{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Justin Ferguson","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/jfergdev","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"150665","username":"jfergdev","bio":"just your average angry gen-x progressive software artist married parent of two teens trying to escape the suburban midwest hellscape and not go insane in the process","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":2,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Justin Ferguson","url":"https://jfergdev.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2022/150665.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"73413181","content_html":"<p>Hm.  It’s been a minute since posting here.  I’m not very good at blogging, at least not consistently - but I do occasionally want to put thoughts out there in a longer, more neutral format than social media allows (even the limited bits of social media I still use).  So welcome back, readers.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://jferg.blog/2025/09/12/hm-its-been-a-minute.html","date_published":"2025-09-12T17:12:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Justin Ferguson","url":"https://jfergdev.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F150665.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jfergdev"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-12 17:12","date_timestamp":1757697122,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"13675737","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jfergdev\">@jfergdev</a> @JMaxB And there are a lot of people in the world who don’t have a PCP, so are gonna get stuck in this morass.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jfergdev/13675737","date_published":"2022-11-04T18:12:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Justin Ferguson","url":"https://jfergdev.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F150665.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jfergdev"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-11-04 18:12","date_timestamp":1667585550,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"13675730","content_html":"<p>@JMaxB We also just now managed to get a prescription from our primary provider, so we’ll see how the process of actually <em>filling</em> it goes.  We were just trying to get it as soon as possible, outside of primary provider’s limited hours.  I think the real lesson is that CVS is a clusterf**k.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/jfergdev/13675730","date_published":"2022-11-04T18:11:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Justin Ferguson","url":"https://jfergdev.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F150665.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jfergdev"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-11-04 18:11","date_timestamp":1667585497,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"13674352","content_html":"<p>One does not simply <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://jferg.blog/uploads/2022/ffb6d0a8cc.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\"> : <a href=\"https://jferg.blog/2022/11/04/one-does-not.html\">jferg.blog</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://jferg.blog/2022/11/04/one-does-not.html","date_published":"2022-11-04T16:42:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Justin Ferguson","url":"https://jfergdev.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F150665.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jfergdev"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-11-04 16:42","date_timestamp":1667580154,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@jferg/109286534166688054"]}},{"id":"13612104","content_html":"<p>Let's Make America Great Again: <a href=\"https://jferg.blog/2022/10/31/lets-make-america.html\">jferg.blog</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://jferg.blog/2022/10/31/lets-make-america.html","date_published":"2022-10-31T14:57:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Justin Ferguson","url":"https://jfergdev.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F150665.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jfergdev"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-10-31 14:57","date_timestamp":1667228242,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@jferg/109263472620443326"]}},{"id":"13604078","content_html":"I really hate feeling held hostage by the fact that while the Fediverse is cool and useful, it’s a.) just a bit too complicated for a lot of people, and b.) people are just too entrenched in Twitter/FB/Insta for a wholesale migration to happen.  I’m glad to see that a number of people I... <a href=\"https://jferg.blog/2022/10/30/i-really-hate.html\">jferg.blog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://jferg.blog/2022/10/30/i-really-hate.html","date_published":"2022-10-30T23:30:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Justin Ferguson","url":"https://jfergdev.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F150665.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jfergdev"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-10-30 23:30","date_timestamp":1667172628,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@jferg/109259825498411385"]}},{"id":"13593112","content_html":"Thanks to (@toddgrotenhuis) for pointing out micro.blog which is exactly the kind of low-tech but high-tech blog solution I’ve been looking for.   The Mastodon integration is exactly the kind of solution I’ve been wanting.  Hoping it’s a low-friction solution to get me writing things a ... <a href=\"https://jferg.blog/2022/10/29/thanks-to-tgrotenhuis.html\">jferg.blog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://jferg.blog/2022/10/29/thanks-to-tgrotenhuis.html","date_published":"2022-10-30T01:04:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Justin Ferguson","url":"https://jfergdev.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F150665.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jfergdev"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-10-30 01:04","date_timestamp":1667091899,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@jferg/109254540826400147"]}},{"id":"13591968","content_html":"<p>Hello.   There’s not much here yet, but I’m working on it.  This seems to be exactly the speed of blogging system that I need.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://jferg.blog/2022/10/29/hello-theres-not.html","date_published":"2022-10-29T22:37:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Justin Ferguson","url":"https://jfergdev.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F150665.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jfergdev"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-10-29 22:37","date_timestamp":1667083077,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}