![\"A](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpostpress.lon1.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fimages%2F917a71f1-e106-49bb-91cc-4374c6205a99-bbq-season-full.jpg\")
Dinner tonight at my folks house. First BBQ of the season and it didn’t disappoint!
\n\n
A great day at Stirling today: matthewlang.me
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","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/05/19/one-of-my/","date_published":"2026-05-19T20:10:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-19 20:10","date_timestamp":1779221450,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90279629","content_html":"@JohnPhilpin Yes! Watched it when it was available in the UK. Definitely a fun watch.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/matthewlang/90279629","date_published":"2026-05-16T07:39:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-16 07:39","date_timestamp":1778917161,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90261745","content_html":"After putting the Kagi Small Web badge on the bottom of my blog, I wanted to add more badges.
\n\nSo, using the different avatars available to users of Dailymuse, I have added badges for each of the muses and generic one for Dailymuse.
\n\nNice to work on something fun for a wee change.
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/05/15/after-putting-the/","date_published":"2026-05-15T22:22:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 22:22","date_timestamp":1778883764,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90259348","content_html":"@JohnPhilpin Love that show. Just great to watch.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/matthewlang/90259348","date_published":"2026-05-15T21:36:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 21:36","date_timestamp":1778881008,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90257615","content_html":"A good win for our junior team tonight and good to see the new irons are working out for Drew. Onwards to our next match on Monday night.
\n\n![\"A](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpostpress.lon1.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fimages%2F00fe8f43-8875-492b-8449-8b0366bdada9-drew-at-renfrew-full.jpg\")
I picked up one of \nthe Atoms to Astronauts mugs this week. I couldn’t pass up on the space edition.
\n\n![\"White](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpostpress.lon1.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fimages%2F14fd1f08-98d6-4245-82d5-0becc5557754-atoms-to-astronauts-mug-full.jpg\")
@juliansummerhayes.bsky.social If I were younger and starting over, I might be tempted to be a bit more creative with my time and energy, regardless of the income.
\nWith a family, though, priorities change, and creative channels need to take a back step.
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","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/05/13/new-blog-theme/","date_published":"2026-05-13T21:23:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-13 21:23","date_timestamp":1778707434,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89911779","content_html":"Me and Jennifer watched Remarkably Bright Creatures tonight. A wonderful story told on the small screen. Thoroughly enjoyed it. 🎬
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/05/10/me-and-jennifer/","date_published":"2026-05-10T21:26:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-10 21:26","date_timestamp":1778448373,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89878168","content_html":"I had hoped to try out Claude Design with a couple of Rails applications this morning. Disappointing start so far.
\n\nYou can only link code from a GitHub profile, which I don’t use, or using a local folder through the browser, but you need Chrome or Edge to do that.
\n\nGuess I’ll need to wait a while.
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/05/10/i-had-hoped/","date_published":"2026-05-10T08:33:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-10 08:33","date_timestamp":1778401997,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89878167","content_html":"A busy day in the Lang household today: matthewlang.me
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/05/10/a-busy-day-in-the-lang-household-today/","date_published":"2026-05-10T06:40:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-10 06:40","date_timestamp":1778395247,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89878166","content_html":"One of the newest things that many notes apps are doing with Markdown is callouts. They add context to your notes. I first came across these in Bear, but good to see that Obsidian also supports callouts.
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/05/06/one-of-the/","date_published":"2026-05-06T21:23:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-06 21:23","date_timestamp":1778102629,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89668245","content_html":"I might have jumped the gun putting my tomato plants out in the greenhouse last week. Colder temperatures at night this week, but hopefully they’re sheltered enough in there to keep the worst of the cold away.
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/05/05/i-might-have/","date_published":"2026-05-05T20:55:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-05 20:55","date_timestamp":1778014550,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89568818","content_html":"Slightly overwhelmed by the number of admin libraries available for Ruby on Rails. Avo and Active Scaffold appear to be the most recently updated libraries in this category on Ruby Toolbox, which is great from a support perspective. Worth rolling my own, though?
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","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/05/03/after-a-few/","date_published":"2026-05-03T08:00:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-03 08:00","date_timestamp":1777795247,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89458634","content_html":"Moving on from GitHub: matthewlang.me
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","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/04/29/today-i-learned/","date_published":"2026-04-29T21:45:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-29 21:45","date_timestamp":1777499117,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89223877","content_html":"Ghostty is leaving GitHub: matthewlang.me
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/04/29/ghostty-is-leaving-github/","date_published":"2026-04-29T06:55:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-29 06:55","date_timestamp":1777445737,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89112317","content_html":"I might have found a notes system that sticks: matthewlang.me
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/04/27/i-might-have-found-a-notes-system-that-sticks/","date_published":"2026-04-27T16:54:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-27 16:54","date_timestamp":1777308870,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89061977","content_html":"The Packers are looking good after the draft: matthewlang.me
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/04/26/the-packers-are-looking-good-after-the-draft/","date_published":"2026-04-26T20:51:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-26 20:51","date_timestamp":1777236691,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88959548","content_html":"A good night for Drew, winning his game 5&3 for the Fereneze team against Cowglen. He has lots of team matches coming up over the next few weeks. Going to be busy!
\n\n![\"A](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpostpress.lon1.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fimages%2F51759e83-372f-4407-ba5e-44403adfe971-sunset-fairway-medium.jpeg\")
Breaking in these new golf shoes tonight by watching my youngest play his first team match of the season. He’s playing well so far.
\n\n![\"A](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpostpress.lon1.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fimages%2F48ca13ab-2610-4ccd-8cd1-219a5990c71b-new-golf-shoes-medium.jpg\")
@retrophisch I’ve replaced Bear with Obsidian. Bear is a great notes app but Obsidian is more flexible to make it replace a number of other apps for me. I’m also using the LLM wiki pattern to automate keeping my notes updated.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/matthewlang/88900895","date_published":"2026-04-24T03:53:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-24 03:53","date_timestamp":1777002794,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88884907","content_html":"Today I cancelled my Bear and Instapaper subscriptions. I’ve had both for what seems like years, but for very different reasons, I have cancelled both. My Instapaper had been unused for months. Bear, on the other hand, was still being used daily, but I have moved in another direction for my notes.
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/04/23/today-i-cancelled/","date_published":"2026-04-23T21:42:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-23 21:42","date_timestamp":1776980550,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88882675","content_html":"@manton For me, it’s the NFL and Ruby communities. While there is a good-sized NFL community on Bluesky, it seems the teams are still prohibited from creating accounts there, despite already having accounts on Instagram and, presumably, Facebook. I suspect there is still a sizable Ruby community on X. I don’t see much of a Ruby community elsewhere, aside from the ruby.social Mastodon instance.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/matthewlang/88882675","date_published":"2026-04-23T21:14:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-23 21:14","date_timestamp":1776978890,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88833992","content_html":"The subscription visualiser originally shared by Tina Roth Eisenberg is a neat tool to see where all your money is going. I’m already going through a major change in how I use a number of subscriptions, but it won’t be another month until it’s complete. It should result in a lot fewer subscriptions.
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/04/23/the-subscription-visualiser-https-visualize-nguyenvu-dev/","date_published":"2026-04-23T06:49:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-23 06:49","date_timestamp":1776926975,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88369811","content_html":"James Somers asks if we can achieve more time offline with AI.
\n\n\n\n\nCould we get the best of both worlds? In other words, shouldn’t one goal of rapid technical advancement be some melding of the physical and virtual worlds such that I can sit quietly in an easy chair with pen and pad; or lay cards out on a table to organize my thoughts; or turn a room into the embodiment of a project; and yet have the same flexibility, portability, persistence, and remixability as in the digital versions of these things?
\n
I love the idea of advances in AI that let us spend less time looking at screens.
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/04/16/james-somers-asks/","date_published":"2026-04-16T12:02:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-16 12:02","date_timestamp":1776340940,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88369810","content_html":"Rather than using Sourcehut’s builds to deploy my changes to Dailymuse, I’ve replaced it with a bash script that I run locally. It triggers the release to Hatchbox and monitors it from my terminal. I’ve written bash scripts before, but nothing like this. Really happy with the way it turned out.
","summary":"","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me/posts/2026/04/14/rather-than-using/","date_published":"2026-04-14T19:18:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-14 19:18","date_timestamp":1776194332,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88146143","content_html":"@vincent Congrats mate! A fantastic milestone! 👏
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/matthewlang/88146143","date_published":"2026-04-13T06:59:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-13 06:59","date_timestamp":1776063586,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87599654","content_html":"@numericcitizen To be clear, I didn’t build it, but it is good-looking.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/matthewlang/87599654","date_published":"2026-04-04T17:28:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-04 17:28","date_timestamp":1775323722,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87588242","content_html":"@AlexKucera I use VS Code at work but I’ve managed to move away from it outside of work. I use Zed now and they have a Git tool coming out soon also. I believe it’s part of the text editor but can be run in a separate window. I used Sublime Text at the beginning of my Rails career. I haven’t used it for quite some time now.
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\nIdeally, you would have a similar short-code to the photo collections that Micro.blog supports but I’ve still to verify if this works outside of a page.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/matthewlang/83359252","date_published":"2026-02-01T18:05:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-01 18:05","date_timestamp":1769969118,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83307438","content_html":"@eludom Thanks! I can definitely add an archive page, but I might need to do it by year. I currently have just over 4000 posts in my archive. That’s a big archive to render on a single page, even if it is just the title or the first couple of lines.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/matthewlang/83284093","date_published":"2026-01-31T13:24:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-31 13:24","date_timestamp":1769865841,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83271507","content_html":"@afomera.dev Is “re-designing my weather app” the new “re-designing my blog”? 😆
\nWeather app looks great btw!
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/matthewlang/83196031","date_published":"2026-01-30T08:10:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-30 08:10","date_timestamp":1769760654,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83172921","content_html":"@cliff538 Thank you! Still a bit of work to do. Might be ready to use in a couple of weeks.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/matthewlang/83172921","date_published":"2026-01-29T22:50:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Lang","url":"https://www.matthewlang.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F163.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewlang"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-29 22:50","date_timestamp":1769727028,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"81913992","content_html":"@plamb It is becoming a pattern. This year, though, we had a bit more clout to win the division, and I truly believed we would break that pattern. The losses against the Browns and the Jets, and to an extent the Panthers and the Eagles, were games we had to win. Like I said, I’m indifferent to whether MLF stays or not. I do believe there is a need for a few changes in the coaching staff, though. Good to have another Packers fan on Micro.blog!
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\nGiven that we can follow accounts and websites, outside of Micro.blog, then it makes sense to allow us to filter by them as well. My initial suggestion would be a stepping stone toward perhaps user-set custom filters.
\nAnd yes, I could probably do this in Feedbin, and it would separate everything for me, but by behaviour, any timeline could be compared to a “lite” RSS reader. Whether it should have these filters is up to the owners, but I would like to see some form of filter on the Micro.blog timeline page.
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