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\nLately I draw the line at raw fruit, because it doesn’t make me instantly feel bad in the way that cane sugar does - I feel like that’s a decent indicator.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/dlm/10551915","date_published":"2020-11-10T13:30:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Donald Merand","url":"https://dlm.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdlm%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dlm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-11-10 13:30","date_timestamp":1605015030,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10551893","content_html":"@twweaver You might find Maciej Ceglowski’s take to be a bit of an antidote: idlewords.com/talks/sup…
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/dlm/10533478","date_published":"2020-11-06T23:42:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Donald Merand","url":"https://dlm.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdlm%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dlm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-11-06 23:42","date_timestamp":1604706170,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10531311","content_html":"@jidabug is your dog a mastiff/lab mix? It looks so much like my recently-departed mastador that it brought tears to my eyes.
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\nI try to stick to standard vim features to make it easier to switch machines, but I do love goyo and vimwiki for organizing my notes and writing.
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\nDid you know that LeGuin made an album of Kesh folk music to go along with the book? It’s actually pretty great!
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