{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - John Arthur Nichol","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/JohnAN","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"83234","username":"JohnAN","bio":"The creator of Sascha Martin's Rocket-Ship, Sascha Martin's Time Machine, Sascha Martin's Super Ball and Sascha Martin's Zombie Dust - Sascha Martin - now brings you Sascha Martin's Ripping News (the podcast), narrating the further inventions of Sascha Martin and his misadventures on earth and beyond, in the present, in the past and possibly at other times, in the company of friends and teachers, aliens and dinosaurs, zombies and megafauna, and his ever-present not-friend Mary-Alice.","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":133,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2024/49/83234.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"58558539","content_html":"<p>I’ve created an epub and pdf version of Sascha Martin’s Gobbly Goo, the story I narrated in the three podcast teasers. But I don’t have a cover design yet and I don’t see one of those arriving any time soon. Zombie Dust and Pitchy Witch have the same issue. And the Derry Girls book.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2025/02/27/ive-created-an-epub-and.html","date_published":"2025-02-27T06:29:02+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-27 06:29","date_timestamp":1740637742,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://toot.community/@johnarthurnichol/114074435231579097"]}},{"id":"58540611","content_html":"<p>A Wee Bit of Integrity: Limericks After Derry Girls Seasons 1 and 2</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://buymeacoffee.com/johnarthurnichol/e/327127\">The free sample is ready</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2025/02/27/a-wee-bit-of-integrity.html","date_published":"2025-02-26T23:27:27+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-26 23:27","date_timestamp":1740612447,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://toot.community/@johnarthurnichol/114072800387064284"]}},{"id":"58471142","content_html":"<p>Ready to Download: Four More Free Book Samples: <a href=\"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2025/02/26/sascha-martins-pitchy-witch.html\">johnarthurnichol.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2025/02/26/sascha-martins-pitchy-witch.html","date_published":"2025-02-26T05:19:57+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-26 05:19","date_timestamp":1740547197,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://toot.community/@johnarthurnichol/114068501555376747"]}},{"id":"58455744","content_html":"<p><i>Sascha Martin’s Christmas Eve</i>: the free sample is <a href=\"https://buymeacoffee.com/johnarthurnichol/e/326571\">ready for download</a>.</p>\n<p>More titles to follow.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2025/02/26/sascha-martins-christmas-eve-the.html","date_published":"2025-02-25T23:18:15+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-25 23:18","date_timestamp":1740525495,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://toot.community/@johnarthurnichol/114067086020000488"]}},{"id":"58390682","content_html":"<p>Free Samples of the Sascha Martin Books: <a href=\"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2025/02/25/free-samples-of-the-sascha.html\">johnarthurnichol.com</a></p>","summary":"I&rsquo;ve started on the free samples of my books. The first ones are ready: Sascha Martin&rsquo;s Rocket-Ship, Sascha Martin&rsquo;s Time Machine and Sascha Martin&rsquo;s Super Ball. These are the three full colour picture books that Manuela Pentangelo illustrated.\n","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2025/02/25/free-samples-of-the-sascha.html","date_published":"2025-02-25T05:27:42+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-25 05:27","date_timestamp":1740461262,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://toot.community/@johnarthurnichol/114062873096703500"]}},{"id":"58089418","content_html":"<p>I’m working out if I can host my podcast on micro.blog directly. I mean, I can, but I don’t think I have the skills to make sure everything looks right in Apple Podcasts. That all the information is there, and in the right fields.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2025/02/21/im-working-out-if-i.html","date_published":"2025-02-21T06:05:37+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-21 06:05","date_timestamp":1740117937,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://toot.community/@johnarthurnichol/114040369513103023"]}},{"id":"57990388","content_html":"<p>I like quirky, unusual people, with offbeat humour and deep wells of laughter.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2025/02/20/i-like-quirky-unusual-people.html","date_published":"2025-02-19T23:45:31+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-19 23:45","date_timestamp":1740008731,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://toot.community/@johnarthurnichol/114033212499646221"]}},{"id":"57988939","content_html":"<p>I’ve been trying micro.blog for a couple of years now, on and off. 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And I could never write email newsletters because … what on earth would I say?</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2025/02/20/ive-had-a-lot-of.html","date_published":"2025-02-19T23:03:32+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-19 23:03","date_timestamp":1740006212,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://toot.community/@johnarthurnichol/114033048995995278"]}},{"id":"57987826","content_html":"<p>I don’t use Facebook or Instagram, or the app formerly known as Twitter. I’ve tried them, and the remains of my efforts are still there, I think, but those apps never gelled with me. There was never a good use to make of them, for an introvert like me. It all felt very strange and artificial.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2025/02/20/i-dont-use-facebook-or.html","date_published":"2025-02-19T23:01:44+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-19 23:01","date_timestamp":1740006104,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://toot.community/@johnarthurnichol/114033040465303469"]}},{"id":"57909319","content_html":"<p>My Kind of Writing: <a href=\"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2025/02/19/my-kind-of-writing.html\">johnarthurnichol.com</a></p>","summary":"My kind of writing isn&rsquo;t really meant for picture books. It goes on too long. It follows ideas into the undergrowth and loses sight of the main path. It arrives, eventually, but it&rsquo;s all about the journey.\n","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2025/02/19/my-kind-of-writing.html","date_published":"2025-02-19T00:04:42+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-19 00:04","date_timestamp":1739923482,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://toot.community/@johnarthurnichol/114027626520733343"]}},{"id":"57906830","content_html":"<p>As I voice what I’ve written, I’m confronted by the urge to rewrite. There’s always another way to say what’s been said, so no piece of writing is ever quite finished.</p>\n<p>Trying not to rewrite as I record is just one challenge among many.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2025/02/19/as-i-voice-what-ive.html","date_published":"2025-02-18T23:22:00+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-18 23:22","date_timestamp":1739920920,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://toot.community/@johnarthurnichol/114027457915455792"]}},{"id":"57905628","content_html":"<p>Only on Sundays: <a href=\"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2025/02/19/i-can-only-record-audio.html\">johnarthurnichol.com</a></p>","summary":"I can only record audio on Sundays. The time in between fills up with self-doubt and criticism.\n","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2025/02/19/i-can-only-record-audio.html","date_published":"2025-02-18T23:01:27+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-18 23:01","date_timestamp":1739919687,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://toot.community/@johnarthurnichol/114027377148206079"]}},{"id":"57830755","content_html":"<p>Sascha Martin's Ripping News: the Podcast: <a href=\"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2025/02/18/work-continues-on-episodes-of.html\">johnarthurnichol.com</a></p>","summary":"Work continues on episodes of the podcast. When I started this I didn't appreciate how many obstacles I'd be facing. Surely, I thought, I can record myself reading the stories.\n\nI'm not an actor, though. I'm not a performer, and I'm not an audio engineer.","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2025/02/18/work-continues-on-episodes-of.html","date_published":"2025-02-18T00:50:40+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-18 00:50","date_timestamp":1739839840,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://toot.community/@johnarthurnichol/114022147444274041"]}},{"id":"57827661","content_html":"<p>It’s science on the fly as Sascha crafts a critically cataclysmic collision of cosmic consequence, and suddenly it’s the girls they’re all afraid of.\n<a href=\"https://buymeacoffee.com/johnarthurnichol/e/326086\">Sascha Martin’s Zombie Dust.</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2024/12/19/its-science-on.html","date_published":"2025-02-17T23:53:56+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-17 23:53","date_timestamp":1739836436,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://toot.community/@johnarthurnichol/114021921011254586"]}},{"id":"52613598","content_html":"<p>The Horrifying Sequel to Sascha Martin's Super Ball: <a href=\"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2024/12/19/the-horrifying-sequel.html\">johnarthurnichol.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2024/12/19/the-horrifying-sequel.html","date_published":"2024-12-18T23:22:20+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-18 23:22","date_timestamp":1734564140,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"52612232","content_html":"<p>Where can you run, on a mountain made of balls? How do you hide from a drooling girl?</p>\n<p>It’s all <a href=\"https://buymeacoffee.com/johnarthurnichol/e/326086\">slippery slopes and midnight cravings</a> as Sascha battles a pair of apocalypses only he could have created.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2024/12/06/where-can-you.html","date_published":"2024-12-18T23:02:08+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-18 23:02","date_timestamp":1734562928,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://toot.community/@johnarthurnichol/113676316364837587"]}},{"id":"52609989","content_html":"<p>A Wee Bit of Integrity and the Whole Cover Issue: <a href=\"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2024/12/11/ema-wee-bit.html\">johnarthurnichol.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2024/12/11/ema-wee-bit.html","date_published":"2024-12-11T04:49:40+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-11 04:49","date_timestamp":1733892580,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"51736063","content_html":"<p>Books by John Arthur Nichol: Paperback ISBNs: <a href=\"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2024/12/10/books-by-john.html\">johnarthurnichol.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2024/12/10/books-by-john.html","date_published":"2024-12-10T02:27:03+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-10 02:27","date_timestamp":1733797623,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://toot.community/@johnarthurnichol/113626134948796884"]}},{"id":"51726234","content_html":"<p>Sascha Martin's Ripping News: Teaser Episode 3: <a href=\"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2024/12/10/104145.html\">johnarthurnichol.com</a></p>","summary":"Sascha Martin's Ripping News: the Podcast, by John Arthur Nichol\n\nTeaser Episode 3: Sascha Martin's Gobbly Goo, Part Three\n\nOur third and final Teaser concludes the tale of Sascha Martin's Gobbly Goo, an incident too rude to be told. At the end of Teaser 2, the galloping goo had overrun the last gre...","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2024/12/10/104145.html","date_published":"2024-12-09T23:44:20+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-09 23:44","date_timestamp":1733787860,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://toot.community/@johnarthurnichol/113625522452757614"]}},{"id":"51724539","content_html":"<p>Sascha Martin's Ripping News: Teaser Episode 2: <a href=\"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2024/12/10/102711.html\">johnarthurnichol.com</a></p>","summary":"Sascha Martin's Ripping News: the Podcast, by John Arthur Nichol\n\nTeaser Episode 2: Sascha Martin's Gobbly Goo, Part Two\n\n<audio src=\"https://johnarthurnichol.com/uploads/2024/sascha-martins-ripping-news-teaser-2-sascha-martins-gobbly-goo-part-2.mp3\" controls=\"controls\" preload=\"metadata\"></audio>","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2024/12/10/102711.html","date_published":"2024-12-09T23:42:21+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-09 23:42","date_timestamp":1733787741,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://toot.community/@johnarthurnichol/113625471603518928"]}},{"id":"51723752","content_html":"<p>Sascha Martin's Ripping News: Teaser Episode 1: <a href=\"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2024/12/10/sascha-martins-ripping.html\">johnarthurnichol.com</a></p>","summary":"Sascha Martin's Ripping News: the Podcast, by John Arthur Nichol\n\nTeaser Episode 1: Sascha Martin's Gobbly Goo, Part One\n\nThis story was written years ago, but I could never work out how to finish it because, as you'll hear, there's not much left to work with in the end. But I liked the story becaus...","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2024/12/10/sascha-martins-ripping.html","date_published":"2024-12-09T23:14:46+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-09 23:14","date_timestamp":1733786086,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://toot.community/@johnarthurnichol/113625405182890402"]}},{"id":"51540944","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/JohnPhilpin\">@JohnPhilpin</a></p>\n<p>I’ve only just seen this, John. Huge belly laugh.</p>\n<p>😃😃😃😃😃</p>\n<p>Thank you,<br>\nJohn Also</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/JohnAN/51540944","date_published":"2024-12-08T00:38:18+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-08 00:38","date_timestamp":1733618298,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"51446729","content_html":"<p>This should toot.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/2024/12/07/this-should-toot.html","date_published":"2024-12-06T23:27:58+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur 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you.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/JohnAN/19600239","date_published":"2023-06-03T01:17:09+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-06-03 01:17","date_timestamp":1685755029,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19198126","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/billbennettnz\">@billbennettnz</a> It certainly is 🙂 Northbridge, but the photo’s a few years old now.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/JohnAN/19198126","date_published":"2023-05-17T22:53:17+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur 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Thank you. You Scandinavians have few illusions about Russia, And you’ve been brilliant supporters of Ukraine.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/JohnAN/19049492","date_published":"2023-05-12T01:26:32+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-12 01:26","date_timestamp":1683854792,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19047286","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/odd\">@odd</a> 😀😀😀 I’m delighted to hear that, Odd. Thank you 🙏</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/JohnAN/19047286","date_published":"2023-05-11T23:45:34+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-11 23:45","date_timestamp":1683848734,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19023807","content_html":"<p>@severinelovegood You’re much, much, much too kind. But I love it 😀</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/JohnAN/19023807","date_published":"2023-05-11T03:21:06+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-11 03:21","date_timestamp":1683775266,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18962844","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Christopher\">@Christopher</a> I love the motion blurring. This is cool 🙂</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/JohnAN/18962844","date_published":"2023-05-09T00:22:48+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-09 00:22","date_timestamp":1683591768,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18962759","content_html":"<p>@severinelovegood Thank you for enjoying them 🙂 Maybe you don’t need a reason … ? I try to capture things I’ve observed, and when I feel that I’ve got it right, it makes me happy. When someone likes them, that makes me happy, too.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/JohnAN/18962759","date_published":"2023-05-09T00:18:57+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-09 00:18","date_timestamp":1683591537,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18921766","content_html":"<p>@dominikhoecht Maybe there was someone really, really annoying in the office … 🤔</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/JohnAN/18921766","date_published":"2023-05-07T06:18:50+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-07 06:18","date_timestamp":1683440330,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18844787","content_html":"<p>@dominikhoecht It’s a peculiar choice of workstation, isn’t it? 🙂 I have no explanation. We can only speculate 🤔</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/JohnAN/18844787","date_published":"2023-05-04T01:17:53+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-04 01:17","date_timestamp":1683163073,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18748293","content_html":"<p>@severinelovegood Thank you very much 🙂 Ukraine will surprise everyone, but I despair of politicians.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/JohnAN/18748293","date_published":"2023-04-29T20:52:53+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-04-29 20:52","date_timestamp":1682801573,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18680648","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Miraz\">@Miraz</a> 🙂</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/JohnAN/18680648","date_published":"2023-04-27T01:41:04+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-04-27 01:41","date_timestamp":1682559664,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18680644","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/circustiger\">@circustiger</a> Even the sea is quiet. This was a sunny Winter’s day as well, so the pool, though not in great demand, was a perfect place to sit and contemplate. Or take photos 🙂</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/JohnAN/18680644","date_published":"2023-04-27T01:40:20+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-04-27 01:40","date_timestamp":1682559620,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18680623","content_html":"<p>@severinelovegood 🙂 Winter in Sydney can be wonderful. Not always. But on days like this.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/JohnAN/18680623","date_published":"2023-04-27T01:38:03+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-04-27 01:38","date_timestamp":1682559483,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18680602","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/skoobz\">@skoobz</a> 🙂 🇺🇦</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/JohnAN/18680602","date_published":"2023-04-27T01:35:48+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-04-27 01:35","date_timestamp":1682559348,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18561444","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/williamp\">@williamp</a> The light is very special, but so is everything else. You shot at the perfect moment and you framed it just right.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/JohnAN/18561444","date_published":"2023-04-22T04:08:00+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-04-22 04:08","date_timestamp":1682136480,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18561405","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/skoobz\">@skoobz</a> A bit like the Russian army in Ukraine 🙂</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/JohnAN/18561405","date_published":"2023-04-22T04:05:17+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-04-22 04:05","date_timestamp":1682136317,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18561394","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Miraz\">@Miraz</a> Ah! So it’s a Batman and Robin bird 🙂</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/JohnAN/18561394","date_published":"2023-04-22T04:03:45+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-04-22 04:03","date_timestamp":1682136225,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18512114","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/pgkr\">@pgkr</a> Agreed.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/JohnAN/18512114","date_published":"2023-04-20T07:01:21+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-04-20 07:01","date_timestamp":1681974081,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18512079","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/skoobz\">@skoobz</a> ‘Double double, toil and trouble’ 🙂</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/JohnAN/18512079","date_published":"2023-04-20T06:56:36+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-04-20 06:56","date_timestamp":1681973796,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18512067","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Miraz\">@Miraz</a> It’s like a little blue kookaburra. Or a butcher bird. Does the Kōtare sing?</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/JohnAN/18512067","date_published":"2023-04-20T06:55:19+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-04-20 06:55","date_timestamp":1681973719,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18512041","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/circustiger\">@circustiger</a> Thank you for your kind words. It’s an amazing building but I’ve really only just started looking up at it myself.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/JohnAN/18512041","date_published":"2023-04-20T06:52:58+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-04-20 06:52","date_timestamp":1681973578,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18479896","content_html":"<p>@wpickup This is a stunning photograph.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/JohnAN/18479896","date_published":"2023-04-18T20:58:09+00:00","author":{"name":"John Arthur Nichol","url":"https://johnarthurnichol.com/podcast","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F83234.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnAN"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-04-18 20:58","date_timestamp":1681851489,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}