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When to Talk and When to Stop Manufacturing the Opposition's Armaments: againstthefuture.net
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","summary":"","url":"https://againstthefuture.net/2026/03/09/software-as-training-wheels.html","date_published":"2026-03-09T21:10:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-09 21:10","date_timestamp":1773090642,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://tldr.nettime.org/@jeremiah/116201269658665569"]}},{"id":"85736113","content_html":"What Should We Expect of Our Professions? againstthefuture.net
","summary":"","url":"https://againstthefuture.net/2026/03/07/what-should-we-expect-of.html","date_published":"2026-03-07T23:35:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-07 23:35","date_timestamp":1772926539,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83944447","content_html":"Finding bio labs with viruses seems like something that would raise more alarm bells in a functioning federal government.\n\n\"Nicole Zieba, the city manager of Reedley said she was “not surprised about the discovery.” Fresno County supervisor Nathan Magsig said items discovered in the Reedley lab “pointed to the fact that there may be additional laboratories in other parts” of the U.S. Zieba said that Reedley officials had tried to warn the federal government.\"\n\n\"“I hope they are paying attention because when we tried to raise the flag, we received just such a poor response from the CDC,” Zieba said. ... againstthefuture.net","summary":"","url":"https://againstthefuture.net/2026/02/09/finding-bio-labs-with-viruses.html","date_published":"2026-02-10T02:41:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-10 02:41","date_timestamp":1770691290,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://tldr.nettime.org/@jeremiah/116044036648468896"]}},{"id":"72486937","content_html":"Idle Thoughts on Romantic Chatbots: againstthefuture.net
","summary":"","url":"https://againstthefuture.net/2025/09/01/idle-thoughts-on-romantic-chatbots.html","date_published":"2025-09-01T04:42:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-01 04:42","date_timestamp":1756701763,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://tldr.nettime.org/@jeremiah/115127204980204465"]}},{"id":"71520811","content_html":"@grubz I have a Surface Pro 7 that I wanted to slap linux on but the camera will basically never work. That’s not a deal breaker, but it’s such a slim device that it’d be nice to be able to throw it in the bag and know that I can do all the basics with it.
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","summary":"","url":"https://againstthefuture.net/2025/08/18/publicly-funded-frugal-computing.html","date_published":"2025-08-18T16:46:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-18 16:46","date_timestamp":1755535587,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://tldr.nettime.org/@jeremiah/115050783768544795"]}},{"id":"67252811","content_html":"Tethered: againstthefuture.net
","summary":"","url":"https://againstthefuture.net/2025/06/20/tethered.html","date_published":"2025-06-21T01:54:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-21 01:54","date_timestamp":1750470848,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://tldr.nettime.org/@jeremiah/114718858586786785"]}},{"id":"64555905","content_html":"I know it’s not in vogue for corporations to hire people, but our work would absolutely be improved by having a junior dev right now. There’s a lot of paired programming/troubleshooting happening, a lot of changes are happening rapidly, and I can’t keep pace to troubleshoot them, deploy changes, and docume... againstthefuture.net","summary":"","url":"https://againstthefuture.net/2025/05/16/i-know-its-not-in.html","date_published":"2025-05-16T14:56:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-16 14:56","date_timestamp":1747407404,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://tldr.nettime.org/@jeremiah/114518096041034232"]}},{"id":"64359095","content_html":"I finished Claire Dederer’s Monsters. The first two thirds of the book are interesting enough but I had planned on finishing the book and putting it on the cycle-out-of-the-house shelf. The last third has me reconsidering that though. It’s the part of the book where the author grapples concretely with what... againstthefuture.net","summary":"","url":"https://againstthefuture.net/2025/05/13/i-finished-claire-dederers-monsters.html","date_published":"2025-05-14T03:02:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-14 03:02","date_timestamp":1747191776,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://tldr.nettime.org/@jeremiah/114503962054314252"]}},{"id":"64306900","content_html":"Leaving for myself useful for removing all the contents of a specific merge commit
\ngit revert -m 1 {merge commit hash}
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\nSaves time and doesn’t set the planet ablaze.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://againstthefuture.net/2025/04/04/proposal-we-inculcate-a-reflex.html","date_published":"2025-04-04T15:13:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-04 15:13","date_timestamp":1743779617,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://tldr.nettime.org/@jeremiah/114280344985166960"]}},{"id":"61209721","content_html":"Useful Renumeration: againstthefuture.net
","summary":"","url":"https://againstthefuture.net/2025/04/01/useful-renumeration.html","date_published":"2025-04-01T14:34:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-01 14:34","date_timestamp":1743518086,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://tldr.nettime.org/@jeremiah/114263207851352277"]}},{"id":"60941427","content_html":"I wish I was better at is completing writing on a piece when I first feel its rumblings. There are many stories, essays, posts that I had an inkling of, didn’t write, and then years later something comes up that would have made them relevant or useful.\n\nI’m sure this happens a lot to people and I’ve seen m... againstthefuture.net","summary":"","url":"https://againstthefuture.net/2025/03/28/i-wish-i-was-better.html","date_published":"2025-03-28T21:03:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-03-28 21:03","date_timestamp":1743195835,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://tldr.nettime.org/@jeremiah/114242086003186229"]}},{"id":"60934756","content_html":"The OpenAI Ghiblification release is clearly Altman and his acolytes doing it as a show of force against someone who loathes their vision of the world. It is also a real time exercise where these people demonstrate that they want to use machines to devalue labor. If you directly compare a Ghibli still to t... againstthefuture.net","summary":"","url":"https://againstthefuture.net/2025/03/28/the-openai-ghiblification-release-is.html","date_published":"2025-03-28T19:34:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-03-28 19:34","date_timestamp":1743190480,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://tldr.nettime.org/@jeremiah/114241734327368489"]}},{"id":"60120243","content_html":"Seeing calls for other countries to ignore US copyright protections. My monkey’s paw brain is just imagining that Canada & Europe stop enforcing US Copyright law, AI companies setup servers outside the US, train all these models. Sell the slop back to us. When they’re inevitably brought to court, they argu... againstthefuture.net","summary":"","url":"https://againstthefuture.net/2025/03/18/seeing-calls-for-other-countries.html","date_published":"2025-03-18T20:56:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-03-18 20:56","date_timestamp":1742331386,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://tldr.nettime.org/@jeremiah/114185434193788753"]}},{"id":"59383747","content_html":"Yesterday, I continued working on a writing project that I last touched back in June. It’s broken down into issues. I keep a log for most projects and this one noted that I had already outlined drafted each page of issue 3. Okay. I probably never synced from that device that I was last working on it from. ... againstthefuture.net","summary":"","url":"https://againstthefuture.net/2025/03/09/yesterday-i-continued-working-on.html","date_published":"2025-03-09T14:19:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-03-09 14:19","date_timestamp":1741529995,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://tldr.nettime.org/@jeremiah/114132910129578784"]}},{"id":"59279554","content_html":"I told myself I’d get my SBC with YunoHost on it running so I could try out GoToSocial but YunoHost tries my patience in ways I was not expecting.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://againstthefuture.net/2025/03/07/i-told-myself-id-get.html","date_published":"2025-03-08T00:50:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-03-08 00:50","date_timestamp":1741395053,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://tldr.nettime.org/@jeremiah/114124067406292675"]}},{"id":"59233701","content_html":"I think I am getting worse at spelling. I suspect this is because spell checking has become automated. Going to adjust my writing interfaces and make that a more manual process again.
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\nkeyboard.futo.org
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Another day of alarm, an anecdote, and the barest of salves: againstthefuture.net
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\nAnother friend who works at a company that helps facilitate study abroad programs just survived a round of layoffs that impacted six percent of her workforce.
\nI am in a circle with a lot of academics. All of them are somehow attached to NSF funding and all of them worried about the money they’re owed and, if they’re in student visas, how all this might upend their life. Many of them upended their lives to be here in the first place.
\nThe statistics and machine learning department at the university where my partner got her PhD decided to not enroll new PhD candidates for this cycle, usually there are around 20 new candidates a year.
\nI haven’t talked to everyone I know who could be impacted but these are just the stories I’ve heard from casual conversation in the past two weeks.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jdm/57408250","date_published":"2025-02-12T16:38:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-12 16:38","date_timestamp":1739378302,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"54926779","content_html":"@tracydurnell An unfortunate truth. My partner came over to print something and she was taken aback that my office printer just worked on her computer without issue.
\nHer printer is a special nightmare.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jdm/54926779","date_published":"2025-01-13T16:41:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-13 16:41","date_timestamp":1736786469,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"54879947","content_html":"@tracydurnell I took a small hiatus from printing and there’s more finagling with my machine when I switch filaments than I would like.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jdm/54879947","date_published":"2025-01-12T23:48:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-12 23:48","date_timestamp":1736725726,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"53578215","content_html":"@pratik we are cursed to live in a one party state.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jdm/53578215","date_published":"2024-12-29T05:35:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-29 05:35","date_timestamp":1735450559,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"51632593","content_html":"@JohnPhilpin Looks like the deal happened in April.
\nI set up a new computer with it and it is as clunky as ever. Hard for a company to focus on product when the CEO’s priority is to bully competitors and double down on being a jerk.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jdm/51632593","date_published":"2024-12-09T01:51:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-09 01:51","date_timestamp":1733709113,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"50286993","content_html":"@Jeber I just want a useful alphabetically sorted list.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jdm/50286993","date_published":"2024-11-23T21:57:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-23 21:57","date_timestamp":1732399029,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"48660006","content_html":"@todor Yeah, I just dislike them. Kind of feels like a to-do list within a ticket shouldn’t interact with the board and there’s already a todo list feature. It also presents terribly in Kanban.
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\nThen I repeated the process with edit. Clicked preview, clicked preview again to get back to editing, and then hit update post.
\nWeird. Hopefully, it’s not permanent or a consistent glitch because I don’t do my composition in the web browser.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jdm/46688494","date_published":"2024-10-02T15:54:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-02 15:54","date_timestamp":1727884483,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"46577008","content_html":"@jdm Anyone here who clicks into this know that its presentation is awful because there’s a bug that is being troubleshot.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jdm/46577008","date_published":"2024-10-01T00:57:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-01 00:57","date_timestamp":1727744269,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"46576869","content_html":"@jdm againstthefuture.net/2024/09/3…
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jdm/46576869","date_published":"2024-10-01T00:53:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-01 00:53","date_timestamp":1727744013,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"46576703","content_html":"@manton I did delete the post but I can recreate it.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jdm/46576703","date_published":"2024-10-01T00:48:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-01 00:48","date_timestamp":1727743737,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"46572575","content_html":"@manton Not sure if this is related to today’s changes but I noticed that the preview of the Markdown isn’t reflective of what actually happens when posted.
\nI attached a screenshot of the top of one of my posts. Despite having lines, spacing, and markdown headings, it’s all smashed together.
\n
@numericcitizen My tin foil hat is that the moderators were told to give Trump leeway because Trump is good for their advertising dollars.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jdm/45243721","date_published":"2024-09-11T02:32:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-09-11 02:32","date_timestamp":1726021932,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"44067935","content_html":"@manton pasting into the editor from Ghostwriter is looking good today.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jdm/44067935","date_published":"2024-08-23T18:13:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-08-23 18:13","date_timestamp":1724436818,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"43794536","content_html":"@jdm I hope it doesn’t matter, but specifically using Ghostwriter on a KDE desktop. The computer I do a lot of posting from is an chromebook with Q4OS. When I’m at my desktop I use Typora but I haven’t posted anything from the desktop in awhile.
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\nI didn’t have this problem earlier this week using the same workflow.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jdm/43788115","date_published":"2024-08-19T16:09:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-08-19 16:09","date_timestamp":1724083753,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"42450488","content_html":"@odd That might be it. I was telling friends the other day that the fac that we’ve only had one Gen X president is kind of an indictment of the system. Most presidents since I’ve been alive have been boomers and older.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jdm/42164075","date_published":"2024-07-24T16:18:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Against The Future ","url":"http://againstthefuture.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F5908974ade7fb0c9e0e6717fa59983d6%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jdm"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-07-24 16:18","date_timestamp":1721837892,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"40703609","content_html":"@lmika The woodpecker CI is alright. I’m not using it for much yet, but I am using it for automatically publishing a website that has multiple editors.
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