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blog:2025:0828blaugust_25 [2025/08/28 22:40] – [RSS for Twitter] scumsuck | blog:2025:0828blaugust_25 [2025/08/29 19:29] (current) – [Blaugust 25: Thunderbird and RSS] scumsuck |
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[[https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/|Thunderbird]] is a free, open source e-mail manager. | [[https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/|Thunderbird]] is a free, open source e-mail manager. |
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**Why use Thunderbird over just logging into gmail or whatever?** It has extra features for compiling RSS feeds, and also IRC chat. I am interested in those extra features so I'm not so reliant on google, discord, and other social medias. I also wish to separate my e-mails (which is mostly work stuff) from my browser habits (which is mostly "fun" stuff like social media and watching videos). And I want to see all my emails from all my inboxes at once. | **Why use Thunderbird over just logging into gmail or whatever?** It has extra features for compiling RSS feeds, and also IRC chat. I am interested in those extra features so I'm not so reliant on google, discord, and siloed social medias, all of which are trying to push stupid LLM genAI shit on me. I also wish to separate my e-mails (which is mostly work stuff) from my browser habits (which is mostly "fun" stuff like social media and watching videos). And I want to see all my emails from all my inboxes at once. |
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I'm using a fork called [[https://betterbird.eu/|Betterbird]], mostly so I can have fun rainbow indicators for my emails. And cuz the vanilla Thunderbird lags a lot on my computer with my 50000 emails. For the purposes of this page, //Betterbird// and //Thunderbird// are the same thing and I'll be referring the program as Thunderbird mostly. | I'm using a fork called [[https://betterbird.eu/|Betterbird]], mostly so I can have fun rainbow indicators for my emails. And cuz the vanilla Thunderbird lags a lot on my computer with my 50000 emails. For the purposes of this page, //Betterbird// and //Thunderbird// are the same thing and I'll be referring the program as Thunderbird mostly. |
- So the URL for the feed will be ''https://blorbo.social/@scumsuck.rss''. | - So the URL for the feed will be ''https://blorbo.social/@scumsuck.rss''. |
- Put that URL in your reader. It just works. | - Put that URL in your reader. It just works. |
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| This should work for all Mastodon sites running the Mastodon software, and forks of Mastodon too. So whether the account is on mastodon.art, or mastodon.social, or aethy, or misskey - it should work if there's a note in the corner of the page saying it's running the Mastodon software. |
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| [[https://github.com/gabboman/wafrn/pull/460|WAFRN has a way to create RSS feeds but it's opt-in for the account]] |
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The RSS feed will be comprised of public posts and unlisted posts. It will also show images. The RSS feed does not include shared posts (retoots) or private posts. | The RSS feed will be comprised of public posts and unlisted posts. It will also show images. The RSS feed does not include shared posts (retoots) or private posts. |
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IDK if the RSS method works for other fediverse stuff like GoToSocial or Misskey or WAFRN, etc. I'll try that some other time. [[https://fedi.tips/following-mastodon-and-fediverse-accounts-through-rss/|Read more about RSS and fediverse]]. | [[https://fedi.tips/following-mastodon-and-fediverse-accounts-through-rss/|Read more about RSS and fediverse]]. |
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====RSS for personal sites==== | ====RSS for personal sites==== |