RSS is, and I say this without hyperbole, an incredibly useful tool for psychological independence in the current environment. Newsblur, as Vajra suggests, is good, I use Feedbin, there are others. Most remarkably easy to set up.
Speaking of the well-deserved death of social media, I've started using Newsblur as my new RSS reader (had to clean up a depressingly large number of dead links, including to sites that still publish but no longer have RSS feeds) and that does still in fact provide a source of good internet
October 7, 2025 at 6:34 AM
RSS is, and I say this without hyperbole, an incredibly useful tool for psychological independence in the current environment. Newsblur, as Vajra suggests, is good, I use Feedbin, there are others. Most remarkably easy to set up.
After Google Reader was shut down I started an account with NewsBlur. All these years later it's still around. Tbh I didn't expect it would be, it's just one guy as far as I know
August 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
After Google Reader was shut down I started an account with NewsBlur. All these years later it's still around. Tbh I didn't expect it would be, it's just one guy as far as I know
I'm looking into RSS for it as well, I'm hoping that will be a future feature. For now, I'd recommend tools like Kill the Newsletter and NewsBlur to create your own RSS feeds.
January 20, 2026 at 2:48 AM
I'm looking into RSS for it as well, I'm hoping that will be a future feature. For now, I'd recommend tools like Kill the Newsletter and NewsBlur to create your own RSS feeds.
There are many good RSS readers. I've been paying for Newsblur since 2011, and consider the $36 I send them every year to be a very good investment:
newsblur.com
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newsblur.com
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NewsBlur
newsblur.com
March 7, 2026 at 6:21 PM
There are many good RSS readers. I've been paying for Newsblur since 2011, and consider the $36 I send them every year to be a very good investment:
newsblur.com
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newsblur.com
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Speaking of the well-deserved death of social media, I've started using Newsblur as my new RSS reader (had to clean up a depressingly large number of dead links, including to sites that still publish but no longer have RSS feeds) and that does still in fact provide a source of good internet
October 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Speaking of the well-deserved death of social media, I've started using Newsblur as my new RSS reader (had to clean up a depressingly large number of dead links, including to sites that still publish but no longer have RSS feeds) and that does still in fact provide a source of good internet
right now I use newsblur but I do pay for it.
November 23, 2024 at 1:34 PM
right now I use newsblur but I do pay for it.
Shout out to @chanda.blacksky.app for recommending people start the day with an RRS feed instead of doomscrolling. I settled on newsblur, mostly because I didn't want to set up my own server and needed an easy to set up program with an easy GUI. Happy with it so far!
September 16, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Shout out to @chanda.blacksky.app for recommending people start the day with an RRS feed instead of doomscrolling. I settled on newsblur, mostly because I didn't want to set up my own server and needed an easy to set up program with an easy GUI. Happy with it so far!
I use and like Inoreader. I’ve also heard good things about NewsBlur
November 10, 2024 at 8:00 PM
I use and like Inoreader. I’ve also heard good things about NewsBlur
I use Newsblur. Functional and fairly priced, I think. www.newsblur.com
NewsBlur
www.newsblur.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:34 AM
I use Newsblur. Functional and fairly priced, I think. www.newsblur.com
My favorite RSS Reader rn is this one.
rssguard.com
It is an application that runs on your 'puter. Just the way I like it.
If you prefer a web app that you can log into using all your phones and tablets try NewsBlur or Inoreader tho.
rssguard.com
It is an application that runs on your 'puter. Just the way I like it.
If you prefer a web app that you can log into using all your phones and tablets try NewsBlur or Inoreader tho.
September 22, 2026 at 6:12 PM
My favorite RSS Reader rn is this one.
rssguard.com
It is an application that runs on your 'puter. Just the way I like it.
If you prefer a web app that you can log into using all your phones and tablets try NewsBlur or Inoreader tho.
rssguard.com
It is an application that runs on your 'puter. Just the way I like it.
If you prefer a web app that you can log into using all your phones and tablets try NewsBlur or Inoreader tho.
@WeirdWriter I have a script that does that automatically from my NewsBlur feed https://codeberg.org/tante/newsblur2masto
It would be very easy to port that to an RSS feed.
It would be very easy to port that to an RSS feed.
newsblur2masto
Post shared newsblur posts to mastodon
codeberg.org
October 3, 2026 at 1:46 PM
@WeirdWriter I have a script that does that automatically from my NewsBlur feed https://codeberg.org/tante/newsblur2masto
It would be very easy to port that to an RSS feed.
It would be very easy to port that to an RSS feed.
Oh! Newsblur, currently
May 31, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Oh! Newsblur, currently
We need to fight the enshittification of the internet, and one of the best tools we still have is RSS. In a good reader like Newsblur you can read anything without ads.
h/t @doctorow.pluralistic.net
www.carolinecrampton.com/the-view-fro...
h/t @doctorow.pluralistic.net
www.carolinecrampton.com/the-view-fro...
The View From RSS
What the web looks like when you subscribe to 2,000 RSS feeds.
www.carolinecrampton.com
March 7, 2026 at 6:15 PM
We need to fight the enshittification of the internet, and one of the best tools we still have is RSS. In a good reader like Newsblur you can read anything without ads.
h/t @doctorow.pluralistic.net
www.carolinecrampton.com/the-view-fro...
h/t @doctorow.pluralistic.net
www.carolinecrampton.com/the-view-fro...
I use NewsBlur and Reeder
January 26, 2026 at 6:00 PM
I use NewsBlur and Reeder
Sólo recordaros que los perfiles de Bluesky tienen feed #RSS y se pueden seguir sin necesidad de estar sometido a lo que algoritmo decida. Puedes utilizar un lector como Newsblur, Feedly o Inoreader para combinar noticias y cuentas de Bluesky que te interesen. openrss.org/blog/bluesky...
Bluesky has launched RSS feeds
Now that Bluesky's got its own RSS feeds, here's what you should know
openrss.org
November 15, 2024 at 11:11 AM
Sólo recordaros que los perfiles de Bluesky tienen feed #RSS y se pueden seguir sin necesidad de estar sometido a lo que algoritmo decida. Puedes utilizar un lector como Newsblur, Feedly o Inoreader para combinar noticias y cuentas de Bluesky que te interesen. openrss.org/blog/bluesky...
Aw geeze, and just a little over to the right, past Newsblur (still use, still excellent, give them money) is... Mint. RIP and fuuuuuuck youuuuuuu Intuit.
LJ and DW, I may have to fight through some feelings to delete. This, however, is a mercy killing.
LJ and DW, I may have to fight through some feelings to delete. This, however, is a mercy killing.
April 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Aw geeze, and just a little over to the right, past Newsblur (still use, still excellent, give them money) is... Mint. RIP and fuuuuuuck youuuuuuu Intuit.
LJ and DW, I may have to fight through some feelings to delete. This, however, is a mercy killing.
LJ and DW, I may have to fight through some feelings to delete. This, however, is a mercy killing.
Feedbin, Inoreader, NewsBlur, FreshRSS, iCloud or Local - Feedler pulls every account into one beautiful native iOS reader. No more juggling apps.
Now in open beta on TestFlight for a limited time
#RSS #iOS #indiedev #TestFlight #inoreader #feedbin #newsblur #freshrss #miniflux #tinytinyrss
Now in open beta on TestFlight for a limited time
#RSS #iOS #indiedev #TestFlight #inoreader #feedbin #newsblur #freshrss #miniflux #tinytinyrss
July 3, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Feedbin, Inoreader, NewsBlur, FreshRSS, iCloud or Local - Feedler pulls every account into one beautiful native iOS reader. No more juggling apps.
Now in open beta on TestFlight for a limited time
#RSS #iOS #indiedev #TestFlight #inoreader #feedbin #newsblur #freshrss #miniflux #tinytinyrss
Now in open beta on TestFlight for a limited time
#RSS #iOS #indiedev #TestFlight #inoreader #feedbin #newsblur #freshrss #miniflux #tinytinyrss
Ever since Google Reader died, I started using a site/app called Newsblur. It still lets me follow RSS feeds of news and blog sites, but you’re correct that a lot of them disappeared when Reader got canned.
January 3, 2024 at 2:25 AM
Ever since Google Reader died, I started using a site/app called Newsblur. It still lets me follow RSS feeds of news and blog sites, but you’re correct that a lot of them disappeared when Reader got canned.
This is a great guide to old tech that's becoming increasingly essential to using the net. I've been using Newsblur for years and can back up the recomendation for it here.
Newsletter: In a media landscape dominated by algorithmic feeds that aim to manipulate and extract, sometimes the most radical thing you can do is choose to read what you want, when you want, without anyone watching over your shoulder.
Here’s how to use RSS.
www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-...
Here’s how to use RSS.
www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-...
Curate your own newspaper with RSS
Escape newsletter inbox chaos and algorithmic surveillance by building your own enshittification-proof newspaper from the writers you already read
www.citationneeded.news
July 31, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This is a great guide to old tech that's becoming increasingly essential to using the net. I've been using Newsblur for years and can back up the recomendation for it here.
I use Inoreader. @doctorow.pluralistic.net uses Newsblur. We both used Google Reader before it was stabbed to death by the enshittificatory process. Read about RSS and how it's great! pluralistic.net/2026/03/07/r...
Pluralistic: The web is bearable with RSS (07 Mar 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
March 7, 2026 at 10:35 PM
I use Inoreader. @doctorow.pluralistic.net uses Newsblur. We both used Google Reader before it was stabbed to death by the enshittificatory process. Read about RSS and how it's great! pluralistic.net/2026/03/07/r...
NewsBlur
newsblur.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
slightly wistful that 2DT, now twelve years expired, seems to be the top suggested feed for my blog on newsblur
September 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
slightly wistful that 2DT, now twelve years expired, seems to be the top suggested feed for my blog on newsblur
and yet I'm still using newsblur and podcasts. long live RSS!
January 21, 2026 at 2:16 PM
and yet I'm still using newsblur and podcasts. long live RSS!
I'm using Newsblur!
April 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I'm using Newsblur!
I've enjoyed Newsblur.
January 20, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I've enjoyed Newsblur.