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      <link>https://micro.davegullett.com/2026/06/02/the-only-secret-of-magic.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:50:19 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;The only secret of magic is that I&amp;rsquo;m willing to work harder on it than you think it&amp;rsquo;s worth.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Penn Jillette&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Via &lt;a href=&#34;https://randsinrepose.com/archives/the-cello-in-soho-square/&#34;&gt;Rands&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>&#34;The only secret of magic is that I&#39;m willing to work harder on it than you think it&#39;s worth.&#34;

Penn Jillette

Via [Rands](https://randsinrepose.com/archives/the-cello-in-soho-square/). 

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      <link>https://micro.davegullett.com/2026/04/21/cortado.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:29:31 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Cortado.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/4ec9e2e770.jpg&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;337&#34; alt=&#34;A cortado and a glass of water are placed on a wooden table.&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>Cortado. 

&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/4ec9e2e770.jpg&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;337&#34; alt=&#34;A cortado and a glass of water are placed on a wooden table.&#34;&gt;
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      <link>https://micro.davegullett.com/2026/04/17/054756.html</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:47:56 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;This is interesting.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.ethnologue.com/insights/ethnologue200/&#34;&gt;www.ethnologue.com/insights/&amp;hellip;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/9672ef248c.png&#34; width=&#34;548&#34; height=&#34;600&#34; alt=&#34;A bar chart ranks the top 10 most spoken languages in 2026, with English at the top, followed by Mandarin Chinese and Hindi, published by Ethnologue.&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>This is interesting.

[www.ethnologue.com/insights/...](https://www.ethnologue.com/insights/ethnologue200/)

&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/9672ef248c.png&#34; width=&#34;548&#34; height=&#34;600&#34; alt=&#34;A bar chart ranks the top 10 most spoken languages in 2026, with English at the top, followed by Mandarin Chinese and Hindi, published by Ethnologue.&#34;&gt;
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      <link>https://micro.davegullett.com/2026/04/14/jabra-enhance-select-versus-airpods.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:13:03 -0400</pubDate>
      
      <guid>http://davegullett.micro.blog/2026/04/14/jabra-enhance-select-versus-airpods.html</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Jabra Enhance Select 700 versus AirPods Pro 3. Which one is David and which is Goliath?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/ae56a3b72e.jpg&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;337&#34; alt=&#34;The Jabra enhance 700 hearing aids versus AirPods Pro 3 on a table. &#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>Jabra Enhance Select 700 versus AirPods Pro 3. Which one is David and which is Goliath?

&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/ae56a3b72e.jpg&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;337&#34; alt=&#34;The Jabra enhance 700 hearing aids versus AirPods Pro 3 on a table. &#34;&gt;
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      <link>https://micro.davegullett.com/2026/03/26/opening-day.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:53:18 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Opening Day.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/45b909d062.jpg&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;337&#34; alt=&#34;A bar with illuminated shelves, a bartender, and three screens displaying a Reds baseball game.&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>Opening Day. 

&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/45b909d062.jpg&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;337&#34; alt=&#34;A bar with illuminated shelves, a bartender, and three screens displaying a Reds baseball game.&#34;&gt;
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      <link>https://micro.davegullett.com/2026/02/28/coffee-bar.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 18:47:29 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Coffee Bar.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/883b9c17df774e55b0b87c372e75c551.jpg&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;337&#34; alt=&#34;A coffee bar with flavor syrups, signs and such in the background. &#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>Coffee Bar. 

&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/883b9c17df774e55b0b87c372e75c551.jpg&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;337&#34; alt=&#34;A coffee bar with flavor syrups, signs and such in the background. &#34;&gt;
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      <link>https://micro.davegullett.com/2026/02/23/penultimate.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:38:08 -0400</pubDate>
      
      <guid>http://davegullett.micro.blog/2026/02/23/penultimate.html</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Penultimate.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/bd4499a399034bdc8fab84649c3a2013.jpg&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;600&#34; alt=&#34;The best index cards ever made. &#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>Penultimate. 

&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/bd4499a399034bdc8fab84649c3a2013.jpg&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;600&#34; alt=&#34;The best index cards ever made. &#34;&gt;
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      <link>https://micro.davegullett.com/2026/01/04/125528.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 13:55:28 -0400</pubDate>
      
      <guid>http://davegullett.micro.blog/2026/01/04/125528.html</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2026/7a2fc41dff.png&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;337&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/12/25/christmas-eve.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2025 10:34:32 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Christmas Eve.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/8c034d88527d4c5e9a86d9aebfbcd751.jpg&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;216&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>Christmas Eve. 

&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/8c034d88527d4c5e9a86d9aebfbcd751.jpg&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;216&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;
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      <link>https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/12/18/182516.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 19:25:16 -0400</pubDate>
      
      <guid>http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/12/18/182516.html</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/19a49500b9.png&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;337&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/19a49500b9.png&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;337&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;
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      <link>https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/11/12/interesting-article-about-the-intersection.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 07:31:51 -0400</pubDate>
      
      <guid>http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/11/12/interesting-article-about-the-intersection.html</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Interesting article about the &lt;a href=&#34;https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/dungeons-and-dragons-elon-musk/684828/?gift=-9FQI0ZwtVnHB-o4FbMJHL4pKwFimj0zy_TaUJiNXSs&amp;amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;amp;utm_medium=social&amp;amp;utm_campaign=share&#34;&gt;intersection of Tolkien, D&amp;amp;D and racism&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;“An early D&amp;amp;D concept was the idea of “alignment”: Certain creatures are good, neutral, or evil, and, within those categories, are lawful, neutral, or chaotic&amp;hellip;”&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>Interesting article about the [intersection of Tolkien, D&amp;D and racism](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/dungeons-and-dragons-elon-musk/684828/?gift=-9FQI0ZwtVnHB-o4FbMJHL4pKwFimj0zy_TaUJiNXSs&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share)

“An early D&amp;D concept was the idea of “alignment”: Certain creatures are good, neutral, or evil, and, within those categories, are lawful, neutral, or chaotic...”

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      <link>https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/11/06/a-liturgy-a-legacy-the.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 21:13:07 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;A Liturgy, A Legacy &amp;amp; The Songs of Rich Mullins&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;All the feels. 🎵&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-liturgy-a-legacy-the-songs-of-rich-mullins-live/1839639150&#34;&gt;Listen here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/2e9510ae96.jpg&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;573&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>A Liturgy, A Legacy &amp; The Songs of Rich Mullins

All the feels. 🎵

[Listen here](https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-liturgy-a-legacy-the-songs-of-rich-mullins-live/1839639150)

&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/2e9510ae96.jpg&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;573&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;
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      <link>https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/11/02/in-times-of-change-learners.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 12:49:57 -0400</pubDate>
      
      <guid>http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/11/02/in-times-of-change-learners.html</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;“In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Eric Hoffer&lt;/li&gt;
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“In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”

- Eric Hoffer
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      <link>https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/10/30/the-stuff-of-earth-competes.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 20:05:50 -0400</pubDate>
      
      <guid>http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/10/30/the-stuff-of-earth-competes.html</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;“The stuff of Earth competes for the allegiance
I owe only to the Giver of all good things.”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-Rich Mullins&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>“The stuff of Earth competes for the allegiance
I owe only to the Giver of all good things.”

-Rich Mullins
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      <link>https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/10/26/weekend.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2025 17:46:27 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Weekend. 🏕️&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/69fa7cd860.jpg&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;337&#34; alt=&#34;Two tents are illuminated in a dark forest at night.&amp;10;&#34;&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/2dbe070ccc.jpg&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;337&#34; alt=&#34;A campfire burns brightly in a metal fire pit surrounded by chairs on a dirt surface.&amp;10;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>Weekend. 🏕️

&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/69fa7cd860.jpg&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;337&#34; alt=&#34;Two tents are illuminated in a dark forest at night.&amp;10;&#34;&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/2dbe070ccc.jpg&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;337&#34; alt=&#34;A campfire burns brightly in a metal fire pit surrounded by chairs on a dirt surface.&amp;10;&#34;&gt;
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      <link>https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/10/21/last-saturday-night.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 06:42:34 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Last Saturday Night.🎵&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/8289391d12.jpg&#34; width=&#34;450&#34; height=&#34;600&#34; alt=&#34;Karin Bergquist playing the piano and singing into a microphone under soft lighting in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm.&#34;&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/772f2926b5.jpg&#34; width=&#34;450&#34; height=&#34;600&#34; alt=&#34;Linford Detweiler playing an acoustic guitar while singing into a microphone in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm  &#34;&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/501ce51473.jpg&#34; width=&#34;450&#34; height=&#34;600&#34; alt=&#34;Linford Detweiler is playing an electric bass  in a rustic in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm&#34;&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/99b30f8380.jpg&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;450&#34; alt=&#34;Over the Rhine on the stage in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm&#34;&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/0690b9aa40.jpg&#34; width=&#34;450&#34; height=&#34;600&#34; alt=&#34;Karin Bergquist playing an acoustic guitar and singing into a microphone in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>Last Saturday Night.🎵

&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/8289391d12.jpg&#34; width=&#34;450&#34; height=&#34;600&#34; alt=&#34;Karin Bergquist playing the piano and singing into a microphone under soft lighting in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm.&#34;&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/772f2926b5.jpg&#34; width=&#34;450&#34; height=&#34;600&#34; alt=&#34;Linford Detweiler playing an acoustic guitar while singing into a microphone in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm  &#34;&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/501ce51473.jpg&#34; width=&#34;450&#34; height=&#34;600&#34; alt=&#34;Linford Detweiler is playing an electric bass  in a rustic in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm&#34;&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/99b30f8380.jpg&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;450&#34; alt=&#34;Over the Rhine on the stage in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm&#34;&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/0690b9aa40.jpg&#34; width=&#34;450&#34; height=&#34;600&#34; alt=&#34;Karin Bergquist playing an acoustic guitar and singing into a microphone in the barn at Nowhere Else Farm&#34;&gt;
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      <link>https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/10/18/anticipation.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2025 18:58:46 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Anticipation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/7c38f4986f834694ba1032ae8cf96407.jpg&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;337&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>Anticipation. 

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      <link>https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/10/15/tyrants-messing-with-our-caffeine.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 06:23:11 -0400</pubDate>
      
      <guid>http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/10/15/tyrants-messing-with-our-caffeine.html</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Tyrants messing with our caffeine is the last straw, right?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025/10/coffee-tariff-prices/684545/?gift=-9FQI0ZwtVnHB-o4FbMJHN-jBVc_IAuWLs0MHws2CLg&#34;&gt;www.theatlantic.com/culture/2&amp;hellip;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>Tyrants messing with our caffeine is the last straw, right?

[www.theatlantic.com/culture/2...](https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025/10/coffee-tariff-prices/684545/?gift=-9FQI0ZwtVnHB-o4FbMJHN-jBVc_IAuWLs0MHws2CLg)
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      <link>https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/10/05/ive-used-multiple-ipads-pros.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 06:30:06 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;I’ve used multiple iPads Pros and Minis for years. Primarily a Pro 13 for work stuff and a Mini for personal stuff.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;iPadOS 26 may have broke me.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It’s useable on the 13 but on the Mini, not having Slide Over and Split View is painful.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have to spend so much time trying to launch apps and manage windows that it’s easier to go grab my MacBook Air.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;These may be my last iPads.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>I’ve used multiple iPads Pros and Minis for years. Primarily a Pro 13 for work stuff and a Mini for personal stuff. 

iPadOS 26 may have broke me. 

It’s useable on the 13 but on the Mini, not having Slide Over and Split View is painful. 

I have to spend so much time trying to launch apps and manage windows that it’s easier to go grab my MacBook Air. 

These may be my last iPads. 
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      <link>https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/09/28/as-kingfishers-catch-fire.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2025 18:42:10 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44389/as-kingfishers-catch-fire&#34;&gt;As kingfishers catch fire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/4a7677ff65.png&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;337&#34; alt=&#34;A poetic excerpt explores themes of justice, grace, and divine presence, attributed to As Kingfishers Catch Fire by Gerald Manley Hopkins via The Poetry Foundation.&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>[As kingfishers catch fire](https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44389/as-kingfishers-catch-fire)

&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/4a7677ff65.png&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;337&#34; alt=&#34;A poetic excerpt explores themes of justice, grace, and divine presence, attributed to As Kingfishers Catch Fire by Gerald Manley Hopkins via The Poetry Foundation.&#34;&gt;
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      <link>https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/09/27/blue-skies.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2025 10:52:07 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Blue Skies.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/1b6fb9b8d9.jpg&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;337&#34; alt=&#34;A picturesque landscape features a grassy field with trees, a distant hill, scattered houses, and a bright blue sky with wispy clouds.&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>Blue Skies. 

&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/1b6fb9b8d9.jpg&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;337&#34; alt=&#34;A picturesque landscape features a grassy field with trees, a distant hill, scattered houses, and a bright blue sky with wispy clouds.&#34;&gt;
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      <link>https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/09/26/why-tv-exists.html</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 20:34:30 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Why 📺 exists.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/94ada1008c.jpg&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;458&#34; alt=&#34;A television screen displays the title Jeopardy! with a background of the Earth and space.&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>Why 📺 exists.

&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/94ada1008c.jpg&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;458&#34; alt=&#34;A television screen displays the title Jeopardy! with a background of the Earth and space.&#34;&gt;
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      <link>https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/09/21/from-jesus-justice-joash-the.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2025 17:40:22 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&#34;https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=1188655&amp;amp;post_id=149991945&amp;amp;utm_source=substack&amp;amp;utm_medium=email&amp;amp;utm_content=share&amp;amp;utm_campaign=email-share&amp;amp;action=share&amp;amp;triggerShare=true&amp;amp;isFreemail=true&amp;amp;r=441wz6&amp;amp;token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNDg2NzI1NjIsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE0OTk5MTk0NSwiaWF0IjoxNzI4NDcxOTU0LCJleHAiOjE3MzEwNjM5NTQsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xMTg4NjU1Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.ZPV16DuBuKyuwiuEIv5iVkZefwd4cHIzzKvGplUhVH4&#34;&gt;Jesus, Justice &amp;amp; Joash, The Beatitudes and Empire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/c6c0370da7.png&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;337&#34; alt=&#34;The empires of this earth go out of their way to oppress those who don’t fit in. They oppress those on the margins.&amp;10;&amp;10;But the kingdom of God that is already but not yet fully here, the kingdom of God that Jesus will fully establish on earth upon his return, the kingdom of God stands opposed to the empires of this earth – by bringing comfort to those who are oppressed.&amp;quot; &amp;10;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>From [Jesus, Justice &amp; Joash, The Beatitudes and Empire](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=1188655&amp;post_id=149991945&amp;utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;utm_campaign=email-share&amp;action=share&amp;triggerShare=true&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=441wz6&amp;token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNDg2NzI1NjIsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE0OTk5MTk0NSwiaWF0IjoxNzI4NDcxOTU0LCJleHAiOjE3MzEwNjM5NTQsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xMTg4NjU1Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.ZPV16DuBuKyuwiuEIv5iVkZefwd4cHIzzKvGplUhVH4)

&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2689/2025/c6c0370da7.png&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;337&#34; alt=&#34;The empires of this earth go out of their way to oppress those who don’t fit in. They oppress those on the margins.&amp;10;&amp;10;But the kingdom of God that is already but not yet fully here, the kingdom of God that Jesus will fully establish on earth upon his return, the kingdom of God stands opposed to the empires of this earth – by bringing comfort to those who are oppressed.&amp;quot; &amp;10;&#34;&gt;
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      <link>https://micro.davegullett.com/2025/09/18/its-especially-important-to-remember.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 20:34:24 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;“It’s especially important to remember that people love hating their enemies — they love that more than anything. So the worst thing you could do to them, as far as they’re concerned, is to diminish their hatreds. To those of us who don’t happen to share those hatreds, their behavior might look like wearying, pointless repetition. But from the inside, those hatreds are the primary instrument of myth confirmation. They give security, and people want security. I can’t blame them for that, but I sure wish they chose different means to that end. I have no influence in the matter, though.”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-&lt;a href=&#34;https://blog.ayjay.org/a-slightly-embarrassed-announcement/&#34;&gt;Alan Jacobs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And for my reflection, because I fail at these so often:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;“Don’t let evil conquer you, but conquer evil by doing good.”
‭‭&lt;a href=&#34;https://bible.com/bible/116/rom.12.21.NLT&#34;&gt;Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭21‬ ‭NLT‬‬&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;“Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone.”
&lt;a href=&#34;https://bible.com/bible/116/rom.12.18.NLT&#34;&gt;‭‭Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭18‬ ‭NLT‬‬&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;HT @&lt;a href=&#34;https://micro.blog/jabel&#34;&gt;jabel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>“It’s especially important to remember that people love hating their enemies — they love that more than anything. So the worst thing you could do to them, as far as they’re concerned, is to diminish their hatreds. To those of us who don’t happen to share those hatreds, their behavior might look like wearying, pointless repetition. But from the inside, those hatreds are the primary instrument of myth confirmation. They give security, and people want security. I can’t blame them for that, but I sure wish they chose different means to that end. I have no influence in the matter, though.”

-[Alan Jacobs]( https://blog.ayjay.org/a-slightly-embarrassed-announcement/)

And for my reflection, because I fail at these so often:

“Don’t let evil conquer you, but conquer evil by doing good.”
‭‭[Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭21‬ ‭NLT‬‬](https://bible.com/bible/116/rom.12.21.NLT)

“Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone.”
[‭‭Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭18‬ ‭NLT‬‬](https://bible.com/bible/116/rom.12.18.NLT)

HT @[jabel](https://micro.blog/jabel)
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 06:01:39 -0400</pubDate>
      
      <guid>http://davegullett.micro.blog/2025/09/04/finished-reading-washington-by-ron.html</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://cdn.micro.blog/books/9780143119968/cover.jpg&#34; align=&#34;left&#34; class=&#34;microblog_book&#34; style=&#34;max-width: 60px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Finished reading: &lt;a href=&#34;https://micro.blog/books/9780143119968&#34;&gt;Washington&lt;/a&gt; by Ron Chernow 📚&lt;/p&gt;
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Finished reading: [Washington](https://micro.blog/books/9780143119968) by Ron Chernow 📚
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