@maxlath Can wikibase-cli read operations set a custom User-Agent header? I can't find anything in the docs, but the use of customHeaders in request.js makes me think there might be some way that I'm just not seeing
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Ooops. Forgot to post about this week's shufflings here. Though presumably it doesn't matter, as you've all subscribed to get it by email and avidly read it on Tuesday night anyway, right? Right?
I've been talked into taking what I discover tracking political comings-and-goings worldwide, and turning it into a weekly newsletter. So if you're interested in keeping up with world events through the prism of watching who's out and who's in, look no further than https://shuffled.beehiiv.com/
(And, as always, very happy for people to point out all the typos and other mistakes I've undoubtedly made, or other stories I've missed.)
Happy Sammarinese Captains Regent Investiture Day to all those to celebrate.
Alex R[1/x] Because I'm an enormous #RoadSign nerd, today we're going to take a magical tour of a selection of signs in use in Europe to warn road users about domesticated animals in and around the carriageway. This most commonly takes the form of a black cow symbol inside a red triangle.
We're starting in the UK, with a very decent example. Nice sweep on the horns, a good swishy tail, and a very planted feeling that suggests you'll have a bad day if you choose to mess with her. You can also see her in fellow left-hand traffic country Cyprus, where she is presumably enjoying somewhat nicer weather. Score: 7/10
Hmm, @maxlath are the constant warnings I'm getting from wikibase-cli that punycode is deprecated something I can avoid by upgrading something somewhere? I don't know my way around the node ecosystem well enough to track down exactly where it's coming from.
Today in "Why is this #Wikidata query no longer working?"…
Someone has decided that the United Kingdom (Q145) isn't actually a member of the UN / NATO etc, because the member is instead the "realm of the United Kingdom" (Q124653007). I'm not entirely convinced that this is correct, but even if it were, this sort of change seems guaranteed to break a *lot* of queries in ways that aren't going to be obvious how to fix.
@maxlath Upgrading #wikibase-cli 16.x to latest seems to have broken `wb search --cirrus`, which is now throwing 'Error: srprop is not a valid option' from `wikibase-sdk/dist/src/queries/cirrus_search.js:12`.
wikibase-sdk and node are both at latest versions. Is there something else I need to twiddle, or is there a regression here? (Going back to 16.3 fixes it again)
Azi'll never get over the intense special interest required for someone to post this on imdb
Erin KissaneThis week, I went over to Bluesky and asked people who'd left Mastodon why they left, and lots of people told me. I grabbed the replies and crunched them and wrote up a summary. I think it's really interesting and often kind of wrenching.
https://erinkissane.com/mastodon-is-easy-and-fun-except-when-it-isnt