{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Pete Brown","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/petebrown","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"8157","username":"petebrown","bio":"I live in Western Mass, I have escaped corporate IT, and I miss the Web As It Was. 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It’s really good! <a href=\"https://explodingcomma.com/posts/i-watched-infested-again-its-really-good\">explodingcomma.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://explodingcomma.com/posts/i-watched-infested-again-its-really-good","date_published":"2025-01-25T14:30:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-25 14:30","date_timestamp":1737815413,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"56094649","content_html":"<p>The front page headline in our local paper today is that some: <a href=\"https://explodingcomma.com/posts/2025-01-24-the-front-page-headline\">explodingcomma.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://explodingcomma.com/posts/2025-01-24-the-front-page-headline","date_published":"2025-01-24T22:28:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-24 22:28","date_timestamp":1737757683,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"55861473","content_html":"<p>So long, Facebook. <a href=\"https://petebrown.pika.page/posts/so-long-facebook\">petebrown.pika.page</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://petebrown.pika.page/posts/so-long-facebook","date_published":"2025-01-24T18:53:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete 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18:53","date_timestamp":1737744780,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"56094646","content_html":"<div class=\"trix-content\">\n  <p>I am starting to think that having tools that allow and encourage people to talk about their feeling in realtime on the public internet was a bad idea. </p>\n</div>","summary":"","url":"https://explodingcomma.com/posts/2025-01-24-i-am-starting-to","date_published":"2025-01-24T17:53:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-24 17:53","date_timestamp":1737741198,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"55858208","content_html":"<div class=\"trix-content\">\n  <p>I am starting to think that having tools that allow and encourage people to talk about their feeling in realtime on the public internet was a bad idea. </p>\n</div>","summary":"","url":"https://petebrown.pika.page/posts/2025-01-24-i-am-starting-to","date_published":"2025-01-24T17:53:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-24 17:53","date_timestamp":1737741198,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"55845361","content_html":"<p>Sadly, I’m out. <a href=\"https://explodingcomma.com/2025/01/24/sadly-im-out.html\">explodingcomma.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://explodingcomma.com/2025/01/24/sadly-im-out.html","date_published":"2025-01-24T15:37:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-24 15:37","date_timestamp":1737733055,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"56094645","content_html":"<p>Sadly, I’m out. <a 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it.”</p>\n</div>","summary":"","url":"https://explodingcomma.com/posts/2025-01-24-i-dont-want-to","date_published":"2025-01-24T12:27:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-24 12:27","date_timestamp":1737721649,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"55829435","content_html":"<p>@DaveyCraney that’s where I’m headed as well. I like the idea of weblog.lol but it’s more hands-on than I really want to be these days.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/petebrown/55829435","date_published":"2025-01-24T12:08:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-24 12:08","date_timestamp":1737720528,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"55828057","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Annie\">@Annie</a> 💯</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/petebrown/55828057","date_published":"2025-01-24T11:49:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete 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people believe weird things. <a href=\"https://petebrown.pika.page/posts/smart-people-believe-weird-things\">petebrown.pika.page</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://petebrown.pika.page/posts/smart-people-believe-weird-things","date_published":"2025-01-23T23:52:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-23 23:52","date_timestamp":1737676350,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"56094641","content_html":"<p>Smart people believe weird things. <a href=\"https://explodingcomma.com/posts/smart-people-believe-weird-things\">explodingcomma.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://explodingcomma.com/posts/smart-people-believe-weird-things","date_published":"2025-01-23T23:52:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-23 23:52","date_timestamp":1737676350,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"56094639","content_html":"<div class=\"trix-content\">\n  <p>I guess the marketplace of ideas is pretty great if you own the marketplace. Or feel like you’re buddies with the guy who owns it.</p>\n</div>","summary":"","url":"https://explodingcomma.com/posts/2025-01-23-i-guess-the-marketplace","date_published":"2025-01-23T21:04:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-23 21:04","date_timestamp":1737666285,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"55781955","content_html":"<div class=\"trix-content\">\n  <p>I guess the marketplace of ideas is pretty great if you own the marketplace. Or feel like you’re buddies with the guy who owns it.</p>\n</div>","summary":"","url":"https://petebrown.pika.page/posts/2025-01-23-i-guess-the-marketplace","date_published":"2025-01-23T21:04:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-23 21:04","date_timestamp":1737666285,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"56094638","content_html":"<p>Listening to William Basinski: <a href=\"https://explodingcomma.com/posts/listening-to-william-basinski\">explodingcomma.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://explodingcomma.com/posts/listening-to-william-basinski","date_published":"2025-01-23T20:02:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-23 20:02","date_timestamp":1737662547,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"55777359","content_html":"<p>Listening to William Basinski: <a href=\"https://petebrown.pika.page/posts/listening-to-william-basinski\">petebrown.pika.page</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://petebrown.pika.page/posts/listening-to-william-basinski","date_published":"2025-01-23T20:02:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-23 20:02","date_timestamp":1737662547,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"55774728","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ddanielson@social.lol\" class=\"u-url mention\">@ddanielson</a></span> YUP. That is pretty spot-on.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/petebrown/55774728","date_published":"2025-01-23T19:46:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-23 19:46","date_timestamp":1737661619,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"55774838","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://social.lol/users/ddanielson\" class=\"u-url mention\">@ddanielson</a></span> YUP. That is pretty spot-on.  </p>","url":"https://explodingcomma.com/activitypub/conversation/petebrown/55774728","date_published":"2025-01-23T19:46:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-23 19:46","date_timestamp":1737661619,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"55761531","content_html":"<p>I am now receiving regular updates from our superintendent of schools here: <a href=\"https://petebrown.pika.page/posts/2025-01-23-i-am-now-receiving\">petebrown.pika.page</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://petebrown.pika.page/posts/2025-01-23-i-am-now-receiving","date_published":"2025-01-23T17:03:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-23 17:03","date_timestamp":1737651835,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"55735344","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/hollie\">@hollie</a> Thank you for writing this. My feelings about the whole affair are quite similar to what you describe. I’ll see what Reece has to say today, but based on everything he has said so far, I am not super optimistic.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/petebrown/55735344","date_published":"2025-01-23T11:38:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-23 11:38","date_timestamp":1737632333,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"55522406","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/gdp\">@gdp</a> LOL that’s a really nice way of saying “Read the article I linked, dingus” 🤣</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/petebrown/55522406","date_published":"2025-01-21T00:24:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-21 00:24","date_timestamp":1737419059,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"55521156","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/gdp\">@gdp</a> I am currently listening to the audiobook version of <a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/mood-machine-the-rise-of-spotify-and-the-costs-of-the-perfect-playlist-liz-pelly/21580625\">Liz Pelly’s excellent book _Mood Machine</a>, which is all about this topic. Highly recommend.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/petebrown/55521156","date_published":"2025-01-21T00:00:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-21 00:00","date_timestamp":1737417612,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"54857318","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/writingslowly\">@writingslowly</a> 💯</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/petebrown/54857318","date_published":"2025-01-12T17:10:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-12 17:10","date_timestamp":1736701806,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"54849543","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/writingslowly\">@writingslowly</a> yeah, for sure. I agree with that.</p>\n<p>I guess what I meant—and could have stated more clearly—is that we would have needed to be a lot farther along that road for there not to be significant and ongoing systemic disruptions. I’m all for the changes we <em>are</em> making, but we are well past the point (if there ever actually was such a point) where we can science our way out of these disruptions. And just to be clear, I don’t mean to imply you were saying we can science our way out.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/petebrown/54849543","date_published":"2025-01-12T14:59:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-12 14:59","date_timestamp":1736693976,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"54587785","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/7robots\">@7robots</a> I think they’re basically unavoidable at this point if you’ve got kids in the US public education system.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/petebrown/54587785","date_published":"2025-01-09T00:11:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-09 00:11","date_timestamp":1736381516,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"53656577","content_html":"<p>@darby3 Sure! <a href=\"https://albumwhale.com/petebrown/my-favorite-metal-albums-of-2024\">Here ya go</a></p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/petebrown/53656577","date_published":"2024-12-30T01:22:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-30 01:22","date_timestamp":1735521726,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"53527448","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://sevansbos.bsky.social\">@sevansbos.bsky.social</a> Wow—this is SUPER good. Hadn’t heard of this bad before but I’ll sure as heck be following them from now on!</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7hyk5dzvjz7hmlitzvygd75r/post/3leev2w3p6k2j","date_published":"2024-12-28T16:06:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-28 16:06","date_timestamp":1735401966,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"48967293","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jsonbecker\">@jsonbecker</a> 💯</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/petebrown/48967293","date_published":"2024-11-05T11:42:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-05 11:42","date_timestamp":1730806965,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"48938013","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/rom\">@rom</a> <a href=\"https://micro.blog/pratik\">@pratik</a> Yeah that’s why I tend to roll my eyes when people start going on about eliminating the EC… as much as I agree, most advocates for eliminating it never address the practicality of doing so.</p>\n<p>That said, I am slightly more optimistic regarding <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact\">the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact</a>.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/petebrown/48938013","date_published":"2024-11-04T23:49:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-04 23:49","date_timestamp":1730764193,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"48730685","content_html":"<p>@darby3 And also to you.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/petebrown/48730685","date_published":"2024-11-01T17:26:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-01 17:26","date_timestamp":1730481997,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"48644956","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/spgreenhalgh\">@spgreenhalgh</a> How do we know <em>you’re</em> not a Skrull?</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/petebrown/48644956","date_published":"2024-10-31T13:28:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-31 13:28","date_timestamp":1730381332,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"48487660","content_html":"<p>@AndyNicolaides UGH. I have never understood the upset about this. I charge my mouse <em>maybe</em> once a month. Leaving it plugged in for a few hours at the end of the day is enough, and it has never once interfered with my usage.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/petebrown/48487660","date_published":"2024-10-29T10:34:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-29 10:34","date_timestamp":1730198068,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"48282202","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/patrickrhone\">@patrickrhone</a> Shocked? Not really, given the billionaire owners of these papers. Nonetheless, it is disappointing and cowardly, and I think that is what most of the upset it about.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/petebrown/48282202","date_published":"2024-10-26T00:12:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-26 00:12","date_timestamp":1729901530,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"48197878","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/mroutley\">@mroutley</a> the Exchange Place PATH station in Jersey City</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/petebrown/48197878","date_published":"2024-10-24T20:19:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-24 20:19","date_timestamp":1729801194,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"48114837","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/SimonWoods\">@SimonWoods</a> You are a moral degenerate for saying this and I henceforth ban you, sir. BANNED</p>\n<p>🤣</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/petebrown/48114837","date_published":"2024-10-23T17:27:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-23 17:27","date_timestamp":1729704477,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"48114746","content_html":"<p>@BenSouthwood 💯</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/petebrown/48114746","date_published":"2024-10-23T17:26:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-23 17:26","date_timestamp":1729704419,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"48106839","content_html":"<p>@BenSouthwood My vote would be “A Little Respect” but different people can like different things 😁</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/petebrown/48106839","date_published":"2024-10-23T15:55:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-23 15:55","date_timestamp":1729698922,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"47871876","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/tinyroofnail\">@tinyroofnail</a> 🤣</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/petebrown/47871876","date_published":"2024-10-20T00:37:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-20 00:37","date_timestamp":1729384673,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"47839093","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/tinyroofnail\">@tinyroofnail</a> I mean, software-as-a-service is basically one giant cost/risk-externalization scheme—I think it leads to all sorts of weird and detrimental incentives. I don’t have a good answer, though, and I think there are vast and confusing grey areas. I like having email but I want no part of running my own email server.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/petebrown/47839093","date_published":"2024-10-19T12:49:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Pete Brown","url":"https://explodingcomma.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8157.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"petebrown"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-19 12:49","date_timestamp":1729342189,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}