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Elizabeth Bruenig: “The risks of a Christian left attempting to counterbalance the Christian right are numerous. Democratic Christian politicians might find themselves softening their Christian beliefs to comply with the party’s expectations.”
\n","summary":"","url":"https://dwswanson.micro.blog/2026/11/11/elizabeth-bruenig-the-risks-of.html","date_published":"2026-11-11T15:00:23+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-11-11 15:00","date_timestamp":1794409223,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"100855703","content_html":"@mwerickson It is! I’m still surprised that I can get to a trail in less than 45 minutes from our home in Chicago.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/dswanson/100855703","date_published":"2026-11-10T22:03:15+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-11-10 22:03","date_timestamp":1794348195,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"100842406","content_html":"Another beautiful fall day at the Indiana National Lakeshore.\nI
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My friend Richard with a long view of the election in Mississippi: “History asks more of us than to marvel at how far we have come. It asks whether we will tend what others planted at such terrible cost… whether we will leave to those who come after us a world less burdened with wounds.”
\n","summary":"","url":"https://dwswanson.micro.blog/2026/11/09/my-friend-richard-with-a.html","date_published":"2026-11-09T23:24:34+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-11-09 23:24","date_timestamp":1794266674,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"100249279","content_html":"@mwerickson amen!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/dswanson/100249279","date_published":"2026-10-31T20:29:54+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-31 20:29","date_timestamp":1793478594,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"100231922","content_html":"If you’re a preacher, what’s the text and theme for your sermon tomorrow? I’m coming from 1 Peter 5:6-11, “We are secure in God’s care.”
\n","summary":"","url":"https://dwswanson.micro.blog/2026/10/31/if-youre-a-preacher-whats.html","date_published":"2026-10-31T15:18:15+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-31 15:18","date_timestamp":1793459895,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"100160793","content_html":"@JohnBrady thanks for this, I’ll read it this weekend.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/dswanson/100160793","date_published":"2026-10-30T13:57:50+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-30 13:57","date_timestamp":1793368670,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"100160784","content_html":"@ReaderJohn I’ve been reading a lot on AI the past couple of months and, thus far, I’m finding this book to be one of the most helpful (and disturbing of the bunch).
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/dswanson/100160784","date_published":"2026-10-30T13:57:22+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-30 13:57","date_timestamp":1793368642,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"100126632","content_html":"@ReaderJohn it was, in fact, me. ;-) A very encouraging evening of prayer with Christians from the city and surrounding suburbs.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/dswanson/100126632","date_published":"2026-10-30T02:25:21+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-30 02:25","date_timestamp":1793327121,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"100123447","content_html":"“Because chatbots are so humanlike, we trust our most intimate and vulnerable feelings to machines. Then we look to machines to tell us what it means to be human.”
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Spotted this good looking green heron during my hike at the Indiana National Lakeshore this morning.
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Had a wonderful time speaking at the Montreat College convocation this morning and had a bit of time to enjoy the Blue Ridge Parkway before heading to the airport for my flight home.
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\n@aemiliana it really is!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/dswanson/98837680","date_published":"2026-10-07T21:45:39+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-07 21:45","date_timestamp":1791409539,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98769514","content_html":"Really wonderful to be back in western North Carolina, if even for just 24 hours, where autumn is just beginning its spectacular entrance.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://dwswanson.micro.blog/2026/10/06/really-wonderful-to-be-back.html","date_published":"2026-10-06T18:46:04+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-06 18:46","date_timestamp":1791312364,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"98662120","content_html":"@ablerism got read an early draft and, yeah, really good.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/dswanson/98662120","date_published":"2026-10-04T20:48:46+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-04 20:48","date_timestamp":1791146926,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98383120","content_html":"A gorgeous day for a hike on the Paul Douglass trail at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
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@jabel this is wonderful. Thank you.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/dswanson/97779439","date_published":"2026-09-18T20:31:01+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-18 20:31","date_timestamp":1789763461,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97701512","content_html":"@ReaderJohn oh wow! I read it for the first time a couple of years ago and think I need to clear my current stack to reread it.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/dswanson/97701512","date_published":"2026-09-17T14:38:34+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-17 14:38","date_timestamp":1789655914,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97701403","content_html":"@mwerickson it’s kinda crazy to me how relevant they both seem. 
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/dswanson/97701403","date_published":"2026-09-17T14:36:23+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-17 14:36","date_timestamp":1789655783,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97667271","content_html":"@ReaderJohn first time? Would love to know what you think.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/dswanson/97667271","date_published":"2026-09-17T01:19:09+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-17 01:19","date_timestamp":1789607949,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97662607","content_html":"These are the two books I think about every single time another tech leader warns about the existential risks posed by A.I. while simultaneously developing the technology as quickly as possible.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4826/2026/90731501-e23b-4330-9c2d-ab464aa99d13-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://dwswanson.micro.blog/2026/09/16/these-are-the-two-books.html","date_published":"2026-09-16T23:52:54+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-16 23:52","date_timestamp":1789602774,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97417627","content_html":"@ReaderJohn enjoy!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/dswanson/97417627","date_published":"2026-09-12T14:00:13+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-12 14:00","date_timestamp":1789221613,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97010779","content_html":"In today’s newsletter I mention five things that have recently held my attention.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://dwswanson.micro.blog/2026/09/05/in-todays-newsletter-i-mention.html","date_published":"2026-09-05T12:50:16+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-05 12:50","date_timestamp":1788612616,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96845146","content_html":"@mwerickson so much that I could say… sitting with an itch about the nature of his prophetic edge and what I’ve learned about what it means to fail faithfully.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/dswanson/96845146","date_published":"2026-09-02T19:43:15+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-02 19:43","date_timestamp":1788378195,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96827053","content_html":"@mwerickson really beautiful Matt. Thank you for sharing this. 
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/dswanson/96827053","date_published":"2026-09-02T13:10:58+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-02 13:10","date_timestamp":1788354658,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96798438","content_html":"My wife is the lead gardener for the community gardens our church cares for on the grounds of a local public elementary school. It’s alway fun to visit this time of year when everything is showing off.
\n\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4826/2026/799c23db-f053-4800-99dc-d4d2ec8eb045-m.jpg\")
@mwerickson literally had to tell myself to leave the store before the Pyle got out of control. Have you had a chance to visit it?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/dswanson/96633761","date_published":"2026-08-30T00:25:03+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-30 00:25","date_timestamp":1788049503,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96621110","content_html":"@todd yeah! Into the Ellul one about prayer already.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/dswanson/96621110","date_published":"2026-08-29T19:03:10+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-29 19:03","date_timestamp":1788030190,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96620535","content_html":"Last week, on my way through Grand Rapids, I stopped by the Baker Book House to wander the extensive used books stacks. I was lucky to have escaped with just these!
\n\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4826/2026/d3d315ac4f-m.jpg\")
Some generous friends have lent me their farmhouse for my annual late-summer pilgrimage to northern Michigan. The back porch view has given me plenty of opportunities to practice my nature journaling.
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A few weeks ago, during a day-trip to visit the University of Illinois for our 12th-grader, we stopped into the Jane Addams Bookshop. Madeline L’Engle’s memoir about her marriage to Hugh Franklin was an immediate purchase.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4826/2026/ef22aad20d-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://dwswanson.micro.blog/2026/08/25/a-few-weeks-ago-during.html","date_published":"2026-08-25T22:18:41+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-25 22:18","date_timestamp":1787696321,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95792354","content_html":"@mwerickson very grateful!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/dswanson/95792354","date_published":"2026-08-15T00:10:24+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-15 00:10","date_timestamp":1786752624,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95782293","content_html":"We made it to the southernmost place in the U.S. yesterday. Everything about the place – sun, wind, waves – was harsh and impressive… and far more moving that I’d anticipated.
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\nGot up with the sun this morning for an early hike on the Makāula-‘O’oma Trails about 20 minutes up the hill from Kailua-Kona. Lots of unfamiliar (to my Midwestern ears) birdsong, but these red-masked parakeets we’re easy to pick-out above the other chatter.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4826/2026/img-7115-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://dwswanson.micro.blog/2026/08/12/got-up-with-the-sun.html","date_published":"2026-08-13T00:06:31+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-13 00:06","date_timestamp":1786579591,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95457766","content_html":"We visited Punalu’u Black Sand Beach Beach yesterday and got to share the views with a couple of gorgeous green turtles. I wish I knew how old they are.
\n\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4826/2026/d97970242c-m.jpg\")
Today began with an early alarm and, after a bunch of hours en-route, ended with dear friends over dinner and a gorgeous sunset on the Island of Hawaii (the big island).
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://dwswanson.micro.blog/2026/08/07/today-began-with-an-early.html","date_published":"2026-08-08T05:57:40+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-08 05:57","date_timestamp":1786168660,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95313030","content_html":"@grmr my goodness.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/dswanson/95313030","date_published":"2026-08-06T20:20:46+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-06 20:20","date_timestamp":1786047646,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95244250","content_html":"@antonzuiker agreed!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/dswanson/95244250","date_published":"2026-08-05T16:41:25+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-05 16:41","date_timestamp":1785948085,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95239101","content_html":"After our serendipitous breakfast in Sioux Falls last month, @davoh gave me a copy of a book he co-authored about fishing the waters of Appalachia. I’m no angler but the book is fantastic, a reminder of the six years I lived in-between eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina.
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@davoh such a wonderful book. First encountered during my first semester of grad school.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/dswanson/94939889","date_published":"2026-07-30T23:23:50+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-30 23:23","date_timestamp":1785453830,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94909995","content_html":"Rode up to my favorite patio this morning for some continuing education.
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@aemiliana yes! Deservedly on your list, no matter how high your stack is. :-)
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/dswanson/94909182","date_published":"2026-07-30T12:26:41+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-30 12:26","date_timestamp":1785414401,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94877518","content_html":"@aemiliana I appreciate this! It sounds like we share a number of assumptions and starting points and my experience so far sounds very similar to yours. I am a big fan of Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment if you get a chance to ever read that one. 
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/dswanson/94877453","date_published":"2026-07-29T22:19:38+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-29 22:19","date_timestamp":1785363578,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94877432","content_html":"@adders I’m a couple of chapters in and it certainly seems worth your time.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/dswanson/94877432","date_published":"2026-07-29T22:18:49+00:00","author":{"name":"David Swanson","url":"https://dwswanson.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdswanson%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dswanson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-29 22:18","date_timestamp":1785363529,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94854890","content_html":"Magnifica Humanitas: “Technological innovations, including artificial intelligence… must be evaluated by asking a crucial question: Do they truly help individuals and peoples to become more humane and fraternal, while respecting our common home and future generations.”
\n\nAnyone else reading this?
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Magnifica Humanitas: “Technological innovations, including artificial intelligence… must be evaluated by asking a crucial question: Do they truly help individuals and peoples to become more humane and fraternal, while respecting our common home and future generations.”
\n\nAnyone else reading this?
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Sabbatical has meant I’ve most been away from Chicago this summer. A few days at home means a quiet morning enjoying my favorite cinnamon roll (laminated dough, raisins) on Medeci’s sidewalk cafe.
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Next up, The Glorians. My first time reading Terry Tempest Williams.
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