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 # lionseat
 
-Lions Will Eat
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+Lions Will Eat is a Mastodon Bot living at https://botsin.space/@lionseat
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+# Building and Running
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+Install the dependencies in `requirements.txt`
+Set up environment variables 
+`LIONSEAT_CLIENTID` - Mastodon Client ID 
+`LIONSEAT_CLIENTSECRET` - Mastodon Client Secret 
+`LIONSEAT_MASTO_URL` - Mastodon Instance URL 
+`LIONSEAT_USER` - Bot User 
+`LIONSEAT_PASS` - Bot Password