Words fail me sometimes when it comes to feed readers

What in the name of clowntown is going on here?

ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:21 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:22 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:22 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:23 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:23 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:23 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:23 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:24 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:24 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:24 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:24 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:25 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:25 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:25 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:25 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:26 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:26 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:26 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:26 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:26 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:27 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:27 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:27 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:27 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:28 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:28 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:28 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:28 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:29 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:29 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:29 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:29 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:30 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:30 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:30 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:30 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:30 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:31 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:31 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:31 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:31 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:32 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:32 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:32 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:32 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)" ip - - [04/Dec/2024:23:18:32 -0800] "GET /w/ HTTP/1.1" 200 229674 "-" "NetNewsWire (RSS Reader; https://netnewswire.com/)"

Note: the post index page isn't the feed. It has never been the feed. Even still, what's up with the unconditional requests, and several per second? What is that supposed to accomplish? In what world does that make sense?

Do you ever wonder if feed reader authors point their stuff at their own servers? You'd think they'd notice this kind of thing.

Oh, also, this will no longer work.