Today the Rogue Scholar science blog archive is launching an OPML file export of all active blogs. OPML is the standard export format for blog feeds and includes the blog category and feed URL – Rogue Scholar uses the OpenAlex subject area subfield as category.

The OPML file is automatically generated from the Rogue Scholar API and linked from the footer of every Rogue Scholar page, or directly available here.

In addition Rogue Scholar is launching the hosted feed reader Miniflux at https://reader.rogue-scholar.org. Miniflux works as a standalone feed reader or together with feed readers installed on your desktop computer or mobile device. Authentication with the Rogue Scholar feed reader is via Front Matter authentication, linked to your Rogue Scholar account. Then use the Miniflux import feature to import the Rogue Scholar OPML feed:

The Rogue Scholar Feed Reader hopefully encourages more users to read science blogs via feed readers and not depend on newsletters sent via email. Newsletters are fine and have become popular recently, but feed readers are arguably still the best way to read blogs. I am using the free and open source NetNewsWire on Mac and iPhone, and there are plenty alternatives for various platforms.

Miniflux also helps me see if something is wrong with one of the Rogue Scholar blogs. Either temporary network issues, or more persistent problems if a blog has moved or has breaking changes in the feed.

Please reach out with questions or comments about OPML and feed readers via Slack, email, Mastodon, or Bluesky.

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References

  1. Fenner, M. (2026, January 15). Rogue Scholar now supports passwordless authentication with magic links. Front Matter. https://doi.org/10.53731/tb8z7-7ft90