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@isaacgreene Lovely!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/89824546","date_published":"2026-05-08T20:44:44+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-08 20:44","date_timestamp":1778273084,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89815694","content_html":"@jaheppler Looking good!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/89815694","date_published":"2026-05-08T16:55:09+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-08 16:55","date_timestamp":1778259309,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89808919","content_html":"@manton Oh, man. I’m sorry.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/89808919","date_published":"2026-05-08T14:15:53+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-08 14:15","date_timestamp":1778249753,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89806364","content_html":"@tinyroofnail Maintain the memory!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/89806364","date_published":"2026-05-08T13:07:43+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-08 13:07","date_timestamp":1778245663,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89806249","content_html":"Drawn to our grandparents: jabel.blog
","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/05/08/drawn-to-our-grandparents.html","date_published":"2026-05-08T13:05:08+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-08 13:05","date_timestamp":1778245508,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89801433","content_html":"The peasant home: jabel.blog
","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/05/08/the-peasant-home.html","date_published":"2026-05-08T10:43:03+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-08 10:43","date_timestamp":1778236983,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89784488","content_html":"Me and Dad
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Me and Darcy
![](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/56576/2026/img-2990-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/05/07/me-and-dad-me-and.html","date_published":"2026-05-07T22:35:21+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-07 22:35","date_timestamp":1778193321,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89763672","content_html":"@ReaderJohn That’s good insight—and not too confessional! We all have our roles to play.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/89763672","date_published":"2026-05-07T13:17:55+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-07 13:17","date_timestamp":1778159875,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89762343","content_html":"@ayjay This reminds me of Cory Doctorow—during the height of the warnings about surveillance capitalism—saying that targeted advertising isn’t really all that effective, but makes a great sales pitch to a corporate marketing department.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/89762343","date_published":"2026-05-07T12:41:36+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-07 12:41","date_timestamp":1778157696,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89762148","content_html":"@tinyroofnail Do it! :)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/89762148","date_published":"2026-05-07T12:36:48+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-07 12:36","date_timestamp":1778157408,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89761635","content_html":"The Magic Mountain: jabel.blog
","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/05/07/the-magic-mountain.html","date_published":"2026-05-07T12:22:35+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-07 12:22","date_timestamp":1778156555,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89735621","content_html":"Rare earth: jabel.blog
","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/05/06/rare-earth.html","date_published":"2026-05-06T19:49:25+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-06 19:49","date_timestamp":1778096965,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89717505","content_html":"@todd Palantir keeps increasing their earnings forecasts. Invest now and you, too, could own a piece of the panopticon–at least until it eats its owners.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/89717505","date_published":"2026-05-06T14:48:23+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-06 14:48","date_timestamp":1778078903,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89708515","content_html":"“A company man for USA, Inc.” I had an old draft that ended with that line but apparently I deleted it a couple of nights ago. Oh well! Feel free to use it for a folk protest song.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/05/06/a-company-man-for-usa.html","date_published":"2026-05-06T12:22:43+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-06 12:22","date_timestamp":1778070163,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89703264","content_html":"A land full of people: jabel.blog
","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/05/06/a-land-full-of-people.html","date_published":"2026-05-06T10:44:48+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-06 10:44","date_timestamp":1778064288,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89609553","content_html":"@jaheppler Excellent!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/89609553","date_published":"2026-05-05T01:48:44+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-05 01:48","date_timestamp":1777945724,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89609528","content_html":"@ReaderJohn No, but I’m paying for it plus apple and that’s just silly.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/89609528","date_published":"2026-05-05T01:47:55+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-05 01:47","date_timestamp":1777945675,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89604388","content_html":"I’m moving stuff out of Dropbox so I can stop paying for it. I found this in a drafts folder but I have no memory of it. So I post it here, contextless.
\nTime is a stalking beast,
\nWatching, waiting to bring you down.
\nBut we are distracted,
\nUnconscious of the danger.
Still listening to the new David Benjamin Blower while cranking through month-end closing today.
\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/05/04/still-listening-to-the-new.html","date_published":"2026-05-04T13:49:25+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-04 13:49","date_timestamp":1777902565,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89564221","content_html":"Where there are feet upon the earth there is a village hall
\n
\nWhere there is prayer there is a temple and a gathering
\nThis is an event
\nThis is a happening
\nGod dwells in tents where the beasts sing
\nGod dwells, God dwells here with everything
Stages of Love: jabel.blog
","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/05/04/stages-of-love.html","date_published":"2026-05-04T12:49:46+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-04 12:49","date_timestamp":1777898986,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89461952","content_html":"Pimento cheese: jabel.blog
","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/05/02/pimento-cheese.html","date_published":"2026-05-02T17:30:07+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-02 17:30","date_timestamp":1777743007,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89398833","content_html":"@todd Thanks!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/89398833","date_published":"2026-05-01T17:38:20+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-01 17:38","date_timestamp":1777657100,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89397885","content_html":"I’m not sure how I heard of David Benjamin Blower or when I followed him on Bandcamp but I’m glad today that I did. His new album is great. “Apocalyptic folk,” he calls it, and that certainly got my attention. 🎵
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/05/01/im-not-sure-how-i.html","date_published":"2026-05-01T17:21:12+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-01 17:21","date_timestamp":1777656072,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89380317","content_html":"\"May is Mary's month\": jabel.blog
","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/05/01/may-is-marys-month.html","date_published":"2026-05-01T12:24:12+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-01 12:24","date_timestamp":1777638252,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89351586","content_html":"Wonderful episode of The Emerald: “Carry That Weight: On Mythic Burdens and Cosmic Supports.” If you’re feeling the weight of the world—and you’re open to an animist view of the world—I cannot recommend it highly enough.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/04/30/wonderful-episode-of-the-emerald.html","date_published":"2026-04-30T23:21:23+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-30 23:21","date_timestamp":1777591283,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89328406","content_html":"@cjhubbs I was eatingwords in those days.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/89328406","date_published":"2026-04-30T17:19:32+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-30 17:19","date_timestamp":1777569572,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89328330","content_html":"@cjhubbs Oh, hold on, my terrible memory just creaked into action. Didn’t we talk some on Twitter years ago? In the Boars Head Tavern orbit?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/89328330","date_published":"2026-04-30T17:18:14+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-30 17:18","date_timestamp":1777569494,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89328299","content_html":"This is the sort of bread Rachel turns out on a random Thursday. She’s gotten so good over the last couple of years.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/56576/2026/d790cb2b69-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/04/30/this-is-the-sort-of.html","date_published":"2026-04-30T17:13:25+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-30 17:13","date_timestamp":1777569205,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89316538","content_html":"@cjhubbs Thanks! Those restoration pictures are impressive!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/89316538","date_published":"2026-04-30T14:22:46+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-30 14:22","date_timestamp":1777558966,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89315810","content_html":"@cjhubbs Ah, that’s good to know. I’ll keep an eye out for an old Griswold. We can use this one fine for now but I don’t imagine we can continue using it into our old age!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/89315810","date_published":"2026-04-30T14:12:00+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-30 14:12","date_timestamp":1777558320,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89313562","content_html":"@ReaderJohn “Breaking your leg cause you were skiing in Telluride is not the Blues. Breaking your leg ‘cause you tripped on an empty Natural Light runnin’ out the back door is.” 😂
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/89313562","date_published":"2026-04-30T13:35:53+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-30 13:35","date_timestamp":1777556153,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89309608","content_html":"@Miraz How are those as far as weight goes? We use a Lodge pan every day but it’s pretty heavy. I’ve heard some other brands are much lighter.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/89309608","date_published":"2026-04-30T12:29:31+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-30 12:29","date_timestamp":1777552171,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89255258","content_html":"@ReaderJohn It’s a game. It’s always been a game. They talk shit about each other in order to gain votes, advantage, or ratings but this dinner has always been the proof that it means nothing. They know who butters their bread.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/89255258","date_published":"2026-04-29T16:59:18+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-29 16:59","date_timestamp":1777481958,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89246415","content_html":"@isaacgreene Wonderful!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jabel/89246415","date_published":"2026-04-29T14:48:20+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-29 14:48","date_timestamp":1777474100,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89229602","content_html":"@jaheppler Your social.jasonheppler.org will not load for me; other parts of your site do. Might just be me but I thought I’d be let you know.
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\n\n\nMusk’s Tesla is beta testing an in-vehicle version of xAI’s Grok chatbot. First rolled out last year, it allows drivers to give voice commands to their car’s navigation system.
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Meanwhile, my thirty-year old pickup truck has no power windows, locks, mirrors, or seat. The radio/cassette player doesn’t work–and I may not fix it. It doesn’t get in a hurry to go anywhere, which is increasingly to my taste.
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