Post #1308304

2026-04-10 16:02 UTC

I've been hacking on it a lot this week, with my silly human hands, and it's been a lot of fun! Right now, it can only read threads from Mastodon, and only output Markdown, but both directions could be extended. To try it out, I've been using it to publish one blog post each day this week – you might have noticed! :D

Replies (6)

@blinry@chaos.social 2026-04-17 11:56

`threadcat` downloads files using their original filename on the Mastodon server. So you'll end up with a lot of files like "f55dbddca60e64cb.jpg"… I tried deriving better filenames from the alt text – for example, taking the first two "non-filler" words from the alt text. That gives you filenames like "colorful-circles.jpg", "small-grey.jpg" or "drawing-snow.jpg", and possibly "drawing-snow-2.jpg". Another option would just be using timestamps: "2026-04-17T13:54Z.jpg" What do you think?

Open ##1308305
@daniel_bohrer@chaos.social 2026-04-10 20:05

@blinry you seem to have good hu-man hands, their output looks very hu-man indeed

Open ##1308330
@Chamaeleon@mastodon.art 2026-04-10 20:39

@blinry being human is fun!

Open ##1308333
@harbeider@mastodon.social 2026-04-10 22:13

@blinry Nice❣️ But till now I got a thread containing just one toot, and this output: "Note: Thread might be cut off due to Mastodon's API limits. Provide an ACCESS_TOKEN via environment variable to make authenticated requests." How to solve this?

Open ##1308334
@Pi_rat@shitposter.world 2026-04-12 18:52

@blinry >Right now, it can only read threads from Mastodon Don't worry you won't need to handle other backends, they don't have retarded char limit.

Open ##1308336
@irrlicht@social.lithio.fr 2026-04-17 15:50

@blinry Freakin nice tool I'm on Pleroma so I'm gotta keep an eye out for when that's available 👀

Open ##1308346