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VickiLanger / LGBTQ-of-the-day-bot

Twitter bot tweeting fun goofy lgbtq things and queer history of the day
https://twitter.com/LGBTQotd
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Fix #273 Added X years ago #278

Closed ameybh closed 3 years ago

ameybh commented 3 years ago

Get the history year and the current year difference and add it to tweet_template and handle singular and plural. Also, random.choice works with list of length 1. Fixes #273

ameybh commented 3 years ago

Here's an adhoc example:

Plural:

410 years ago this day in LGBTQ history 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️📜

1610-11-18:
The Virginia Colony formally outlawed "Sodomie." http://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/the-age-of-sodomitical-sin/1610s/sodomy-law-virginia-may-24-161

Singular:

1 year ago this day in LGBTQ history 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️📜

2019-11-18:
In 1629, the General Court of Colonial Virginia met to decide if a certain settler was male or female. https://www.history.com/news/intersex-people-casimir-pulaski-thomasine-hall

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