Scripting News: Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Tuesday, December 19, 2023 A suggestion to ActivityPub enthusiasts -- a very simple, highly factored toolkit for posting via ActivityPub might unleash a flood of compatible software, depending on how many obstacles can be removed. I've tried to evangelize the idea, but it didn't happen. In the end I punted, and used Mastodon's API, and thus my software only works with services that implement their API. # There's actual news tonight # I've been watching the news tonight, when there's some actual news , and it's good news. # What they're not saying is that the US has the tools to defend itself from enemies like Trump, and finally we're starting to use them. Not impotent tools, like congressional hearings or impeachment, but the actual guardrail meant to serve as a last resort to keep a nightmare out of the government. An insurrectionist should be dealt with a lot more swiftly than Trump has and the penalty shoul...