{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Jonathan Lamothe","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/me@social.jlamothe.net","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"141990","username":"me@social.jlamothe.net","bio":"Programmer and free/libre software enthusiast. This is my primary account on the Fediverse. See my website for an authoritative list of accounts.jlamothe.net","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":0,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://micro.blog/photos/200/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494"},"items":[{"id":"92501398","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://merveilles.town/@zoy\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>zoy</span></a></span> I can’t help but think that this phrasing is intentional. It feels like they’re trying to coerce an answer. If not, they could have replaced “if it means” with “in order to make”.</p>\n","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-206a-341d-ccc9-091528843999","date_published":"2026-06-18T16:33:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-18 16:33","date_timestamp":1781800396,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92111548","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/@etp\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>etp</span></a></span> Yeah, I had to consult a few, though I do wish that some of them did a better job of showing what they were doing up close. 😅</p>\n","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-446a-2d41-5096-845635724539","date_published":"2026-06-13T11:38:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-13 11:38","date_timestamp":1781350736,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92250690","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://social.vivaldi.net/@Nead\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>Nead</span></a></span> It's not that I'm getting <em>rid</em> of anything—apart from the dried out disposable lens wipes I found in the bottom of tje bag. It's about not carrying them <em>on my person</em> at all times.</p><p>I don't get rid of things easily, but on the flip side, I don't <em>acquire</em> things easily either.</p>","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-166a-2c88-394b-69d007217508","date_published":"2026-06-12T22:29:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-12 22:29","date_timestamp":1781303353,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93462114","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://chaos.social/@rogue_cells\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>rogue_cells</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@eff\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>eff</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://masto.nyc/@falsemirror\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>falsemirror</span></a></span> Mandating that the software be present on all devices sold is entirely enforceable. That the software actually… you know… works is another matter. 🙃</p>\n","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-186a-18fd-9447-a7a139899776","date_published":"2026-05-29T02:44:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-29 02:44","date_timestamp":1780022676,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93462115","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://social.piconet.work/@david\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>david</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@eff\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>eff</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://masto.nyc/@falsemirror\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>falsemirror</span></a></span> What's funny is that the article doesn't even seem to address the exploding gun issue. Their stated concern is the ability for people to print untraceable guns.</p><p>But yeah, I think you're right on the nose about their actual motivation.</p>","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-276a-18fd-0185-9bf567738833","date_published":"2026-05-29T02:42:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-29 02:42","date_timestamp":1780022529,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93501774","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@pborenstein\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>pborenstein</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@fribbledom\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>fribbledom</span></a></span> Ah, the Montgomery Scott approach, but on steiroids.</p>\n","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-236a-18bb-3a23-e11679120473","date_published":"2026-05-28T22:01:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-28 22:01","date_timestamp":1780005690,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88354680","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://pkm.social/users/ellane\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>ellane</span></a></span> Teeline, a successor to Pitman. Reportedly easier to learn too.</p>\n","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-9269-e054-8beb-ed6725594023","date_published":"2026-04-16T03:16:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-16 03:16","date_timestamp":1776309387,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88354679","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://pkm.social/users/ellane\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>ellane</span></a></span> That’s easy stuff. Here’s my handwriting:</p>\n","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-8569-e034-dc96-781021516797","date_published":"2026-04-16T01:01:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-16 01:01","date_timestamp":1776301276,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84852026","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/users/vladcampos\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>vladcampos</span></a></span> And what is his agenda?</p>\n","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-1069-9c5f-595b-cf3865282660","date_published":"2026-02-23T14:08:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-23 14:08","date_timestamp":1771855705,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"80308290","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/users/kev\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>kev</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115667120638353806\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>firefoxwebdevs</span></a></span> I don’t have the direct quote handy, but weren’t his words “AI first”?</p>\n","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-6469-445d-1ba2-d09204727146","date_published":"2025-12-18T19:59:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-18 19:59","date_timestamp":1766087963,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"80168534","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>hypolite</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/vegos_f06@friendica.opensocial.space\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>vegos_f06</span></a></span> Never mind. I misunderstood what was being asked.</p>\n","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-3369-41d6-da1f-4da148592022","date_published":"2025-12-16T22:02:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-16 22:02","date_timestamp":1765922522,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"80168154","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>hypolite</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/vegos_f06@friendica.opensocial.space\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>vegos_f06</span></a></span> <code>/\\bvegan(ism)?\\b/</code>?</p>\n","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-1869-41d5-5c3f-349244931817","date_published":"2025-12-16T21:55:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-16 21:55","date_timestamp":1765922140,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"79603559","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/users/tofugolem\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>tofugolem</span></a></span> Absolutely a valid point. To be clear, I’m not trying to dictate how anyone else should post. That’s not my place. Also, curating my personal feed is <em>my</em> responsibility, no one else’s.</p>\n","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-1469-365c-6362-3c8105468422","date_published":"2025-12-08T05:04:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-08 05:04","date_timestamp":1765170275,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"79603558","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://aus.social/users/Susan60\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>Susan60</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://schmaker.eu/profile/schmaker\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>schmaker</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.online/users/mastodonmigration\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>mastodonmigration</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/users/mekkaokereke\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>mekkaokereke</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/users/tofugolem\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>tofugolem</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/users/randahl\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>randahl</span></a></span> One place where I will push back here is this: do you have any idea how difficult it’s been for me to set a US politics filter? I’ve more or less given up at this point.</p>\n","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-6669-3636-2fe8-94f861516703","date_published":"2025-12-08T02:21:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-08 02:21","date_timestamp":1765160495,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"78141467","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/users/Mrfunkedude\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>Mrfunkedude</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://zirk.us/users/markstoneman\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>markstoneman</span></a></span> TBH, I’ve seen the Fedi22 hashtag before, but I’ve always been a little unclear on what it was about.</p>\n","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-7169-1a07-ba52-f4a426598840","date_published":"2025-11-16T17:19:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-16 17:19","date_timestamp":1763313594,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"76452563","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/vkc@tinkerbetter.tube\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>vkc</span></a></span> I love rsync and use it daily. For my off-site backups though, I use borgbackup because I don’t want to hand my data over unencrypted to a third party. Can rsync be made to do this?</p>\n","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-2068-fa33-1ed5-786729498176","date_published":"2025-10-23T13:52:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-23 13:52","date_timestamp":1761227550,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"76183952","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/users/mekkaokereke\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>mekkaokereke</span></a></span> As terrible as Trump is, the thing that scares me the most is the sheer number of people who <em>voted</em> for him.</p>\n","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-1468-f5a6-711e-733951751284","date_published":"2025-10-20T03:03:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-20 03:03","date_timestamp":1760929393,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"74114630","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/users/0xabad1dea\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>0xabad1dea</span></a></span> AI marketing in a nutshell: “Using your brain is hard. Let us do it for you!”</p>\n","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-1068-d18a-52e8-141769424063","date_published":"2025-09-22T17:41:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-22 17:41","date_timestamp":1758562898,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"74114629","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/users/0xabad1dea\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>0xabad1dea</span></a></span> Maybe it’s just the way my brain is wired. I process information better in text form over audio, but the idea of listening to a monotonous AI voice droning on for an entire podcast seems like my own personal hell. I can’t believe there’s a market for that.</p>\n","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-1668-d186-e820-f70536483363","date_published":"2025-09-22T17:27:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-22 17:27","date_timestamp":1758562024,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"74114628","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/users/0xabad1dea\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>0xabad1dea</span></a></span><br></p><blockquote>when you're offered an AI podcast</blockquote><p><br>Sweet Monkey Jesus, that's a thing? Something like that might be useful if I needed a sleep aid, perhaps??</p>","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-1468-d180-7657-505177021983","date_published":"2025-09-22T16:59:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-22 16:59","date_timestamp":1758560374,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"72457097","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/melindrea@beige.party\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>melindrea</span></a></span> Welp, there’s yet another one to add to the list of reasons I think I might be on the spectrum.</p>\n","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-1768-b484-4f12-ef1541034391","date_published":"2025-08-31T17:20:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-31 17:20","date_timestamp":1756660815,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"72037077","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/tarrenvane@autistics.life\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>tarrenvane</span></a></span> Umm… I am not a doctor, but you should maybe consult one on that. That sounds like it could possibly be a stroke.</p>\n","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-1568-acbe-e9c3-c2e809568927","date_published":"2025-08-25T19:52:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-25 19:52","date_timestamp":1756151529,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"71312390","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mathstodon.xyz/users/gregeganSF\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>gregeganSF</span></a></span> I guess you raise a fair point.</p>\n","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-1568-9f43-ae86-593457456186","date_published":"2025-08-15T14:26:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-15 14:26","date_timestamp":1755268014,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"71312389","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mathstodon.xyz/users/gregeganSF\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>gregeganSF</span></a></span> To be fair, I don't blame the lawyer. I understand why AI is untrustworthy because I've spent a good chunk of my life studying computers. He's spent his life studying the law. Why <em>wouldn't</em> he trust the people who've presumably done what I have when they told him this was a solid technology? If I hired a lawyer and he grossly misunderstood how the law worked, I wouldn't have an easy way of knowing this, because <em>I</em> don't really understand the ins and outs of the legal system.</p><p>Let's put the blame where it belongs: on these AI hucksters who are knowingly selling a defective product that people are relying on for important things because they've been lied to.</p>","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-2268-9f2d-9ce3-a01870283738","date_published":"2025-08-15T12:52:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-15 12:52","date_timestamp":1755262364,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"70981197","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://pkm.social/users/ellane\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>ellane</span></a></span> We used the green because that’s what we had on hand.</p>\n","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-6268-997a-3185-89e706238307","date_published":"2025-08-11T05:05:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-11 05:05","date_timestamp":1754888753,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"70981196","content_html":"<p>Made those (apparently) viral potato lentil burritos a couple days ago and they were <em>amazing</em>, so we made a giant stock pot's worth of filling to freeze in batches.</p><p>They're stupidly cheap, delicious, and really high in fibre (which we're old enough that we care about that kind of thing now).</p><p>I am happy.</p>","summary":"","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-2068-9942-dec3-622455068522","date_published":"2025-08-11T01:09:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-11 01:09","date_timestamp":1754874590,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"46187077","content_html":"<p>Just got a push notification on my phone:</p><blockquote>To receive nearby offers and coupons, you need to agree to the location service's Terms and Conditions.</blockquote><p>Um... no, thank you?</p>","summary":"","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-1666-e5eb-7812-1ea411480108","date_published":"2024-09-14T20:00:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-09-14 20:00","date_timestamp":1726344056,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"20122946","content_html":"<p>I keep hearing YouTubers pronounce 1/4 as \"a fourth\" instead of \"a quarter\" which sounds weird to me.  Is this maybe an American thing?</p><p>Edit: removed the \"th\" from the fraction</p>","summary":"","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-1964-9374-1bc9-7b1147409465","date_published":"2023-06-21T22:05:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-06-21 22:05","date_timestamp":1687385115,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"15632942","content_html":"Is there a <a href=\"https://social.jlamothe.net/search?tag=Gemini\" class=\"mention hashtag\">#<span>Gemini</span></a> equivalent for <a href=\"https://social.jlamothe.net/search?tag=curl\" class=\"mention hashtag\">#<span>curl</span></a>?<br><a href=\"https://social.jlamothe.net/search?tag=AskFedi\" class=\"mention hashtag\">#<span>AskFedi</span></a>","summary":"","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-3163-b1d7-c698-83e596955488","date_published":"2023-01-01T18:58:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-01-01 18:58","date_timestamp":1672599494,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"15115204","content_html":"So <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> used to release his ebooks for free, only charging for the printed copies.  It seems he has since stopped this practice, which he is perfectly within his rights to do.  I was just wondering if there was ever an explanation given as to why.","summary":"","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-1163-9e99-73f0-91e224082103","date_published":"2022-12-18T04:39:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Jonathan Lamothe","url":"https://social.jlamothe.net/profile/me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.jlamothe.net%2Fphoto%2Fprofile%2Fme.jpeg%3Fts%3D1651406494","_microblog":{"username":"me@social.jlamothe.net"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-12-18 04:39","date_timestamp":1671338356,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}