diff --git a/feed.tmpl.ass b/feed.tmpl.ass
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b39815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/feed.tmpl.ass
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Actually Simple Syndication, see https://tilde.town/~dzwdz/ass
+
diff --git a/index.tmpl.html b/index.tmpl.html
index 077ca42..5bee157 100644
--- a/index.tmpl.html
+++ b/index.tmpl.html
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     <meta charset="UTF-8">
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="feed.xml" title="the web log of vilmibm">
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/ass" href="feed.ass" title="the web log of vilmibm">
     <style>
       body {
         background-color: #070e0f;
@@ -77,5 +78,5 @@
     <h1>the web log of ~vilmibm</h1>
     <p id="back">back to my <a href="https://tilde.town/~vilmibm">home page</a></p>
     <p id="feeds">
-      <a href="feed.xml">rss feed</a>
+      <a href="feed.xml">rss feed</a>, <a href="feed.ass">ass feed</a>
     </p>
diff --git a/make.sh b/make.sh
index 54cf8ad..6c89b4f 100755
--- a/make.sh
+++ b/make.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ geminiIndex="${geminiPath}/index.gmi"
 rssIndexTmpl=$srcDir/feed.tmpl.xml
 rssIndex=$HOME/public_html/blog/feed.xml
 
+assIndexTmpl=$srcDir/feed.tmpl.ass
+assIndex=$HOME/public_html/blog/feed.ass
+
 # attempt compilation
 if [ ! -e "linkpost" ]
 then
@@ -40,8 +43,15 @@ then
   cp $rssIndex "${rssIndex}.bak"
 fi
 
+# backup ASS feed
+if [ -e "${assIndex}" ]
+then
+  cp $assIndex "${assIndex}.bak"
+fi
+
 cp $htmlIndexTmpl $htmlIndex
 cp $rssIndexTmpl $rssIndex
+cp $assIndexTmpl $assIndex
 
 # Remove old gopher and gemini posts
 rm -f ${gopherPath}/*
@@ -110,6 +120,9 @@ do
     echo "      <pubDate>${rfc822}</pubDate>"          >> $rssIndex
     echo "      <description>${summary}</description>" >> $rssIndex
     echo "    </item>"                                 >> $rssIndex
+
+    # ASS
+    echo "$(date -d"$pubdate" +'%Y-%m-%d')	${httpLink}	${title}" >> $assIndex
   fi
 done