{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Braindump","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/braindump","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"119492","username":"braindump","bio":"","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":22,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fimages%2Fblank_avatar.png"},"items":[{"id":"87891319","content_html":"

Anthropic develops an AI model that is extremely good at finding and exploiting previously unknown security bugs in software: thebraindumpblog.com

","summary":"In further unreassuring news, Anthropic has developed an AI that is capable of “finding and exploiting software vulnerabilities”. And it has found a whole lot of them.\n\n\"What Anthropic is describing is literally a zero-day engine: “Engineers at Anthropic with no formal security training have asked M...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/04/09/anthropic-develops-an-ai-model.html","date_published":"2026-04-09T07:05:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-09 07:05","date_timestamp":1775718321,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87822286","content_html":"

The incomprehensible events of contemporary times: thebraindumpblog.com

","summary":"The unbearable inexplicability of modern-day living where on one hand the despicable US president - a position once known as the leader of the free world - is openly threatening to commit war crimes in the war against Iran he chose to start - and indeed a potentially nuclear-based genocide - whilst...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/04/08/the-incomprehensible-events-of-contemporary.html","date_published":"2026-04-08T07:13:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-08 07:13","date_timestamp":1775632409,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87750993","content_html":"

Legislation punishing citizens of specific nationalities for actions they didn't take is absolutely unacceptable: thebraindumpblog.com

","summary":"Reform are proposing increasingly odd and racist seeming policies.\n\nThis one is an unpleasant mix of prejudice and punishing a people for the actions of its government.\n\n\"Reform UK has said it would stop issuing visas to any person from a country which continues to demand compensation from the UK fo...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/04/07/legislation-punishing-citizens-of-specific.html","date_published":"2026-04-07T08:26:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-07 08:26","date_timestamp":1775550380,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87583867","content_html":"

Policy reactions so far to the oil crisis: thebraindumpblog.com

","summary":"Shaiel Ben-Ephraim documents the various policies which a variety of countries have brought in to try and mitigate the Iran-conflict-driven oil crisis.\n\nThe Philippines declared a national energy emergency. Government offices have shifted to a four-day work week, and agencies must cut fuel and elect...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/04/04/policy-reactions-so-far-to.html","date_published":"2026-04-04T10:34:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-04 10:34","date_timestamp":1775298887,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87516535","content_html":"

The British Home Secretary's lust for the panopticon: thebraindumpblog.com

","summary":"Good god, the UK Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has really been saying the quiet part out loud:\n\n\"AI and technology can be transformative to the whole of the law and order space.\n\nWhen I was in justice, my ultimate vision for that part of the criminal justice system was to achieve, by means of AI ...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/04/03/the-british-home-secretarys-lust.html","date_published":"2026-04-03T07:25:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-03 07:25","date_timestamp":1775201148,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87060748","content_html":"

Well this from O. Westin’s Micro SF/F Mastodon account is the most affecting 323-character sci-fi story I’ve ever seen.

\n
\n

I grant you one wish,\" the magic fish said.

\n

“To eat my mother’s pancakes again, just like when I was a child.”

\n

“Are you sure?”

\n

“You think it frivolous?”

\n

“No. But to grant it I must send you back to the child you were, with no adult memories.”

\n

“Would my life change?”

\n

“You ask that every time.”

\n
\n

(h/t Robb Knight)

\n

Admittedly it’s the only sci-fi story I can ever remember seeing with 323 characters - but even if it wasn’t I think it’d probably still be top.

\n

In other short stories that...

thebraindumpblog.com","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/03/27/well-this-from-o-westins.html","date_published":"2026-03-27T08:29:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-27 08:29","date_timestamp":1774600173,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86722818","content_html":"

The IEA's ten steps to mitigate against the sky-rocketing price of oil: thebraindumpblog.com

","summary":"Here’s the full list of recommendations from the International Energy Agency (IEA) as to what its member countries are advised to do in order to reduce their demand on scarce and expensive oil following the impact of Trump’s presumably illegal war against Iran.\n\nWork from home where possible to save...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/03/22/the-ieas-ten-steps-to.html","date_published":"2026-03-22T13:00:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-22 13:00","date_timestamp":1774184418,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86722361","content_html":"

The 'OSINT Techniques' book is surely the bible for all things Open Source Intelligence: thebraindumpblog.com

","summary":"📚 Finished reading OSINT Techniques: Resources for Uncovering Online Information by Michael Bazzell and Jason Edison.\n\nThis is surely the absolute bible of approaches and methods for anyone interested in pursuing the art and science of Open Source Intelligence, aka OSINT, as a hobby or a career, ...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/03/22/the-osint-techniques-book-is.html","date_published":"2026-03-22T12:49:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-22 12:49","date_timestamp":1774183793,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86720456","content_html":"

Timothy Snyder on why the No Kings protests are important: thebraindumpblog.com

","summary":"Justly famed author Timothy Snyder on his participation in the upcoming US No Kings protest.\n\n\"Everything is at stake.\n\nProsperity. The wealth of workers is handed to oligarchs.\n\nThe Constitution. One person seeks unrestrained power.\n\nJustice. The innocent are punished while the guilty believe in im...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/03/22/timothy-snyder-on-why-the.html","date_published":"2026-03-22T12:08:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-22 12:08","date_timestamp":1774181332,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86720455","content_html":"

📚 Finished reading Cult of the Dead Cow How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World by Joseph Menn.

\n

Although I’m not certain how famous they are these days, the hacker group “Cult of the Dead Cow” was greatly influential within hacker culture, and the online world in general, at one point....

thebraindumpblog.com","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/03/22/finished-reading-cult-of-the.html","date_published":"2026-03-22T12:08:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-22 12:08","date_timestamp":1774181316,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86659357","content_html":"

‘Record-shattering March temperatures in Western North America virtually impossible without climate change’ confirm scientists regarding the record-shattering heatwave that affected the US this week.

\n

The consequences are extraordinarily severe:

\n
\n

Heatwaves are the deadliest type of extreme weather, with hundreds of thousands of people dying from heat-related causes each year. Extreme heat is most deadly earlier in the year, when people have not acclimated to the heat, and vulnerable people are exposed to high temperatures for the first time.

\n
","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/03/21/recordshattering-march-temperatures-in-western.html","date_published":"2026-03-21T08:37:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-21 08:37","date_timestamp":1774082250,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86659101","content_html":"

An interesting proposal from the government to help Britons reduce fuel consumption and hence costs given the massive war-drive. price increases on it:

\n
\n

They have already begun contingency planning in case the conflict is protracted, including considering lowering speed limits to minimise fuel consumption

\n
\n

They’re not alone - the IEA has also suggested similar:

\n
\n

In the face of oil supply shortages caused by the closure of the strait of Hormuz, the International Energy Agency (IEA) suggested the world should use ovens less and cut back on car usage to increase resilience

\n
","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/03/21/an-interesting-proposal-from-the.html","date_published":"2026-03-21T08:29:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-21 08:29","date_timestamp":1774081765,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86658544","content_html":"

A short visual history of US interference with Iran \"Auto-generated : thebraindumpblog.com

","summary":"Ted Rall’s cartoon summarises just a few reasons why some of the Iranian population might on occasion express some negative sentiment towards America. And all this is of course long before the current war, which of course was not in any way instigated by Iran.\n\nBut hey, as illustrated here, it’s not...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/03/21/a-short-visual-history-of.html","date_published":"2026-03-21T08:11:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-21 08:11","date_timestamp":1774080670,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86516168","content_html":"

📚 Finished reading The Cut Throat Trial by S J Fleet.

\n

3 boys are on trial for committing the brutal murder of a seemingly random older man. There’s no denying that they’re involved, but each of them claims that it was the other two that actually did the act. This is the nature of the what is known in the...

thebraindumpblog.com","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/03/19/finished-reading-the-cut-throat.html","date_published":"2026-03-19T08:04:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-19 08:04","date_timestamp":1773907471,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86298352","content_html":"

🎶 Listening to The Wild, the Innocent & the Raging by Iluka.

\n

This one came to my attention after hearing a particularly resonant set of lyrics blare out from the short-video social networks around me.

\n
\n

While the planet burns for the billionaires\nTakin' all they please, as if the world was theirs!\nWhen the last tree’s cut and the streams run bare\nLet ‘em eat their money, what’ll they do then?

\n
\n

Well, quite. That’s a verse from Woman Gone Mad.

\n

Many of the other songs also tackle a ton of social issues, especially those most often faced by women - so, by definition, ones that should be understood and taken...

thebraindumpblog.com","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/03/16/listened-to-the-wild-the.html","date_published":"2026-03-16T08:34:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-16 08:34","date_timestamp":1773650095,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86297962","content_html":"

🎶 Listening to The Clearing by Wolf Alice.

\n

Checked this one out after hearing one of its tracks, White Horses, played all over the place. But my favourite has to be the one that I and much of my social group identifies with to varying, only occasionally problematic, extents: Sofa.

\n

youtube.com/...

","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/03/16/listened-to-the-clearing-by.html","date_published":"2026-03-16T08:27:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-16 08:27","date_timestamp":1773649644,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85886537","content_html":"

Noted 6 decades ago: 'extremely short exposures to a relatively simple computer program could induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people': thebraindumpblog.com

","summary":"We can’t say we weren’t warned.\n\nFrom Joseph Weizenbaum, writing in 1976 (I think):\n\n\"I had not realized…that extremely short exposures to a relatively simple computer program could induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people.\" Indeed, ELIZA’s code had not been designed to evoke this ...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/03/10/noted-decades-ago-extremely-short.html","date_published":"2026-03-10T08:20:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-10 08:20","date_timestamp":1773130803,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85778207","content_html":"

📚 Finished listening to V for Vendetta by Steve Moore.

\n

This V for Vendetta is the novelisation of the film V for Vendetta, which is the film of the graphic novel V for Vendetta. Which I listened to in audio form. So there’s a lot of format switching going on in that journey. Nonetheless, I still very much...

thebraindumpblog.com","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/03/08/finished-listening-to-v-for.html","date_published":"2026-03-08T18:25:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-08 18:25","date_timestamp":1772994312,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85760797","content_html":"

One reason LLMs hallucinate is because we incentivise them to give any answer over saying they don't know: thebraindumpblog.com

","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/03/08/one-reason-llms-hallucinate-is.html","date_published":"2026-03-08T12:05:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-08 12:05","date_timestamp":1772971534,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85470231","content_html":"

A GUI for the Substack archiving process: thebraindumpblog.com

","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/03/04/a-gui-for-the-substack.html","date_published":"2026-03-04T08:11:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-04 08:11","date_timestamp":1772611860,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85204671","content_html":"

@paulw “re-exploration of a classic novel” isn’t really a genre that ever occurred to me before, but I certainly thought this one was great so I’m into it! Thanks for the James recommendation, will definitely take a look.

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/85204671","date_published":"2026-02-28T09:51:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-28 09:51","date_timestamp":1772272296,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85204542","content_html":"

🎶 Listening to Bleeds by Wednesday,

\n

This album seemed fairly universally acclaimed in many “best of 2025” lists. It also came up accidentally when I was searching for Wednesday the TV show. Very fortuitous as it is as atmospherically good as claimed\n1.\nI can’t say I’ve ever lived the small-town lifestyle in a deprived southern USA state with its associated ups and downs and everyday struggles - but I’m prepared to believe this genre-hopping album reflects the experience.

\n

It also contains this absolutely unbeatable set of lyrics.

\n
\n

“We watched a Phish concert and Human Centipede. Two things I now wish I...

\n
thebraindumpblog.com","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/02/28/listening-to-bleeds-by-wednesday.html","date_published":"2026-02-28T09:45:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-28 09:45","date_timestamp":1772271928,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85128961","content_html":"

The Greens win the Gorton and Denton by-election by a whopping 12 percentage points \"Auto-generated : thebraindumpblog.com

","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/02/27/the-greens-win-the-gorton.html","date_published":"2026-02-27T07:45:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-27 07:45","date_timestamp":1772178302,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85055453","content_html":"

📚 Finished reading Julia by Sandra Newman.

\n

This is a retelling of George Orwell’s extremely famous book 1984, but from the perspective of one of the main female characters of the original Julia. She’s works as mechanic in the Ministry of Truth, finding one way or another to get by under the outstandingly...

thebraindumpblog.com","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/02/26/finished-reading-julia-by-sandra.html","date_published":"2026-02-26T08:12:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-26 08:12","date_timestamp":1772093548,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85020839","content_html":"

The inventor of the world wide web implores us to remember that 'This Is For Everyone' \"Auto-generated : thebraindumpblog.com

","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/02/25/the-inventor-of-the-world.html","date_published":"2026-02-25T19:49:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-25 19:49","date_timestamp":1772048955,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84775217","content_html":"From NPR:\n\n\"The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is urging broadcasters to air more “patriotic, pro-America” content in honor of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.\"\n\nThis definitely doesn’t sound anything like the fictional world of Orwell’s 1984, or the non-fictional world of Russian state broadcasting of course…\n\n\"Carr’s suggestions for today’s broadcasters also include starting each day with the “Star Spangled Banner” or the Pledge of Allegiance; introducing segments that highlight “local sites of significance” to national and regional history such as N... thebraindumpblog.com","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/02/22/from-npr-the-federal-communications.html","date_published":"2026-02-22T08:07:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-22 08:07","date_timestamp":1771747658,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"62646765","content_html":"

@umerez_ I definitely agree with your daughter’s taste, it’s certainly worth giving it a go, and great if it’s helping to inspire or educate the younger generation! I found another show by the same writer, Toxic
\nTown, very good too (on a totally different subject).

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/62646765","date_published":"2025-04-21T09:47:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-21 09:47","date_timestamp":1745228852,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"57440665","content_html":"

@jsonbecker It’s been a while so if Amazon changed something maybe this won’t help - but in the past I had success with the ‘kindle.py’ bit of this script for downloading all books at once.

\n

(Tho there’s not much in the way of English documentation! And I feel like it didn’t get the books shared with me via being in a household, if that’s a concern)

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/57440665","date_published":"2025-02-12T23:59:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-12 23:59","date_timestamp":1739404785,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"57264041","content_html":"

@MylesInTheNorth I never actually realised the UK had a law on it! thanks for sharing. Tho makes me worried if I accidentally committed a crime in my youth 😀

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/57264041","date_published":"2025-02-10T23:07:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-10 23:07","date_timestamp":1739228843,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"48553856","content_html":"

@wfm Nice thank you! I listen to their regular podcast quite often but it’s been a long time since I looked at their interview series. But I’m certainly going to listen the the Snyder ep next now you mentioned it, thanks.

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/48553856","date_published":"2024-10-30T07:29:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-30 07:29","date_timestamp":1730273342,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"46568455","content_html":"

@toddgrotenhuis That’d be a great follow!
\nThis link seems to work for me:

\n

www.smbc-comics.com/comic/rss

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/46568455","date_published":"2024-09-30T21:49:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-09-30 21:49","date_timestamp":1727732985,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"46193900","content_html":"

@SimonWoods agreed! I never use the Wordpress dashboard reader so had forgotten it even exists but that’s annoying.

\n

Also I’ve had a paid plan at Wordpress.com a while and it’s extremely restrictive - the point about disabling features being bad is ironic. (Granted I am on the cheapest plan so maybe that’s my fault - WPEngine is much more expensive! )

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/46193900","date_published":"2024-09-25T07:08:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-09-25 07:08","date_timestamp":1727248094,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"38644899","content_html":"

@odd happy memories indeed! I vaguely remember getting emm386.exe to do something to the tiny memory we had back then that meant I could play Doom as being a formative experience of my youth, and then when CDROMs came out, magical 😃

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/38644899","date_published":"2024-05-31T22:22:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-05-31 22:22","date_timestamp":1717194175,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"36913440","content_html":"

@JohnPhilpin Getting Richard Dawkins to contribute to your magazine back then seems an impressive achievement! I’d certainly much rather read something he was involved in around then than the average corporate PR newsletter.

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/36913440","date_published":"2024-05-06T11:00:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-05-06 11:00","date_timestamp":1714993207,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"36751249","content_html":"

@JohnPhilpin Amazing! Good to know the legacy of the original SEQUEL lived on via your magazine :)

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/36751249","date_published":"2024-05-03T15:18:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-05-03 15:18","date_timestamp":1714749495,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"36427495","content_html":"

@odd if I’m honest I had to use the randomly click on squares that seem feasible technique to get through the first one 😂

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/36427495","date_published":"2024-04-28T21:30:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-04-28 21:30","date_timestamp":1714339852,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"32060324","content_html":"

@SimonWoods Great idea, no need to stop at “how to use your phone”! In some ways I think we’ve created, or at least allowed, a society that’s become so unnecessarily difficult to thrive in that there’s a ton of things we have a responsibility to offer support for. Stories like this one from today’s paper about the plight of some of our children are so tragic.

\n

To be honest, I’d happily be an adult learner in a how to live well class myself :)

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/32060324","date_published":"2024-02-20T09:33:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-02-20 09:33","date_timestamp":1708421580,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"25913712","content_html":"

@chrisfoley Sounds like you’re making great progress! Yes, I think tracking is one of the few techniques that the research suggests is quite effective in most circumstances regarding weight loss. The main problem is that it’s effortful so most people aren’t able to keep it up for a long time, so good on you for persisting!

\n

I’m glad folk are trying to work out ways to make it less of an ordeal. But as you say I guess intentionality is likely a part of it so making it too automatic might be unhelpful in the end. Perhaps that’s why the researchers in this paper noted that tracking by taking photos might be less effective. But otoh it’s good to know that it’s certainly not critical to be a ‘perfect tracker’.

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/25913712","date_published":"2023-11-04T14:40:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-11-04 14:40","date_timestamp":1699108806,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"25913459","content_html":"

@SimonWoods you’ve a great memory! And, I agree, if the various dictionaries don’t nominate ‘enshittification’ as word of the year this year it’ll be an injustice.

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/25913459","date_published":"2023-11-04T14:33:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-11-04 14:33","date_timestamp":1699108385,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"25913420","content_html":"

@odd Ha, I don’t think I’ve seen those shows but they sound hilariously undramatic…accidental seed smuggling!

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/25913420","date_published":"2023-11-04T14:31:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-11-04 14:31","date_timestamp":1699108316,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"22591044","content_html":"

@odd Agree, it’s absolutely wild! There’s so much I’m sure we’ve yet to discover about the brain’s influence on…everything.

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/22591044","date_published":"2023-08-24T08:26:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-08-24 08:26","date_timestamp":1692865612,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19350600","content_html":"

@Miraz Glad you liked them! I see that the author has released a book with several short stories and also made a novel based on the Cat Pictures world, “Catfishing with Catnet” I’m also curious about.

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/19350600","date_published":"2023-05-24T07:46:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-24 07:46","date_timestamp":1684914417,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"15609649","content_html":"

@rknightuk Thanks for the reminder! I never got around to checking it out before but just used your link to sign up for a good few years as plenty of folk seem excited about it. Now to figure out what I bought 😂

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/15609649","date_published":"2022-12-31T23:45:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-12-31 23:45","date_timestamp":1672530356,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"14816586","content_html":"

@sherif It did amuse me, if only all drunken escapades ended with such impressive results!

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/14816586","date_published":"2022-12-10T08:50:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-12-10 08:50","date_timestamp":1670662241,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"14360411","content_html":"

@jean Amazing, I can’t believe I didn’t know this was a thing until now!

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/14360411","date_published":"2022-11-24T08:59:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-11-24 08:59","date_timestamp":1669280396,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"13513773","content_html":"

@amit Looks great! I’m already grateful to you for the Paper theme you produced. Thanks for producing more great options those of us with less knowledge can use :)

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/13513773","date_published":"2022-10-16T16:11:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-10-16 16:11","date_timestamp":1665936696,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"13438127","content_html":"

@otaviocc This looks so cool! I use Obsidian and was kind of surprised there wasn’t a direct way to publish to micro.blog from it given all the other plugins. So thank you so much for creating a way for us to do this. It looks great.

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/13438127","date_published":"2022-09-28T11:03:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-09-28 11:03","date_timestamp":1664362998,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"13438111","content_html":"

@manton Very exciting! Once this gets featured in an app a novice like me can use it feels like micro.blog then has all the main features one could want to replace basically all other social networks :) So great that it feeds back to OSM too.

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/13438111","date_published":"2022-09-28T11:00:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-09-28 11:00","date_timestamp":1664362849,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"13317701","content_html":"

@manton Re micro.blog always scaling down images greater than 1800x1800, does that mean that they’re (only) saved at the scaled down resolution?

\n

Or just that micro.blog always scales them down when displaying them in posts but the original image is still theoretically there in the uploads section? Thanks!

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/13317701","date_published":"2022-08-27T22:58:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-08-27 22:58","date_timestamp":1661641085,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"13159108","content_html":"

@zioibi Thank you! I didn’t know there was a book, this is exciting :) Sounds like it might be “Mr Robot Red Wheelbarrow”? Not in our library if so, but seems compelling enough I might need to find a copy to buy!

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/13159108","date_published":"2022-07-18T09:18:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-07-18 09:18","date_timestamp":1658135920,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}