From dca74c094f4558fcd88a729475d8032d916cb11d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Douglas Perkins <webmaster@dperkins.org>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 11:20:00 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Fixing lstrip bug.

---
 PumpTweet.py | 3 ++-
 README.md    | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/PumpTweet.py b/PumpTweet.py
index 35f395a..2c4267e 100644
--- a/PumpTweet.py
+++ b/PumpTweet.py
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ def get_new_activities(testing=False):
 		if obj.deleted: break
 
 		# Omit posts written by others and then shared.
-		note_author = obj.author.id.lstrip('acct:')
+		note_author = obj.author.id[len('acct:'):]
+
 		if note_author != __pump_username__: break
 
 		notes.append(obj)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f95fab..40ee782 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -188,3 +188,9 @@ If you're trying to modify the script or track down some other error, you might
 For the (very short) command line help documentation, use this command.
 
     (PumpTweet) $ python PumpTweet.py --help
+
+
+Thanks
+======
+
+The `pump.io` community at large has helped advertise this project.  Thanks to `diocles` for some bug reports and patches.