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I am a writer, storyteller, and cybernetics researcher.
Joined Nov 2022
I am capable of going down almost any technological rabbit hole, the challenge is knowing when I should and when I shouldn't. I am constantly struggling with this in what I do in my work.
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A new proposal to add a Mastodon API endpoint for pulling the private notes for followers. Currently you can submit a private note, but you can't easily pull a list of them for users -- only one by one. https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/22909
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As various governments continue to engage in internet blocking of important services and information, the tools to fight have evolved.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/12/2022-year-internet-surveillance-and-resilience
So far I have created 25 separate Mastodon API capability collections, allowing me to automate common things I do with accounts, bookmarks, favorites, followers, lookups, post of statuses, searching accounts, hashtags, and statuses, timelines, trends, as well as verify my account. I'll keep building out new ones and augmenting them based upon my needs or what I hear from others. Feel free to fork and use! https://www.postman.com/api-evangelist/workspace/89a20890-1ad3-47d7-850c-51f678e1a716/overview
Crafty #1 prediction there @njyx -- almost like that title was generated by AI. https://njyx.medium.com/ai-and-creativity-predictions-for-2023-1c67425fcbb1
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When will govt accounts leave Twitter? "Government accounts basically post their press releases on Twitter. Journalists report on the government. It seems to me that the government accounts will go where the people go, and the people will go where the journalists go. As of now, the journalists prefer Mastodon." @Teri_Kanefield
Today is just a "soft launch" of Kin Lane to see if it still can operate this computer, communicate, and do those API things. Don't expect much.
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I created a collection that pulls a Mastodon profile then renders as a tag cloud using visualizer. https://www.postman.com/api-evangelist/workspace/mastodon/documentation/35240-0fb28935-450a-420e-8d73-dab8053a142a?entity=&branch=&version=
Evening @TheKinrar I created a @getpostman collection for your Mastodon Instance API. Any chance I could convince you to fork and setup in your own Postman team in the network. I am looking to do some storytelling on the Postman blog about your API, and would rather you have control over it. Feel free to message if you have any questions. Otherwise I'll just link to mine. Appreciate the hard work, it is a great API! https://www.postman.com/api-evangelist/workspace/mastodon/documentation/35240-19c2f28d-fec5-4b0d-ba82-65daba4590dd?entity=&branch=&version=
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I hope my SF people are enjoying and/or surviving their atmospheric river. This is a good time to read up on the 1862 atmospheric river, which probably gave us the song "Clementine," according to my good friend Joel Pomerantz. https://sfnhs.com/tag/flood/
I feel that if a communication channel is being printed on signs and used by a government agency as to engage with the public -- there should be a certain amount of regulation involved.
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Woody Guthrie Creates a Doodle-Filled List of 33 New Year’s Resolutions (1943)
Beat Fascism, Write a Song a Day, and Keep the Hoping Machine Running
https://www.openculture.com/2020/01/woody-guthrie-creates-a-doodle-filled-list-of-new-years-resolutions.html via @openculture
Spent the morning walking half the Bay Bridege from Oakland to Yerbe Buena Island.
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The first unionized Amazon warehouse in the U.S.
The first unionized Chipotle in the U.S.
The first unionized Apple Store.
The first unionized Trader Joe's.
260+ unionized Starbucks stores.
370+ worker strikes across the country.
2022 was a monumental year for worker power.
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So on the last day of the year, this just happened. Unexplained, extraordinary, humans cooperating with other humans to an orchestral degree. Less than seconds, and then they were in the clouds and vanished. Fly safely towards next year friends and strangers, keep each other’s measure with this much care.
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It was a pleasure to hear the story behind Freepository straight from @jbminn in the latest addition to Open Source Stories. Hosted source control as a service was revolutionary to open source and contributed to its meteoric rise.
#OpenSource #OpenSourceStories #Freepository
https://www.opensourcestories.org/stories/2022/john-minnihan/
I just went and put on a sweater instead of turning on the heat. Damn I'm old.
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I am a writer, storyteller, and cybernetics researcher.
Joined Nov 2022
