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coywolf.comGoogle is feeding rank trackers poisoned SERPs with swapped results, Nozzle findsNozzle research finds Google has served rank trackers poisoned SERPs with swapped results since September, affecting 8.4% of SERPs.

New Nozzle research shows Google has been serving rank trackers normal-looking SERPs with the results swapped out, and 8.4% of SERPs have come back poisoned since September 13. https://coywolf.com/news/seo/google-is-feeding-rank-trackers-poisoned-serps-with-swapped-results-nozzle-finds/ #SEO

Coywolf Pack updates for @cloudflare's EmDash 1.3: ◾ Fixed admin styles for EmDash 1.3 ◾ New redirects replace cached pages instantly ◾ AI training opt-out now uses EmDash’s native setting ◾ Robots page shows AI training status ◾ Link Manager scans only save changed links […]

Lexica Ultralegible builds on the Braille Institute's Atkinson Hyperlegible with 589 glyphs per font, support for 102 languages, standard ligatures, updated kerning, and an alternative zero, and it's free under the Open Font License […]

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I woke up surprised, in a good way, to discover that Roger Montti had written about my new @cloudflare EmDash plugin, @coywolf Pack, which is free for anyone to use. The plugin is open source, free, and private (no telemetry from me). And while it feature-packed, You only turn on and use the […]

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notes.recollect.fyi📋 Changelog for Recollect Notes App – 10/13/2026October 13, 2026 – Privacy hardening – General privacy hardening, which includes ensuring error reports don't include any note text, even when a save fails. Faster, more reliable saving – Changes save faster and more reliably while you're editing, especially in shared notes. October 12, 2026…

I just updated the @recollect changelog with another large list of updates from the past few months. https://notes.recollect.fyi/share/nz1oJucQ #IndieDev #Productivity #PWA

coywolf.comAnthropic research warns AI worms could replicate across cheap IoT devicesAnthropic ran an AI model on 15 cheap Android TV boxes and projects small models could self-replicate across IoT devices by end of 2026.

Anthropic projects small models could self-replicate across IoT devices by the end of 2026. https://coywolf.com/news/productivity/anthropic-research-warns-ai-worms-could-replicate-across-cheap-iot-devices/ #AI

coywolf.comMacPaw releases CleanMyMac CLI for cleaning developer and AI environments on macOSMacPaw launches CleanMyMac CLI, a command-line tool for macOS that cleans developer caches, build artifacts, and AI coding junk. Now in beta, installable via Brew.

22 July

MacPaw launches CleanMyMac CLI, a command-line tool for macOS that cleans developer caches, build artifacts, and AI coding junk. Now in beta, installable via Brew. https://coywolf.com/news/web-development/macpaw-releases-cleanmymac-cli-for-cleaning-developer-and-ai-environments-on-macos/

coywolf.comYou can now chat using RSSDave Winer, creator of RSS 2.0, built RSS Chat using open web standards to create a simple way to chat and follow conversations.

13 July

@davew, creator of RSS 2.0, built RSS Chat using open web standards to create a simple way to chat and follow conversations. https://coywolf.com/news/social-media/you-can-now-chat-using-rss-well-sort-of/

28 May

@panic has announced Transmit 6, a major upgrade to its file transfer app after years in maintenance mode. It features a redesigned interface, persistent activity view, the return of Transmit Disk for mounting remote shares in Finder, scheduled syncs, and a faster sync engine […]

25 May

Coywolf Link Checker is a free, open-source WordPress plugin that checks internal and external broken and redirected links, with inline editing, removal, and replacement. It supports scheduled auto-scans with email notifications and configurable scan speed, user roles, and custom user agents […]

25 May

Coywolf Code Block Enhancer is a lightweight, open-source WordPress plugin built with Claude's help that brings performant syntax highlighting to native code blocks. https://coywolf.com/notes/code-block-enhancer-syntax-highlighter-and-code-copier-plugin-for-native-wordpress-code-blocks/ […]

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coywolf.comWordPress 7 breaks Classic theme post edit styles; here's how to fix itAfter upgrading to WordPress 7.0, custom Classic theme styles disappear entirely from the Post editor, leaving unstyled text and browser defaults, though a fix is available.

23 May

@coywolf note: After upgrading to WordPress 7.0, custom Classic theme styles disappear entirely from the Post editor, leaving unstyled text and browser defaults, though a fix is available. https://coywolf.com/notes/wordpress-7-breaks-classic-theme-post-edit-styles-heres-how-to-fix-it/ #WordPress

16 May

@1password's April 2026 blog post about using AI to refactor internal code sparked backlash from users worried about security, prompting a follow-up clarification that the AI work involved only internal operational systems, not customer vaults or cryptographic protections, and that all changes […]

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coywolf.comCloudflare ruined WARP's UXCloudflare WARP replaced its simple, joy-inducing menu bar modal with a large utilitarian settings window, losing the compact single-purpose design that apps like Ubiquiti's UniFi Endpoint still get right.

13 May

Cloudflare WARP replaced its simple, joy-inducing menu bar modal with a large utilitarian settings window, losing the compact single-purpose design that apps like Ubiquiti's UniFi Endpoint still get right. https://coywolf.com/notes/cloudflare-ruined-warps-ux/ #UX #Cloudflare #AppDesign #MacOS

coywolf.comGoogle AI search experiences will soon show more open web linksGoogle's AI Overviews, AI Mode, and other AI search results will start returning more links to sites relevant to queries and chat prompts.

8 May

Google's AI Overviews, AI Mode, and other AI search results will start returning more links to sites relevant to queries and chat prompts. https://coywolf.com/news/seo/google-ai-search-experiences-will-soon-show-more-open-web-links/ #AI #SEO #Google

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terrygodier.comThe Boring InternetThe internet you grew up on isn't dying. A commercial veneer glued on top of it is. A visual essay about what actually persists.

5 May

@tg's latest essay is inspiring and hopeful. https://www.terrygodier.com/the-boring-internet

coywolf.comGoogle says you don't need MCP or Markdown to make your site agentic-friendlyGoogle says AI agents only need well-coded semantic HTML, good accessibility, and clean rendering to comprehend and interact with sites.

5 May

Google says AI agents only need well-coded semantic HTML, good accessibility, and clean rendering to comprehend and interact with sites. https://coywolf.com/news/seo/google-says-you-dont-need-mcp-or-markdown-to-make-your-site-agentic-friendly/ #AI #Google #SEO

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2 May

RSS, ATOM, and JSON feeds may be getting a much-needed update to the spec with the addition of Byline, which provides structured identity (AKA: author details) for syndication feeds. The proposal was created by @tg, maker of the popular Current RSS reader […]

23 Apr

LinkedIn is a centralized, career-focused social platform that many feel they must be on, whether they like it or not. But what if there was a better way? One that didn't control your feed, that respected your privacy, wasn't full of cringeworthy posts, and was completely open? […]

20 Apr

ReportGarden sold its analytics platform, Gauges, to Fathom Analytics. Fathom will leverage its experience in creating a GA4 importer to migrate Gauges' historical site data to its real-time, privacy-first analytics platform, providing Gauges' customers with a viable path forward […]

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14 Apr

The German government's @sovtechfund has awarded hundreds of thousands of Euros to @Mastodon to address key infrastructure challenges faced within the fediverse ecosystem […]

14 Apr

The German government's @sovtechfund has awarded hundreds of thousands of Euros to @Mastodon to address key infrastructure challenges faced within the fediverse ecosystem […]

coywolf.com'TinyStart' is the Spotlight Search alternative I've always wantedTinyStart is a fast, minimalist launcher for macOS that focuses on the essentials: opening apps, folders, links, and search engines.

31 Mar

TinyStart is a fast, minimalist launcher for macOS by @nileane that focuses on the essentials: opening apps, folders, links, and search engines. https://coywolf.com/news/productivity/tinystart-is-the-spotlight-search-alternative-ive-always-wanted/ #Productivity #MacOS

coywolf.comWhy Claude has my attentionClaude outperforms every other chatbot in accuracy and its use of open web reference links. It's also an effective vibe-coding app. The post Why Claude has my attention appeared first on Coywolf.

21 Mar

Why Claude has @jon's attention https://coywolf.com/newsletter/why-claude-has-my-attention/ This latest newsletter is available to free accounts, which you can sign up for here: https://account.coywolf.com/register

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10 Mar

The February 2026 Trunk & Tidbits is posted. Our monthly engineering update, including progress on 4.6, our AI contribution policy, upcoming end-of-life for version 4.3, some posts about the Share button, and more. #MastoDev #MastoAdmin #Mastodon […]

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coywolf.comMastodon now has an official share button for sitesThe share button solves the problem of Mastodon users being on unique servers. It can also be customized and dynamically generated.

3 Mar

@Mastodon now has an official share button for sites https://coywolf.com/news/social-media/mastodon-now-has-an-official-share-button-for-sites/

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28 Feb

@joost announced that FAIR will no longer focus on WordPress and will instead invest its resources in TYPO3. Those who no longer want to use FAIR's connector plugin but still want the feature that serves avatars locally rather than from Gravatar can do so with a new standalone plugin […]

28 Feb

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25 Feb

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@iftas this should happen this year for Mastodon @evan

16 Feb

Customers of Fathom Analytics can now connect to and associate Google Search Console data with their sites, and report on Google referrer data directly in their dashboard […]

coywolf.comNew study reveals where AI excels and fails in the workplaceAISI research shows that AI can assist with basic tasks in the workplace but falls short on tasks that require higher-order thinking.

14 Feb

AISI research shows that AI can assist with basic tasks in the workplace but falls short on tasks that require higher-order thinking. https://coywolf.com/news/productivity/new-study-reveals-where-ai-excels-and-fails-in-the-workplace/ #AI

coywolf.comThe UniFi Travel Router makes securely connecting to your home network while away a breezeThere's finally a device that securely connects all your devices to your home internet while traveling, without configuring a VPN.

7 Feb

There's finally a device that securely connects all your devices to your home internet while traveling, without configuring a VPN. https://coywolf.com/reviews/products/the-unifi-travel-router-makes-securely-connecting-to-your-home-network-while-away-a-breeze/ #Privacy #Travel

coywolf.comYou can now doom scroll WikipediaWhy not learn while you also doom scroll? This demonstration of how social media algorithms work is also fun to use.

2 Feb

Why not learn while you also doom scroll? This demonstration of how social media algorithms work is also fun to use. https://coywolf.com/news/social-media/you-can-now-doom-scroll-wikipedia/ #SocialMedia

22 Jan

After the Publishing Maintenance Working Group surveyed publishers, tool developers, reading system developers, independent authors, ebook retailers, social DRM providers, conversion vendors, distributors, and readers, they determined that adding HTML to EPUB was too challenging for now […]

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21 Jan

In 1993, web design didn't really exist — you couldn't even change the background color of your web page from grey. But Mosaic launched the first era of visual web design with the IMG tag, and soon after an MTV VJ improbably created one of the first commercial websites […]

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coywolf.comJPEG XL (JXL) is coming back to ChromeGoogle is adding the next-gen JXL image format back to Chrome after controversially removing it in 2022. Will re-adding it breathe new life into the format, or is it too late?

20 Jan

Google is adding the next-gen JXL image format back to Chrome after controversially removing it in 2022. Will re-adding it breathe new life into the format, or is it too late? https://coywolf.com/news/web-development/jpeg-xl-jxl-is-coming-back-to-chrome/ #WebDev #Chrome #Google

coywolf.comStarlink updates ToS to allow AI model training with personal dataStarlink quietly enabled third-party AI model training on its customers' personal data by default. Fortunately, there's a way to opt out.

16 Jan

Starlink quietly enabled third-party AI model training on its customers' personal data by default. Fortunately, there's a way to opt out. https://coywolf.com/news/startups/starlink-updates-tos-to-allow-ai-model-training-with-personal-data/ #Privacy #AI

11 Jan

With agentic AI embedded at the OS level, databases storing entire digital lives accessible to malware, tasks whose reliability quickly breaks down at each step, and being opted-in without consent, @signalapp leadership, @Mer__edith and Udbhav Tiwari, are sounding the alarm for the industry to […]

6 Jan

All major browsers now support the hidden=until-found attribute on the Details disclosure element, allowing visitors to search and auto-expand hidden text on pages without JavaScript […]

coywolf.comHomebrew gets GUI with TaphouseManaging apps and services on macOS with the command-line interface (CLI) tool Homebrew just got a lot easier with Taphouse, a graphical user interface (GUI) for the popular package manager.

3 Jan

Managing apps and services on macOS with the command-line interface (CLI) tool Homebrew just got a lot easier with Taphouse, a graphical user interface (GUI) for the popular package manager. https://coywolf.com/news/web-development/homebrew-gets-gui-with-taphouse/ #WebDev #MacOS

coywolf.comA free app to visualize your subscription costsSubGrid is a free, open-source tool that visualizes subscription costs to help manage monthly budget decisions more effectively.

20 Dec 2025

SubGrid is a free, open-source tool that visualizes subscription costs to help manage monthly budget decisions more effectively. https://coywolf.com/news/productivity/a-free-app-to-visualize-your-subscription-costs/ #Budget #PersonalFinance #OpenSource

18 Dec 2025

Anthony Enzor-DeMeo, CEO of Mozilla, announced that AI will be added to Firefox. Public outcry prompted Jake Archibald, Mozilla's Web Developer Relations Lead, to assure users that there will be an AI kill switch to turn off all AI features […]

12 Dec 2025

Google deemed Preferred Sources a success due to high usage and doubling of traffic to sites from Top Stories. Google announced that the feature is being rolled out to all regions and languages. https://coywolf.com/news/seo/google-search-expands-preferred-sources-for-top-stories-globally/ #SEO […]

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29 Nov 2025

In a wide-ranging interview with @Gargron, creator of the decentralized social network @Mastodon, Rochko shared why Threads federation fell flat, why #ActivityPub and #ATProto will likely never merge, and what it will take to grow the #Fediverse […]

29 Nov 2025

coywolf.comYou can now block specific spam referrers in Fathom AnalyticsThe privacy-first GA4 alternative, Fathom Analytics, added the ability to block and exclude unwanted referral traffic.

28 Nov 2025

The privacy-first GA4 alternative, Fathom Analytics, added the ability to block and exclude unwanted referral traffic. https://coywolf.com/news/startups/you-can-now-block-specific-spam-referrers-in-fathom-analytics/ #Analytics #Spam

coywolf.comGoogle adds custom annotations to Search ConsoleCharts in Google Search Console (GSC) can now have custom annotations added to them to highlight events that may affect search performance.

17 Nov 2025

Charts in Google Search Console (GSC) can now have custom annotations added to them to highlight events that may affect search performance. https://coywolf.com/news/seo/google-adds-custom-annotations-to-search-console/

schema.orgSchema.org - Schema.orgSchema.org is a set of extensible schemas that enables webmasters to embed structured data on their web pages for use by search engines and other applications.

11 Nov 2025

The @MastodonEngineering team added 'SocialMediaPosting' https://Schema.org markup to version 4.5 of @Mastodon to optimize social posts for search engines and other systems. https://coywolf.com/news/social-media/mastodons-social-posts-are-now-optimized-for-google-search/ #SocialMedia #SEO

7 Nov 2025

The release of @Mastodon 4.5 introduces a new quote post feature designed to give users control over who can quote their posts. https://coywolf.com/news/social-media/mastodon-adds-quote-posts-that-prioritize-user-safety-and-privacy/

31 Oct 2025

The new Alertmouse tool monitors people and brand mentions as simply as Google Alerts, but with better results and reporting that are similar to those from expensive, contract-based enterprise solutions, at a more affordable price […]