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A little something I worked on today: adding little icons next to the blend modes in Acorn so that you know what they do.

Today is a big (pre-)release day 🚀 Kirby 5.1.0-rc.1 & Kirby 5.0.4 are here:

https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/releases/tag/5.1.0-rc.1
https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/releases/tag/5.0.4

It’s the second half of 2025 and I still really, *really* enjoy hand-authoring and -modifying SVGs.

That’s it, that’s the toot.

Over the past few months, I’ve built and released three @getkirby plugins that solve problems I’ve encountered in my projects. Here's an article showing you what they do:

https://medienbaecker.com/articles/three-new-kirby-plugins

Three new Kirby plugins

Three new Kirby plugins I built to solve real problems: managing alt texts, adding headlines to blueprints, and creating a rich text editor with KirbyTag support.

Then: "Save a tree, don't print this email"
Now: "Burn the trees, AI the email"
Archaeologists Discover a 2,400-Year-Old Skeleton Mosaic That Urges People to “Be Cheerful and Live Your Life”. This skeleton is a whole vibe. https://www.openculture.com/2025/07/archaeologists-discover-a-2400-year-old-skeleton-mosaic.html
Archaeologists Discover a 2,400-Year-Old Skeleton Mosaic That Urges People to “Be Cheerful and Live Your Life”

Image by Dosseman, via Wikimedia Commons In 2012, archaeologists discovered in Southern Turkey a well-preserved mosaic featuring a skeleton savoring a loaf of bread and a pitcher of wine, surrounded by the Greek words “Be cheerful and live your life.” Dating back to the 3rd century BCE, the mosaic likely adorned the dining room of a wealthy villa in the ancient Greco-Roman city of Antioch.

Open Culture
Quick reminder before the weekend: our sale ends on Monday! Don’t miss it: https://getkirby.com/buy 🛍️
Purchase a Kirby license

The transparency of open source meets a fair and sustainable pricing model.

Kirby CMS
People are shocked to discover they need to fact-check ChatGPT and I'm having the uncomfortable realization that they never fact-checked their uncle's Facebook posts, their friend's medical advice, or literally anything Google's top result told them, and suddenly the last decade makes sense...

LexisNexus' breach was disclosed just two weeks after the White House scrapped a Biden-era rule that would have *blocked* data brokers like LexisNexis from selling Americans' personal and financial data. Instead, White House official Russell Vought said the rule was "not necessary or appropriate."

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/white-house-scraps-plan-to-block-data-brokers-from-selling-americans-sensitive-data/

White House scraps plan to block data brokers from selling Americans' sensitive data | TechCrunch

The decision to reverse course comes after an industry lobby group called for the rule change to be withdrawn.

TechCrunch
Things are getting serious. We are starting the release candidate phase for Kirby 5. 🚀 https://getkirby.com/releases/5
Kirby 5

Kirby 5 is taking existing features to new levels: collaborate on changes and preview them, turn the Panel dark, upload large files or customize the Panel views.

Kirby CMS