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\n@jabel I’ve always been fascinated by how to account theologically for the massive work of imagination required to read Scripture faithfully and holistically.
\nAs you imply, the fact that imagination is involved at all would be rejected by many whose imaginations are most powerfully at work.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mjkaul/95518318","date_published":"2026-08-10T13:32:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-10 13:32","date_timestamp":1786368745,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95518098","content_html":"Current listening: Wayne Escoffery’s brilliant and beautiful 2024 album Alone, featuring about the best backing trio one could assemble today: Gerald Clayton on piano, Carl Allen on drums, and the GOAT Ron Carter on bass. 🎶
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/48/2026/caac433c1c-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mjkaul.com/2026/08/10/current-listening-wayne-escofferys-brilliant.html","date_published":"2026-08-10T13:26:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-10 13:26","date_timestamp":1786368417,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95517777","content_html":"Summer WFH vibes: my kids downstairs singing Toto’s “Africa” as loudly and goofily as possible while I try to work on a massive formal design review.
\nIt’s been a wonderful summer, but I think we’re all ready for school to start again. 😂
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mjkaul.com/2026/08/10/summer-wfh-vibes-my-kids.html","date_published":"2026-08-10T13:20:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-10 13:20","date_timestamp":1786368018,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95365192","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780307962058/cover.jpg\")
\nCurrently reading: Axe in Blossom: Last Poems & Fragments by Franz Wright 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mjkaul.com/2026/08/07/currently-reading-axe-in-blossom.html","date_published":"2026-08-07T18:08:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-07 18:08","date_timestamp":1786126118,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95365132","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780912946573/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Bells in Winter by Czesław Miłosz 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mjkaul.com/2026/08/07/finished-reading-bells-in-winter.html","date_published":"2026-08-07T18:07:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-07 18:07","date_timestamp":1786126073,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95365050","content_html":"\n\n\n“I’m learning that’s one of the big token chewers,” Henderson says. “Turning PDFs into markdown: is that right?”
\n
Using AI to transform PDFs into markdown seems like an eminently reasonable thing to do. If AI helps to disentangle us from the terrible corporate software we have to use daily, consider me an AI-maximalist.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mjkaul.com/2026/08/07/simon-willisons-weblog-im-learning.html","date_published":"2026-08-07T18:05:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-07 18:05","date_timestamp":1786125940,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95364575","content_html":"@marmanold I love to see a link to an old B&C piece, especially one by Karl Johnson! Wonderful essay
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mjkaul/95364575","date_published":"2026-08-07T18:00:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-07 18:00","date_timestamp":1786125612,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95310697","content_html":"\n\nIn a brief eulogy for her father, his daughter Galt wrote that with pen and paper and a relentless drive he found patterns and predicted market moves with an accuracy that was, for a time, better than a computer. Time, she wrote, caught up before the algorithm did.
\n
~Obituary for the remarkable Victor Niederhoffer. H/t Tyler Cowen
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mjkaul.com/2026/08/06/in-a-brief-eulogy-for.html","date_published":"2026-08-06T19:23:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-06 19:23","date_timestamp":1786044209,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95072055","content_html":"\nCurrently reading: Bells in Winter by Czesław Miłosz, at Zippel Bay State Park up on Lake of the Woods, far northern Minnesota. 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mjkaul.com/2026/08/02/currently-reading-bells-in-winter.html","date_published":"2026-08-02T12:28:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-02 12:28","date_timestamp":1785673730,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94991736","content_html":"Hugh Howey, “The End of an Era”:
\n\n\nAnd this is why there is so much reflexive anger in the art world right now. It’s never been easier to be an artist. It’s also never been easier to make money PRETENDING to be an artist. Which means is’t never been more challenging and confusing to be an artist whose goal is to make a living.
\n
H/t my friend Jon. I’m not as pessimistic as Howey is about people not caring whether something was written by AI or humans. We sure prefer chess played by humans, not AI. Etc etc. But I do think Howey’s correct that we’ve reached a turning point for artists.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mjkaul.com/2026/07/31/hugh-howey-the-end-of.html","date_published":"2026-07-31T20:03:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-31 20:03","date_timestamp":1785528224,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94927808","content_html":"@artkavanagh Beautiful, thanks for sharing. I missed this, but love Morgan.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mjkaul/94927808","date_published":"2026-07-30T18:38:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-30 18:38","date_timestamp":1785436690,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94882309","content_html":"In the NYT this morning, Tal Feldman makes some questionable assumptions in the op-ed “The Hidden Cost of China’s Free A.I.” (gift link). Most significantly, Feldman states:
\n\n\nWhoever supplies the world’s A.I. will shape how the world thinks. As these models get smarter and more autonomous, we are outsourcing more and more thinking to them.
\n
Perhaps it’s a choice whether or not we outsource our thinking to AI—and how much we outsource?
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mjkaul.com/2026/07/29/in-the-nyt-this-morning.html","date_published":"2026-07-30T00:45:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-30 00:45","date_timestamp":1785372313,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94865881","content_html":"@mwerickson Certainly, and likewise!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mjkaul/94865881","date_published":"2026-07-29T17:59:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-29 17:59","date_timestamp":1785347999,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94824459","content_html":"@bethanyh Enjoy!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mjkaul/94824459","date_published":"2026-07-29T01:51:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-29 01:51","date_timestamp":1785289897,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94824452","content_html":"@mwerickson I didn’t love the format—repackaged Substack essays—or, especially, the undercurrent of deep despair. But I found most of the arguments convincing and proven out by recent developments in AI, and his personal trajectory—from environmentalism through Wicca to Christianity—is remarkable.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mjkaul/94824452","date_published":"2026-07-29T01:51:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-29 01:51","date_timestamp":1785289875,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94806846","content_html":"Current listening: A Supreme Blue by Nicholas Payton and Butcher Brown.
\nAs the title hints, this is a reworking of Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue and John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme. I must have listened to each album 200 times, but this recording makes these tunes new. Highly recommended. 🎶
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/48/2026/2abe689dda-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mjkaul.com/2026/07/28/current-listening-a-supreme-blue.html","date_published":"2026-07-28T18:30:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-28 18:30","date_timestamp":1785263423,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94806495","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9781668214381/cover.jpg\")
\nCurrently reading: Nonesuch by Francis Spufford 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mjkaul.com/2026/07/28/currently-reading-nonesuch-by-francis.html","date_published":"2026-07-28T18:24:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-28 18:24","date_timestamp":1785263043,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94806450","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780593850633/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Against the Machine by Paul Kingsnorth 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mjkaul.com/2026/07/28/finished-reading-against-the-machine.html","date_published":"2026-07-28T18:22:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-28 18:22","date_timestamp":1785262971,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83564085","content_html":"I’ll be honest, I can’t wait to see the new Muppets special. Based on the glowing NYT review, it’s just what I need at the moment:
\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://mjkaul.com/2026/02/04/ill-be-honest-i-cant.html","date_published":"2026-02-04T14:44:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-04 14:44","date_timestamp":1770216268,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83499319","content_html":"There’s no newfangled hook, no contrived rationalization to bring the characters up to date, no pretensions toward heft or hipness. There are songs and slapstick and jokes, and nobody, blessedly, stayed up too late thinking about the reasons why. (Because Muppets, that’s why.)
\n
@davoh congrats! What’s the topic?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mjkaul/83499319","date_published":"2026-02-03T16:54:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-03 16:54","date_timestamp":1770137645,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83213104","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780715631195/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: In the Dark Places of Wisdom by Peter Kingsley. The pre-Socratics as you’ve never seen them before. (Plato & Aristotle are the villains.) 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mjkaul.com/2026/01/30/finished-reading-in-the-dark.html","date_published":"2026-01-30T13:53:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-30 13:53","date_timestamp":1769781180,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83212939","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780060652920/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis. A much stranger & more interesting book than I remembered! 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mjkaul.com/2026/01/30/finished-reading-mere-christianity-by.html","date_published":"2026-01-30T13:50:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-30 13:50","date_timestamp":1769781041,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83212746","content_html":"\nCurrently reading: Against the Machine by Paul Kingsnorth 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mjkaul.com/2026/01/30/currently-reading-against-the-machine.html","date_published":"2026-01-30T13:47:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-30 13:47","date_timestamp":1769780848,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83212699","content_html":"The poor chickens… 🏡
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/48/2026/65488627b9-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mjkaul.com/2026/01/30/the-poor-chickens.html","date_published":"2026-01-30T13:46:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-30 13:46","date_timestamp":1769780808,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"82735806","content_html":"@ayjay Yes, agreed. And I gotta say, I love Kenny Wollesen on this record, too. I’ve always been a big Dave King fan, being from the Twin Cities, but Wollesen is so dang groovy
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mjkaul/82735806","date_published":"2026-01-24T01:47:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-24 01:47","date_timestamp":1769219251,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"82735610","content_html":"@bnmnetp that’s incredibly inspiring
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mjkaul/82735610","date_published":"2026-01-24T01:45:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-24 01:45","date_timestamp":1769219120,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"82716438","content_html":"It’s… cold today in Minnesota. ❄️ 🏡
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/48/2026/img-1962-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mjkaul.com/2026/01/23/its-cold-today-in-minnesota.html","date_published":"2026-01-23T20:22:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-23 20:22","date_timestamp":1769199735,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"81637522","content_html":"A beautiful morning here in Minnesota 🏡
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/48/2026/8a374aea32-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mjkaul.com/2026/01/08/a-beautiful-morning-here-in.html","date_published":"2026-01-08T19:11:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-08 19:11","date_timestamp":1767899502,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"81637369","content_html":"@bnmnetp No kidding. It’s appalling. Thought the new front office was focused on making the team better. Didn’t realize they were graduates of the Pohlad School of Fanbase Revenue Extraction and Spirit Crushing.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mjkaul/81637369","date_published":"2026-01-08T19:09:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-08 19:09","date_timestamp":1767899363,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"80667014","content_html":"@tracydurnell Wodehouse is always an excellent choice for the holiday break!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mjkaul/80667014","date_published":"2025-12-24T13:13:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-24 13:13","date_timestamp":1766582018,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"80666961","content_html":"Brothers, hunting 🏡
\n\n@frjonjordan funny how dystopian sci-fi always seems to inspire the next wave of startups
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mjkaul/80617233","date_published":"2025-12-23T17:43:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-23 17:43","date_timestamp":1766511818,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"80457552","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780300217902/cover.jpg\")
\nCurrently reading: The Club by Leo Damrosch 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mjkaul.com/2025/12/20/currently-reading-the-club-by.html","date_published":"2025-12-21T02:59:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-21 02:59","date_timestamp":1766285943,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"79442262","content_html":"@bethanyh As my grandfather always said, if you want a job done right, you usually have to do it yourself.
\nThat said, usually there are good collected editions of essays you can find cheap online. Bloom’s Modern Critical Editions series is a great place to start, Cambridge Companions are usually great as well. You sadly aren’t going to find what you’re looking for online.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mjkaul/79442262","date_published":"2025-12-06T04:58:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-06 04:58","date_timestamp":1764997106,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"79391623","content_html":"Incredible day for new jazz releases—a posthumous live set from Al Foster, albums from Sam Yahel & Thomas Strønen, then finally the excellent new album from super group Out Of / Into. Happy Friday! 🎶
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/48/2025/3e88e1df73-m.jpg\")
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\nView from my window. Yesterday morning there wasn’t a snowflake in sight. Snow day for the kids—or as the school calls it, “e-learning.” 🙄
\nA good day for baking bacon sourdough for Thanksgiving, blasting the Brandenburg Concertos, and playing board games.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/48/2025/e420acfd05-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mjkaul.com/2025/11/26/view-from-my-window-yesterday.html","date_published":"2025-11-26T14:00:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-26 14:00","date_timestamp":1764165617,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"78474129","content_html":"Between the bookstore, Bandcamp, & the good ol’ USPS, Christmas came early for me today! 🎶📚
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/48/2025/404d8bc2ed-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mjkaul.com/2025/11/21/between-the-bookstore-bandcamp-the.html","date_published":"2025-11-21T18:58:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-21 18:58","date_timestamp":1763751522,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"77527567","content_html":"@bethanyh so true! And this one is exemplary—it really harkens back to Blue Note’s glory days
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mjkaul/77527567","date_published":"2025-11-08T04:12:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-08 04:12","date_timestamp":1762575173,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"77479444","content_html":"@artkavanagh Wow, that would have been a fun show. I love Matt Brewer.
\nParks is excellent in every context—Little, Big; as a side man; and his own recordings. I’m surprised, too, that he doesn’t do more trio work.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mjkaul/77479444","date_published":"2025-11-07T14:31:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-07 14:31","date_timestamp":1762525865,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"77473184","content_html":"Current listening: Aaron Parks’s new quartet album By All Means—beautiful music; delightful cover art. I’ve been waiting for this one for a couple months and it’s worth the wait! 🎶
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/48/2025/eb76881c6d-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mjkaul.com/2025/11/07/current-listening-aaron-parkss-new.html","date_published":"2025-11-07T12:37:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-07 12:37","date_timestamp":1762519030,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"75880635","content_html":"@frjonjordan beautiful work! I like your collaborative method, too
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mjkaul/75880635","date_published":"2025-10-16T01:14:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-16 01:14","date_timestamp":1760577263,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"75834423","content_html":"@SinclairTrails hope you’re able to explore the North Shore—it’s a beautiful part of the state, especially in the fall!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mjkaul/75834423","date_published":"2025-10-15T13:58:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-15 13:58","date_timestamp":1760536723,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"75023105","content_html":"@jthingelstad I know. Unfortunately, I think I’ve now stopped believing they can’t find some way to surpass themselves. They’ve proven me wrong time & time again
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mjkaul/75023105","date_published":"2025-10-04T19:31:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-04 19:31","date_timestamp":1759606272,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"74721969","content_html":"@ReaderJohn Oh, nice—I’ll give that a listen. Sayers is a great interviewer
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mjkaul/74721969","date_published":"2025-09-30T21:18:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-30 21:18","date_timestamp":1759267121,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"74707865","content_html":"@ReaderJohn I’ve gotta read it. His podcast interviews have been excellent
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mjkaul/74707865","date_published":"2025-09-30T18:07:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-30 18:07","date_timestamp":1759255664,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"73853576","content_html":"@JohnBrady I loved the convo with Mark Boyle, as well as those with Iain McGilchrist & Martin Shaw. Will have to listen to Harrington next.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mjkaul/73853576","date_published":"2025-09-18T17:04:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-18 17:04","date_timestamp":1758215094,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"73852852","content_html":"@davoh The other weird symptom we have in corporate America is a constant stream of feedback or user-input surveys. I probably get 3-5 requests every day.
\nNobody feels comfortable making an educated judgment call without “data,” and this situation essentially invalidates the value of experience.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mjkaul/73852852","date_published":"2025-09-18T16:56:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-18 16:56","date_timestamp":1758214576,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"73837231","content_html":"@davoh The kids are alright :-)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mjkaul/73837231","date_published":"2025-09-18T13:08:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-18 13:08","date_timestamp":1758200882,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"73808496","content_html":"@Mikehendley We usually get one or two that come through our yard each year. They’re such strange birds, with such unique calls. I love when they visit
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mjkaul/73808496","date_published":"2025-09-18T03:11:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-18 03:11","date_timestamp":1758165113,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"73808369","content_html":"@davoh The adage in my industry is “what gets measured gets managed.” To which one can only respond like Inigo Montoya: “I do not think it means what you think it means.” We chase metrics so desperately that we wind up only doing worthless, measurable things.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mjkaul/73808369","date_published":"2025-09-18T03:07:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Kaul","url":"https://mjkaul.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F79.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjkaul"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-18 03:07","date_timestamp":1758164825,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}