{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"Notes — Joshua P. Steele","home_page_url":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/","feed_url":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/feed.json","description":"Short posts and observations. This is the canonical feed — syndicated out to Mastodon and Threads via Micro.Blog.","language":"en-US","authors":[{"name":"Joshua P. Steele","url":"https://joshuapsteele.com/"}],"items":[{"id":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-05-19-1842/","url":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-05-19-1842/","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eThe USA healthcare and health insurance industrial complex is truly a hellscape of greed and structural sin.\u003c/p\u003e\n","date_published":"2026-05-19T22:42:18Z"},{"id":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-05-13-1049/","url":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-05-13-1049/","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eParents! We\u0026rsquo;ve got 3yo, 5yo, and 7yo. I\u0026rsquo;m intrigued by \u0026ldquo;Mindset Decks\u0026rdquo; to help teach/cue things like grit, emotional intelligence, and good manners. Anyone out there used Mindset Decks? Thoughts? Any other cue/reminder tools you\u0026rsquo;ve found helpful in the day-to-day of parenting?\u003c/p\u003e\n","date_published":"2026-05-13T14:49:18Z"},{"id":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-05-07-0947/","url":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-05-07-0947/","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eThey said you sound like an owl.\u003c/p\u003e\n","date_published":"2026-05-07T13:47:34Z"},{"id":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-05-03-1306/","url":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-05-03-1306/","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eInstalling Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on my 2016 MacBook Pro (13,1 without a Touch Bar). Looks like Obsidian, VS Code, and Warp Terminal shouldn\u0026rsquo;t be a problem. But I\u0026rsquo;ll miss Drafts very much on that machine. Any recommended Linux alternatives for Drafts?\u003c/p\u003e\n","date_published":"2026-05-03T17:06:46Z"},{"id":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-04-25-1017/","url":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-04-25-1017/","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eMy toxic trait is that it really, really bugs me that my wife is faster than I am.\u003c/p\u003e\n","date_published":"2026-04-25T14:17:26Z"},{"id":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-04-24-1329/","url":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-04-24-1329/","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eWhich RSS feeds out there are you particularly glad you\u0026rsquo;re subscribed to?\u003c/p\u003e\n","date_published":"2026-04-24T17:29:58Z"},{"id":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-04-23-0835/","url":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-04-23-0835/","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e“America Reads the Bible”? Oh really? Is she taking care of the widow, orphan, and immigrant yet?\u003c/p\u003e\n","date_published":"2026-04-23T12:35:51Z"},{"id":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-04-22-1238/","url":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-04-22-1238/","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eAm I still a priest?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI left the ACNA in 2023. Just received my Letters Dimissory. But I still can\u0026rsquo;t decide if ordination conferred something real and permanent, or if it was only ever a jurisdictional authorization.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat say you?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://joshuapsteele.com/am-i-still-a-priest/\"\u003ehttps://joshuapsteele.com/am-i-still-a-priest/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","date_published":"2026-04-22T16:38:35Z"},{"id":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-04-21-1534/","url":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-04-21-1534/","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eMe: \u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;m frustrated with my body. I finally get my motivation worked-out and start running regularly again, then I get shin splints and multiple weeks of head colds in a row.\u0026rdquo;\u003cbr\u003e\nMy body: \u0026ldquo;In that case, best I can do is\u0026hellip;appendicitis.\u0026rdquo; 🤷‍♂️🦠\u003c/p\u003e\n","date_published":"2026-04-21T19:34:51Z"},{"id":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-04-20-2000/","url":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-04-20-2000/","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eQuestion for the crowd: anyone else get vasovagal around procedures being done to them, but not at the sight of blood or watching others get stuck? Shots are fine if I look away. Getting blood drawn or an IV placed is the worst. Even thinking about a procedure (especially anything near the groin, hypothetically speaking) makes me go cold and clammy. Curious how common this specific combination is.\u003c/p\u003e\n","date_published":"2026-04-21T00:00:01Z"},{"id":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-04-20-1550/","url":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-04-20-1550/","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eI\u0026rsquo;ve got appendicitis and I\u0026rsquo;m stuck at home waiting to see if antibiotics will do the trick so I don\u0026rsquo;t have to get an appendectomy. Ask me anything!\u003c/p\u003e\n","date_published":"2026-04-20T19:50:58Z"},{"id":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-04-17-1516/","url":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-04-17-1516/","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eCan someone please reply to this post if/when you see it? Trying to see if replies eventually make it back to my main website or not.\u003c/p\u003e\n","date_published":"2026-04-17T19:16:04Z"},{"id":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-04-17-1204/","url":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-04-17-1204/","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eHaving a bunch of fun improving my Drafts workflows with the help of both Claude and Codex!\u003c/p\u003e\n","date_published":"2026-04-17T16:04:43Z"},{"id":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-04-17-1033/","url":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-04-17-1033/","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eTesting my Drafts publishing router actions.\u003c/p\u003e\n","date_published":"2026-04-17T14:33:12Z"},{"id":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-04-17-1026/","url":"https://joshuapsteele.com/notes/2026-04-17-1026/","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eTesting the new POSSE pipeline from Drafts. #indieweb\u003c/p\u003e\n","date_published":"2026-04-17T14:26:31Z","tags":["Indieweb"]}]}