{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Len Damico","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/len","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"8998","username":"len","bio":"Area dad who loves to think, talk and post about Delaware leftist politics, UX design leadership, Penn State football and ‘90s indie rock, not necessarily in that order.","pronouns":"he/him","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":513,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2025/14/8998.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"87294579","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz\">@garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz</a> if you want to make this a whole-ass project out of this: qobuz apparently pays a whole bunch better than everyone else and has a more than tolerable 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ham</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:klqtn375kpja2tsk5hm35vxd/post/3mi7uwkj5fk2a","date_published":"2026-03-29T19:27:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F8998.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"len"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-29 19:27","date_timestamp":1774812440,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87294584","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://lendami.co\">@lendami.co</a> also, otto kemp is not a major league left fielder, come on now</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:klqtn375kpja2tsk5hm35vxd/post/3mi7uqjzb6s22","date_published":"2026-03-29T19:23:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Len 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or is he just an inside guy</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:klqtn375kpja2tsk5hm35vxd/post/3mi5zdoflnk2q","date_published":"2026-03-29T01:40:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F8998.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"len"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-29 01:40","date_timestamp":1774748455,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87294588","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://billdifilippo.bsky.social\">@billdifilippo.bsky.social</a> what</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:klqtn375kpja2tsk5hm35vxd/post/3mi5z7se56s2q","date_published":"2026-03-29T01:38:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Len 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whole hating east coast elites kabuki theatre thing that centrists do is absolutely wild to me. look, I live on the east coast, I hate east coast elites too, but I hate them for the right reasons (because we’re all kinda annoying) not because we’re not ““real americans””</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:klqtn375kpja2tsk5hm35vxd/post/3mi5yrmssgk2p","date_published":"2026-03-29T01:30:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F8998.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"len"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-29 01:30","date_timestamp":1774747850,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87294592","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://lendami.co\">@lendami.co</a> sorry, those people aren’t ““real”” ““Americans”” so they don’t matter!</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:klqtn375kpja2tsk5hm35vxd/post/3mi5yfbm34k2l","date_published":"2026-03-29T01:23:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F8998.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"len"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-29 01:23","date_timestamp":1774747435,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87294593","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://lendami.co\">@lendami.co</a> “well how can she do anything to improve the lives of michiganders without winning an election” yeah, that’s exactly what’s wrong with the consultant class in this country</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:klqtn375kpja2tsk5hm35vxd/post/3mi5ya4uqis2l","date_published":"2026-03-29T01:21:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Len 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true</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:klqtn375kpja2tsk5hm35vxd/post/3mi5lj4qxac23","date_published":"2026-03-28T21:33:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F8998.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"len"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-28 21:33","date_timestamp":1774733606,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87294597","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://sailormoondamus.gobirds.online\">@sailormoondamus.gobirds.online</a> he really has hit the ground running this season</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:klqtn375kpja2tsk5hm35vxd/post/3mi5lh2plck23","date_published":"2026-03-28T21:32:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Len 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Their work raised the bar for what citizens can and should expect from government technology. They saved taxpayers billions of dollars. And, thanks to their open-first philosophy, their contributions to the disciplines of hu... <a href=\"https://lendami.co/2025/03/03/i-dont-dream-of-labor/\">lendami.co</a>","summary":"","url":"https://lendami.co/2025/03/03/i-dont-dream-of-labor/","date_published":"2025-03-03T12:11:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F8998.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"len"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-03-03 12:11","date_timestamp":1741003891,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"58230436","content_html":"<p>As a person who grew up with 5.25\" floppy disks, and a person who has spent untold sums on hard drive space over the years, it remains unbelievable to me that you can now buy a 1TB drive that fits on your keychain for <a href=\"https://shop.sandisk.com/products/usb-flash-drives/sandisk-ultra-dual-drive-go-usb-3-1-type-c?sku=SDDDC3-1T00-G46\">about $80</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://lendami.co/2025/02/22/as-a-person-who-grew/","date_published":"2025-02-23T01:08:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F8998.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"len"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-23 01:08","date_timestamp":1740272931,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:klqtn375kpja2tsk5hm35vxd/post/3lisnjfkii22u"]}},{"id":"57575882","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://album.link/i/1589187959\">Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain</a>, which remains a perfect album, turns 30 today.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>… It would have been very, very easy to fuck it up. I’m forever grateful that <a href=\"https://www.stereogum.com/1629101/the-oral-history-of-pavements-crooked-rain-crooked-rain/interviews/oral-history/\">they did anything but fuck it up</a>.</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://lendami.co/2025/02/14/crooked-rain-crooked-rain-which/","date_published":"2025-02-14T15:28:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F8998.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"len"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-14 15:28","date_timestamp":1739546889,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:klqtn375kpja2tsk5hm35vxd/post/3li5jfs7dum25"]}},{"id":"57401993","content_html":"<p>Music for a snowy, headphones-on-and-cranking workday: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftRK6fzX-Uo&amp;t=5298s\">Fishmans - LONG SEASON - Otokotachi No Wakare 98.12.28 @ Akasaka Blitz</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftRK6fzX-Uo?si=1yhRABwmUu3USBoV&amp;start=5299\">youtube.com/...</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://lendami.co/2025/02/12/music-for-a-snowy-headphonesonandcranking/","date_published":"2025-02-12T15:16:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F8998.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"len"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-12 15:16","date_timestamp":1739373406,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:klqtn375kpja2tsk5hm35vxd/post/3lhyhr5ovao2p"]}},{"id":"57388542","content_html":"<p>Snow day.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/5194/2025/0dc4c9d01f-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"The view from my back deck. Fresh snow (about 4-5 inches) has accumulated on the deck, railings and lawn furniture in the foreground. The bare trees just beyond the deck are also snow covered, and you can see a hint of other houses in the background.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://lendami.co/2025/02/12/snow-day/","date_published":"2025-02-12T12:04:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F8998.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"len"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-12 12:04","date_timestamp":1739361882,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:klqtn375kpja2tsk5hm35vxd/post/3lhy52cnqwf2s"]}},{"id":"56163268","content_html":"<p>Would anyone like to take a trip to the Apple Graveyard?</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/5194/2025/img-9857-2.jpeg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"An iPhone 14 Pro with a cracked back screen next to several older iOS devices, all stacked on top of two 2011 MacBook Airs and a 2015 MacBook Pro\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://lendami.co/2025/01/28/would-anyone-like-to-take/","date_published":"2025-01-28T15:13:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F8998.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"len"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-28 15:13","date_timestamp":1738077182,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:klqtn375kpja2tsk5hm35vxd/post/3lgsqktfisp2f"]}},{"id":"55573732","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://variety.com/2025/music/news/garth-hudson-last-member-the-band-dead-1236280162/\">Garth Hudson, Last Surviving Member of the Band, Dies at 87</a></p>\n<p>RIP to a legend, and the last living link to one of the most important musical acts of the 20th century.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4kJKiLIjiY?si=I-JGxSK2haX3rCDI\">youtube.com/...</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://lendami.co/2025/01/21/garth-hudson-last-surviving-member/","date_published":"2025-01-21T16:08:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F8998.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"len"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-21 16:08","date_timestamp":1737475722,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:klqtn375kpja2tsk5hm35vxd/post/3lgbafsyk5k2h"]}},{"id":"55221141","content_html":"<p>New level of Delaware Politics Sicko: unlocked.</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/5194/2025/962a22541f-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Paperback book titled Byrd of Legislative Hall by Robert Lee Byrd as told to Celia Cohen\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/5194/2025/9ae75c315d-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Inscription inside book: Representative, One of my unforgettables! Enjoy. 5/29/19\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>","summary":"","url":"https://lendami.co/2025/01/16/new-level-of-delaware-politics/","date_published":"2025-01-17T03:10:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F8998.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"len"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-17 03:10","date_timestamp":1737083410,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:klqtn375kpja2tsk5hm35vxd/post/3lfvt2cixzx2m"]}},{"id":"55135331","content_html":"<p>My Favorite Music of 2024: <a href=\"https://lendami.co/2025/01/15/my-favorite-music-of.html\">lendami.co</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://lendami.co/2025/01/15/my-favorite-music-of.html","date_published":"2025-01-16T03:00:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F8998.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"len"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-16 03:00","date_timestamp":1736996443,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"55203097","content_html":"<p>My Favorite Music of 2024: <a href=\"https://lendami.co/2025/01/15/my-favorite-music-of/\">lendami.co</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://lendami.co/2025/01/15/my-favorite-music-of/","date_published":"2025-01-16T03:00:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F8998.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"len"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-16 03:00","date_timestamp":1736996443,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"54501619","content_html":"<p>Accountability post: I had to write a little web scraper in Google AppScript today and ChatGPT was immensely helpful. It still messed up <em>a lot</em> and fortunately this wasn’t mission-critical data, so I could just run and debug at will, but I don’t know where I would have even started without it.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://lendami.co/2025/01/07/accountability-post-i-had-to.html","date_published":"2025-01-07T22:23:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F8998.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"len"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-07 22:23","date_timestamp":1736288597,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"55203098","content_html":"<p>Accountability post: I had to write a little web scraper in Google AppScript today and ChatGPT was immensely helpful. It still messed up <em>a lot</em> and fortunately this wasn’t mission-critical data, so I could just run and debug at will, but I don’t know where I would have even started without it.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://lendami.co/2025/01/07/accountability-post-i-had-to/","date_published":"2025-01-07T22:23:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F8998.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"len"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-07 22:23","date_timestamp":1736288597,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"55203099","content_html":"<p>Madinah Wilson-Anton is the bravest person I know.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gtQrvsbOqc?si=_p2RJdEiohQ72mfR\">youtube.com/...</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://lendami.co/2024/11/04/madinah-wilsonanton-is-the-bravest/","date_published":"2024-11-04T21:34:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F8998.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"len"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-04 21:34","date_timestamp":1730756045,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"48929795","content_html":"<p>Madinah Wilson-Anton is the bravest person I know.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gtQrvsbOqc?si=_p2RJdEiohQ72mfR\">youtube.com/...</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://lendami.co/2024/11/04/madinah-wilsonanton-is.html","date_published":"2024-11-04T21:34:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F8998.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"len"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-04 21:34","date_timestamp":1730756045,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"55203100","content_html":"<p>I voted: <a href=\"https://lendami.co/2024/10/30/i-voted/\">lendami.co</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://lendami.co/2024/10/30/i-voted/","date_published":"2024-10-31T01:46:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F8998.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"len"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-31 01:46","date_timestamp":1730339166,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"48616965","content_html":"<p>I voted: <a href=\"https://lendami.co/2024/10/30/i-voted.html\">lendami.co</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://lendami.co/2024/10/30/i-voted.html","date_published":"2024-10-31T01:46:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F8998.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"len"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-31 01:46","date_timestamp":1730339166,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:klqtn375kpja2tsk5hm35vxd/post/3l7rjxtfhm52p"]}},{"id":"55203101","content_html":"<p>The news of <a href=\"https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matthew-sweet-suffers-stroke-1235808540/\">Matthew Sweet’s stroke</a> is devastating. Please join Mike Mills, Peter Buck, Sebastian Steinberg, myself and thousands of others who have been impacted by Sweet’s music in donating to the <a href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-matthew-sweets-stroke-recovery\">GoFundMe for his care and recovery</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://lendami.co/2024/10/23/the-news-of-matthew-sweets/","date_published":"2024-10-23T17:03:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F8998.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"len"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-23 17:03","date_timestamp":1729702982,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"48112155","content_html":"<p>The news of <a href=\"https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matthew-sweet-suffers-stroke-1235808540/\">Matthew Sweet’s stroke</a> is devastating. Please join Mike Mills, Peter Buck, Sebastian Steinberg, myself and thousands of others who have been impacted by Sweet’s music in donating to the <a href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-matthew-sweets-stroke-recovery\">GoFundMe for his care and recovery</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://lendami.co/2024/10/23/the-news-of.html","date_published":"2024-10-23T17:03:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F8998.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"len"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-23 17:03","date_timestamp":1729702982,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:klqtn375kpja2tsk5hm35vxd/post/3l76zi46hwk24"]}},{"id":"47927885","content_html":"\"What I feel bad about, when people are sort of like, “oh yeah everything is terrible. We haven’t made any progress, blah blah blah.” I’m like, “yo, do you have any idea how hard people had to work for people to even notice that black people are being killed by the cops?\" Because that was happening for a long time and nobody even knew. Nobody even knew,  all right? People had to work hard just to get to that point, and then to get to the point we have at least some duties that should not be in police offices being pulled out and put into other things, some places actually being defunded (have you see... <a href=\"https://lendami.co/2024/10/20/what-i-feel.html\">lendami.co</a>","summary":"","url":"https://lendami.co/2024/10/20/what-i-feel.html","date_published":"2024-10-21T01:00:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F8998.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"len"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-21 01:00","date_timestamp":1729472439,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"55203102","content_html":"\"What I feel bad about, when people are sort of like, “oh yeah everything is terrible. We haven’t made any progress, blah blah blah.” I’m like, “yo, do you have any idea how hard people had to work for people to even notice that black people are being killed by the cops?\" Because that was happening for a long time and nobody even knew. Nobody even knew,  all right? People had to work hard just to get to that point, and then to get to the point we have at least some duties that should not be in police offices being pulled out and put into other things, some places actually being defunded (have you see... <a href=\"https://lendami.co/2024/10/20/what-i-feel-bad-about/\">lendami.co</a>","summary":"","url":"https://lendami.co/2024/10/20/what-i-feel-bad-about/","date_published":"2024-10-21T01:00:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F8998.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"len"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-21 01:00","date_timestamp":1729472439,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"45462719","content_html":"<p>I have never been as enraptured with a piece of software as I currently am with <a href=\"https://capacities.io\">Capacities</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://lendami.co/2024/09/13/i-have-never.html","date_published":"2024-09-14T03:51:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F8998.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"len"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-09-14 03:51","date_timestamp":1726285904,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:klqtn375kpja2tsk5hm35vxd/post/3l43l3a5cjm2x"]}},{"id":"55203103","content_html":"<p>I have never been as enraptured with a piece of software as I currently am with <a href=\"https://capacities.io\">Capacities</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://lendami.co/2024/09/13/i-have-never-been-as/","date_published":"2024-09-14T03:51:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Len Damico","url":"https://lendami.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F14%2F8998.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"len"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-09-14 03:51","date_timestamp":1726285904,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}