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@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@
   - I should listen to [[alice glass]] solo more I think
 - [[collect]]
 - [ ] read the documentation as it was cleaned up by [[nathan]] and [[protean]]
-- [ ] opt in writes in the [[federation]]
+- [x] opt in writes in the [[federation]]
   - [x] write
-  - [ ] test
-  - [ ] deploy
+  - [x] test
+  - [x] troubleshoot, fix :)
+  - [x] deploy
   - [ ] shift focus to [[agora api]] so that all bots can write through a unified interface
     - [[rest]] plus [[json]] or [[protobufs]]?
     - or [[activitypub]] ;)