{"ancestors":[{"id":"111937936596491034","created_at":"2024-02-15T22:49:21.000Z","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://mindly.social/users/setsly/statuses/111937936529478284","url":"https://mindly.social/@setsly/111937936529478284","replies_count":2,"reblogs_count":0,"favourites_count":0,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://mastodon.social/@vegetarianzombie\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003evegetarianzombie\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://xoxo.zone/@KevinMarks\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eKevinMarks\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eknittingknots2\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://fosstodon.org/@tsrandall\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003etsrandall\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 5 of a series—irreproachable, near-perfect profile or intro quotes that I wish I had thought of first!  To have used myself, or aspired to use myself:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Aspiring Daydreamer\"\u003cbr\u003e〰️\u003cbr\u003e\"Reading your thoughts, if you write them down first.\"\u003cbr\u003e〰️\u003cbr\u003e\"Remember, physics wins in the end.\"\u003cbr\u003e〰️\u003cbr\u003e\"Opinions are, too often, my own.\"\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://mastodon.social/@vegetarianzombie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003emastodon.social/@vegetarianzom\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ebie\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://xoxo.zone/@KevinMarks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003exoxo.zone/@KevinMarks\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003emstdn.social/@knittingknots2\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://fosstodon.org/@tsrandall\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003efosstodon.org/@tsrandall\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"account":{"id":"110663755885991978","username":"setsly","acct":"setsly@mindly.social","display_name":"mindsets","locked":true,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":true,"group":false,"created_at":"2023-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003e𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙, 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡, 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙧\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is where I set down what's on my mind (\"mindsets\"...get it?).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI may edit repeatedly for clarity or style. I like the writing practice.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI don't know how my media tab became a 1980s pop culture zone. That stuff first arose only in my replies to folks—not my own posts. But then I began to lean into it.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe above sci fi crew also appears in an image under my media tab.\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://mindly.social/@setsly","uri":"https://mindly.social/users/setsly","avatar":"https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/cache/accounts/avatars/110/663/755/885/991/978/original/1e0fdbb54a811a62.png","avatar_static":"https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/cache/accounts/avatars/110/663/755/885/991/978/original/1e0fdbb54a811a62.png","header":"https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/cache/accounts/headers/110/663/755/885/991/978/original/115e9bdb465ee4fd.png","header_static":"https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/cache/accounts/headers/110/663/755/885/991/978/original/115e9bdb465ee4fd.png","followers_count":676,"following_count":169,"statuses_count":2614,"last_status_at":"2026-04-11","hide_collections":true,"emojis":[],"fields":[{"name":"FOLLOW REQUESTS","value":"warmly encouraged","verified_at":null},{"name":"REPLIES","value":"extra warmly encouraged","verified_at":null}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[{"id":"109366891455141110","username":"vegetarianzombie","url":"https://mastodon.social/@vegetarianzombie","acct":"vegetarianzombie@mastodon.social"},{"id":"65","username":"KevinMarks","url":"https://xoxo.zone/@KevinMarks","acct":"KevinMarks"},{"id":"109377579515671087","username":"tsrandall","url":"https://fosstodon.org/@tsrandall","acct":"tsrandall@fosstodon.org"}],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}}],"descendants":[{"id":"111938597805727676","created_at":"2024-02-16T01:37:30.000Z","in_reply_to_id":"111938097362209722","in_reply_to_account_id":"65","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://mindly.social/users/setsly/statuses/111938597719899463","url":"https://mindly.social/@setsly/111938597719899463","replies_count":1,"reblogs_count":0,"favourites_count":0,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://xoxo.zone/@KevinMarks\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eKevinMarks\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://mastodon.social/@vegetarianzombie\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003evegetarianzombie\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eknittingknots2\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://fosstodon.org/@tsrandall\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003etsrandall\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNice last line, there, Mr. Marks.  Your words remind me of a passage from Kevin Kelly's great 2010 book, WHAT TECHNOLOGY WANTS, which I am now re-reading (referring to the same situation mentioned at the end of your blog post):\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"At the very cultural moment when pundits declared that writing was dead, millions began writing online more than they ever had written before.\"\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Kelly_(editor)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003een.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003eKelly_(editor)\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://kk.org/books/what-technology-wants\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003ekk.org/books/what-technology-w\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003eants\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"account":{"id":"110663755885991978","username":"setsly","acct":"setsly@mindly.social","display_name":"mindsets","locked":true,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":true,"group":false,"created_at":"2023-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003e𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙, 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡, 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙧\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is where I set down what's on my mind (\"mindsets\"...get it?).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI may edit repeatedly for clarity or style. I like the writing practice.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI don't know how my media tab became a 1980s pop culture zone. That stuff first arose only in my replies to folks—not my own posts. But then I began to lean into it.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe above sci fi crew also appears in an image under my media tab.\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://mindly.social/@setsly","uri":"https://mindly.social/users/setsly","avatar":"https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/cache/accounts/avatars/110/663/755/885/991/978/original/1e0fdbb54a811a62.png","avatar_static":"https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/cache/accounts/avatars/110/663/755/885/991/978/original/1e0fdbb54a811a62.png","header":"https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/cache/accounts/headers/110/663/755/885/991/978/original/115e9bdb465ee4fd.png","header_static":"https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/cache/accounts/headers/110/663/755/885/991/978/original/115e9bdb465ee4fd.png","followers_count":676,"following_count":169,"statuses_count":2614,"last_status_at":"2026-04-11","hide_collections":true,"emojis":[],"fields":[{"name":"FOLLOW REQUESTS","value":"warmly encouraged","verified_at":null},{"name":"REPLIES","value":"extra warmly encouraged","verified_at":null}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[{"id":"65","username":"KevinMarks","url":"https://xoxo.zone/@KevinMarks","acct":"KevinMarks"},{"id":"109366891455141110","username":"vegetarianzombie","url":"https://mastodon.social/@vegetarianzombie","acct":"vegetarianzombie@mastodon.social"},{"id":"109377579515671087","username":"tsrandall","url":"https://fosstodon.org/@tsrandall","acct":"tsrandall@fosstodon.org"}],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":{"url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Kelly_(editor)","title":"Kevin Kelly (editor) - Wikipedia","description":"","language":"en","type":"link","author_name":"","author_url":"","provider_name":"","provider_url":"","html":"","width":1200,"height":1680,"image":null,"image_description":"","embed_url":"","blurhash":"U8CZbE%M4nM{9FIU9Ft700ayM{Rj~qt7_3ay","published_at":null,"authors":[]},"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}},{"id":"111938619192523113","created_at":"2024-02-16T01:42:58.208Z","in_reply_to_id":"111938597805727676","in_reply_to_account_id":"110663755885991978","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://xoxo.zone/users/KevinMarks/statuses/111938619192523113","url":"https://xoxo.zone/@KevinMarks/111938619192523113","replies_count":0,"reblogs_count":0,"favourites_count":0,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://mindly.social/@setsly\" class=\"u-url mention\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003esetsly\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://mastodon.social/@vegetarianzombie\" class=\"u-url mention\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003evegetarianzombie\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e @knittingknots2@mstdn.social \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://fosstodon.org/@tsrandall\" class=\"u-url mention\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003etsrandall\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e the book \u0026quot;Small Pieces Loosely Joined\u0026quot; by David Weinberger that I mention there is due a reread too.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"Phanpy","website":"https://phanpy.social"},"account":{"id":"65","username":"KevinMarks","acct":"KevinMarks","display_name":"Kevin Marks","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":true,"group":false,"created_at":"2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eReading your thoughts, if you write them down first.\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://xoxo.zone/@KevinMarks","uri":"https://xoxo.zone/users/KevinMarks","avatar":"https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/000/000/065/original/f2fd8f5813814b3b.jpg","avatar_static":"https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/000/000/065/original/f2fd8f5813814b3b.jpg","header":"https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/headers/000/000/065/original/b1ea10f30de60de1.jpg","header_static":"https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/headers/000/000/065/original/b1ea10f30de60de1.jpg","followers_count":3843,"following_count":4586,"statuses_count":7112,"last_status_at":"2026-04-17","hide_collections":false,"noindex":false,"emojis":[],"roles":[],"fields":[{"name":"my website","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.kevinmarks.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ekevinmarks.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2022-11-17T02:05:35.807+00:00"},{"name":"other mastodon","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/@kevinmarks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eindieweb.social/@kevinmarks\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2022-10-29T06:44:37.514+00:00"},{"name":"pronouns","value":"he/him","verified_at":null},{"name":"github","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://github.com/kevinmarks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003egithub.com/kevinmarks\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2023-02-01T23:47:16.150+00:00"}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[{"id":"110663755885991978","username":"setsly","url":"https://mindly.social/@setsly","acct":"setsly@mindly.social"},{"id":"109366891455141110","username":"vegetarianzombie","url":"https://mastodon.social/@vegetarianzombie","acct":"vegetarianzombie@mastodon.social"},{"id":"109377579515671087","username":"tsrandall","url":"https://fosstodon.org/@tsrandall","acct":"tsrandall@fosstodon.org"}],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}}]}