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<p>I give a more informal account of how I archive my toots onto my <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Hugo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hugo</span></a> blog. </p><p><a href="https://brandonrozek.com/blog/archiving-toots/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">brandonrozek.com/blog/archivin</span><span class="invisible">g-toots/</span></a></p><p>My Python script which creates the Hugo files:</p><p><a href="https://github.com/Brandon-Rozek/website/blob/095622e242ae98a0e6686dd2ad0c304a58d8a677/refreshtoots_v2.py" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/Brandon-Rozek/websi</span><span class="invisible">te/blob/095622e242ae98a0e6686dd2ad0c304a58d8a677/refreshtoots_v2.py</span></a></p>
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