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+## What is this?
+This is @bcrypt's janky twitter replacement.
+
+## History 
+
+[Original tweet](https://twitter.com/bcrypt/status/1588416861552582657):
+
+```
+RT @bcrypt:
+
+just made a “decentralized” “alternative” to twitter; everyone should go “join” it
+
+to make an account: fork https://github.com/diracdeltas/tweets
+to tweet: git commit --allow-empty
+to follow someone: git remote add <alias> <their fork url>
+to retweet: git cherry-pick <their “tweet”>
+```
+
+## Setup
+
+* fork https://github.com/diracdeltas/tweets
+* in your fork: 
+```
+git reset --hard d10b092
+git push -f origin main
+```
+
+## Stuff you can do
+
+* to post:
+```
+git commit -m "your post" --allow-empty
+git push
+```
+
+* to follow someone:
+```
+git remote add <git name> <their fork of diracdelta's repo>
+git fetch <git name>
+```
+
+* to follow everybody:
+`./follow-everybody.bash`
+
+
+* to repeat someone else's utterance:
+```
+git cherry-pick <their commit hash>
+```
+
+* [people to follow](https://github.com/diracdeltas/tweets/network/members)
+
+* to refresh your timeline and view it:
+```
+git fetch --all && git rev-list --all --remotes --pretty | less
+```
+
+* to view your timeline in a cool way:
+```
+git log --graph --all --decorate --oneline
+```
+
+* to get verified:
+
+1. [follow github's own verification instructions and make your commit email match your GPG key email](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/about-commit-signature-verification)
+2. `git commit -S -m "your post" --allow-empty` from now on
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+# Copyright @datn 2022. Heavens forgive me for this
+# be in your repo dir for this
+for I in `curl -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" https://api.github.com/repos/diracdeltas/tweets/forks | jq -r '.[].full_name'`
+do  
+	USEW=`echo $I | cut -d\/ -f1`
+	WEPO=`echo $I | cut -d\/ -f2`
+	git remote add $USEW https://github.com/$USEW/$WEPO
+	git fetch $USEW
+done