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Basically: entropy, compression, typicality, and why “Claude” is called “Claude”. (Made in collaboration with the eponymous LLM.)</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net/microblog/2026/11/1491/","date_published":"2026-11-03T16:49:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Jaffe","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F6a2a454191fa75d4114ed05836a0b924%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jaffe"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-11-03 16:49","date_timestamp":1793724589,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mastodon.social/@jaffe/117553589182141391","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3mzgczd2qls2a","https://www.threads.com/@defjaf/post/DfSX-Itm7Zk"]}},{"id":"100342377","content_html":"<p>When the LLM responds with “For an astrophysicist audience, I’ve often found the most intuitive summary is…”, who is this “I”?</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net/microblog/2026/11/1488/","date_published":"2026-11-02T13:28:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Jaffe","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F6a2a454191fa75d4114ed05836a0b924%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jaffe"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-11-02 13:28","date_timestamp":1793626093,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mastodon.social/@jaffe/117547166112768397","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3mzdhqgzj6q2t","https://www.threads.com/@defjaf/post/DfPdCVDFE4h"]}},{"id":"100021991","content_html":"<p>As usual nowadays, all meetings degenerate into a discussion of AI.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net/microblog/2026/10/1485/","date_published":"2026-10-28T12:35:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Jaffe","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F6a2a454191fa75d4114ed05836a0b924%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jaffe"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-28 12:35","date_timestamp":1793190952,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mastodon.social/@jaffe/117518583121319331","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3mywrkfuuex2a","https://www.threads.com/@defjaf/post/DfCdKL5FMR1"]}},{"id":"100013457","content_html":"<p>In the UK, people are much more likely to describe someone with an undergraduate (say) physics degree as “a physicist” than in the US, where it’s usually a description of a career. (For example, Margaret Thatcher is often described as a chemist.)</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net/microblog/2026/10/1482/","date_published":"2026-10-28T09:44:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Jaffe","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F6a2a454191fa75d4114ed05836a0b924%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jaffe"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-28 09:44","date_timestamp":1793180643,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mastodon.social/@jaffe/117517901527964715","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3mywhuh7pce2c","https://www.threads.com/@defjaf/post/DfCJUleoLMf"]}},{"id":"99770502","content_html":"<p>I suspect many of you will not appreciate what an honor it was to hear Lora Logic and her band Essential Logic play the X-Ray Spex classic “Oh Bondage! Up Yours!” opening for the Mekons tonight.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fandrewjaffe.net%2Fmicroblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F10%2Fimage-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net/microblog/2026/10/1479/","date_published":"2026-10-23T21:44:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Jaffe","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F6a2a454191fa75d4114ed05836a0b924%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jaffe"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-23 21:44","date_timestamp":1792791862,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mastodon.social/@jaffe/117492428699871485","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3myl5uryi2k2n","https://www.threads.com/@defjaf/post/De2j-RDHQc4"]}},{"id":"99758398","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mekons\">The Mekons</a> are the greatest rock’n’roll band in the world. And I suspect I’m not the only person travelling to see them tonight at the Garage in North London on a TFL 60+ Travelcard.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net/microblog/2026/10/1474/","date_published":"2026-10-23T17:33:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Jaffe","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F6a2a454191fa75d4114ed05836a0b924%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jaffe"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-23 17:33","date_timestamp":1792776809,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mastodon.social/@jaffe/117491493899108337","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3mykqlot4kc2a","https://www.threads.com/@defjaf/post/De2IxBmnDEJ"]}},{"id":"99614126","content_html":"<p>16 years after publication, I (along with, I hope, my co-authors and co-editors) am about to receive my first (meagre) royalty check for our book, <a href=\"https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RzehSUtgxvsC\"><em>Bayesian Methods in Cosmology</em></a>. 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But yes, those. This turns out to be a problem for some interpretations of Bayesianism which imply that the probability of the logical/mathematical implications of any statement should be known (even when you don’t actually know those implications).</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3msj4s6nrss2b","date_published":"2026-08-07T17:53:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Jaffe","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F6a2a454191fa75d4114ed05836a0b924%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jaffe"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-07 17:53","date_timestamp":1786125237,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93708949","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://defjaf.bsky.social\">@defjaf.bsky.social</a> I was hoping for a good “A day in the life” response!</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3mq7qufrpnk2f","date_published":"2026-07-09T13:36:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Jaffe","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F6a2a454191fa75d4114ed05836a0b924%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jaffe"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-09 13:36","date_timestamp":1783604165,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90234087","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://tedbunn.bsky.social\">@tedbunn.bsky.social</a> Also, many people refer to the region inside the M25 ring road as London.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jaffe/90234087","date_published":"2026-05-15T14:59:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Jaffe","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F6a2a454191fa75d4114ed05836a0b924%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jaffe"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 14:59","date_timestamp":1778857143,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90233482","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://tedbunn.bsky.social\">@tedbunn.bsky.social</a> Politically, Kingston is a Borough of London — e.g., we vote for the mayor. It also geographically in the county of Surrey, just to make things complicated. And it doesn’t have a compass-direction postcode.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jaffe/90233482","date_published":"2026-05-15T14:48:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Jaffe","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F6a2a454191fa75d4114ed05836a0b924%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jaffe"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 14:48","date_timestamp":1778856480,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89974546","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://defjaf.bsky.social\">@defjaf.bsky.social</a> Much better than “proctor”.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3mlnxgy7shs2r","date_published":"2026-05-12T14:05:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Jaffe","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F6a2a454191fa75d4114ed05836a0b924%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jaffe"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-12 14:05","date_timestamp":1778594709,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88174471","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://startswithabang.bsky.social\">@startswithabang.bsky.social</a> Great to see it out in the world — enjoy! (And let me know what you think…)</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3mjfd72vwqs2n","date_published":"2026-04-13T16:51:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Jaffe","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F6a2a454191fa75d4114ed05836a0b924%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jaffe"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-13 16:51","date_timestamp":1776099068,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86798929","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://defjaf.bsky.social\">@defjaf.bsky.social</a> Yes! Thanks again for an amazing audience!</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3mhqk276rkk2v","date_published":"2026-03-23T17:02:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Jaffe","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F6a2a454191fa75d4114ed05836a0b924%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jaffe"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-23 17:02","date_timestamp":1774285355,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84368212","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://defjaf.bsky.social\">@defjaf.bsky.social</a> Apple podcasts version:</p>\n<p>podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p…</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3mexxxwykz22m","date_published":"2026-02-16T11:44:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Jaffe","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F6a2a454191fa75d4114ed05836a0b924%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jaffe"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-16 11:44","date_timestamp":1771242262,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"81474027","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://defjaf.bsky.social\">@defjaf.bsky.social</a> Final-year undergraduates. I mostly use my own notes (about 100 pages of LaTeX), but there’s nothing new in them. Here’s an old version: www.scribd.com/document/731…</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3mbrewhbiyc2k","date_published":"2026-01-06T16:32:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Jaffe","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F6a2a454191fa75d4114ed05836a0b924%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jaffe"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-06 16:32","date_timestamp":1767717150,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"78740323","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://defjaf.bsky.social\">@defjaf.bsky.social</a> Apple podcasts link: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a…</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3m6icqghhuc24","date_published":"2025-11-25T21:43:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Jaffe","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F6a2a454191fa75d4114ed05836a0b924%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jaffe"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-25 21:43","date_timestamp":1764107028,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"78695192","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://defjaf.bsky.social\">@defjaf.bsky.social</a> Thanks! Any recommendations?</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3m6gxrq5zec27","date_published":"2025-11-25T08:55:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Jaffe","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F6a2a454191fa75d4114ed05836a0b924%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jaffe"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-25 08:55","date_timestamp":1764060901,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"75213345","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/OneFootTsunami\">@OneFootTsunami</a> <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_riddle_of_induction#Grue_and_bleen\">Prior art for “grue and bleen”</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jaffe/75213345","date_published":"2025-10-07T13:39:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Jaffe","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F6a2a454191fa75d4114ed05836a0b924%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jaffe"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-07 13:39","date_timestamp":1759844385,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"73653385","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/davew@mastodon.social\" class=\"u-url mention\">@davew</a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/danieldekay@masto.ai\" class=\"u-url mention\">@danieldekay</a></span> It works fine with my self-hosted wordpress site (andrewjaffe.net). In my case (but I think this is how it works for everyone?) 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Plain text editors for LaTeX technical writing.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3lvhrnuxbws2d","date_published":"2025-08-03T03:51:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Jaffe","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F6a2a454191fa75d4114ed05836a0b924%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jaffe"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-03 03:51","date_timestamp":1754193084,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"68394199","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://defjaf.bsky.social\">@defjaf.bsky.social</a> Thanks, Dave. It wasn’t clear to me where to post feature requests; apologies for misusing/misunderstanding the infrastructure that you’ve set up.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3ltetn7yxqs2z","date_published":"2025-07-07T12:58:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Jaffe","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F6a2a454191fa75d4114ed05836a0b924%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jaffe"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-07-07 12:58","date_timestamp":1751893107,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"67736624","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://scripting.com\">@scripting.com</a> <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka_cJolZeuE\">www.youtube.com/watch</a></p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jaffe/67736624","date_published":"2025-06-27T14:03:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Jaffe","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F6a2a454191fa75d4114ed05836a0b924%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jaffe"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-27 14:03","date_timestamp":1751033039,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66485353","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://defjaf.bsky.social\">@defjaf.bsky.social</a> Yes! (But you can pre-order today…)</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3lrcme5akls27","date_published":"2025-06-11T04:52:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Jaffe","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F6a2a454191fa75d4114ed05836a0b924%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jaffe"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-11 04:52","date_timestamp":1749617543,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"64559197","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://defjaf.bsky.social\">@defjaf.bsky.social</a> <a href=\"http://yalepress.bsky.social\">@yalepress.bsky.social</a></p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3lpcek2s5ek2c","date_published":"2025-05-16T15:42:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Jaffe","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F6a2a454191fa75d4114ed05836a0b924%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jaffe"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-16 15:42","date_timestamp":1747410129,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}