{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Alan Jacobs ","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/ayjay","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"650","username":"ayjay","bio":"✝️ 📚  📖  🖊   ⚽️  🏀  🎸 🎵  🎥  ","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":89,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2022/650.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"87950506","content_html":"<p>Unqualified: <a href=\"https://cosmosmalick.net/2026/04/09/unqualified.html\">cosmosmalick.net</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://cosmosmalick.net/2026/04/09/unqualified.html","date_published":"2026-04-10T00:50:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"00:50","date_timestamp":1775782206,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87948380","content_html":"<p>I’ve added <a href=\"https://cosmosmalick.net/a-malick-bibliography/\">a highly selective bibliography</a> to Cosmos Malick.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://social.ayjay.org/2026/04/09/ive-added-a-highly-selective.html","date_published":"2026-04-10T00:16:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"00:16","date_timestamp":1775780205,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87945799","content_html":"<p>The chatbot hopes for<br>\nRight-brain wisdom, but gets only<br>\nHallucinations.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://social.ayjay.org/2026/04/09/the-chatbot-hopes-for-rightbrain.html","date_published":"2026-04-09T23:23:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"23:23","date_timestamp":1775776984,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87910906","content_html":"<p><img style=\"display: block;  \" src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fblog.ayjay.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F04%2F20260411_STP508.jpg.png\" alt=\"20260411 STP508.jpg.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\"></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/04/09/earth-and-moon-then-and-now\">Earth and moon, then and now</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://social.ayjay.org/2026/04/09/earth-and-moon-then-and.html","date_published":"2026-04-09T14:02:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-09 14:02","date_timestamp":1775743327,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87902713","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://blog.ayjay.org/the-rest-is/\">It was the union of cheese and Samurai that finally did me in</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://social.ayjay.org/2026/04/09/it-was-the-union-of.html","date_published":"2026-04-09T11:46:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-09 11:46","date_timestamp":1775735195,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87867386","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/JohnBrady\">@JohnBrady</a> Probably Robin took his original post down? Sorry, I can’t help.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ayjay/87867386","date_published":"2026-04-08T21:05:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-08 21:05","date_timestamp":1775682305,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87867053","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/JohnBrady\">@JohnBrady</a> Did you do a web search for the phrase?</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ayjay/87867053","date_published":"2026-04-08T21:00:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-08 21:00","date_timestamp":1775682055,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87852079","content_html":"<p>I’m starting a new website project — powered by micro.blog! I explain that decision to my Buy Me a Coffee supporters <a href=\"https://buymeacoffee.com/ayjay/cosmos-malick\">here</a>. If you want to go straight to the website, <a href=\"https://cosmosmalick.net/about-cosmos-malick/\">here it is</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://social.ayjay.org/2026/04/08/im-starting-a-new-website.html","date_published":"2026-04-08T17:35:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-08 17:35","date_timestamp":1775669728,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87833428","content_html":"<p>A brief post on <a href=\"https://blog.ayjay.org/redistributing/\">redistributing your media portfolio</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://social.ayjay.org/2026/04/08/a-brief-post-on-redistributing.html","date_published":"2026-04-08T11:56:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-08 11:56","date_timestamp":1775649391,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87801775","content_html":"<p>One more photo from <a href=\"https://wacobridge.org/2026/04/07/dorrell-easter-baptism-church-under-the-bridge/\">Jimmy Dorrell’s last service at Church Under the Bridge</a>: Michael Dionne rejoices at his Easter Sunday baptism in the waters of the Bosque River. (Photo by Justin Hamel.)</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/404/2026/img-0240.webp\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://social.ayjay.org/2026/04/07/one-more-photo-from-jimmy.html","date_published":"2026-04-07T22:46:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-07 22:46","date_timestamp":1775601965,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87800923","content_html":"<p><em>My neighbor, a young mother, walking around the block with her dog or by herself, staring at her phone</em></p>\n<p>Me: Come on, friend! See the trees leafing out! Listen to the birds!</p>\n<p><em>Same neighbor, walking around the block this afternoon, staring at a book in her hands</em></p>\n<p>Me: You go, girl!!</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://social.ayjay.org/2026/04/07/my-neighbor-a-young-mother.html","date_published":"2026-04-07T22:35:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-07 22:35","date_timestamp":1775601306,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87761755","content_html":"<p><img style=\"display: block;  \" src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/404/2026/260405-jh-easter-baptism-06-scaled.jpg.png\" alt=\"260405 JH Easter-Baptism 06-scaled.jpg.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\"></p>\n<p>It would be difficult to overstress how much <a href=\"https://wacobridge.org/2026/04/07/dorrell-easter-baptism-church-under-the-bridge/\">Jimmy Dorrell</a> has meant, and will continue to mean, to Waco. May the Lord bless Jimmy in his retirement — though I doubt that he’ll be very retiring. </p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://social.ayjay.org/2026/04/07/it-would-be-difficult-to.html","date_published":"2026-04-07T12:38:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-07 12:38","date_timestamp":1775565527,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87696761","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://macwright.com/2026/04/01/recently.html\">macwright.com</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I've been reading too much on Instapaper. Saving articles for later is a powerful way to manage my time, but it produces a huge pile of content that I then feel obligated to work my way through. </p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Instapaper has the opposite effect on me. I save many articles there, and when I visit the site the first thing I do is delete the articles I am no longer interested in reading. Usually that’s more than half of the articles I’ve saved. (“Why did I think I wanted to read <em>that</em>?”) Very liberating. The key is not to visit Instapaper too often — twice a week is about right. </p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://social.ayjay.org/2026/04/06/macwrightcom-ive-been-reading-too.html","date_published":"2026-04-06T13:42:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-06 13:42","date_timestamp":1775482956,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87666319","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781914568053/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Abandoned reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781914568053\">The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions and the Unmaking of the World</a> by Iain McGilchrist. What an infuriating endeavor. McGilchrist seems to think that he he makes a claim stronger by giving, not three, not five, but forty-seven supportive examples — and that he can’t say what...</p> <a href=\"https://social.ayjay.org/2026/04/05/abandoned-reading-the-matter-with.html\">social.ayjay.org</a>","summary":"","url":"https://social.ayjay.org/2026/04/05/abandoned-reading-the-matter-with.html","date_published":"2026-04-06T00:17:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-06 00:17","date_timestamp":1775434662,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87666208","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/patrickrhone\">@patrickrhone</a> I think I might actually produce a syllabus! Stay tuned.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ayjay/87666208","date_published":"2026-04-06T00:13:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-06 00:13","date_timestamp":1775434383,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87658266","content_html":"<p>I've had a number of people ask me about this: <a href=\"https://www.honest-broker.com/p/a-12-month-immersive-course-in-humanities\">A 12-Month Immersive Course in Humanities - by Ted Gioia</a>. I’ll just say that my version would be, not 52 assignments in a year, but one assignment in a year. Pick one vital book and read it slowly. Pause to think. Re-read difficult passages. Take your time, and...</p> <a href=\"https://social.ayjay.org/2026/04/05/ive-had-a-number-of.html\">social.ayjay.org</a>","summary":"","url":"https://social.ayjay.org/2026/04/05/ive-had-a-number-of.html","date_published":"2026-04-05T19:21:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-05 19:21","date_timestamp":1775416866,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87639251","content_html":"<p>And from six years ago, on my old Buttondown newsletter: <a href=\"https://buttondown.com/ayjay/archive/easter-with-arcabas/\">Easter with Arcabas</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://social.ayjay.org/2026/04/05/and-from-six-years-ago.html","date_published":"2026-04-05T11:49:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-05 11:49","date_timestamp":1775389799,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87639254","content_html":"<p>New from me: “<a href=\"https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/dispatch-faith/christianity-easter/?gift_key=6efb946d7f3db34e&amp;gift_ref=3766464&amp;utm_source=giftlink&amp;utm_medium=copy_link&amp;utm_campaign=membergift\">Welcome to the party, Christmas and Easter Christians!</a>”</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://social.ayjay.org/2026/04/05/new-from-me-welcome-to.html","date_published":"2026-04-05T11:49:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-05 11:49","date_timestamp":1775389788,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87593653","content_html":"<p>Tech CEO asks<br>Chatbot why it is frozen.<br>Chatbot: “<em>You’re</em> frozen.”</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://social.ayjay.org/2026/04/04/tech-ceo-asks-chatbot-why.html","date_published":"2026-04-04T15:04:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-04 15:04","date_timestamp":1775315051,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87593066","content_html":"<p>The other day <a href=\"https://social.ayjay.org/2026/03/29/chatbots-brains-dont-have-a.html\">I wrote</a>, “Chatbots’ brains don’t have a right hemisphere.” Several people — surprisingly many — have asked me to expand on that. But I dunno: expanding on it feels like a very left-hemisphere thing to do. </p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://social.ayjay.org/2026/04/04/the-other-day-i-wrote.html","date_published":"2026-04-04T14:44:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-04 14:44","date_timestamp":1775313895,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87590414","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://spectator.com/article/my-advice-for-the-new-archbishop-of-canterbury/?edition=us\">My advice for the new Archbishop of Canterbury | Rowan Williams</a>: </p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It might sound odd to approach Easter thinking about fear. But it’s striking that the earliest gospel finishes by telling us that the women who came to the tomb of Jesus and found it empty initially ‘said nothing because they were afraid’. Nothing is going to be the same again: being afraid is the most natural reaction. We are all on the back foot: the ‘cultural Christian’, who likes to have a little bit of Christian decor in the house; the Christian nationalist, who wants non-Christians to know their place; the liberal Anglican, who...</p>\n</blockquote> <a href=\"https://social.ayjay.org/2026/04/04/my-advice-for-the-new.html\">social.ayjay.org</a>","summary":"","url":"https://social.ayjay.org/2026/04/04/my-advice-for-the-new.html","date_published":"2026-04-04T13:43:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-04 13:43","date_timestamp":1775310237,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87586072","content_html":"<p>The key point about all these “<a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/opinion/high-agency-silicon-valley.html\">high agency</a>” people is that they’re agentic in relation to existing institutions and human beings but mimetic in relation to <em>money</em>. They do whatever money wants. They want to <em>be</em> money. They put money where their mouth is. <a href=\"https://danagioia.com/money/\">And it talks</a>. </p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://social.ayjay.org/2026/04/04/the-key-point-about-all.html","date_published":"2026-04-04T12:03:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-04 12:03","date_timestamp":1775304204,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87546304","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/mwerickson\">@mwerickson</a> Explanation coming soon!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ayjay/87546304","date_published":"2026-04-03T19:03:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-03 19:03","date_timestamp":1775243022,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87545465","content_html":"<p>Today in the noon Good Friday service <a href=\"https://www.stalbanswaco.org/music/choir/\">our parish choir</a> sang quite beautifully two powerful anthems I hadn’t heard before:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>“<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYV44g9YGH4\">Crux fidelis</a>” — by Sarah Macdonald</li>\n<li>”<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LZwEtwAEm\">Were You There?</a>” — as arranged by Bob Chilcott</li>\n</ul>\n<p>(Of course I know “Were You There?” but not this arrangement of it) </p>\n<p><img style=\"display: block;  \" src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/404/2026/img-0077-m.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\"></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://social.ayjay.org/2026/04/03/today-in-the-noon-good.html","date_published":"2026-04-03T18:49:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-03 18:49","date_timestamp":1775242196,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87546411","content_html":"<p>A Disposition: <a href=\"https://cosmosmalick.net/2026/04/03/a-disposition.html\">cosmosmalick.net</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://cosmosmalick.net/2026/04/03/a-disposition.html","date_published":"2026-04-03T16:22:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-03 16:22","date_timestamp":1775233331,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87532312","content_html":"<p><img style=\"display: block;  \" src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/404/2026/2a4252c6-b98d-4e86-83b8-1bdb4fd093c1-2000x1334-m.jpg\" alt=\"2a4252c6 b98d 4e86 83b8 1bdb4fd093c1_2000x1334.\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" loading=\"lazy\"></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.samholden.jp/p/what-we-need-to-save-tokyos-public\">Saving the <em>sento</em></a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://social.ayjay.org/2026/04/03/saving-the-sento.html","date_published":"2026-04-03T14:26:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-03 14:26","date_timestamp":1775226419,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87546412","content_html":"<p>Learning on the Job <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/315326/2026/tumblr-mvl0v1wekf1smerk1o4-1280.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"> : <a href=\"https://cosmosmalick.net/2026/04/02/learning-on-the-job.html\">cosmosmalick.net</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://cosmosmalick.net/2026/04/02/learning-on-the-job.html","date_published":"2026-04-03T00:50:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-03 00:50","date_timestamp":1775177441,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87495034","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/100x/https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw154%2F8lI9dmz1RH20FAqltkGelY1v4BE.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\"><p>Watched: <a href=\"https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/804\">Roman Holiday</a>. Twenty years ago David Thomson write that “Seen today, <em>Roman Holiday</em> is hard to finish, because it has only its charm.” Since it has more charm that any dozen ordinary movies, I didn’t have any trouble finishing it — or watching it again.  🍿</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://social.ayjay.org/2026/04/02/watched-roman-holiday-twenty-years.html","date_published":"2026-04-02T21:23:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-02 21:23","date_timestamp":1775165010,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87492894","content_html":"<p>Coming soon…</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fcosmosmalick.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fbrody-terrence-malick.jpg.webp\" width=\"600\" height=\"412\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://cosmosmalick.net/2026/04/02/coming-soon.html","date_published":"2026-04-02T20:54:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-02 20:54","date_timestamp":1775163269,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87477459","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/mwerickson\">@mwerickson</a> ☺️</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ayjay/87477459","date_published":"2026-04-02T16:51:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-02 16:51","date_timestamp":1775148701,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87257022","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/lukemperez\">@lukemperez</a> Very true, but I am not convinced that we need another essay saying “You really need to internalize this.”</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ayjay/87257022","date_published":"2026-03-30T15:37:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-30 15:37","date_timestamp":1774885065,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87199885","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/frjonjordan\">@frjonjordan</a> “There are many things in the deep waters; and seas and lands may change. And it is not our part here to take thought only for a season, or for a few lives of Men, or for a passing age of the world. We should seek a final end of this menace, even if we do not hope to make one.” The key must cast into the fires of Mount Doom, whence it came.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ayjay/87199885","date_published":"2026-03-29T15:44:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-29 15:44","date_timestamp":1774799066,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87198897","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> Thanks, Manton! I’ll see how it goes. I have one related problem that I’ll share via email (screenshots).</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ayjay/87198897","date_published":"2026-03-29T15:28:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-29 15:28","date_timestamp":1774798096,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87160829","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> FWIW, changing to 0.158 makes no difference to me. It still takes several minutes for a post to show up, and if I make any edits to that post, those won’t show up for hours.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ayjay/87160829","date_published":"2026-03-28T21:22:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-28 21:22","date_timestamp":1774732930,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87092293","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/patrickrhone\">@patrickrhone</a> ❗️</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ayjay/87092293","date_published":"2026-03-27T18:51:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-27 18:51","date_timestamp":1774637513,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87067910","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/patrickrhone\">@patrickrhone</a> Oh right! That would be cool, especially since the dialogue starts with Socrates walking from the Piraeus back to Athens. Looks like y’all are having a great trip!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ayjay/87067910","date_published":"2026-03-27T11:24:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-27 11:24","date_timestamp":1774610641,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86669290","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/grmr\">@grmr</a> But how could he help himself??</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ayjay/86669290","date_published":"2026-03-21T13:19:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-21 13:19","date_timestamp":1774099188,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86664366","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/wcaleb\">@wcaleb</a> Sorry about the paywall, but thanks!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ayjay/86664366","date_published":"2026-03-21T11:07:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-21 11:07","date_timestamp":1774091266,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86317701","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/patrickrhone\">@patrickrhone</a> Amen to that.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ayjay/86317701","date_published":"2026-03-16T15:28:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-16 15:28","date_timestamp":1773674884,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86311130","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ReaderJohn\">@ReaderJohn</a> <a href=\"https://micro.blog/jabel\">@jabel</a> Y’all are very kind!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ayjay/86311130","date_published":"2026-03-16T13:26:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-16 13:26","date_timestamp":1773667600,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85833864","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> Working for me this morning!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ayjay/85833864","date_published":"2026-03-09T15:13:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-09 15:13","date_timestamp":1773069187,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85785543","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> I know you have RSS on your mind now, but for when you have time: I cannot add books from the web. When I try to add to “Currently Reading” I am taken straight back to the Bookshelves page with no changes registered. I just tried adding in Epilogue and that <em>seems</em> to have worked, but I won’t know for a while, because when I do add books they can take up to a day before showing up on the main site or my blog. This is one of my favorite features of micro.blog, but I am really close to giving up on it and looking for another solution.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ayjay/85785543","date_published":"2026-03-08T20:28:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-08 20:28","date_timestamp":1773001732,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85642004","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> That’s really awesome! For years, before I bought my own domain, <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20071012200042/http://ayjay.jottit.com/\">Jottit was my home page</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ayjay/85642004","date_published":"2026-03-06T15:11:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-06 15:11","date_timestamp":1772809884,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85372412","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/mroutley\">@mroutley</a> Thank you!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ayjay/85372412","date_published":"2026-03-02T23:21:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-02 23:21","date_timestamp":1772493667,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85337672","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/help\">@help</a> Two requests. One is an old issue: Sometimes several minutes can pass between my hitting the “Post” button and the post actually showing up — but more important, if I edit a post it can sometimes take hours before the correction shows up.</p>\n<p>Two: I wonder if it would be possible to have a user-viewable page, perhaps linked to from the “bio” of the Help account, listing the main issues that are currently being worked on. For instance: recently I was having some trouble getting the Books feature to work properly and was going to file a bug, but then I happened to see that others had written to Help about the same issue, so I knew it was already being addressed.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ayjay/85337672","date_published":"2026-03-02T14:24:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-02 14:24","date_timestamp":1772461472,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85036299","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ctwardy\">@ctwardy</a> So the scenario is people making food with shovels?</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ayjay/85036299","date_published":"2026-02-25T23:44:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-25 23:44","date_timestamp":1772063060,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85008818","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> A wizard’s post is never too long or too short. It is precisely as long as it needs to be.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ayjay/85008818","date_published":"2026-02-25T16:45:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-25 16:45","date_timestamp":1772037918,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85008177","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> How dare you call my post TOO LONG?? 😉</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ayjay/85008177","date_published":"2026-02-25T16:34:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-25 16:34","date_timestamp":1772037293,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84873130","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/bloftin2\">@bloftin2</a> As you know, Shelties in general are wonderful creatures but this guy is the happiest dog I’ve ever been around. Just in a constant state of joy. It’s pretty irresistible. </p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ayjay/84873130","date_published":"2026-02-23T19:18:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-23 19:18","date_timestamp":1771874296,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84861344","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> Seems to me that the medium undermines the message.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ayjay/84861344","date_published":"2026-02-23T16:43:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Alan Jacobs ","url":"https://ayjay.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F650.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ayjay"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-23 16:43","date_timestamp":1771865032,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}