Script to post every time a further 5% (1h12m) of the day is depleted.

dailycountdown.sh

#!/bin/sh -eu

# Minutes past the hour that could *potentially* be when a percentage lands, to be used as a
# simple cron tab entry.
#
# 0,12,24,36,48 * * * * [path]/dailycountdown.sh >/dev/null 2>&1

# Define account username
PUBLISHER_USERNAME="dailyprogress@velocipederider.com"

# ℹ️ You need to have already setup auth for this user in toot TUI
# https://github.com/ihabunek/toot

# Check the time to see if it falls on 'round' percentages of the day
case "$(date '+%H%M')" in
  "0000") PERCENTAGE_REMAINING="🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 100%" ;;
  "0112") PERCENTAGE_REMAINING="🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟧 95%" ;;
  "0224") PERCENTAGE_REMAINING="🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ 90%" ;;
  "0336") PERCENTAGE_REMAINING="🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟧⬛️ 85%" ;;
  "0448") PERCENTAGE_REMAINING="🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ 80%" ;;
  "0600") PERCENTAGE_REMAINING="🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟧⬛️⬛️ 75%" ;;
  "0712") PERCENTAGE_REMAINING="🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ 70%" ;;
  "0824") PERCENTAGE_REMAINING="🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟧⬛️⬛️⬛️ 65%" ;;
  "0936") PERCENTAGE_REMAINING="🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ 60%" ;;
  "1048") PERCENTAGE_REMAINING="🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟧⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ 55%" ;;
  "1200") PERCENTAGE_REMAINING="🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ 50%" ;;
  "1312") PERCENTAGE_REMAINING="🟩🟩🟩🟩🟧⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ 45%" ;;
  "1424") PERCENTAGE_REMAINING="🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ 40%" ;;
  "1536") PERCENTAGE_REMAINING="🟩🟩🟩🟧⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ 35%" ;;
  "1648") PERCENTAGE_REMAINING="🟧🟧🟧⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ 30%" ;;
  "1800") PERCENTAGE_REMAINING="🟧🟧🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ 25%" ;;
  "1912") PERCENTAGE_REMAINING="🟧🟧⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ 20%" ;;
  "2024") PERCENTAGE_REMAINING="🟧🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ 15%" ;;
  "2136") PERCENTAGE_REMAINING="🟧⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ 10%" ;;
  "2248") PERCENTAGE_REMAINING="🟥⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ 5%" ;;
       *) echo "The time does not fall on an interesting division of the day" >&2 ; exit 0 ;;
esac

# Post using toot TUI
echo -e "$(date --date='+1 hours' '+%F')\n${PERCENTAGE_REMAINING}" | toot post -u "$PUBLISHER_USERNAME" -v public