heads up @manton itunes:duration is in seconds, so this is... really very long
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John Spurlock
@js@podcastindex.social
mastodon 4.7.3Working on podcast stuff 👨💻
currently 👉 https://op3.dev
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- SwiftUI: new toolbar item axisBehavior modifier
duo api alert
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/toolbarcontent/axisbehavior(_:)
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- SwiftUI: many more duo APIs, like this fun one: onHingeChange
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/view/onhingechange(isenabled:_:)
found four websites with audio players that prefetch the episode audio just by visiting the website, before the user hits the play button
going to have to exclude all requests from these sites in OP3 stats for now - if they get fixed someday, I can unexclude as of a fix date
https://github.com/skymethod/op3/commit/094365a8e95723cbbe5e2e0c2e398c5a8b55b138
‘These actors carried out a sustained effort to develop guided weapons, using Claude to design guidance software. They did test-fire a guided rocket. This field test appears to have failed: within hours, the actors returned to Claude to work out why it failed.’
https://www.anthropic.com/threat-intelligence-report-september-2026
‘Many listeners say they love podcasts because they help fill the in-between moments of life, such as exercising, driving or grocery-shopping. Having to watch kind of defeats the purpose.’
New data: Top CDNs used by the 1.9 million new podcast episodes found in April 2026
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@csb@podcastindex.social certified slop hater
somewhat coincidentally: even though it's an abuse of what's intended, I've always preferred to use en dash instead of em dash on computer – just as a matter of aesthetics
see: hundreds of my posts going back in time
👀 over the last few days, the newish podcast hosting company Flightcast has quietly become the leader in publishing HLS video as alternate enclosures in RSS feeds
I just added a new filter to make it easy to see them on the radar:
https://hls.livewire.io/?q=flightcast
heads up @samsethi@podcastindex.social you've mentioned a few times now that I've been excluding AI-generated podcasts from my "OP3 reports"
my monthly reports based on new episode share on livewire.io have nothing to do with OP3
they look at the universe of all podcasts, not just the small percentage that have the OP3 prefix
I started those monthly reports before OP3 was even a glimmer in my eye...
@samsethi@podcastindex.social just saw an incoming invalid payment payload come through from podfans
what is "rss::payment::auto" ? I've only seen boost and stream so far
and also the link does not seem to open the payment details in the browser
and also there is no x-rss-payment header in the response, which is the whole point
looks like Apple Podcasts has updated their partner list website for those that support the new "Video" (rss + hls) support in 26.4
now 16 partners
‘I'd like to buy him for what he's worth, and sell him for what he thinks he's worth’
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@nygren@hachyderm.io hmm, not offhand, but I can look into it for when I update it next month.
Would it be as simple as doing dns AAAA (type 28) queries?
Could see "%x of these are available over IPv6" being interesting both at the top level (all new episodes) and per cdn for the top 10 since they already have writeup subsections
Boosted by @tchambers@indieweb.social
Buzzsprout published their public podcast stats for April 2026, so I just updated my post tracking them over time
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surge in reported browser downloads (they probably need to investigate, often spoofed from servers)
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Vietnam! (should filter those too)
♫ ‘but I don't wanna be lonely / let it all go to waste’
clod, on the aws console
agi achieved
let's take a look at what's new in the latest iOS 26.5 beta #wwdc
probably won't be much since we're getting late in the cycle
- AccessoryLiveActivies: added AccessoryLiveActivity.sourceBundleName
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- NetworkExtension: deprecated pirServerURL in favor of info plist
Private Information Retrieval server sounds peachy
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/networkextension/neurlfiltermanager/pirserverurl
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@cisene@podcastindex.social @james@bne.social
they include every single feed, I even got an email from them saying my testing "reflections" feed is listed
https://socialdb.xyz/podcast/reflections
deemed 78% brand safe!
‘The future may not be a few huge apps running on a few huge platforms, generating tons of revenue; it could instead be tons of little ones, purpose-built for the church, mutual aid group, company department or softball league.’
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- SwiftUI: new toolbarVerticalCompressionBehavior view modifier
more duo stuff
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/view/toolbarverticalcompressionbehavior(_:)
one thing I haven't heard anyone mention, but noticed yesterday when upgrading
the new apple watch back side went from sapphire crystal to zirconia on both the series 12 and the ultra 4
alert r/shrinkflation
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- StoreKit: new ExternalPurchaseCustomLink.ExternalPurchaseType enum
in or out of app
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/storekit/externalpurchasecustomlink/externalpurchasetype
‘Someday soon every home will have a weblog, and we'll have great aggregation tools that allow us to quickly assemble lists of loved ones who survived. A new button on cellphones that says "I made it" and it flows the fact to all your concerned friends.’
man, that heat/hornets game was such a great advertisement for the whole concept of a play-in
and yet another demonstration of why amazon prime should never be allowed to stream another nba game again
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wow ‘Exercise caution’ when turning off - another good one
how many product management meetings to come up with these gems
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@jamesthomson@mastodon.social @twostraws@mastodon.social
27.2 has the stuff
https://podcastindex.social/@js/117282757198457341
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- SwiftUI: many more duo APIs, like this fun one: onHingeChange
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/view/onhingechange(isenabled:_:)
iOS 26.5 beta 3 is out!
‘Plain and aggregated search results such as URLs, snippets, and factual index data, are publicly accessible facts and are not "works protected under the Copyright Act." Google cannot use copyright law to block scraping of uncopyrighted search result data.’
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-lawsuit-serpapi-dismissed-41731.html
‘When a fan shows support with a Super Chat, Super Stickers, or gifts, you want to thank them right away. To make sure that moment isn’t interrupted, we’ll be rolling out an update that automatically creates a personal ad-free window right after their purchase.’
https://9to5google.com/2026/04/14/youtube-less-ads-during-livesteams/
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- SwiftUI: new CameraCaptureAccessory: "A scene accessory that presents content during camera capture."
whoa
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/cameracaptureaccessory
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- MarketplaceKit (alternative app store api): AppLibrary.requestInlineAppInstallation(_:subjectToken:)
wholesome
jazz trio in madison square park on Monday
beautiful day in nyc
innocent google search: "knockoff brands"
thank you ai for the very common examples
extremely commonly-known food and beverage examples
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- SwiftUI: new ArrangementViewStyle protocol
yet more duo
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/arrangementviewstyle
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- new FoundationModelsCore.framework
wonder what's sharing that
‘“With scientists predicting that every American will have a podcast by 2030, I thought it was time to get in the game,” Williams said in a statement.’
recording each episode from that helicopter
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/brian-williams-new-podcast-netflix-1236566427/