{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Michael Hanscom","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/djwudi","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"9106","username":"djwudi","bio":"Enthusiastic ambivert. Geeky, liberal, friendly, curious, hopepunk; trying to be a good person. 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Thoughts, photos, links, and miscellany from the past week.","url":"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/03/29/weekly-notes-march-23-29-2026/","date_published":"2026-03-30T03:27:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-30 03:27","date_timestamp":1774841220,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87005684","content_html":"<p>A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher: <a href=\"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/03/25/a-sorceress-comes-to-call-by-t-kingfisher/\">michaelhans.com</a></p>","summary":"Book 10 of 2026: A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. 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Thoughts, photos, links, and miscellany from the past few weeks.","url":"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/03/22/weekly-notes-march-2-22-2026/","date_published":"2026-03-23T02:29:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-23 02:29","date_timestamp":1774232962,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86832392","content_html":"<p>Uncertain Sons and Other Stories by Thomas Ha: <a href=\"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/03/18/uncertain-sons-and-other-stories-by-thomas-ha/\">michaelhans.com</a></p>","summary":"Book 9 of 2026: Uncertain Sons and Other Stories by Thomas Ha. Seventh and final Philip K. Dick award nominee of the year.","url":"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/03/18/uncertain-sons-and-other-stories-by-thomas-ha/","date_published":"2026-03-19T03:34:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-19 03:34","date_timestamp":1773891245,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86277076","content_html":"<p>Difficult Listening Hour 2026.03.15: <a href=\"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/03/15/difficult-listening-hour-2026-03-15/\">michaelhans.com</a></p>","summary":"Just another bit of afternoon noodling around practice session.","url":"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/03/15/difficult-listening-hour-2026-03-15/","date_published":"2026-03-15T23:05:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-15 23:05","date_timestamp":1773615928,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86277075","content_html":"<p>The Immeasurable Heaven by Caspar Geon: <a href=\"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/03/11/the-immeasurable-heaven-by-caspar-geon/\">michaelhans.com</a></p>","summary":"Book 8 of 2026: The Immeasurable Heaven by Caspar Geon. Sixth Philip K. Dick award nominee of the year.","url":"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/03/11/the-immeasurable-heaven-by-caspar-geon/","date_published":"2026-03-11T23:08:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-11 23:08","date_timestamp":1773270482,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85335754","content_html":"<p>Weekly Notes: February 23–March 1, 2026 <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Moongazing-003.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"The moon, with its craters and features nicely visible, against a black background.\"> : <a href=\"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/03/01/weekly-notes-february-23-march-1-2026/\">michaelhans.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/03/01/weekly-notes-february-23-march-1-2026/","date_published":"2026-03-02T03:37:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-02 03:37","date_timestamp":1772422620,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85304317","content_html":"<p>Difficult Listening Hour 2026.03.01: <a href=\"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/03/01/difficult-listening-hour-2026-03-01/\">michaelhans.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/03/01/difficult-listening-hour-2026-03-01/","date_published":"2026-03-01T21:01:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-01 21:01","date_timestamp":1772398910,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84923441","content_html":"<p>Sunward by William Alexander: <a href=\"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/02/24/sunward-by-william-alexander/\">michaelhans.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/02/24/sunward-by-william-alexander/","date_published":"2026-02-24T13:28:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-24 13:28","date_timestamp":1771939707,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84875952","content_html":"<p>Biweekly Notes: February 9–22, 2026: <a href=\"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/02/22/biweekly-notes-february-9-22-2026/\">michaelhans.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/02/22/biweekly-notes-february-9-22-2026/","date_published":"2026-02-23T04:00:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-23 04:00","date_timestamp":1771819220,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84587692","content_html":"<p>Scales by Christopher Hinz: <a 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href=\"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/02/16/difficult-listening-hour-2026-02-16/\">michaelhans.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/02/16/difficult-listening-hour-2026-02-16/","date_published":"2026-02-17T00:29:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-17 00:29","date_timestamp":1771288171,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84416285","content_html":"<p>Outlaw Planet by M. R. Carey: <a href=\"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/02/14/outlaw-planet-by-m-r-carey/\">michaelhans.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/02/14/outlaw-planet-by-m-r-carey/","date_published":"2026-02-15T02:39:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-15 02:39","date_timestamp":1771123140,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83873699","content_html":"<p>Biweekly Notes: January 26–February 8, 2026 <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Educators-Say-ICE-Out-Rally-and-March-029.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"A protest sign being held up that says 'educators say ICE out!'.\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Educators-Say-ICE-Out-Rally-and-March-068.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Panoramic view of a large crowd of protesters filling a city street and two building plazas.\"> : <a href=\"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/02/08/biweekly-notes-january-26-february-8-2026/\">michaelhans.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/02/08/biweekly-notes-january-26-february-8-2026/","date_published":"2026-02-09T02:00:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-09 02:00","date_timestamp":1770602433,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83759905","content_html":"<p>City of All Seasons by Oliver K. Langmead and Aliya Whiteley: <a href=\"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/02/03/city-of-all-seasons-by-oliver-k-langmead-and-aliya-whiteley/\">michaelhans.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/02/03/city-of-all-seasons-by-oliver-k-langmead-and-aliya-whiteley/","date_published":"2026-02-04T03:25:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-04 03:25","date_timestamp":1770175500,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"82922291","content_html":"<p>Biweekly Notes: January 12–25, 2026 <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Cougar-Mountain-Zoo-035.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"A sign on a gate that says 'no running or teasing predators'.\"> : <a href=\"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/01/25/biweekly-notes-january-12-25-2026/\">michaelhans.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/01/25/biweekly-notes-january-12-25-2026/","date_published":"2026-01-26T03:45:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-26 03:45","date_timestamp":1769399147,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"82870713","content_html":"<p>Casual by Koji A. Dae: <a href=\"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/01/21/casual-by-koji-a-dae/\">michaelhans.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/01/21/casual-by-koji-a-dae/","date_published":"2026-01-22T02:42:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-22 02:42","date_timestamp":1769049720,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"82138797","content_html":"<p>Affinity by Canva Accessible PDF Output Test v2: <a href=\"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/01/15/affinity-by-canva-accessible-pdf-output-test-v2/\">michaelhans.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/01/15/affinity-by-canva-accessible-pdf-output-test-v2/","date_published":"2026-01-15T19:37:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-15 19:37","date_timestamp":1768505846,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"82870712","content_html":"<p>Challenger by Diane Carey: <a href=\"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/01/12/challenger-by-diane-carey/\">michaelhans.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/01/12/challenger-by-diane-carey/","date_published":"2026-01-13T02:35:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-13 02:35","date_timestamp":1768271700,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"81860469","content_html":"<p>Weekly Notes: January 5–11, 2026 <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ICE-Out-for-Good-Seattle-031.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Protest sign that says, ''the officer feared for his life' is so funny to me, because as a woman, if I shot a man in the face every time I've felt afraid, the streets would be lined with bodies'.\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ICE-Out-for-Good-Seattle-014.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Protest sign that says, 'so much wrong, so little cardboard'.\"> : <a href=\"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/01/11/weekly-notes-january-5-11-2026/\">michaelhans.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/01/11/weekly-notes-january-5-11-2026/","date_published":"2026-01-12T03:12:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-12 03:12","date_timestamp":1768187528,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"81397573","content_html":"<p>Weekly Notes: December 29, 2025–January 4, 2026 <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/005.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"My wife's outstretched arms hold an iPhone taking a selfie, with her smiling face and me holding up my camera in front of my face visible on the iPhone's screen.\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/First-Walk-of-2026-005.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Selfie of me, a white man with greying red beard, weraing glasses and a black coat and hoodie with the hood up, and my wife a white woman with wavy blonde hair and glasses, both of us smiling.\"> : <a href=\"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/01/04/weekly-notes-december-29-2025-january-4-2026/\">michaelhans.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/01/04/weekly-notes-december-29-2025-january-4-2026/","date_published":"2026-01-05T03:47:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-05 03:47","date_timestamp":1767584820,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"81362923","content_html":"<p>Thin Air by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch: <a href=\"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/01/03/thin-air-by-dean-wesley-smith-and-kristine-kathryn-rusch/\">michaelhans.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/01/03/thin-air-by-dean-wesley-smith-and-kristine-kathryn-rusch/","date_published":"2026-01-04T02:22:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-04 02:22","date_timestamp":1767493320,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"36595784","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> Just wanted to point out that you announced an accessibility feature with a video that visually disabled users can’t see, Deaf/hard of hearing users can’t hear, and where the only textual alternative is the janky transcript of YouTube’s automatic captions with not even a cursory once-over edit pass to correct egregious errors, add punctuation, or generally make it legible. There’s more to supporting accessibility than adding an AI feature that <em>might</em> be able to describe an image, but won’t be able to take into account any of the context of why a particular image is used or if there are particular aspects of the image that are of specific import.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/djwudi/36595784","date_published":"2024-05-01T12:54:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-05-01 12:54","date_timestamp":1714568065,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"12967539","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jean\">@jean</a> I grew up watching TOS/TAS, so it will always be “home”. TNG was our high school obsession, gathering with my friends at someone’s home each week to watch it. DS9 I didn’t watch until it was out on DVD, but I’ve long thought it was the best as far as a complete start-to-finish story. Eventually got around to watching VOY and ENT, which I enjoy and have their moments, but still end up at the bottom of my lists.</p>\n<p>As all the new shows are still in progress, I’m reserving judgement on any ranking decisions, but I’m enjoying all of them, with LDS and SNW my current favorites of the new batch.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/djwudi/12967539","date_published":"2022-06-01T03:03:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-06-01 03:03","date_timestamp":1654052586,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"12323278","content_html":"<p>@UndamnedOne You’re welcome! Glad it’s useful for someone other than me. :)</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/djwudi/12323278","date_published":"2021-12-31T18:56:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2021-12-31 18:56","date_timestamp":1640977005,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"12217927","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/pimoore\">@pimoore</a> Glad you like it!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/djwudi/12217927","date_published":"2021-12-01T04:43:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2021-12-01 04:43","date_timestamp":1638333787,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"12211820","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/josephaleo\">@josephaleo</a> Already did! It’s linked in my post; click on “iOS shortcut”. Guess I could’ve been more clear that I was linking to my shortcut and not just general info about shortcuts, huh? :)</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/djwudi/12211820","date_published":"2021-11-29T14:54:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2021-11-29 14:54","date_timestamp":1638197676,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"12195644","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/cygnoir\">@cygnoir</a> Thank you! :) I’m going to make an effort (once again) to stop allowing Facebook to get the majority of my output. It’s just so easy to get sucked in….</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/djwudi/12195644","date_published":"2021-11-24T16:22:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2021-11-24 16:22","date_timestamp":1637770938,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"12132893","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> One more future feature request: Support for those of us who use WordPress. :) It’s obvious after the fact (since there weren’t options to put in WordPress credentials), but my first posting attempt just got me <code>App token was not valid</code> and now all I can do is sign out.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/djwudi/12132893","date_published":"2021-11-05T20:04:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2021-11-05 20:04","date_timestamp":1636142656,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"12126430","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> Looks like it’s off to a good start! A couple immediate thoughts/suggestions/feature ideas:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Including the author in the default New Post boilerplate (“Currently reading: Book by Author”).</li>\n<li>Being able to post a photo in the post (<a href=\"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2021/07/11/25365/\">like this</a>, for example).</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Looking forward to seeing where this goes!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/djwudi/12126430","date_published":"2021-11-03T20:53:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2021-11-03 20:53","date_timestamp":1635972820,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"11467633","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/help\">@help</a> Thanks for the response—good to know I haven’t been lost! Good luck with the search, and if there’s anything I can provide to help, feel free to let me know.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/djwudi/11467633","date_published":"2021-05-18T17:29:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2021-05-18 17:29","date_timestamp":1621358965,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"11463094","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/help\">@help</a> Neither Sunlit/iOS nor micro.blog/iOS (if the post contains a photo) are able to post to my Wordpress blog at the moment.</p>\n<p>I sent an email support request in on 4/3 when the error from Sunlit was “request too large”, but never got a response (request #6269). Now the error I get (from both apps) is “Error Uploading Photo parse error. not well formed (error: -32700)”.</p>\n<p>Using the Wordpress iOS app works fine (if by “fine” we mean “posts successfully”, not “is an easy process that gives me the results I want”).</p>\n<p>I’ve tried deleting/reinstalling to no avail.</p>\n<p>Any suggestions? Thanks!</p>\n<p>&lt;img src=“https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/462a582520cd44ae8b579d0160068dc6.jpg” width=“277” height=“600” alt=”” /&gt;&lt;img src=“https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/f539df0322164f6f9e11639c23c3236e.jpg” width=“277” height=“600” alt=”” /&gt;</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/djwudi/11463094","date_published":"2021-05-17T16:59:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2021-05-17 16:59","date_timestamp":1621270748,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"11108149","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/cygnoir\">@cygnoir</a> Oh, plus two dedicated pages on my blog: one for my <a href=\"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/hugo-reading/\">Hugo reading project</a>, and one for my annual <a href=\"https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/philip-k-dick-award-reading/\">Philip K. Dick award nominee reading</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/djwudi/11108149","date_published":"2021-03-03T21:32:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2021-03-03 21:32","date_timestamp":1614807144,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"11108142","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/cygnoir\">@cygnoir</a> Goodreads <a href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/913738-michael-hanscom\">for me</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/djwudi/11108142","date_published":"2021-03-03T21:30:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2021-03-03 21:30","date_timestamp":1614807030,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10996011","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/V_\">@V<span>_</span></a> Even better, then! You get an extra unexpected grin. :)</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/djwudi/10996011","date_published":"2021-02-10T15:45:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2021-02-10 15:45","date_timestamp":1612971909,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10995976","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/V_\">@V<span>_</span></a> You’re welcome! :)</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/djwudi/10995976","date_published":"2021-02-10T15:33:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2021-02-10 15:33","date_timestamp":1612971195,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10995975","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/artkavanagh\">@artkavanagh</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/JudgeFergusonTX/status/1359250939312566272?s=20\">According to the judge</a>: “It was recorded during a virtual hearing in the 394th DC of TX, and released for educational purposes.” The <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxlPGPupdd8\">original release</a> also came from the 394th District court of Texas’s YouTube channel. Looks to me like it was all above board.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/djwudi/10995975","date_published":"2021-02-10T15:32:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2021-02-10 15:32","date_timestamp":1612971174,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10883760","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/JacksonOfTrades\">@JacksonOfTrades</a> I’ve long had Niven slotted in with my list of “favorite SF authors”, but it’s also been a long time since I read any of his books. I’m going on with the next two books in the Ringworld series now, so we’ll see what I think of those.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/djwudi/10883760","date_published":"2021-01-19T15:57:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2021-01-19 15:57","date_timestamp":1611071868,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10879557","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/djwudi\">@djwudi</a> Where it fails in todays’s eyes, of course, is his (and his characters’) treatment of the women. One is little more than an empty shell damsel in distress for much of the book (though he attempts to make this plot-driven, it’s still an issue); the other is a sex toy.</p>\n<p>The scale of the (literal and figurative) world building (and probably some nostalgia for how this book influenced my SF tastes in my youth) is enough for me to keep this rated highly, but it definitely feels dated in its interpersonal relationships.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/djwudi/10879557","date_published":"2021-01-18T19:35:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2021-01-18 19:35","date_timestamp":1610998540,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10816281","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/cygnoir\">@cygnoir</a> I want to read the books and continue with the TV series (have only watched S1 so far). I’ve heard nothing but good things — happy to add your recommendation to the list!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/djwudi/10816281","date_published":"2021-01-05T18:38:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2021-01-05 18:38","date_timestamp":1609871919,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10764982","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/mroutley\">@mroutley</a> Feel free, of course! I’m enjoying it, even when some of the older entries get fairly painful by modern standards. Really hoping I’ll get through more than five this year. :)</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/djwudi/10764982","date_published":"2020-12-24T18:35:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-12-24 18:35","date_timestamp":1608834916,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10735652","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/djwudi\">@djwudi</a> That said: Michelle Yeoh carries this, as excellent as ever, and it is fun to see Sonequa Martin-Green chew the scenery as evil!Burnham. But overall, I enjoyed the “real universe” bookends of these two episodes more than I did the Mirror Universe filler. The MU is a treat best used sparingly, and between a four- or five-episode arc in S1 and evil!Georgiou as a regular since then, I’m well and truly happy to stay away from the MU for another few seasons (or series,for that matter).</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/djwudi/10735652","date_published":"2020-12-18T05:52:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-12-18 05:52","date_timestamp":1608270769,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10706870","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/gregmoore\">@gregmoore</a> <a href=\"https://micro.blog/baker\">@baker</a> FSoL is another consistently high-ranking group. <em>Cool World</em>, though…an excellent soundtrack to a horrible film. If you have fond memories of the film but haven’t seen it in ages, I don’t recommend revisiting it.</p>\n<p>I think my first real introduction to electronic dance music would be the first time I heard L.A. Style’s “<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIXqmt0zw3Y\">James Brown Is Dead</a>” in a club.</p>\n<p>Definitely into The Orb! <em>U.F.Orb</em> and <em>Orblivion</em> have probably gotten the most play over the years, but other albums surface regularly as well. Of course, it’s hard to mention The Orb without backtracking to Jimmy Cauty’s shenanigans with The KLF, another particular favorite of mine — I’ve tracked down everything I can from them and their various incarnations (The Jams, 2K, The Timelords).</p>\n<p>And as far as general electronic recommendations go, two more favorites to toss out, one likely more well-known than the other:</p>\n<p>More well-known: <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithless\">Faithless</a>. Defintely more in the house/club family than trance. Fell in love with them the first time I heard “<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8JEm4d6Wu4\">Insomnia</a>”, and…well, I thought I had a full collection, but in grabbing links for this, I just realized they <a href=\"https://music.apple.com/us/album/all-blessed/1528224486\">have a new album</a>, which means I need to go spend some money!</p>\n<p>Less well-known (at least here in the U.S.): <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_3\">Alabama 3</a>. A blend of acid, house, blues, and country, with some albums that are straight-up acoustic blues, others that are all-out electronic, but most of it existing somewhere in between. My introduction to them was the one-two punch of “<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hhzAgAzSr4\">Ain’t Goin’ to Goa</a>” and “<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O18xj2oViU\">You Don’t Dans 2 Tekno Anymore</a>”, and they’re another group where I’ve collected everything I’ve been able to find.</p>\n<p>CC: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/Omrrc\">@Omrrc</a> @JeremyWxBaker <a href=\"https://micro.blog/hollyhoneychurch\">@hollyhoneychurch</a></p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/djwudi/10706870","date_published":"2020-12-12T00:05:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-12-12 00:05","date_timestamp":1607731525,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10706453","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/baker\">@baker</a> That said, there were two trance compilations that got a <em>lot</em> of play in my apartment in the late ’90s (not always in entirely sober frames of mind back then) that I still enjoy many of the selections when they come up: <em><a href=\"https://www.discogs.com/Various-Return-To-The-Source-Deep-Trance-Ritual-Beats/release/2586676\">Return to the Source: Deep Trance &amp; Ritual Beats</a></em> and its follow-up, <em><a href=\"https://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Chakra-Journey/release/59065\">Return to the Source: The Chakra Journey</a></em>. Not sure how easy either is to find anymore, though they both seem to be in <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYIZQPbmOmQ-p5FbQ5VuWVK74fZKVHIWL\">this YouTube playlist</a>, along with a third in the series that I was unaware of.</p>\n<p>cc: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/gregmoore\">@gregmoore</a> <a href=\"https://micro.blog/hollyhoneychurch\">@hollyhoneychurch</a> <a href=\"https://micro.blog/Omrrc\">@Omrrc</a> @JeremyWxBaker <a href=\"https://micro.blog/empetch\">@empetch</a></p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/djwudi/10706453","date_published":"2020-12-11T21:28:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-12-11 21:28","date_timestamp":1607722110,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10706429","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/baker\">@baker</a> Hey, thanks for the plug! :D</p>\n<p>Underworld is a long-time personal favorite of mine. Pretty sure it was “<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feWNvGpWHLM\">Cowgirl</a>” on the <em>Hackers</em> soundtrack that first introduced me to them. “Rez” is so, so, good (as is <a href=\"https://bassnectar.bandcamp.com/album/rez-bassnectar-remix\">that Bassnectar remix</a> you mentioned), and the “<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRo4U_VHsYo\">Rez/Cowgirl</a>” finale to their <em>Everything, Everything</em> live album is perfection. I dearly hope I get to see them live some day.</p>\n<p>In line with the conversation on what is or isn’t “trance”, I’ll admit that over the years, I’ve kind of given up on keeping track of genres except in the broadest sense, and particularly when it comes to electronic dance music. There just got to be too many sub- and sub-sub- and sub-sub-sub-genres to keep straight; my iTunes library just has most of it simply under “electronic”.</p>\n<p>Trance? Techno? House? D&amp;B? Dubstep? These days, it’s pretty much either do or don’t I like it? :)</p>\n<p>cc: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/gregmoore\">@gregmoore</a> <a href=\"https://micro.blog/hollyhoneychurch\">@hollyhoneychurch</a> <a href=\"https://micro.blog/Omrrc\">@Omrrc</a> @JeremyWxBaker <a href=\"https://micro.blog/empetch\">@empetch</a></p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/djwudi/10706429","date_published":"2020-12-11T21:19:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-12-11 21:19","date_timestamp":1607721547,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10706118","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/baker\">@baker</a> Ooh, thanks! I’m going to have to go through and listen to those that have been posted so far. Always interested in broadening what I’ve got on hand!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/djwudi/10706118","date_published":"2020-12-11T19:45:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-12-11 19:45","date_timestamp":1607715914,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10706110","content_html":"<p>@macgenie Thanks! I’ve had your spreadsheet bookmarked for a while for when I (eventually) roll back around to VOY again (though that will take a while…). It’s nice to have some insight from a bigger VOY fan than me (I’ve only watched the series through once so far)!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/djwudi/10706110","date_published":"2020-12-11T19:43:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Hanscom","url":"http://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdjwudi%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"djwudi"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-12-11 19:43","date_timestamp":1607715811,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}