I want to give a massive shout-out to @jonny (good kind) and @Clairement crevée for their work on
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Add Fetch All Replies Part 1: Backend by sneakers-the-rat · Pull Request #32615 · mastodon/mastodon
Fix: #9409 Fix: #14017 Fix: #18150 Original PR Here: NeuromatchAcademy#44 Further description here: NeuromatchAcademy#43 I've never made a PR f...
, which *finally* addresses the issues with missing posts on Mastodon, eg.
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can't see toots on people's profiles or replies to many toots from self-hosted instance · Issue #14017 · mastodon/mastodon
Expected behaviour When I view someone's profile locally, I should be able to see their public toots. If a toot appears in my federated feed, click...
 #mastodon #fediverse
Love the simplicity of this quote/advice attributed to composer John Cage. "Begin anywhere." Great for any time you feel stuck or overwhelmed. Especially fitting for our times. via
Mastodon @ SDF
The Lichtenbergian (@Lichtenbergian@mastodon.sdf.org)
Attached: 1 image #Lichtenbergianism #AbortiveAttempts #KingOfHeartsFallacy
 #quote #JohnCage #BeginAnywhere
This feels like one of those things I already knew and just forgot about. "When retired British army captain Charles Boycott, acting as an agent for an absentee landlord, tried to evict tenant farmers for refusing to pay their rent, he was ostracized by the [Land League] and community. [...] Boycott’s fate was soon well known, and his name became a byword for that particular protest strategy"
Definition of BOYCOTT
to engage in a concerted refusal to have dealings with (a person, a store, an organization, etc.) usually to express disapproval or to force accept...
Charles Boycott - Wikipedia
 #boycott #language #etymology #WordOrigin #TIL
Pretty fascinating look at how "Covid changed everything", in 30 charts. "Decades from now, the pandemic will be visible in the historical data of nearly anything measurable today: an unmistakable spike, dip or jolt that officially began for Americans five years ago this week."
30 Charts That Show How Covid Changed Everything in March 2020
It can be easy to forget, or look away from, the pain and disruption of the pandemic. The numbers will be there to remind us.
 #news #covid #health #PublicHealth #data #dataviz #charts
Oh nice, with the latest Mastodon update (shout-out to @Clairement crevée!), we should start seeing proper capitalization of hashtags more often. "e.g. if the client had previously used # ClimateCrisis and the server is suggesting # climatecrisis, the UI will suggest # ClimateCrisis"
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Change hashtag suggestion to prefer personal history capitalization by ClearlyClaire · Pull Request #34070 · mastodon/mastodon
Currently, personal hashtag use history is used to complete search suggestions, but for suggestions that are part of the server response (which sho...
 #mastodon #MastodonUpdate #fediverse #hashtags
My first contribution to @Wikidata: I just added @WA Department of Health's Mastodon handle to their page, and now they show up on the map of government agencies with a fediverse presence. Nice! https://w.wiki/8jBX #fediverse #wikidata image
Ha, this one might be my favorite. "Gulf of Starship Debris." #GulfOfMexico #GulfOfAmerica #maps #SpaceX #starship image
I'm not really sure when @Micah Lee made his Hacks, Leaks, and Revelations book free to read online, but if it's been on your wish list, now's your chance to give it a read, and if you enjoy it, and can afford to, support the author.
Contents - Hacks, Leaks, and Revelations
Buy Hacks, Leaks, and Revelations: The Art of Analyzing Hacked and Leaked Data by Micah Lee.
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Hacks, Leaks, and Revelations: The Art of Analyzing Hacked and Leaked Data by Micah Lee
Buy Hacks, Leaks, and Revelations: The Art of Analyzing Hacked and Leaked Data by Micah Lee.
 #data #dataviz #DataVisualiaztion #DataExploration #books #HacksAndLeaks
"A week ago, transgender Representative Zooey Zephyr delivered a powerful speech against a bill that would create a separate indecent exposure law for transgender people. [...] In a stunning turn, 29 Republicans defected, killing both bills. One Republican even took the floor to deliver a scathing rebuke of the bill’s sponsor." 👏✊
Powerful Speeches From Trans Dems Flip 29 Republicans, Anti-Trans Bills Die In Montana
Transgender Reps Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell delivered powerful speeches on the Montana House floor on Thursday. Republicans defected en masse to jo...
 #news #USPol #USNews #TransRights