{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - AJ","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/therustgeek","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"81296","username":"therustgeek","bio":"Lapsed Pentecostal, Recovering Bookworm, Middling Mid-career Materials &amp; Corrosion Engineer, Talkative Introvert, Pretend Poet, Occasional Essayist, Nigerian Abroad.","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":66,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"AJ","url":"https://prodigalabroad.com/","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2026/04/81296.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"87849131","content_html":"<p>Currently watching: <a href=\"https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002stzw\">twenty twenty six</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.rustgeek.me/2026/04/08/currently-watching-twenty-twenty-six.html","date_published":"2026-04-08T16:33:02+00:00","author":{"name":"AJ","url":"https://prodigalabroad.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F81296.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"therustgeek"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"16:33","date_timestamp":1775665982,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mas.to/@therustgeek/116370046285191876","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v3fhmxkrzknpqrgjqawhvftq/post/3miypud73cu2w"]}},{"id":"87579642","content_html":"<p>Pula 2018… photo recovered</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fmicroblog.rustgeek.me%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fimg-0009.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"367\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.rustgeek.me/2026/04/04/pula-photo-recovered.html","date_published":"2026-04-04T08:33:25+00:00","author":{"name":"AJ","url":"https://prodigalabroad.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F81296.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"therustgeek"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-04 08:33","date_timestamp":1775291605,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mas.to/@therustgeek/116345511172358830","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v3fhmxkrzknpqrgjqawhvftq/post/3mint73tb6x2p"]}},{"id":"87577463","content_html":"<p>Adam Kucharski on More or Less: <a href=\"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0nbjhyb.mp3\">How likely is ‘likely’?</a></p>\n<p>I guess it depends?</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.rustgeek.me/2026/04/04/adam-kucharski-on-more-or.html","date_published":"2026-04-04T07:44:02+00:00","author":{"name":"AJ","url":"https://prodigalabroad.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F81296.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"therustgeek"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-04 07:44","date_timestamp":1775288642,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mas.to/@therustgeek/116345316731384263","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v3fhmxkrzknpqrgjqawhvftq/post/3minqgn7ljl27"]}},{"id":"87555610","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/salarymen-specialists-and-small-businesses\">Salary men, specialists and small businesses</a> - Noah Smith votes for generalists against specialists:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Essentially, AI is going to be unreliable, but not in a predictable way. Its mistakes and shortcomings will require constant human exploration and patching. This is the job of a generalist. Instead of people who do “payroll” or “back-end engineering” or “accounting”, companies will need to hire people who can do a little bit of everything, if and when the AI messes something up</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.rustgeek.me/2026/04/03/salary-men-specialists-and-small.html","date_published":"2026-04-03T21:13:37+00:00","author":{"name":"AJ","url":"https://prodigalabroad.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F81296.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"therustgeek"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-03 21:13","date_timestamp":1775250817,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mas.to/@therustgeek/116342837856731993","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v3fhmxkrzknpqrgjqawhvftq/post/3mimn7f6fky27"]}},{"id":"87527389","content_html":"<p>Beth Adams reflects on <a href=\"https://cassandrapages.substack.com/p/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-christian\">Being Christian in 2026</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Christianity has never been purely about “belief” for me — about accepting, on faith, miraculous and implausible events. And it is far less about the promise of salvation and eternal life than about my responsibilities for living this life, here and now. For me, this means an attempt to follow a simple way of life taught by an extraordinary man who understood human nature as well as anyone before or after, and trying to do this in a community of other</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.rustgeek.me/2026/04/03/beth-adams-reflects-on-being.html","date_published":"2026-04-03T12:45:16+00:00","author":{"name":"AJ","url":"https://prodigalabroad.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F81296.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"therustgeek"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-03 12:45","date_timestamp":1775220316,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mas.to/@therustgeek/116340839357019083","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v3fhmxkrzknpqrgjqawhvftq/post/3milqskhxwm2g"]}},{"id":"87197475","content_html":"<p>Musical chairs….</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fmicroblog.rustgeek.me%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fimg-20260329-160027.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"283\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.rustgeek.me/2026/03/29/musical-chairs.html","date_published":"2026-03-29T15:01:49+00:00","author":{"name":"AJ","url":"https://prodigalabroad.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F81296.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"therustgeek"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-29 15:01","date_timestamp":1774796509,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mas.to/@therustgeek/116313064848005247","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v3fhmxkrzknpqrgjqawhvftq/post/3mi7g47bhjc2v"]}},{"id":"87151872","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781788169097/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Currently Reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781788169097\">Proof : The Uncertain Science of Certainty</a> by Adam Kucharski 📚</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.rustgeek.me/2026/03/28/currently-reading-proof-the-uncertain.html","date_published":"2026-03-28T18:56:00+00:00","author":{"name":"AJ","url":"https://prodigalabroad.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F81296.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"therustgeek"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-28 18:56","date_timestamp":1774724160,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mas.to/@therustgeek/116308091072266234","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v3fhmxkrzknpqrgjqawhvftq/post/3mi57gfzmhx2g"]}},{"id":"87087855","content_html":"<p>Spotted in the wild</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fmicroblog.rustgeek.me%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fimg-20260326-065847.jpg\" width=\"465\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.rustgeek.me/2026/03/27/spotted-in-the-wild.html","date_published":"2026-03-27T17:03:12+00:00","author":{"name":"AJ","url":"https://prodigalabroad.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F81296.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"therustgeek"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-27 17:03","date_timestamp":1774630992,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mas.to/@therustgeek/116302217025526584","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v3fhmxkrzknpqrgjqawhvftq/post/3mi2lxax3wl27"]}},{"id":"87057006","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://om.co/2026/03/25/metas-may-day/\">Meta’s May Day</a>, Om Malik on that Meta verdict:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>All eyes on Santa Fe on May 4. There just might be enough structural change. And if consent architecture is put in place, then we can all feel the glow, for a moment. Billions of people deserve a different default. Till the battle starts again. Like Juul.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Facebook is long dead to me, a different “consent architecture” might just make Instagram palatable enough for me. For better or for worse, having family in the old country is the one thing that keeps me locked in to whatsapp, for now.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.rustgeek.me/2026/03/27/metas-may-day-om-malik.html","date_published":"2026-03-27T06:46:52+00:00","author":{"name":"AJ","url":"https://prodigalabroad.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F81296.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"therustgeek"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-27 06:46","date_timestamp":1774594012,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mas.to/@therustgeek/116299793453006964","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v3fhmxkrzknpqrgjqawhvftq/post/3mhzjj2j53q27"]}},{"id":"87025067","content_html":"<p>Chris Marts over at Hacking the Hike shares a list of <a href=\"https://www.hackingthehike.com/best-linux-science-software-opensuse-leap-16/\">biology and science</a> apps for Linux.</p>\n<p>Ace!</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.rustgeek.me/2026/03/26/chris-marts-over-at-hacking.html","date_published":"2026-03-26T19:16:43+00:00","author":{"name":"AJ","url":"https://prodigalabroad.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F81296.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"therustgeek"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-26 19:16","date_timestamp":1774552603,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mas.to/@therustgeek/116297080263858583","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v3fhmxkrzknpqrgjqawhvftq/post/3mhycxaqdyn2t"]}},{"id":"87017934","content_html":"<p>One for the word nerds: <a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/episode/3S5oBRMEwK15rPKe4TesX2\">Football Cliches meets Etymology</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.rustgeek.me/2026/03/26/one-for-the-word-nerds.html","date_published":"2026-03-26T17:50:58+00:00","author":{"name":"AJ","url":"https://prodigalabroad.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F81296.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"therustgeek"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-26 17:50","date_timestamp":1774547458,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mas.to/@therustgeek/116296743092132304","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v3fhmxkrzknpqrgjqawhvftq/post/3mhy65vdq452f"]}},{"id":"86801361","content_html":"<p>From the <a href=\"https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/podcast/will-machines-ever-be-intelligent/\">Microsoft Research pod</a>: an expert in transformer based LLM architectures and a biological architecture expert walk into a bar of sorts:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>..Intelligence is compression, the ability to come up with succinct explanations for complex phenomena…\nThe fact that we have these things that can prove crazy theorems but at the same time fail at fairly rudimentary tasks is a sign that transformers are great in terms of inductive biases they put on the world, but we’re ultimately all subject to the No Free Lunch Theorem.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https://media.blubrry.com/microsoftresearch/content.blubrry.com/microsoftresearch/Doug_Burger_Ep_1_v3_1-FINAL.mp3\">Media file</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.rustgeek.me/2026/03/23/an-expert-in-transformer-based.html","date_published":"2026-03-23T17:43:24+00:00","author":{"name":"AJ","url":"https://prodigalabroad.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F81296.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"therustgeek"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-23 17:43","date_timestamp":1774287804,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86739306","content_html":"<p>Fascinating look at the Ellison’s media play on the <a href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/03/20/nx-s1-5754023/meet-the-billionaires-who-control-your-media\">It’s Been a Minute</a> pod.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://tracking.swap.fm/track/XvDEoI11TR00olTUO8US/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510317/npr.simplecastaudio.com/d26aaa31-0a11-46ca-a4ae-a682d381c8c1/episodes/55e0d296-49d1-44a2-97b7-b9d2875b0297/audio/128/default.mp3\">Media 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podcast</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The biggest risk from AI is it will sabotage the human mind, in the sense that it will make humans dumber.</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.rustgeek.me/2026/03/21/avi-loeb-on-brian-keatings.html","date_published":"2026-03-21T21:02:06+00:00","author":{"name":"AJ","url":"https://prodigalabroad.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F81296.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"therustgeek"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-21 21:02","date_timestamp":1774126926,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mas.to/@therustgeek/116269182618402897","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v3fhmxkrzknpqrgjqawhvftq/post/3mhlwitrgtn2y"]}},{"id":"86687568","content_html":"<p>..and <a href=\"https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cy57x7k453nt#Report\">saved by Everton</a>, as it were..</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.rustgeek.me/2026/03/21/and-saved-by-everton-as.html","date_published":"2026-03-21T19:35:49+00:00","author":{"name":"AJ","url":"https://prodigalabroad.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F81296.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"therustgeek"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-21 19:35","date_timestamp":1774121749,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mas.to/@therustgeek/116268843553592538","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v3fhmxkrzknpqrgjqawhvftq/post/3mhlronmgms2q"]}},{"id":"86673708","content_html":"<p>Another after champions league match, another Liverpool non performance…</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.rustgeek.me/2026/03/21/another-after-champions-league-match.html","date_published":"2026-03-21T15:03:16+00:00","author":{"name":"AJ","url":"https://prodigalabroad.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F81296.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"therustgeek"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-21 15:03","date_timestamp":1774105396,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mas.to/@therustgeek/116267771484935614","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v3fhmxkrzknpqrgjqawhvftq/post/3mhlch4wszw2a"]}},{"id":"86619727","content_html":"<p>In which <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO7OKJSQrrk\">Football weekly meets Ted Lasso</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.rustgeek.me/2026/03/20/in-which-football-weekly-meets.html","date_published":"2026-03-20T17:33:38+00:00","author":{"name":"AJ","url":"https://prodigalabroad.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F81296.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"therustgeek"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-20 17:33","date_timestamp":1774028018,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mas.to/@therustgeek/116262700843718670","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v3fhmxkrzknpqrgjqawhvftq/post/3mhj2fctovb2e"]}},{"id":"86612363","content_html":"<p>“Ten thousand hundred friends”, is how the four year old described her week at school. Mightily chuffed, given how hard her first months at school were.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.rustgeek.me/2026/03/20/ten-thousand-hundred-friends-is.html","date_published":"2026-03-20T15:43:49+00:00","author":{"name":"AJ","url":"https://prodigalabroad.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F81296.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"therustgeek"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-20 15:43","date_timestamp":1774021429,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mas.to/@therustgeek/116262269233068626","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v3fhmxkrzknpqrgjqawhvftq/post/3mhiuayj5re2q"]}},{"id":"86567888","content_html":"<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fmicroblog.rustgeek.me%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F17842284199012780.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fmicroblog.rustgeek.me%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F17842284205012780.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fmicroblog.rustgeek.me%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F17842284208012780.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fmicroblog.rustgeek.me%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F17842284211012780.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fmicroblog.rustgeek.me%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F17842284214012780.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fmicroblog.rustgeek.me%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F17842284217012780.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fmicroblog.rustgeek.me%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F17842284220012780.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fmicroblog.rustgeek.me%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F17842284253012780.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fmicroblog.rustgeek.me%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F17842284616012780.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fmicroblog.rustgeek.me%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F17842284673012780.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fmicroblog.rustgeek.me%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F17842284760012780.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fmicroblog.rustgeek.me%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F17842284991012780.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.rustgeek.me/2026/03/19/225318.html","date_published":"2026-03-19T22:53:18+00:00","author":{"name":"AJ","url":"https://prodigalabroad.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F81296.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"therustgeek"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-19 22:53","date_timestamp":1773960798,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86557960","content_html":"<p>Spending too much time doom scrolling on <a href=\"https://www.thelayoff.com/\">the layoff</a>. In my defence it has been a long hard 18 months of near constant <em>transformation</em>, served with a slice of jobs been offshored…</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.rustgeek.me/2026/03/19/spending-too-much-time-doom.html","date_published":"2026-03-19T20:29:53+00:00","author":{"name":"AJ","url":"https://prodigalabroad.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F81296.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"therustgeek"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-19 20:29","date_timestamp":1773952193,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mas.to/@therustgeek/116257731213198027","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v3fhmxkrzknpqrgjqawhvftq/post/3mhgtrdn7d42d"]}},{"id":"86488654","content_html":"<p>.. and nearly four…</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.rustgeek.me/2026/03/18/and-nearly-four.html","date_published":"2026-03-18T21:18:00+00:00","author":{"name":"AJ","url":"https://prodigalabroad.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F81296.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"therustgeek"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-18 21:18","date_timestamp":1773868680,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mas.to/@therustgeek/116252258087199123","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v3fhmxkrzknpqrgjqawhvftq/post/3mhefyheo4x25"]}},{"id":"86488270","content_html":"<p>Wondering how much of the Salah conundrum is a failure of execution, and a loss of his powers.. rather than an application problem..</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.rustgeek.me/2026/03/18/wondering-how-much-of-the.html","date_published":"2026-03-18T21:12:17+00:00","author":{"name":"AJ","url":"https://prodigalabroad.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F81296.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"therustgeek"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-18 21:12","date_timestamp":1773868337,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mas.to/@therustgeek/116252235596932942","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v3fhmxkrzknpqrgjqawhvftq/post/3mhefoa5jxe2q"]}},{"id":"86474524","content_html":"<p>Rangan Chatterjee on The Sacred: <a href=\"https://anchor.fm/s/100e2bafc/podcast/play/117051840/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-17%2F420188933-44100-2-b2b4fb5336e2b.mp3\">What We Carry Forward: Inherited Patterns, Success, and Letting Go</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.rustgeek.me/2026/03/18/rangan-chatterjee-on-the-sacred.html","date_published":"2026-03-18T17:41:40+00:00","author":{"name":"AJ","url":"https://prodigalabroad.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F81296.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"therustgeek"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-18 17:41","date_timestamp":1773855700,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mas.to/@therustgeek/116251407446084346","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v3fhmxkrzknpqrgjqawhvftq/post/3mhdzvmre4c2d"]}},{"id":"86412796","content_html":"<p>10 years ago today… Waiting for a flight to the Shetlands on my first shlep out to a North Sea rig</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fmicroblog.rustgeek.me%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fscreenshot-20260317-203922.png\" width=\"267\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.rustgeek.me/2026/03/17/204310.html","date_published":"2026-03-17T20:43:10+00:00","author":{"name":"AJ","url":"https://prodigalabroad.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F81296.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"therustgeek"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-17 20:43","date_timestamp":1773780190,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mas.to/@therustgeek/116246460255895084","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v3fhmxkrzknpqrgjqawhvftq/post/3mhbtlxfjjr2l"]}},{"id":"86408812","content_html":"<p>Bodo/Glint getting absolutely rinsed. So much for a deeply desired fairy tale. 😭</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.rustgeek.me/2026/03/17/bodoglint-getting-absolutely-risked-so.html","date_published":"2026-03-17T19:53:28+00:00","author":{"name":"AJ","url":"https://prodigalabroad.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F81296.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"therustgeek"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-17 19:53","date_timestamp":1773777208,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mas.to/@therustgeek/116246263690975517","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v3fhmxkrzknpqrgjqawhvftq/post/3mhbqsjf36b25"]}}]}