> We searched 3154 Twitter accounts and found 519 accounts with 527 Fediverse IDs, spread over 136 instances.
https://debirdify.pruvisto.org/ seems to find more users, and it also shows some interesting stats on relevant / popular instances.
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Smalltalk has a remarkable method named #become: that allows you to modify all pointers to a given object to point to a different object!
https://gbracha.blogspot.com/2009/07/miracle-of-become.html
This goes even further than updating instances when a class changes, it's changing instance references.
Really cute introduction to Smalltalk programming from 1983. It starts with an explanation of mice and "scroll menus" (scroll bars), then shows cross-referencing code, lints, autofixes, and inspecting instances of newly defined objects!
https://youtu.be/JLPiMl8XUKU
Is there any way to see whether you're already following an account from the Mastodon web client?
I get 'Remote Follow' on all accounts on other instances, whereas Tusky on Android helpfully reports whether or not I'm following.

