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\n “Hello!”
\nPareidolia means you can see faces anywhere.
\n![\"grinning](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/209740/2026/20260725-0193-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/07/27/hello-pareidolia-means-you-can.html","date_published":"2026-07-27T12:24:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"12:24","date_timestamp":1785155075,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/116991925145216088"]}},{"id":"94708464","content_html":"“Peekaboo”
\nMushrooms really are sort of amazing if you stop to think about it. There’s this random patch of dirt in the forest, and then BOOM there is this thing coming up from under the ground…
\n![\"mushroom](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/209740/2026/20260725-0113-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/07/26/peekaboo-mushrooms-really-are-sort.html","date_published":"2026-07-27T00:02:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-27 00:02","date_timestamp":1785110526,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/116989007355370614"]}},{"id":"94707214","content_html":"@mitch I guess “robotic parking” sounds sexier than “automated forklift.” Surprised they didn’t throw “AI” in there.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/94707214","date_published":"2026-07-26T23:10:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-26 23:10","date_timestamp":1785107416,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94689179","content_html":"\n Face to face with a fly on a rose bush
\n
\n#dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #insectphotography
“Negative Forest”
\nIn the aftermath of a wildfire.
\n![\"color-altered](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/209740/2026/20260725-0082-m.jpg\")
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\nUm…how else does capitalism work?
\n(To be clear, I am in favor of most of what AG Bonta is doing to oppose the Trump administration. That just struck me as an unfortunate way to put things.)
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/07/26/just-head-attorney-general-bonta.html","date_published":"2026-07-26T12:53:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-26 12:53","date_timestamp":1785070387,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/116986375168264778"]}},{"id":"94684732","content_html":"“Charming”
\nBehold the Golden Dung Fly.
\n![\"colorful](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/209740/2026/20260725-0052-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/07/26/charming-behold-the-golden-dung.html","date_published":"2026-07-26T12:44:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-26 12:44","date_timestamp":1785069882,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/116986341166707137"]}},{"id":"94682713","content_html":"“Grouse”
\nThey don’t often pose for photos, so I was happy to see this one even if the background isn’t great.
\n![\"bird](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/209740/2026/20260725-0023-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/07/26/grouse-they-dont-often-pose.html","date_published":"2026-07-26T11:43:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-26 11:43","date_timestamp":1785066203,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/116986100423604444"]}},{"id":"94663987","content_html":"![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/209740/2026/discw0xfkd3phurqwgxkqn5oq55mzxpixqnyjfew-m.jpg\")
\n This might be an ant tending her flock of aphids. Or it might be a coincidence.
\n
\n#dailyphoto #oregon #insectphotography
“Property in Decline”
\nBut what’s up with the chicken statue?
\n![\"brick](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/209740/2026/20260724-0070-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/07/24/property-in-decline-but-whats.html","date_published":"2026-07-25T00:16:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-25 00:16","date_timestamp":1784938587,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/116977738331521923"]}},{"id":"94608351","content_html":"Saying the quiet part out loud: Green grant cancellations were ‘based solely’ on states’ political affiliation, Trump administration says in court
\nPresumably they’re willing to put this in writing because their interpretation of the imperial Presidency is that political reasons for punishing states are...
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/07/24/hike-planning-gets-more-difficult.html","date_published":"2026-07-24T21:24:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-24 21:24","date_timestamp":1784928293,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/116977065117945376"]}},{"id":"94599302","content_html":"![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/209740/2026/vnhxkip3u1gnrad77ufrrlysshohqywnebn4jjqq-m.jpg\")
\n Tiny wasp.
\n
\n#dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #insectphotography
Own goal: Meta launched a new AI optimism ad set to a song about human extinction
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/07/24/increasingly-i-just-skip-past.html","date_published":"2026-07-24T12:01:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-24 12:01","date_timestamp":1784894519,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/116974856703194090"]}},{"id":"94547078","content_html":"It must be professionally very rewarding to be the NY Times journalist who gets to write the NY Times story U.S. to Withdraw Subpoenas Issued to New York Times Journalists.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/07/23/it-must-be-professionally-very.html","date_published":"2026-07-23T22:03:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-23 22:03","date_timestamp":1784844228,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/116971555305785954"]}},{"id":"94543088","content_html":"I wonder how the discourse around social media would change if we replaced saying “the algorithm” (which implies some nebulous mechanical thing over which people have no control) with “decisions made by people who want to maximize their own profits and power at the expense of society.”
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/07/23/i-wonder-how-the-discourse.html","date_published":"2026-07-23T20:25:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-23 20:25","date_timestamp":1784838312,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/116971165131109233"]}},{"id":"94542313","content_html":"![\"An](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/209740/2026/1n9np7ssutvpxugamht1cwsg0ufu1rugoxa7rhoo-m.jpg\")
\n Morning at the Lane County Fair. Lights are on but pretty much nobody home.
\n
\n#dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon
So now the President says we’re not going to tolerate the Senate refusing to pass bills any longer? I presume this means the next step will be to order the Air Force to bomb Capitol Hill.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/07/23/so-now-the-president-says.html","date_published":"2026-07-23T17:30:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-23 17:30","date_timestamp":1784827853,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/116970479162549939"]}},{"id":"94528043","content_html":"@manton For what it’s worth, micro.blog/discover/… feels like it could use some love. Not sure whether that’s a hand-curated feed or just doing a poor job of finding photos, but I personally find it unhelpful.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/94528043","date_published":"2026-07-23T15:21:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-23 15:21","date_timestamp":1784820103,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94527782","content_html":"“Seeds”
\n![\"close-up](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/209740/2026/20260722-0085-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/07/23/seeds.html","date_published":"2026-07-23T15:15:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-23 15:15","date_timestamp":1784819748,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/116969948128898212"]}},{"id":"94525582","content_html":"The Pavilion at Mount Pisgah Arboretum was all lit up yesterday at dawn. Dunno why, but it made for some fun photos. Well, at least I thought they were fun.
\n![\"lanterns](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/209740/2026/20260722-0015-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/07/23/the-pavilion-at-mount-pisgah.html","date_published":"2026-07-23T14:29:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-23 14:29","date_timestamp":1784816948,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/116969764919584102"]}},{"id":"94525194","content_html":"@genehack I find that I can’t enjoy thunderstorms now that I’m in Eugene…too many new wildfire starts.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/94525194","date_published":"2026-07-23T14:21:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-23 14:21","date_timestamp":1784816510,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94518261","content_html":"So Congress is on track to pass a Ratepayer Protection Act to make data centers pay for their own electricity and grid build-out.
\nOh, wait. Despite the name, what the Act actually does is ask state Public Utility Commissions to think about charging data centers.
\nThis is “protection” the same way that an...
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\nA. Bribing the President and his family with golf & real estate deals.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/07/22/q-whats-the-difference-between.html","date_published":"2026-07-23T00:33:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-23 00:33","date_timestamp":1784766799,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/116966478436461998"]}},{"id":"94484055","content_html":"“Cherries”
\nShot at the Howard Buford Recreation Area, which took over some old farmland. A few fruit trees still lurk among the reforested pines.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/209740/2026/20260722-0135-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/07/22/cherries-shot-at-the-howard.html","date_published":"2026-07-22T21:15:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-22 21:15","date_timestamp":1784754928,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/116965700535765094"]}},{"id":"94477574","content_html":"![\"a](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/209740/2026/mgvb3yp2e5cwmpykqwalwyxxnkgy6xc4sc8x7rqp-m.jpg\")
\n Spider du jour
\n
\n#dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #spiderphotography
@manton I think the appropriate “get off my lawn” comeback is “I joined Twitter when it was still easily possible to read the firehose of every tweet.”
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/94475603","date_published":"2026-07-22T18:15:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-22 18:15","date_timestamp":1784744114,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94425887","content_html":"OpenAI Models Escaped Containment and Hacked Hugging Face
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/209740/2026/c163c94000.png\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/07/21/openai-models-escaped-containment-and.html","date_published":"2026-07-21T23:10:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-21 23:10","date_timestamp":1784675427,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/116960490811272077"]}},{"id":"94419428","content_html":"@jkratz Lynx, of course.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/94419428","date_published":"2026-07-21T20:34:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-21 20:34","date_timestamp":1784666047,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94412541","content_html":"@manton Fortunately it was a long time ago. And the guy issuing most of them wasn’t all that competent at life in general. Don’t know that the experience made me stronger, but it didn’t do much to make me change my mind on deeply held convictions.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/94412541","date_published":"2026-07-21T18:16:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-21 18:16","date_timestamp":1784657789,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94412238","content_html":"@manton Back when I used to be a minor celebrity, I got the occasional death threat. It was helpful to focus more time on hanging around with people who thought defending me from such nonsense was a worthwhile activity. If you’re doing the right thing, there will be enough folks with your back that the dopes don’t matter so much.
\nEven so, it’s hard to avoid picking at the scab. Best of luck.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/94412238","date_published":"2026-07-21T18:09:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-21 18:09","date_timestamp":1784657397,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94337214","content_html":"@ablerism Very nice. The black on yellow is especially striking.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/94337214","date_published":"2026-07-20T16:53:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-20 16:53","date_timestamp":1784566415,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94331755","content_html":"@manton There’s a simple fix: shut down Meta, confiscate all of the billions from Zuck & Co, and use the money to make some recompense to people & society. Not that I expect any part of this to happen.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/94331755","date_published":"2026-07-20T14:53:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-20 14:53","date_timestamp":1784559227,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94113289","content_html":"@mitch Similarly, this went around when I was in school mumble-mumble years ago:
\nThe more you study, the more you know.
\nThe more you know, the more you can forget.
\nThe more you can forget, the more you do forget.
\nThe more you do forget, the less you know.
\nSo why study?
@manton But I know it’s eternally hard to try to be a neutral publisher and free-speech advocate. Overall I’m still quite happy with your vision & leadership.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/93948950","date_published":"2026-07-13T21:44:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-13 21:44","date_timestamp":1783979082,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93948758","content_html":"@manton I’m not sure I really buy the “micro.blog just wants to enable people to publish wherever they choose” argument. Are you planning to enable posting to Truth Social as well?
\nThere’s a spectrum here. Reasonable people can differ on how far along the spectrum you should move. X is far enough along to start to make me uncomfortable. Even if my money isn’t going directly there, it helps in some small measure to enable the coding that sends other money there.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/93948758","date_published":"2026-07-13T21:43:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-13 21:43","date_timestamp":1783978985,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93869625","content_html":"@genehack Not just you.
\nAnd he was, of course, one of the leading advocates in the Senate for US military support of Ukraine and heightened sanctions against Russia.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/93869625","date_published":"2026-07-12T10:16:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-12 10:16","date_timestamp":1783851398,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93554494","content_html":"@manton Have we forgotten the whole spectacle of the FIFA Peace Prize? The dynamic pricing ticket gouging? This whole thing has been a codependent spectacle of corruption on all sides from the start.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/93554494","date_published":"2026-07-06T23:29:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-06 23:29","date_timestamp":1783380548,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93393624","content_html":"@manton Ah, I forget to check whether it was dark mode only. Well, I’ll keep being dark mode QA for the web UI :)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/93393624","date_published":"2026-07-03T21:03:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-03 21:03","date_timestamp":1783112617,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93385655","content_html":"@manton On the other hand, your unfederated post doesn’t look very good in Micro.blog’s own web interface.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/93385655","date_published":"2026-07-03T18:41:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-03 18:41","date_timestamp":1783104060,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93215585","content_html":"@manton I recently started experimenting with 52Frames, a social photo site. They have an interesting approach to likes: you can get a daily email telling you about likes on your photos, but they don’t total it all up, and likes don’t show on the site. So if you wanted to track your like numbers you could do it with some work, but there is deliberate friction there.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/93215585","date_published":"2026-06-30T23:47:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-30 23:47","date_timestamp":1782863242,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93149463","content_html":"@mitch I have always believed that there must be a good HOA somewhere. Just like I believe there is the occasional black swan somewhere.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/93149463","date_published":"2026-06-29T23:23:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-29 23:23","date_timestamp":1782775427,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93045064","content_html":"@mitch Trying to line up contractors for what is probably going to end up being a $5K+ plumbing emergency. Would be happy to trade with you.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/93045064","date_published":"2026-06-27T22:03:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-27 22:03","date_timestamp":1782597821,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92848507","content_html":"@mitch Alternatively, with my dog, smear a little peanut butter on and she’ll happily swallow a pill the size of a tennis ball.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/92848507","date_published":"2026-06-25T01:01:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-25 01:01","date_timestamp":1782349267,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92496181","content_html":"@digitalpardoe I think this is one of your best. Really captures the atmosphere.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/92496181","date_published":"2026-06-19T13:32:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-19 13:32","date_timestamp":1781875953,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92230447","content_html":"@manton Thanks! It was an experiment (both in lens and processing) but I think it turned out well.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/92230447","date_published":"2026-06-15T17:08:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-15 17:08","date_timestamp":1781543318,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92124616","content_html":"@dwalbert Alas, although I’m out hiking today, I don’t move that fast! Enjoy the fresh bread though. Maybe I’ll make some myself when I get home.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/92124616","date_published":"2026-06-13T20:05:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-13 20:05","date_timestamp":1781381118,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91785854","content_html":"@mitch My own internet is pretty free of AI slop. But: that’s because I only read a few carefully chosen sites, and never look at things like Facebook feeds. I’m not missing content that I already like. What I’m missing (and used to have) is the joy of serendipity and discovery of new things.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/91785854","date_published":"2026-06-08T22:45:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-08 22:45","date_timestamp":1780958704,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91617178","content_html":"@JohnBrady @dwalbert I could talk about bootstrapping the OS on to a Heathkit H89 I guess. Or the horrors of using cassette tapes for storage on a timeshare system. But we’re gonna drive all the kids out of the room at this rate!
\nThe long-term experience does tend to give some perspective, for sure. Also: I don’t see how anyone learns to code these days! It was easier when you could understand everything from the logic gates on up.
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