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Manton Reece

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Founder of Micro.blog.

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Manton Reece @manton.org · 3h
Sounds cool! Nope, that wasn’t me. I’ve integrated with Feedbin but not Feedly. That does sound familiar, though… I wonder if it was this post about Current? blog.terrygodier.com/2026/07/3…
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Current Now Supports Feedly in v1.0.15
A new version of Current is rolling out now for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. The headline change here is that Feedly is now supported as a sync provider. Here’s the …
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 6h
Listening to the Vergecast podcast’s wrap-up of DevDay… I think it’s a big deal that Dots is powered by Astra. It’s just not going to make the same kind of mistakes as Muse has so far. I guess not shocking that a product that’s $100/month is better than one that’s $0/month.
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 8h
Muse privacy and trust: www.manton.org/2026/09/30/muse-priv…
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Muse privacy and trust
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 9h
Reddit announced they are winding down RSS feeds: "Because RSS is now a common surface for large-scale scraping and automated abuse, we’ll stop supporting RSS feeds on November 13, 2026 while preserving moderation workflows that depend on it through supported alternatives." Just another silo.
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Continuing our infrastructure updates: What’s changing in the coming months
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 10h
Incredible: "A pilot on a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight has been arrested after he stabbed the other pilot and appears to have tried to crash the plane, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. A passenger described how he put the ... www.manton.org/2026/09/30/incredibl…
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 12h
I signed up for next week’s FediForum. I implemented a first pass of the LOLA portability spec for moving accounts to Micro.blog, so thinking that might be a good time to coordinate testing with others. Also looking forward to hearing the latest on the AT Proto side of things.
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FediForum: moving the Open Social Web forward
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 13h
There’s lots of new stuff in Wavelength 2.1. My favorite is an easier way to add audio narration to existing blog posts. In the Posts tab, you can tap to show the post text while you record reading it. Gives a little extra human touc... www.manton.org/2026/09/30/theres-lo…
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 14h
OpenAI’s Dots product is pretty interesting. Soon after I configured my dot and gave it a name, it suggested something it could help with. It already had a connection to GitHub and memory of all the things ChatGPT knew about my work.
A conversation with a bot investigating and fixing a Search Page plug-in's compatibility issue with Hugo, testing the fix, preparing a pull request, and passing test builds across multiple Hugo versions.
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 30/09/2026
Casey Newton writing about Dots for Platformer: "As someone who plans to use Dots for work, though, paying for the product builds my trust in it. Zuckerberg says Meta plans to fund Muse by taking a cut of transactions, which ... www.manton.org/2026/09/29/casey-new…
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 30/09/2026
Catching up on the White House meeting and related video with AI company leaders. Something odd about seeing these folks together instead of individually on a stage. I can’t tell yet who is the most annoyed about having to say SI instead of AI in front of Trump.
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 30/09/2026
We had quite the Micro.blog server meltdown tonight. So sorry to everyone. We’ve had some blips this year, but it’s been a long time since there has been this bad of an outage. I think everything is good now. 🤞
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 29/09/2026
OpenAI really did pack a lot into DevDay. The most interesting features for me are Dots and the Jev-like Decisions API. That will be super useful.
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 29/09/2026
My feeling is if a company is making literal billions of dollars, they shouldn’t lay off anyone. Just stop hiring for a bit and reshuffle people around.
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 29/09/2026
@simonwillison.net That’s cool, just caught up on Simon’s post! In theory each individual micro-post could be syndicated out to Bluesky as it goes up.
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 29/09/2026
Watching the DevDay livestream. There is nothing like a live demo. Even when things are slow or go slightly wrong, it feels so much more real. For a live presentation, everyone in the audience is rooting for the speaker. For a pre-recorded video, everyone is just waiting for it to be over.
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 29/09/2026
John Voorhees is live-tweeting DevDay over on X. Nice look inside the venue. We need to make it more appealing to do this kind of coverage from indie microblogs, not silos.
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John Voorhees (@johnvoorhees) on X
Managing Editor, https://t.co/6fz8iL84Pz Social media: @johnvoorhees everywhere
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 29/09/2026
Mark Gurman has a blog post about John Ternus attempting to streamline Apple: "The early ideas under consideration include relying less on traditional spring and fall product release schedules… […] Ternus wants the company to introduc... www.manton.org/2026/09/29/mark-gurm…
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 29/09/2026
Dave Winer reflects on the passing of Om Malik too young, and the work left to do for the open web.
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Om's grace
Dave Winer, OG blogger, podcaster, developed first apps in many categories. Old enough to know better. It's even worse than it appears.
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 29/09/2026
Reuters on Anthropic’s IPO filing: "Anthropic plans to caution potential investors in its ​IPO that advanced AI could pose “catastrophic or existential risks to humanity,” an extraordinary warning by a company seeking to pro... www.manton.org/2026/09/29/reuters-o…
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 29/09/2026
My OpenClaw server mostly just sits there idle, but one thing I love is it automatically updates Micro.blog’s latest app versions help page. It checks what the current shipped version is and also if there’s an app in review. I still maintain the release notes by hand, for now.
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ℹ️ Latest app versions
Micro.blog includes a suite of complementary native apps for iOS, macOS, and Android. You can find them all on the download page. This page will also be updated automatically with the latest versions, whether there is new development in the queue, and any pending submissions to the App Store and Google Play. App Platform Current version Upcoming release Micro.blog iOS 3.7.5 Android 3.0.3 Mac 4.1.2 Epilogue iOS 2.6 Android 2.6 Inkwell iOS 1.1 Android 1.1 Ma...
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 29/09/2026
Bummed to hear that Brightline is filing for bankruptcy: "For months, the company has been grappling with an unsustainable $5.5 billion debt load even while the passenger operations have become profitable. Now, a restructuring... www.manton.org/2026/09/29/bummed-to…
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 29/09/2026
After a reminder from @danielpunkass, I’m playing with Automattic’s Spacefast again. Honestly don’t love the name, but what they’ve created is fascinating. Agent-first publishing, very complete API too. Clever onboarding that I could learn from.
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Micro.blog - @danielpunkass
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 29/09/2026
GPT-6.1 delayed, DevDay expectations: www.manton.org/2026/09/28/gpt-delay…
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 28/09/2026
Michael Tsai blogging about Grok Bot and agents generally: "I don’t trust xAI (or Meta) with my data, but it doesn’t seem like Siri AI can do all that much. So far, I’ve been too busy to do much with agents, even on a test M... www.manton.org/2026/09/28/michael-t…
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 28/09/2026
In the latest Connected Places fediverse news, this improvement in Mastodon 4.7 stood out to me: "Mastodon 4.7.0 can now recognise a remote account that changes its handle by using its underlying ActivityPub identifier. This d... www.manton.org/2026/09/28/in-the-la…
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 28/09/2026
If the future is more agents and fewer traditional apps, it’s a threat to the App Store business, so Apple will resist it. The company that was willing to obsolete its own product (the iPod) to make a great phone… That company doesn’t exist anymore.
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 28/09/2026
Ben Thompson writing about how the future will be on-demand UIs and agents that bypass needing an app at all: "…no one wants to use apps because they are apps, apps were just the vehicle for people to accomplish something or e... www.manton.org/2026/09/28/ben-thomp…
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 28/09/2026
The iPad update to Epilogue that I blogged about this weekend is now available. Apple review time: 22 hours. Not bad, except… Google review: 30 minutes.
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 28/09/2026
Lex Friedman has a blog post about how broken the App Store review process is. He summarizes a few of the long-standing issues and a potential solution to at least whitelist trusted apps: "Apple’s “guilty until proven innocent” policy is offensive to the developers it claims to embrace."
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The App Store review process needs fixing
As is, it’s bad for developers and users alike.
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 28/09/2026
John Gruber followed up about Alexandr Wang’s Muse post on X: "Wang wrote that Muse “Clears the way and solves all the problems it can until the human part, the wanting and the dreaming, is all that’s left.” That’s dystopic, no... www.manton.org/2026/09/27/john-grub…
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 28/09/2026
Crazy last few minutes of Ravens / Cowboys. 1 second! Sigh. 🏈
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 27/09/2026
Dario Amodei will have a private dinner with Trump tonight, according to Axios: "Months ago, when Anthropic first started talking about having a one-on-one with Trump, some advised against it because “Dario’s a little too weird” for Trump, one senior official told Axios." This is gonna be awkward.
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 27/09/2026
Mark Gurman compares the Apple Vision Pro to the Meta VR Glasses, and adds some notes about new development: "Apple’s Vision team is now working on a completely revamped headset under the code name N224. Company engineers are ... www.manton.org/2026/09/27/mark-gurm…
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 27/09/2026
Worked on Epilogue this weekend, adding a new layout for the iPad. This also gets it a step closer to iPhone Duo support.
Screenshot of book tracking application displays various book covers under the Recently Blogged section, along with a sidebar menu featuring options like Bookshelves, Goals, Movies, and Discover.
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 27/09/2026
Weekend Update on SNL: Dario Amodei. “If we can pressure lawmakers to create guardrails, we will be able to stop me.” 🤣
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 26/09/2026
Got my print copy of The Fires of December. Love the secondary ink color. I started the ebook already and I’m about halfway through it.
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 26/09/2026
Muse’s mission: www.manton.org/2026/09/26/muses-mis…
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 26/09/2026
Updated my Texas state parks page with this week’s visit. Making slow progress, only 32 parks in. It’s gonna take several more years. I think next up I will hit a few near the gulf coast at once.
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 26/09/2026
Now people are saying that the OpenAI agent is called simply lowercase “o”? Please tell me this is a placeholder code name or a shortcut command-line tool. Aeon is a good name. Hope OpenAI hasn’t completely lost their mind.
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 26/09/2026
I agree, although I think the name is important too. “Work” is too specific a name, so people don’t think about what non-work things it can be used for.
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 26/09/2026
Good question, but that’s beyond my experience with it. There’s a Mac version too if that helps.
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 25/09/2026
I saw this trick on X (sigh) that might work for you in the UK: x.com/viticci/s…
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Federico Viticci (@viticci) on X
This works 100%. I'm using Muse in Italy right now, without a VPN. App downloaded from US App Store. Connectors work, including WhatsApp. Subscriptions show up with App Store purchases. Now I can finally see what the hype is all about.
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 25/09/2026
Rumor is OpenAI is launching a new agent called Aeon next week. I hope they can also finish consolidating Chat, Work, and Codex. More users will switch to Meta’s Muse if ChatGPT’s suite of products remains so disjointed. Muse already has a great, approachable brand.
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 25/09/2026
Looks like it’ll be around $70 million. Maybe in this case it’s justified, but frequently in class action lawsuits it feels too lopsided.
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 25/09/2026
Rail and oil in Three Rivers, Texas.
Railroad tracks run alongside an industrial refinery complex with tall distillation towers and several black tanker railcars.
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 25/09/2026
Another update on the new theme editor: I added a “…” context menu with a “Show Locations” item. This will show where a template is coming from, e.g. your custom theme or a plug-in. Still can be confusing, but getting better.
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 25/09/2026
I filled out the Siri AI class action settlement to get my $25 to $95. But I’m not happy about it, because for these lawsuits all I can think about is how much the lawyers are making. It’s a racket.
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 25/09/2026
Choke Canyon State Park. Kind of a rough night camping. Pretty much had the place to myself, though, except rabbits and deer.
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 24/09/2026
We’ve got the track list for U2’s next album, coming out in November, including this surprise: "The song connecting the album and two EPs is the final track on the new album, ‘Torn’, a duet between Bono and the late, great Dolly Part... www.manton.org/2026/09/24/weve-got-…
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Manton Reece @manton.org · 24/09/2026
Screenshot of the redesigned theme editor for Micro.blog going live now. It’s better in pretty much every way. Nicer folder and file list, brand new syntax highlighting editor with support for Hugo and HTML, and other improvements.
Screenshot of web text editor showing Hugo and HTML tags, with sidebar of hierarchical file list on the left.
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