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  1. Working with pycountry today, a Python module for parsing country data. Since it's based on ISO 3166 country codes, I feel the need to code in explanations around names of disputed territories like "Taiwan, Province of China".
    1. …in reply to @SimonXIX
      It's a great module though. It presents little Unicode flags automatically for each country though it's annoying that there's no Unicode flags for e.g. the German Democratic Republic or the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
      1. …in reply to @SimonXIX
        This lack of Unicode flags for countries that no longer exist is my new thing. Join me in my quest to have the Unicode Consortium add super-old flags.
        oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API