untested, my vagrant is bugged again, submitted at gargron's request

work flawlessly was a nightmare). WARNING: This commit makes the web UI connect to the streaming API instead
of ActionCable like before. This means that if you are upgrading, you should set that up beforehand.

sounds complex, but really it just reorganizes the posting options and
adds a seperator line

they have been loaded and favourited/reblogged from another source

Since the status JSON returned from public/hashtag streams does not
contain favourited/reblogged attributes, merging them should not
override existing ones.

FanOutOnWriteService. The only recipient-specific part on them
is reblogged/favourited. But since only newly created statuses
appear on them, it is safe to assume that both attributes would
be false

redis-backed "mentions" timeline as redundant (given notifications)

Changing the way the background image is positioned and the box is sized should fix problems with the text overlapping the image on mobile browsers and Edge.

nested inside a common parent (<Account>), instead they all embed <HeaderContainer />

the public timeline has been using

Currently we have the problem where the follow request button is missing
from the Follow request tab. This means that when you visit that tab you
either have to press the back button in the browser or re-enter the home
page, which breaks the app flow.

This will resolve that issue by adding a new back button to that tab,
in the same way that the public timeline, and favourites have.