"Taking a wrong turn
allows you to see landscapes
you wouldn't otherwise have seen."
- Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"Taking a wrong turn
allows you to see landscapes
you wouldn't otherwise have seen."
- Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Adam Gazzaley at WordCamp U.S. Portland Oregon 2025 with slide showing Psychedelics treatment, experience, set setting, integration.
Adam Gazzaley opened his #WCUS talk about how our species is facing a βcrisis of the mind.β Challenges that medicine alone canβt solve.
β¨ FDA-approved video games using closed-loop biosensory feedback
β¨ Meditation
β¨ Forest Bathing
π The psychedelic experience
Insulin is life saving. Insulin Pumps are an example of how good technology can be. If only all tech emphasized quality, we'd live in a better world. youtu.be/vuD2CTZ9U9k
Trust your own observations. If you are too quick to place someone else's label on your experience, you may miss the reality of what is happening.
Reading the book "Dear Oliver: An Unexpected Friendship with Oliver Sacks" by Susan Barry. Susan was my professor when I was at Mount Holyoke College. This is a great story of friendship and self discovery from a scientist and writer. Here's a passage that called out to me.
I learned a lot by writing this article. Now when I do a deep dive I often use AI to scour many websites... Here's how to ensure your content rises to the top.
The more you think you shouldn't do something because you'll fail, the more you should do it.
Weβre hiring! π Are you passionate about WordPress and experienced in PHP? Want to work on sites that scale to millions of visitors?
If youβre interested (or just curious), feel free to reach outβIβm happy to answer any questions!
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My father died of pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease with no cure and rising cases. In this article, I explore the hidden dangers of the cannabis industry and what we can learn from asbestos.
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#PulmonaryFibrosis #VapingRisks #HealthAwareness
Real human creativity stands out these days.
Code at github.com/mslinnea/ai-... which uses @felixarntz.bsky.social AI Services Plugin!
It looks like BlueSky doesn't support gifs. Here's the short clip of this AI Image Alt Text feature in action! www.linsoftware.com/wp-content/u...
You have more influence than you think you do.
Screenshot of WordPress Media Library demonstrating Alt Text AI integration with dropdown to select AI Service (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini)
Iβve been having too much fun experimenting with AI!
It started with integrating AI into the Media Library to generate image ALT text. But once I got started, I couldnβt resist pushing it furtherβ¦ Now, thereβs a dropdown to switch between AI Services!
#WordPress #AI #Accessibility
My plugin is using the AI Services plugin from @felixarntz.bsky.social as the basis for the integrations with Google's Gemini, OpenAI, and Anthropic Claude. Check out his plugin to build your own custom AI flows into WordPress.
π AI-powered alt text generation is already here. Itβs a HUGE opportunity to give your site an SEO boost.
I built it right into WordPressβs Media Library. Itβs not perfect. AI needs human review, but the first to adopt will have an edge before itβs everywhere.
Can AI truly "see" images the way we do?
I decided to put AI to the test after discovering the AI Services Plugin for WordPress. Check out the surprising results...
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