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Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 04-15-26

We have a second consecutive warm day in New York City. We also have a third consecutive day of Pook-Emu Bee links. 1. Seven Myths About the Iran War (Michael Doran for Tablet Magazine. April 13, 2026.) Good start. Hard to choose just seven. 2. Someone Bought 30 WordPress Plugins and Planted a Backdoor in All of Them. (Austin Ginder for Anchor. April 9, 2026.) WordPress should send notifications to webmasters whenever an installed plugin from the standard WordPress repository changes […]

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-04-15-26/

[Article] Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 04-15-26

Nine links from around the web for April 15, 2026, covering topics including tax decisions, Reddit and RSS, anti-AI terrorism, and Operation Epic Fury.

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Nicholas A. Ferrell Apr 1

The Ever-Present Old Internet

Tyler Gaw published a good blog post titled The Old Internet is Still Here, noting that there are many personal websites and blogs worth reading on the web. As he put it, "they just got layered over by time." I agree with his post and encourage you to read it on his website. For those who are inclined, it is easy enough to use a feed reader to collect good websites from around the web (I suggest combining it with a read-it-later solution) instead of viewing the internet through the prism of […]

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/the-ever-present-old-internet-03-31-26/

[Quote] The Ever-Present Old Internet

Concurring with Tyler Gaw’s “The Old Internet is Still Here” that there are plenty of good original articles, media, and websites for those who look for them.

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Nicholas A. Ferrell Mar 27

Re; Improve the RSS experience of your blog readers

Jatan, writing on his Journal J blog, offers good advice for webmasters who want to promote feed subscriptions for their projects. Having tried to pitch people on feeds in real life, I concur entirely with his assessment that explaining what feeds are and how one should use them are good ideas. I do this on NLJ with my Feed Directory (could use a refresher) and Feed introduction article. For people who are not inclined to write their own introduction to feeds, there are plenty around the web […]

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/re-improve-the-rss-experience-of-your-blog-readers-03-27-26/

[Favorite] Re; Improve the RSS experience of your blog readers

Sharing a good post advising webmasters who promote RSS subscriptions to their website to take the time to explain what feeds and feed readers are and how they work.

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CogDogBlog Mar 25

This is CogDogBlogged: "Current, Stream, Puddle?"

Sometimes I spot things in my information flows that just feels like I have something akin to spidey sense, not the sensation of danger, but the sensation of, let’s call it “web woah.” I claim no accuracy nor super power (c.g. relevance).

I felt that when I read a post by Terry Godier about his novel idea and implementation of Current, an RSS Reader that looks like it breaks the mold of how we […]

https://cogdogblog.com/2026/03/current-stream-puddle/

#cogdogblog #feedReaders #rss

Nicholas A. Ferrell Feb 25

What is the YandoriRSSBot?

I just happened to have my NLJ logs open (I had opened them when the site was slow for a moment). I saw something called the YandoriRSSBot requesting the NLJ ATOM feed. While not unprecedented, almost all the feed fetchers ask for the regular RSS feed. I decided to search for the user agent to see if it is coming from a new feed reader that I had never heard of. Unfortunately, Known Agents has no information about it beyond the fact that it has been reported in the wild. But I ran another […]

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/what-is-the-yandorirssbot-02-25-26/

[Note] What is the YandoriRSSBot?

I saw YandoriRSSBot in my server logs. I undertook an investigation and learned that it is connected to a new product shared on Hacker News.

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Inautilo Dec 14

#Business #Proposals
Why RSS matters · “The future of the web depends on simple, open standards.” https://ilo.im/1690yv

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#OpenWeb #SocialWeb #Content #WebFeeds #FeedReaders #RSS #Development #WebDev #Frontend #Backend

Why RSS matters

The future of the web depends on simple, open standards.

Ben Werdmuller

Nicholas A. Ferrell Nov 8, 2025

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/ordering-copper-moon-white-christmas-coffee-11-08-25/

Back in May I published a NLJ article titled Failing to Try Airport Illy Coffee Vending Machine. While researching the Illy vending machines, I came across a website called Vending Connection. Being a fan of vending machines, I added Vending Connection to my feed collection. Just yesterday (November 7), I read a new Vending Connection post titled Copper Moon Coffee Announces Two New Seasonal Blends: White Christmas and Winter Solstice. I usually buy my coffee beans at D’Amico in Brooklyn’s Carroll Gardens neighborhood. D’Amico has a very good White Christmas blend. I was curious how the Copper Moon White Christmas compares. After concluding that the price is very reasonable ($31 for two pounds of whole beans with shipping), I placed an order. Christmas is coming early.

(Does this make up for my failure to try the Illy vending machine coffee?)

#coffee #feedReaders #onlineShopping

[Note] Ordering Copper Moon White Christmas Coffee

On ordering Copper Moon Coffee’s seasonal White Christmas blend after reading about it on Vending Connection.

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PrivacyDigest Oct 9, 2025

A deep dive into the #rss feed reader landscape

RSS feeds and, in one form or another, feed readers, have existed for more than 20 years. Their main purpose is enabling their users to consume content from various sources in one place. And especially in recent years, also helping users deal with content overload.

> interesting overview, and the authors new RSS entry ( #Lighthouse now in beta ) looks interesting
#feedreaders

https://lighthouseapp.io/blog/feed-reader-deep-dive

Lighthouse - The feed reader for finding actionable content

A reimagined RSS feed reader, optimized for people who are serious, intentional, and proactive about their content consumption.

மேக் இட் மேக் சென்ஸ்Oct 9, 2025

ஸ்கௌர்

இது ஒரு நல்ல இணைய தளம் – https://scour.ing

RSS பீட்களை கண்டுபிடிக்கவும் தொடரவும் நல்ல வாய்ப்பு அமைத்துக் கொடுக்கிறது. பார்க்க சாதாரணமாக இருந்தாலும் பிரமாதமான உள்வேலைகள் செய்திருக்கிறார் இதை உருவாக்குபவர்.

முதலில் ஒன்றிரண்டு என்றுதான் ஆரம்பித்தேன், அவர் அளிக்கும் பரிந்துரைகள் நாம் தொடர விரும்பும் விஷயங்களை வளர்த்துக் கொண்டே போகின்றன.

நாம் தொடரும் பீட்களை வேறு rss ரீடரில் வாசிக்கும் வாய்ப்பு உண்டு. அது போக நாம் பரிந்துரைக்கும் பக்கங்களை மட்டும் ஒரு பீடாக எடுக்க முடிந்தால் இன்னும் நன்றாக இருக்கும்.

மிக நல்ல முயற்சி. ஆதரவு அளிக்கும்படி கேட்டுக் கொள்கிறேன்.

#feedReaders #rss #scour #socialMedia