A small tool to view real-world ActivityPub objects as JSON! Enter a URL
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header
to the server to view the underlying object.
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"content": "Mere hours after the now trending Biden gaff, we were watching President Trump traveling around in a perfectly detailed white garbage truck in what might be the greatest election troll ever!<br /><br />This, of course, appeals to my sense of fun and whimsy; let's face it, no one but Donald Trump could pull this off. <br /><br />While hilarious, I also couldn't help thinking, \"This guy can sure get things done.\" <br /><a href=\"https://youtu.be/aowTnlSylRE?si=D4Lm4aOHLm2DO8IL\" target=\"_blank\">https://youtu.be/aowTnlSylRE?si=D4Lm4aOHLm2DO8IL</a>",
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"content": "Mere hours after the now trending Biden gaff, we were watching President Trump traveling around in a perfectly detailed white garbage truck in what might be the greatest election troll ever!\n\nThis, of course, appeals to my sense of fun and whimsy; let's face it, no one but Donald Trump could pull this off. \n\nWhile hilarious, I also couldn't help thinking, \"This guy can sure get things done.\" \nhttps://youtu.be/aowTnlSylRE?si=D4Lm4aOHLm2DO8IL",
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"content": "That's how it's done.<br /><a href=\"https://youtu.be/us0llt6jlqc?si=ymh0jnWwKKKr4470\" target=\"_blank\">https://youtu.be/us0llt6jlqc?si=ymh0jnWwKKKr4470</a>",
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"content": "That's how it's done.\nhttps://youtu.be/us0llt6jlqc?si=ymh0jnWwKKKr4470",
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"content": "The internet used to be a great place...free speech, innovation, real-time information sharing and accurate news updates from across the globe. People helped friends and strangers with all manner of problems and issues. <br /><br />Then the internet became accessible to the unwashed masses, and gradually the incumbent population was inundated with misinformation, and a universe of dullards posting pictures of their food choices, hot chicks and cats.<br /><br />Concurrent with this, there has been a renaissance of information technology growth and development. With the advent of machine learning, the average person has the tools to produce sublime music and great works of art. The result?<br /><br />Complex and nuanced computer generated depictions of post-apocalyptic hot chicks and cats.",
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"content": "The internet used to be a great place...free speech, innovation, real-time information sharing and accurate news updates from across the globe. People helped friends and strangers with all manner of problems and issues. \n\nThen the internet became accessible to the unwashed masses, and gradually the incumbent population was inundated with misinformation, and a universe of dullards posting pictures of their food choices, hot chicks and cats.\n\nConcurrent with this, there has been a renaissance of information technology growth and development. With the advent of machine learning, the average person has the tools to produce sublime music and great works of art. The result?\n\nComplex and nuanced computer generated depictions of post-apocalyptic hot chicks and cats.",
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"content": "The internet is aflutter with news and memes concerning a women's boxing match at the Paris Olympic Games. It seems two contestants who would previously have been ineligible to fight in this category (XY chromosomes and/or high testosterone levels), have beaten the crap out of their respective female opponents. People seem angry.<br /><br />If, as is being alleged, the prevailing fighters should reasonably be excluded from the competition, why are all the female boxers not just walking away in solidarity? Hell, why not all the female competitors?! That would be newsworthy.<br /><br />In a complete non sequitur I think I'll watch the movie War Games again. \"The only winning move is not to play.\"",
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"content": "The internet is aflutter with news and memes concerning a women's boxing match at the Paris Olympic Games. It seems two contestants who would previously have been ineligible to fight in this category (XY chromosomes and/or high testosterone levels), have beaten the crap out of their respective female opponents. People seem angry.\n\nIf, as is being alleged, the prevailing fighters should reasonably be excluded from the competition, why are all the female boxers not just walking away in solidarity? Hell, why not all the female competitors?! That would be newsworthy.\n\nIn a complete non sequitur I think I'll watch the movie War Games again. \"The only winning move is not to play.\"",
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"content": "<br />Cultural Enrichment - 1<br /><br />I usually walk most places so when a friend offers a ride somewhere I'm like the golden retriever that hears \"Go car!\" Heading up the main city street, warm summer wind in my hair, I was enjoying the experience while observing the changes in my recollection - including the population demographic, closed businesses, new storefronts and real estate developments. <br /><br />I did a double-take when I noticed an ample female pedestrian stop, squat and pull down her pants to relieve herself in full view of motorists and passers-by. She was reasonably dressed and carrying a purse, so probably not homeless. I wasn't sure whether to stare resolutely or look away. I then resented having my reverie interrupted by an obligatory conversation, lasting for the next five to ten city blocks, regarding the unfortunate changing mores and practices in this country. Apparently, for some, using public spaces as your personal toilet is becoming a more common practice. <br /><br />Try as I might, I just can't envision a situation where I'd be able to do this. Back in the day, such an act would be considered public lewdness and the perpetrator would be suspected of being mentally infirm or even dangerous. I feel dirty even putting the aforementioned observations into print.<br /><br />That same friend mentioned yesterday that our communal beaches are now being inundated with fecal matter as, in some areas of the world, crapping randomly in public is considered perfectly fine. This country was not formerly one of them.<br /><br />I'd be interested in hearing from the liberal left how allowing the environment to literally become a festering shit-hole is another fine example of cultural enrichment.",
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"content": "\nCultural Enrichment - 1\n\nI usually walk most places so when a friend offers a ride somewhere I'm like the golden retriever that hears \"Go car!\" Heading up the main city street, warm summer wind in my hair, I was enjoying the experience while observing the changes in my recollection - including the population demographic, closed businesses, new storefronts and real estate developments. \n\nI did a double-take when I noticed an ample female pedestrian stop, squat and pull down her pants to relieve herself in full view of motorists and passers-by. She was reasonably dressed and carrying a purse, so probably not homeless. I wasn't sure whether to stare resolutely or look away. I then resented having my reverie interrupted by an obligatory conversation, lasting for the next five to ten city blocks, regarding the unfortunate changing mores and practices in this country. Apparently, for some, using public spaces as your personal toilet is becoming a more common practice. \n\nTry as I might, I just can't envision a situation where I'd be able to do this. Back in the day, such an act would be considered public lewdness and the perpetrator would be suspected of being mentally infirm or even dangerous. I feel dirty even putting the aforementioned observations into print.\n\nThat same friend mentioned yesterday that our communal beaches are now being inundated with fecal matter as, in some areas of the world, crapping randomly in public is considered perfectly fine. This country was not formerly one of them.\n\nI'd be interested in hearing from the liberal left how allowing the environment to literally become a festering shit-hole is another fine example of cultural enrichment.",
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"content": "A fair number of people I know spend inordinate amounts of time flipping through TikTok videos and YouTube shorts. I had some difficulty rationalizing this as a productive activity, so I decided to investigate further. Let's try to figure out the appeal.<br /><br />Full disclosure: I have occasionally looked at some YouTube shorts.<br /><br />We start with the amount of time allocated to each video as most of them seem really brief. <br /><br />YouTube, which already allows streaming of up to 10 hours, entered the competition with 60 second video shorts. Apparently in order to stay on par with this behemoth platform, TikTok has expanded the maximum length of its videos to include ones from 3 seconds to 30 minutes.<br /><br />Then I need some additional research.<br /><br />The next thing I did was to click on one of the YouTube shorts to watch an endearing celebrity moment. I swiped past a few advertisements and then watched the next five where people were rescuing animals in distress. More life lessons and funny anecdotes from random celebrities, then more animal rescues with heart-warming results later, and I discovered an hour had passed. <br /><br />There is a veritable universe of content which provides the illusion of mental stimulation with those little bonus endorphin rushes - mom stops car jackers from stealing car with baby, abused animal rescues, dancing celebrities, bread and circuses - but when two hours have passed, you have nothing tangible to show for your viewing and swiping. I had a difficult time disengaging from this process, because these tiny videos are bite-sized and individually seem to take up almost no time. Like buying lottery tickets though, the next one could be the charm. <br /><br />While adults sometimes like these platforms, it's the younger people that stare myopically at this content the most. As a result, talking with them is like trying to engage someone with attention deficit disorder. They have the attention spans of gerbils, shun the idea of long-term learning or a day's work, and everything they say is fraught with false drama or emotional distress. I sometimes envision giving them a book, and having them say turning the pages is too hard. Once again, in 5 to 10 years, these \"kids\" will be the movers and shakers in society. Yikes!<br /><br />I was reminded of a Star Trek Next Generation episode entitled, The Game, where the entire crew became mesmerized with pleasure center stimulation when they donned a headset and mentally guided a disk into a waving tube. They were ultimately saved from certain doom by two youths who found a way to disengage them from this addiction -- irony, right?<br /><br />",
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"content": "A fair number of people I know spend inordinate amounts of time flipping through TikTok videos and YouTube shorts. I had some difficulty rationalizing this as a productive activity, so I decided to investigate further. Let's try to figure out the appeal.\n\nFull disclosure: I have occasionally looked at some YouTube shorts.\n\nWe start with the amount of time allocated to each video as most of them seem really brief. \n\nYouTube, which already allows streaming of up to 10 hours, entered the competition with 60 second video shorts. Apparently in order to stay on par with this behemoth platform, TikTok has expanded the maximum length of its videos to include ones from 3 seconds to 30 minutes.\n\nThen I need some additional research.\n\nThe next thing I did was to click on one of the YouTube shorts to watch an endearing celebrity moment. I swiped past a few advertisements and then watched the next five where people were rescuing animals in distress. More life lessons and funny anecdotes from random celebrities, then more animal rescues with heart-warming results later, and I discovered an hour had passed. \n\nThere is a veritable universe of content which provides the illusion of mental stimulation with those little bonus endorphin rushes - mom stops car jackers from stealing car with baby, abused animal rescues, dancing celebrities, bread and circuses - but when two hours have passed, you have nothing tangible to show for your viewing and swiping. I had a difficult time disengaging from this process, because these tiny videos are bite-sized and individually seem to take up almost no time. Like buying lottery tickets though, the next one could be the charm. \n\nWhile adults sometimes like these platforms, it's the younger people that stare myopically at this content the most. As a result, talking with them is like trying to engage someone with attention deficit disorder. They have the attention spans of gerbils, shun the idea of long-term learning or a day's work, and everything they say is fraught with false drama or emotional distress. I sometimes envision giving them a book, and having them say turning the pages is too hard. Once again, in 5 to 10 years, these \"kids\" will be the movers and shakers in society. Yikes!\n\nI was reminded of a Star Trek Next Generation episode entitled, The Game, where the entire crew became mesmerized with pleasure center stimulation when they donned a headset and mentally guided a disk into a waving tube. They were ultimately saved from certain doom by two youths who found a way to disengage them from this addiction -- irony, right?\n\n",
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"content": "Imagine finding out that relatives from various parts of the globe, have been told they are welcome to come and stay with you at any time. While you're pretty easy going, you naturally expect these people to contact you in advance to discuss the details - how they will be housed, planned activities and length of stay.<br /><br />One day you awaken to find a group of relative strangers has spontaneously shown up at the airport, expecting you to arrange their transportation to your home. Your car is on the fritz, so you give them your location information and tell them to take a limo. Apparently they haven't planned for this expense, so you pay the driver when they arrive.<br /><br />There are two parents and three kids which may prove problematic to accommodate in your four-bedroom house. Nonetheless, they're your kin so you're going to make it work. You have the luxury of an in-ground pool and a nice property, so while everyone is getting acquainted you go to the grocery store for extra supplies, and prepare an impromptu bar-be-que. It's a pleasant summer day and the back yard is filled with the laughter and conversation of new and shared experiences. Several days pass and the relatives, apparently enjoying your hospitality, are spending their time exploring the city, watching television, or lounging around the pool. For whatever reason they haven't arrived with the resources to support themselves, so their care and feeding is becoming somewhat expensive. Still though, they're family.<br /><br />Serendipitously, all the relatives you have ever identified along with their friends, acquaintances and people they don't even seem to know, begin to arrive at intervals to take advantage of your hospitality. As with the first groups, they have no visible means of support, and are counting on your resources for the foreseeable future. After only a few months, you are working extra hours to cover the increasing bills and the money you have borrowed, to accommodate the new people. Your neighbours, good and generous friends, have been accepting the overflow people into their homes and providing food and entertainment. Your neighborhood, and the ones surrounding it, are awash in a sea of extra people and colourful tents. Everyone's resources are stretched to the limit, and because the new guests are apparently relocating permanently, there is no end in sight.<br /><br />As first tens, and then hundreds of thousands of people arrive from all parts of the world, it becomes apparent their cultural backgrounds are dissimilar to your own. There are some good people, sure, but there are others that have time on their hands and prefer the cultural imperatives from whence they came. It becomes harder to shop and get to work because of increased violent crime and the omnipresent protests regarding the way the country is being run. <br /><br />Your neighborhood used to be a safe and civilized place, but now over-run with people - some having turned to drugs and crime - it has become littered with filthy garbage and increasingly dangers. Last week one of your neighbours was killed for the contents of his wallet, your daughter was groped in your swimming pool, and when carrying groceries from the local shopping center you discovered your car had been stolen.<br /><br />In the fullness of time you get a note from your parents mentioning it was they who had invited relatives to relocate to your area indefinitely. Being neither financially nor exponentially astute, they had thought nothing more about it; however, the envelope did include a $100 cheque and a coffee shop gift card to accommodate.<br /><br />I suppose if you lived in a Canadian city this might be considered a fable, and should be topped off with a cute animal being consumed by a less cute animal for its stupidity. Regardless, it's approaching sundown and I have to get to the store before it's dark, as Toronto the Good is now Toronto the Seriously Mediocre.<br /><br />",
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"content": "I decide to make a salad.<br /><br />I start with an English cucumber which I partially remove from its individual plastic wrapper, strip off some of the rind, wash and cut into bite-sized pieces. I then protect the open end with a small zip-lock plastic bag and replace it in the refrigerator. I pull a handful of lettuce and other greens from a much larger, rigid, one-use plastic container replacing it back into cold storage. The grape tomatoes on the counter are in another small plastic disposable container; remove several tomatoes and reseal. I previously cut the snap peas out of the plastic non-resealable bag, washed them and then split them into two equal parts to store in several new plastic bags. Removing some pea pods empties one of the zip-lock containers, so this bag is garbage. <br /><br />The process of opening plastic containers, resealing, discarding or transferring to other disposable plastic receptacles is repeated with all remaining ingredients.<br /><br />At some point I have produced a relatively healthy and tasty salad which will be sealed in a disposable plastic bowl and transported for lunch. It's now time to clean up the kitchen.<br /><br />Some vegetable detritus is set aside for garbage while the discarded plastic will join it. Serendipitously, everything I have purchased and stored was either received in plastic containers, or transferred to other disposable plastic products.<br /><br />Sadly I recall I have forgotten to buy plastic garbage bags, so today's crap will have to sit on the counter until this situation is resolved. The role of kitchen garbage bag was formerly fulfilled by the plastic handled bags from the grocery store which were also used to bring groceries home, to transport objects from one location to another, to store various items, before eventually being used to take out the trash. <br /><br />Governmental regulations, presumably aimed at ridding the world of plastic, have made it virtually impossible to obtain any of the formerly free plastic bags provided by retail stores. You can, however, still pay one, five or even ten dollars for other store-branded, man-made substitutes. Weirdly none of these are leak proof or easy to tie shut, so there is no useful final destination for them as garbage bags. It's inconvenient to carry a bag with you everywhere in case you need to transport a purchased product, so there is a frequent requirement to buy more of them. <br /><br />Shortly after the start of this environment-saving initiative I, and everyone I know, had already amassed a universe of these new and infinitely more useless bags. They just kept multiplying like tribbles. They were costly, so you don't want to throw them out, especially housed in other plastic bags you now have to pay for; and make no mistake, you literally can't give them away. If you use them to deliver something to a friend's house they point to the thirty-odd bags they have lying around or stuffed into drawers, and not-too-politely make you take the bag away. <br /><br />Ah...just the growing pains of a world-saving initiative, one assumes. Sure it's expensive and frequently inconvenient, but as we're ridding the world of white plastic bags, it's obviously for the greater good. <br /><br />Damn, it feels so good to have \"gone green\"! <br /><br />",
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"content": "Today's pro tip.<br /><br />It bugs me every time someone says, \"The reason is because...\"<br /><br />Despite a few bitchy little idiots on the internet espousing the accuracy of this phrasing, I still maintain the reason for my annoyance is that (see what I did there?) the dictionary definition of \"because\" is \"for the reason that\". Hence when you say this, you are essentially saying, \"The reason is for the reason that...\" This is straight from the Department of Redundancy Department, hence essentially meaningless.<br /><br />When I'm reading an article, or watching a video, and the presumed expert uses this phrase I just stop reading or watching. Historically I have found this saves time and the assimilation of inaccurate information. Sloppy habits in one area generally indicate the same lack of care or accuracy will eventually surface in another.",
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"content": "Today's pro tip.\n\nIt bugs me every time someone says, \"The reason is because...\"\n\nDespite a few bitchy little idiots on the internet espousing the accuracy of this phrasing, I still maintain the reason for my annoyance is that (see what I did there?) the dictionary definition of \"because\" is \"for the reason that\". Hence when you say this, you are essentially saying, \"The reason is for the reason that...\" This is straight from the Department of Redundancy Department, hence essentially meaningless.\n\nWhen I'm reading an article, or watching a video, and the presumed expert uses this phrase I just stop reading or watching. Historically I have found this saves time and the assimilation of inaccurate information. Sloppy habits in one area generally indicate the same lack of care or accuracy will eventually surface in another.",
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