While I don’t typically look too closely at what she posts, this one stuck out due to my extensive background in programming, web development, and photography. I spotted a WordPress reference.

Laura Loomer’s X Post

Here’s the X post in reference:

Look, I’m into investigative journalism and all, but in this case, Laura Loomer has no clue how WordPress works.

As I’ve hinted at, this subject is in my wheelhouse. I apologize in advance for the techie talk below.

My 20+ Year WordPress Background

I’ve developed with WordPress since the “b2” fork over 20 years ago.

In 2005 I incorporated Watershed Studio here in Indianapolis where we specialize in WordPress development.

Past clients include numerous Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies. Household names that pretty much everyone would know. And companies that required (now expired) Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) to work with.

Years ago I wrote the very first version of a spam comment reporting plugin for one of the major cable news outlets. And I still use WordPress every single day. I know what I’m talking about.

Explaining the WordPress URL

Here’s the URL Loomer is looking at: https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/ashley-st-clair-conservative-activist-98630489.jpg?resize=1024,683&quality=75&strip=all

You start with the domain name itself, in this case, https://nypost.com/. This is the basis of every single link for the NY Post website.

Then you get to /wp-content/, which is the default area for things such as plugins, the website theme, plus any uploaded images and other files.

The “/uploads/” folder is where the uploaded images and files are located on the server.

Here’s where we get into the area that most people won’t be familiar with, even seasoned WordPress users.

The “/sites/2/” in the URL indicates that this particular site is using a “MU” (WordPress Multisite) setup of WordPress. Without boring you with the history and evolution of that feature, you just need to know that this means that the administrator controls multiple websites (or subsites and subdomains) from a single WordPress install. It simplifies the overall maintenance of WordPress when you’re dealing with numerous WordPress websites.

In this case, “/uploads/sites/2/” is the specific area where files for https://nypost.com/ are stored. The “2” DOES NOT represent a month or day, as Loomer was assuming. Months and days are always stored as 2 digits, such as 01, 02, 03, etc. The “2” represents which WordPress site the files belong to.

Now we get to “/2025/02/” which means they have their uploads organized into month- and year-based folders. There is no indication of a date, as there can be in the “permalinks” (the URL for a specific post or page).

All of that to say, they uploaded the file in February (according to the server date/time, which can be manipulated if you were actually up to something).

To conclude anything you’d have to look at the image file in question, ashley-st-clair-conservative-activist-98630489.jpg, and check the EXIF data if it wasn’t stripped out or changed before posting.

The information after the question mark, “?resize=1024,683&quality=75&strip=all”, is merely telling what size and quality the image should be displayed at.

The Proof Is In The EXIF

Looking at the EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) data which was indeed included in the photo, the photo was stamped “February 15, 2025 16:15”. This is NOT February 2nd, as Loomer had suggested.

Investigating the photo itself, you will see that the clock on the stove says 3:12. Assuming that is in the afternoon, as a professional photographer I’d assume that either the camera’s time or the stove’s time was off by an hour and some change. Trust me, this happens, especially with Daylight Saving Time (DST) or when you change the time to match the time zone that you’re in.

For our fellow photography nerds, here’s the other EXIF information:

Conclusion: Move On

As a WordPress developer for the past 20-some years and a photographer for as long as I can remember, I can confidently say that Laura Loomer is barking up the wrong tree with this one and should move on to something else. If there’s something to see here, it isn’t in the photograph’s metadata or WordPress.

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Adam Schiff says that Kash Patel isn’t qualified to be the FBI Director because he wanted to shut down FBI Headquarters and open up a Deep State Museum, then he throws in that Patel is a “conspiracy theorist.”

Apparently, Schiff never watched The X-Files. One can only imagine how things would have been if Agent Fox Mulder made his way up the ranks.

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AGREEMENT STATE REPORT – SOURCE LOST IN TRANSIT

The following information was provided by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) via email:

“The licensee reported to NJDEP on December 3, 2024, that a Ge-68 pin source that they sent for disposal has been lost in transit on December 2, 2024. The source is a Eckert & Ziegler model HEGL-0132, with current approximate activity of 0.267 mCi. The shipping container arrived at its destination damaged and empty. The licensee has filed a claim with the shipper. If the source is not located within the 30 days, the licensee will follow-up with a full written report to include root cause(s) and corrective actions.

“This event is reportable under 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii).”

New Jersey Event Report ID number: To be determined

THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A ‘Less than Cat 3’ LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL

Sources that are “Less than IAEA Category 3 sources,” are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly – although it is unlikely – temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks. For additional information go to https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf

SOURCE: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/event/2024/20241213en.html#en57455

Why Is This News?

Due to recent drone activity in New Jersey and few real answers from the government, conspiracy theories run wild about what’s going on.

One such theory is that the drones are “sniffers” searching for nuclear particles.

Upon digging, the report on “Event Number 57455” came into the picture.

Looking at that report, there’s A LOT in there that won’t mean much of anything to most people.

Not being experts ourselves, from what we can deduce, this is related to a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Camera Calibration Rod that went missing in New Jersey.

Yes, this isn’t something you want to be playing with, but it also sounds like it isn’t something that would warrant a mass-scale deployment of sniffer drones.

Our Verdict

Keep digging. This is probably a nothing-burger and could very well be the powers that be “wagging the dog”.

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