Eric Meyer
@meyerweb.com
Armchair rocket scientist graffiti existentialist. Old enough for it to hurt when I stand up, not old enough to have stopped noticing. Agnostic in principle, atheist in practice, #CSS guy, mzungu. I’m only here for the food.
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Eric Meyer
@meyerweb.com
· Jan 22
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Those who do learn from history are doomed to watch it repeated by those who didn’t.
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I guess it’s clear why the lawmakers needed to make that video
November 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I guess it’s clear why the lawmakers needed to make that video
Every paragraph of this article is a banger. “We don’t need to reinvent styling. We just need to respect the boundaries that made the web work in the first place. CSS is not broken; our discipline is. The answer isn’t more abstraction—it’s better understanding.” thenewstack.io/css-in-js-th...
CSS-in-JS: The Great Betrayal of Frontend Sanity
CSS-in-JS promised simplicity but delivered performance issues. Learn why ditching it for native CSS solutions leads to faster, more maintainable web apps.
thenewstack.io
November 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Every paragraph of this article is a banger. “We don’t need to reinvent styling. We just need to respect the boundaries that made the web work in the first place. CSS is not broken; our discipline is. The answer isn’t more abstraction—it’s better understanding.” thenewstack.io/css-in-js-th...
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
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Jocelyn Bell Burnell transformed astronomy #OTD in 1967 when she made the first observation of a pulsar.
She and advisor Antony Hewish initially dubbed the object LGM-1 (“Little Green Men”) for its regular signal, but soon identified it as a rotating, magnetized neutron star. (1/n)
🧪 🔭 👩🔬 ⚛️
She and advisor Antony Hewish initially dubbed the object LGM-1 (“Little Green Men”) for its regular signal, but soon identified it as a rotating, magnetized neutron star. (1/n)
🧪 🔭 👩🔬 ⚛️
November 28, 2024 at 6:02 AM
Jocelyn Bell Burnell transformed astronomy #OTD in 1967 when she made the first observation of a pulsar.
She and advisor Antony Hewish initially dubbed the object LGM-1 (“Little Green Men”) for its regular signal, but soon identified it as a rotating, magnetized neutron star. (1/n)
🧪 🔭 👩🔬 ⚛️
She and advisor Antony Hewish initially dubbed the object LGM-1 (“Little Green Men”) for its regular signal, but soon identified it as a rotating, magnetized neutron star. (1/n)
🧪 🔭 👩🔬 ⚛️
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Igalia has been working on MathML interoperability across browser engines & my colleague wrote about what they've been working on so far:
conflor.es/blog/2025-11...
conflor.es/blog/2025-11...
conflores - interop and mathml core
a tiny technical blog.
conflor.es
November 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Igalia has been working on MathML interoperability across browser engines & my colleague wrote about what they've been working on so far:
conflor.es/blog/2025-11...
conflor.es/blog/2025-11...
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We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
One of the greatest tricks the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world the New York Times is left-leaning.
“Biden Asylum Cases” is NYT’s framing for a story pegged to a man who got asylum 3 months into the Trump administration
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
November 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
One of the greatest tricks the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world the New York Times is left-leaning.
Okay, I haven’t watched the Macys Parade for quite a few years, and I’m confused. Are the performers these days expected to convincingly lip-sync, or are they expected NOT to?
November 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Okay, I haven’t watched the Macys Parade for quite a few years, and I’m confused. Are the performers these days expected to convincingly lip-sync, or are they expected NOT to?
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
I grew up Midwest Protestant, I am unable to accept or remember compliments
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I grew up Midwest Protestant, I am unable to accept or remember compliments
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I didn't think that this voicemail message for this municipal district a thousand miles away would make me cry, but it did.
I'd say these guys need to be running the country but they seem to be exactly where they need to be
I'd say these guys need to be running the country but they seem to be exactly where they need to be
this is not our customer service number. it’s just my voicemail inbox.
you’re welcome to call. i hope you do.
216-361-6772.
you’re welcome to call. i hope you do.
216-361-6772.
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I didn't think that this voicemail message for this municipal district a thousand miles away would make me cry, but it did.
I'd say these guys need to be running the country but they seem to be exactly where they need to be
I'd say these guys need to be running the country but they seem to be exactly where they need to be
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Important to repost this every time Lizza drops another substack
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Important to repost this every time Lizza drops another substack
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CSS is so powerful now, it's amazing looking through older CSS and seeing what can be replaced with a one-liner. I'm on the hunt for snippets that used to be multiple lines of CSS that can now be done in one. Show me what you got!
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
CSS is so powerful now, it's amazing looking through older CSS and seeing what can be replaced with a one-liner. I'm on the hunt for snippets that used to be multiple lines of CSS that can now be done in one. Show me what you got!
You will be visited by three spirits.
The three spirits.
The three spirits.
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
You will be visited by three spirits.
The three spirits.
The three spirits.
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We’re accepting applications for our (paid! remote!) summer internship! professors who follow me please share with any students interested in writing
Would You Like To Be Defector’s Sixth-Ever Editorial Intern? | Defector
Big news: Defector is looking to hire editorial interns for the summer of 2026. Wow! That could be you! How could it be you? I am here to answer that question, and many more. What will a Defector inte...
defector.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We’re accepting applications for our (paid! remote!) summer internship! professors who follow me please share with any students interested in writing
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This is exactly right
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is exactly right
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Starting with Firefox 145, the Trusted Types API, primarily aimed at preventing cross-site scripting attacks, is now enabled in Nightly. Work by my @igalia.com colleague Frédéric Wang
November 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Starting with Firefox 145, the Trusted Types API, primarily aimed at preventing cross-site scripting attacks, is now enabled in Nightly. Work by my @igalia.com colleague Frédéric Wang
What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss, Charlie Brown
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain, Charlie Brown.
You're too short for that gesture, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss, Charlie Brown
You wanna know how to get Capone? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. THAT’S the Chicago way, and that's how you get Capone, Charlie Brown.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain, Charlie Brown.
You're too short for that gesture, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
You wanna know how to get Capone? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. THAT’S the Chicago way, and that's how you get Capone, Charlie Brown.
They’re heeere, Charlie Brown.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain, Charlie Brown.
You're too short for that gesture, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM
They’re heeere, Charlie Brown.
Wait.
Wait wait wait.
Lizza PAYWALLED part 2 of his Temu Penthouse Forum blog?
LOL
LMAO
ROFLMAO
LOLOFLCOPTERRRRRR
Wait wait wait.
Lizza PAYWALLED part 2 of his Temu Penthouse Forum blog?
LOL
LMAO
ROFLMAO
LOLOFLCOPTERRRRRR
November 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Wait.
Wait wait wait.
Lizza PAYWALLED part 2 of his Temu Penthouse Forum blog?
LOL
LMAO
ROFLMAO
LOLOFLCOPTERRRRRR
Wait wait wait.
Lizza PAYWALLED part 2 of his Temu Penthouse Forum blog?
LOL
LMAO
ROFLMAO
LOLOFLCOPTERRRRRR
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What is happening lmao
Q: “Are you affirming you think Trump is a fascist?”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
What is happening lmao
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Valve’s announcements last week about their new hardware were particularly welcome here at Igalia: a lot of our work will be in those machines. From translation layers to better frame rates and longer battery life, we’ve helped @valvesoftware.com push gaming forward. www.igalia.com/2025/11/help...
Helping Valve to Power Up Steam Devices | Igalia
Igalia is an open source consultancy specialised in the development of innovative projects and solutions. Our engineers have expertise in a wide range of technological areas, including browsers and cl...
www.igalia.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Valve’s announcements last week about their new hardware were particularly welcome here at Igalia: a lot of our work will be in those machines. From translation layers to better frame rates and longer battery life, we’ve helped @valvesoftware.com push gaming forward. www.igalia.com/2025/11/help...
“Your code is running in a maze of twisty little containers, all alike.”
Open sourced Zork today opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11... and ran it on a swarm of containers in the cloud 😂
Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source
Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License.
opensource.microsoft.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
“Your code is running in a maze of twisty little containers, all alike.”
You may have missed my #CSS anchor positioning livestream with @miriam.codes and @jamessw.com earlier today, but that’s okay! The geeks at YouTube figured out some kinda magic capture thing that lets you play back live events whenever you want. Here’s ours: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOXY...
Cross-browser Anchor Positioning
YouTube video by Winging It
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
You may have missed my #CSS anchor positioning livestream with @miriam.codes and @jamessw.com earlier today, but that’s okay! The geeks at YouTube figured out some kinda magic capture thing that lets you play back live events whenever you want. Here’s ours: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOXY...