Made some progress

app/models/stream_entry.rb

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+class StreamEntry < ActiveRecord::Base
+  belongs_to :account, inverse_of: :stream_entries
+  belongs_to :activity, polymorphic: true
+
+  def object_type
+    case self.activity_type
+    when 'Status'
+      :note
+    when 'Follow'
+      :person
+    end
+  end
+
+  def verb
+    case self.activity_type
+    when 'Status'
+      :post
+    when 'Follow'
+      :follow
+    end
+  end
+
+  def target
+    case self.activity_type
+    when 'Follow'
+      self.activity.target_account
+    end
+  end
+
+  def content
+    self.activity.text if self.activity_type == 'Status'
+  end
+end