https://github.com/rjindael/ca-dmv-bot

Social media bot that posts personalized license plate applications the California DMV received
https://github.com/rjindael/ca-dmv-bot

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Social media bot that posts personalized license plate applications the California DMV received

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/rjindael/ca-dmv-bot
• Owner: rjindael
• License: mit
• Created: 2022-09-17T20:56:53.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: trunk
• Last Pushed: 2024-12-11T23:12:20.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-31T23:34:10.754Z (12 months ago)
• Topics: california, mastodon, public-records, tumblr, twitter
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 3.45 MB
• Stars: 537
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 10
• Open Issues: 10
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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# ca-dmv-bot

[![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/rjindael/ca-dmv-bot)](https://github.com/rjindael/ca-dmv-bot/blob/trunk/LICENSE.md)

[![Twitter](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/ca_dmv_bot2?style=social)](https://twitter.com/ca_dmv_bot2)

[![Mastodon](https://img.shields.io/mastodon/follow/109343781423154931?domain=https%3A%2F%2Fbotsin.space&style=social)](https://botsin.space/@ca_dmv_bot)

[![Tumblr](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/ca-dmv-bot?logo=tumblr&style=social)](https://www.tumblr.com/ca-dmv-bot)

[![Bluesky](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/ca-dmv-bot.bsky.social?logo=bluesky&style=social)](https://bsky.app/profile/ca-dmv-bot.bsky.social)

[![Star](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/rjindael/ca-dmv-bot?style=social)](https://github.com/rjindael/ca-dmv-bot/stargazers)

Social media bot that randomly posts [35,509 personalized license plate applications the California DMV received from 2015-2017](https://github.com/21five/ca-license-plates).

Watch it live on the following platforms:

- Twitter: [@ca_dmv_bot2](https://twitter.com/ca_dmv_bot2)

- Mastodon: [@ca_dmv_bot@botsin.space](https://botsin.space/@ca_dmv_bot)

- Tumblr: [@ca-dmv-bot](https://www.tumblr.com/ca-dmv-bot)

- Bluesky: [@ca-dmv-bot.bsky.social](https://bsky.app/profile/ca-dmv-bot.bsky.social)

## Data

The data ca-dmv-bot uses is sourced from [@21five/ca-license-plates](https://github.com/21five/ca-license-plates), which states;

- 35,509 personalized license plate applications that the [California DMV](https://dmv.ca.gov) received from 2015 through 2017

- These aren't **all** applications reviewed by the DMV during that timeframe; only applications that were flagged for additional review by the Review Committee

- Compiled from 623 Excel workbooks that the DMV prepared for a public records request

## Notes

- Uses Discord to manually approve plates (to ensure no obscene content gets posted, such as slurs)

- Uses GraphicsMagick (fork of ImageMagick) to generate images

- Does not include review reason codes for brevity purposes

- Made on a slow weekend; only ephemeral logging exists and there is little-to-no error checking

## Thanks

- Noah Veltman ([@veltman](https://github.com/veltman)), 21five ([@21five_public](https://twitter.com/21five_public)) - Compiling the data that ca-dmv-bot uses

- Dylan ([@brickdylanfake](https://twitter.com/brickdylanfake)) - Creating a custom font for the bot to use as well as making the profile picture and banner

- My friends - Helping me moderate the bot :D

## License

ca-dmv-bot is licensed under the [MIT license](https://github.com/rjindael/ca-dmv-bot/blob/trunk/LICENSE.md). A copy of it has been included with ca-dmv-bot.

ca-dmv-bot uses the [Cascadia Code](https://github.com/microsoft/cascadia-code) font, a project licensed under the SIL Open Font License (OFL).