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Carrie Dils

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I make the internet. And nachos. Talking about #a11y #CSS #WordPress #OpenSource #WebDev #SSDGM #Menopause and random things https://linktr.ee/cdils

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:dir() - CSS | MDN The :dir() CSS pseudo-class matches elements based on the directionality of the text contained in them.

TIL, the `:dir()` CSS selector is adopted across all major browsers. No more hoping that `<html dir>` was set. What a time to be alive! πŸŽ‰

developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...

09.03.2026 13:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How Claude Skills Replaced Our Documentation Why encoding codebase patterns as AI instructions works better than writing docs nobody...

It’s been a long time since I gave internal and public talks about living documentation. I was quite obsessed with it then.
Now many of those principles are starting to be common thanks to the AI adoption for software development dev.to/magnusrodset...

06.03.2026 14:56 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
EP24 - Menopausal Morning Stiffies (Not Those Ones) - The MenoPosse Showβ„’ Listen to the episode About the episode This episode starts the way many menopause days start: with a little chaos and a lot of feelings. Dannielle had one of those mornings where the brain is moving ...

New episode of The MenoPosse Show πŸŽ™οΈ

Let’s talk about menopausal morning stiffies (not *those* ones).

You know… when you wake up and everything hurts for no clear reason.

What’s helped you loosen up in the mornings? We wanna know!

🎧 Listen here -> themenoposse.show/ep24/

05.03.2026 18:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Change in primary voting rules leads to confusion in 2 Texas counties as voters are turned away Voters in two major Texas counties have been turned away at polling locations and directed to different precincts after a recent change in how the primary is conducted created confusion and frustration.

Voters in two major Texas counties were turned away at polling locations and directed to different precincts Tuesday, after a recent change in how the primary is conducted created confusion and frustration.

04.03.2026 01:15 πŸ‘ 175 πŸ” 85 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 9

TIL that flautas not only look like flutes, but is Spanish for flutes. 🀯
#TheMoreYouKnow

03.03.2026 03:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Building FAIR, and Letting Go of What Could Have Been - Carrie Dils If you’ve paid any attention to happenings in the WordPress space, you know that it’s been a rocky 18 months. Lawsuits. Bans. Fear. Uncertainty. Division.Β  None of us has had the luxury of β€œbusiness a...

The FAIR Package Manager works. We proved the model.

But engineering isn’t the hardest part. Adoption is.

I wrote about the experience, what didn’t happen in #WordPress, and what’s next: carriedils.com/building-fai...

02.03.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Easing Wizard - CSS Easing Editor and Generator Generate and customize CSS easing functions with ease and magical precision using Easing Wizard πŸ§™

Thank you @kevinpowell.co for including a link to easingwizard.com in your newsletter. Not only is this a really helpful tool for building #CSS easing functions, but it's pretty and fun to play with. :)

01.03.2026 18:34 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Second star to the right and straight on till morning… - FAIR Today, Joost de Valk and Karim Marucchi announced that they are stepping away from their work on FAIR. We want to thank them publicly for their vision, energy, and willingness to take on hard problems...

Ever forward: fair.pm/blog/2026/02...

#OpenSource

26.02.2026 20:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is terrible.

www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

26.02.2026 13:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Inconceivable

25.02.2026 02:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

😳πŸ₯Ά

22.02.2026 15:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Over a half mill raised for The Advocates For Human Rights so far during the Brandi Carlile live stream. Minnesota 🫢🏼

#HumanTour #BrandiCarlile #MinnesotaStrong

22.02.2026 03:07 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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prefers-reduced-motion - CSS | MDN The prefers-reduced-motion CSS media feature is used to detect if a user has enabled a setting on their device to minimize the amount of non-essential motion. The setting is used to convey to the browser on the device that the user prefers an interface that removes, reduces, or replaces motion-based animations.

Dear developers,
Please respect the reduced-motion preferences of your users.
I'm tired of your websites making me nauseous.
Motion is fun until it makes your users sick.

Here you go: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...

18.02.2026 09:54 πŸ‘ 88 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

Oh nice–I'll take a look!

17.02.2026 14:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What are y'all using for cloud backups of your hard drive these days? I've been using BackBlaze. I haven't had problems, but I've also never had to use it to restore. I've heard it can be problematic.

What do you like/use?

17.02.2026 14:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Purchased and installed. Thanks for the tip!

17.02.2026 14:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Definitely a fan of brew. I think it might’ve even been @ipstenu.org who turned me to that many years ago.

13.02.2026 19:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That's a really good idea.

13.02.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In your spare time (🀣) you should journal the process/experience

13.02.2026 01:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ooh I’m thinking tomtoc might be the bag you showed me in Miami?

13.02.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats on being #1

13.02.2026 01:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Orbstack and MacWhisper are the only things not in my current setup. I’ve got a very stable docker/lando workflow so a little hesitant to mess with it, but I appreciate the tip!

And always a new laptop is a good excuse to get a new backpack! 😁 I’ve never had a tomtoc! Like it better than Timbuktu?

13.02.2026 01:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It arrives tomorrow. :)

12.02.2026 23:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Too late. Lol

12.02.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m getting a new MacBook for the first time in the post-COVID era. I love the clean slate of a new machine and am not going for a full disk migration.

That said, have any pro tips for the switchover?

12.02.2026 22:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

New Alexa update: re-enables Follow Up mode (even though I previously had this disabled) and now treats background chatter as a formal invitation. Apparently β€œuser settings” now means β€œhelpful suggestions.” If this is progress, I’d like the version that understands consent.

Alexa must go.

11.02.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Brandi Carlile - Human (Live With The BBC Concert Orchestra) Listen to Human (Live With The BBC Concert Orchestra) by Brandi Carlile.

If you need something lovely in your timeline this morning, check out Brandi Carlile performing Human with the BBC Concert Orchestra.

brandicarlile.lnk.to/HumanBBC

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Sounds like hemorrhoids indeed!

09.02.2026 02:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah…

09.02.2026 01:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0