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+This timeline contains any blogs written by you or anyone that you're following.
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+You can create a new blog post using the **publish** icon at the top of the right column.
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+Blog posts are different from ordinary fediverse posts. They use the ActivityPub *Article* type, which is intended for long-form writing. They can also have citations, selected from items in the newswire.