{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Matt Routley","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/mroutley","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"5597","username":"mroutley","bio":"πŸ‘¨β€πŸ‘©β€πŸ‘§β€πŸ‘¦πŸΆπŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸš΄β€β™‚οΈπŸŠβ€β™‚οΈπŸ‘¨β€πŸ’»πŸ“ˆπŸš€πŸ”¬πŸš‚πŸ₯ƒπŸΊπŸ––πŸπŸŒΌπŸŽΈπŸ“šπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦","pronouns":"he/him","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":193,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Matt Routley","url":"https://matt.routleynet.org/activitypub/mroutley","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2023/51/5597.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"96708304","content_html":"

@jatowler I’ve been enjoying these stories for a while now and agree that today’s was an extra good one

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@mjweeks welcome!

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Finished reading: I like the idea of Origin Uncertain by Anatoly Liberman. The book really demonstrates well the fluidity and creativity of the English language. The chapters do get daunting though. Lots of details that are hard to keep track of and a bit of a slog πŸ“š

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@jayeless agreed, it really is good

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@Miraz πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ˜€

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πŸ”— Resistance is never futile by Jen Gerson

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Resistance in the face of bad faith and coercion is a moral end in and of itself.

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πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Of the many reasons to resist America’s bullying, this one is particularly important

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@Miraz thanks!

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πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ Approaching the time of day when, having run into work this morning, I debate if I should just take the train back. The return run seemed like a much better idea this morning

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@todd nice!

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Finished reading: Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky was a fun read. Tchaikovsky is great at creating interesting aliens and having humans struggle to understand them πŸ“š

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🏑 Our Haliburton cottage \"Auto-generated : matt.routleynet.org

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@WiredDifferently amazing. Looks like you could actually lie down in them

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πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ I’m both inspired and dumbfounded by someone running an ultramarathon everyday for 250 days

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🎡 Song of the week for my daughter β€”\nLovers In A Dangerous Time by Bruce Cockburn from Stealing Fire (Deluxe Edition). β€œGot to kick at the darkness till it bleeds daylight” is a great line

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embed.music.apple.com/...

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@patrickrhone oh no, such a loss

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@gobino yikes, 12 minute intervals are rough

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We really enjoyed having so many friends and family join us for our fifth, and final, year renting the Torch Lake cottage. Such a special place!

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@mandaris πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸ’ͺ

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@bloftin2 🐾😁

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@ericmwalk πŸ˜΄β˜•οΈ

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@todd yikes 🀒

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@devondundee I’ve enjoyed your work and wish you the best

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@rscottjones thanks for testing with such great photos!

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As our vacation gets near the end, I’ll miss this view

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🎡 Song of the week for my daughter β€”\nFeather, Fur & Fin by Danny Michel from Feather, Fur & Fin. A conservation biologist’s theme song with a fun horn section

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πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ At 335m, my watch tells me this is the largest elevation gain of the year

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@jimmitchell I’ve been happily using your theme for a while now. Thanks for sharing it!

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@jimmitchell I’ve been happily using your theme for a while now. Thanks for sharing it!

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@manton @BonnieRue great to see the Micro Monday email is back!

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Finished reading: Aubrey McKee by Alex Pugsley is a delight. Great writing and quirky characters, along with nostalgia for my own childhood. Recommended via Paul Wells πŸ“š

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@iChris almost. A beach beside a dock by the water 😁

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@iChris thanks for the fun project!

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Thanks to my sister for bringing these whiskeys from the Elora Distilling Company. I’m starting with the Royal Amber

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Vacation continues to go well

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πŸ”— Don’t Become a Productivity Tourist - by JA Westenberg

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Because the only metric by which you can actually judge a productivity system is this: did it allow you to produce something or not?

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A good reminder for those of us that spend too much time adjusting our systems

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@BonnieRue wow, looks delicious!

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@davoh looks idyllic. May that email continue to go unread

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@labcreature fantastic! Enjoy the new album

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@kimberlykg one of those days. I hope you all recover quickly

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πŸŠβ€β™‚οΈ The lake was like glass for this afternoon’s swim

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@bloftin2 Yeah, although I mostly read on a Kobo, I very much prefer an actual book.

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Curious to see what you think of Annihilation. A favourite of mine, though strange and creepy.

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My daughter captured me in full cottage vacation mode: a beer in one hand and book in the other

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🎢 After hearing my son and nephew rehearsing Is What It Is by Chance PeΓ±a, I’ve been a bit obsessed with it. They were practicing for an upcoming campfire concert at their summer camp, where there was recently a tragedy. Watching the campers comfort each other through the tragedy seemed resonant with the...

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Finished reading: The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan is a compelling story about justice and the law. A great start to the series πŸ“š

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Finished reading: To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis is a fun and zany time-travel mystery. Although I enjoyed the story, it does get a bit frenetic πŸ“š

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πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ Misty morning run

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Another good day at the cottage

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Pizza on the BBQ

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Lined that up surprisingly well, if accidentally

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πŸŠβ€β™‚οΈ Swimming in a Haliburton lake is so much nicer than a Toronto pool

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