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Evan Prodromou, co-author of ActivityPub (the protocol of the fediverse) was hospitalized 4 weeks ago after getting hit by a truck and is slowly recovering

Four weeks ago today, I was hit by a truck while crossing the street in Healdsburg, CA. I was hospitalized for a week in Santa Rosa with 9 rib fractures, a broken wrist and facial bone fractures. I…

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Evan Prodromou is a visionary. I recommend this interview with him on the potential of ActivityPub and the end of walled gardens.
Very happy he is all right.
And !fuckcars@lemmy.world.
- "Prodromou" is a Greek surname, with the rough meaning "the one who walks the road before others".
  So him being "a visionary" is fun, lol
  
  If that's the literal translation it's also a bit ironic that he was hit by a truck.
  
  I don't wanna laugh but 😭😭😭
  
  ... Yeah it is 🫠🥲
  In literal terms it translates to "before-the-road" (pro - drómou)
  (this literal translation includes the ambiguity of before- as in 'temporally before', or before- as in 'in front of')
  So any way you slice it, it's pretty ironic.

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