{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Jamie McHale","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/jamiemchale","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"24670","username":"jamiemchale","bio":"","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":8,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fimages%2Fblank_avatar.png"},"items":[{"id":"87610782","content_html":"<p>🔗 <a href=\"https://kyla.substack.com/p/the-ozempicization-of-the-economy?r=obi6&amp;utm_medium=ios&amp;triedRedirect=true\">The Ozempicization of the Economy, kyla scanlon</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>What’s being sold as personal control is not actually control. Control would go beyond the individual, to mean affordability and functional institutions and to quote Kayyeem, a government that actually governs What’s being sold instead is the feeling of individual control through the bet, the hack, the feed, the subscription, the optimization</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/04/04/the-ozempicization-of-the-economy/","date_published":"2026-04-04T21:20:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"21:20","date_timestamp":1775337609,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87610239","content_html":"<p>🔗 <a href=\"https://blog.cosmos-institute.org/p/you-are-not-a-function?r=obi6&amp;utm_medium=ios&amp;triedRedirect=true\">You Are Not a Function, Brendan McCord</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In a world where your economic value can evaporate overnight, “Become a whole person” sounds like advice from someone who has never worried about next month’s rent. The utilitarian case for education has the force of necessity behind it. For millions of people, making yourself useful is what responsibility to their families demands.\nYet if the response to being replaceable is always to train for a different function, you have entered a race you structurally cannot win. The principle that makes your education valuable is the same principle that makes you...</p>\n</blockquote> <a href=\"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/04/04/you-are-not-a-function/\">micro.jamiemchale.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/04/04/you-are-not-a-function/","date_published":"2026-04-04T21:01:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"21:01","date_timestamp":1775336499,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87609935","content_html":"<p>🔗 <a href=\"https://freesystems.substack.com/p/building-political-superintelligence\">Building Political Superintelligence, Andy Hall</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>AI is like the printing press, to a point. Instead of making information cheap and easily available, it makes <em>intelligence</em> cheap and easily available. That is, it not only serves users information, but it can find it for them, analyze it for them, and help them convert it into understanding. If we could transform society by spreading information, then we ought to be able to transform it more dramatically by spreading intelligence.</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/04/04/building-political-superintelligence-andy-hall/","date_published":"2026-04-04T20:53:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"20:53","date_timestamp":1775335996,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87343416","content_html":"<p>23km Inveruglas Arrocher Loop with Aileen today. Sunshine and showers.</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/9177/2026/d9d7f6bbd8-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/9177/2026/3b4f4bdc0b-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/9177/2026/f344d1735a-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/9177/2026/eba36068cf-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/03/31/km-inveruglas-arrocher-loop-with/","date_published":"2026-03-31T19:16:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-31 19:16","date_timestamp":1774984573,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87273279","content_html":"<p>Out for a wee walk near Tyndrum</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/9177/2026/9cc212652e-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A snow-capped mountain range under a partly cloudy sky is surrounded by rolling hills and forested areas.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/9177/2026/a4df30741e-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/9177/2026/ec969b05eb-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/03/30/out-for-a-wee-walk/","date_published":"2026-03-30T19:34:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-30 19:34","date_timestamp":1774899261,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87183239","content_html":"<p>Sunday reading: <a href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/215581569\">Maintenance of Everything, Stewart Brand</a> 📚</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/9177/2026/22fe2b3b29-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Book cover\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/03/29/sunday-reading-maintenance-of-everything/","date_published":"2026-03-29T08:33:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-29 08:33","date_timestamp":1774773184,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86716361","content_html":"<p>Started reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780911379075\">The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education</a> by W. Edwards Deming 📚</p>\n<p>Currently exploring ideas around quality processes and how they relate to software development in th age of AI</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/9177/2026/39dfaea03f-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/03/22/started-reading-the-new-economics/","date_published":"2026-03-22T09:58:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-22 09:58","date_timestamp":1774173531,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86479641","content_html":"<p>Lovely evening hosting EdinburghJS last night. Really grateful for Manu and Daniel stepping up at the last minute to speak. We’ve rescheduled Sara’s talk for June. It’s a break next month, but we’ll be back in May to talk about AI and Agents</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/9177/2026/248301722e-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Manu speaking on Playwright\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/9177/2026/fbb8be1f7d-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Paddy speaking about CSS at Perk\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/9177/2026/c69b4c5743-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Daniel talking about npmx\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/9177/2026/f45d733bd4-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Me (Jamie) hosting the event\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/03/18/lovely-evening-hosting-edinburghjs-last/","date_published":"2026-03-18T19:30:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-18 19:30","date_timestamp":1773862230,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86376972","content_html":"<p>🔗 <a href=\"https://apenwarr.ca/log/20260316\">Every Layer of Review Makes You 10x Slower, apenwarr</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I think we’re going to be stuck with these systems pipeline problems for a long time. Review pipelines — layers of QA — don’t work. Instead, they make you slower while hiding root causes. Hiding causes makes them harder to fix.\nBut, the call of AI coding is strong. That first, fast step in the pipeline is <em>so fast!</em> It really does feel like having super powers. I want more super powers. What are we going to do about it?\nMaybe we finally have a compelling enough excuse to fix the 20 years of problems hidden by code review culture, and replace it with...</p>\n</blockquote> <a href=\"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/03/17/every-layer-of-review-makes/\">micro.jamiemchale.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/03/17/every-layer-of-review-makes/","date_published":"2026-03-17T11:35:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-17 11:35","date_timestamp":1773747334,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86370787","content_html":"<p>A last minute change to the line-up for EdinburghJS tonight. Sara’s talk on emulators has been moved to June, and instead we will have a few lightning talks (CSS, Playwright and more).</p>\n<p>Still at half six at the Perk offices. Tickets at: <a href=\"https://luma.com/edinburghjs-march-2026\">luma.com/edinburgh&amp;hellip;</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/03/17/a-last-minute-change-to/","date_published":"2026-03-17T09:20:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-17 09:20","date_timestamp":1773739220,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86367923","content_html":"<p>🔗 <a href=\"https://sciencepolicyinsider.substack.com/p/the-chronology-problem\">The Chronology Problem, Jim Olds</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>But there’s a subtler cost, too. When we don’t understand how a technology or a scientific field evolved, we become poor navigators. We don’t know which roads were tried and abandoned and why. We don’t know which detours led to unexpected places. We can’t reason well about where to push next, because we don’t have an accurate map of where we’ve already been.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Technological and scientific genealogy isn’t nostalgia. It’s a form of rigor. The rat in the 1975 experiment knew something. So did the Caltech scientist, looking at the brain recordings. Arrhenius knew...</p>\n</blockquote> <a href=\"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/03/17/the-chronology-problem-jim-olds/\">micro.jamiemchale.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/03/17/the-chronology-problem-jim-olds/","date_published":"2026-03-17T07:59:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-17 07:59","date_timestamp":1773734357,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85280968","content_html":"<p>Wee zoo trip 📸</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/9177/2026/7c093932ce-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Goeldi’s Monkey\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/9177/2026/a14cf01a6b-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Close up of a chimp\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/03/01/wee-zoo-trip/","date_published":"2026-03-01T16:23:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-01 16:23","date_timestamp":1772382204,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https:///@/116154841397859986","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:t4pnyauyasdlgunp2yimrdgu/post/3mfz5mrxh742z"]}},{"id":"85280786","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://jamiemchale.com\">@jamiemchale.com</a> Thank you!</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:t4pnyauyasdlgunp2yimrdgu/post/3mfowozx5mk2r","date_published":"2026-02-25T14:53:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-25 14:53","date_timestamp":1772031196,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84911229","content_html":"<p>🔗 <a href=\"https://www.joanwestenberg.com/agentic-swarms-are-an-org-chart-delusion/\">Agentic Swarms Are an Org-Chart Delusion, JA Westenberg</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The boundaries between “marketer” and “developer” and “analyst” dissolve, because those boundaries were never real boundaries in the work itself. They were boundaries in human capacity.\nThe people who will thrive aren’t “agent managers.” They’re people who can say what they want and evaluate whether they got it - and whether what they got was either good or shit.</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/02/24/agentic-swarms-are-an-orgchart/","date_published":"2026-02-24T09:27:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-24 09:27","date_timestamp":1771925234,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https:///@/116124896433887939","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:t4pnyauyasdlgunp2yimrdgu/post/3mflu33edex2d"]}},{"id":"84911210","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://maggieappleton.com\">@maggieappleton.com</a> If you ever want to take a trip up to Edinburgh or Glasgow we’d be happy to host you at a <a href=\"http://scottishtechnology.club\">@scottishtechnology.club</a> or <a href=\"http://edinburghjs.org\">@edinburghjs.org</a> meetup!</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:t4pnyauyasdlgunp2yimrdgu/post/3melofr4yoc22","date_published":"2026-02-11T14:21:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie 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Might run some more of these this year!</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/9177/2026/1202226c1a-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/01/14/had-a-fun-time-hosting/","date_published":"2026-01-14T13:02:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-14 13:02","date_timestamp":1768395732,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https:///@/115893585572317957","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:t4pnyauyasdlgunp2yimrdgu/post/3mcf4x6ynhg2y"]}},{"id":"82034131","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://drscottarthurmp.bsky.social\">@drscottarthurmp.bsky.social</a> Speeding down Kilgraston Rd is common. 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This seemed to just be some kind of fiction.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:t4pnyauyasdlgunp2yimrdgu/post/3mbszzw233k2r","date_published":"2026-01-07T08:22:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-07 08:22","date_timestamp":1767774175,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"80149827","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://jamiemchale.com\">@jamiemchale.com</a> Hoping for 40+ folks to come and hang out</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:t4pnyauyasdlgunp2yimrdgu/post/3ma4ost7cqs23","date_published":"2025-12-16T17:38:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-16 17:38","date_timestamp":1765906700,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"79867419","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://stephenjenkinson.bsky.social\">@stephenjenkinson.bsky.social</a> It’s been really useful - I’ve found myself hopping on a bike to get across the Meadows and save a few minutes when I’m running late!</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:t4pnyauyasdlgunp2yimrdgu/post/3m7petjqpqc2h","date_published":"2025-12-11T10:35:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Jamie McHale","url":"https://www.jamiemchale.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4511be58654917f6f718ed5aeabbee14%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jamiemchale"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-11 10:35","date_timestamp":1765449309,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}