{"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":"90766784","content_html":"<p>'More Money Than God' provides a comprehensive history of the hedge fund: <a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/23/more-money-than-god-provides.html\">thebraindumpblog.com</a></p>","summary":"📚 Finished listening to More Money Than God by Sebastian Mallaby,\n\nThis feels like a veritable encyclopedia of the history and evolution of hedge funds or, as they were originally called, back when they were invented in the middle of the 20th century, hedged funds. It’s not overly dry though; much o...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/23/more-money-than-god-provides.html","date_published":"2026-05-23T11:55:21+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":"2026-05-23 11:55","date_timestamp":1779537321,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90762118","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780141199337/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\"><p>📚 Finished reading <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780141199337\">Dracula</a> by Bram Stoker.</p>\n<p>After <a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/23/watched-dracula-a-love-tale.html\">watching Dracula: A Love Tale</a> I realised I didn’t know and/or had forgotten the actual original Bram Stoker story of Dracula. Sure, The Count is enough of a blanket cultural artefact these days that I know what he looks like and his distinguishing behaviours....</p> <a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/23/finished-reading-dracula-by-bram.html\">thebraindumpblog.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/23/finished-reading-dracula-by-bram.html","date_published":"2026-05-23T10:01:59+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":"2026-05-23 10:01","date_timestamp":1779530519,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90757070","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/100x/https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw154%2FlibhghrUSBSEdHgF9uP1SQES0nQ.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\"><p>🎥 Watched <a href=\"https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1246049\">Dracula: A Love Tale</a>.</p>\n<p>This is a French re-imagining of the classic Dracula story. Including, unlike the original, an origin story.</p>\n<p>He we see him convinced that his one true love, murdered in front of him in some past century, must have been reincarnated. Naturally he’ll stop at nothing to find her...</p> <a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/23/watched-dracula-a-love-tale.html\">thebraindumpblog.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/23/watched-dracula-a-love-tale.html","date_published":"2026-05-23T07:15:44+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":"2026-05-23 07:15","date_timestamp":1779520544,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90616817","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/100x/https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw154%2F4AUbCdE6TtIeuqVEk1LVFxH5tKY.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\"><p>📺 Watched: <a href=\"https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/247614/season/1\">Curfew Season 1</a>.</p>\n<p>Set in a world very similar to ours, <a href=\"https://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/Blog/recent-incidents-lay-bare-the-ongoing-epidemic-of-male-violence-against-women-and-girls\">plagued by male violence against women</a>, the government of the day comes up with an obvious, if 50% unpopular, solution. Under the ‘The Women’s Safety Act’, they instigate a legal curfew where men are not allowed to leave their house between the...</p> <a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/21/watched-curfew-season-set-in.html\">thebraindumpblog.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/21/watched-curfew-season-set-in.html","date_published":"2026-05-21T07:25:13+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":"2026-05-21 07:25","date_timestamp":1779348313,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90616205","content_html":"<p>🎶 Listened to <a href=\"https://album.link/s/095CtTUF31nsa6ik3U7UDb\">RADICAL</a> by Gavin Prophet.</p>\n<p>This is Prophet’s first full album. Packed with shortish pop-punk style songs replete with accurate and necessary punches critiquing of the political system many of us are subject to.</p>\n<p>An example from “H8 U (4 U)” about how we’re all manipulated into hating each other rather than those who have real control over our lives:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Cause it’s problems they like to have\nMake sure I hate you for you\nIt doesn’t matter if you’re red, blue, gay straight, religious, or identify as a <em>fill in the blank</em>\nThe rich want us at war\nCause I’ve been raised on a lie\nYou’ve been raised on...</p>\n</blockquote> <a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/21/listened-to-radical-by-gavin.html\">thebraindumpblog.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/21/listened-to-radical-by-gavin.html","date_published":"2026-05-21T07:10:12+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":"2026-05-21 07:10","date_timestamp":1779347412,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90541355","content_html":"<p>An unexpected side-effect of the seemingly intractable conflict between the US and Iran: Japan’s largest maker of snacks has found itself needing to change its colourful packets of crisps <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/12/calbee-japan-snack-giant-black-white-packaging-iran-war-oil-ink-shortage\">into monochrome versions</a>.</p>\n<p>What’s the connection? Naphtha - an ‘an ink ingredient derived from petroleum’.</p>\n<p>Based on the...</p> <a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/20/an-unexpected-sideeffect-of-the.html\">thebraindumpblog.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/20/an-unexpected-sideeffect-of-the.html","date_published":"2026-05-20T07:05:19+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":"2026-05-20 07:05","date_timestamp":1779260719,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90343268","content_html":"<p>The Open Rights Group's very comprehensive report on  the importance of Digital Sovereignty: <a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/17/the-open-rights-groups-very.html\">thebraindumpblog.com</a></p>","summary":"The Open Rights Group has produced an extremely comprehensive report on the need for Britain to make progress towards digital sovereignty, rather than have the whole function of our country’s governance and public sector dependent on a handful of private for-profit tech companies, sometimes with a h...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/17/the-open-rights-groups-very.html","date_published":"2026-05-17T10:00:22+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":"2026-05-17 10:00","date_timestamp":1779012022,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90305367","content_html":"<p>Britain's dependence on US technology makes us vulnerable: <a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/16/britains-dependence-on-us-technology.html\">thebraindumpblog.com</a></p>","summary":"Last week the FT had an article that I’d particularly recommend anyone who is unfamiliar with such awkwardly-named concepts such as “digital sovereignty” to read.\n\nIn a world where our ability to operate effectively is governed in so many ways by the nature of our existence in the digital realm, and...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/16/britains-dependence-on-us-technology.html","date_published":"2026-05-16T17:21:42+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":"2026-05-16 17:21","date_timestamp":1778952102,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90138237","content_html":"<p>Starmer's government is following the path of the recent Conservative administrations in terms of ministerial resignations: <a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/14/starmers-government-is-following-the.html\">thebraindumpblog.com</a></p>","summary":"Kier Starmer frequently gets accused of acting like a Tory. And here’s one more way in which that’s true!\n\nChart courtesy of the Institute for Government.\n\nI’m very curious whether this is a general property of modern-day politics also seen in other countries, or whether we’ve had a particularly inc...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/14/starmers-government-is-following-the.html","date_published":"2026-05-14T07:19:59+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":"2026-05-14 07:19","date_timestamp":1778743199,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89857765","content_html":"<p>The Dirty Business documentary provides yet more evidence in favour of nationalising water provision in the UK. <a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/09/the-dirty-business-documentary-provides.html\">thebraindumpblog.com</a></p>","summary":"📺 Watched Dirty Business.\n\nThe was another exemplary documentary about the life-ruining spread of various inappropriate capitalistic and corrupt activities throughout the UK. This time by the monopolistic companies that have somehow been entrusted to provide us the life’s essential that is clean wat...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/09/the-dirty-business-documentary-provides.html","date_published":"2026-05-09T17:24:36+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":"2026-05-09 17:24","date_timestamp":1778347476,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89857763","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/100x/https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw154%2F3hmRODHa9Wepw80iEE87BNCAu9L.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\"><p>📺 Watched <a href=\"https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/41956/season/15\">Death in Paradise season 15</a>.</p>\n<p>I mean, I watched the first 14, so what’s 1 more?</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2025/04/19/watched-death-in-paradise-season.html\">Previously.</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/09/watched-death-in-paradise-season.html","date_published":"2026-05-09T16:58:37+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":"2026-05-09 16:58","date_timestamp":1778345917,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89757402","content_html":"<p>There's no party that hates the working class more than Reform: <a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/07/theres-no-party-that-hates.html\">thebraindumpblog.com</a></p>","summary":"…which is saying a lot I know.\n\nFor all the talk of “workers” and “ordinary people”, do Reform UK’s policies serve the working class?\n\nNo.\n\nIn slightly more detail:\n\n\"Together, these findings suggest that Reform’s self-presentation operates at the level of identity politics and rhetorical appeal, ra...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/07/theres-no-party-that-hates.html","date_published":"2026-05-07T10:14:37+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":"2026-05-07 10:14","date_timestamp":1778148877,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89752456","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/100x/https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw154%2F1zyKeMDCLpn2UK6hxU2IrVLgot2.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\"><p>📺 Watched <a href=\"https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/205072/season/4\">Beyond Paradise Season 4</a>.</p>\n<p>The next season of the Britain-based spinoff of the original Death in Paradise. Nothing too unpredictable here, it’s comfort crime. It must be said that the cases hold a little more variety than the main series did last time wherein every crime was a murder and <a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2025/04/19/watched-death-in-paradise-season.html\">every...</a></p> <a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/07/watched-beyond-paradise-season-the.html\">thebraindumpblog.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/07/watched-beyond-paradise-season-the.html","date_published":"2026-05-07T07:13:24+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":"2026-05-07 07:13","date_timestamp":1778138004,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89752258","content_html":"<p>It's election day in the UK once again: <a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/07/its-election-day-in-the.html\">thebraindumpblog.com</a></p>","summary":"It’s elections day today in the UK. A variety of local government , Scottish Parliament, Senedd Cymru and mayoral elections are taking place. The outcome is likely to be rather dramatic, and potentially devastating for the traditional main parties of the UK - in particular Labour is destined to lose...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/07/its-election-day-in-the.html","date_published":"2026-05-07T07:04:53+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":"2026-05-07 07:04","date_timestamp":1778137493,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89658555","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781035411924/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\"><p>📚 Finished reading <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781035411924\">Witch Trial</a> by Harriet Tyce.</p>\n<p>You may recognise the name of the author as having played a <a href=\"https://thetraitors.fandom.com/wiki/Harriet_Tyce\">short-lived starring role</a> on Celebrity Traitors last year.</p>\n<p>This is one of the former criminal barrister’s novels - a courtroom drama, featuring a cut-throat trial involving two teenagers who, it is...</p> <a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/05/finished-reading-witch-trial-by.html\">thebraindumpblog.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/05/finished-reading-witch-trial-by.html","date_published":"2026-05-05T18:20:46+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":"2026-05-05 18:20","date_timestamp":1778005246,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89657292","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/100x/https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw154%2F6kEAVyhalzv4HCAfnLfXUcF3nQZ.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\"><p>📺 Watched <a href=\"https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/226174/season/2\">Matlock Season 2</a>.</p>\n<p>The hardened investigator disguised as a harmless little old lady is back on the tail of the corrupt lawyers whose illegal actions led at least in part to the opioid crisis and subsequent death of her daughter.</p>\n<p>It’s somehow a lot more fun than it sounds. Unlike <a href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/30/the-family-that-built-an-empire-of-pain\">the real life...</a></p> <a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/05/watched-matlock-season-the-hardened.html\">thebraindumpblog.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/05/watched-matlock-season-the-hardened.html","date_published":"2026-05-05T18:06:26+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":"2026-05-05 18:06","date_timestamp":1778004386,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89549396","content_html":"<p>Reform's latest unhinged and hopefully illegal policy: 'if you vote Green we'll put a massive immigrant prison near you': <a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/04/reforms-latest-unhinged-and-hopefully.html\">thebraindumpblog.com</a></p>","summary":"It’s impossible for a mere part-time blogger to cover each one of Reform’s increasingly abhorrent and unhinged policy announcements, but this one seemed like it deserved special attention.\n\nFrom Zia Yusuf, one of the more powerful of Reform UK’s millionaire elites:\n\n\"In order to deport all illegal m...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/04/reforms-latest-unhinged-and-hopefully.html","date_published":"2026-05-04T07:16:08+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":"2026-05-04 07:16","date_timestamp":1777878968,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89492367","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/100x/https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw154%2FnrM2xFUfKJJEmZzd5d7kohT2G0C.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\"><p>📺 Watched <a href=\"https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/225171/season/1\">Pluribus</a>.</p>\n<p>You might know the word “pluribus” from the Latin saying “<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_pluribus_unum\">E pluribus unum</a>”, or “out of many, one”.</p>\n<p>Famously, the phrase appears on the US <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Seal_of_the_United_States\">Great Seal</a>, with its original choice reflecting the union of the original 13 colonies into a single nation. It might be hard to say that the same vibe...</p> <a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/03/watched-pluribus-you-might-know.html\">thebraindumpblog.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/03/watched-pluribus-you-might-know.html","date_published":"2026-05-03T07:21:19+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":"2026-05-03 07:21","date_timestamp":1777792879,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89447371","content_html":"<p>When my OneDrive sync started seemingly permanently destroying some of my files I was surprised to learn that you can actually get telephone support from Microsoft. That’s cool. They even call you at a scheduled time.</p>\n<p>However hours of discussion later they hadn’t fixed the problem and referred me to specialist support, which is an email thing. After a few failed interactions the specialist support started asking me stuff that made no sense in the context of my issue (along with things I hope my case notes showed I already did), asking me to uninstall software I never had and so on.</p>\n<p>Finally I noticed on...</p> <a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/02/when-my-onedrive-sync-started.html\">thebraindumpblog.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/02/when-my-onedrive-sync-started.html","date_published":"2026-05-02T12:21:03+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":"2026-05-02 12:21","date_timestamp":1777724463,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89442864","content_html":"<p>📺 Watched <a href=\"https://trakt.tv/shows/the-apprentice-uk/seasons/20\">The Apprentice season 20</a>.</p>\n<p>Same old, same old, even though they promised that there would be special twists and turns it being the 20th series. It was, let’s say, easy to miss them.</p>\n<p>Perhaps the only notable difference to usual was by the end I did actually think one candidate was a better bet than...</p> <a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/02/watched-the-apprentice-season-same.html\">thebraindumpblog.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/02/watched-the-apprentice-season-same.html","date_published":"2026-05-02T10:32:21+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":"2026-05-02 10:32","date_timestamp":1777717941,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89296297","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/100x/https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw154%2FmleIeTJ6LMmpyVcNEpZ6qIpzRfT.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\"><p>📺 Watched <a href=\"https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/259886/season/1\">The War Between the Land and the Sea</a>.</p>\n<p>This is a spin-off from the Doctor Who franchise (which I am <em>still</em> <a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2024/01/13/started-the-longterm.html\">working my way through</a> more than two years later) featuring one of its historic baddies - the <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sea_Devils\">Sea Devils</a>, first seen in 1972. Although they’re generally referred to as the more politically...</p> <a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/04/30/watched-the-war-between-the.html\">thebraindumpblog.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/04/30/watched-the-war-between-the.html","date_published":"2026-04-30T07:09:32+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":"2026-04-30 07:09","date_timestamp":1777532972,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89151463","content_html":"<p>Elon Musk discovers that if you're a world-class villain it's hard to find a jury that doesn't already dislike you: <a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/04/28/elon-musk-discovers-that-if.html\">thebraindumpblog.com</a></p>","summary":"Imagine being such a notorious evil-doer that it’s impossible to find jury members that don’t already hate you.\n\nElon Musk and Sam Altman are currently in court battling over who said what in the earlier days of OpenAI. Jury selection apparently didn’t go overly smoothly:\n\n\"Musk’s lawyers took issue...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/04/28/elon-musk-discovers-that-if.html","date_published":"2026-04-28T06:53:57+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":"2026-04-28 06:53","date_timestamp":1777359237,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89018741","content_html":"<p>Tim Marshall's 'Prisoners of Geography' may help you understand the world at least a little better: <a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/04/26/tim-marshalls-prisoners-of-geography.html\">thebraindumpblog.com</a></p>","summary":"📚 Finished reading Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall.\n\nIn my quest to try and understand something about how the chaotic-seeming modern world works, geopolitics edition, I’ve had this one on my list for a while, but delayed it until now when I heard a 10th anniversary edition was coming out tha...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/04/26/tim-marshalls-prisoners-of-geography.html","date_published":"2026-04-26T09:47:19+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":"2026-04-26 09:47","date_timestamp":1777196839,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88798339","content_html":"<p>Making an external monitor connected via a hub work in Linux Mint: <a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/04/22/making-an-external-monitor-connected.html\">thebraindumpblog.com</a></p>","summary":"One thing I didn’t particularly expect during my latest transition to Linux is that whilst my laptop would work fine with an external screen if I plugged the laptop directly into the screen, the computer wouldn’t detect or use it if I used my usual setup, which is computer -> usb cable -> hub -> hdm...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/04/22/making-an-external-monitor-connected.html","date_published":"2026-04-22T18:16:50+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":"2026-04-22 18:16","date_timestamp":1776881810,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88430141","content_html":"<p>How to (re)move Windows 11's supposedly 'unmovable' files in order to shrink its disk partition: <a href=\"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/04/17/how-to-remove-windows-s.html\">thebraindumpblog.com</a></p>","summary":"It took a while until annoyance (and ethics?) overcame my laziness, but I finally got to the point of wanting to convert my latest Windows computer into a Linux computer, or rather, given I do have a couple of Windows only programs, into a dual-boot hybrid.\n\nThe final straw was when it became appare...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/04/17/how-to-remove-windows-s.html","date_published":"2026-04-17T07:21:41+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":"2026-04-17 07:21","date_timestamp":1776410501,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85204671","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/paulw\">@paulw</a>  “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.</p>\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":"62646765","content_html":"<p>@umerez<span>_</span> 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<br>\nTown, very good too (on a totally different subject).</p>\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":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jsonbecker\">@jsonbecker</a> 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 <a href=\"https://github.com/yihong0618/Kindle_download_helper\">this script</a> for downloading all books at once.</p>\n<p>(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)</p>\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":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/MylesInTheNorth\">@MylesInTheNorth</a> 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 😀</p>\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":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/wfm\">@wfm</a> 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.</p>\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":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/toddgrotenhuis\">@toddgrotenhuis</a> That’d be a great follow!<br>\nThis link seems to work for me:</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/rss\">www.smbc-comics.com/comic/rss</a></p>\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":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/SimonWoods\">@SimonWoods</a> agreed! I never use the Wordpress dashboard reader so had forgotten it even exists but that’s annoying.</p>\n<p>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! )</p>\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":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/odd\">@odd</a> 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  😃</p>\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":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/JohnPhilpin\">@JohnPhilpin</a> 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.</p>\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":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/JohnPhilpin\">@JohnPhilpin</a> Amazing! Good to know the legacy of the original SEQUEL lived on via your magazine :)</p>\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":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/odd\">@odd</a> if I’m honest I had to use the randomly click on squares that seem feasible technique to get through the first one 😂</p>\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":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/SimonWoods\">@SimonWoods</a> 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 <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/19/childrens-services-leaders-in-england-call-for-national-plan-for-childhood\">this one</a> from today’s paper about the plight of some of our children are so tragic.</p>\n<p>To be honest, I’d happily be an adult learner in a how to live well class myself :)</p>\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":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/chrisfoley\">@chrisfoley</a> 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!</p>\n<p>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’.</p>\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":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/SimonWoods\">@SimonWoods</a> 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.</p>\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":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/odd\">@odd</a> Ha, I don’t think I’ve seen those shows but they sound hilariously undramatic…accidental seed smuggling!</p>\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":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/odd\">@odd</a> Agree, it’s absolutely wild! There’s so much I’m sure we’ve yet to discover about the brain’s influence on…everything.</p>\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":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Miraz\">@Miraz</a> 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.</p>\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":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/rknightuk\">@rknightuk</a> 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 😂</p>\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":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/sherif\">@sherif</a> It did amuse me, if only all drunken escapades ended with such impressive results!</p>\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":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jean\">@jean</a> Amazing, I can’t believe I didn’t know this was a thing until now!</p>\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":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/amit\">@amit</a> 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 :)</p>\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":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/otaviocc\">@otaviocc</a> 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.</p>\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":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> 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.</p>\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":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> Re micro.blog always scaling down images greater than 1800x1800, does that mean that they’re (only) saved at the scaled down resolution?</p>\n<p>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!</p>\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":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/zioibi\">@zioibi</a> Thank you! I didn’t know there was a book, this is exciting :) Sounds like it might be “<a href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29873086-mr-robot\">Mr Robot Red Wheelbarrow</a>”? Not in our library if so, but seems compelling enough I might need to find a copy to buy!</p>\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}}]}