<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:42:20 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@apshamilton/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Military & Geopolitics Collection]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a collection of my Hive posts on military & geopolitical issues, with a focus on my homeland, Israel and sometimes the land of my birth, Australia. These posts span 8 years on Hive and include]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-110144/@apshamilton/military-and-geopolitics-collection</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-110144/@apshamilton/military-and-geopolitics-collection</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-110144]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[apshamilton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:01:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7DceLgR4szFxEcoBSTRTWdKak4fLjAAkTcuF4gmyRb6AAhuYdDrkntWLg5RgQxNyi6G8Y2aB8PmsegK6RLFyg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israeli Ground Invasion of Iran - An Available Option]]></title><description><![CDATA[While the complete air supremacy Israel & the US have created over Iran and the extensive & systematic demolition of their power projection capabilities may be enough to either force an internal]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/iran/@apshamilton/israeli-ground-invasion-of-iran-an-available-option</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/iran/@apshamilton/israeli-ground-invasion-of-iran-an-available-option</guid><category><![CDATA[iran]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[apshamilton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:30:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zVHfYmvdTiYCtxYGyW9Umc9pynBKmJxM4jZY2KZzBWogSeJeXhCH62ZFGCny8jxkfEgSwZoTQzQArhWsoZCvcJJmRV4puHrnjcEFG1hN9fbd1KAutZC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel's Triple Bonus & Gas Export Bonanza]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: Israel's Strike on Iran's South Pars Natural Gas Processing Facility Yesterday Israel conducted a precision strike on Iran's South Pars gas processing facility. It took out some specialised equipment]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/iran/@apshamilton/israels-triple-bonus-and-gas-export-bonanza</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/iran/@apshamilton/israels-triple-bonus-and-gas-export-bonanza</guid><category><![CDATA[iran]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[apshamilton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 07:27:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zVHfYmvdTiYCtxYGyWmwgzDs4wjLNgqoszLnAFWaZFpAE2bLFFfzs2x3J1naQpLG9pKqFUY45Yev5dB4TgyDVntVmJb1oHwQ2qYjSbQj5tKi8pWA3rn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the Victors Go the Spoils]]></title><description><![CDATA[While Operation Epic Fury (USA) / Roaring Lion (ISR) is not yet complete, it is clear that this is the most extraordinary, overwhelming & one-sided military victory in all of human history. Iran's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/imec/@apshamilton/to-the-victors-go-the-spoils</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/imec/@apshamilton/to-the-victors-go-the-spoils</guid><category><![CDATA[imec]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[apshamilton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:03:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zVHfYmvdTiYCtxYGyW9KBvHFgBVVirhpGRVBypyuEv2w3HhTiiuvVRZbWJBQMM9bF8gWhzyHEYh6TsteH7HmZan3TT8ch26BUN2VxhMs3JxYc7KnoDG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[America's first true equal partner in battle: Israel]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was just watching US Sec. of War Pete Hegseth's update from Day 4 of Operation Epic Fury (US) / Roaring Lion (ISR), partly from my safe room in Tel Aviv as Israeli Air Defences shot down Iranian &]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/usa/@apshamilton/americas-first-true-equal-partner-in-battle-israel</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/usa/@apshamilton/americas-first-true-equal-partner-in-battle-israel</guid><category><![CDATA[usa]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[apshamilton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:13:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zVHfYmvdTiYCtxYGyW95DZRgb2stUP6H59C7ciUfd9NhNn1my33Zu5qN8zbeMAjypk6ubLyRgHzdMRBE6iye49w92BwjQ3SPPNB8eUrU7htXpKunZ3k?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big RAM Sale!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Are you feeling the pinch with RAM prices skyrocketing? Has AI stolen you memory? Well I have a heap of used DDR4 RAM that I'm looking to sell. Make me an offer, either in comments or Hive message or on]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ram/@apshamilton/big-ram-sale</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ram/@apshamilton/big-ram-sale</guid><category><![CDATA[ram]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[apshamilton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 06:49:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zVHfYmvdTiYCtxYGyW9Jjw9BESz13CykKfcUPeexAS8By5go4yXbMXTp2qtw5FeFsGnEApBCmEKsYC9pKdSaM4kz3EevZ2bw8You7rsMwACryCkmJPQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future of food!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nas Daily has just come out with an amazing video highlighting super realistic & tasty commercially available steak, salmon, milk, eggs & honey all produced without animals. Watch the video, then]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/israel/@apshamilton/the-future-of-food</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/israel/@apshamilton/the-future-of-food</guid><category><![CDATA[israel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[apshamilton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:08:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zVHfYmvdTiYCtxYGyW9fw4kWV4QmjqUZq77NwoukPoHS6dCbWMLd6JbSzGYuuhD8M4Fbsh9RSc3tKhPy6d1Ddzw9DEYbvdoXJq9UfkGqPY4HAWeb22A?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Message to my Australian Jewish family & friends]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear family & friends, the people of Israel are praying for you at this terrible time. [My long time friend Arsen Ostrovsky who thankfully survived.] The Channuka Massacre was worse per capita for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bondi/@apshamilton/a-message-to-my-australian-jewish-family-and-friends</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bondi/@apshamilton/a-message-to-my-australian-jewish-family-and-friends</guid><category><![CDATA[bondi]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[apshamilton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:32:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1VsGizre45QXqJtz5hxw6yA6X8GvkxLNN82bkk6zEbtFX9RA78SkoHx1wWKCKwzYBanRYBMLW61i3PA823DQkqqT8eM4FUoay28HPZ2d36d3o4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[New US National Security Strategy is a Big Deal!]]></title><description><![CDATA[A few days ago the US published a new official National Security Strategy. It is definitely worth reading in full - 33 pages of easy to read, but powerful text that will dramatically change the world.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/usa/@apshamilton/new-us-national-security-strategy-is-a-big-deal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/usa/@apshamilton/new-us-national-security-strategy-is-a-big-deal</guid><category><![CDATA[usa]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[apshamilton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 10:15:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zVHfYmvdTiYCtxYGyWmygL5cCYhEnBcUa43kC6YXBSo6LCmwupFcbWay5YX5rk2D9mt7CrfWfnYwLWBceAZAXQr1bx7DJiAwFNSZuGZB3jDgkf6ZDVG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The True Cost of Reconstructing Gaza - Part 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[In President Trump's speech to the Israeli Knesset he said that reconstructing Gaza will be very expensive; but that the Muslim world can afford it because some of them (ie the Gulf States) are very rich.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gaza/@apshamilton/the-true-cost-of-reconstructing-gaza-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gaza/@apshamilton/the-true-cost-of-reconstructing-gaza-part-1</guid><category><![CDATA[gaza]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[apshamilton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 09:21:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zVHfYmvdTiYCtxYGyW8uHEVum947wgTronFiEwLLvzMqgFcUVYDnNeftD7Jq22BvqRTRWTRGtWbycvsAvu2JMMgmDPTzADnVwbgoMXe7V7H56hZpkHc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fertility Trilema - Part 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[I plan to write a book entitled The Fertility Trilema which will be released in first draft form as a series of Hive posts. 1. 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[Source: You have been right on many things but you are wrong on this and you have always been wrong on Tommy]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/tommyrobinson/@apshamilton/open-letter-to-melanie-phillips-on-tommy-robinson</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/tommyrobinson/@apshamilton/open-letter-to-melanie-phillips-on-tommy-robinson</guid><category><![CDATA[tommyrobinson]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[apshamilton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 08:27:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zVHfYmvdTiYCtxYGyWmx8xCyEChWZYBTZWoMzgtsd9z8bGRV1oxcNF1vGsGF9ftUcECe4LNcCcV2Dzo5UgmSWYa3JocU7Rz6GQWztMMR1chrmeDUoZQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing To Prove - Roxy Music]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @jwkamiel/nothing-to-prove-roxy-music by @apshamilton.A great post by a new Hivean with amazing musical knowledge.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193816/@apshamilton/nothing-to-prove-roxy-music-hive-193816</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193816/@apshamilton/nothing-to-prove-roxy-music-hive-193816</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193816]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[apshamilton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 05:21:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel takes out Hamas Leadership in Qatar]]></title><description><![CDATA[About an hour ago Israel took out the entire Hamas leadership team that had been living in luxury hotels in Doha, Qatar. It looks like we got everyone in the Qatar based leadership team that planned Oct]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/israel/@apshamilton/israel-takes-out-hamas-leadership-in-qatar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/israel/@apshamilton/israel-takes-out-hamas-leadership-in-qatar</guid><category><![CDATA[israel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[apshamilton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 14:41:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zVHfYmvdTiYCtxYGyW8uyuU5b9moNiUCMPCAfxscmBHbUv9VMuqPmuUWBXkNE4dk5Nm43QNJA7enJfFZgBSyGuJCP8NcdrysbYJtcV28HsV3dcZk3oU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ultimate Karma or Divine Justice - Justin Sun had his tokens frozen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Justin Sun just had his tokens in the World Liberty Financials project frozen. This is a huge karma payback or Divine Justice for his freezing of a whole lot of Steem user's tokens after the HIVE community]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/justinsun/@apshamilton/ultimate-karma-or-divine-justice-justin-sun-had-his-tokens-frozen</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/justinsun/@apshamilton/ultimate-karma-or-divine-justice-justin-sun-had-his-tokens-frozen</guid><category><![CDATA[justinsun]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[apshamilton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 09:17:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonXkTjiTwb3XQw4GUbRPk8vXNrXCFeGVebzZZBPTVH5GpBYY7CDaRgYdWpfi8t47fviWQSxoGh6LZqxYxXGKafSQwPBTQxN6Sqr9fZjm8wp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Splinterlands & NFTs invented or prophesied in 1999?!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the summer holidays I've been reading Neal Stephenson's classic cypherpunk tome Cryptonomicon. Its a great book, first published in May 1999, which both explains, in riveting fictionalised form but]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@apshamilton/splinterlands-and-nfts-invented-or-prophesied-in-1999</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@apshamilton/splinterlands-and-nfts-invented-or-prophesied-in-1999</guid><category><![CDATA[splinterlands]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[apshamilton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 06:47:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zVHfYmvdTiYCtxYGyWA5SHc688zf3Pc47gjZnkZpHnVocs2GLBQfzQVmqN4Q7e9JRM4k85XhWjh6WidBjZvY58FtrQwnrRDhe6csLKgRNPZkdmWSJwG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another Major Competition Law Court Loss for Big Tech!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday I listened to Justice Beach of the Federal Court of Australia deliver a stunning and historic judgement against Apple and Google for their anti-competitive behaviour in relation to their App]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/epic/@apshamilton/another-major-competition-law-court-loss-for-big-tech</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/epic/@apshamilton/another-major-competition-law-court-loss-for-big-tech</guid><category><![CDATA[epic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[apshamilton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 06:58:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zVHfYmvdTiYCtxYGyW96Smn7KMriTwtz5mBWRTUtwGhCzVPEx115VwxvqqFLHFhFk87Tzo7W4CBtqjcPJAiybpL5QCHLnBn4vQbkhP9a8oSZnB3dvHL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meanwhile, back in the Real World ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Living in a Fantasy World There are an increasing number of people, especially in Western countries, that are completely detached from reality. 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