#boondoggles
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #boondoggles from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
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Day-by-day usage
measured · mastodon.social (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-10-16 07:47 UTC0 uses by 0 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
measured · mastodon.social (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-10-16 07:47 UTCNo related tags with measured usage found for #boondoggles.
Live pulse
measured · mastodon.social (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-10-16 07:47 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 7 public posts (spanning ~42624 hours).
Posting hours (UTC)
Languages: English (7)
Avg boosts / post: 0.3
Top of the latest posts
The 'Star Wars' missile defense system was an ineffective boondoggle when Reagan proposed it back in the 1980s. Even with a new name, it's still an awful idea. Unless, of course, the real purpose is to funnel money into Elon Musk's pockets.
A good deep dive into the US obsession and irrational hopes with small nuclear plants, aka SMR. https://cleantechnica.com/2023/11/30/what-drives-this-madness-on-small-modular-nuclear-reactors/ #energy, #zerocarbon, #cleanenergy, #SMR, #boon
The US Military’s GPS Software Is an $8 Billion Mess https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-militarys-gps-software-is-an-8-billion-mess/
WIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and Business [Unofficial]@[email protected]♥ 0↻ 02026-03-31 17:34 UTCView post →
What “boondoggles” means
Wiktionary · WikipediaA boondoggle is a project that is considered a waste of both time and money, yet is often continued due to extraneous policy or political motivations.
“Boondoggle” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#boondoggles across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #boondoggles straight to each platform’s own tag page. Where a platform publishes open data we measure it above; the rest lock their numbers behind paid APIs, so we link rather than guess.
Every number above is measured from a named public API at the shown fetch time. Nothing is estimated or extrapolated. Platforms that lock their data behind paid APIs are not shown. Agents: the same numbers, as JSON, at /api/hashtags/boondoggles