@ReaderJohn With politicians campaigning on hardness of heart, I’m not optimistic, but we can hope.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/JohnBrady/98277647","date_published":"2026-09-27T21:42:44+00:00","author":{"name":"john brady","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F21%2F25456.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnBrady"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-27 21:42","date_timestamp":1790545364,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"73179125","content_html":"Divna Ljubojević - Agni Parthene. I listen to this often.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://abbamoses.micro.blog/2025/09/02/divna-ljubojevi-agni-parthene-i.html","date_published":"2025-09-02T15:51:43+00:00","author":{"name":"john brady","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F21%2F25456.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnBrady"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-02 15:51","date_timestamp":1756828303,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"72249521","content_html":"I’m drifting toward being one of those “Workflowy for everything” cultists.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://abbamoses.micro.blog/2025/08/21/im-drifting-toward-being-one.html","date_published":"2025-08-21T20:17:16+00:00","author":{"name":"john brady","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F21%2F25456.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"JohnBrady"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-21 20:17","date_timestamp":1755807436,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"69868116","content_html":"Bill Kauffman on artists spurning state sponsorship:
\n\n\n\n\nConscientious objectors who wish neither to wield nor submit to power are as impractical as unemployed poets, whiskey priests, and dandelions.
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The libertarian/anti-statist view has never had much of a constituency, but I’ve been thinking about how rapidly it seems to be losing ground these days.
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