{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Spencer Greenhalgh","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/spgreenhalgh","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"2689","username":"spgreenhalgh","bio":"This relays ALL my (micro)blogging; specific RSS, Mastodon feeds on my website. Nerd (🇫🇷🚴🏼‍♂️🎲). Anxious but trying spouse, dad. Social media researcher @ U. of Kentucky. Nontheist, peace &amp; justice-aspiring elder in Community of Christ w/Mormon roots.","pronouns":"he/him","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":17,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2021/2689.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"93606743","content_html":"<p>🔗 linkblog: Cops Say Waymo Snitched on Teens for Allegedly Drinking and Shooting a Toy Gun: <a href=\"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-07-07-self-driving-cars/\">spencergreenhalgh.com</a></p>","summary":"Self-driving cars are surveillance machines.","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-07-07-self-driving-cars/","date_published":"2026-07-07T19:06:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"19:06","date_timestamp":1783451181,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93606742","content_html":"<p>One perk of using Markdown/HTML-based slides is that I can work on them from my phone’s text editor when sitting a few rows back from kiddo at a summer library event.</p>","summary":"","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/work/2026-07-07-one-perk/","date_published":"2026-07-07T14:50:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"14:50","date_timestamp":1783435837,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93606741","content_html":"<p>J’ai commencé à écouter Stromae ce matin, sans trop me demander si ça représentait de la trahison après la défaite de mes compatriotes aux mains (aux pieds ?) des Belges hier. Mais bon, j’aime bien Stromae, je m’en fiche un peu du foot, et en tout cas, les USA méritent du châtiment en ce moment.</p>","summary":"","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/myself/2026-07-07-jai-commenc%C3%A9/","date_published":"2026-07-07T12:50:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"12:50","date_timestamp":1783428632,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93606740","content_html":"<p>🔗 linkblog: A New Battle Hymn: <a href=\"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-07-06-this-is/\">spencergreenhalgh.com</a></p>","summary":"This is good!","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-07-06-this-is/","date_published":"2026-07-06T21:32:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-06 21:32","date_timestamp":1783373576,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93546137","content_html":"<p>🍿 movieblog: Toy Story 5 (❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤): <a href=\"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/relationships/2026-07-06-look-there/\">spencergreenhalgh.com</a></p>","summary":"Look, there were good parts to this movie, including jokes that made me laugh and scenes that made me tear up. 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Really enjoyed the read even if it’s not my favorite arc.","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/myself/2026-07-06-this-storyline/","date_published":"2026-07-06T12:17:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-06 12:17","date_timestamp":1783340232,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93546133","content_html":"<p>🔗 linkblog: Footage Shows Cop Stalking Woman He Met on a TV Set After Surveilling Her With a License Plate Reader: <a href=\"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-07-06-so-gross./\">spencergreenhalgh.com</a></p>","summary":"So gross.","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-07-06-so-gross./","date_published":"2026-07-06T12:13:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-06 12:13","date_timestamp":1783340016,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93546132","content_html":"<p>🔗 linkblog: These Immigrant Kids Were Once Protected. Under Trump, Their Deportations Have Tripled. <a href=\"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-07-06-how-cruel/\">spencergreenhalgh.com</a></p>","summary":"How cruel we are being as a country.","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-07-06-how-cruel/","date_published":"2026-07-06T11:05:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-06 11:05","date_timestamp":1783335935,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93442666","content_html":"<p>My mother-in-law just picked up a Snorlax mug and asked “is this a cat or Dracula?”</p>","summary":"","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/relationships/2026-07-04-my-motherinlaw/","date_published":"2026-07-04T17:22:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-04 17:22","date_timestamp":1783185777,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93389539","content_html":"<p>📚 bookblog: Medallion Status (❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤): <a href=\"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/myself/2026-07-02-i-dont/\">spencergreenhalgh.com</a></p>","summary":"I don’t regret reading this book, but it’s not as good as Hodgman’s other memoir. I don’t feel like it holds together as well, it feels anchored in 2019 in a way that doesn’t work for me, and I always get bugged when someone picks on “reckless cyclists” when so much of our world and infrastructure a...","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/myself/2026-07-02-i-dont/","date_published":"2026-07-03T00:18:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-03 00:18","date_timestamp":1783037936,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93330048","content_html":"<p>📚 bookblog: Rebirth (❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤): <a href=\"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/myself/2026-07-01-the-finale/\">spencergreenhalgh.com</a></p>","summary":"The finale of this series (or at least this arc) focused more on the parts I liked less, so meh. I still enjoyed the series though and would be interested to read more Andolfo.","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/myself/2026-07-01-the-finale/","date_published":"2026-07-02T01:45:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-02 01:45","date_timestamp":1782956748,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93330046","content_html":"<p>📺 tvblog: Sugar Season 1 (❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤): <a href=\"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/myself/2026-07-01-i-was/\">spencergreenhalgh.com</a></p>","summary":"I was ready to rate this higher when I watched the season finale last night, but after sleeping on it, I’m actually grumpier about the series than I realized. I loved the first few episodes, but I’m not sure the twist pays off, and the final episode felt stuffed too full. There’s a bit too much goin...","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/myself/2026-07-01-i-was/","date_published":"2026-07-01T22:06:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-01 22:06","date_timestamp":1782943603,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93330044","content_html":"<p>📚 bookblog: The Hunt (❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤): <a href=\"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/myself/2026-07-01-gotta-say/\">spencergreenhalgh.com</a></p>","summary":"Gotta say that I don’t like the fantasy elements of this story as much at the digs at totalitarian policing of gender and sexuality, but this second volume is still a good read.","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/myself/2026-07-01-gotta-say/","date_published":"2026-07-01T22:04:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-01 22:04","date_timestamp":1782943497,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93330039","content_html":"<p>📚 bookblog: Awakening (❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤): <a href=\"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/myself/2026-07-01-this-comic/\">spencergreenhalgh.com</a></p>","summary":"This comic is very weird, but the art is good, the translation is excellent (or at least I don’t think of it being translated), and the social commentary is very well done.","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/myself/2026-07-01-this-comic/","date_published":"2026-07-01T22:03:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-01 22:03","date_timestamp":1782943413,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93267989","content_html":"<p>🔗 linkblog: JD Vance Brags About Being Able To Do Lots Of Watergates, Compares Himself To Nixon: <a href=\"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-07-01-wait-what/\">spencergreenhalgh.com</a></p>","summary":"Wait, what?","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-07-01-wait-what/","date_published":"2026-07-01T10:58:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-01 10:58","date_timestamp":1782903485,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93191044","content_html":"<p>🔗 linkblog: Supreme Court Upholds Temporal Gerrymander That Would Cost Democrats 1932 Election: <a href=\"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-06-30-this-is/\">spencergreenhalgh.com</a></p>","summary":"This is good.","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-06-30-this-is/","date_published":"2026-06-30T13:59:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-30 13:59","date_timestamp":1782827995,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93186652","content_html":"<p>🎙️ radioblog: La Commune de Paris : Page maudite ou page glorieuse de l'histoire ? (❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤): <a href=\"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-06-29-comme-il/\">spencergreenhalgh.com</a></p>","summary":"Comme il m’arrive de lire un peu sur l’anarchisme, comme les écrits anarchistes parlent souvent de la Commune de Paris, comme je ne savais pas beaucoup sur cet évènement, et comme j’avais besoin de quoi écouter ce matin, j’ai choisi cette série pour approfondir un peu mes connaissances. J’ai toujour...","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-06-29-comme-il/","date_published":"2026-06-29T20:18:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-29 20:18","date_timestamp":1782764297,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93186651","content_html":"<p>📚 bookblog: The Boy Born with Everything (❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤): <a href=\"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/myself/2026-06-29-i-waited/\">spencergreenhalgh.com</a></p>","summary":"I waited a couple of days before writing my review, and I had trouble remembering what I had read. I really want to like this series, and I don’t actively dislike it, but that is just not a great sign.","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/myself/2026-06-29-i-waited/","date_published":"2026-06-29T20:12:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-29 20:12","date_timestamp":1782763954,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93186650","content_html":"<p>new exegetical article on Jacob 2: <a href=\"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/new-exegetical-article-on-jacob-2/\">spencergreenhalgh.com</a></p>","summary":"I’m very pleased to share that the latest issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought includes an exegetical essay (available here as webpage, PDF, and audio recording) that I wrote arguing for reading Jacob 2 in the Book of Mormon as an example of reinterpreting scripture and rethinking sexual e...","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/new-exegetical-article-on-jacob-2/","date_published":"2026-06-29T18:33:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-29 18:33","date_timestamp":1782758033,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93186649","content_html":"<p>sermon on idols and certainty: <a href=\"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/sermon-on-idols-and-certainty/\">spencergreenhalgh.com</a></p>","summary":"I had another chance to preach for the Beyond the Walls ministry based out of Toronto yesterday. I went a bit off-script in emphasizing passages other than the one I was assigned to, but I’m pretty happy with the result, and I hope it worked out for others, as well. There are a lot of people (Jacque...","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/sermon-on-idols-and-certainty/","date_published":"2026-06-29T18:20:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-29 18:20","date_timestamp":1782757244,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93117017","content_html":"<p>Had a family discussion over breakfast about not following the example of certain behaviors depicted in music videos (taking the rotoscoped hands of strange men reaching out from comic books).</p>","summary":"","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/relationships/2026-06-28-had-a/","date_published":"2026-06-28T12:38:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-28 12:38","date_timestamp":1782650328,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93061252","content_html":"<p>Like Icarus, we have soared to new heights* only to now find that we have flown to close to the sun**</p>\n<ul>\n<li>gotten away for years with buying knock-off versions of IKEA furniture</li>\n</ul>\n<p>** that our new, official IKEA accessories aren’t compatible with them</p>","summary":"","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/relationships/2026-06-27-like-icarus/","date_published":"2026-06-27T21:30:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-27 21:30","date_timestamp":1782595808,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93061251","content_html":"<p>🔗 linkblog: Are frontier models really too dangerous? <a href=\"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-06-27-some-insightful/\">spencergreenhalgh.com</a></p>","summary":"Some insightful comments here. I don’t know if they capture the whole picture of what’s going on here, but I think they’re an important part of it.","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-06-27-some-insightful/","date_published":"2026-06-27T16:38:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-27 16:38","date_timestamp":1782578311,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92921888","content_html":"<p>Spouse lines: “We christened our car—wait, I’m not religious. 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I do want to spend time with <em>Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon</em>, which situate the book similarly.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/spgreenhalgh/73559592","date_published":"2025-09-14T23:15:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-14 23:15","date_timestamp":1757891753,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"71912729","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/annahavron\">@annahavron</a> Nothing deep! Carse just distinguishes between playing to keep the play going and playing to put an end to things, and Ellul has thoughts about whether we’re locked into systems and their values, and both felt relevant.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/spgreenhalgh/71912729","date_published":"2025-08-23T23:20:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-23 23:20","date_timestamp":1755991244,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"69851061","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/robertbreen\">@robertbreen</a> Slow Horses is the example that came to mind for me, too! I think the show is actually superior to the source material in some respects.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/spgreenhalgh/69851061","date_published":"2025-07-26T13:23:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-07-26 13:23","date_timestamp":1753536228,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66506270","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/lukemperez\">@lukemperez</a> bookmarking!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/spgreenhalgh/66506270","date_published":"2025-06-11T11:58:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-11 11:58","date_timestamp":1749643087,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"60744067","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/mjkaul\">@mjkaul</a> Thinking about it!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/spgreenhalgh/60744067","date_published":"2025-03-26T14:35:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-03-26 14:35","date_timestamp":1742999711,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"58195560","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> No worries! I appreciate all your work on Micro.blog :)</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/spgreenhalgh/58195560","date_published":"2025-02-22T14:53:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-22 14:53","date_timestamp":1740236033,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"58162758","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> Ahhh, good to know. Thanks! My RSS still has full post HTML, but it seems like Micro.blog has started pulling summaries for longer posts. Looking at docs, though, it doesn’t look like that should be happening (bc I’m not using JSON), so I should do more digging instead of just spitballing.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/spgreenhalgh/58162758","date_published":"2025-02-22T01:13:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-22 01:13","date_timestamp":1740186784,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"58159999","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/thebigbabooski\">@thebigbabooski</a> ok, I think I know what’s up…    <a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a>, does M.b not hyperlink a URL in a summary? (I get that there’s no real reason to put URLs in summaries, but it’s what I’ve been doing and now I’m wondering if I should change.)</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/spgreenhalgh/58159999","date_published":"2025-02-22T00:07:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-22 00:07","date_timestamp":1740182827,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"58159437","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/thebigbabooski\">@thebigbabooski</a> Hmm, thanks for letting me know. Not sure what’s up, but I’ll dig into it.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/spgreenhalgh/58159437","date_published":"2025-02-21T23:56:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-21 23:56","date_timestamp":1740182162,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"56755570","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/WiredDifferently\">@WiredDifferently</a> Great! How does this sound: I write up a semi-detailed post on how I do this (so that I can share it with others, too), and then I can answer any follow-up questions that you have. Would that work? (Also saves me from trying to explain things in 300-character chunks).</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/spgreenhalgh/56755570","date_published":"2025-02-04T17:47:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-04 17:47","date_timestamp":1738691235,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"56604181","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ablerism\">@ablerism</a> Thanks! Re: universal theory, I’m thinking more of other comments of his about the sheer impossibility of escaping technique, that absolutely everything is governed by it, no exceptions—but again, I’m only getting started, and I’m sure I’ll have a better grasp with more reading.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/spgreenhalgh/56604181","date_published":"2025-02-02T22:03:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-02 22:03","date_timestamp":1738533816,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"56510830","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/WiredDifferently\">@WiredDifferently</a> Of course! I’m not M.b hosted, though, so my exact system may not work for you. Do you use iOS?</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/spgreenhalgh/56510830","date_published":"2025-02-01T16:05:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-01 16:05","date_timestamp":1738425938,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"53093157","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/aeryn\">@aeryn</a> <a href=\"https://micro.blog/hollie\">@hollie</a> me too!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/spgreenhalgh/53093157","date_published":"2024-12-23T21:27:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-23 21:27","date_timestamp":1734989276,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"52588439","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> I’m really happy with the number of apps like this that seem to be emerging!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/spgreenhalgh/52588439","date_published":"2024-12-18T18:22:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-18 18:22","date_timestamp":1734546176,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"52570169","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/lukemperez\">@lukemperez</a> I’m starting to feel like my university is the only one in the world that isn’t done by now. 🙃</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/spgreenhalgh/52570169","date_published":"2024-12-18T14:53:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-18 14:53","date_timestamp":1734533637,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"52568808","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ablerism\">@ablerism</a> Looking this up! Grew up in a tradition with limited hymnody and next to no engagement with the Christian calendar, so learning new Advent hymns has been a double joy of my second religious life.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/spgreenhalgh/52568808","date_published":"2024-12-18T14:29:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-18 14:29","date_timestamp":1734532145,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"52567307","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/joshuapsteele\">@joshuapsteele</a> Canticle of the Turning, full stop.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/spgreenhalgh/52567307","date_published":"2024-12-18T14:23:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-18 14:23","date_timestamp":1734531793,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"51911209","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/WiredDifferently\">@WiredDifferently</a> I briefly read this as you being <em>in</em> Over the Rhine  for a concert last night and thought “oh, I like visiting OTR!”</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/spgreenhalgh/51911209","date_published":"2024-12-11T19:58:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-11 19:58","date_timestamp":1733947131,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"51910277","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://calvinjburke.bsky.social\">@calvinjburke.bsky.social</a> The Dispossessed is great! Cory Doctorow’s Walkaway is also in a similar vein (utopian but not naïvely so).</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xu4wnvnplpptcqquxbysvvij/post/3ld2fzonnb22z","date_published":"2024-12-11T18:45:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-11 18:45","date_timestamp":1733942709,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"51910278","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://spencergreenhalgh.com\">@spencergreenhalgh.com</a> I’ve been listening to The Incomparable’s “Total Party Kill” for ages and “Worlds Beyond Number” for the past year or so. That morning, I was listening to “The Bad Spot,” which I just started.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xu4wnvnplpptcqquxbysvvij/post/3lcznsqa7a22g","date_published":"2024-12-11T11:31:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-11 11:31","date_timestamp":1733916706,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"51723204","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/KimberlyHirsh\">@KimberlyHirsh</a> I feel like it only valorizes the arts by putting them in the context of STEM. That the humanities can only get ahead by harnessing themselves to the STEM wagon.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/spgreenhalgh/51723204","date_published":"2024-12-09T23:02:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Spencer Greenhalgh","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2021%2F2689.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"spgreenhalgh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-09 23:02","date_timestamp":1733785345,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}