{"id":4090,"date":"2025-10-03T00:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T23:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chrislamb.com\/?p=4090"},"modified":"2025-10-05T17:38:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T16:38:56","slug":"badger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrislamb.com\/?p=4090","title":{"rendered":"Badger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>He was a very good boy xxx<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69fc3081a2452&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69fc3081a2452\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" 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