’s website - Society for News Design SND is seeking a Website Design Intern to join our team and work on a comprehensive website development project. This internship will provide hands-on experience in various stages of website developme...

The Society for News Design is looking for a paid intern and if selected it looks like you will get the opportunity to work with one of the most talented and wonderful people I know, @yurivictor.bsky.social. snd.org/2025-fall-in...

Do you dream of attending your first #WCUS but need a little help? The Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship is dedicated to supporting women contributors attending for the first time. If you qualify and need assistance, apply by July 25. us.wordcamp.org/2025/apply-no...

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My condolences

You didn't take the Voight-Kampff test, did you?

Some initial questions about FAIR - Aaron Jorbin Congratulations to the FAIR team on thier launch. 1.0 is the lonliest number, so getting to to this milestone is something for them to celebrate and I hope the team behind it feels great about getting...

Over the weekend, some members of the WordPress community introduced the FAIR protocol. I spent some time reading the documentaiton and have come up with a list of initial questions I am trying to answer about if anyone wants to help me find the answers

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Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar's response to the double murder in DC versus Republican congressman Randy Fine's.

So where people putting the fun little projects that currently live on Glitch now that it is shutting down?

i wrote about the news about @glitch.com that came out today. i hope i come across as frustrated yet hopeful and grateful as i truly am

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Maybe when I am as old as you I will

The best part of going for an eye exam in your 40s is confirming you don't need bifocals

Account Manager Job Posting - WebDevStudios Full-time, remote work opportunity for an Account Manager at WebDevStudios. We are a team of innovative and creative thinkers who build awesome things for amazing clients!

We're hiring an Account Manager at @webdevstudios.com! Looking for the right person to join our team to help create & build client relationships for our WordPress Agency. Fully remote full-time position with good pay and benefits. Check it out and spread the word! webdevstudios.com/careers/acco...

A steel plate with brisket, ribs, beans, slaw, white bread, pickles, onions, and jalapeños along with a sweet tea and water

I assume it’s a requirement of being a WordPress Core committer that I eat BBQ when in Texas.

Accessibility Focused Bug Scrub – 15 May 2025 In celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, a scrub of stagnant Accessibility focused tickets will be held in the #core slack channel at . The goal of this scrub is to help move tickets t…

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Joe Jackson should be in the Hall of Fame, Pete Rose hurt the integrity of the game and should not.

Global Accessibility Awareness Day is coming up on 15 May (Thursday). To celebrate, I'm going to spend some time scrubbing through some of the accessibility focused tickets in WordPress Core. Who wants to join me?

Congratulations. This change should give you plenty of time to cheer for the Bears.

They hated Illinois Nazis as well.

If you root for the Packers, you are living in sin

Malört is now holy water

From Chicago's south suburbs to helping choose the next pope Cardinal Robert Prevost joins the conclave Wednesday to pick Pope Francis' successor. His rise in the faith began at a South Side church. "Even as a young teenager, he knew what he wanted to do and wh...

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Finally, a pope that can teach the Italians about good pizza!

WordPress 6.8.1 has been released and I think it's the best version of WordPress ever released! wordpress.org/news/2025/04...

Part of me wants to start replying and blaming him for the performance of the White Sox. Like why did he think Craig Kimbrel was the missing piece in 2021?

WordPress Contribution History - Peter Wilson Review an individual contributor's history of props to WordPress Core and the credit they received in each release.

I've added a page to my website to show a history of a person's contributions to WordPress Core and the props they received in each release. peterwilson.cc/wordpress-co...

WordPress 6.8.1 RC1 is now available WordPress 6.8.1 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is available for testing! Some ways you can help test this minor release: Use the WordPress Beta Tester plugin As t…

6.8.1 RC1 is now available for testing and includes fixes for 15 issues. Please help test before the final release make.wordpress.org/core/2025/04...

Insert niche comment related to travel that is a reference to a musical here

WordPress is different. Being open-source, and closely tied to the community (would Steve Ballmer listen to your feedback?), it has a different philosophy – “The software is wrong, not the people.”

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With minor releases being the focus of WordPress for the rest of 2025, I've written up some thoughts on how we can set this up for success. aaron.jorb.in/defining-min...

WordPress release day: When you find out which organizations actually tested during RC and which didn't based on the bug reports that get filed.

Dotorg Core Committers Check In On March 27, 2025 nearly 30 core committers, project leaders, and core team members gathered to discuss the release cadence and if there is a need to change it. The impotence for this conversation …

"The current plans...are for 6.8 (due this month) to be the final major release of 2025"

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