{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Brad East","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/eastbrad","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"1616697","username":"eastbrad","bio":"","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":1,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2024/19/1616697.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"88778017","content_html":"<p>I’m in CT this morning with <a href=\"https://www.christianitytoday.com/2026/04/just-war-theory-is-supposed-to-be-frustrating-iran-war-trump/?utm_medium=widgetsocial\">a piece about the uses and purposes of just war theory.</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/04/22/im-in-ct-this-morning.html","date_published":"2026-04-22T13:25:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-22 13:25","date_timestamp":1776864306,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88596525","content_html":"<p>I still remember reading the opening paragraphs of <a href=\"https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/070516\">this May 2007 Page 2 column by Bill Simmons.</a> Two decades later I could paraphrase it off the top of my head, having not looked at it in years.</p>\n<p>I enjoy listening to the podcast, but I wish he still wrote.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/04/19/i-still-remember-reading-the.html","date_published":"2026-04-19T21:17:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-19 21:17","date_timestamp":1776633456,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88596374","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2026/06/project-hail-mary-is-an-overlong-shot/\">I’m afraid I have to co-sign this downer take on <em>Project Hail Mary</em>.</a> I’m a defender of Peter Jackson’s multiple endings to <em>ROTK</em>, but then, that was after nine hours of an epic journey with an enormous cast of characters. In the case of <em>PHM</em>, I just wanted it do end already.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/04/19/im-afraid-i-have-to.html","date_published":"2026-04-19T21:13:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-19 21:13","date_timestamp":1776633220,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88324074","content_html":"<p>I missed this piece from a year ago by Griffin Gooch called <a href=\"https://griffingooch.substack.com/p/the-witch-trials-of-john-mark-comer\">“The Witch Trials of John Mark Comer.\"</a> Spot on from start to finish—minus his mild criticism of me, since he and I are on the same team here. Defending Comer from <em>superficial</em> criticisms shouldn’t mean shielding from <em>any</em> criticisms!</p>\n<p>That mild dissent...</p> <a href=\"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/04/15/i-missed-this-piece-from.html\">micro.bradeast.org</a>","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/04/15/i-missed-this-piece-from.html","date_published":"2026-04-15T19:01:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-15 19:01","date_timestamp":1776279665,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88002562","content_html":"<p>In a recent lecture Miroslav Volf brought my attention back to Canto 3 of <em>Paradiso</em>, in which Dante has the souls on the bottom rung of heaven, so to speak, answer how they possibly resist the urge to ask or yearn for more. How, that is, are they content with their station rather than jealous of those above...</p> <a href=\"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/04/10/in-a-recent-lecture-miroslav.html\">micro.bradeast.org</a>","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/04/10/in-a-recent-lecture-miroslav.html","date_published":"2026-04-10T19:35:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-10 19:35","date_timestamp":1775849749,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87857101","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://blog.ayjay.org/redistributing/\">Co-sign Alan’s pitch to redistribute your media portfolio.</a> I’m currently subscribing to too <em>many</em> magazines … but I’d prefer to have that problem than the alternative.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/04/08/cosign-alans-pitch-to-redistribute.html","date_published":"2026-04-08T19:02:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-08 19:02","date_timestamp":1775674936,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87853751","content_html":"<p>The Lent issue of <em>The Lamp</em> was a cover-to-cover no-misses edition. Some recs from an outstanding issue: Matthew Walther <a href=\"https://thelampmagazine.com/issues/issue-33/technological-poverty\">on technological poverty,</a> Paul Griffiths <a href=\"https://thelampmagazine.com/issues/issue-33/saint-ludwig-of-cambridge-wittgenstein\">on Wittgenstein,</a> Eve Tushnet <a href=\"https://thelampmagazine.com/issues/issue-33/fine-and-dandy\">on the dandy,</a> Theodore Dalrymple <a href=\"https://thelampmagazine.com/issues/issue-33/friend-of-the-people\">on Marat,</a> Roger Lewis <a href=\"https://thelampmagazine.com/issues/issue-33/an-entrance-somewhere-else\">on Tom Stoppard,</a> and B. D. McClay <a href=\"https://thelampmagazine.com/issues/issue-33/jolted-from-waste\">on the parables of the steward.</a></p> <a href=\"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/04/08/the-lent-issue-of-the.html\">micro.bradeast.org</a>","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/04/08/the-lent-issue-of-the.html","date_published":"2026-04-08T18:12:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-08 18:12","date_timestamp":1775671968,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87853561","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://www.plough.com/en/topics/justice/politics/knowing-what-time-it-is\">Read John Ehrett on the post-religious right.</a> One of the best essays on this topic from the last decade.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/04/08/read-john-ehrett-on-the.html","date_published":"2026-04-08T18:09:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-08 18:09","date_timestamp":1775671781,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87811700","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://www.ursulakleguin.com/nbf-medal\">“Realists of a larger reality”</a>—whoever brought this quote by Le Guin to my attention (Alan Jacobs? B. D. McClay? Robin Sloan?), thank you.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/04/07/realists-of-a-larger-realitywhoever.html","date_published":"2026-04-08T02:32:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-08 02:32","date_timestamp":1775615524,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87811667","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://www.christianitytoday.com/2026/03/trashing-evangelicals-no-way-to-fight-conspiracism-book-review-reality-in-ruins/?utm_medium=widgetsocial\">Read Bonnie Kristian on Americans, conspiracism, and evangelicalism.</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/04/07/read-bonnie-kristian-on-americans.html","date_published":"2026-04-08T02:30:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-08 02:30","date_timestamp":1775615440,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87811530","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/04/sweden-goes-back-to-basics-swapping-screens-for-books-in-the-cl\">Someone tell the state of Texas.</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/04/07/someone-tell-the-state-of.html","date_published":"2026-04-08T02:22:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-08 02:22","date_timestamp":1775614956,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87771891","content_html":"<p><a>I am in perpetual awe of Miyazaki.</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/04/07/i-am-in-perpetual-awe.html","date_published":"2026-04-07T15:28:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-07 15:28","date_timestamp":1775575686,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87106650","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://blog.ayjay.org/whats-in-a-name/\">In which Alan proposes an alternative name for Plato’s <em>Republic</em>.</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/03/27/in-which-alan-proposes-an.html","date_published":"2026-03-27T22:15:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-27 22:15","date_timestamp":1774649745,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86978002","content_html":"<p>On one hand, <a href=\"https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/the-pace-of-play-is-bigger-than-any\">all of Freddie’s criticisms and reform proposals for the NBA seem spot on.</a></p>\n<p>On the other hand, I don’t share his experience of the actual product on the court. I’ve enjoying watching actual NBA games over the last couple years as much as I have at any other time, with the only possible exception...</p> <a href=\"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/03/25/on-one-hand-all-of.html\">micro.bradeast.org</a>","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/03/25/on-one-hand-all-of.html","date_published":"2026-03-26T03:33:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-26 03:33","date_timestamp":1774496004,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86977882","content_html":"<p>I really enjoyed <a href=\"https://blog.ayjay.org/worfs-feelings-and-their-implications/\">Alan’s riff on Worf and therapeutic liberalism.</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/03/25/i-really-enjoyed-alans-riff.html","date_published":"2026-03-26T03:30:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-26 03:30","date_timestamp":1774495808,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86924555","content_html":"<p>This morning I’m in CT with a piece about <a href=\"https://www.christianitytoday.com/2026/03/low-tech-parenting-big-tent-judgmentalism-tech-grace/?utm_medium=widgetsocial\">the need for folks who care about low-tech parenting to build a big tent.</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/03/25/this-morning-im-in-ct.html","date_published":"2026-03-25T12:10:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-25 12:10","date_timestamp":1774440657,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86689757","content_html":"<p>In the new issue of CT <a href=\"https://www.christianitytoday.com/2026/03/awake-to-live-well-spellbound-molly-worthen/?utm_medium=widgetsocial\">Jen Pollock Michel somehow successfully accomplishes the three-book book review,</a> united by the theme of the body’s voice. The authors are Alan Noble, Molly Worthen, and Jen Hatmaker. Beautifully written, calmly reasoned, and wise in its judgments. Not quite sure how she thread this...</p> <a href=\"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/03/21/in-the-new-issue-of.html\">micro.bradeast.org</a>","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/03/21/in-the-new-issue-of.html","date_published":"2026-03-21T20:40:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-21 20:40","date_timestamp":1774125611,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86689244","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://politicaltheology.com/from-james-cone-to-donald-trump/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\">This interview of Dwight Hopkins by Vincent Lloyd</a> could have gone on much longer and I would have kept reading.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/03/21/this-interview-of-dwight-hopkins.html","date_published":"2026-03-21T20:24:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-21 20:24","date_timestamp":1774124665,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86689210","content_html":"<p>On the blog: two utterly unrelated posts. One <a href=\"https://www.bradeast.org/blog/american-churches-screen-free\">asks about screens in American churches,</a> the other <a href=\"https://www.bradeast.org/blog/luka-as-ai\">proposes Luka as Allen Iverson 2.0.</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/03/21/on-the-blog-two-utterly.html","date_published":"2026-03-21T20:23:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-21 20:23","date_timestamp":1774124618,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86646900","content_html":"<p>I’ll add my voice to the chorus and say that <a>you need to read about the rise of 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Please.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/03/20/all-i-want-for-christmas.html","date_published":"2026-03-20T16:57:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-20 16:57","date_timestamp":1774025828,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86618022","content_html":"<p>The first time I heard <a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/track/3kUfIiqp56r135PG8VyLVZ?si=d7b6f5de3bfd4f3f\">John Van Deusen’s voice in “None Other”</a> I heard Michael Stipe, Paul Simon, and Sufjan Stevens.</p>\n<p>Which is a roundabout way of saying that I can’t stop listening to it.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/03/20/the-first-time-i-heard.html","date_published":"2026-03-20T16:54:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-20 16:54","date_timestamp":1774025646,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86607886","content_html":"<p>Read Katelyn Beaty on the ways that, for all its errors in the area of gender and purity, <a>1990s evangelicalism was absolutely right and regrettably prophetic in its objections to the mass sexualization of teen girls.</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/03/20/read-katelyn-beaty-on-the.html","date_published":"2026-03-20T14:38:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-20 14:38","date_timestamp":1774017515,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86579518","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2026/05/reading-between-the-oscar-worthy-lines/\">Read Douthat on the Oscars.</a> Over against <em>One Battler After Another</em> and <em>Marty Supreme</em>, Douthat considers <em>Sinners</em>, <em>Bugonia</em>, <em>Eddington</em>, and <em>Weapons</em>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>These are the movies that really get at where our culture is going, I suspect. We are formally committed to seeing Trumpism versus liberalism (whether in Boomer or progressive shape) as the great conflict of the age. But our subtler filmmakers sense a different form of conflict lurking, in which the enemy is something else — the vampire in the dark, the malignant corporation, the nonhuman intelligence, or the devil.</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/03/19/read-douthat-on-the-oscars.html","date_published":"2026-03-20T03:58:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-20 03:58","date_timestamp":1773979132,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}