Scripting News: Saturday, August 31, 2024

Saturday, August 31, 2024

Why does JD Vance have so many opinions about women? #

It's worth reflecting that the press took its best shot at Kamala Harris, and it was a big puff of smoke, she just cruised right through it.#

Thread: Blogs and the social web will merge. #

Platform drivers for textcasting#

A feature I've wanted to add to the textcasting server app is a plug-in architecture so you can add a new platform driver without having to reconfigure or even reboot the server. #

There's a new folder at plugins/platforms. Each subfolder contains a driver for one platform. Initially there are four folder: bluesky, mastodon, twitter and wordpress. Each driver is a Node module that exports a single function that posts an item to the platform. #

As an example here's the driver for WordPress. #

The drivers are invoked through an HTTP POST call, where the body contains the parameters to the driver. The parameters for each driver are different, because their APIs are different. To add support for a new platform, you just write a new driver. #

I also have a client app that does linkblogging through this server, that's why my linkblogging these days is so relatively effortless. #

Even though the current situation is done without standards, I think not only will that change over time, but this is a good thing. What used to be a corporate silo owned by Twitter, Inc is now a competitive market with lots of players. That's what we wanted back in 2006 when Twitter started, and now we have it. #

This isn't the last step or the first step toward getting them all to coalesce, but it is progress. #

If you're a developer have a look. And if you're a user, know that we're on the road to make cross-site posting a reality. It works for super-geeks like myself now, but eventually it'll work for poets too.#

PS: There's also an RSS feed emanating from my textcasting system, that, in conjunction with the masterful Manton Reece at micro.blog, is how I do my cross-posting to Threads. Eventually I expect there will be a platform driver for Threads too, but for now -- this is how it works. Thanks Manton! It's great to work with you on this stuff. 😄#

Linkblog items for the day.

Nuns in rural Kansas vex big companies with their investment activism. dailykos.com

Kamala Harris has been dealing with trolls almost since there have been trolls. threads.net

Trump Won't Commit to Vetoing Federal Abortion Ban. politicalwire.com

The press took its best shot at Kamala Harris, and it was a big puff of smoke, she just cruised right through it. threads.net

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