Following Field Notes

Subscribe.

Field Notes ships as an RSS feed — a small file your computer or phone checks for new posts so you don't have to. There's no account, no email signup, no analytics tracking who's reading what. Pick a reader app, paste in the feed link, done.

The feed link

Copy this URL and paste it into your reader of choice:

https://plausiden.com/blog/rss.xml

If you click it directly, your browser will probably show raw XML — that's normal. Browsers don't render feeds; reader apps do.

If you don't already use a reader

Any of these will work. Pick one that fits the platforms you actually use; they all do the same fundamental thing — pull the feed periodically and show you new posts.

NetNewsWire

Free

Open-source. Clean, simple, no account required.

Runs on: Mac, iPhone, iPad

Feedly

Free tier covers a few feeds; paid tier for more

Web-based; works in any browser; no install.

Runs on: Web, iOS, Android

Inoreader

Free tier; paid for advanced features

Web-based; richer organization than Feedly's free tier.

Runs on: Web, iOS, Android

Reeder

One-time purchase

Polished native app on Apple platforms.

Runs on: Mac, iPhone, iPad

Thunderbird

Free, open-source

If you're already using it for email, it reads RSS too.

Runs on: Mac, Windows, Linux

Not endorsements — these are mainstream readers we've seen work. Any RSS or Atom-compatible reader will read the feed; the format is a published standard, not a vendor-specific protocol.

How to add the feed (most readers)

  1. Install one of the readers above.
  2. Open it. Find the option labeled "Add feed," "Add subscription," "+" or similar.
  3. Paste in: https://plausiden.com/blog/rss.xml
  4. The reader will fetch the feed and show the existing posts. New posts will appear automatically as they ship.

We don't see who subscribed, when they fetched the feed, or which posts they read. The feed is a static file; readers fetch it directly. No tracking pixels, no per-reader URLs, nothing logged on our end beyond a generic web hit.

Or just bookmark the page

If a reader app sounds like more setup than it's worth, bookmark the Field Notes index and check back when the mood strikes. New posts go up at the top.