Mastodawn

Many moons ago, I used #RSS feed readers to read blogs. A recent post by @pluralistic has pointed out that this technology is not gone, and we can use it to make the experience of the Internet, to borrow Cory's word, bearable.

https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/07/reader-mode/

OK. To all you out there in the know, a request for advice: what do I use on Ubuntu? I would really like not to see ads by the reader, it kind of defeats the purpose.

Huge thanks for suggestions.

Pluralistic: The web is bearable with RSS (07 Mar 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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turmoni

@alberto_cottica I use Brief, which is a Firefox extension. I don't remember why I chose it (after years of using Sage, which got killed off when Firefox got rid of XUL extensions) but I've not yet found a reason to move

Brief – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

Download Brief for Firefox. Brief makes reading RSS feeds as easy and intuitive as it gets. Designed to have exactly the right set of features, it is powerful and simple at the same time. Feeds are presented on a seamless, interactive page which let's you bookmark and tag items with a single click.