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				"title": "Microcast #109 — Wild camping",
				"content_html": "<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/139275/2025/pxl-20251030-062139113.night.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Auto-generated description: A tent is pitched on a grassy hillside during a colorful sunset, overlooking a vast landscape.\">\n<p>I recorded this as I walked back from one of my top three wild camps ever. So, so good and restorative in every way.</p>\n<h2 id=\"show-notes\">Show notes</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://pixelfed.social/c/889460014070309236\">Photos/video on Pixelfed</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><audio src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/139275/2025/microcast-109.mp3\" controls=\"controls\" preload=\"metadata\"></audio></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://thoughtshrapnel.com/transcripts/2025/10/30/2488.html\" class=\"transcript_link\">Transcript</a></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2025-10-30T11:46:00+00:00",
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				"id": "http://thoughtshrapnel.micro.blog/2025/10/09/microcast-skills-taxonomies.html",
				"title": "Microcast #108 — Skills Taxonomies",
				"content_html": "<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/139275/2025/phil-hearing-luluke-m-jy-unsplash.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Auto-generated description: Various butterfly specimens are displayed in a glass case.\">\n<p>Some thoughts on skills taxonomies, skills ontologies, and learning pathways in an ever-changing world. Although I didn&rsquo;t mention them in the microcast, the following posts are relevant.</p>\n<h2 id=\"show-notes\">Show notes</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://er.educause.edu/articles/2025/10/building-trust-and-rigor-in-microcredentials-synthesizing-standards-taxonomy-and-frameworks\">Building Trust and Rigor in Microcredentials: Synthesizing Standards, Taxonomy, and Frameworks</a> <em>(EDUCAUSE)</em></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://clalliance.org/blog/what-constitutes-rigour-in-our-21st-century-educational-systems/\">What Constitutes ‘Rigour’ in Our 21st-Century Educational Systems?</a> <em>(Connected Learning Alliance)</em></li>\n</ul>\n<p><audio src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/139275/2025/microcast-108.mp3\" controls=\"controls\" preload=\"metadata\"></audio></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://thoughtshrapnel.com/transcripts/2025/10/09/2444.html\" class=\"transcript_link\">Transcript</a></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2025-10-09T08:42:12+00:00",
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				"id": "http://thoughtshrapnel.micro.blog/2025/09/25/microcast-apocalyptic-events.html",
				"title": "Microcast #107 — Apocalyptic events",
				"content_html": "<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/139275/2025/david-wirzba-npbyqduinbe-unsplash.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Auto-generated description: Dark, ominous clouds glow with a fiery red-orange hue, creating a dramatic sky scene.\">\n<p>I found the <em>best</em> Wikipedia page, which reminded me of an awesome episode of the &lsquo;Hardcore History&rsquo; podcast.</p>\n<h2 id=\"show-notes\">Show notes</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events\">List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events</a> <em>(Wikipedia)</em></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-48-prophets-of-doom/comment-page-6/\">Prophets of Doom</a> <em>(Hardcore History)</em></li>\n</ul>\n<p><em>(Note: Dan Carlin sells older podcast episodes on his blog. You can also access the episode for free <a href=\"https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/prophets-of-doom-dan-carlins-h-3653168/episodes/hardcore-history-48-prophets-o-120870982\">here</a>)</em></p>\n<p><audio src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/139275/2025/microcast-107.mp3\" controls=\"controls\" preload=\"metadata\"></audio></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2025-09-25T15:18:58+00:00",
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				"id": "http://thoughtshrapnel.micro.blog/2025/09/25/microcast-conversational-configuration.html",
				"title": "Microcast #106 — Conversational configuration",
				"content_html": "<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/139275/2025/growtika-uyvnmrovrw4-unsplash.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" alt=\"Auto-generated description: A complex, abstract geometric structure composed of interconnected cubes and star-like shapes is set against a yellow background.\">\n<p>Thinking about ways in which users can interact with systems in conversational ways which allow apps, platforms, and services to configure themselves to meet user needs.</p>\n<h2 id=\"show-notes\">Show notes</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://blog.google/products/photos/android-conversational-editing-google-photos/\">Android users can now use conversational editing in Google Photos</a> <em>(The Keyword)</em></li>\n<li><a href=\"g.com/bookingcom-enhances-travel-planning-with-new-ai-powered-features--for-easier-smarter-decisions/\">Booking.com Enhances Travel Planning with New AI-Powered Features for Easier, Smarter Decisions</a> <em>(Booking.com)</em></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://discourse.org/\">Discourse</a> <em>(Discourse.org)</em></li>\n</ul>\n<p><audio src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/139275/2025/microcast-106.mp3\" controls=\"controls\" preload=\"metadata\"></audio></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://thoughtshrapnel.com/transcripts/2025/09/25/2410.html\" class=\"transcript_link\">Transcript</a></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2025-09-25T09:19:56+00:00",
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				"id": "http://thoughtshrapnel.micro.blog/2025/09/24/microcast-being-defeated-is-optional.html",
				"title": "Microcast #105 — Being defeated is optional",
				"content_html": "<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/139275/2025/wuz-1g6chyxixmi-unsplash.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Microphone\">\n<p>Resurrecting microcasts after 18 months (no intro/outro music yet!) with musings on quotations from Roger Crawford and Epictetus:</p>\n<h2 id=\"show-notes\">Show notes</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epictetus\">Epictetus</a> (Wikipedia)</li>\n<li><a href=\"https://classics.mit.edu/Epictetus/epicench.html\">The Enchiridion</a> (Internet Classics Archive)</li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/443146.Roger_Crawford\">Roger Crawford quotations</a> (Goodreads)</li>\n</ul>\n<p><audio src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/139275/2025/microcast-105.mp3\" controls=\"controls\" preload=\"metadata\"></audio></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://thoughtshrapnel.com/transcripts/2025/09/24/2404.html\" class=\"transcript_link\">Transcript</a></p>\n",
				"date_published": "2025-09-24T09:15:53+00:00",
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				"id": "http://thoughtshrapnel.micro.blog/2024/03/21/microcast-questioning-uncritical.html",
				"title": "Microcast #104 — Questioning uncritical acceptance",
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				"date_published": "2024-03-21T13:14:36+00:00",
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				"id": "http://thoughtshrapnel.micro.blog/2024/03/19/microcast-microphones-and.html",
				"title": "Microcast #103 — Microphones and Moving to Micro.blog",
				"content_html": "<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/139275/2024/dalle-2024-03-19-12.28.39design-an-abstract-representation-of-a-microcast-u.webp\" width=\"600\" height=\"342\" alt=\"An abstract, colorful representation of a microcast featuring geometric shapes. The central abstract microphone is crafted from overlapping circles and lines in bright red, yellow, and blue, set against a light and dark gray gradient background. Surrounding the microphone, abstract sound waves are depicted as concentric circles and erratic lines, capturing the essence of broadcasting in a vibrant, non-literal form.\">\n<p>The first microcast of 2024 and also the first on micro.blog. This one discusses the reasons for the move, and how it went.</p>\n<h2 id=\"show-notes\">Show notes</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.logitechg.com/en-gb/products/microphones/yeti-orb-gaming-microphone.html\">Logitech G Yeti Orb - Condenser RGB Gaming Mic with LIGHTSYNC</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://micro.blog\">Micro.blog</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://archive.org/details/microcasts\">Internet Archive - Microcasts : Doug Belshaw</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_(Mac_Miller_album)\"><em>Swimming</em> (Mac Miller album)</a></li>\n</ul>\n<audio controls=\"controls\" src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/139275/2024/06bf3e7d5f.mp3\" preload=\"metadata\">\n",
				"date_published": "2024-03-19T12:31:40+00:00",
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