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brian

@brian@hoosier.social

I live in Lebanon, #Indiana where I am a husband and father of 2. Loyal son of Wabash College (#WAF). VP, Solution Engineering and Technology at Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE). Hobbies include #pokemongo, #audiobooks, #podcasts, and #weightlifting (although it doesn’t quite outpace my love of #food).

#MastoAdmin for #HoosierSocial

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cliffwade, to tech
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    @cliffwade @kylewritescode

    I don’t necessarily have an opinion on the content you would be creating in your Local Timeline or allowing folks to follow. But, I’ll offer to help with some recent experience of you do go down this road. @thekitmalone and I have been creating several Bot accounts to push local Indiana news to https://hoosier.social using RSS and IFTTT and other platforms. I’m happy to share tips and lessons learned.

    mrdowden, to random

    Trying to get a bit more into Mastodon -- any recs on a Tabletop Gaming/RPG server or Software Dev server?

    brian,
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    @mrdowden
    A thread from @FediFollows from just a couple days ago:

    https://social.growyourown.services/@FediFollows/110283066776925633

    brian,
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    @mrdowden

    Also: https://mstdn.games/@britt/109835738888775987

    brian, to random
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    I just finished #TheLastOfUs. I know I’m late to the party, but I’m not great with scary stuff and kept putting it off. It was totally worth it. Excellent story.

    #HBO

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    @rcpierce

    Rumor is that Season 2 would have more Clickers, which is problematic. But I’ll do my best to push through!

    stefan, to programming
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    When the MTA announced discontinuing their live subway alerts due to Twitter's new excessive pricing policy, I took it as an opportunity to set up @mtaupdates.

    And here's how I made it.

    https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/turn-an-email-subscription-into-a-mastodon-bot-with-pipedream-com/

    #tutorial #bots #MastodonAPI #python #pipedream

    brian,
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    @stefan

    Thanks for sharing. We’ve been setting up some news bots on our Indiana-based instance (hoosier.social) with some success. All of those pull new items from an RSS feed and do a HTTP Post to the “statuses” endpoint. I’ve messed with Zapier and IFTTT and stumbled across Pipedream along the way but never gave it a try. I might check it out if the free tier allows for enough volume.

    thekitmalone, to random
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    Municipal primary elections in are on May 2!

    That's THIS Tuesday! Go and already!

    Municipal elections are where your vote matters the most, and where the people we elect have the most direct impact on our lives. In many cities and counties, just a handful of votes can be the difference between electing someone who values our civic norms ... or someone who bans books.

    brian,
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    @thekitmalone Voted early a few weeks ago ✅

    brian, to random
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    Happy that I got my walk in earlier this morning before the rain started.

    #walkable #outdoors

    brian, to random
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    A Little Wordy #14 🎨✅ 97% https://theoatmeal.com/wordy?date=04-30-23

    naptowncode, to random
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    WFYI #Indianapolis: "A troubled housing complex on the Far Eastside will finally be razed. The city of Indianapolis is moving forward with a push to acquire properties and relocate residents at Towne and Terrace."

    https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/towne-and-terrace-buildings-will-finally-come-down-on-the-far-eastside

    brian,
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    @naptowncode

    FYI, we just added a WFYI Bot!

    @wfyi_unofficial

    cliffwade, to random
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    @cliffwade

    Goin Down the Road Feelin Bad by Grateful Dead

    It was like a revelation that you don’t always have to adapt yourself to fit the world. Sometimes, you change your circumstances to better fit who you naturally are.

    #JukeBoxFridayNight #ThatFirstTime

    Eamon1916, to random

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    @Eamon1916

    Me, but when my son is telling me about his new Marvel Snap deck.

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    @Eamon1916

    Huge boom or bust range. Definitely a gamble. But I’m excited about the physicality.

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    @Eamon1916 Are you in Destin? I think I have been to that antique store.

    brian, to random
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    My wife has been an elementary teacher for 25 years and I trust her opinion without reservation. Teachers don’t want this.

    https://www.wishtv.com/news/local-news/indiana-moves-closer-to-state-funded-teacher-gun-training/

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    @Eamon1916

    Bingo

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    @grammasaurus

    Yup. Keeping good teachers is already hard enough. I think parents would be surprised how many unlicensed people are in classrooms right now. This certainly won’t help.

    You’re right about the saving money perspective. How short sited! That’s a hell of a long-term expense in terms of educated workforce and citizens in 20 years.

    NefariousAryq, to random

    Wondering how that cow from yesterday is doing today…

    brian,
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    @NefariousAryq

    Well...of course it is obviously moovelous, right?

    leopardboy, to random
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    Finally!

    #PokemonGo #Pokemon

    brian,
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    @leopardboy

    Hey, friend me up! 😀

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    jcrabapple, to music

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    @jcrabapple

    I can only handle simple stuff if I'm trying to concentrate. Usually it is one of those sound generator apps with rain, maybe a little thunder, and some coffee shop noises. Or, I'll find a random binaural beats thing on YouTube.

    FediFollows, (edited ) to random

    picks of the day EPIC LIST, in random order:

    @randomwizard - Posting about classic tabletop RPGs and their histories

    @KeithDEdinburgh - Creating modern & historical scenarios for TTRPGs

    @chloethecartographer - Mapmaker for fictional worlds

    @MasteringDnD - Podcast by game designers all about tabletop RPGs

    @deidungeon - Online shop selling vintage D&D books etc

    @McLachlanBrian - Author of interactive RPG graphic novel

    @mz4250 - 3D prints tabletop miniatures

    (1/5)

    brian,
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    @FediFollows

    Tagging @Manata and @xK1 - be sure to check out the whole thread.

    kylewritescode, (edited ) to random
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    Going to use @woollyapp app again for a bit. Gotta support all my #IndieDev buds.

    brian,
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    @kylewritescode @woollyapp

    It’s my default. Mainly due to the threaded replies.

    brian, to random
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    I just figured out that #Amazon Wish Lists no longer allow you to add non-Amazon links & ideas. There are some local places and Etsy type stuff that I like to support, so this is a deal breaker for me. Any recommendations?

    #wishlist #recommendations

    brian,
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    @leopardboy

    I’m partial to Google Keep for my own lists & notes and stuff. The trick is going to be migrating all of the grandparents to somewhere that they can use to check things off the list or hit an easy “buy now” button right from the app.

    naptowncode, to random
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    Moving to a new social network can be hard, especially when you rely on social for news and info. For me moving to Mastodon has been mostly fine... except I can't find much local content for #Indianapolis. So I'll try posting that content myself for a while and see who picks it up.

    Preferring, in order:

    1. Boosting Indy content from this network
    2. Links to Indy content from news sites
    3. Links to Indy content on other networks

    This is not a professional project; I'm just a guy doing a thing.

    brian,
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    @naptowncode

    In that case, I’ll also recommend checking out your server’s Federated timeline. It is all the posts that your instance knows about because users on your server are following them or interacting. That is often another good way to stumble across accounts to follow.

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    @naptowncode

    Ice T saying “That’s a fact!”

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