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+layout: post
+title: "First Post"
+date: 2020-11-05 23:40:30 -0000
+
+This is the first post to this new micro-blog.
+Congratulations.
+
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-layout: page
-title: About
-permalink: /about/
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-This is the base Jekyll theme. You can find out more info about customizing your Jekyll theme, as well as basic Jekyll usage documentation at [jekyllrb.com](https://jekyllrb.com/)
-
-You can find the source code for Minima at GitHub:
-[jekyll][jekyll-organization] /
-[minima](https://github.com/jekyll/minima)
-
-You can find the source code for Jekyll at GitHub:
-[jekyll][jekyll-organization] /
-[jekyll](https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll)
-
-
-[jekyll-organization]: https://github.com/jekyll
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