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How I Use My RSS Feed for Bluesky and Mastodon

Lifehacker: “It’s understandable if you’re a little burnt out on social media at the moment. I put off setting up a Bluesky account for years, mostly because I didn’t want yet another service to think about. At the same time, though, a lot of interesting people have shifted their posting to alternative sites like Bluesky account. The good news: you can follow users on either site without ever setting anything up. That’s because every Bluesky and Mastodon account offers an RSS feed. This means you can use any of the best RSS readers to follow posts from any specific user. This is an ideal solution if you mostly want to keep up with the posts of a couple people. You could use this if there’s a writer whose articles and ideas you want to keep track of, for example. The RSS feeds for both services aren’t exactly obvious. Here’s how to find them…”

You should be using an RSS reader

Pluralistic: “…RSS (one of those ancient internet acronyms with multiple definitions, including, but not limited to, “Really Simple Syndication”) is an invisible, automatic way for internet-connected systems to public “feeds.” For example, rather than reloading the Wired homepage every day and trying to figure out which stories are new (their layout makes this very hard… Continue Reading

The late summer release for GovInfo included 85 individually tracked system changes

GovInfo – RSS Feeds for Searches, Browse Pages Updates, and New Mobile Buttons – The late summer release for GovInfo included 85 individually tracked system changes. Highlights were functionality to create RSS feeds based on search criteria, design improvements for mobile button display, browse updates that include migrating the Public and Private Laws collection to the… Continue Reading

Parltrack – european initiative to improve the transparency of legislative processes

“Parltrack is a european initiative to improve the transparency of legislative processes. It combines information on dossiers, representatives, vote results and committee agendas into a unique database and allows the tracking of dossiers using email and RSS. Most of the data presented is also available for further processing in JSON format. Using Parltrack it’s easy… Continue Reading

Thriving, Not Just Surviving, at the Chat GPT Tipping Point

JD Supra – What Lawyers, Judges, and Clients Need to Know About Using Generative AI Right Now: “Generative AI and Chat GPT exploded in the past few months causing businesses and legal professionals to reconsider their operational and administrative processes. The race to develop programs and applications using AI for legal professionals is proliferating faster… Continue Reading

The Scarcest Thing in the World

The Honest Broker – Ted Gioia: “Everybody is trying to kill it—criminals, technocrats, politicians, you name it. Not long ago, Disney was the only company selling a Fantasyland, but now that’s the ambition of every tech empire. The trust crisis could hardly be more intense. But it’s hidden from view because there’s so much information… Continue Reading

5 Novel RSS Reader Apps to Change How You Get News Feeds and Updates

Make Use Of: “From AI summaries and ChatGPT queries of your RSS feeds to minimalist and privacy-friendly apps, you need to check out these cool new RSS readers. When it comes to RSS readers, the conversation usually boils down to Feedly vs. Flipboard. But there are several other new options worth checking out, as they… Continue Reading