{"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 & 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":"92195602","content_html":"

📚 bookblog: Reagan Youth (❤️❤️🖤🖤🖤): spencergreenhalgh.com

","summary":"This series just does not work for me, I think. I passed it up countless times at various libraries before coming into PDFs of it through a Humble Bundle. That was also not a done deal until I read Remender’s Black Science, which I mostly appreciated and figured that maybe I should try this one, too...","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/myself/2026-06-14-this-series/","date_published":"2026-06-14T23:52:28+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":"2026-06-14 23:52","date_timestamp":1781481148,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92051943","content_html":"

🔗 linkblog: BYU professor’s book about a Latter-day Saint stuck in hell now numbered among greatest works of fiction: spencergreenhalgh.com

","summary":"Had no idea this book was going viral, and I was just gushing about it last week. One of my favorite pieces of fiction ever, and it deserves all the accolades.","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-06-12-had-no/","date_published":"2026-06-12T12:19:23+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":"2026-06-12 12:19","date_timestamp":1781266763,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92036850","content_html":"

📺 tvblog: For All Mankind Season 5 (❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤): spencergreenhalgh.com

","summary":"I still recognize the bones of why I’ve liked this show for 5+ years, but this season feels like a stretch. The Titan mission seems like the worst planned space mission of all time, Dev makes a lot of dumb decisions so that he can have a change of heart later, and many of the characters feel like do...","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/myself/2026-06-12-i-still/","date_published":"2026-06-12T11:32:41+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":"2026-06-12 11:32","date_timestamp":1781263961,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92005673","content_html":"

🔗 linkblog: Grok Is Still Hosting Sexualized Deepfakes of Famous Women: spencergreenhalgh.com

","summary":"Important update on Grok nonsense.","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-06-11-important-update/","date_published":"2026-06-11T20:40:02+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":"2026-06-11 20:40","date_timestamp":1781210402,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92005672","content_html":"

🔗 linkblog: Why Google’s New AI-Saturated Search Page Will Be A Disaster: spencergreenhalgh.com

","summary":"Pretty compelling example of digital labor issues (both subtle and explicit) related to AI. Surely letting Google shape our questions and provide all the answers won’t be an issue?","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-06-11-pretty-compelling/","date_published":"2026-06-11T20:30:09+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":"2026-06-11 20:30","date_timestamp":1781209809,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92005671","content_html":"

📺 tvblog: Un village français Saison 6 (❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️): spencergreenhalgh.com

","summary":"Cette série continue à faire des bêtises que je trouve gênantes: Il n’y a que quelques personnages « importants » qui doivent vivre toutes les expériences d’un.e Français.e de cette époque, et il y a plein de choses qui se passent pour des raisons dramatiques et non logiques.\n\nPourtant, cette saison...","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-06-11-cette-s%C3%A9rie/","date_published":"2026-06-11T18:51:07+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":"2026-06-11 18:51","date_timestamp":1781203867,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91986707","content_html":"

🔗 linkblog: Elon Musk is encouraging race riots on the eve of SpaceX’s IPO: spencergreenhalgh.com

","summary":"Walking disaster.","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-06-11-walking-disaster./","date_published":"2026-06-11T16:06:33+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":"2026-06-11 16:06","date_timestamp":1781193993,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91986706","content_html":"

🔗 linkblog: People Living Near xAI’s Dirty Data Centers Are Pissed About the SpaceX IPO: spencergreenhalgh.com

","summary":"I concede that appeals to the environmental costs of AI sometimes feel knee-jerk and lacking nuance. However, you can always count on Musk to provide a clear example of the harms of AI, and this is a particularly compelling one.","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-06-11-i-concede/","date_published":"2026-06-11T11:18:10+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":"2026-06-11 11:18","date_timestamp":1781176690,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91895943","content_html":"

“C’mon kiddo, you need to try to get up.” “Sorry, dad, I rolled a nat 1, so I have to stay in bed.”

","summary":"","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/relationships/2026-06-10-cmon-kiddo/","date_published":"2026-06-10T11:59:22+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":"2026-06-10 11:59","date_timestamp":1781092762,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91795794","content_html":"

☕ teablog: Coffee Crossing, Almond Cookie (❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤): spencergreenhalgh.com

","summary":"Late night driving sometimes means stopping for tea on the way, and this was a delicious choice.","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/myself/2026-06-08-late-night/","date_published":"2026-06-08T21:04:31+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":"2026-06-08 21:04","date_timestamp":1780952671,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91795793","content_html":"

📚 bookblog: Other Confections (❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️): spencergreenhalgh.com

","summary":"See, here’s a volume that is also reallll dark but has enough anti-nihilism in it to make it shine. This is apparently the last of the volumes I own, and I don’t mind not having any more to read… this series isn’t quite as much fun the second time through.","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/myself/2026-06-08-see-heres/","date_published":"2026-06-08T21:00:41+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":"2026-06-08 21:00","date_timestamp":1780952441,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91795792","content_html":"

📚 bookblog: Tiny Lives (❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤): spencergreenhalgh.com

","summary":"Ice Cream Man rides a fine line between nihilism and anti-nihilism, and this volume was too far on the side of the former for me to really enjoy a reread.","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/myself/2026-06-08-ice-cream/","date_published":"2026-06-08T20:58:25+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":"2026-06-08 20:58","date_timestamp":1780952305,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91795791","content_html":"

📚 bookblog: Hopscotch Mélange (❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤): spencergreenhalgh.com

","summary":"Don’t remember how much I liked these stories the first time around, but the worldbuilding of Ice Cream Man is my least favorite part, and without the novelty of a first read, it was just meh.","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/myself/2026-06-08-dont-remember/","date_published":"2026-06-08T20:56:19+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":"2026-06-08 20:56","date_timestamp":1780952179,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91795790","content_html":"

📚 bookblog: As Good As New (❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤): spencergreenhalgh.com

","summary":"It didn’t change my life, but this mix of genie magic, techbro survival bunker, and passion for the theater was a fun combination.","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/myself/2026-06-08-it-didnt/","date_published":"2026-06-08T20:54:06+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":"2026-06-08 20:54","date_timestamp":1780952046,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91795789","content_html":"

📚 bookblog: All the Birds in the Sky (❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤): spencergreenhalgh.com

","summary":"This book was exploding with creativity: I loved the idea of a two-second time machine as something that just kind of exists but hasn’t caught the public eye, to the extent that it’s forgotten about quickly in the narrative. I also appreciate any story that takes shots at tech bros, and the magic in...","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/myself/2026-06-08-this-book/","date_published":"2026-06-08T20:51:28+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":"2026-06-08 20:51","date_timestamp":1780951888,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91795788","content_html":"

📚 bookblog: Izuku Midoriya: Origin (❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤): spencergreenhalgh.com

","summary":"I picked this up on a whim while visiting a Japanese bookstore with family. I’ve long felt that of the great comics traditions, manga is one I know less well than I should. I’d heard this name enough to trust buying it without knowing much about it, and I enjoyed reading it on the plane back from Lo...","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/myself/2026-06-08-i-picked/","date_published":"2026-06-08T20:46:31+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":"2026-06-08 20:46","date_timestamp":1780951591,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91766251","content_html":"

Look, I’m glad that they put good comics in the teen section of the library, but I don’t like feeling like a creeper when I go in there to check some out for myself. 😬

","summary":"","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/relationships/2026-06-08-look-im/","date_published":"2026-06-08T16:43:29+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":"2026-06-08 16:43","date_timestamp":1780937009,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91766250","content_html":"

🔗 linkblog: Hackers likely hijacked over 20,000 Instagram accounts with Meta’s AI chatbot: spencergreenhalgh.com

","summary":"20,000 accounts is a hell of a “bug.”","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-06-08-20000-accounts/","date_published":"2026-06-08T15:49:19+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":"2026-06-08 15:49","date_timestamp":1780933759,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91766249","content_html":"

🔗 linkblog: Momfluencers Are Pitching AI as a Better ‘Coparent’ Than Men: spencergreenhalgh.com

","summary":"Don’t love the idea of AI as coparent, but gendered divisions of labor also suck.","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/relationships/2026-06-08-dont-love/","date_published":"2026-06-08T11:12:01+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":"2026-06-08 11:12","date_timestamp":1780917121,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91735627","content_html":"

on extemporaneous speaking and writing sermons: spencergreenhalgh.com

","summary":"One of the best things I did for my future self when I was in high school was to follow a friend’s advice to join our school’s forensics (speech and debate) team. Joining the team let me discover something I was good at, and I developed some skills that are tremendously useful to me personally and p...","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/on-extemporaneous-speaking-and-writing-sermons/","date_published":"2026-06-08T01:41:29+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":"2026-06-08 01:41","date_timestamp":1780882889,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91627891","content_html":"

📚 bookblog: The Fermi Paradox Is Our Business Model (❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤): spencergreenhalgh.com

","summary":"There’s an interesting idea here, but I don’t know if it’s enough to build a short story around.","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/myself/2026-06-05-theres-an/","date_published":"2026-06-05T19:14:20+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":"2026-06-05 19:14","date_timestamp":1780686860,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91627890","content_html":"

📚 bookblog: The General: Charles de Gaulle and the France He Saved (❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤): spencergreenhalgh.com

","summary":"After watching several seasons of Un village français, it was inevitable that I would want to learn more about De Gaulle, someone I certainly already knew about, if not at the level I would have liked. At some point, I remembered that I had bought this biography about 15 years ago but never read it,...","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-06-05-after-watching/","date_published":"2026-06-05T19:11:39+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":"2026-06-05 19:11","date_timestamp":1780686699,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91449208","content_html":"

🔗 linkblog: Steam Sends Boilerplate Message To Gamemaker For Angering Russian Anti-LGBTQ+ Bigots: spencergreenhalgh.com

","summary":"Pretty disappointing.","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-06-02-pretty-disappointing./","date_published":"2026-06-03T05:18:39+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":"2026-06-03 05:18","date_timestamp":1780463919,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91335927","content_html":"

☕ teablog: Bigelow, English Teatime (❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤): spencergreenhalgh.com

","summary":"This was one of the better parts of a mediocre hotel breakfast, but that’s not high praise. I’d try it again, though.","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/myself/2026-06-01-this-was/","date_published":"2026-06-01T15:32:08+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":"2026-06-01 15:32","date_timestamp":1780327928,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91288860","content_html":"

📚 bookblog: Strange Neapolitan (❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️): spencergreenhalgh.com

","summary":"Caleb is my favorite in this series, and so this volume gets full marks for introducing his anti-nihilism.","url":"https://spencergreenhalgh.com/myself/2026-05-31-caleb-is/","date_published":"2026-05-31T21:40:49+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":"2026-05-31 21:40","date_timestamp":1780263649,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84209589","content_html":"

@ablerism Good for her!!!

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@joshuapsteele I’m preaching on Isaiah 58 in two weeks, and I really wish I didn’t have so much to work with.

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@KimberlyHirsh Not quite? I’m not 100% clear on the details but Reeder for iOS lets you subscribe to M.b, Bluesky, and Mastodon feeds as a client, and I’ve manually added M.b accounts

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@KimberlyHirsh as an M.b post but in an RSS+social media reader (just to make things confusing

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@mjkaul I’ve heard of Bloom’s writing on this subject but need to read it myself! I do want to spend time with Americanist Approaches to the Book of Mormon, which situate the book similarly.

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@annahavron 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.

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@robertbreen 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.

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@lukemperez bookmarking!

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@mjkaul Thinking about it!

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@manton No worries! I appreciate all your work on Micro.blog :)

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@manton 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.

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@thebigbabooski ok, I think I know what’s up… @manton, 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.)

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@thebigbabooski Hmm, thanks for letting me know. Not sure what’s up, but I’ll dig into it.

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@WiredDifferently 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).

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@ablerism 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.

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@WiredDifferently Of course! I’m not M.b hosted, though, so my exact system may not work for you. Do you use iOS?

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@aeryn @hollie me too!

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@manton I’m really happy with the number of apps like this that seem to be emerging!

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@lukemperez I’m starting to feel like my university is the only one in the world that isn’t done by now. 🙃

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@ablerism 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.

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@joshuapsteele Canticle of the Turning, full stop.

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@WiredDifferently I briefly read this as you being in Over the Rhine for a concert last night and thought “oh, I like visiting OTR!”

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@calvinjburke.bsky.social The Dispossessed is great! Cory Doctorow’s Walkaway is also in a similar vein (utopian but not naïvely so).

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@spencergreenhalgh.com 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.

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@KimberlyHirsh 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.

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