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Fri, 05/12/2025 - 05:24

For years, Drupal has been the platform of choice for organizations that need serious digital capabilities—think universities managing millions of pages, government agencies with complex workflows, and Fortune 500 companies running mission-critical websites. The power is undeniable, but there's always been a catch: you needed technical expertise to unlock it.

That’s why one of the most exciting areas of Drupal’s journey has been the work underway on more intuitive, visual building experiences. The community has spent years exploring how to make Drupal feel more accessible to site builders and content teams without sacrificing the flexibility and robustness that define Drupal.

Drupal Canvas is the next step in that journey.

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Fri, 05/12/2025 - 05:00

For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a man whose works included reviving the bodies of three children slain by a serial murderer, Santa Claus reinvented himself in the mid-1800s as a jolly Norwegian-style figure of merriment, whose generosity was based on the recipient’s moral acuity.

I recently spoke with Santa Claus, who is currently coordinating his staff of immortal blue-collar elves, about the morality of children and his friendship with a creature whom many carolers consider a war criminal: Krampus.

You have chosen to spend every Christmas Eve flying around the globe giving gifts to all of the, and I’m quoting here, “good girls and boys.” Why did you decide that only good children deserve gifts?

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Fri, 05/12/2025 - 02:27

Many of the current strategic initiatives in Drupal are based on the principle of user-centered design. When executed well, this means that the needs, goals, and feedback of the end-user are part of the decision making process at every step of development. 

Historically, gathering meaningful user feedback has required community volunteers, user surveys, the occasional academic user study, and the expertise of UX experts in our community. And those efforts will continue to be crucial. But we have always hoped to be able to gather real user data on a much broader scale, and proposed a telemetry initiative as early as 2018.

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Fri, 05/12/2025 - 01:00
Christoph Herler and Philip Schnattinger Macroeconomic Environment Theme The Bank of England Agenda for Research (BEAR) sets the key areas for new research at the Bank over the coming years. This post is an example of issues considered under the Macroeconomic Environment Theme which focuses on the changing infaton dynamics and unfolding structural change faced … Continue reading How does lower inflation uncertainty affect households’ financial behaviour?
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Fri, 05/12/2025 - 00:00

Dear Soft Millennial Man,

You’ve been quiet lately, but we know you’re still out there. You’re probably hiding out at Whole Foods until this whole “Is America a dictatorship?” question gets settled. Smart move. Hopefully, this letter reaches you before you stumble through a trapdoor on the internet and the manosphere eats your brain. There are a few things we, heterosexual millennial women, want you to know before it’s too late.

For starters, we apologize for complaining about the mustache you grew for Movember, and for using the term “dad bod” to describe how you look in your swimsuit. We also regret our lackluster support for your hobbies. In hindsight, pickling vegetables and making sourdough starter are two of the more benign things a guy can do with his time. Our bad, Millennial Man.

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Thu, 04/12/2025 - 20:26
Corporations and oligarchs are using offshore courts to tear down democratic decisions – and our governments say “welcome”. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 1st December 2025 How do you reckon our political system works? Perhaps something like this. We elect MPs. They vote on bills. If a majority is achieved, the bills becomes […]
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Thu, 04/12/2025 - 20:00

For as long as socialism has existed in Britain, it has been defined by disagreements over the role of the state. From the early days of the Labour Party, through the post-war settlement and the rise of neoliberalism, socialists have debated whether the capitalist state could ever be used to build socialism. The issue has […]

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Thu, 04/12/2025 - 20:00
Ludovica Ambrosino, Jenny Chan and Silvana Tenreyro Macroeconomic Environment Theme The Bank of England Agenda for Research (BEAR) sets the key areas for new research at the Bank over the coming years. This post is an example of issues considered under the Macroeconomic Environment Theme which focuses on the changing inflation dynamics and unfolding structural … Continue reading Trade fragmentation and inflationary pressures