An unexpected benefit of having an Activity Pub focused open ended project for my SE class is I get test follows.
Hi👋 everybody from #Ucsd CSE. Have fun exploring the #Fedi. #Mastodon is just part of it.
If folks have suggestions requests for some CS Graduate student teams to build something for the Fedi as a class project reply below. They’ll see it or I’ll bring it to class for sure.
Or some integration with a #FollowingBot that tracks #WeatherNews if not #Earthquake reports from the :fediverse: and then starts to check in if i.e. Servers in the area are still reachable and notify admins via https://ntfy.sh if something is actually down.
:activitypub: after all does allow for powerful #APIs to be harnessed.
Diane Negra and I wrote about this almost ten years ago in our book Extreme Weather and Global Media, which included a brilliant chapter by Paula Gilligan on UK heatwaves and their media coverage.