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@hollyhoneychurch I think she’s almost as chatty as my tortie, Snickers.

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I’m glad I don’t like lobster or I might have been tempted to act on the skate shop owner’s recommendation of the lobster rolls at Dollar General.

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Sticker selection from the skate shop.

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@miscellany Oh yeah, totally. It’s the same bits.

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@miscellany I agree but sometimes find myself putting on a CD I could more easily stream just for the physical bond of connecting to the music.

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Corporation Games: canneddragons.net

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@JimRain I’ve thought about this quite a bit. I have the tendency to quit institutions if they are discretionary and I don’t see that they live up to their ideals. I did this with scouting and I wonder about how it would have been if I was a better scout.

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@JohnBrady It is certainly sad. I could identify with much of it, though not necessarily with the rigidity. My godfather frequently updates me on what priest is feuding with what Protestant pastor and sending me the YouTube videos that Robinson refers to. He spends a lot of energy trying to set the non-Orthodox straight on X. The groups I’m familiar with are all big fans of people like Putin and Assad because they are part of the tribe (and we’re not even ROCOR).

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@ReaderJohn You were actually the one exception I was thinking about when I wrote that.

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Orthodox Burnout: canneddragons.net

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@dwalbert Looks really clean. It’s definitely appealing. I tested the email sign-up.

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Still bummed I didn’t get to see your stuff in person at Artsplosure.

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I don’t think this is what St. Gregory Palamas used. At least some of the funds go to a good cause, though.

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@garrettmartin.bsky.social My son was telling me about this and was surprised “Web In Front” was in so many lists. He thought it was really obscure.

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Bought the hype and started reading Galahad and the Grail Merlin’s Isle by Malcolm Guite 📚.

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@ReaderJohn I just picked it up, as well. Going to try and find my child and read it to him.

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@jaheppler Great image for it.

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@miscellany This reminds me of the backlash Jimmy Carter faced when he talked about similar measures in his cardigan.

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Eveningstar: canneddragons.net

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Qobuz finally added the one feature I was really missing: The ability to download songs while not in the app.

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Brandon writes about having Reverse SAD — seasonal affective disorder that occurs during the summer instead of the winter.

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Research also suggests that high temperatures might play a role in reverse SAD. Notable differences between summer and winter SAD are that summer SAD individuals may typically feel manic, whereas those with winter SAD lack energy. Georgetown University psychiatrist and professor Norman Rosenthal, who first described and coined the term Seasonal Affective Disorder, notes that the drop in temperature can be calming for those people, who might otherwise find the summer heat...

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@garrettmartin.bsky.social We all harbor that wish.

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@lmika I recommend it.

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The ATmosphere plugin for WordPress doesn’t work most of the time. I posted a review to that effect on the plugin page and it was deleted by the moderator because it was taken as “reporting a problem.” So basically, you can only leave positive reviews of WordPress plugins or they will get removed?

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Brandon writes about having Reverse SAD — seasonal affective disorder that occurs during the summer instead of the winter.

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Research also suggests that high temperatures might play a role in reverse SAD. Notable differences between summer and winter SAD are that summer SAD individuals may typically feel manic, whereas those with winter SAD lack energy. Georgetown University psychiatrist and professor Norman Rosenthal, who first described and coined the term Seasonal Affective Disorder, notes that the drop in temperature can be calming for those people, who might otherwise find the summer heat...

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@ReaderJohn I like the toupee that cat is wearing.

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Trying to get into the Semisequicentennial spirit.

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@miscellany I really respect that dog. It was honor just to be placed beside him.

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@manton Hey, did you see the new Crucial Tracks feature to publish to your blog through Micropub?

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Bandcamp Downsizing: social.canneddragons.net

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@manton Are you including the avatar? That would be a nice touch.

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@miscellany My thoughts are along the same lines. I think Bandcamp will stick around. I assume they are making money. It isn’t good for the employees or the culture, though.

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@manton A colleague reached out to me this week to ask if that was me in the Pixel Portraits ad. Sure enough.

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@manton When you first enabled it, I saw some traffic from Leaflet in my Tinylytics dashboard.

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Bandcamp Downsizing: canneddragons.net

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@miscellany Actually, that brings me some sort of comfort.

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@JohnBrady My wife was just commenting about the need to make home ec mandatory a couple of days ago.

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@bradleyandroos Love it. This looks like something from a Wes Anderson film.

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@JohnBrady @joshuapsteele This is wonderful. I’m almost tempted to pick this up.

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@joshuapsteele A blogger I follow was writing about summer seasonal affective disorder the other day and I get that. It’s hard when you can’t go outside.

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Ascension Serif: canneddragons.net

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Ascension Serif: social.canneddragons.net

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This morning, my power briefly went off, which took out my Dyson fan. Despite having an error code on the screen, I went through the Dyson app, their chat and the website to find out what the issue could be with no success. With Claude, I had the fan back working in under 5 minutes.

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I Set My Face to the Hillside: canneddragons.net

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I Set My Face to the Hillside: social.canneddragons.net

","summary":" Tortoise - I Set My Face to the Hillside (YouTube)\nLast year, I bought TNT by Tortoise on CD from a Discogs seller.1 I should tell you, this sort of activity is as sure a sign of my devotion to a particular album as any. After all, I’ve got access to high-quality digital copies of albums like this ...","url":"https://social.canneddragons.net/2026/06/27/i-set-my-face-to.html","date_published":"2026-06-27T20:50:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Rackley","url":"https://canneddragons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1612628.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"canneddragons"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-27 20:50","date_timestamp":1782593424,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:u2zy3hpjbhfxkgfzcyfy7fsx/post/3mpchwxpaj42w"]}},{"id":"93036574","content_html":"

The Economist looks like it has some interesting pieces and I think I would enjoy their coverage, but I’m a lot less likely to subscribe to a publication that doesn’t allow me to share articles for discussion.

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I Set My Face to the Hillside: canneddragons.net

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Fade To Blue: canneddragons.net

","summary":"Zigging with your weblog when others are zagging.","url":"https://www.canneddragons.net/fade-to-blue/","date_published":"2026-06-26T01:44:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Rackley","url":"https://canneddragons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1612628.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"canneddragons"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-26 01:44","date_timestamp":1782438294,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92923654","content_html":"

A Room You Can't See: canneddragons.net

","summary":"What did we lose when music on physical media declined?","url":"https://www.canneddragons.net/a-room-you-cant-see/","date_published":"2026-06-26T01:37:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Rackley","url":"https://canneddragons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F21%2F1612628.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"canneddragons"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-26 01:37","date_timestamp":1782437839,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92919391","content_html":"

Fade To Blue: social.canneddragons.net

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Fade To Blue: canneddragons.pagecord.com

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