Another post for my Github issue
Another ActivityPub test, changed my username to sylvesterandy
Test post for ActivityPub check
The Just Security site has published a list of its recent stories concerning ICE/BP activities in Minnesota. Today’s story (The Top 10 Questions The Trump Admin Needs to Answer About Minnesota) is definitely what journalists and Congress should be asking.
At The Bulwark, Bill Kristol’s Morning Shots newsletter for today has two great pieces on the people of Minneapolis and the departure of Greg Bovino – an excellent read!
A prayer for Minneapolis
Another week, another murder in Minneapolis by ICE agents after the murder of Renee Good. Today at Mass, one of our songs had a verse that was especially appropriate for the situation in Minneapolis and our country:
In the midst of persecution, Lord, stand by me
When my enemies surround me, Lord, stand by me
When the tyrant wields his terror and the armies wage their might
When the darkness overwhelms me, Lord, stand by me
Title: Stand By Me, words and music Copyright 2001 Tom Kendzia, published by Oregon Catholic Press (lyrics) (performance)
Dave Winer linked today to Rss.Social, a feed aggregation site – has a nice look and feel, good to see some experimentation in user interface (I still use River5 for my feed reading).
via Leo LaPorte (his son runs the shop, which only sells french dip sandwiches…)
Some interesting RSS links
Leo LaPorte: Uncharted Territory – Leo vibe-coded a TUI RSS reader in a morning – I should check this out!
Leo LaPorte: From July 2025, an interesting link to an history of RSS using the media of comics created by Audra McNamee.
MyStatusTool development update
Late last year, I did some experiments with MyStatusTool to test use of async function calls to eliminate some startup errors I was seeing. Next, I did some tests of my ability to follow WordPress.com feeds. Eventually, I saw that I was not properly parsing the RSS server domain and path from the feeds. My prior setup had been for feeds using a separate rssCloud server for notification. The WordPress.com feeds use each WordPress site as the cloud server, so there is variation in the server URL. Now that has been worked out, my next step is update my startup logic to read the feeds, then parse the RSS server domain and path information. I may need to do more experiments with async programming again to get these steps to execute in a synchronous manner. See example installs here and here!