Automatically publish twtxt entries from status.lol updates at build time, via the omg.lol API.

1. Post once on status.lol
2. Eleventy fetches the omg.lol API at build time (cached 1 hour)
3. Transforms JSON statuses → twtxt format (ISO 8601 timestamp + content)
4. Generates /twtxt.txt as a static file on the site

Result: the update appears simultaneously on status.lol, social.lol (Mastodon), and the twtxt feed. No cross-posting required.

In .eleventy.js, register a global data source:

eleventyConfig.addGlobalData("statuslog", async () => {
  let json = await EleventyFetch(
    "https://api.omg.lol/address/brennan/statuses/",
    { duration: "1h", type: "json" }
  );
 
  return json.response.statuses.map(status => ({
    timestamp: new Date(parseInt(status.created) * 1000)
      .toISOString().replace(/\.\d{3}Z$/, '-07:00'),
    content: `${status.emoji || ''} ${status.content}`.trim(),
    created: status.created
  })).sort((a, b) => b.created - a.created);
});

• EleventyFetch handles caching (1 hour) to keep API calls minimal
• Unix timestamps (seconds) → ISO 8601 with MST offset (-07:00)
• Emoji and content joined into a single message string

A Nunjucks template in the Eleventy project with permalink: /twtxt.txt:

---
permalink: /twtxt.txt
eleventyExcludeFromCollections: true
---
# nick = brennan
# url = https://brennan.day/twtxt.txt
# avatar = https://brennan.day/assets/images/brennan.jpg
# description = Queer Métis author and FOSS web developer from Treaty 7 territory

{%- for status in statuslog %}
{{ status.timestamp }}	{{ status.content }}
{%- endfor %}

Important: The separator between status.timestamp and status.content must be a literal TAB character, not spaces.

2026-01-21T10:30:00-07:00	🚧 Testing twtxt setup
2026-01-20T09:15:00-07:00	☕ Morning coffee and code

Status updates live on your own domain, in a format readable by any HTTP client. People can follow from Mastodon, twtxt clients, or a plain browser. The content is not trapped in a single ecosystem.

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