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Elder Millennial. Husband. Father of 4. Dog owner. IT Professional. Tech enthusiast. CSS tinkerer. Music lover. Huge Sleep Token and Bilmuri fan.

Non-practicing white person.

Grew up in MD. Lived in and around Baltimore for a long time. Currently living in VA with my wife, 3 youngest daughters, and our 2 dogs.

https://jcrabapple.com

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About Mehttps://cool-as-heck.blog/about/
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Music Bloghttps://blog.shrediverse.net

Introducing EmDash — the spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security

https://blog.cloudflare.com/emdash-wordpress/

Introducing EmDash — the spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security

Today we are launching the beta of EmDash, a full-stack serverless JavaScript CMS built on Astro 6.0. It combines the features of a traditional CMS with modern security, running plugins in sandboxed Worker isolates.

The Cloudflare Blog

Today my wife and I went to early vote "YES" for the redistricting here in VA. There was an old couple in front of us and when the election worker asked for the lady's ID, the lady said "I thought you didn't need ID to vote."

My wife and I both groaned and rolled our eyes. The election worker politely explained that you always need ID to vote in this country.

So we know how that old couple was voting. 😠

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Some photos of my daughter on stage at the Enrose show, from a photographer's Instagram.

🎶 jcrabapple just liked a song on Last.FM! ♥️

'We Own the Night' by Dance Gavin Dance

https://www.last.fm/music/Dance+Gavin+Dance/_/We+Own+the+Night

#LastFM #Music #NowPlaying

We Own the Night — Dance Gavin Dance | Last.fm

Watch the video for We Own the Night from Dance Gavin Dance's Instant Gratification for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists.

Last.fm

My next mead project after we get back from Hawaii: spiced pomegranate. It will be aged nicely for winter.

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Spiced Pomegranate Mead

Created: 2026-04-01 Batch Size: 1 gallon Style: Session Mead / Traditional Melomel Target ABV: 11-12% Original Gravity: 1.090 Final Gravity: 0.990-0.996 Status: Planned Prepare pomegranate: Add pec...

Live Updates: Supreme Court considers Trump's order on birthright citizenship

Every lower court to have considered the issue has found the order illegal and prevented it from taking effect. A definitive ruling by the nation’s highest court is expected by early summer.

PBS News
What a cruel joke. 🤮
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