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Sam Sidler @samuelsidler.com · 1d

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WP Engine • Transcript of the October 9 hearing on discovery letters

An unofficial transcript of the WP Engine v Automattic & Matt Mullenweg hearing about three discovery letters on October 9, 2025.

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Sam Sidler @samuelsidler.com · 2d

I was listening too! Cleaning up my transcript tomorrow!

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Sam Sidler @samuelsidler.com · 21d

@andrew-wiebe.bsky.social I’d love to hear about the “back pass” no-call in the ~62nd minute of SKC / VAN match tonight. Feels like the right no-call, but what do the rules say?

Sam Sidler @samuelsidler.com · 22d

@questauthority.bsky.social Thank you for the kind words about delta.blog on your stream last night! Let me know if you spot anything wrong or weird.

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🎃Kristen “Crypt Keeper” Lopez🎃 @kristenklopez.bsky.social · Sep 2

This is scary but I'm taking The Film Maven off Substack and have transferred to Ghost. Not only does this give me complete ownership of my work, but also means I won't continue to lose money to Substack and Apple. I lay everything out for Subscribers here.

thefilmmaven.substack.com/p/the-film-m...

The Film Maven Is Moving Off Substack

Head on over to our new official home!!

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Sam Sidler @samuelsidler.com · Jun 15

… and we never heard from Peter again.

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Mike Little @mikelittle.com · Jun 10

I installed the Fair Package Manager (@fairpm) on my personal site last night. I'm excited to say it worked flawlessly. A couple of plugins were updated from Fastly's servers, & a paid plugin updated from its servers as normal. I'm excited to see what else comes from this interesting development.

FAIR Package Manager Project

FAIR Package Manager Project has 8 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

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Ipstenu (Mika E.) @ipstenu.org · Jun 9

Thoughts on #WordPress Plugins, #FAIRPM, and risk.

halfelf.org/2025/we-shou...

We Should Free All WordPress Plugins and Themes - Half-Elf on Tech

What if we democratized everything in WordPress, and not just publishing? What if we freed all themes and plugins? How far could we fly?

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Sam Sidler @samuelsidler.com · Jun 9

Only a matter of time before macOS looks more like iPadOS.

Sam Sidler @samuelsidler.com · Jun 7

@gruber.foo I suspect the CIRP survey is looking only at the US market (not even or Americas), which has a higher concentration of iPads than global markets. 78% of the US iPhone users having iPads makes more sense. Globally iPads are less popular, meaning lower overall revenue.

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FAIR Package Manager @fair.pm · Jun 6

We're delighted to launch the FAIR Package Manager with the Linux Foundation - read our announcement and come collaborate with us! #FAIRPM

www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-...

Linux Foundation Announces the FAIR Package Manager Project for Open Source Content Management System Stability

Linux Foundation announces FAIR Package Manager project, creating simplicity, security and consistency for the WordPress ecosystem

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Ryan McCue @rmccue.io · Jun 6

Today, we’re launching something big for the WordPress community. Say hello to FAIR - a new decentralised package manager for WordPress.

FAIR Package Manager @fair.pm · Jun 6

We're delighted to launch the FAIR Package Manager with the Linux Foundation - read our announcement and come collaborate with us! #FAIRPM

www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-...

Linux Foundation Announces the FAIR Package Manager Project for Open Source Content Management System Stability

Linux Foundation announces FAIR Package Manager project, creating simplicity, security and consistency for the WordPress ecosystem

www.linuxfoundation.org

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Sam Sidler @samuelsidler.com · May 1

Renaissance (2022) or Cowboy Carter (2024), both released >15 years after Dangerously in Love (2003).

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kottke.org @kottke.org · Apr 9

Former Substack creators say they're earning more on new platforms. "Paying someone $100,000 a year to host your blog. Come on buddy. I said I hate being a businessman, but even I know that's fucking stupid." via @monteiro.bsky.social digiday.com/media/former...

Former Substack creators say they’re earning more on new platforms that offer larger shares of subscription revenue

Former Substack writers who exited the platform in early 2024 are making more money on Beehiiv and Ghost thanks to their fixed pricing models.

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Sam Sidler @samuelsidler.com · Mar 1

Fwiw, audio messages already disappear by default—the receiver can choose to "keep" them. I think it's a misnomer to say iMessage doesn't support disappearing messages—it doesn't support disappearing text messages, but does support disappearing audio messages.

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Sam Sidler @samuelsidler.com · Feb 11

I’d be happy to help you move somewhere else (and where the platform takes less of a cut).

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Sam Sidler @samuelsidler.com · Feb 11

As an aside, I’m a more-recent follower/listener and I’ve been curious: why Substack in particular? They’ve always been a bit fraught, from what I’ve read (e.g. www.anildash.com//2024/11/19/...).

Don't call it a Substack. - Anil Dash

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

www.anildash.com

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Sam Sidler @samuelsidler.com · Feb 8

I still sometimes use yahoo.com to test wifi hotspots.

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Sam Sidler @samuelsidler.com · Jan 1

But really, practically a given Sounders will make it to the playoffs. Their defence should hold up during the playoffs too. A combo of Morris+Ferreira+de la Vega feels like it can breakthrough, on paper… we’ll have to see what that’s like in practice though.

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Sam Sidler @samuelsidler.com · Jan 1

How much money did Miami cost you?

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Sam Sidler @samuelsidler.com · Jan 1

Definitely. Feels like a big “if” though. De la Vega hasn’t broken through yet. If that happens in 2025, Sounders could be unstoppable. But it may be more like 2027…

Plus, it took the Sounders a couple of months to get going in 2024. With the LAFC+Galaxy, they can’t afford to wait that long.

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Sam Sidler @samuelsidler.com · Jan 1

We’ll see. Ferreira has been spotty. And him alongside Morris and de la Vega is going to be interesting… I imagine it’ll take a couple of months to iron out the lineup.

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Sam Sidler @samuelsidler.com · Dec 16

Obviously, @aaron.jorb.in prefers a large slather of mayonnaise on his hot dog. Occasionally, a sprinkling of pineapple tidbits, as well.

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · Dec 11

I've seen people raise concerns about the WPE injunction similar to this in a few different places, including Hacker News and Twitter. (In other words, not trying to drag brinavan - this is a Bluesky example of a common, and not unreasonable, concern.)

Here's why I don't share that concern:

TEMU Mark Ruffalo @brianvan.bsky.social · Dec 11

On what basis did the judge rule that Matt improperly triggered an interruption of voluntarily giving WPEngine a distro server? Did he rule that Matt surrendered rights of propriety by advertising it as public? Or did he inexplicably rule that Matt is entitled to support WPE's business indefinitely?

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Sam Sidler @samuelsidler.com · Dec 4

@questauthority.bsky.social Unless we get a last minute WPE PI... I'd love to hear more about the 9 new claims in the amended complaint today, if possible.

(And, perhaps some insight into why Automattic decided not to submit an actual draft PI, as the judge requested...)