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Poetic CSS course is live for early-bird registration! Only available during July. Thanks for your patience, we had some last-minute fixes. #css courses.oddbird.net/poetic-css/

If you needed a win as badly as I have lately, mark this one down: CSS-Tricks is returning as an independent publication. Spread the word. wil.to/posts/taking...

Progressive enhancement never went away, companies just decided that "mobile vs desktop" was the only progressive enhancement they care about.

there's a lot going on right now, but the ability to buy elections in order to stay out of prison is on the ballot whether you realize it or not

If you enjoy my pottery, I also have a newsletter where I post updates on occasion: buttondown.com/MiaCulpa

I regularly see people using build tools to 'scope' CSS by adjusting selectors. And those same people claiming they don't see a use-case for at-scope. Can anyone explain to me the scoping use-case that you use tools for, but don't think at-scope can handle? #CSS

Let's talk about Resilient & Maintainable #CSS – I'll be leading a 5-day online workshop over the next three weeks (Thursdays & Fridays) through @smashingconf.com. Use this link for a discount: ti.to/smashingmaga... (scroll down to find the right course)

I've been an Alignment Engineer this whole time.

Autonomous Agents and Self-Made Men In this talk I will…

I sold one (1) mug at a market today. Anyway, here's the raku vase I finished yesterday.

Explore which dev tools are best for troubleshooting specific issues with @miriam.codes & @stacykvernmo.com in this Winging It ep: www.oddbird.net/2026/07/23/w... TRIVIA: Firefox is the winner for addressing this issue. (Can you guess before you watch?) In Aug OddNews mailchi.mp/oddbird/full...

I keep making these light jars, and people keep asking for them. That's a fun little exchange we have going on, me & people. This one came out the other night, with various other shapes in progress. (Still figuring out how to photograph lights) #pottery #art art.miriamsuzanne.com/product/pott...

A quick look at creating CSS shapes with the path inspector in Firefox: youtu.be/aI4rqV2b7BY That's clipped from one of my past workshops, but I have another one coming up soon. Let's talk about writing maintainable #CSS! smashingconf.com/online-works...

...Assumption #4 has been driving me batshit, yet no one seems to realize it: if you're worried trans ppl might potentially harm your Dem candidate's chances, then YOUR CANDIDATE MADE A BAD DECISION! so why not join us in trying to get them to reverse position? juliaserano.medium.com/on-democrats...

📝 Why CSS-Tricks Has Been Quiet Lately (cc: @digitalocean.com @css-tricks.bsky.social ) geoffgraham.me/why-css-tric...

“Accessibility is resistance!” by @tink.uk tink.uk/accessibilit...

Schrodinger's engineers say their geiger counter wired to a hammer over the poison vial might decide to kill some cats. Obviously there's only one way to fix the problem. We urgently need to improve the moral alignment of the geiger counter, so it makes the right choice!

"this non-deterministic system is doing things we can't totally predict"

It is truly wild to see a software company do press releases about their software being shitty, unpredictable, and unreliable like that's a good thing. We have a word for this, and it's malware.

Hey assholes, make better software.

something is only a “culture war issue” to you if you think it’s not about you; otherwise it’s just “politics” or (maybe) “life”

I've heard that CSS subgrid is difficult to progressively enhance – and I disagree! Here's how I create subgrid fallbacks with one small addition. youtu.be/2ESqkg20JaE Join my @smashingconf.com workshop for more maintainable CSS! smashingconf.com/online-works... #CSS

I've enjoyed re-visiting "we created life & it killed us" fiction, asking "what if it's hype"? For the most part, the stories still work. Skynet could use a basic decision tree & still launch the nukes. But Dr. Frankenstein becomes an excellent unreliable narrator. Maybe he's lying the whole time?

CSS has changed dramatically in the last 6 years, but always building on core principles of resilience & design systems. Join me in October for a 5-day (3-week) @smashingconf.com workshop about how it all fits together, and how to make it work for your team: smashingconf.com/online-works... #CSS

One of the most annoying things since we started styling stuff is when you declare equal padding on the top and bottom of a button or other single-liner, and the spacing isn't equal. Finally, we have a solution with text-box-trim and text-box edge, which are now available in all browser engines!

New butter bell design?

This is a clear result of the cascade resolving (shadow) context before considering element attachment – but I had never tested it before. Interesting. You don't need importance to override inline styles. You can (let's say "just") use a parent context instead! codepen.io/editor/miria... #CSS

Kalshi and Polymarket are bullshit sites for scammers and should be put out of business. Shame on every "legit" institution that's partnered with them.

I had a lovely (very full) weekend working with these guys to help pull off their public performance: www.cpr.org/2026/08/13/l... They've been rehearsing for a year, but we only had two days in the gym – to set up, program cues, rehearse with tech, perform 4 shows, & load back out.

If you’ve got questions about how #CSS Grid Lanes work… …so did we! This long debated solution for masonry layout is now available. Follow along as @miriam.codes & @stacykvernmo.com work out how to use it. www.oddbird.net/2026/06/18/w... In June OddNews us19.campaign-archive.com?u=80219aa68d...

Based on the first module of the course, I am confident that the full course will be worth the full price. But if you‘ll buy it anyway, why not get it for less now? bsky.app/profile/miri...

Today is the last day to get early bird pricing for the Poetic CSS course! Learn to write & review CSS with confidence. The first module is live, with more coming through the summer & fall. Get the full course as it's ready, without waiting to pay full price: courses.oddbird.net/poetic-css/ #CSS

Wrote a post about combining CSS shorthands with custom properties to encapsulate related system tokens. mobalti.com/the-power-of... #CSS

picker and measuring a portion of the page (not an element, can measure parts of an image) in Firefox DevTools, always switching to Firefox for those

Going live in ~30m, see you there!

Planning some yeti-lid-friendly tumblers, but I need to get the dimensions precise. These sauce bowls are trimmed to 1/16th-inch steps, to test shrinkage for this clay & glaze. Looks like I'll be aiming for 3 7/16" inside diameter after trimming. 😅 (3 10/16" ID wet)