<?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>Thu, 21 May 2026 11:06:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@bdjnk/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A Poetic Anti-Beard Polemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rhythmical Essays on the Beard Question, by William Carter, first published in 1808, reads, in small part, as follows: Visibly seen in the long bearded mass, As a whole, a grim looking, cadaverous class;]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@bdjnk/a-poetic-anti-beard-polemic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@bdjnk/a-poetic-anti-beard-polemic</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bdjnk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2018 22:36:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[This isn't my job, and I'd quit if it were. And yet...]]></title><description><![CDATA[I see a monetary value below each post. I cringe and yet I kvell. "Your labor has worth", my miniature shoulder capitalist argues. "Why should the work you provide others go uncompensated?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@bdjnk/this-isn-t-my-job-and-i-d-quit-if-it-were-and-yet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@bdjnk/this-isn-t-my-job-and-i-d-quit-if-it-were-and-yet</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bdjnk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2018 23:46:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXa44oBdrAbJQfayYjGYmWoJBHGd3dyeyPTubzCehhiQzKMX9KD4gFToFYpp9p1Jrp24p9MbbsXc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>