GPT-Live: manton.org
","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/07/08/gptlive.html","date_published":"2026-07-08T20:25:13+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":"20:25","date_timestamp":1783542313,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pko7wbcggok753hnvndxh3ni/post/3mq5xfkr7ib27"]}},{"id":"93662847","content_html":"Figured out how to publish the AT Proto schema for blog.micro.content. Neat. The schema is just a PDS record, with a DNS entry to resolve the name.
@DoctorMac Yeah, so much of what I write is really just for me (or future me).
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/93653030","date_published":"2026-07-08T15:33:08+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":"15:33","date_timestamp":1783524788,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93652830","content_html":"Added a page to document some of how Micro.blog works with Bluesky, including Standard.site compatibility. I’ll add more to this as I think of implementation details that are useful to know.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/07/08/added-a-page-to-document.html","date_published":"2026-07-08T15:28:15+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":"15:28","date_timestamp":1783524495,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pko7wbcggok753hnvndxh3ni/post/3mq5gpcz4hp2q"]}},{"id":"93651055","content_html":"Cleaned up a few things in the web interface for books this week, including a new popup menu for switching bookshelves. Here’s a quick 12-second screencast video.
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/07/08/cleaned-up-a-few-things.html","date_published":"2026-07-08T14:53:07+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":"14:53","date_timestamp":1783522387,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pko7wbcggok753hnvndxh3ni/post/3mq5erufqpn2i"]}},{"id":"93650699","content_html":"@fahrni Surprisingly not LLMs! I don’t want to rehash it, sorry, even though it weighs on me almost every day.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/93650699","date_published":"2026-07-08T14:44:23+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":"14:44","date_timestamp":1783521863,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93650816","content_html":"@fahrni Surprisingly not LLMs! I don’t want to rehash it, sorry, even though it weighs on me almost every day.
","url":"https://manton.org/activitypub/conversation/manton/93650699","date_published":"2026-07-08T14:44:23+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":"14:44","date_timestamp":1783521863,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93650311","content_html":"Daniel Jalkut and I had hoped to record a bonus post-WWDC podcast, even scheduled it, but now it has been weeks… There’s always something going on. Amazing that we used to record a weekly show for a decade or more!
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/07/08/daniel-jalkut-and-i-had.html","date_published":"2026-07-08T14:34:35+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":"14:34","date_timestamp":1783521275,"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/3mq5dprfgdw26"]}},{"id":"93650017","content_html":"@hjalm Thank you very much.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/93650017","date_published":"2026-07-08T14:27:58+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":"14:27","date_timestamp":1783520878,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93650007","content_html":"@miscellany Yep, it’s often hard to brush off.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/93650007","date_published":"2026-07-08T14:27:34+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":"14:27","date_timestamp":1783520854,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93648579","content_html":"\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/07/08/ja-westenberg-the-smartphone-is.html","date_published":"2026-07-08T14:00:00+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":"14:00","date_timestamp":1783519200,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pko7wbcggok753hnvndxh3ni/post/3mq5brvraqa26"]}},{"id":"93647815","content_html":"The smartphone is the enemy of deep thought. Deep thinking needs sustained attention, incubation, and boredom. Boredom is the soil where creativity grows.
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One of the minor disappointments with getting piled on a year ago is that I now tend to second-guess many of my blog posts. Will someone run with the worst interpretation, ready to repost without context? This leads to watering down drafts, sometimes editing them into vague pointlessness.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/07/08/one-of-the-minor-disappointments.html","date_published":"2026-07-08T13:45:15+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":"13:45","date_timestamp":1783518315,"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/3mq5axghqvg2t"]}},{"id":"93617058","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9781250333148/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: The Passing of the Dragon by Ken Liu. Beautiful short story. Also includes a surprise commentary on the mess that is social media. 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/07/07/finished-reading-the-passing-of.html","date_published":"2026-07-08T00:51:26+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":"2026-07-08 00:51","date_timestamp":1783471886,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pko7wbcggok753hnvndxh3ni/post/3mq3vqlozke2e"]}},{"id":"93595518","content_html":"Good write-up of fediverse blogging apps including Micro.blog at Federated Mind.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/07/07/good-writeup-of-fediverse-blogging.html","date_published":"2026-07-07T16:59:41+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":"2026-07-07 16:59","date_timestamp":1783443581,"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/3mq33eelkpv2b"]}},{"id":"93595186","content_html":"@iChris Yes! Just listening. 🎶
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/93595186","date_published":"2026-07-07T16:55:03+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":"2026-07-07 16:55","date_timestamp":1783443303,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93588780","content_html":"@mattroyal If you can email the video to help@micro.blog, that would be really helpful! Thanks.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/93588780","date_published":"2026-07-07T14:42:13+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":"2026-07-07 14:42","date_timestamp":1783435333,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93587029","content_html":"We shipped Micro.blog 3.0 for Android today. See the full release notes here. I think this is the first time that both iOS and Android have had exact feature parity. We previously had some code on iOS that was only written in Obj-C.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/07/07/we-shipped-microblog-for-android.html","date_published":"2026-07-07T13:58:23+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":"2026-07-07 13:58","date_timestamp":1783432703,"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/3mq2r7s6xsk2m"]}},{"id":"93562913","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9781668201732/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Homebound by Portia Elan. Good concept, but the separate timelines didn’t really come together in a big way at the end as I was hoping. Still enjoyed it. 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/07/06/finished-reading-homebound-by-portia.html","date_published":"2026-07-07T04:21:41+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":"2026-07-07 04:21","date_timestamp":1783398101,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pko7wbcggok753hnvndxh3ni/post/3mpzqyr6kwc2e"]}},{"id":"93554790","content_html":"@rom That too. 🙂 “We are creating a digital god so it’s probably fine for your relatively small tasks too.”
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/93554790","date_published":"2026-07-06T23:42:30+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":"2026-07-06 23:42","date_timestamp":1783381350,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93554327","content_html":"Claude consciousness: manton.org
","summary":"Some musings about humans and AI after reading an Anthropic blog post.","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/07/06/claude-consciousness.html","date_published":"2026-07-06T23:20:21+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":"2026-07-06 23:20","date_timestamp":1783380021,"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/3mpzabdpe7t27"]}},{"id":"93552868","content_html":"@apoorplayer It’s not just you. I don’t actually feel that strongly about it… It seemed too harsh to me mostly because a single game is everything right now.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/93552868","date_published":"2026-07-06T22:36:58+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":"2026-07-06 22:36","date_timestamp":1783377418,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93549990","content_html":"@pilch I wonder about it all backfiring through second-guessing everything too. Best for the players to completely put it out of their mind.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/93549990","date_published":"2026-07-06T21:15:57+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":"2026-07-06 21:15","date_timestamp":1783372557,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93542843","content_html":"@hutaffe To answer your first question, no, everything he touches will be a little worse. 🙁 I feel bad for fans.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/93542843","date_published":"2026-07-06T19:16:05+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":"2026-07-06 19:16","date_timestamp":1783365365,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93542368","content_html":"@JimRain Yep.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/93542368","date_published":"2026-07-06T19:03:03+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":"2026-07-06 19:03","date_timestamp":1783364583,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93541632","content_html":"While watching the game last week, the announcers were clearly very skeptical of the red card. If the suspension had been reversed without Trump getting involved, I think it would’ve been the right call. But now the whole thing is tainted with the appearance of corruption. Not good. ⚽️
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/07/06/while-watching-the-game-last.html","date_published":"2026-07-06T18:52:30+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":"2026-07-06 18:52","date_timestamp":1783363950,"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/3mpyr7f56mg2z"]}},{"id":"93540404","content_html":"John Gruber with another blog post on native Mac apps:
\n\n\nWhat keeps me using ChatGPT and keeps me away from using Claude is not that ChatGPT happens to be written using native APIs like AppKit. It’s that it looks and feels like a Mac app — you know, with a Settings window that is … a window.
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🙂
\nOn the Codex side, unfortunately the app is at least partly Electron. OpenAI has hired great Mac and iOS developers, though, and Codex has some of the best Mac integration I’ve ever seen — the Computer Use feature especially, which uses Apple accessibility APIs. ChatGPT iOS also has a lot of SwiftUI.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/93535186","date_published":"2026-07-06T16:43:42+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":"2026-07-06 16:43","date_timestamp":1783356222,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93534238","content_html":"Sounds like GPT-5.6 will be this week. If I were OpenAI, I wouldn’t overhype this. Let it speak for itself. With Mythos and Fable, the hype is exhausting.
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\nGoogle Play approvals are so fast now, must be largely automated.
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\nFinished reading: Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas. Dipped back into romantasy. Some of this series I’ve read and some I’ve listened to the audiobooks. Personally works better as a book for me, not narrated. 📚
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\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/07/05/tim-sweeney-fighting-for-openness.html","date_published":"2026-07-05T15:43:14+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":"2026-07-05 15:43","date_timestamp":1783266194,"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/3mpvwasa34e2g"]}},{"id":"93479098","content_html":"Sweeney strives to protect large swaths of land with high conservation value before developers get possession. In 2016, he donated 7,000 acres of forest east of Asheville to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In 2021, he gifted 7,500 acres near the Avery-Mitchell county border to the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy. That year, he also teamed with conservation groups to preserve a two-mile coastal barrier south of Topsail Island.
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@vladcampos @richardgrant Interesting that you think it’s the main selling point… Sometimes I disable fediverse support on my account and just use Bluesky instead. Maybe we could do more with Mastodon cross-posting too to fill the gap.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/93435013","date_published":"2026-07-04T16:58:26+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":"2026-07-04 16:58","date_timestamp":1783184306,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93431036","content_html":"@markstoneman I hadn’t even thought of that. Interesting.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/93431036","date_published":"2026-07-04T15:23:27+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":"2026-07-04 15:23","date_timestamp":1783178607,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93429045","content_html":"Good story on NPR about Born in the USA:
\n\n\nThe 1984 hit by Bruce Springsteen describes a Vietnam War veteran who returns home to desperate circumstances and few options. Listen only to its surging refrain, though, and you could mistake it for an uncomplicated celebration of patriotism.
\n
🇺🇸
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\nAlso: screenshot of me searching for previous July 4th blog posts in Micro.blog.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/93427652","date_published":"2026-07-04T13:59:57+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":"2026-07-04 13:59","date_timestamp":1783173597,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93426537","content_html":"@robertritz It’s fascinating how much weight is carried by “too powerful to release, so it must be fine for normal people”. 🙂 I do think Fable is better, but not including it in a monthly subscription (after this week) is just too much.
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\n\n\nJesse Vincent just gave me a related tip to help avoid burning too many of those valuable Fable tokens in the few days we have left before the prices go up. Tell Fable to use other models for smaller tasks, applying its own judgement about which model to use.
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Fable pricing is nutty. I’m happy to just run GPT-5.5 with fast and xhigh for everything and not worry about it.
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