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artfulrobot<p>I like Open Location Coordinates AKA <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/olc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>olc</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/plusCodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plusCodes</span></a> as these are a compact, readable easily sharable open way to identify global coordinates.</p><p>There's 2 renderings though, a full one and a version that's abbreviated but needs a locality name.</p><p>The long one is great, the other one is useless because an app would need a massive db of placenames. </p><p>Guess which version <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/googleMaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>googleMaps</span></a> gives access to...</p>
Doug Grinbergs<p>Thom Hartmann on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OLC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OLC</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DOJOLC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJOLC</span></a> president <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS</span></a> free-criming no-indictment pass: written in a letter by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nixon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nixon</span></a>’s corrupt DOJ (AG John Mitchell went to prison) when Nixon was being investigated… doubled down on by Clinton’s DOJ when he was being investigated for lying under oath<br><a href="https://hartmannreport.com/p/is-democratic-leadership-missing-106" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hartmannreport.com/p/is-democr</span><span class="invisible">atic-leadership-missing-106</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ThomHartmann" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThomHartmann</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrickyDick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrickyDick</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RichardNixon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RichardNixon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JohnMitchell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnMitchell</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SlickWillie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SlickWillie</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BillClinton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillClinton</span></a></p>
Doug Grinbergs<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@npr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>npr</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@npr/politics-v8m4p3ukz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>politics-npr</span></a></span> <br>"Monday's filing is in line with longstanding Justice Department policy that says a sitting president cannot be indicted or tried on criminal charges because it would violate the Constitution and interfere with the working of the executive branch."</p><p>Hey, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Garland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Garland</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OLC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OLC</span></a> how about replacing the 1973 OLC Moss Memorandum?</p>
Travis F W<p>Today I am wishing again for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/activityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activityPub</span></a> to support location-aware communities. I'd like to see posts on maps. I'd like to talk to people in my community and neighboring areas, and follow specific locations with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OLC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OLC</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/plusCodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plusCodes</span></a>, (without having to manually expand the quad tree for large regions!)<br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FediMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediMeta</span></a></p><p>Is there any software on the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> doing this?</p>