This is a toy I built so I wouldn't have to check the Grand Forks 311 app/website all the time.
It currently toots to Mastodon at @hackgfk_311@botsin.space. Toots are converted to tweets (@hackgfk_311) with @renatolond's wonderful crossposter: https://crossposter.masto.donte.com.br (source code).
Written in R because I'm much quicker at that than Python, and it seemed like a fun use case.
Pull requests always welcome!
In Python (because why stay consistent?), this script takes the corpus out of the local 311 database and builds an ebooks-style toot using Markovify.
Currently tooting at @hackgfk_311_ebooks@botsin.space.
I named the repo something general because I'd like to add more tools/bots in the future to help get people engaged in this type of thing. If you have any ideas or would like to contribute to a grander "Hack Grand Forks" idea, open an issue and we can talk.