{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Joshua Beatty","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/joshuabeatty","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"12974","username":"joshuabeatty","bio":"Librarian, historian, etc. \"When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep.\" --Ursula K. LeGuin","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":146,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://micro.blog/joshuabeatty/avatar.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"10769729","content_html":"<p>On a windy night the neighbors’ nativity scene becomes a procession of Ringwraiths.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.joshuabeatty.info%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F21bfaadda6.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.joshuabeatty.info/2020/12/25/on-a-windy.html","date_published":"2020-12-26T00:38:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-12-26 00:38","date_timestamp":1608943084,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10743283","content_html":"<p>Martin Hägglund, <em>This Life</em>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n<p>If we were absolved from suffering—viewing the world from the standpoint of eternity—we could no longer care about whether someone lives or dies, since nothing that happens could count as a loss for us.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>And again it’s time to watch Arsenal.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.joshuabeatty.info/2020/12/19/martin-hgglund-this.html","date_published":"2020-12-20T00:25:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-12-20 00:25","date_timestamp":1608423911,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10738342","content_html":"<p>Weeknotes, 18 December 2020: <a href=\"https://www.joshuabeatty.info/2020/12/18/weeknotes-december.html\">joshuabeatty.info</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://www.joshuabeatty.info/2020/12/18/weeknotes-december.html","date_published":"2020-12-18T20:16:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-12-18 20:16","date_timestamp":1608322613,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10734404","content_html":"<p>A stormy, snowy morning crossing Lake Champlain.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.joshuabeatty.info%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F5caffe4df1.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Ferry on lake\" loading=\"lazy\"></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.joshuabeatty.info/2020/12/17/a-stormy-snowy.html","date_published":"2020-12-18T00:45:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-12-18 00:45","date_timestamp":1608252324,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10729739","content_html":"Jonathan Rose, “The Classics in the Slums”:\n\n\nThe Workers’ Educational Association, founded in 1903 (and still a going concern today), brought university-level adult courses in literature, history, science, and economics to the mill towns. The students were intensely dedicated: they had... <a href=\"https://www.joshuabeatty.info/2020/12/16/jonathan-rose-the.html\">www.joshuabeatty.info</a>","summary":"","url":"https://www.joshuabeatty.info/2020/12/16/jonathan-rose-the.html","date_published":"2020-12-17T01:47:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-12-17 01:47","date_timestamp":1608169670,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10725061","content_html":"<p>We’re looking at the first truly cold night of the winter.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.joshuabeatty.info%2Fuploads%2F2020%2Fb78aa90598.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"406\" alt=\"Map of forecast temperatures, New York - 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Hope I can find a copy in the US. 🏏📚</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.joshuabeatty.info/2020/12/10/today-in-my.html","date_published":"2020-12-11T00:27:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-12-11 00:27","date_timestamp":1607646448,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10697655","content_html":"<p>In the end I went with a compact-sized standing desk, the Jaswig Nomad, and couldn’t be happier.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.joshuabeatty.info%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F7c8f858f24.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Jaswig Nomad standing desk and Phive desk lamp\" loading=\"lazy\"></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.joshuabeatty.info/2020/12/09/in-the-end.html","date_published":"2020-12-10T01:38:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-12-10 01:38","date_timestamp":1607564287,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10692625","content_html":"Reviving a Crop and an African-American Culture, Stalk by Stalk:\n\n\nFall is cane syrup season in pockets of the Deep South, where people still gather to grind sugar cane and boil its juice into dark, sweet syrup in iron kettles big enough to bathe in.\n\n\nWorth comparing to Northeast maple... <a href=\"https://www.joshuabeatty.info/2020/12/08/reviving-a-crop.html\">www.joshuabeatty.info</a>","summary":"","url":"https://www.joshuabeatty.info/2020/12/08/reviving-a-crop.html","date_published":"2020-12-09T01:31:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-12-09 01:31","date_timestamp":1607477519,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10687643","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/12/07/u-vermont-faculty-members-pledge-fight-planned-cuts-liberal-arts\">U of Vermont faculty members pledge to fight planned cuts to liberal arts</a></p>\n\n<p>My brother-in-law is quoted extensively; he says the writer talked to him for an hour and did an excellent job with the article. She likely has a good liberal arts education…</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.joshuabeatty.info/2020/12/07/u-of-vermont.html","date_published":"2020-12-08T01:23:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-12-08 01:23","date_timestamp":1607390615,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10683289","content_html":"<p>The tree is up early this year!</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.joshuabeatty.info%2Fuploads%2F2020%2Fda65c16d90.jpg\" width=\"337\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Christmas tree with ornaments and colored lights\" loading=\"lazy\"></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.joshuabeatty.info/2020/12/06/the-tree-is.html","date_published":"2020-12-07T02:11:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-12-07 02:11","date_timestamp":1607307090,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10678949","content_html":"<p>A nearby convenience store has begun stocking beers from Mikkeller Brewing. Every one I’ve tried so far has been excellent. My favorite remains the Windy Hill IPA, but tonight’s SoCal Distancing IPA is nearly as good.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.joshuabeatty.info/2020/12/05/a-nearby-convenience.html","date_published":"2020-12-06T00:35:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-12-06 00:35","date_timestamp":1607214914,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10674382","content_html":"<p>Weeknotes, 4 December 2020: <a href=\"https://www.joshuabeatty.info/2020/12/04/weeknotes-december.html\">joshuabeatty.info</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://www.joshuabeatty.info/2020/12/04/weeknotes-december.html","date_published":"2020-12-04T22:47:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-12-04 22:47","date_timestamp":1607122041,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10670246","content_html":"<p>Since Kane Williamson looks unlikely to ever get out, tonight I’ve switched to watching today’s World Cup biathlon from Finland. Sports are the best form of slow TV. 🏏⛷</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.joshuabeatty.info/2020/12/03/since-kane-williamson.html","date_published":"2020-12-04T01:12:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-12-04 01:12","date_timestamp":1607044328,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10667495","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/lmika\">@lmika</a> There’s a crazy quilt of coverage here, I think because the US is home to so many diaspora populations. New Zealand matches are, inexplicably, the easiest of all to find. I discovered the sport in 2005 via BBC radio of the Ashes (sorry, that may still sting for you!)</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuabeatty/10667495","date_published":"2020-12-03T11:59:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-12-03 11:59","date_timestamp":1606996770,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10665019","content_html":"<p>It’s 7 PM on the east coast of the US and I’m watching West Indies and New Zealand play Test cricket eight thousand miles away. Bright sunshine, green grass, crowds in the stands, and no masks. Feels like a fantasy world. 🏏</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.joshuabeatty.info/2020/12/02/its-pm-on.html","date_published":"2020-12-03T00:06:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-12-03 00:06","date_timestamp":1606953995,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10660013","content_html":"<p>A good day at faculty senate: my committee’s open-access policy breezed through, and even better a friend’s policy to implement test-optional admissions passed almost unanimously.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.joshuabeatty.info/2020/12/01/a-good-day.html","date_published":"2020-12-01T23:06:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-12-01 23:06","date_timestamp":1606863964,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10654945","content_html":"<p>It’s nice to be in a daily writing groove. Thanks, Microblogvember, for reinforcing the habit!</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.joshuabeatty.info/2020/11/30/its-nice-to.html","date_published":"2020-11-30T23:59:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-11-30 23:59","date_timestamp":1606780753,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10650247","content_html":"<p>I hope someday ESPN will revive the nineteenth-century sport of <a href=\"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrianism\">pedestrianism</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.joshuabeatty.info/2020/11/29/i-hope-someday.html","date_published":"2020-11-30T00:54:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-11-30 00:54","date_timestamp":1606697686,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10645145","content_html":"<p>When the #mbnov word of the day was <em>winter</em>, I wrote “For all that I would prefer to not have to wear a mask, it is at least going to keep my face much warmer this winter.” Conveniently, the phrasing covers today’s word and the sentiment is still true!</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.joshuabeatty.info/2020/11/28/when-the-mbnov.html","date_published":"2020-11-29T00:20:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-11-29 00:20","date_timestamp":1606609226,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10640765","content_html":"<p>It seems to me dilemmas are few during the pandemic. The correct decision most often demands a self-denial that promotes the common good. The problem is that this becomes more difficult every day, like working without a weekend or vacation to look forward to.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.joshuabeatty.info/2020/11/27/it-seems-to.html","date_published":"2020-11-27T23:26:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-11-27 23:26","date_timestamp":1606519596,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10636329","content_html":"<p>The Thanksgiving feast at 2 PM means that by 7 you are long past ready for dinner, and yet there is no dinner. It’s a big adjustment.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.joshuabeatty.info/2020/11/26/the-thanksgiving-feast.html","date_published":"2020-11-27T00:05:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-11-27 00:05","date_timestamp":1606435539,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10590651","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Miraz\">@Miraz</a> Not sure how you ever get untangled! :-)</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuabeatty/10590651","date_published":"2020-11-18T00:50:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-11-18 00:50","date_timestamp":1605660619,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10590650","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/odd\">@odd</a> I love the reddish ones too. This one here lives next door to a house of college students; I suspect he (or she!) eats very well.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuabeatty/10590650","date_published":"2020-11-18T00:49:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-11-18 00:49","date_timestamp":1605660593,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10560517","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/pratik\">@pratik</a> 👏</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuabeatty/10560517","date_published":"2020-11-12T02:00:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-11-12 02:00","date_timestamp":1605146421,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10560129","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/pratik\">@pratik</a> 1.21 gigawatts</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuabeatty/10560129","date_published":"2020-11-12T01:00:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-11-12 01:00","date_timestamp":1605142803,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10528592","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Miraz\">@Miraz</a> Hired, believe me! I wouldn’t presume to know where to even begin with a project this big.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuabeatty/10528592","date_published":"2020-11-06T01:27:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-11-06 01:27","date_timestamp":1604626028,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10522780","content_html":"<p>@macgenie Oh no. Very sorry to read about Ada.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuabeatty/10522780","date_published":"2020-11-05T00:28:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-11-05 00:28","date_timestamp":1604536128,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10504486","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/bsag\">@bsag</a> I’d never seen the Solar Dial face until now! Hoping it boosts my mindfulness of the seasons as it has yours.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuabeatty/10504486","date_published":"2020-11-01T15:44:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-11-01 15:44","date_timestamp":1604245456,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"9991721","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Gabz\">@Gabz</a> not yet! He (?) eats mostly powdered figs, perhaps he needs something spicier.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuabeatty/9991721","date_published":"2020-07-25T00:25:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-07-25 00:25","date_timestamp":1595636730,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"9866735","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/joshuabeatty\">@joshuabeatty</a> It’s unfortunate! I wish Oxford and similar could both publish great material and not keep their lawyers pointed at libraries. </p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuabeatty/9866735","date_published":"2020-07-01T15:41:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-07-01 15:41","date_timestamp":1593618077,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"8963306","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ianbetteridge\">@ianbetteridge</a> Best wishes for a quick recovery. As someone with a compromised immune system I particularly appreciate how responsibly you're behaving!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuabeatty/8963306","date_published":"2020-03-22T14:25:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-03-22 14:25","date_timestamp":1584887101,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"8743114","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/klandwehr\">@klandwehr</a> I wish we had! I hope to get back there in the next year or two. </p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuabeatty/8743114","date_published":"2020-03-09T23:49:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-03-09 23:49","date_timestamp":1583797793,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"8726324","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Miraz\">@Miraz</a> Thanks! I am from the east coast of the US, which is low and wooded, so the scale of the Grand Canyon was unexpected and wholly disorienting.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuabeatty/8726324","date_published":"2020-03-09T01:23:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-03-09 01:23","date_timestamp":1583717000,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"7689173","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/martinfeld\">@martinfeld</a> That looks familiar ... Capitol Hill Books?</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuabeatty/7689173","date_published":"2020-01-10T01:53:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-01-10 01:53","date_timestamp":1578621208,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"7595567","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/canion\">@canion</a> Very sorry for you and your family.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuabeatty/7595567","date_published":"2020-01-05T01:09:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-01-05 01:09","date_timestamp":1578186568,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"7541750","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/martinfeld\">@martinfeld</a> That is tremendous advice from your supervisor. Enjoy the vacation.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuabeatty/7541750","date_published":"2020-01-02T00:15:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-01-02 00:15","date_timestamp":1577924143,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"7537126","content_html":"<p>@dominikhoecht Ouch. My thoughts are with your father, but also you and the rest of your family. I know from observing my loved ones how stressful cancer can be for the caretakers. </p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuabeatty/7537126","date_published":"2020-01-01T18:32:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-01-01 18:32","date_timestamp":1577903570,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"7537017","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/smokey\">@smokey</a> Thanks — the prognosis is very good, and we are certainly hoping the same!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuabeatty/7537017","date_published":"2020-01-01T18:30:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-01-01 18:30","date_timestamp":1577903445,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"7537016","content_html":"<p>@vasta Thanks very much. Prognosis is excellent and I'm in good health otherwise, which I think helped a lot.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuabeatty/7537016","date_published":"2020-01-01T18:29:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-01-01 18:29","date_timestamp":1577903394,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"7537015","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/kitt\">@kitt</a> since the decade ended well, I'll take it!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuabeatty/7537015","date_published":"2020-01-01T18:29:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-01-01 18:29","date_timestamp":1577903349,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"7481579","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/smokey\">@smokey</a> Thanks! I should explain—this was the US-Canada border, coming back  to the US after a day trip. The Canadian guard, before letting us in earlier, had asked if I’d had a medical procedure recently then waved us through. In retrospect it must have been the same thing, but the US side has more regulations to follow. We were fine and it was made clear to us from the start we had nothing to worry about. But it didn’t seem like the same courtesies were being extended to several other families, unlike us not white, who were there before us and looked as if they’d be there long after. </p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuabeatty/7481579","date_published":"2019-12-29T21:47:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-12-29 21:47","date_timestamp":1577656034,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"7361974","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/pratik\">@pratik</a> <a href=\"https://micro.blog/crossingthethreshold\">@crossingthethreshold</a> congratulations to you both!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuabeatty/7361974","date_published":"2019-12-22T13:18:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-12-22 13:18","date_timestamp":1577020722,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"6752683","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/mjdescy\">@mjdescy</a> Seriously considering the same. Glad to know (at your expense!) the controller didn’t help, as that was going to be my next purchase.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuabeatty/6752683","date_published":"2019-11-25T01:28:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-11-25 01:28","date_timestamp":1574645333,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"6505142","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/smokey\">@smokey</a> aw, thanks Smokey!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuabeatty/6505142","date_published":"2019-11-11T23:18:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-11-11 23:18","date_timestamp":1573514299,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"6505141","content_html":"<p>@greggnovachek I bought it just in time — 12” forecast here tonight</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuabeatty/6505141","date_published":"2019-11-11T23:18:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua Beatty","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fjoshuabeatty%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuabeatty"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-11-11 23:18","date_timestamp":1573514281,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}