{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Simon Dew","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/simonjabadaw","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"42464","username":"simonjabadaw","bio":"Tech comms and linguistics","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":423,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://micro.blog/photos/200/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg"},"items":[{"id":"79915624","content_html":"<p>No surprises here</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/img-5100-m.jpg\" width=\"337\" height=\"600\" alt=\"My top songs of 2025 from YouTube Music. 1: V'là l'printemps (valse à 5 temps) — 21 Boutons. 2: La Fete De Village / Hornpipe / Miss Sackville's Fancy — Barry Dransfield. 3: Blackbird Schottisch — Miranda Rutter &amp; Rob Harbron. 4: Papillon — Ulman. 5: The Savage Hornpipe — Pete Cooper.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/2025/12/13/no-surprises-here.html","date_published":"2025-12-13T00:33:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-13 00:33","date_timestamp":1765585984,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kpawc2ahslfo7kliqt3iuo44/post/3m7teae2mor2d"]}},{"id":"77932098","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/mags@social.mags.omg.lol\" class=\"u-url mention\">@mags</a></span> brìghde chaimbeul is fantastic. I saw her at Band on the Wall recently and bought her LP</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw/77932098","date_published":"2025-11-13T23:02:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-13 23:02","date_timestamp":1763074960,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"70293014","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://nathangoldwag.wordpress.com/2025/08/01/intention-matters-the-magic-of-middle-earth/\">Intention Matters: The Magic of Middle-earth</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/2025/08/01/intention-matters-the-magic-of.html","date_published":"2025-08-01T13:00:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-01 13:00","date_timestamp":1754053257,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kpawc2ahslfo7kliqt3iuo44/post/3lvdphikemq2t"]}},{"id":"70211581","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/mags@social.mags.omg.lol\" class=\"u-url mention\">@mags</a></span> sorry I only just noticed this! Yes I can see it</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw/70211581","date_published":"2025-07-31T12:48:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-07-31 12:48","date_timestamp":1753966136,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66832268","content_html":"<p>Into Derbyshire, and starting to get properly hilly now. Passed the gauging basin at Bottoms Reservoir in Longdendale. #TransPennineTrail 🚲</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/f5af191c91-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"A wooden signpost stands at the corner of a field. Farm buildings in the distance, hills behind them.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/d6fc7ca96f-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"A road sign saying Derbyshire. The trail continues to the left through a gap in a stone wall.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/d6df279cf6-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Nestled in the hills, a grey stone circular structure stands in the middle of a reservoir.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/2025/06/15/into-derbyshire-and-starting-to.html","date_published":"2025-06-15T17:06:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-15 17:06","date_timestamp":1750007203,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kpawc2ahslfo7kliqt3iuo44/post/3lrnxb63wf227"]}},{"id":"66831145","content_html":"<p>Old railway architecture in Hyde. #TransPennineTrail 🚲</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/91975c0605-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"A narrow arched tunnel through a steep, stone-faced bank.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/5857f4ed82-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"A square tunnel underneath a stone railway embankment.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/7b63452f4a-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"A wide rectangular tunnel under a railway bridge. This one still has signs warning not to trespass on the railway, although the track is long gone.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/0d58d79749-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"The trail continues under an arched stone bridge.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/2025/06/15/old-railway-architecture-in-hyde.html","date_published":"2025-06-15T16:44:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-15 16:44","date_timestamp":1750005890,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kpawc2ahslfo7kliqt3iuo44/post/3lrnw2dewn527"]}},{"id":"66830390","content_html":"<p>Wiers and waterfalls on the Tame. I’ve now gone beyond the part of the trail I knew from my commute. #TransPennineTrail 🚲</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/cc9109f551-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A big weir (or small waterfall) on rapidly flowing river, visible between trees.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/c36086c16b-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"A gravel trail curving away between the trees.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/29267d5ecd-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Another bigger waterfall visible through the trees. The banks of the river are lined with stone walls.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/70fbc6bd87-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Another view of the same weir or waterfall in a rapidly flowing river. The curve of the fall is very regular, looking like it was built rather than natural.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/2025/06/15/wiers-and-waterfalls-on-the.html","date_published":"2025-06-15T16:34:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-15 16:34","date_timestamp":1750005267,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kpawc2ahslfo7kliqt3iuo44/post/3lrnvhyzp2m2d"]}},{"id":"66829944","content_html":"<p>Feels like I’m getting closer to the hills now. The ruins of Hyde Hall stand forlorn, surrounded by modern housing. #TransPennineTrail 🚲</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/6a2def4990-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"An open field. On the other side, a few industrial buildings and residential tower blocks. Beyond them, the hills. They look a lot closer than they did last time we saw them.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/357722a237-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"A red brick Jacobean building stands half in ruins. Several tiles are missing from the roof.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/b6ea803692-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"A closer view of the archway through to the courtyard of the building. Cottage buildings are visible within. The archway is fenced off, with signs warning people to keep out and not to smoke.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/b05c32481a-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"The outer wall of Hyde Hall. Iron buttresses have been added to prop the wall up.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/2025/06/15/feels-like-im-getting-closer.html","date_published":"2025-06-15T16:25:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-15 16:25","date_timestamp":1750004740,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kpawc2ahslfo7kliqt3iuo44/post/3lrnuxunola2s"]}},{"id":"66829089","content_html":"<p>The lost streets of Portwood. Lunch in Reddish Vale. #TransPennineTrail 🚲</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/0a87635458-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"An overgrown patch of derelict land behind the Portwood Tesco. Behind it, an old mill chimney.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/f958da2b98-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"More derelict land behind the Portwood Tesco. The former street pattern is just about discernible, as are the street lights. Half of the view is now taken up by a giant Porsche showroom.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/be90d93edf-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Framed by trees, the view over a wide green valley from a former railway embankment.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/fca84d5a02-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A hummus and green olive bagel. Mmmmm!\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/2025/06/15/the-lost-streets-of-portwood.html","date_published":"2025-06-15T16:09:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-15 16:09","date_timestamp":1750003756,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kpawc2ahslfo7kliqt3iuo44/post/3lrnu2ilbtx23"]}},{"id":"66819400","content_html":"<p>“Water is life and heaven’s gift. Here rivers Goyt and Tame become Mersey, flowing clear from Stockport to the sea” #TransPennineTrail 🚲</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/12b9b44b8a-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"An art installation overlooking the confluence of the Goyt and the Tame, bearing the quoted poem\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/fffe42d59c-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"The Goyt. A river running under an old stone bridge and over a weir.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/025f0fb82e-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"The Tame. A river flowing under the M60. There’s an abandoned Flymo lawnmower on its bank.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/fad1065bba-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"The young Mersey, flowing alongside the M60 motorway.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/2025/06/15/water-is-life-and-heavens.html","date_published":"2025-06-15T13:10:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-15 13:10","date_timestamp":1749993001,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kpawc2ahslfo7kliqt3iuo44/post/3lrnk24zylp2s"]}},{"id":"66819075","content_html":"<p>Stockport. In my head I always sing “Cyclist Dismount” to the tune of <em>Shepherds Arise</em>. The remains of Tiviot Dale station. I unironically do think Stockport is beautiful. #TransPennineTrail 🚲</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/14ca7cd91f-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A sign saying Cyclist Dismount\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/9fadfb38e6-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"What looks like a forest glade. Overlooking the remains of an abandoned railway station in the heart of Stockport.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/3f4b5badba-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Cyclopean architecture overlooking a river gorge. The remains of a railway bridge abutment.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/c83aa8ff46-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Graffiti on the side of the M60: oh the beauty of it all\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/2025/06/15/stockport-in-my-head-i.html","date_published":"2025-06-15T13:01:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-15 13:01","date_timestamp":1749992511,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kpawc2ahslfo7kliqt3iuo44/post/3lrnjo422a62b"]}},{"id":"66816651","content_html":"<p>Feels a bit weird to be blogging this bit of the #TransPennineTrail as this was my commute to work for nearly 10 years. Railway ruins on the Mersey; horses at Vale Road Farm. The only thing that’s changed is that the pyramid is finally occupied again. 🚲</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/f3a517573a-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"The trail runs under a road bridge, bright with sunshine at the far end\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/7ceeb5e719-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"The remains of a Victorian railway bridge on the far side of a narrow river. The banks are lush with vegetation under bright sunshine\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/901df44b2e-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"A blue glass pyramid-shaped building on the other side of the street. A sign on the side says Royal Nawab\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/2025/06/15/feels-a-bit-weird-to.html","date_published":"2025-06-15T12:08:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-15 12:08","date_timestamp":1749989309,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kpawc2ahslfo7kliqt3iuo44/post/3lrnglt27xh2p"]}},{"id":"65247046","content_html":"<p>Rainbows as the weather lifted. Finished today’s stage in Didsbury. Only 32 km, much shorter than last time, deliberately so. #TransPennineTrail 🚲</p>\n<p>The banks of the Mersey are still a mess in Didsbury, where they were breached in the floods last winter. Repairs ongoing near Simon’s Bridge.</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/d50390a95e-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"The trail running alongside the river, which is barely visible behind the greenery on its banks. There are trees on either side, framing a double rainbow,  bright against a grey sky.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/64b3ecc6be-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"The trail running alongside the river. In the middle distance is a barrier with a sign saying that the path is closed. Beyond that are rows of sandbags, plugging a huge gap where the bank of the river has been swept away.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/2025/05/25/rainbows-as-the-weather-lifted.html","date_published":"2025-05-25T17:53:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-25 17:53","date_timestamp":1748195582,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kpawc2ahslfo7kliqt3iuo44/post/3lpza3xujzg2m"]}},{"id":"65245775","content_html":"<p>Les pavés ! L’enfer du Nord-Ouest ! Not sure if I’m going in the right direction here. #TransPennineTrail 🚲</p>\n<p>(Turned out I was. And shortly after I took this photo the weather turned horrible. Just like the Paris-Roubaix lol)</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/5c6f99d436-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A cobbled path descending between green hedges.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/2025/05/25/les-pavs-lenfer-du-nordouest.html","date_published":"2025-05-25T17:28:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-25 17:28","date_timestamp":1748194107,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kpawc2ahslfo7kliqt3iuo44/post/3lpz6onu5yt2p"]}},{"id":"65242617","content_html":"<p>Kickety Brook, then over the M60. Tried to draft this delivery rider for a while, but he dropped me somewhere in Stretford. #TransPennineTrail 🚲</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/54c6e7f6a9-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Golden field of wild flowers framed by trees.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/ac1ed04772-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"A suspension bridge over a motorway.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/ef1641661e-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A gravel lane through fields, lined by picket fences. In the distance a delivery rider on an e-bike with a food delivery bag on his back.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/2025/05/25/kickety-brook-then-over-the.html","date_published":"2025-05-25T16:35:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-25 16:35","date_timestamp":1748190918,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kpawc2ahslfo7kliqt3iuo44/post/3lpz3pzl4yr2s"]}},{"id":"65241397","content_html":"<p>The stank of Carrington Moss, and then over a bridge and we meet Mother Mersey again. Looking very different from the last time we saw her. #TransPennineTrail 🚲</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/8f92a69fce-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"A trail overshadowed by trees in dappled sunshine\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/14ba9ebdf6-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"An iron bridge over the Mersey, painted green\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/a4331b2297-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"A trail alongside a narrow river. Green banks and trees on either side.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/2025/05/25/the-stank-of-carrington-moss.html","date_published":"2025-05-25T16:09:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-25 16:09","date_timestamp":1748189357,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kpawc2ahslfo7kliqt3iuo44/post/3lpz2b5ll3f2o"]}},{"id":"65239513","content_html":"<p>Dunham Massey to Broadheath. In the far distance, across the green Cheshire plain, I catch my first glimpse of the Pennines, a blue line on the horizon. Before them, the towers of Manchester. #TransPennineTrail 🚲</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/af1ff521a7-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"A country lane with a street sign: Station Road. The trail continues alongside a white painted cottage.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/e63c152c21-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"At extreme zoom across the fields, the skyscrapers of Manchester City centre.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/2025/05/25/dunham-massey-to-broadheath-in.html","date_published":"2025-05-25T15:31:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-25 15:31","date_timestamp":1748187087,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kpawc2ahslfo7kliqt3iuo44/post/3lpyy5kjmnx2s"]}},{"id":"65238805","content_html":"<p>Thelwall and Lymm, along old railway lines. I don’t think I’m actually going to see the Thelwall Viaduct after all #TransPennineTrail 🚲</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/b6c023f7d9-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"My cockpit. Pointing east along a rail trail, trees, dappled sunshine.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/897655af8a-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Looking back along the trail at Lymm. An old red brick house next to the trail, behind a white picket fence.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/e7d8beb647-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"A gravel trail to the right; looking across a low hedge to a green field on the left.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/5aafd5e0e1-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Looks like an abandoned industrial building or shed next to the trail in Lymm.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/2025/05/25/thelwall-and-lymm-along-old.html","date_published":"2025-05-25T15:17:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-25 15:17","date_timestamp":1748186242,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kpawc2ahslfo7kliqt3iuo44/post/3lpyxegi4sd2m"]}},{"id":"65234838","content_html":"<p>Stopping for lunch in Wilderspool. Manchester ship canal, Chester Road swing bridge (I think) #transpenninetrail 🚲</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/b5dd10e5f9-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"A blue signpost for the Trans Pennine Trail. To the left it points West, to the right it points East\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/01fa79a340-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"The Manchester Ship Canal with lush greenery on either bank. The sky is blue with little fluffy clouds\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/068134a190-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"A swing bridge carrying road traffic. A beautiful mathematical curve made of girders. It’s looking a bit rusty.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/d3a7b3c449-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"My trusty forest green Revolution Cross next to a park bench. On the bench, a flask of coffee and a box of cheese and caponata wraps.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/2025/05/25/stopping-for-lunch-in-wilderspool.html","date_published":"2025-05-25T14:08:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-25 14:08","date_timestamp":1748182133,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kpawc2ahslfo7kliqt3iuo44/post/3lpytk4grmm27"]}},{"id":"65230683","content_html":"<p>On the train to Warrington for stage two. It’s been a while. #transpenninetrail 🚲</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/479923d9e1-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Two bikes standing together in the bicycle storage area of a crowded East Midlands train\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/2025/05/25/on-the-train-to-warrington.html","date_published":"2025-05-25T12:39:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-25 12:39","date_timestamp":1748176797,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kpawc2ahslfo7kliqt3iuo44/post/3lpyokqizu626"]}},{"id":"64264769","content_html":"<p>There was a fiddle player at the session tonight who had been taught by Miranda Rutter and knew some of her tunes 🎵</p>\n<p>Makes me happy, because I’ve been gently trying to get a couple of those tunes into the tradition here. Great to meet someone who already knows them</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/2025/05/12/there-was-a-fiddle-player.html","date_published":"2025-05-12T22:21:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-12 22:21","date_timestamp":1747088494,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kpawc2ahslfo7kliqt3iuo44/post/3loyyywga3p2e"]}},{"id":"64263335","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/your-questions-answered-were-already\">We’re Already in the Aftermath</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>what our overlords want to do is … destroy every vestige of the past and replace it, largely through digital technology. They want to control meaning itself; they want to regulate our ability to find meaning in our life and to know our own past</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/2025/05/12/were-already-in-the-aftermath.html","date_published":"2025-05-12T21:57:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-12 21:57","date_timestamp":1747087076,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kpawc2ahslfo7kliqt3iuo44/post/3loyxorxnz62u"]}},{"id":"60344280","content_html":"<p>New season of The Change on 25 March! Featuring Boss Morris with music from Sam Sweeney, Rob Harbron and Miranda Rutter 📺</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DHQ8xzEMYBH/?igsh=bXoxMXVxZzBxbWtq&amp;img_index=1\">Boss Morris | Instagram</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/2025/03/20/new-season-of-the-change.html","date_published":"2025-03-20T23:43:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-03-20 23:43","date_timestamp":1742514231,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kpawc2ahslfo7kliqt3iuo44/post/3lktuvm4t2r2n"]}},{"id":"60200042","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://manchesterfolk.com/event/mff2025-free-folk-sessions-the-smithfield-market-tavern\">Free Folk Sessions @ The Smithfield Market Tavern - Manchester Folk</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Join us at The Smithfield Market Tavern from Thursday 20th – Saturday 22nd March for free folk sessions.</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/2025/03/19/free-folk-sessions-the-smithfield.html","date_published":"2025-03-19T20:10:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-03-19 20:10","date_timestamp":1742415043,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kpawc2ahslfo7kliqt3iuo44/post/3lkqyj2nvu32h"]}},{"id":"57988591","content_html":"<p>Birds seem to be having a cultural moment. Model swifts at the Millennium Gallery in Sheffield, to raise awareness of the Sheffield Swift Network. Made at a workshop led by Patrick Amber and my old friend Jo Veal.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://patrickamber.co.uk/screaming-swifts\">A Scream of Swifts</a></p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/71affcd340-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Two model swifts suspended from a curved glass ceiling. One has a red heart on its breast\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/e6c2c9dfb3-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Three more model swifts suspended from a glass ceiling. They’re all about a metre in wingspan\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/b27bfd448f-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"More model swifts in the same location. They are all made of tissue layered with PVA glue over a willow frame.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/39ffd29b00-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Three more model swifts in the same location. All the models are painted dark with a feather pattern.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/2025/02/19/birds-seem-to-be-having.html","date_published":"2025-02-19T23:15:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-19 23:15","date_timestamp":1740006957,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kpawc2ahslfo7kliqt3iuo44/post/3likvsq72o62o"]}},{"id":"56696953","content_html":"<p>To the Monday evening session, where I saw this message from Ursula Le Guin</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/16976/2025/d8610ba6a9-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A sticker on a hand dryer in a tiled pub toilet. It says: ‘We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Ursula Le Guin’\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/2025/02/04/to-the-monday-evening-session.html","date_published":"2025-02-04T00:17:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-04 00:17","date_timestamp":1738628268,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kpawc2ahslfo7kliqt3iuo44/post/3lhcrsxw26n2m"]}},{"id":"56261989","content_html":"<blockquote>\n<p>Effective immediately, STC will permanently close its doors and cease all activities</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.stc.org/\">Society for Technical Communication</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/2025/01/29/effective-immediately-stc-will-permanently.html","date_published":"2025-01-29T17:01:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-29 17:01","date_timestamp":1738170099,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kpawc2ahslfo7kliqt3iuo44/post/3lgvh7iixcq24"]}},{"id":"54226167","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/PatternChaser@mas.to\" class=\"u-url mention\">@PatternChaser</a></span> I can understand that you may have lived your life slightly differently if you had known, perhaps to avoid others taking advantage. But on the whole I think it’s honourable that you have tried to live your life decently, even so.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw/54226167","date_published":"2025-01-04T17:08:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-04 17:08","date_timestamp":1736010523,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"51383484","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/PatternChaser@mastodon.green\" class=\"u-url mention\">@PatternChaser</a></span> Well, here’s the thing. I had to start looking up the details. Parakeets are of course an invasive species in England. So some people assume they may be out-competing / displacing native birds. But it’s hard to find any studies which confirm that.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw/51383484","date_published":"2024-12-06T09:37:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-06 09:37","date_timestamp":1733477868,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"51120051","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://deborahwrites.com\">@deborahwrites.com</a> Good luck!</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kpawc2ahslfo7kliqt3iuo44/post/3lcdzqbzemc22","date_published":"2024-12-02T21:06:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-02 21:06","date_timestamp":1733173595,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"50840580","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/PatternChaser@mastodon.green\" class=\"u-url mention\">@PatternChaser</a></span> I don’t listen to music when I’m running so this is the kind of thing that goes through my mind 😀</p>\n<p>I’ve never really noticed it before, but the pigeons seemed to be mobbing the parakeets. Or maybe it was the other way around</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw/50840580","date_published":"2024-11-30T19:22:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-30 19:22","date_timestamp":1732994562,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"51120056","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://simonjabadaw.bsky.social\">@simonjabadaw.bsky.social</a> Hi <a href=\"http://deborah-writes.bsky.social\">@deborah-writes.bsky.social</a> ! Yeah, I realised later that this isn’t the Thelwall viaduct, it’s the Mersey Gateway bridge. The Thelwall viaduct is a bit further on. My bad, I was confused where I was. Still an unsettling statement though</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kpawc2ahslfo7kliqt3iuo44/post/3l5p7jxpuok2y","date_published":"2024-10-04T16:43:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-04 16:43","date_timestamp":1728060224,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"42013109","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/plaindocs@chaos.social\" class=\"u-url mention\">@plaindocs</a></span> Welcome to Manchester!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw/42013109","date_published":"2024-07-22T14:47:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-07-22 14:47","date_timestamp":1721659631,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"32301945","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw\">@simonjabadaw</a> Finished watching season 1. Of course the difficulties are all resolved. Hard to say why this one evoked such strong feelings for me. Will definitely watch the rest</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw/32301945","date_published":"2024-02-24T14:18:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-02-24 14:18","date_timestamp":1708784303,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"30804027","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw\">@simonjabadaw</a> Am I going to bother with the hashtag? Micro.blog doesn’t use them, and neither does Bluesky at the moment. But Mastodon does. Guess I’ll stick with it.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw/30804027","date_published":"2024-02-10T23:35:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-02-10 23:35","date_timestamp":1707608107,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"29597459","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> interesting! The BlueSky approach reminds me of the stand-off markup used in Project Xanadu — IIRC</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw/29597459","date_published":"2024-01-19T21:05:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-01-19 21:05","date_timestamp":1705698300,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"28824371","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/lananovikova@techhub.social\" class=\"u-url mention\">@lananovikova</a></span> Interesting! But I think non-technical reviewers are going to want a GUI for comments and suggestions, like in Google Docs or Word. They’re not going to be happy adding markup to a plain text file.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw/28824371","date_published":"2024-01-04T21:20:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-01-04 21:20","date_timestamp":1704403204,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"27271465","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/sarah11918@mastodon.social\" class=\"u-url mention\">@sarah11918</a></span> This looks great! I like the idea of having reviewer guides alongside the contributor guides and style guides.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw/27271465","date_published":"2023-12-02T20:35:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-12-02 20:35","date_timestamp":1701549327,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"27043877","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/lornajane@indieweb.social\" class=\"u-url mention\">@lornajane</a></span> Thanks — OpenAPI Overlays looks like a really useful feature. And yes, I get tripped up by OpenAPI / OpenAI every time 🙂</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw/27043877","date_published":"2023-11-28T13:20:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-11-28 13:20","date_timestamp":1701177647,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"26967908","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/vincent\">@vincent</a> just wanted to add my appreciation for Gluon. I love the way it lets you switch on the fly between posts-only and posts-with-replies. And it’s the only app which shows all the contacts I’m following — in A-Z order. Fully understand you need to step away from development. But thanks!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw/26967908","date_published":"2023-11-26T21:04:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-11-26 21:04","date_timestamp":1701032673,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"26618104","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/RheniumSoy@climatejustice.rocks\" class=\"u-url mention\">@RheniumSoy</a></span> good to see you over here!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw/26618104","date_published":"2023-11-19T10:04:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-11-19 10:04","date_timestamp":1700388294,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"21155246","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw\">@simonjabadaw</a></p>\n<p>&gt; Help us floor the Bulverton! After your incredible community response when the Bulverton was under threat, we’re coming to you for help.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/nobodys-floorless-bulverton\">Nobody’s Floorless: Bulverton - a Music crowdfunding project in Sidmouth by The Sidmouth Folk Festival</a></p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw/21155246","date_published":"2023-07-21T09:37:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-07-21 09:37","date_timestamp":1689932238,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"20984977","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw\">@simonjabadaw</a> Selam Adamu has started a petition here, FWIW</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.change.org/p/save-the-bulverton-dance-floor-at-sidmouth-folk-festival?recruiter=1028275796&amp;recruited_by_id=cebd7b10-1e51-11ea-85d8-1baa5c49f336&amp;utm_source=share_petition&amp;utm_campaign=share_for_starters_page&amp;utm_medium=copylink\">Save the Bulverton dance floor at Sidmouth Folk Festival</a></p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw/20984977","date_published":"2023-07-16T16:06:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-07-16 16:06","date_timestamp":1689523586,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"20485683","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/PatternChaser@mastodon.green\" class=\"u-url mention\">@PatternChaser</a></span> if you’re looking for new, have you read Susanna Clarke? Start with <em>Piranesi</em> and work up to <em>Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell</em>.</p>\n<p>Everything I’ve read by Francis Hardinge has been astonishing. Marketed as “young adult”, but the original Earthsea trilogy has also been described as such. Try <em>Cuckoo Song</em> and <em>A Face Like Glass</em>.</p>\n<p>Apologies if you’ve tried these already!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw/20485683","date_published":"2023-07-03T16:35:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-07-03 16:35","date_timestamp":1688402111,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"20076445","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/mwilkinsonphoto@mcr.wtf\" class=\"u-url mention\">@mwilkinsonphoto</a></span> fantastic overhead shot. I love that building. I guess you know the story that it’s on a ley line with three other glass pyramids ;-)</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://dedomenici.com/pyramidleyline\">dedomenici.com/pyramidle…</a></p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw/20076445","date_published":"2023-06-20T13:41:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-06-20 13:41","date_timestamp":1687268493,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19796269","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw\">@simonjabadaw</a> I love the little aside in the middle where he mentions that jazz improvisers’ brains are primed to see the II-V progression everywhere. Reminds me of linguistics and the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, somehow.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw/19796269","date_published":"2023-06-09T20:14:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-06-09 20:14","date_timestamp":1686341660,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19243279","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/lucyweirphd@mastodon.ie\" class=\"u-url mention\">@lucyweirphd</a></span> I’m afraid I don’t know the translator. I just searched for the first line and found the whole translation on some website, poetry corner or poetry nook or something, but translator not credited. Turns out I had heard the story of Ó Raifteirí’s childhood somewhere, but I was completely ignorant of his work. That poem just, I don’t know, reminded me of the possibilities of what language can do. Good luck with the story!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw/19243279","date_published":"2023-05-19T18:39:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-19 18:39","date_timestamp":1684521541,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"17626455","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/remoquete@hachyderm.io\" class=\"u-url mention\">@remoquete</a></span> This is fantastic. I’m sure other technical communicators can add to the map. I certainly sojourned in the DocBook Mountains on my way from the Word Badlands to the Docs-As-Code Stronghold by way of the Gulf of DITA.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw/17626455","date_published":"2023-03-13T00:18:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-03-13 00:18","date_timestamp":1678666680,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"16420402","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/remoquete@hachyderm.io\" class=\"u-url mention\">@remoquete</a></span> nice monitor.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw/16420402","date_published":"2023-02-01T10:44:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-02-01 10:44","date_timestamp":1675248284,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"15607997","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw\">@simonjabadaw</a> A tricky one, this. It’s so obviously a five-time tune, but the lyric has all kinds of anacruses and cross-rhythm stresses, plus that 5 line structure.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/simonjabadaw/15607997","date_published":"2022-12-31T22:40:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Simon Dew","url":"http://simonjabadaw.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fmastodonie%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F307%2F907%2F111%2F422%2F478%2Foriginal%2F40e1975e702d9af8.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"simonjabadaw"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-12-31 22:40","date_timestamp":1672526445,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}