never mind, will need to work out another time

themes/nipponalba/layouts/_default/single.html

@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@
 </section>
 <section class="info">
 {{ if not (eq .Type "article") }}<span class="categories_span">{{ with .Page.Params.category }}Categories: {{ partial "taxonomy/categories.html" . }}{{ end }}</span>{{ end }}
-{{ if (fileExists "bridgy.json") }}
+{{ $pathJSON := (print .Permalink "bridgy.json") }}
+{{ $relpathJSON := (print .RelPermalink "bridgy.json") }}
+{{ if fileExists $relpathJSON }}
 <span class="syndication">
-  {{ $mJSON := getJSON "bridgy.json"  }}
+  {{ $mJSON := getJSON $pathJSON  }}
   Syndicated to <a href="{{ printf $mJSON.url}}">Pleroma</a></span>{{ end }}
 <span class="info-date"><a href="{{ .Permalink }}" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="{{ .Date.Format "2 Jan 2006 15:04 GMT" }}">{{ .Date.Format "02/01/2006 15:04 GMT" }}</time></a></span></section>
 <a href="https://brid.gy/publish/mastodon"></a>