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@essjax<\/a> @jeridansky<\/a> If Asia Minor is part of (some version of) Asia I suppose Arabia is too. But in the business world it is common to divide EMEA (Europe+Middle East+Africa) from AP (Asia Pacific).<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-02:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/soaproot\/statuses\/116161193032798018","object":{"id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/soaproot\/statuses\/116161193032798018","objectType":"note","content":"

@essjax<\/a> @jeridansky<\/a> If Asia Minor is part of (some version of) Asia I suppose Arabia is too. But in the business world it is common to divide EMEA (Europe+Middle East+Africa) from AP (Asia Pacific).<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@soaproot\/116161193032798018","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/essjax.com\/users\/essjax\/statuses\/116151621833185845","url":"https:\/\/essjax.com\/@essjax\/116151621833185845"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/jeridansky"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/essjax.com\/users\/essjax"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-01:objectType=thread:nonce=62e906008a84c1ae","notice_info":{"local_id":"12220751","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-02T19:47:18+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@soaproot\/116161193032798018"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/jeridansky","displayName":"Jeri Dansky","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-original-tmp20250809030907.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-96-20250809033821.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-48-20250809033821.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-24-20250809033821.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"17650"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-96-20250809033821.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Retired professional organizer (the clutter-clearing type); retired editor. Feminist. Cat owner. Jewish atheist. Pro-union. Pro-vaccination, masking and ventilation\/filtration. Owner\/moderator of my local freecycle group. All photos by me unless otherwise noted (or old photos obviously not mine). Daily flower photos are blooms seen at my local farmers market.Profile photo is my current cat, Tennessee. The cat in the banner is Moonshadow, who graced my life for 18 years. #nobridge #noai","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@jeridansky","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"jeridansky","displayName":"Jeri Dansky","note":"Retired professional organizer (the clutter-clearing type); retired editor. Feminist. Cat owner. Jewish atheist. Pro-union. Pro-vaccination, masking and ventilation\/filtration. Owner\/moderator of my local freecycle group. All photos by me unless otherwise noted (or old photos obviously not mine). Daily flower photos are blooms seen at my local farmers market.Profile photo is my current cat, Tennessee. The cat in the banner is Moonshadow, who graced my life for 18 years. #nobridge #noai"}},"content":"

@soaproot<\/a> @essjax<\/a> This brings back memories. When I worked at Memorex, back in the late 1970s, I was involved (from a financial reporting standpoint) with its EUMEA organization: Europe, Middle East and Africa.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-02:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/jeridansky\/statuses\/116161304051166363","object":{"id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/jeridansky\/statuses\/116161304051166363","objectType":"note","content":"

@soaproot<\/a> @essjax<\/a> This brings back memories. When I worked at Memorex, back in the late 1970s, I was involved (from a financial reporting standpoint) with its EUMEA organization: Europe, Middle East and Africa.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@jeridansky\/116161304051166363","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/soaproot\/statuses\/116161193032798018","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@soaproot\/116161193032798018"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/soaproot"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/essjax.com\/users\/essjax"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-01:objectType=thread:nonce=62e906008a84c1ae","notice_info":{"local_id":"12220752","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-02T19:47:17+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@jeridansky\/116161304051166363"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/c.im\/users\/tc_morekindness","displayName":"ginger\ud83e\udef0... \ud83c\udfb6\ud83c\udf3b","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/101301-original-tmp20260529055632.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/101301-96-20260601033715.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/101301-48-20260529055949.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/101301-24-20260601033715.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"101301"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/101301-96-20260601033715.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Freelance editor. Retired psychologist (and a number of other things). Interested in music, politics, climate, psychology, animal cognition, altered states of consciousness, art, and stories of all kinds, especially haibun, haiku, and other short-form literature.Most posts without music links will auto-delete.","url":"https:\/\/c.im\/@tc_morekindness","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"tc_morekindness","displayName":"ginger\ud83e\udef0... \ud83c\udfb6\ud83c\udf3b","note":"Freelance editor. Retired psychologist (and a number of other things). Interested in music, politics, climate, psychology, animal cognition, altered states of consciousness, art, and stories of all kinds, especially haibun, haiku, and other short-form literature.Most posts without music links will auto-delete."}},"content":"

@jeridansky<\/a> This map was very confusing to me until I realized that the water wasn't blue. \ud83e\udd26\u2640\ufe0f I had seen elsewhere that Bahrain was between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Bahrain, so I kept looking for those bodies of water without reading the text that was more easily seen, e.g., Arabian Sea, Red Sea, Mediterranean...<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-02:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/c.im\/users\/tc_morekindness\/statuses\/116151898331395950","object":{"id":"https:\/\/c.im\/users\/tc_morekindness\/statuses\/116151898331395950","objectType":"note","content":"

@jeridansky<\/a> This map was very confusing to me until I realized that the water wasn't blue. \ud83e\udd26\u2640\ufe0f I had seen elsewhere that Bahrain was between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Bahrain, so I kept looking for those bodies of water without reading the text that was more easily seen, e.g., Arabian Sea, Red Sea, Mediterranean...<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/c.im\/@tc_morekindness\/116151898331395950","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/jeridansky\/statuses\/116151599973654670","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@jeridansky\/116151599973654670"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/jeridansky"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-01:objectType=thread:nonce=62e906008a84c1ae","notice_info":{"local_id":"12210790","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-01T03:57:17+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/c.im\/@tc_morekindness\/116151898331395950"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/jeridansky","displayName":"Jeri Dansky","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-original-tmp20250809030907.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-96-20250809033821.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-48-20250809033821.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-24-20250809033821.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"17650"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-96-20250809033821.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Retired professional organizer (the clutter-clearing type); retired editor. Feminist. Cat owner. Jewish atheist. Pro-union. Pro-vaccination, masking and ventilation\/filtration. Owner\/moderator of my local freecycle group. All photos by me unless otherwise noted (or old photos obviously not mine). Daily flower photos are blooms seen at my local farmers market.Profile photo is my current cat, Tennessee. The cat in the banner is Moonshadow, who graced my life for 18 years. #nobridge #noai","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@jeridansky","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"jeridansky","displayName":"Jeri Dansky","note":"Retired professional organizer (the clutter-clearing type); retired editor. Feminist. Cat owner. Jewish atheist. Pro-union. Pro-vaccination, masking and ventilation\/filtration. Owner\/moderator of my local freecycle group. All photos by me unless otherwise noted (or old photos obviously not mine). Daily flower photos are blooms seen at my local farmers market.Profile photo is my current cat, Tennessee. The cat in the banner is Moonshadow, who graced my life for 18 years. #nobridge #noai"}},"content":"

@tc_morekindness<\/a> And Bahrain is tiny! You need a map where you can zoom in to get a decent look at it.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-02:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/jeridansky\/statuses\/116151906081422477","object":{"id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/jeridansky\/statuses\/116151906081422477","objectType":"note","content":"

@tc_morekindness<\/a> And Bahrain is tiny! You need a map where you can zoom in to get a decent look at it.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@jeridansky\/116151906081422477","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/c.im\/users\/tc_morekindness\/statuses\/116151898331395950","url":"https:\/\/c.im\/@tc_morekindness\/116151898331395950"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/c.im\/users\/tc_morekindness"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-01:objectType=thread:nonce=62e906008a84c1ae","notice_info":{"local_id":"12210791","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-01T03:57:15+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@jeridansky\/116151906081422477"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/essjax.com\/users\/essjax","displayName":"essjax","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/176955-original-tmp20260301024602.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/176955-96-20260301025414.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/176955-48-20260301025414.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/176955-24-20260301025414.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"176955"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/176955-96-20260301025414.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"I used to be over there, now I'm over here. I like aviation and dance music and F1 and cricket and brutalist architecture and cheese among other things.","url":"https:\/\/essjax.com\/@essjax","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"essjax","displayName":"essjax","note":"I used to be over there, now I'm over here. I like aviation and dance music and F1 and cricket and brutalist architecture and cheese among other things."}},"content":"

@jeridansky<\/a> My geography is pretty good, but it always seems wrong to me that the UAE, Saudi etc are part of Asia.
I mean, no other continent works either, but 'Asia' seems wrong. \ud83e\uddd0<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-02:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/essjax.com\/users\/essjax\/statuses\/116151621833185845","object":{"id":"https:\/\/essjax.com\/users\/essjax\/statuses\/116151621833185845","objectType":"note","content":"

@jeridansky<\/a> My geography is pretty good, but it always seems wrong to me that the UAE, Saudi etc are part of Asia.
I mean, no other continent works either, but 'Asia' seems wrong. \ud83e\uddd0<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/essjax.com\/@essjax\/116151621833185845","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/jeridansky\/statuses\/116151599973654670","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@jeridansky\/116151599973654670"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/jeridansky"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-01:objectType=thread:nonce=62e906008a84c1ae","notice_info":{"local_id":"12210473","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-01T02:54:14+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/essjax.com\/@essjax\/116151621833185845"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/jeridansky","displayName":"Jeri Dansky","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-original-tmp20250809030907.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-96-20250809033821.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-48-20250809033821.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-24-20250809033821.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"17650"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-96-20250809033821.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Retired professional organizer (the clutter-clearing type); retired editor. Feminist. Cat owner. Jewish atheist. Pro-union. Pro-vaccination, masking and ventilation\/filtration. Owner\/moderator of my local freecycle group. All photos by me unless otherwise noted (or old photos obviously not mine). Daily flower photos are blooms seen at my local farmers market.Profile photo is my current cat, Tennessee. The cat in the banner is Moonshadow, who graced my life for 18 years. #nobridge #noai","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@jeridansky","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"jeridansky","displayName":"Jeri Dansky","note":"Retired professional organizer (the clutter-clearing type); retired editor. Feminist. Cat owner. Jewish atheist. Pro-union. Pro-vaccination, masking and ventilation\/filtration. Owner\/moderator of my local freecycle group. All photos by me unless otherwise noted (or old photos obviously not mine). Daily flower photos are blooms seen at my local farmers market.Profile photo is my current cat, Tennessee. The cat in the banner is Moonshadow, who graced my life for 18 years. #nobridge #noai"}},"content":"

@essjax<\/a> I actually never realized that the Middle East is considered part of Asia. Yeah, that feels weird to me, too.<\/p>

https:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/continents<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-02:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/jeridansky\/statuses\/116151658199030100","object":{"id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/jeridansky\/statuses\/116151658199030100","objectType":"note","content":"

@essjax<\/a> I actually never realized that the Middle East is considered part of Asia. Yeah, that feels weird to me, too.<\/p>

https:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/continents<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@jeridansky\/116151658199030100","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/essjax.com\/users\/essjax\/statuses\/116151621833185845","url":"https:\/\/essjax.com\/@essjax\/116151621833185845"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/essjax.com\/users\/essjax"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-01:objectType=thread:nonce=62e906008a84c1ae","notice_info":{"local_id":"12210474","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-01T02:54:13+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@jeridansky\/116151658199030100"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/jeridansky","displayName":"Jeri Dansky","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-original-tmp20250809030907.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-96-20250809033821.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-48-20250809033821.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-24-20250809033821.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"17650"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/17650-96-20250809033821.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Retired professional organizer (the clutter-clearing type); retired editor. Feminist. Cat owner. Jewish atheist. Pro-union. Pro-vaccination, masking and ventilation\/filtration. Owner\/moderator of my local freecycle group. All photos by me unless otherwise noted (or old photos obviously not mine). Daily flower photos are blooms seen at my local farmers market.Profile photo is my current cat, Tennessee. The cat in the banner is Moonshadow, who graced my life for 18 years. #nobridge #noai","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@jeridansky","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"jeridansky","displayName":"Jeri Dansky","note":"Retired professional organizer (the clutter-clearing type); retired editor. Feminist. Cat owner. Jewish atheist. Pro-union. Pro-vaccination, masking and ventilation\/filtration. Owner\/moderator of my local freecycle group. All photos by me unless otherwise noted (or old photos obviously not mine). Daily flower photos are blooms seen at my local farmers market.Profile photo is my current cat, Tennessee. The cat in the banner is Moonshadow, who graced my life for 18 years. #nobridge #noai"}},"content":"

Time for me to pull up maps and get re-acquainted with Middle East geography. For example, where is Bahrain? (Yes, I've found it now.) Not the prompt I ever wanted to get a geography lesson. <\/p>

#Bahrain<\/a> #MiddleEast<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-02:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/jeridansky\/statuses\/116151599973654670","object":{"id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/jeridansky\/statuses\/116151599973654670","objectType":"note","content":"

Time for me to pull up maps and get re-acquainted with Middle East geography. For example, where is Bahrain? (Yes, I've found it now.) Not the prompt I ever wanted to get a geography lesson. <\/p>

#Bahrain<\/a> #MiddleEast<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@jeridansky\/116151599973654670","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"bahrain"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"middleeast"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-01:objectType=thread:nonce=62e906008a84c1ae","notice_info":{"local_id":"12210424","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-01T02:41:13+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@jeridansky\/116151599973654670"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6195924","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}