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1. kicksc+SP[view] [source] 2019-12-16 13:51:27
>>_bxg1+(OP)
Going to plug my project Fraidycat here. Feels like it satisfies many of these. http://fraidyc.at/

It compiles RSS feeds and YouTube, Twitter, etc into a dashboard-like view rather than a crowded timeline. No notifications, no algorithm. Just a tool for a human. Easy to “move into the periphery”. Very calm, even when I’m following 100s of people.

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2. tomcoo+KR[view] [source] 2019-12-16 14:12:02
>>kicksc+SP
EST! EST!! EST!!!

The explanatory video alone is a gem, the fact that this extension is open source is a juicy bonus, the coziness factor is sky-high.

From a person that doesn't install any extension ever: great concept, amazing execution, installed right meow.

PS: How much money would you need to program a CLI version of this that I could host, and run forever and ever, on a tiny VPS?

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3. kashya+T32[view] [source] 2019-12-16 21:51:43
>>tomcoo+KR
What is "EST"? I know it's not the timezone. Given the frantic exclamation marks, probably it is "Everyone Stands Together" (had to look up: "EST + Urban Dictionary").
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4. jdminh+jr2[view] [source] 2019-12-17 00:15:04
>>kashya+T32
I assume this is the reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Est!_Est!!_Est!!!_di_Montefias...

> The unusual name of the wine region dates back to a 12th-century tale of a German bishop traveling to the Vatican for a meeting with the pope. The bishop sent a prelate ahead of him to survey the villages along the route for the best wines. The 'wine scout' had instructions to write 'Est' (Latin for 'There is') on the door or on the wall of the inns he visited when he was particularly impressed with the quality of the wine they served so the bishop following on his trail would have known in advance where to make a stop. At a Montefiascone inn, the prelate was reportedly so overwhelmed with the local wine that he wrote Est! Est!! Est!!! on the door.

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5. kashya+r43[view] [source] 2019-12-17 07:49:34
>>jdminh+jr2
Ah, thank you for correcting (and also for quoting the relevant bit). That's one hell of an obscure reference. :-)

To complete the digression (from the same Wiki):

... the wine often receives mixed opinions with wine experts ... describing in The World Atlas of Wine 'Est! Est!! Est!!!' ... as "usually the dullest white wine with the strangest name in the world."

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