{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Andrew Jaffe","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/jaffe","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"3122","username":"jaffe","bio":"Astrophysics, cosmology, Bayesian inference, parenthood, politics, rock ’n’ roll, and more. Professor at Imperial College. 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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,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93705852","content_html":"<p>Goodyear Blimp over the Royal Albert Hall, London.<br>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fandrewjaffe.net%2Fmicroblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F07%2FIMG_2671-scaled.jpeg\" 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I am humbled and honoured by my friends and colleagues who have come to London.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net/microblog/2026/07/1322/","date_published":"2026-07-01T11:59:04+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":"2026-07-01 11:59","date_timestamp":1782907144,"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/116844670537209096","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3mpliokfryb27","https://www.threads.com/@defjaf/post/DaP_w02FDno"]}},{"id":"92804746","content_html":"<p>An intersection of my obsessions: <a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/andrewhickey.500songs.com\">@andrewhickey.500songs.com</a>’s <a href=\"https://500songs.com/podcast/episode-171-hey-jude-by-the-beatles/\">“500 Songs” episode on “Hey Jude”</a> opens with a discussion of how we (our brains/minds) build and refine models of the world that could have come straight from <a href=\"https://andrewjaffe.net/the-random-universe\">my book <em>The Random Universe</em></a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net/microblog/2026/06/1317/","date_published":"2026-06-24T12:52:40+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":"2026-06-24 12:52","date_timestamp":1782305560,"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/116805279405298536","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3mozyvv577526","https://www.threads.com/@defjaf/post/DZ-FUblkWZz"]}},{"id":"92353852","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://popsciencebooks.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-random-universe-andrew-jaffe.html\"><strong>Five-star review</strong>  by Brian Clegg of <em>The Random Universe</em></a>:</p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  Probably the best book I’ve ever read on what the scientific method really is, how scientists build models, how they deal with randomness, uncertainty and the pitfalls of induction. Engaging stuff.\n</p></blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net/microblog/2026/06/1314/","date_published":"2026-06-17T11:54:14+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":"2026-06-17 11:54","date_timestamp":1781697254,"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/116765396652821392","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3moic4v4v6r2k","https://www.threads.com/@defjaf/post/DZr8jNRFFDX"]}},{"id":"92228715","content_html":"<p>There are <a href=\"https://www.tickettailor.com/events/pintsofknowledge/2190744\">still tickets available to hear me</a> answer the question “Is Everything We Know About The Big Bang Wrong?” and talk about <em>The Random Universe</em> tomorrow, Tuesday, 16 June at The Blues Kitchen in Brixton (London). The late show is sold out, but you can still get in for some early Pints of Knowledge at...</p> <a href=\"https://andrewjaffe.net/microblog/2026/06/1312/\">andrewjaffe.net</a>","summary":"","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net/microblog/2026/06/1312/","date_published":"2026-06-15T16:04:49+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":"2026-06-15 16:04","date_timestamp":1781539489,"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/116755069848813564","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3modperzguh2t","https://www.threads.com/@defjaf/post/DZnP__PlOXm"]}},{"id":"92210511","content_html":"<p>Newest PhD student giving his first science talk to our group… (They are all much better at this stuff than we were at the same stage in our careers!)</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net/microblog/2026/06/1310/","date_published":"2026-06-15T10:50:09+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":"2026-06-15 10:50","date_timestamp":1781520609,"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/116753745344874794","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3mod4khbius2n","https://www.threads.com/@defjaf/post/DZmpc1UFjx_"]}},{"id":"91610405","content_html":"<p>Shocked but not surprised.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/us/politics/trump-immunity-tax-audit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.n1A.GDVZ.2iuomdXFINpH\">Trump Keeps Immunity from I.R.S., a Victory in a Long-Running Feud</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net/microblog/2026/06/1308/","date_published":"2026-06-05T21:29:43+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":"2026-06-05 21:29","date_timestamp":1780694983,"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/116699670515880406","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3mnl444avpb2j","https://www.threads.com/@defjaf/post/DZODq5Wj6Be"]}},{"id":"91425867","content_html":"<p>Of course he doesn’t really care about the $1.8bn slush fund — that’s about helping other people (albeit maga criminals). Let’s see about the IRS deal.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net/microblog/2026/06/1306/","date_published":"2026-06-02T22:24:06+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":"2026-06-02 22:24","date_timestamp":1780439046,"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/116682857852338335","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3mndn6khhoi2n","https://www.threads.com/@defjaf/post/DZGaWpqkU66"]}},{"id":"91039283","content_html":"<p>The heat has broken just in time for us to have forgotten two of our sleeping bags on our camping trip.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fandrewjaffe.net%2Fmicroblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F05%2Fimage-3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net/microblog/2026/05/1304/","date_published":"2026-05-27T20:49:46+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":"2026-05-27 20:49","date_timestamp":1779914986,"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/116648836493240063","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3mmujplv4rk2g","https://www.threads.com/@defjaf/post/DY28N_1j2z6"]}},{"id":"90924096","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://slate.com/technology/2026/05/ai-consciousness-neural-networks-mathematics.html\">Articles like these arguing that LLMs can’t be conscious</a> simply because they are “mere  formulas” are just a version of Searle’s (debatable!) “Chinese Room” argument. 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Sometimes the tab/window title stops tracking. And there’s a (longstanding, unfixed, race condition) <a href=\"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/465930/apple-terminal-startup-errors-session-save-restore\">bug in the interaction between the shell and the terminal</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net/microblog/2026/05/1291/","date_published":"2026-05-19T09:05:44+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":"2026-05-19 09:05","date_timestamp":1779181544,"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/116600466190329073","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3mm72dbdle52g","https://www.threads.com/@defjaf/post/DYg8c48lPfm"]}},{"id":"90374738","content_html":"<p>Happy to find myself on a bookshelf with Damian Hirst, Nick Cave and Manolo Blahnik.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fandrewjaffe.net%2Fmicroblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F05%2Fimage-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Bookshelf with several books and magazines laying horizontally, notably The Random Universe by Andrew H. 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It kept making badly wrong predictions about how long the run would take, and told me that it was “doing it in my head”, by which it meant it “was computing the estimate inline as part of generating text”.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewjaffe.net/microblog/2026/05/1286/","date_published":"2026-05-16T11:28:45+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":"2026-05-16 11:28","date_timestamp":1778930925,"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/116584047855069811","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3mlxqyxqtx223","https://www.threads.com/@defjaf/post/DYZemmulEJ-"]}},{"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,"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. 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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,"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,"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,"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,"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,"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,"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,"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,"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,"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,"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,"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,"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,"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,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"64534411","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://defjaf.bsky.social\">@defjaf.bsky.social</a> <a href=\"http://yalebooks.bsky.social\">@yalebooks.bsky.social</a></p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kelshlfgazqhkccvbnd5lb6y/post/3lpbms7yqqc2c","date_published":"2025-05-16T08:37:13+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":"2025-05-16 08:37","date_timestamp":1747384633,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"59454620","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://scripting.com\">@scripting.com</a> Any prognosis for getting WordLand running on <em>self-hosted</em> WordPress? 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They show up on the blog and at least in <a href=\"https://andrewjaffe.net/microblog/feed/json\"><em>my</em> view of the feed</a>, but still nothing here on <a href=\"https://micro.blog/jaffe\">here on micro.blog</a>. (FWIW: I did notice that the <code>www</code> version of the feed URL took <em>slightly</em> longer to update.)</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jaffe/50950674","date_published":"2024-12-02T04:52:22+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":"2024-12-02 04:52","date_timestamp":1733115142,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"50873031","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/help\">@help</a> ok, that’s weird. It <em>is</em> in my version of the <a href=\"https://andrewjaffe.net/microblog/feed/json\">jsonfeed</a> (and rss). Any (wordpress? 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The latest one  (aside from this conversation) I see is “Just discovered that, on a clear day, we can see Mt Fuji, 90 miles distant, from our apartment building” but should be “Kind of obsessed with our view of Fuji-san.”</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jaffe/50855374","date_published":"2024-11-30T23:27:04+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":"2024-11-30 23:27","date_timestamp":1733009224,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}