Paul Watson 🌍
@paulmwatson.com
Web developer born in the last millennia. CTO @sociolocal.io and @openup.org.za, vice-chair @somersetstrikers.co.za. South Africa 🌍
Nice, this produces an OPML from the curl jq. Up to 185 feeds now though I think some of the URLs are not direct to the feed.
![curl -s "https://public.api.bsky.app/xrpc/app.bsky.feed.getPostThread?uri=at://did:plc:pzgvqg4ihnaihkrpmxqz5pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbt3w3k7v22l" \
| jq -r '
[
.thread.replies[]?
| recurse(.replies[]?)
| .post.record.facets[]?.features[]?
| select(.uri)
| .uri
]
| unique
| "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n"
+ "<opml version=\"2.0\">\n"
+ " <head>\n"
+ " <title>RSS Subscriptions</title>\n"
+ " </head>\n"
+ " <body>\n"
+ (map(" <outline type=\"rss\" text=\"\(.)\" title=\"\(.)\" xmlUrl=\"\(.)\" />") | join("\n"))
+ "\n </body>\n"
+ "</opml>"
' > feeds.opml](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ttnsclr4clpx7vh5jpwu6ffi/bafkreibrnvm56w5pqmbvl32lcsbcdbq2ow22ph64r7odqq7v62fojac2xu@jpeg)
January 12, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Nice, this produces an OPML from the curl jq. Up to 185 feeds now though I think some of the URLs are not direct to the feed.
Good to see Kohli acknowledging the awkward support he has. www.espncricinfo.com/series/new-z...
January 11, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Good to see Kohli acknowledging the awkward support he has. www.espncricinfo.com/series/new-z...
Discord also has the worst "claim account" system around. I have an account, I'm just not signed in. I have to "logout" of the "new" account which isn't claimed so I can sign in as my email linked account and then I have to go back through astro.build/chat, including the CAPTCHA, to join the chat.
January 11, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Discord also has the worst "claim account" system around. I have an account, I'm just not signed in. I have to "logout" of the "new" account which isn't claimed so I can sign in as my email linked account and then I have to go back through astro.build/chat, including the CAPTCHA, to join the chat.
The @discord.com CAPTCHA treats me like a bot until proven otherwise. Was trying to get into the @astro.build chat forums.
January 11, 2026 at 1:45 PM
The @discord.com CAPTCHA treats me like a bot until proven otherwise. Was trying to get into the @astro.build chat forums.
What the... Amazing.
January 11, 2026 at 10:35 AM
What the... Amazing.
When you enter a random birthdate when signing up for a loyalty system... Today is not my birthday.
Do people put in their real birthdates? I only do that where a birthdate has a bearing on the service provided, which is very few of them.
Do people put in their real birthdates? I only do that where a birthdate has a bearing on the service provided, which is very few of them.
January 11, 2026 at 10:34 AM
When you enter a random birthdate when signing up for a loyalty system... Today is not my birthday.
Do people put in their real birthdates? I only do that where a birthdate has a bearing on the service provided, which is very few of them.
Do people put in their real birthdates? I only do that where a birthdate has a bearing on the service provided, which is very few of them.
And a grass fire started from embers blown over from the fires in the mountains. That’s where I’d usually park at Boland Park!
January 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
And a grass fire started from embers blown over from the fires in the mountains. That’s where I’d usually park at Boland Park!
Fernkloof to Gansbaai
January 10, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Fernkloof to Gansbaai
These are the AI feature ideas @discord.com want to prioritise. Go tell thanks but no thanks.
January 10, 2026 at 6:37 AM
These are the AI feature ideas @discord.com want to prioritise. Go tell thanks but no thanks.
Syndicate would be up there for me.
January 9, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Syndicate would be up there for me.
Nice! Syndicate was a favourite amongst a few others from the 89s and 90s.
January 9, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Nice! Syndicate was a favourite amongst a few others from the 89s and 90s.
Fernkloof towards Hemel en Aarde.
January 9, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Fernkloof towards Hemel en Aarde.
Son starting high school orientation tomorrow. They have to make and look after a brakkie for a month. Wild West theme so he made a (cute) coyote. It has a brick inside it! We used a door mat for the fur. Mom putting finishing touches to it.
January 9, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Son starting high school orientation tomorrow. They have to make and look after a brakkie for a month. Wild West theme so he made a (cute) coyote. It has a brick inside it! We used a door mat for the fur. Mom putting finishing touches to it.
January 9, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Fernkloof towards Hermanus
January 9, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Fernkloof towards Hermanus
These Grok AI LLM instructions remind me of men who argue for lowering the age of consent. It’s clearly not about good intent.
January 9, 2026 at 9:21 AM
These Grok AI LLM instructions remind me of men who argue for lowering the age of consent. It’s clearly not about good intent.
So @bsky.app search has 3h old results for Renee Nicole Good but day old results for Jonathan Ross, pre identification of the ICE agent who killed Renee. There are lots of recent posts about Jonathan Ross.
January 8, 2026 at 9:34 PM
So @bsky.app search has 3h old results for Renee Nicole Good but day old results for Jonathan Ross, pre identification of the ICE agent who killed Renee. There are lots of recent posts about Jonathan Ross.
Fernkloof towards Walker Bay.
January 8, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Fernkloof towards Walker Bay.
Yes, guardrails make it so you can’t even “discuss” it with an LLM
January 8, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Yes, guardrails make it so you can’t even “discuss” it with an LLM
Nice API stability from @bsky.app. skylink.paulmwatson.com still works just fine.
January 7, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Nice API stability from @bsky.app. skylink.paulmwatson.com still works just fine.
Hiked Fernkloof recently; no other place on earth where so many different species can be seen growing in such close proximity.
January 6, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Hiked Fernkloof recently; no other place on earth where so many different species can be seen growing in such close proximity.