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“Hello Dahlia”
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/10/24/hello-dahlia.html","date_published":"2026-10-24T13:44:03+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":"13:44","date_timestamp":1792849443,"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/@happilyretired23/117496181709723570","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rc6c4gjtpvwyd6pxrismbold/post/3mymt7h636s2e"]}},{"id":"99800989","content_html":"This lens is really tough to work with and produces a lot of duds but every once in a while I get a shot I really like.
A nutria perched on a log in the middle of a swamp. He was a long way off, but I wasn't about to wade out for a better shot.
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A heron waits for lunch to swim by in the middle of the Willamette River
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A cormorant and a turtle discussing the news of the day.
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“Beautyberry”
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\nIt’s safe to say at this point that this absurdly complex plan is not going to happen, no matter how much the Trump administration wants a moon landing on their watch. Hopefully they won’t kill any astronauts by cutting...
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Elon Musk Steps In With $1 Billion Equity Investment For Debt-Laden Skydance — Report
\nWhat could be worse than David Ellison owning CNN and CBS News? David Ellison and Elon Musk owning CNN and CBS News!
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/10/22/elon-musk-steps-in-with.html","date_published":"2026-10-22T23:50:35+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":"2026-10-22 23:50","date_timestamp":1792713035,"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/@happilyretired23/117487242960313066","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rc6c4gjtpvwyd6pxrismbold/post/3myiu6k7v5k2y"]}},{"id":"99707887","content_html":"I don’t suppose it will happen, but it feels like time for the EU and its allies to apply sanctions to the USA and its leaders for supporting the criminal regime in Russia.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/10/22/i-dont-suppose-it-will.html","date_published":"2026-10-22T21:52:31+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":"2026-10-22 21:52","date_timestamp":1792705951,"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/@happilyretired23/117486778206954170","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rc6c4gjtpvwyd6pxrismbold/post/3myinl766ws2y"]}},{"id":"99703099","content_html":"eBay, I don’t want more ways to use my earnings. I want you to give me my fucking money.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/10/22/ebay-i-dont-want-more.html","date_published":"2026-10-22T20:12:12+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":"2026-10-22 20:12","date_timestamp":1792699932,"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/@happilyretired23/117486383775986794","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rc6c4gjtpvwyd6pxrismbold/post/3myihxtgnok2y"]}},{"id":"99694925","content_html":"@Miraz Well, in classic libertarian/anarchist ideology, those are easy cases: roads are paid for by tolls (perhaps bundled into an annual subscription by road-builders), hospitals are paid for by people who use them (and prudent people invest in insurance). But those ideas seemed more reasonable when I was 40 years younger than I am now, and before rapacious billionaires gobbled up everything.
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\n Douglas fir seedling
\n
\n#dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon
“Log Denizens”
\nThe world is making me crabby this morning. Time for something pretty.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/10/22/log-denizens-the-world-is.html","date_published":"2026-10-22T13:59:01+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":"2026-10-22 13:59","date_timestamp":1792677541,"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/@happilyretired23/117484916542575338","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rc6c4gjtpvwyd6pxrismbold/post/3myht4o3s2c2y"]}},{"id":"99681641","content_html":"The Human Fingerprint on Earth’s Water Cycle
\nFuck’s sake, NASA. Your own map right at the top of this page shows a huge and obvious loss of water around Greenland, and you don’t dare mention climate change, let alone human-caused climate change? A sad example of politics overriding science.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/10/22/the-human-fingerprint-on-earths.html","date_published":"2026-10-22T13:56:34+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":"2026-10-22 13:56","date_timestamp":1792677394,"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/@happilyretired23/117484907113763032","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rc6c4gjtpvwyd6pxrismbold/post/3myhsyd6vps2y"]}},{"id":"99681526","content_html":"Fact Sheet: Monitoring Canadian Activities in U.S. Politics
\nSo according to the State Department, the Big Bad Canadian Wolf is a larger threat to American elections than, oh, I dunno, how about Donald Trump waking up in bed next to his best buddy Vladimir Putin?
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/10/22/fact-sheet-monitoring-canadian-activities.html","date_published":"2026-10-22T13:52:46+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":"2026-10-22 13:52","date_timestamp":1792677166,"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/@happilyretired23/117484892062282183","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rc6c4gjtpvwyd6pxrismbold/post/3myhsrj7jsk2y"]}},{"id":"99681185","content_html":"I can recall a time when people deliberately poisoned search results (anyone else remember nigritude ultramarine?). And then there were browser extensions to make background requests to pollute one’s own internet history in the interest of making surveillance more difficult. I wonder whether the AI backlash...
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Coming in for a landing.
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I did not sign up for a world where I have to do a hard reset on my kitchen faucet.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/10/21/i-did-not-sign-up.html","date_published":"2026-10-22T01:13:40+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":"2026-10-22 01:13","date_timestamp":1792631620,"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/@happilyretired23/117481906739030402","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rc6c4gjtpvwyd6pxrismbold/post/3mygidw4dgk2y"]}},{"id":"99648580","content_html":"Trump is going to hold a rally in Mississippi next week.
\nThe last time Mississippi elected a Democratic senator was in 1982.
\nScared much?
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/10/21/trump-is-going-to-hold.html","date_published":"2026-10-22T00:37:27+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":"2026-10-22 00:37","date_timestamp":1792629447,"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/@happilyretired23/117481765657034415","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rc6c4gjtpvwyd6pxrismbold/post/3myggdr36tk2y"]}},{"id":"99648489","content_html":"Shooting towards the sun with a manual focus f/0.95 lens. I didn't nail the focus on the spider but I did get a completely unexpected rainbow.
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\n Fall color
\n
\n#dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon
Today I am happy I use Micro.blog for hosting instead of Wordpress. Well, really that’s every day. But today especially.
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\n\n\n“You talk so much about my president, President Trump, being a humanitarian,” Mr. Witkoff told Mr. Putin. “You are a humanitarian also, sir, and I salute that.”
\n
Really, what can you say about this? Evil fawns on evil.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/10/21/from-nyt-you-talk-so.html","date_published":"2026-10-21T12:36:17+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":"2026-10-21 12:36","date_timestamp":1792586177,"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/@happilyretired23/117478929337678063","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rc6c4gjtpvwyd6pxrismbold/post/3myf5zxhsxk2n"]}},{"id":"99581244","content_html":"If the doofuses issued a certificate with a private key of 4, my first inclination is to assume that there are others with private keys of 0, 1, 2, and 3 out there waiting to be found. (If you don’t know what I’m on about, don’t worry about it, the internet security wonks are on the case.)
\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/10/20/if-the-doofuses-issued-a.html","date_published":"2026-10-20T23:05:37+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":"2026-10-20 23:05","date_timestamp":1792537537,"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/@happilyretired23/117475741248118969","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rc6c4gjtpvwyd6pxrismbold/post/3mydqq6cmdc2n"]}},{"id":"99520230","content_html":"@dwalbert Could be a companion volume to “How to Cook a Wolf”…which I really should reread one of these days.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/99520230","date_published":"2026-10-19T23:54:37+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":"2026-10-19 23:54","date_timestamp":1792454077,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"99443242","content_html":"@JohnBrady Business needs to turn some verbs into nouns to make up for platforming so many nouns as verbs.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/99443242","date_published":"2026-10-18T12:22:38+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":"2026-10-18 12:22","date_timestamp":1792326158,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"99168382","content_html":"@manton I don’t mind if you build AI writing tools in micro.blog, so long as they remain behind the “never let AI touch me” checkbox. I suspect there are better uses for your time though. And anyone using them would probably not be on my follow list.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/99168382","date_published":"2026-10-13T19:06:52+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":"2026-10-13 19:06","date_timestamp":1791918412,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"99143490","content_html":"\nThe schadenfreude is strong here.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/99143490","date_published":"2026-10-13T10:43:48+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":"2026-10-13 10:43","date_timestamp":1791888228,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"99014141","content_html":"@mattwebbdev Today in Eugene it was fall till about 10AM and then summer afterwards. At least it meant getting a good range of photos!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/99014141","date_published":"2026-10-10T21:39:30+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":"2026-10-10 21:39","date_timestamp":1791668370,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98887213","content_html":"@mitch Yeah if I’d made a career out of being an asshole I’d probably be preaching forgiveness too.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/98887213","date_published":"2026-10-08T17:26:07+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":"2026-10-08 17:26","date_timestamp":1791480367,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98753640","content_html":"@NeilHawkesford Thanks for writing that. Your story isn’t my story in the details, but the constant reinvention certainly resonates. I’m in my own 7th decade and still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up. Best of luck!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/98753640","date_published":"2026-10-06T13:33:27+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":"2026-10-06 13:33","date_timestamp":1791293607,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98700495","content_html":"@manton Obsidian’s Markdown editor works the same way.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/98700495","date_published":"2026-10-05T15:13:03+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":"2026-10-05 15:13","date_timestamp":1791213183,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98658587","content_html":"@genehack There was a large clump of (probably) chanterelles where I was camping last night. It’s that “probably” that keeps me from harvesting & eating.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/98658587","date_published":"2026-10-04T19:21:07+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":"2026-10-04 19:21","date_timestamp":1791141667,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98564011","content_html":"@mitch Somewhat related: Cloudflare has announced crypto-based micropayments for AI agents. Despite the fact that I abhor both crypto and AI, I hope this might point the way forward to more generalized micropayments.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/98564011","date_published":"2026-10-02T20:15:00+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":"2026-10-02 20:15","date_timestamp":1790972100,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98422161","content_html":"@NeilHawkesford A good reminder that people in the USA are spoiled on fuel prices. Here people are practically ready to riot over diesel being $6.85/gallon, which (if I’m doing the conversions right) would be about 135 per liter on your pump.
\nOf course the main reason it’s such an issue here is that we truck goods over incredibly long distances so it’s a major inflation driver.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/98422161","date_published":"2026-09-30T12:43:48+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":"2026-09-30 12:43","date_timestamp":1790772228,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98390679","content_html":"@rom I suspect this one will get thrown out for lack of a proper claim. Their justification for being harmed seems very slim. (As always IANAL).
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/98390679","date_published":"2026-09-29T23:29:13+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":"2026-09-29 23:29","date_timestamp":1790724553,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98333228","content_html":"@hollie You might also appreciate www.osprey.com/featured/… if you end up in the market for a backpack.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/98333228","date_published":"2026-09-28T22:55:16+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":"2026-09-28 22:55","date_timestamp":1790636116,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98315883","content_html":"@mitch By the way, thanks for all the meme postings. My family doesn’t read micro.blog so they think I’m some kind of genius for digging this stuff up when I drop it in the family chat.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/98315883","date_published":"2026-09-28T16:19:57+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":"2026-09-28 16:19","date_timestamp":1790612397,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98282234","content_html":"@gregmoore It was a pretty epic hike too - 30 miles in a bit under 24 hours (there were about 4 hours of sleep in there, terminated by a leaky sleeping pad).
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/98282234","date_published":"2026-09-28T00:50:11+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":"2026-09-28 00:50","date_timestamp":1790556611,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98165515","content_html":"@JimRain You’re not the only one having those thoughts: Why Trump May Not Serve Out His Presidency in TNR.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/98165515","date_published":"2026-09-25T17:20:04+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":"2026-09-25 17:20","date_timestamp":1790356804,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98058710","content_html":"@rom Maybe keep an eye on docs.mrchromebox.tech ? But Google has been locking down ChromeBooks ever more tightly so I’d hate to bet on being able to liberate a GoogleBook.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/98058710","date_published":"2026-09-23T22:58:18+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":"2026-09-23 22:58","date_timestamp":1790204298,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98054108","content_html":"@Miraz Interesting. Apparently my brain has stored more of this sort of trivia than average.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/98054108","date_published":"2026-09-23T20:53:25+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":"2026-09-23 20:53","date_timestamp":1790196805,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97978122","content_html":"@manton FWIW: I had an old iMac gathering dust, so I repaved it with Mint Linux, threw on an external HD, and used Resilio Sync to mirror docs and such from my working computer. $0 cost to get me backup copies. I don’t figure it will all fail at once (unless the house burns, in which case I have bigger problems).
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/97978122","date_published":"2026-09-22T15:01:46+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":"2026-09-22 15:01","date_timestamp":1790089306,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97976789","content_html":"@manton No worries, that’s why I posted in the forums and gave you a week to catch up :) Also that should make it more discoverable if someone else is puzzled by the same issue.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/97976789","date_published":"2026-09-22T14:42:25+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":"2026-09-22 14:42","date_timestamp":1790088145,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97969638","content_html":"@manton Any idea on help.micro.blog/t/sources… ?
\n(And is there a better avenue for support than posting to help.micro.blog and then hassling you?)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/97969638","date_published":"2026-09-22T12:01:05+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":"2026-09-22 12:01","date_timestamp":1790078465,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97879113","content_html":"@manton Reminds me of the reason I got out of colocating my own physical servers decades ago. The more things change…
\nThough I guess you don’t have to drive two hours if a server needs a hard reboot. Progress!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/97879113","date_published":"2026-09-20T19:36:29+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":"2026-09-20 19:36","date_timestamp":1789932989,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97488848","content_html":"@JohnBrady You should be able to do this with the Compose key
\ncompose - o gives me ō
\n\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/97488848","date_published":"2026-09-14T01:09:32+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":"2026-09-14 01:09","date_timestamp":1789348172,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97458913","content_html":"@johnjohnston Thanks! Sometimes the completely unplanned shots are the best. I passed that one on the trail, got about ten steps down the mountain before my brain processed, and had to climb back up.
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