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The Small-Town Cop Who Helped ICE Deport His Ingram, Texas, Neighbors — ProPublica
\nIt’s hard to even pick a quote from this article. You just have to read it. If you don’t believe the immigration crackdown brought on by the Trump administration is destructive after reading this, then you have no heart. No...
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/2026/10/26/i-wonder-how-philadelphians-audibly.html","date_published":"2026-10-26T12:40:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"12:40","date_timestamp":1793018434,"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/@leefeagin/117507256710422867"]}},{"id":"99742005","content_html":"Ok, this is awesome: https://music.apple.com/atpisawesome
\nFully working iPod from 2001. So cool.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/95426/2026/336c00ea-ec07-4bc2-985a-a50bf3b36393-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/2026/10/23/ok-this-is-awesome-httpsmusicapplecomatpisawesome.html","date_published":"2026-10-23T12:47:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-23 12:47","date_timestamp":1792759642,"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/@leefeagin/117490296401422768"]}},{"id":"99741723","content_html":"\n\n\nThe AI world has standardized on Markdown.
\n
I don’t hate it. The plain text, human-readable formatting of Markdown makes it an excellent standard. I think it should be used for all documentation.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/2026/10/23/dave-winder-on-mastodon-the.html","date_published":"2026-10-23T12:39:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-23 12:39","date_timestamp":1792759191,"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/@leefeagin/117490266786072886"]}},{"id":"99741574","content_html":"I think I’m starting to believe that traffic is so bad in the mornings because nobody really wants to get to work.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/2026/10/23/i-think-im-starting-to.html","date_published":"2026-10-23T12:35:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-23 12:35","date_timestamp":1792758958,"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/@leefeagin/117490252197733586"]}},{"id":"99740506","content_html":"Choose the Second One – SQLServerCentral
\n\n\nNow, come up with a second idea. Something new and different. This might be harder in the data space with SQL than in application programming (C#, Java, etc.), but the idea is expressed in A Philosophy of Software Design by John Ousterhout. It’s how he has often taught his software design course at Stanford. His approach is to force students to think more deeply about their design, and he often finds that they build a better system the second time.
\n
I love this idea. How practical it is in the real-world? Don’t know yet.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/2026/10/23/choose-the-second-one-sqlservercentral.html","date_published":"2026-10-23T12:10:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-23 12:10","date_timestamp":1792757414,"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/@leefeagin/117490150568693073"]}},{"id":"99612048","content_html":"Protestors Criticized For Looting Businesses Without Forming Private Equity Firm First - The Onion
\n\n\n“Look, we all have the right to protest, but that doesn’t mean you can just rush in and destroy any business without gathering a group of clandestine investors to purchase it at a severely reduced price and slowly bleed it to death,” said Facebook commenter Amy Mulrain.
\n
Perfection.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/2026/10/21/protestors-criticized-for-looting-businesses.html","date_published":"2026-10-21T12:12:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-21 12:12","date_timestamp":1792584774,"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/@leefeagin/117478836679859491"]}},{"id":"99553221","content_html":"I take a lot of pictures with my phone. A lot. It’s literally why I opted for the iPhone 18 Pro instead of the new and nerdy iPhone Duo. And it’s shots like this that make that worthwhile:
\n\nJayme and I went to see Dan + Shay last week, one of Jayme’s favorite groups. They really do know how to put on a show....
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/2026/10/19/there-are-some-people-whose.html","date_published":"2026-10-19T19:48:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-19 19:48","date_timestamp":1792439337,"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/@leefeagin/117469305377493377"]}},{"id":"99445689","content_html":"An impromptu mega EV road trip
\n\n\nIn total, I charged the car 19 times during the trip using paid, level 3 chargers from Rivian, Tesla and Electrify America. Each stop, I spent about 20 minutes charging and it came to $516.45 total for the entire trip. That may seem expensive, but if you compare it to a gas-powered minivan on a 2,600 mile trip getting 20mpg, with fuel being around $5.50/gallon currently, that same road trip would cost $715. If the van got 25mpg, the fuel costs would still exceed the EV costs at $572).
\n
This is interesting in only because Matthew is the first person to say it still costs...
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\n\nwww.leefeagin.com","summary":"","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/2026/10/17/this-clip-okay-so-we.html","date_published":"2026-10-17T18:26:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-17 18:26","date_timestamp":1792261614,"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/@leefeagin/117457658643137544"]}},{"id":"99407328","content_html":"Okay, so we deported 3 million people. Now what?
\n\n
\n- Did you get your job back?
\n- Did your rent go down?
\n- Did housing suddenly become affordable?
\n- Did new and used car prices drop?
\n- Did your healthcare bills get cheaper?
\n- Did your fucking taxes go down?
\n- Did crime suddenly just disappear?
\n- Are people no longer shooting up schools?
\n- Are children no longer being abused?
\n- Are people no longer killing their own family members?
\nNo?\nInteresting.
\nSo let me get this straight. You’ve spent years convincing Americans that immigrants are the reason their lives are miserable. Meanwhile, corporations are making...
\n
Speaking of Senator Ossoff, during a July 15, 2026 exchange with (then) nominee for Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton, Ossoff drew this gem out of Clayton:
\n\n\nIt was the first time that in my recollection that I’ve thought about it recently.
\n
Umm, huh? English is hard, yo.
\nNote: The fact that this jackass is yet another example of the cowards who won’t admit Trump lost the 2020 election is just staggering. A cult, indeed.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/2026/10/17/speaking-of-senator-ossoff-during.html","date_published":"2026-10-17T17:54:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-17 17:54","date_timestamp":1792259677,"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/@leefeagin/117457531418079308"]}},{"id":"99406472","content_html":"“That’s just not what we do here in this country.”: leefeagin.com
","summary":"","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/2026/10/17/thats-just-not-what-we.html","date_published":"2026-10-17T17:35:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-17 17:35","date_timestamp":1792258505,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@leefeagin/117457454612832369"]}},{"id":"99396278","content_html":"At the coffee shop this morning, Stella Lefty’s “Boston” started playing over the speakers. The repeated chorus:
\n\n\nBut I like it when you’re nice, like it when you’re nice to me.
\n
Can we aim for something higher? Isn’t being nice to someone table stakes at this point? Lord.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/2026/10/17/at-the-coffee-shop-this.html","date_published":"2026-10-17T13:40:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-17 13:40","date_timestamp":1792244437,"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/@leefeagin/117456532418060958"]}},{"id":"99395837","content_html":"I don’t know how to stop it, but people having a phone conversation (in public!) on speaker instead of through the headset has long past being fucking annoying.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/2026/10/17/i-dont-know-how-to.html","date_published":"2026-10-17T13:27:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-17 13:27","date_timestamp":1792243630,"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/@leefeagin/117456479105547048"]}},{"id":"99366877","content_html":"Just watched Frequency for the first time in years. Several things I noticed:
\n
I don’t even think they believe in their own bullshit meritocracy argument anymore (if they ever did).
\nWhat a fucking joke.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/2026/10/16/i-dont-even-think-they.html","date_published":"2026-10-16T18:35:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-16 18:35","date_timestamp":1792175747,"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/@leefeagin/117452030742789389"]}},{"id":"99335079","content_html":"\n\n\nHard not to notice that Democrats who are doing the best are the ones who are leaving this whole civility-and-norms, we-go-high, we-need-a-strong-Republican-Party bullshit behind and are simply giving Republicans exactly what they all ought to get at all times, which is undisguised contempt.
\n
💯
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/2026/10/16/ar-moxon-on-mastodon-hard.html","date_published":"2026-10-16T12:41:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-16 12:41","date_timestamp":1792154483,"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/@leefeagin/117450637069933113"]}},{"id":"99333676","content_html":"FIFA Peace Prize could be scrapped a year on from Donald Trump win
\n\n\nFIFA’s controversial Peace Prize could be scrapped at the end of the year — only 12 months after U.S. President Donald Trump received the inaugural award.
\nAt a FIFA Council meeting in Zurich on Thursday, it was decided that the governing body’s football social responsibility committee will now be tasked with assessing the merits of what was supposed to be an annual prize.
\n
Wait…it’s a bullshit “award”? I’m shocked! Shocked, I tell you!
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/2026/10/16/fifa-peace-prize-could-be.html","date_published":"2026-10-16T12:13:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-16 12:13","date_timestamp":1792152836,"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/@leefeagin/117450529351631485"]}},{"id":"99173273","content_html":"Speaking of the Man City fallout, Miguel (from the Libero podcast), says the following in this clip:
\n\n\nIt just didn’t feel a proper match, which is the biggest problem. And a real problem the Premier League have right now.
\n
So, here’s my question: What if City had lost 0-3 to Liverpool? Would that have classified it as a “proper match”? Is just because City won?
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/2026/10/13/speaking-of-the-man-city.html","date_published":"2026-10-13T20:35:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-13 20:35","date_timestamp":1791923720,"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/@leefeagin/117435513714382795"]}},{"id":"99166798","content_html":"It's not about fairness. leefeagin.com
","summary":"","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/2026/10/13/its-not-about-fairness.html","date_published":"2026-10-13T18:38:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-13 18:38","date_timestamp":1791916701,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@leefeagin/117435053667612435"]}},{"id":"99148312","content_html":"![\"Picture](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/95426/2026/fbf5f418-10df-467a-b0a3-88c5c01fdbd9-m.jpg\")
Last night’s dinner accoutrement.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/2026/10/13/last-nights-dinner-accoutrement.html","date_published":"2026-10-13T12:41:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-13 12:41","date_timestamp":1791895293,"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/@leefeagin/117433650718725505"]}},{"id":"99148171","content_html":"Lyrics on the song I’m currently overhearing at Dunkin this morning:
\n“Run from the sun like Dracula”
\nWe have run out of ideas.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/2026/10/13/lyrics-on-the-song-im.html","date_published":"2026-10-13T12:37:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-13 12:37","date_timestamp":1791895051,"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/@leefeagin/117433634658498496"]}},{"id":"99091462","content_html":"Dr. Becky Kennedy, in a clip from the podcast Aspire with Emma Grede:
\n\n\nThe space between wanting and having has been completely collapsed. And the space between wanting and having is where frustration lives.
\n
I don’t like the constant generation comparisons that go on in so many places. So I won’t immediately go to the “back in my day” trope.
\nBut…I do see this in real life. Hell, I have even experienced the frustration of even having to experience frustration.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/2026/10/12/dr-becky-kennedy-in-a.html","date_published":"2026-10-12T13:11:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-12 13:11","date_timestamp":1791810706,"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/@leefeagin/117428106996634527"]}},{"id":"99051597","content_html":"Abdul El-Sayed on Jessie Watters’ turd of a Fox News show:
\n\n\nBillionaires don’t make their money off their labor…Billionaires make their money off their money.
\n
So perfectly said by El-Sayed. Labor vs. capital is the real fight in this day and age.
\nAny talk of affordability, “socialism”, taxes, “haves” vs. “have not”s, all boils down to this point.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/leefeagin/98320386","date_published":"2026-09-28T17:58:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-28 17:58","date_timestamp":1790618309,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98317356","content_html":"@Miraz That’s interesting! I’ve certainly never heard of that aspect.
\nI guess this mostly comes from my personal belief/want to be cremated. Quite simply, given the resources of this planet, I don’t want to be a burden when I go.
\nInterestingly, I asked my wife (she’s a history professor) about the number of people that have died in history versus the amount of land we have on the plant. And she assured me that the idea of burying a whole person in some kind of casket or man-made body holder (I can’t think of a better name for that 😃) is a relatively new phenomenon.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/leefeagin/98317356","date_published":"2026-09-28T16:52:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-28 16:52","date_timestamp":1790614320,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98210583","content_html":"@manton That first picture is gorgeous. Love the peace it implies.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/leefeagin/98210583","date_published":"2026-09-26T13:40:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-26 13:40","date_timestamp":1790430031,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96664858","content_html":"@kimberlykg The one I always hear is people think they’re perpetually on the verge of being that rich person. They don’t vote for where they are. They vote for where they think they should/will be.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/leefeagin/96664858","date_published":"2026-08-30T17:12:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-30 17:12","date_timestamp":1788109966,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96664705","content_html":"@Miraz Yep
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/leefeagin/96664705","date_published":"2026-08-30T17:09:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-30 17:09","date_timestamp":1788109749,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89135256","content_html":"@manton Is there an issue with the posting process? I have two posts that are present in the app, but haven’t shown up on the web. Thanks so much!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/leefeagin/89135256","date_published":"2026-04-27T23:46:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-27 23:46","date_timestamp":1777333591,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87360965","content_html":"@manton Absoutely gorgeous!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/leefeagin/87360965","date_published":"2026-04-01T00:34:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-01 00:34","date_timestamp":1775003693,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85228625","content_html":"@manton Awesome…enjoy! At least you have some nice weather this weekend! Also, please excuse the Hawks. They are nowhere near your Spurs. 😂
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/leefeagin/85228625","date_published":"2026-02-28T18:18:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-28 18:18","date_timestamp":1772302716,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85224575","content_html":"@manton what brings you to our traffic-packed city? :)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/leefeagin/85224575","date_published":"2026-02-28T17:01:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-28 17:01","date_timestamp":1772298114,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"76500466","content_html":"@manton Will do!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/leefeagin/76500466","date_published":"2025-10-24T02:02:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-24 02:02","date_timestamp":1761271351,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"76493935","content_html":"@manton Thanks so much! I see them now. Anything I need to do (or not do) for next time? Or was this just a Hugo issue?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/leefeagin/76493935","date_published":"2025-10-23T23:46:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-23 23:46","date_timestamp":1761263214,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"76464768","content_html":"@manton Appreciate it!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/leefeagin/76464768","date_published":"2025-10-23T16:42:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-23 16:42","date_timestamp":1761237740,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"76446936","content_html":"@manton If there are posts that are NOT showing up on my blog, what can I do about that? I seem to have 7+ posts since 10/15 that are not showing up on the blog.
\nThanks!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/leefeagin/76446936","date_published":"2025-10-23T12:44:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-23 12:44","date_timestamp":1761223497,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"73710830","content_html":"@manton hosting video is SO difficult. If they begin to mess this up, we’re going to have to find something else that’s not so ad-driven and algorithm-induced to host our company videos on.
\nIt’s aggravating.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/leefeagin/73710830","date_published":"2025-09-16T21:57:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-16 21:57","date_timestamp":1758059861,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"58102222","content_html":"@lackattack Right?!?!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/leefeagin/58102222","date_published":"2025-02-21T10:26:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-21 10:26","date_timestamp":1740133588,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"55953491","content_html":"@manton One more thing (sorry for the bother), but I imported my Instagram data today, and my homepage now shows (some of) those (older) posts intermixed with my more recent posts. The posts seem to have the correct date on them, they’re just kind of thrown in there.
\nDid I do something wrong?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/leefeagin/55953491","date_published":"2025-01-25T22:43:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-25 22:43","date_timestamp":1737845013,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"55952856","content_html":"@manton That would work (also the beauty of the web)!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/leefeagin/55952856","date_published":"2025-01-25T22:29:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-25 22:29","date_timestamp":1737844188,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"55946509","content_html":"@manton Honestly, that would be a great start. I’ve not really paid attention to Facebook (as a platform) for so long that I don’t even know what’s possible (or what all is in the exported data that you get from the download).
\nThe thing that springs to mind is (and this is all assuming the export includes this data) a reference to the original message if I had commented on it. I think the same for the “like” aspect may be a step too far (for you). I saw something similar with my Twitter import, that the comments I made were out of context when the original post was not present.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/leefeagin/55946509","date_published":"2025-01-25T20:42:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-25 20:42","date_timestamp":1737837729,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"55944928","content_html":"@manton Is importing (historical) Facebook content into micro.blog supported (as it is with Instagram)?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/leefeagin/55944928","date_published":"2025-01-25T20:20:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-25 20:20","date_timestamp":1737836441,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"55497310","content_html":"@Miraz I appreciate that!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/leefeagin/55497310","date_published":"2025-01-20T18:33:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-20 18:33","date_timestamp":1737398035,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"49846464","content_html":"@manton While not a public ecosystem, I run a medium sized business infrastructure full of backend scripts, web applications, and message queues. I so appreciate you bringing this platform to us. I use it everyday. And sometimes, it honestly acts as therapy! 😇
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/leefeagin/49846464","date_published":"2024-11-17T15:23:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-17 15:23","date_timestamp":1731856992,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"49478995","content_html":"@Miraz Indeed, they are! Sink, sank, and sunk always get me, for some reason. It’s like a I have a mental block on it or something.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/leefeagin/49478995","date_published":"2024-11-12T12:36:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-12 12:36","date_timestamp":1731414985,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"43419973","content_html":"@odd Yep!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/leefeagin/43419973","date_published":"2024-08-13T13:12:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-08-13 13:12","date_timestamp":1723554758,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"43419960","content_html":"@odd Yeah, sorry to hear that. My family (for the most part) sees things the same way I do, even if we disagree on other party politics. But I do battle it work daily. It is a grind.
\nI’ll offer you what I tell myself: Stay strong. We will get through this.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/leefeagin/43419960","date_published":"2024-08-13T13:12:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Feagin","url":"https://www.leefeagin.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F1294589.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefeagin"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-08-13 13:12","date_timestamp":1723554742,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"43418201","content_html":"@odd Totally agree…I was talking with my wife as we took my daughter back to school this past weekend. Someone summed it up like this: “They don’t like the change that has happened in the past 20-30 years (give or take). It makes them angry. Progress for others has not been progress for them. And they want things ‘back to the way they were’ when things were simpler for them.“
\nI can understand the feeling. I would venture to say we all wish things could go back to a simpler time that we felt comfortable in.
\nBut that doesn’t mean you get to lash out at people and affect their lives for the worse. To me, that’s a thing we all learn (I hope) about being an adult. You don’t get everything you want, and you have to find a way to live with that disappointment. harsh, but true. If you can change it, absolutely do so. But NOT by harming others.
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