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Seattle, bracing for a possible epidemic. Empty streets, full stores, no kale.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://orionp.micro.blog/2019/08/17/the-children-have.html","date_published":"2019-08-17T17:39:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Orion Protonentis","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fb63900009c020c5201cf16a6e01544fb%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"orionp"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-08-17 17:39","date_timestamp":1566063551,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"4361111","content_html":"Some of my family landed on Plymouth Rock, and some of my family had Plymouth Rock land on them; it’s a complicated day, this “Independence” Day.
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There is an update to ISO 8601, and I am unreasonably pleased. ISO 8601-1:2019(en), Date and time — Representations for information interchange — Part 1: Basic rules
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Siri interpreted “tofu” (soy bean cake) as “TOEFL” (Test of English as a Foreign Language). Which seems a stretch, really.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://orionp.micro.blog/2018/09/18/little-man-is.html","date_published":"2018-09-18T20:09:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Orion Protonentis","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fb63900009c020c5201cf16a6e01544fb%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"orionp"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2018-09-18 20:09","date_timestamp":1537301391,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"631046","content_html":"Waiting to board at SJC, while listening to The Layover, by Evidence. Let’s hope this isn’t self-fulfilling.
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\n","summary":"","url":"http://orionp.micro.blog/2017/11/13/how-the-myth.html","date_published":"2017-11-13T14:12:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Orion Protonentis","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fb63900009c020c5201cf16a6e01544fb%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"orionp"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2017-11-13 14:12","date_timestamp":1510582320,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"170370","content_html":"Having a Cyndi Lauper dance party with the kids. It’s a good evening.
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\n\nHereby replaces “skeuomorphic”, courtesy @usna92
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