Still digging through support email. Happy to announce that starting next week, @sod will also be joining on a very part-time basis to help answer email questions. We worked with him a year ago on Micro.blog templates too. I’m inspired and thankful for the help! https://micro.blog/sod
While I don’t think it’s likely, if in the future, the only EV allowed to be sold in the United States is a Tesla, as Elon Musk has an office in the White House, that won’t be the most ridiculous thing to happen in Trump’s term. Not even close.
From the Verge: Volkswagen cancels ID.7 sedan for US. https://www.theverge.com/news/601262/volkswagen-cancels-id-7-sedan-for-us
Batch, a new favorite. I can’t believe I’ve been living within walking distance to this place for over a year and never tried it before this week. A misty, gray morning. 
Seth Godin as usual has the perspective I need to hear, about prioritizing the important things instead of the urgent:
"Waiting for trouble means that you’re going to spend your days dealing with trouble."
Over the weekend, I made a few pretty big, probably overdue changes. A couple will be visible, like Core Intuition. https://seths.blog/2025/01/organizing-for-urgent/ https://www.manton.org/2025/01/28/today-we-have-the-final.html
Today we have the final episode of Core Intuition. 16 years. 626 episodes. Thanks for listening and thanks @danielpunkass for recording the show with me! https://coreint.org/2025/01/episode-626-something-has-to-change/ https://micro.blog/danielpunkass
Taking a short break from support email and questions to edit the latest Core Intuition. If you have ever listened to our podcast before and liked it, you will probably want to hear this one. (How’s that for hyping it up?)
Micro Social is looking really good! Upcoming app for Micro.blog from @gregmorris. https://gregmorris.co.uk/2025/01/27/micro-social-your-timeline.html https://micro.blog/gregmorris
This post by Bear creator Herman Martinus is great. I probably could’ve written the same thing about Micro.blog but with a few twists. It’s always been about slow growth and lasting decades. Ben Werdmuller also has some good counterpoints about funding. https://herman.bearblog.dev/manifesto/ https://werd.io/2025/the-bear-manifesto
Really nice FAQ-style format for today’s Stratechery update on DeepSeek. Even if you don’t read the whole thing, you can tell something big is happening. I downloaded a medium-sized R1 model last week to test with Ollama on my Mac. Very impressed. https://stratechery.com/2025/deepseek-faq/
Good morning! This week I have two goals: respond to every email I received in January, and fix some bugs. There is low hanging fruit and a few more difficult problems to address.
I finally sorted through an old box of my dad’s stuff that I’ve had for over 25 years. I could never bring myself to open it after he died. I knew there would be some letters in it that were heartbreaking, but if I had also known there would be gems like this I would’ve looked sooner! Made me smile. 
Brandon Sanderson brings so much joy to his writing class. I’ve been going through old boxes and papers (we’re moving again!) and found some sci-fi stories I wrote when I was a teenager. Younger me would’ve loved this. https://youtu.be/ihd76ijy9LU?si=_0df_9S4JosHlnIX
SNL tonight with Timothée Chalamet. For so many years I looked forward to watching it live every weekend, a way to put the week in perspective and just laugh. I stopped watching it in November. Now ready to get back to it. 📺
I’m still reading Wind and Truth. Taking my time. I’m on page 1100 and it’s just starting to get really good. 🤪 https://micro.blog/books/9781250319180
After a few days of the freeze, actually turned into a nice late afternoon for a walk. Mueller Lake Park. 
As expected, Pixelfed and Loops blew through their Kickstarter fundraising goal. I know from experience that running a campaign is actually a lot of work. When the dust settles, I hope they finish the new export format that was hinted at. We’ll do blog → Pixelfed import and back right away. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixelfed/pixelfed-foundation-2024-real-ethical-social-networks
I hope one day, if I get through this with my sanity and health, we look back and find it odd that in the first week of Trump’s 2nd term, looking for someone to blame, all eyes turned to… Manton. The guy who has been fighting Trump for 8 years. The guy who has volunteered on campaigns against Trump. The gu... www.manton.org https://www.manton.org/2025/01/24/i-hope-one-day-if.html
Vincent Ritter has another post: Context.
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported me, in public and private. I’m not linking to the other posts, so it might seem like this is a one-sided fight with everyone on the other side, but I’ve seen many of the posts and greatly appreciate it.
Let me reite... www.manton.org https://www.manton.org/2025/01/24/vincent-ritter-has-another-post.html
Kimberly Hirsch shares LGBTQ+ organizations to donate to:
"GLSEN is my go-to resource for LGBTQ+ issues in K-12 education.
The Trevor Project is a suicide prevention and crisis intervention program for LGBTQ+ young people."
🏳️🌈 https://kimberlyhirsh.com/2025/01/22/information-is-my-love-language.html https://www.glsen.org/ https://www.thetrevorproject.org/