Show HN: Cobalt – social media downloader with no bullshit Hey, HN! I made my own social media downloader because I got annoyed by others that either shove 50 ad banners down your throat, or require you to do some extra steps. The frontend page is light and all processing is done on the server, so it runs speedily on pretty much anything. It also has a bunch of download/ui customization options, but none of them are forced on you. My main goal was to make something that's open, easy to use, and not annoying to deal with. Please take a look at it and let me know what you think, I'm thirsty for feedback and opinions. You can also take a look at its source code and judge my coding abilities: https://ift.tt/cVeCqnJ https://co.wukko.me/ October 12, 2022 at 10:33AM
Women Pioneers at Muni: Adeline Svendsen and Muni’s First Newsletter By Jeremy Menzies To close out Women’s History Month, here’s a look back at one woman whose work to bring Muni staff together in the late 1940s created a legacy that lives on to this day. Adeline “Addy” Svendsen was founding editor of Muni’s first internal newsletter, “ Trolley Topics .” Adeline Svendsen sits at her desk in the Geneva Carhouse office building in this 1949 shot. Trolley Topics was a new venture when it started in February 1946. As Svendsen wrote in the first issue it was created, “to bring a little fun, a little news, and a lot of good will to all our fellow employees in the Railway.” Just two years prior in 1944, Muni merged with the Market Street Railway Company, expanding the small municipal operation into the largest transit provider in the city with hundreds of employees, vehicles of every shape and size, and dozens of facilities scattered across town. The newsletter was meant to help unite ...
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