• Introducing Block AI Crawlers for WordPress® – Robert DeVore

    I’m excited to announce the release of Block AI Crawlers, a new WordPress plugin designed to give website owners control over how AI crawlers interact with their site. This lightweight, user-friendly plugin makes it simple to block 75+ known AI crawlers, directly from your WordPress® dashboard. Why Block AI Crawlers? In the era of AI-driven content […]

  • DEI in tech: why representation and community matter

    The tech industry struggles with gender disparity, and as companies scale back or cancel their diversity initiatives, community leadership is essential now more than ever. Let’s explore why diversity and inclusion matter, the challenges that women face, and how communities are driving change.

  • Katie Twomey: Autistic burnout

    My name’s Katie, and I am in autistic burnout. I’ve been a lecturer at UoM since 2017. I’m surrounded by wonderful colleagues, enthusiastic and talented students and have extremely supportive (and frequently delightfully weird) family and friends. I have a hen’s tooth of a job – I’m permanent! So why do I feel so awful?

  • Best of Newly Heard in 2024 | Notes

    I don’t feel like I’ve listened to more music this year than last, but I must have; as trying to come up with this year’s ‘best’ newly heard tracks was much harder, and I seem to have encountered so much more music than I have the last few years.

  • macOS Shortcuts and “Combine Text”

    You could add each of the text items into a single variable using Add to Variable which produces a list. Then use Combine Text against the list. Example: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/756c95d1520e4e75b255e6bc1b9fa533