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BTW we all know there isn't an RSS 2.0 feed, it isn't a podcast, but rather than getting all preachy, which no one likes, mention a "podcast feed" as a real thing that's expected. Always add "feed" when you say podcast.
The feed gives you and podcast producers the thing that makes podcasting so different -- freedom. For listeners it means if you don't like something the software does, you can switch without losing anything. And for producers there's no one who can stop you from speaking. There is always a way around a blockage. But only if there's an RSS feed.
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In lieu of flowers, Dolly Parton’s family is asking for...
In lieu of flowers, Dolly Parton’s family is asking for donations to her Imagination Library, which has distributed over 330 million books to kids.
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ClownAss DOJ Reduced To Quoting James Comey’s Novel As Evidence In ‘8647’ Case
The first attempted revenge prosecution of former FBI director James Comey has gone nowhere. Whatever the DOJ didn’t botch directly was undone by Trump’s persistent refusal to adhere to the rules of political appointments. The second attempted prosecution of James Comey isn’t going any better. The Trump DOJ willfully pretended an Instagram photo taken by […] -
Not posted here for a while, been a bit busy on my own side project and now at risk of redundancy so need to figure if I can make money from side projects to supplement or replace income. Naturally the side projects all come with RSS feeds.
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🪦 Farewell Dolly …not a giant fan of your music .. but a massive fan of who you are, what you did and how you lived. Thank you.
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Dolly Parton was one of a kind. We still watch 9 to 5 and Steel Magnolias sometimes. The “kindness” billboards featuring Dolly are a perfect tribute. Rest in peace.
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Israel Is Running a Synthetic Think Tank to Influence AI Search Results
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Trump Told Asylum Seekers To Do It “The Legal Way.” Now He’s Revoking 200,000 Of Their Visas.
Many Trump supporters keep insisting that his immigration purges are justified because the people swept up in them came here “illegally,” so who cares if they get kicked out (or shipped off to some random war-torn country). When asked what people seeking asylum should do, the answer is often “do it the legal way.” That […] -
RIP Dolly Parton, a gem and a hero. She died today at...
RIP Dolly Parton, a gem and a hero. She died today at the age of 80.
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ICE Wants the Country’s Voter Data
Voting data is public by design, but ICE is looking for a federal contractor to help it handle voter registration and history files to find what it describes as fraud. -
Daily Deal: Headway Premium
Unlock a world of knowledge with a Headway Premium subscription. This exclusive deal gives you unlimited access to Headway’s massive library of 1500+ book summaries, with 30-50 new ones added monthly. Cover any topic you can imagine, from personal development and business strategies to health and wellness. It’s usually on sale for $60 for new users only, […] -
“Ultimately there are people who want to live, not...
“Ultimately there are people who want to live, not in a world of reconciliation, but in a world without repercussions.”
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Charges Dropped Against Person Who Clapped at a City Data Center Meeting
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Flock Once Tried To Turn Every Ride Share Driver Into Part Of Its ALPR Network
Until just recently, Flock never felt it needed to rehabilitate its image, even when several cities were dumping contracts and cameras over persistent surveillance concerns. When cities shut down systems, Flock just kept running. In some cases, it even installed cameras that without proper permits or any other legal authorization. What’s hurting Flock now is […] -
We've been catching up on Apple TV shows. Watched: Lucky. I wish they'd make a season "0" that is all heist, but I liked how it wrapped up. 📺
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“ At least 1-in-4 of all the people who have played...
“At least 1-in-4 of all the people who have played in the NFL might expect to end up with chronic traumatic encephalopathy [CTE], according to a study of hundreds of cases over a recent six-year period.”
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Man Charged With 3 Felonies For Breaking 3D-Printed ‘Decoy’ Flock Camera
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Holy moly. A maxed out Mac Studio is $18k. If you wanted a nice Mac with lots of RAM, you missed the window. 💰
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Evolve Digital networking
Manhattan
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I'm still amazed that AI prompts like this work. We've barely scratched the surface of what is possible.
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More Fucked Today than Yesterday . “I keep wanting...
More Fucked Today than Yesterday. “I keep wanting to write a post showing off my latest graphics along with the latest data and forecasts, because the picture they paint is one of a truly fucked planet.”
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I take storing photos very seriously. Even with the EU outage this morning, there won't be data loss. We put photos in a couple places in case something like this happens. For Mac users, I also love the Backup tab in our Micro.blog app. Full blog posts and photos backup in a single local file.
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The Oldest Family Business in Every Country (That’s Still In Business)
These maps come from PayrollPrices.com and show the oldest family business in every country that is still in business. It complements one of earlier posts on the Map Of The Oldest Company in Every Country. So enjoy the maps below and see a full list at the end. The Oldest Family Business in Asia The […] -
Micro.blog hosting is spread across Linode, AWS, and Hetzner. I've posted a couple of times asking how Hetzner can be so inexpensive... Today I found out. Major outage with their S3-compatible storage.
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Looking over the specs for the new Mac mini and Mac Studio. Not sure the Mac mini is a good box to put in the corner of your house running AI anymore. $900 base price. Would've been cool to have a stripped down MacBook Neo as a low-cost mini. I pay $14/month right now for my little OpenClaw server.
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The Man Behind the Anti-Flock Darth Vader Mask Wants to Know: 'When Will This End?'
Anthony Ralphs has been speaking against Flock at San Diego City Council meetings for almost a year straight. When he showed up as Darth Vader, the world started watching. -
Flock banned Benn Jordan from their recent convention...
Flock banned Benn Jordan from their recent convention (they even emailed his hotel to cancel his room) but, taking a page from law enforcement & Flock itself, he electronically surveilled the whole thing from outside, sniffing Wifi, Bluetooth, mics, etc.
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Presidential Election Results Maps by County From 1992-2024 For All 50 States
The 50 maps below sow the country level results in each state for every single Presidential Election from 1992 to 2024. Alabama Presidential Election Results by County Alaska Presidential Election Results by County Arizona Presidential Election Results by County Arkansas Presidential Election Results by County California Presidential Election Results by County Colorado Presidential Election Results […] -
New podcast. Hear how my Frontier project is working out. Not entirely smooth sailing, but I'm pretty sure we're going all the way. By then I will have forgotten what a heavy lift it was. This is meant to preserve some of that feeling. Don't worry I don't cry. 😄
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More Details Emerge On How Trump Cronyism Ruined The Attempt To Break Up Ticketmaster
Last March it was revealed that the Trump DOJ stabbed its antitrust lawsuit state partners in the back and struck a terrible settlement with Ticketmaster, scuttling a generational opportunity to break up one of the more glaring examples of modern monopoly power. Quite a curious choice for a Trump-addled party that spent all last election […] -
Target’s now-pulled children’s Halloween costume is so...
Target’s now-pulled children’s Halloween costume is so unbelievably racist that it had to, on some level, be purposely done by someone in the decision chain and everyone else was like, “seems ok to me”.
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Donald J. Plump
As the Trump administration launches economic wars against Iran and Canada, the Washington Post reports on Trump's war with a third adversary: his weight. Jon, Tommy, and Lovett calculate Trump's BMI and then break down Scott Bessent invoking World War II when announcing new Iranian sanctions and Trump's new 50% tariffs on Canadian imports. They then turn to the midterms to discuss Susan Collins skipping out on a campaign event with JD Vance, Mike Rogers' attempt to distance himself from AIPAC, and Democrats' growing chances to flip Ohio blue. Then, Congressman Seth Moulton talks to Jon about the Massachusetts Senate primary and why he's decided to challenge Senator Ed Markey.clrtpod.com -
The Cult of Celebrity Wellness Brands
This week, Reese dives into The Cult of Celebrity Wellness Brands, where skincare, mental health, spirituality, supplements, and good old-fashioned celebrity worship have melted together into one extremely Instagrammable belief system. From Goop and Rhode to Rare Beauty, Kardashian supplements, children's skincare, and the spectacularly messy rise and fall of Selena Gomez's mental health startup Wondermind, Marketing critic and Hoodwinked: How Marketers Use the Same Tactics as Cults author Dr. Mara Einstein (@drmaraeinstein) joins us to unpack parasocial trust, brand cults, wellness grifts, scarcity marketing, and why the most effective sales pitch is just convincing you that something is wrong with you first. Enlightenment is only a 12 step skincare routine, GLP-1-adjacent supplement, and celebrity approved app away. The Cut: What Happened at Wondermind by Angelina Chapman Subscribe to Sounds Like A Cult on Youtube! Follow us on IG @soundslikeacultpod, @amanda_montell, @reesaronii, @chelseaxcharles, @imanharirikia. Pre-order Iman's new book, Once in a Timeline, here! Your pre-order helps make more books possible! Sounds Like A Cult is coming to you LIVE from The Elysian in LA on October 15th! Get tickets at soundslikeacult.com! Thank you to our sponsors! Get free shipping on your order and 365-day returns at https://Quince.com/slac Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at https://MINTMOBILE.com/cult Download the Vinted app for free and start listing. With no seller fees, you keep every dollar you earn, https://www.vinted.com/ Save 20% Off Honeylove by going to https://honeylove.com/SLAC #honeylovepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicespdst.fm -
Sony Keeps Getting Punched In The Face Over Going Disc-less In Unrelated Places
If Sony thought that the outrage over its decision to make the next PlayStation entirely disc-less was going to dissipate quickly, it was wrong. There are actually multiple organic campaigns to protest Sony’s decision to ditch physical media now. We already talked about the plans for a purchase and usage blackout of all things PlayStation […] -
La prostitution
Rediffusion - Lorsqu’elle se lance dans la prostitution, Louise Brévins n’a absolument aucune idée de ce qui l’attend. Durant quatre ans, elle se confronte à la complexité des relations homme-femme, au véritable pouvoir de l'argent ou encore l'ubérisation de la puterie. Loin des clichés misérabilistes, elle nous raconte son parcours, son histoire et la façon dont elle perçoit ce métier. Elle nous parle également de l'après. De l’impact psychologique et physique que cette activité a eu sur sa vie.
Si vous souhaitez prendre la parole dans Le PodKatz, n'hésitez pas à m'écrire à juliette@lepodkatz.com en me racontant votre histoire, sans oublier votre numéro de téléphone !
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Maybe one day we'll have a better way to verify humans on the web. CAPTCHAs are too user-hostile (and will become ineffective). Scanning eyeballs with an orb is too dystopian. Requiring a credit card or drivers license is clunky and risks privacy. Dunno.
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I got access to W Social, so I can now test cross-posting from Micro.blog and tweak any Bluesky-only assumptions in my code. But the verification process is pretty complicated. QR codes, mobile app, scanning passports! This is a lot of friction.
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Any alternatives to moRSS.it (full text and for free)?
Hi there!
My favourite full text RSS feed provider moRSS.it has recently been malfunctioning (https://github.com/pictuga/morss/issues/154).
I've been wondering ever since whether there are any other tools like moRSS.it online, that allow anyone to make a full text RSS feed from any webpage FOR FREE.
Do you have any ideas? Thanks in advance
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Don’t Trust The Name On The PAC
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Political action committees are responsible for nearly two-thirds of all federal election funding, with about US$6.3 billion raised and $4.8 billion spent since January 2025. But their outsized political influence does not just come from their wallets. It’s also generated from their names. […] -
A genuine no-AI problem RSS needs solving (+ giveaway)
I genuinely think RSS is more relevant than ever in 2026.
There’s so much content online now, and RSS is still one of the few ways to say: these are the people and websites I actually want to hear from.
No algorithm trying to guess what else might keep me scrolling. If I follow soccer, I want soccer - not hockey, random influencers, or whatever else an algorithm wants to test on me.
I use RSS every day for work, hobbies, and keeping up with writers I like. And despite all the AI-generated noise, there are still plenty of people writing genuinely good articles on their own blogs (http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/feeds/pgessays.rss, https://daringfireball.net/feeds/main , https://simonwillison.net/atom/entries/ , https://pluralistic.net/feed/) among many others.
The one thing that always bothered me: if someone I care about publishes something, I usually won’t know until I remember to check my RSS app.
That’s basically why I built Hushread.
It keeps checking the sources you follow even while you’re asleep. Under the hood, I run a VPS with proxies that keeps polling the pages you follow. The moment it finds something new, if you’ve turned notifications on for that source, you get a push notification.
That’s it. No big AI pitch, no fluff. This was genuinely the problem I wanted solved for myself.
I’d love more actual RSS users to try it, so I’m giving away 50 Pro accounts ($14.99/year) to people who comment here.
No review or 5-star rating needed. I’d much rather hear what you genuinely like or hate about it.
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👁️ Yet again reorganising my claude folder - it gets out of control so quickly.
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Trump Threatens Think Tank With Libel Lawsuit For Telling The Truth About National Guard Deployments
Whenever Trump doesn’t like the facts, he calls it “fake news” or does what he’s doing here: tries to shoot the messenger by threatening them with a lawsuit. The administration has been sending National Guard troops to various US cities ever since it became clear its mass deportation efforts weren’t nearly as popular with US […] -
World News Reader - TTS & RSS (Android) – Distraction-free RSS & News Aggregator with OPML, Podcasts & Smart Briefings (Update)
Hey everyone! I’m an independent Android developer and I built World News Reader to make following global RSS feeds and international news clean, fast, and distraction-free—without algorithms or clutter.
I just rolled out an update with features specifically tailored for RSS power users and wanted to share it with the community.
Core Features & What's New:
- 📥 OPML Support: 1-tap OPML import/export for seamless feed backup & instant article pre-fetch.
- 🎙️ Podcasts & TTS: Full iTunes podcast artwork integration, in-app audio player, and TTS audio playback for hands-free listening.
- 🛡️ Anti-Bot Fallback: Direct "Open in Browser" mode for feeds protected by Cloudflare/anti-bot walls.
- 📖 Customizable Reader: In-article font choices, reader themes (Material 3 / Dark Mode), and full browser display options.
- ⏱️ 2-Minute Smart Briefings: Concise, curated digests to stay updated quickly without doomscrolling.
- 🌍 Expanded Coverage: Added curated regional feeds for Mexico, Bosnia, Estonia, Finland, N. Macedonia, Andorra & Luxembourg alongside existing global sources.
- 👥 Community Feeds: Integrated user-suggested blogs and tech sources.
- 📱 Offline & Widgets: Cache-first architecture for fast offline access and home screen widgets.
- 🌟 PRO Tier: Auto purchase sync across devices, PRO badge, and an entirely ad-free reading experience.
👉 Get it on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.merpower.worldnewsreader
I'd love to hear your feedback, feed recommendations, or ideas on what RSS-specific tools you'd like to see next. If you'd like to follow the roadmap or suggest feeds directly, feel free to drop by r/MerpowerApps.
If you find the app useful, an honest rating or review on Google Play really helps support continuous solo development!
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Even Some Of The Loudest Kids’ Online Safety Advocates Are Now Warning Against Social Media Bans
We’ve been talking for a while now about how the rush (much of it driven by politicians’ obsession with Jonathan Haidt’s mostly debunked book) to ban kids from social media is dangerously stupid. It misdiagnoses the problem and creates a solution that both does not work and makes actual problems worse. Previous reporting has already […] -
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Homing pigeons may sense the Earth’s magnetic field...
Homing pigeons may sense the Earth’s magnetic field using superparamagnetic macrophages in their livers. So metal! 🤘
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Frontier update
Frontier work going much better today we’ve got all the built in verbs in the product reviewed tested and I’m not finding any problems as I create software for deploying this stuff.
The first thing we had to get working was being able to move objects from the 2011 frontier to the 2026 frontier and we got there today. The next thing that’s coming is being able to do updates for users with new parts and changes to existing ODB elements.
So once that’s working, we can start fixing bugs and looking for problems and things didn’t get ported correctly. We have a new gate. Every change must be vetted by reviewing the 2011 code, and doing exactly what we did then.
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John Kerry asked who wants to be the last casualty in Vietnam, a lost cause like the war we are bogged down in Iran for no good reason, like Vietnam.
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Border Czar Tom Homan Says The Glove Tasering Will Continue Until Morale Improves
We’ve moved into a new era where the administration’s constant cruelty, violence, and actual murders simply aren’t enough to keep Trump appeased or entertained. ICE is now goosing its arrest numbers by arresting holders of expired visas at domestic airports. Now we’re being treated to additional abject cruelty in the places where boots are on […] -
Just quickly reupping this post to remind you things...
Just quickly reupping this post to remind you things might be slower than usual around here for the next few weeks…moving crunch time is here. (I’ll still be posting though…it’s nice to sit down and flow state through some links occasionally.)