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Sarah Giffrow @sarahgiffrow.bsky.social · 14h

Once again I’m here to remind y’all that your web developer shouldn’t need Elementor or Divi or whatever other page builder to design for Wordpress.

It’s a dependency and a paid license that will absolutely become a problem for you down the road.

Your Go-To Marketing Nerds 🤓 @upsweptcreative.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s an unpopular opinion: you DON’T need a pagebuilder to build a high-quality Wordpress website.

In fact, you could be inviting more trouble than you bargained for, if you DO have one installed.

#WordpressDeveloper
#PageBuilder

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jeremy kaplowitz @jeremykaplowitz.com · Aug 3

you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am

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Sarah Giffrow @sarahgiffrow.bsky.social · 1d

See you there? 😆

Sarah Giffrow @sarahgiffrow.bsky.social · 1d

When you get this text from an unknown number but you’re self-employed.

Nice try, dingusbot

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Sarah Giffrow @sarahgiffrow.bsky.social · 1d

My way of playing games is 50% watching what other people do, and 50% asking, “okay so what do I roll?”

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 1d

i will be doing a round of WE WANT YOU TO HAVE THIS which gives free jewelry gifts and glass art to trans people on OCTOBER 25TH at 9AM mountain (denver) time

bookmark this page and come back and sign up if you are trans and want something from me you can't afford nora.jewelry/pages/we-wan...

We Want You To Have This: Jewelry Gifts For Trans People

Requests for gifts are now closed! The next round will be on Saturday, October 25th at 9AM. If you submitted for the 10-8-25 round you will receive your gift card in your email by 10-9-25 afternoon. J...

nora.jewelry

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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 1d

The ACA gives people freedom to walk away from abusive partners and exploitative jobs.

Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 1d

The ACA allowed me to leave an abusive ex. I had a large, complex ovarian cyst (which I knew about bc I pretended to go to work and went to the ER instead - I was forbidden from going and told it was selfish).

He held the promise of the surgery I needed over my head. Until he couldn't anymore.

Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 1d

My best friend was able to leave her abusive husband because the ACA made it possible for her to still get health insurance

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 1d

Good lord police you're looking for someone who robbed an art museum the guy is RIGHT THERE

Original photo from post showing a well dressed man with a blazer, hat and umbrella standing next to police. I have helpfully circled the man on the photo and drawn arrows pointing at him to help law enforcement

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 1d

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.

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Sarah Giffrow @sarahgiffrow.bsky.social · 3d

I’m pitting ChatGPT against organic Google search for next week’s The Radical Marketer, and the results are both better and worse than I expected 😆 subscribe and read all about it: www.theradicalmarketer.com

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4d

Only 15 people had signed the Defense Department’s new press policy as of Thursday afternoon.

Journalists from nearly every major U.S. news outlet, including The Post, turned in their press badges after refusing to adhere to the new rules.

More than 100 people cover the Pentagon. These are the 15 who signed its new press policy.

The Federalist, the Epoch Times, and One America News signed the Defense Department’s press rules. The rest are freelancers, independent or work for media outfits based overseas.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Sarah Giffrow @sarahgiffrow.bsky.social · 4d

Seriously, I feel robbed every time

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Sarah Giffrow @sarahgiffrow.bsky.social · 4d

I really just cannot with AI-generated content OR social media algorithms. There’s enough rage bait in the world without having to wholesale make it up. @hankgreen.bsky.social makes very real points about it: www.instagram.com/reel/DP2iHXY...

hankgreen on Instagram: "Ruddy the dog isn’t real, but the outrage is.View all 605 comments"

Ruddy the dog isn’t real, but the outrage is.

www.instagram.com

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Sarah Giffrow @sarahgiffrow.bsky.social · 5d

Dude, that movie is EXACTLY goofy fun. Like maybe it’d be a red flag if your partner hated it

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 5d

Here’s my thing: you’re telling me Anthropic and OpenAI both anticipate they’ll make $2 billion a month by end of 2026. How are they *so* much further away than literally everyone - each more than the AI revenues of Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Salesforce *combined*? Why is nobody even close?

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 5d

Sources: Anthropic is on track to meet an internal goal of $9B in annual revenue run rate by the end of 2025 and is targeting $20B to $26B for 2026 (Reuters)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Sarah Giffrow @sarahgiffrow.bsky.social · 5d

It doesn’t naturally occur in a lot of people, in fairness! It’s funny to me that it manifests as somewhat oblique quotations with that particular group of humans, though

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · Nov 22

Hi! You're seeing this because someone noticed you posting an image that doesn't contain alt text. This is not a scolding! You are loved! But everyone needs to be convinced using alt text is socially mandatory. (I sure had to be shown the way as well!) Would you mind reading this🧵 about it and why?

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Sarah Giffrow @sarahgiffrow.bsky.social · 5d

Why do so many therapists want to put quotations at the top of their websites?

Like, I understand how it relates to their practice and all, but it doesn’t relate to the person their website is for (i.e. their prospective client)

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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸🐝🦄 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 6d

And this is how you professionally troll a puritanical Christian Nationalist. BUTTS AND BOOBS!

Portland: 10
Johnson: 0

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

U.S. House Speaker calls Portland naked bike ride ‘most threatening thing I’ve seen yet’

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Sarah Giffrow @sarahgiffrow.bsky.social · 6d

Confirmed my status as an old: came home to a package on my doorstep and whooped, “hooray, my socks!”

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Sarah Giffrow @sarahgiffrow.bsky.social · 6d

I will never not be delighted by that movie 😆

two men are standing next to each other and one of them is saying `` hello , computer ? '' .

ALT: two men are standing next to each other and one of them is saying `` hello , computer ? '' .

media.tenor.com

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Sarah Giffrow @sarahgiffrow.bsky.social · 6d

I want to include examples for my Instagram Bio Reconfigurator worksheet, so now I’m trying to come up with a 150-character elevator pitch for Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery Scott.

Sometimes my job is pretty fun.

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Sarah Giffrow @sarahgiffrow.bsky.social · 6d

Pump the brakes before you delete!

Your Go-To Marketing Nerds 🤓 @upsweptcreative.bsky.social · 6d

Ready to kick social media to the curb forever? Hold up: there’s still the question of what to do with your account, once you've posted your last post.

More here: https://www.theradicalmarketer.com/hit-pause-before-you-delete-instagram/

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 6d

Capitalism is a funny thing, because GenAI/LLM technology is considered successful not because of what it does, but because of its ability to attract venture capitalist investors

Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 9d

AI bubble now 17 times bigger than dot-com boom and four times larger than subprime crisis, per MW

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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 9d

Portland police arrested a right-wing agitator at the ICE facility. Protesters say this man punched a woman in the face on video. I’ll update if I see the video, but it seems very likely given how fast PPB responded and what everyone is saying.

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