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\nGot my print copy of The Fires of December. Love the secondary ink color. I started the ebook already and I’m about halfway through it.
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","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/09/26/muses-mission.html","date_published":"2026-09-26T17:19:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-26 17:19","date_timestamp":1790443181,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pko7wbcggok753hnvndxh3ni/post/3mwgsdpmdpk2m"]}},{"id":"98214959","content_html":"Updated my Texas state parks page with this week’s visit. Making slow progress, only 32 parks in. It’s gonna take several more years. I think next up I will hit a few near the gulf coast at once.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/09/26/now-people-are-saying-that.html","date_published":"2026-09-26T15:13:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-26 15:13","date_timestamp":1790435625,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pko7wbcggok753hnvndxh3ni/post/3mwglh7ysbu2k","https://www.threads.com/@manton/post/DdwVyl1liEo"]}},{"id":"98213409","content_html":"@sterlingsmith.fyi I agree, although I think the name is important too. “Work” is too specific a name, so people don’t think about what non-work things it can be used for.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/98213312","date_published":"2026-09-26T14:59:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-26 14:59","date_timestamp":1790434782,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98177608","content_html":"@jasonkratz The curse of the smart quotes HTML tags strikes again. Sorry. I’ve actually been working on fixing tags like that in more places.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/98177608","date_published":"2026-09-25T21:53:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-25 21:53","date_timestamp":1790373210,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98177032","content_html":"@jasonkratz I will fix it one day… Need to unravel some JPEG assumptions that have been baked in for years. Part of the issue is (unlike most sites!) we use a short, consistent file path by default, and that has .jpg at the end.
@jasonkratz Gonna reply in email, but in short: profile pictures have to be JPEG, so the alpha is lost. You can upload PNG or WebP for other images in a post and it will preserve alpha… I think that works best from the web so the app doesn’t get in the way.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/98171748","date_published":"2026-09-25T19:24:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-25 19:24","date_timestamp":1790364266,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98170414","content_html":"Rumor is OpenAI is launching a new agent called Aeon next week. I hope they can also finish consolidating Chat, Work, and Codex. More users will switch to Meta’s Muse if ChatGPT’s suite of products remains so disjointed. Muse already has a great, approachable brand.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/98166279","date_published":"2026-09-25T17:35:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-25 17:35","date_timestamp":1790357753,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98164612","content_html":"Rail and oil in Three Rivers, Texas.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/98162072","date_published":"2026-09-25T16:07:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-25 16:07","date_timestamp":1790352459,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98162023","content_html":"@heyloura Absolutely. Send an email anytime.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/98162023","date_published":"2026-09-25T16:07:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-25 16:07","date_timestamp":1790352424,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98162009","content_html":"Another update on the new theme editor: I added a “…” context menu with a “Show Locations” item. This will show where a template is coming from, e.g. your custom theme or a plug-in. Still can be confusing, but getting better.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/09/25/i-filled-out-the-siri.html","date_published":"2026-09-25T15:46:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-25 15:46","date_timestamp":1790351196,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pko7wbcggok753hnvndxh3ni/post/3mwe4kyprp62m","https://www.threads.com/@manton/post/Ddt0PupFNt4"]}},{"id":"98160248","content_html":"@heyloura Yes, that’s true! When bookmarking a URL in Micro.blog, it’s essentially just a bookmark-of to itself.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/98159377","date_published":"2026-09-25T15:19:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-25 15:19","date_timestamp":1790349572,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98159305","content_html":"@heyloura Yes, RSVPs work because they are essentially replies with an extra bit of data. I had to double-check… I wrote a little Micro.blog plug-in that makes it easier: github.com/microdotb…
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Choke Canyon State Park. Kind of a rough night camping. Pretty much had the place to myself, though, except rabbits and deer.
\n\n@gregmorris No GitHub changes yet. I’d still like to do more there.
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\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/09/24/weve-got-the-track-list.html","date_published":"2026-09-24T20:18:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-24 20:18","date_timestamp":1790281123,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pko7wbcggok753hnvndxh3ni/post/3mwc3h7s6fp2m","https://www.threads.com/@manton/post/Ddru1mbH1Sw"]}},{"id":"98110854","content_html":"The song connecting the album and two EPs is the final track on the new album, ‘Torn’, a duet between Bono and the late, great Dolly Parton, in what has sadly turned out to be her last recorded vocal performance.
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Screenshot of the redesigned theme editor for Micro.blog going live now. It’s better in pretty much every way. Nicer folder and file list, brand new syntax highlighting editor with support for Hugo and HTML, and other improvements.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/98056999","date_published":"2026-09-23T22:09:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-23 22:09","date_timestamp":1790201340,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98047860","content_html":"@alexr I hadn’t actually thought about it that way. Maybe so!
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/98041901","date_published":"2026-09-23T16:34:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-23 16:34","date_timestamp":1790181279,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98037312","content_html":"@alpower @vincent For our Micro.blog Studio subscription, if you upload video there is an option (“Save podcast audio for new video uploads”) that will make an audio file and link it to the video for podcast apps that support switching between both. But you’re on your own to do the video recording.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/98037312","date_published":"2026-09-23T15:00:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-23 15:00","date_timestamp":1790175609,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98035782","content_html":"@patrickrhone I was thinking the same thing! Might need to rewatch that.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/98035782","date_published":"2026-09-23T14:28:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-23 14:28","date_timestamp":1790173733,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98035761","content_html":"Another trailer for Nathan Fielder’s You Can See Everything. Amazing. I don’t know what kind of story this is going to tell, but it’s obviously going to be a totally different kind of documentary.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/98031911","date_published":"2026-09-23T13:13:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-23 13:13","date_timestamp":1790169204,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98031356","content_html":"Still settling in to what AI models I should be using. Last month, I was happy with GPT-5.6 Sol (xhigh) and fast mode all the time. Astra blew that up because it’s just more expensive. I think GPT-6 Sol (high) is the right balance for my usage.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/09/23/still-settling-in-to-what.html","date_published":"2026-09-23T12:59:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-23 12:59","date_timestamp":1790168397,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pko7wbcggok753hnvndxh3ni/post/3mw6sefhcvf2h","https://www.threads.com/@manton/post/DdoXp50FnGN"]}},{"id":"97994321","content_html":"Politico quoting Trump’s remarks at the UN:
\n\n\nFrom this point forward, all United States documents and hopefully the world’s will be changed to use the much more accurate term, super, as opposed to artificial. So it’s super intelligence.
\n
No. As usual this is just a distraction. 🇺🇸
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/09/22/lots-of-ai-news-today.html","date_published":"2026-09-22T19:45:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-22 19:45","date_timestamp":1790106310,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pko7wbcggok753hnvndxh3ni/post/3mw4yigmrpi2k","https://www.threads.com/@manton/post/DdmhIWbnQpo"]}},{"id":"97980361","content_html":"OutPost is a new Micropub client for Mac, with full compatibility with Micro.blog-hosted blogs. It’s a public beta now. Initial testing looks good! In fact I’m typing this microblog post using it.
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\nThat is quite the price difference. I feel like the M5 Pro is wasted here.
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