@bloftin2 And congratulations on your retirement. It’s great!
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","summary":"I reduced my news intake to a trickle. Not surprisingly, I feel a lot better.","url":"https://scottwalters.blog/2026/08/03/eliminating-national-news-from-my.html","date_published":"2026-08-03T21:49:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Scott Walters","url":"https://scottwalters.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1685068.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"drwalt"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"21:49","date_timestamp":1785793741,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95023940","content_html":"@apoorplayer Gotcha.
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","summary":"","url":"https://scottwalters.blog/2026/07/25/harold-bloom-on-the-highest.html","date_published":"2026-07-26T00:46:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Scott Walters","url":"https://scottwalters.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1685068.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"drwalt"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-26 00:46","date_timestamp":1785026772,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94584707","content_html":"@apoorplayer I spent some time last night thinking about this, and I think what I need is to disconnect from political and financial information and replace it with the arts and classics, and essays that have no connection to the current social situation. Everything is political now.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/drwalt/94300091","date_published":"2026-07-19T23:14:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Scott Walters","url":"https://scottwalters.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1685068.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"drwalt"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-19 23:14","date_timestamp":1784502899,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94298334","content_html":"@AlexanderKingsbury They think even less of Libertarians.
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