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Nate Lampton @quicksketch.org · 1d

I put the entire description for the Lampton coat of arms into Sora to see if it could generate a stained glass pattern. Incredible results. Attached are the notarized description, a commissioned drawing we inherited, and the Sora output.

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Jen Lampton @jenlampton.bsky.social · Jul 29

I just voted in the #FOSSAwards2025 and supported my favorite open-source projects! Cast your vote now: www.20i.com/foss-awards

20i FOSS Awards

The 20i FOSS Awards are here to celebrate the contribution self-hosted Free Open Source Software makes to our lives every day. The 20i FOSS Awards are your chance to recognise all the hard work that g...

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Jen Lampton @jenlampton.bsky.social · Jun 20

I am creating a new repo on @gitlab.com. Yes, it's because I'm leaving BitBucket -- but why would the *only* option be to manually upload an export? What's wrong with `git push`?

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Jen Lampton @jenlampton.bsky.social · Jun 10

I don't mind paying for a good service, but I have a lot of instances where a client will end up hitting domain or API key limits in a way that costs them hundreds of dollars when they really only have like 200 emails/mo across all domains.

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Jen Lampton @jenlampton.bsky.social · Jun 10

Horrid support is from my own personal experiences with them in the past, delivery reputation was based on current tests (run in 2025)

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Jen Lampton @jenlampton.bsky.social · Jun 10

Sengdrid free tiers are being discontinued in 60 days, that's why I'm in the market again :(

Jen Lampton @jenlampton.bsky.social · May 30

Sooooo what are we using for SMTP providers nowadays?

I'm looking for one with decent support that has a free tier for the little guys who need only help with pw resets :)
bit.ly/smtp-services

SMTP Providers

bit.ly

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Jen Lampton @jenlampton.bsky.social · May 29

This is certainly better than needing to click to open the modal - but surely there's a way around the modal all together... Is this missing feature not driving everyone else up the wall too?

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Jen Lampton @jenlampton.bsky.social · May 27

Has anyone found a google docs extension that will allow you to highlight some text, paste a URL, and have that URL become a link around the text? You know, like almost all other modern rich-text editors? Surely this exists by now?

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Sarah Kelly @sarahkelly.bsky.social · May 10

Actually the best life advice I ever got: Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly. A half-cleaned room is better than an uncleaned room. Occasionally flossing is better than never flossing. A 10-minute workout is better than no workout. When it’s all you can do to get out of bed, get out of bed.

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.bsky.social · May 22

Here's my talk from I/O along with the companion blog post that rounds up all of the links mentioned. It's been a very exciting year for the web, and all the new Baseline tooling we've just announced can help you understand when to adopt these new features. web.dev/blog/whats-n...

What's new in web | Blog | web.dev

A roundup of everything mentioned in the What's New in Web talk at Google I/O.

web.dev

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WIRED @wired.com · May 22

tired: people AI-generating rando images of themselves as anime

WIRED: AI’s energy use already represents as much as 20 percent of global data-center power demand, new analysis has found

AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demand—and It’s Only Getting Worse

A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity being consumed by AI.

www.wired.com

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Jen Lampton @jenlampton.bsky.social · May 23

I'm doing this right now! Thanks for sharing 🥰

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markie @markie.bsky.social · May 22

What a great MidCamp! Here's a link to my session, with the video and access to the slides.

www.midcamp.org/2025/topic-p...

Get off your SASS (and use native CSS) | MidCamp

With the introduction of Single Directory Components and the ability to have CSS bound to a component, it is not as necessary to have your design system “built”. One can use native CSS (and JS) in eac...

www.midcamp.org

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DrupalChix @drupalchix.bsky.social · May 12

These are the people we should be listening to about AI, not greedy executives and vulture capitalists

Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · May 11

This week's the week! THE AI CON drops on Tuesday!

You can join @emilymbender.bsky.social and I tomorrow for our Family Action Network book event with @timnitgebru.bsky.social!

us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We also kick off our book tour on Thursday! Check TheCon.ai/events for details.

Flyer for an event:

An image of Emily M. Bender, a white woman with glasses and curly hair, slightly smiling, wearing a blue and black patterned scarf and ornate earrings.
An image of Alex Hanna, a brown trans woman, slightly smiling, wearing hoop earrings and a black sweater, closely cropped black hair.
The cover of the book, which reads THE AI CON in large block letters.
An image of Timnit Gebru, a Black woman, smiling, wearing her hair in an afro, wearing large circular wooden earrings and a beige scarf.

The text reads "The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want" and states all the names of the people mentioned above.

The text reads:
Monday, May 12, 2025, 7:00 PM CT
Register: www.bit.ly/BHFANwebinar

PLUS: After-Hours Event!

This event is #freeandopentothepublic and will be recorded. Suitable for youth 12+

Presented by FAN and 51 of our member schools and organizations. familyactionnetwork.net.

The bottom panel has a number of listed sponsors and supporters.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · May 12

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WebDesignMuseum @webdesignmuseum.org · May 12

Happy 29th Birthday Internet Archive!

On May 12, 1996, Brewster Kahle founded a non-profit organization called the Internet Archive.

#InternetHistory

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Jen Lampton @jenlampton.bsky.social · May 1

The future of the Open Source Lab is in jeopardy :/

See this article from the Oregon State University:
osuosl.org/blog/osl-fut...

Future of OSL in Jeopardy | OSU Open Source Lab

A nonprofit organization working for the advancement of open source technologies.

osuosl.org

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‮Jeff Eaton @eaton.fyi · Apr 20

A little over a decade ago I was on vacation before a company event. While I was out, @justafish.bsky.social and co-conspirators planned… a companion event.

So I can say confidently that Eatoncon would involve powerpoint karaoke, fake moustaches, and gummi. Because it did. flic.kr/p/bs4APW

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Jen Lampton @jenlampton.bsky.social · Apr 16

TIL: setting form_error() or form_set_error() prevents forms from being rebuilt, so $form_state['rebuild'] is ignored.

Thank you, core issue comments from 2009!

#Drupal #BackdopCMS #OpenSource #OpenSoruceSoftware #webdevelopment

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Drupal Asheville @drupalasheville.com · Apr 11

Remember to submit your session proposals for #DCAVL by Monday, April 14th! ⏰

🔗 www.drupalasheville.com/submit-session

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Internet Archive @archive.org · Apr 11

This #NationalLibraryWeek, watch a preview of an upcoming documentary from Structure Films about the #InternetArchive's fight to defend online freedom & public access to knowledge.

Full clip ➡️ vimeo.com/1056104575/d...
Support ➡️ fiscal.thegotham.org/project.cfm/...

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Jen Lampton @jenlampton.bsky.social · Apr 8

Jen Lampton @jenlampton.bsky.social · Apr 2

Wow scammers are getting harder and harder to identify.

Jen Lampton @jenlampton.bsky.social · Mar 22

Well, Canva may be the most useless piece of design software I've ever used.

Increase font size? Not possible. Ok, change fonts? Nope. Hm. Maybe start from a template for an event flyer? No. ANY flyer at all? Sorry, doesn't exist.

Well then!

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Mar 19

A big part of the problem is stupid people have been convinced by rich people that AI is God, when AI is closer to an automatic dog food dispenser.

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