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Mia (online) @miriam.codes · 1d

🤷🏻‍♀️ people do all kinds of weird shit i guess

Mia (online) @miriam.codes · 6d

Four days till @smashingconf.com – I'm excited to see some of you there! I'll be talking about CSS variables & type safety.

I also have a workshop on Modern CSS Architecture: smashingconf.com/ny-2025/work...

(And if you can't join in NY, reach out – I'm happy to tailor a workshop for your company)

Modern CSS Architecture — New York 2025, October 6–9.

Full-day workshop • Thursday, October 9, 2025. New CSS features are shipping at an unprecedented rate – cascade layers, container queries, the :has() selector, subgrid, nesting, and so much more. It’s...

smashingconf.com

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Eric Portis @ericportis.com · 6d

If you work in web standards, you RFC 2119 MUST read this article. alice.boxhall.au/articles/a-t...

A threat model for accessibility on the web - Alice

A explanation of the primary threat to accessibility on the web, and a call to action for the web standards community

alice.boxhall.au

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Mia (online) @miriam.codes · 7d

That's great! I think I only ever saw the one show there, with you? But it was a good one. :)

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Pelle Wessman @voxpelli.com · 8d

Here’s the Open Collective for @servo.org: opencollective.com/servo

Servo - Open Collective

Servo aims to empower developers with a lightweight, high-performance alternative for embedding web technologies in applications. For more details on fees, go to https://servo.org/sponsorship/#donatio...

opencollective.com

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OddBird @oddbird.dev · 9d

In addition to the CSS Tips & Tricks series, we run a monthly show called Winging It LIVE. We interview experts and dig into front-end web development. Topics range from htmx to #CSS to #UX to fluid type and more.

All Ep: www.youtube.com/@wingingitod...

htmx Ep:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Mia (online) @miriam.codes · 9d

Not suggesting you make this your daily driver today, but it's getting closer every time I look at it. I'm very excited to see it coming along.

If you're looking for an open engine to support in development, this is the one I'd keep an eye on.

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Mia (online) @miriam.codes · 9d

If you're into new browser engines free from corporate control – maybe skip the latest 'benevolent dictator', and check out @servo.org

They have nightly snapshots you can install, and they're rolling out new features regularly:

servo.org

Servo aims to empower developers with a lightweight, high-performance alternative for embedding web technologies in applications.

Servo is a web rendering engine written in Rust, with WebGL and WebGPU support, and adaptable to desktop, mobile, and embedded applications.

servo.org

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Arby @mobalti.bsky.social · 9d

I re-created Open Props shadows with the new CSS `@function`.
This spec is wild ♥️ and it solves problems we’ve been chasing in CSS for years.
Demo 👉 codepen.io/mobalti/pen/...

cc @miriam.codes @tabatkins.com @bram.us

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Mia (online) @miriam.codes · 11d

lol, absolutely! if you're into waiting a couple months while I get them all through the kiln. :)

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Jim Nielsen @jim-nielsen.com · 12d

Clearly the "G" in the free mason symbol stands for "grid"

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Josh Leslie @joshmleslie.bsky.social · 12d

Isn't all programming just somewhat secret, disturbing rituals?

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OddBird @oddbird.dev · 12d

In this month's OddNews, @miriam.codes intros new options to help developers dealing with tech debt & tedious maintenance tasks. @stacykvernmo.com demos The BEST way to work with shape-outside.

Learn about Poetic #CSS, and subscribe to OddNews for a discount on consulting. www.oddbird.net/oddnews/

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Mia (online) @miriam.codes · 12d

Give that new CSS layout mode some extra mystique by calling it Masonic Grid. And then create secret (somewhat disturbing) rituals for invoking it.

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Mia (online) @miriam.codes · 14d

maybe v2 gets a wider foot lol

but they're usually made of glass, so I mean

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Mia (online) @miriam.codes · 14d

a first prototype, on commission

thrown in two parts, then joined while trimming

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CSS Day @cssday.nl · 14d

... and if I were to ask you "Who would you like to see speak at CSS Day 2026", what would your answer be?

Name as many names as you like.
I'd like to hear about people who aren't that well known yet.

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Mia (online) @miriam.codes · 14d

I've talked to many teams struggling with #CSS – still, after trying the branded answers: utilities! obscure-naming_conventions! frameworks!

You don't need all that.

Learn to work with the language. Need help? Schedule a call, or bring me in to tailor a plan: oddbird.dev/services/arc...

Improve performance & reliability with Poetic CSS Architecture

Level up your team, improve your user experience, and scale with confidence

oddbird.dev

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Chris Coyier @chriscoyier.net · 14d

FINE I'LL BLOG MINE jeez.

frontendmasters.com/blog/the-coy...

Seriously though — this is fun! Critique it!

The Coyier CSS Starter

A fairly opinionated CSS starter by Chris, following a set of personal principals to guide what is in there and what isn't.

frontendmasters.com

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 14d

Wrote for @thenation.com about the complicity of some liberal politicians and pundits in the conservative campaign to exterminate trans people www.thenation.com/article/poli...

The Right Wants to Exterminate Trans People. Liberals Are Helping.

After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the conservative movement has accelerated its war against trans people. And too many centrist Democrats have kept up their trans bashing.

www.thenation.com

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Gretchen Leigh @gretchenleigh.zone · 14d

"This is the reality of being trans in Trump's America. Every single one of my trans friends has an escape plan..... This shit is dire and beyond our control."

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeep.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 14d

For my Burns Notice newsletter, I wrote about what it was like being a trans person and see the entire right wing try to incite pogrom on us over the last several weeks. burns-notice.ghost.io/what-am-i-su...

What Am I Supposed to Tell My Terrified Friends?

Every time there's a mass shooting in the US, my trans friends and I hold our collective breath. If the shooter turns out to be trans, it could signal the final days of our human rights in a country t...

burns-notice.ghost.io

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Mia (online) @miriam.codes · 14d

Wherever you go, there you are - says Peter Weller as Buckaroo Bonsai looking to the side, wearing a plaid suit and guitar strap, standing at a mic, with graffiti behind

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Mia (online) @miriam.codes · 14d

I'm sold. :)

I should do a @chriscoyier.net and revisit my personal reset in a post or video. I really enjoyed his series on it.

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Kevin Powell @kevinpowell.co · 14d

A recent post by @miriam.codes where she looked at why `box-sizing` shouldn't be inherited got me wondering if we even need to reset it to border-box in the first place...

youtu.be/PtAcpV6TAGM

It might be time to rethink box-sizing: border-box

YouTube video by Kevin Powell

youtu.be

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Eb @ebthen.bsky.social · Dec 13

Autistic people are awesome and vaccines can't make you one of us.

- Originally posted on Twitter on Dec. 7, 2016.

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