<?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>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:45:30 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@bill-froog/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[“Schrodinger’s Bacterium.”]]></title><description><![CDATA[When some 'Credible Hulk' articles come onto my social media feed - and acolytes of the science model, bay for blood of anyone who dares to imagine that there is more than the provable realm at work in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@bill-froog/schrodinger-s-bacterium</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@bill-froog/schrodinger-s-bacterium</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bill-froog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2019 23:38:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3bV13dhrdWmiiTzq9WMPZDTkYuSGyZVu3GHrGMc2ve2VxvkgqULd67FhMPmZQMQ1KkpdymWZB9iVyzKR3XoqECmFzvV22FL4Pkem1Y2y3irqxYtfN6w4q4xJWTeQkryeMbCcEeQKP4Ub7LJpRHywk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't it always seem to go..]]></title><description><![CDATA["The company said the average tree had between 10 and 50,000 leaves, any or all of which could fall on the line." Thank goodness for Network Rail, saving us from this potential calamity. OR -]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/savethetrees/@bill-froog/don-t-it-always-seem-to-go</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/savethetrees/@bill-froog/don-t-it-always-seem-to-go</guid><category><![CDATA[savethetrees]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bill-froog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2018 23:53:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNchGPKLQuxAL7oEwDJ42cT977qXjChbgSRoiNi8CxTu8x4TvQ6tkFDGKiKaExs4Y1MFQu8TefS4xxmhzes8B9SeRuqp8VFjiidMXNB5aD8EPY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corporate Kleptocrats - get with the program! Younger Generation - resist the propaganda]]></title><description><![CDATA["Regrets - I had a few..." but Trump and Brexit are pretty large reasons for some major kind of remorse.. Just the elite scrabbling to maintain control - good luck with that one guys.. We oldies]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cambridge-analytica/@bill-froog/corporate-kleptocrats-get-with-the-program-younger-generation-resist-the-propaganda</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cambridge-analytica/@bill-froog/corporate-kleptocrats-get-with-the-program-younger-generation-resist-the-propaganda</guid><category><![CDATA[cambridge-analytica]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bill-froog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2018 16:14:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2923mN3pnd7PrxqAS8My84z8QnDpEsSBnKFsBYXvnA129ujkrk2XGXaPjFUoi61GJXQiMHuVp9bmfYrg11ppffELbCAQywB3khWQyMGiv2rRVQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Terror, Theresa, Toffs and how to turn Hypernormalisation.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whereas terror in Manchester removed all U turns, petty politics & interview gaffes from the public arena, shock and awesome depravity of mass murder pausing our democratic process; the London attack]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/votelabour/@bill-froog/terror-theresa-toffs-and-how-to-turn-hypernormalisation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/votelabour/@bill-froog/terror-theresa-toffs-and-how-to-turn-hypernormalisation</guid><category><![CDATA[votelabour]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bill-froog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2017 00:45:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLpunQuGfHnXTmxWbRQScCVGspXNWFwLmcRVAJsHoJdaRtmQVic3gek87Go9vELprh95o6YMr6jFetizFfNkpTt6vCyqBBPmWxC93AvPBXeVkyGrjQ3R47rRx1pAisAT89Z84tu49eKogPTUiUCKaiFddmZdKKhiTci?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unthinking Doublethink]]></title><description><![CDATA[Help! Woe is us. We're under attack - quick, give away personal freedom and the police guns. Terror in the UK and - somewhat predictably - the media is enjoying a frenzy of oxygenating radicalism. Here's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/terror/@bill-froog/unthinking-doublethink</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/terror/@bill-froog/unthinking-doublethink</guid><category><![CDATA[terror]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bill-froog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Mar 2017 02:25:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj99Ky2UED5w7hjN4sfFS2nmM63LD4DnUQHeLmxUUnKUA7BrbnafTr7GXNqB6xEJcyeJVzNW6iNvXUusVVNxd3fZrvXz2wcbwTqU57t3FqNAYA8f6e?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is Steemit so pernickety]]></title><description><![CDATA[So - spent 2 hours writing a post.. Lots backup links to support what I was saying. Youtube video that formed central thesis. Image correctly inserted. Used all the linking tools provided to insert hyperlinks.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@bill-froog/why-is-steemit-so-pernickety</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@bill-froog/why-is-steemit-so-pernickety</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bill-froog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2017 21:54:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Udder Carnage]]></title><description><![CDATA[Simon Amstell is cool. OK - in a nerdy, weedy, twitty kind of way - but that's kind of how I like my heroes. Nothing too arrogant, preferable self effacing, funny yet deep, provoking but with compassion.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/carnage/@bill-froog/udder-carnage</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/carnage/@bill-froog/udder-carnage</guid><category><![CDATA[carnage]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bill-froog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:40:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgnRrABTtjdPrPn6hQ3mpaKCmkVkjWeraoxshAMYAd6DbkbDUqqrbRA6VYqAJehfS7d8g1DUkHULRUBYtyPbhG7vQejVw8N2vAqAUahqzEeu9eN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taking a Proper Gander.]]></title><description><![CDATA[  So - I have no hesitation in recommending Noam Chomsky.   Like Adam Curtis he's done so much to generate thinking debate around how 21st century politics in conducted & constructed - and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/chomsky/@bill-froog/taking-a-proper-gander</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/chomsky/@bill-froog/taking-a-proper-gander</guid><category><![CDATA[chomsky]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bill-froog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2017 23:08:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQbWfyXBhM9ds1Y49JjEpz3LxWyv2dt5rEHckGHeZUJ2cPQ25tadtud9F1Va4uQUdrEUs9x5U3hg5WeioJfRvwwjmBzxVkah2WdRrQZJ1YyquFGi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[World War III]]></title><description><![CDATA[ So - the attached link is an important piece IMO - well worth the read. Explains how IT and people who control data and systems can manipulate demographics. The propagandist's dream is now our reality.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/propaganda/@bill-froog/world-war-iii</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/propaganda/@bill-froog/world-war-iii</guid><category><![CDATA[propaganda]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bill-froog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2017 22:42:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W71zzwkiHVBJLmramyz6bphUtzjfFHnDDRhwnTpHRrHd2WsCJuvYBamVkfX5MdbGmimo1eExDuSDdmFYCMrkMEsUNvLovSPZgRTQN3i9Zpbx11NYvzuUa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Totalitatians Take Implausible Profits]]></title><description><![CDATA[So TTIP has been defeated has it? Well, before BREXIT there was a move in Europe to embrace the Transatlantic deal that would put the corporate leaders controlling most of the food chain above the rule]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/food/@bill-froog/totalitatians-take-implausible-profits</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/food/@bill-froog/totalitatians-take-implausible-profits</guid><category><![CDATA[food]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bill-froog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2017 22:41:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQbWfyXBhM9ds1Y49JjEpz3LxWyv2dt5rEHckGHeZUJ2cPQ25tadtud9F1Va4uQUdrEUs9x5U3hg5WeioJfRvwwjmBzxVkah2WdRrQ3xo8Lnrbst?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hopeful not Fearful]]></title><description><![CDATA[  “TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hope/@bill-froog/hopeful-not-fearful</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hope/@bill-froog/hopeful-not-fearful</guid><category><![CDATA[hope]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bill-froog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2017 23:13:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/62PdCoV9UZngWd5WczHrVSon6QWtiVN4xYV8LRS9GZMDVrJfY9f1HGLGnPCuuF1SehPzPu1SaGp33ESd4kqcaYzJSdE49NRDd8ytVfCNsh53ice?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plutocracy: Divide et Impera]]></title><description><![CDATA[Divide and Rule No time to write today - viewing this film - based on early US history. Plutocracy is the first documentary to comprehensively examine early American history through the lens of class.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/plutocracy/@bill-froog/plutocracy-divide-et-impera</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/plutocracy/@bill-froog/plutocracy-divide-et-impera</guid><category><![CDATA[plutocracy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bill-froog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2017 22:22:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQbWfyXBhM9ds1Y49JjEpz3LxWyv2dt5rEHckGHeZUJ2cPQ25tadtud9F1Va4uQUdrEUqD3xdPsrCmdxrjPWEH59s6rmZjyBknNWXzog31yNjc3g?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kyriarchy, Liberalism and the road to freedom.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A definition of Kyriarchy is: the social system that keeps all intersecting oppressions in place. Indicating inherent issues that create systemic prejudices within a prevailing power structure. (i.e. saying]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/kyriarchy/@bill-froog/kyriarchy-liberalism-and-the-road-to-freedom</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/kyriarchy/@bill-froog/kyriarchy-liberalism-and-the-road-to-freedom</guid><category><![CDATA[kyriarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bill-froog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2017 00:14:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/23KQwnog7PztYs5vntj2V1kFiX2D8G6PLMrkHrqbTgsG2ocA62gZVbvcsdusqkUi8mJePF7aSFwTq84fNSG2EtX2iQvqYhC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA['Become a suicide bomber'  Subvertising in London]]></title><description><![CDATA[Propaganda *M*A*S*H*up. The text is from the Telegraph article by Adam Boult: 'Become a suicide bomber' posters appear across London 3 FEBRUARY 2017 • 8:01PM Posters urging Londoners to become "suicide]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/subvertising/@bill-froog/become-a-suicide-bomber-subvertising-in-london</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/subvertising/@bill-froog/become-a-suicide-bomber-subvertising-in-london</guid><category><![CDATA[subvertising]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bill-froog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2017 22:25:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/368La1fSsTsWVWeuVZH65KhTYX6P8k4zRD98zSczeWsH2UuKRCGk2FNSyv5ESWXFdmgxrq8RmQR3UhVrpfaphwgi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Non violent revolutions and how to win]]></title><description><![CDATA[  Today I saw a fascinating mini article which I read quickly - and a longer one that took a while to assimilate. The second a reason for our need to reject the ongoing narrative of Corporatocracy]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/non-violent/@bill-froog/non-violent-revolutions-and-how-to-win</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/non-violent/@bill-froog/non-violent-revolutions-and-how-to-win</guid><category><![CDATA[non-violent]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bill-froog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2017 16:05:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/62PdCoV9UZngWd5WczHrVSon6QWtiVN4xYV8LRS9GZMDVrJfY9f1HGLGnPCuuF1SehPzPu1SaGp33ESd4kqcaYzJKXHfcqyLL6DqDHywasR6wcS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pin back yer lugholes!]]></title><description><![CDATA[A short one today - I've been personally bowled over by a poet for a wee while now - and if you haven't seen/heard/read her - in so many more ways than certain chemical hair-product ads - she's worth it.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@bill-froog/pin-back-yer-lugholes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@bill-froog/pin-back-yer-lugholes</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bill-froog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2017 01:52:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7DceLftyMsv2EwxxmFXuNt7z5R7FayzTHjMtNcoQYbJz7ZahtEJrp7JGWNGEtTNaggFWCQK9iTponxiGKQeni?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are you a slave to your work?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's difficult to be in a place where you do not dread waking in the morning to turn up for work. Many issues come in to play. The amount you feel you need to earn - depends on your outgoings and the quality]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/work/@bill-froog/are-you-a-slave-to-your-work</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/work/@bill-froog/are-you-a-slave-to-your-work</guid><category><![CDATA[work]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bill-froog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2017 13:04:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/62PdCoV9UZngWd5WczHrVSon6QWtiVN4xYV8LRS9GZMDVrJfY9f1HGLGnPCuuF1SehPzPu1SaGp33ESd4kqcaYzJSdE49NRDd8ytVVqSCY54Ehk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Six degrees of separation]]></title><description><![CDATA[A little like 'The Three Degrees' of Philadelphia, this can make your head swim and your heart soar - though is less likely to make your feet tap. Apologies, I didn't come here just to post stupid jokes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sixdegrees/@bill-froog/six-degrees-of-separation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sixdegrees/@bill-froog/six-degrees-of-separation</guid><category><![CDATA[sixdegrees]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bill-froog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 23:31:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W71zzwkiHVBJLmramyz6bphUtzjfFHnDDRhwnTpHRrHd2WsCJuvYBamVkfX5MdbGmimo1eExDuSDdmFYCMrkFvW44nu6ds5XgMeKBV8agqe9G8BG2o5vv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A quick 'roundup' of the probable human carcinogenic risks of Glyphosate]]></title><description><![CDATA[  A few years ago the EPA in the US massively increased the limit  of allowable glyphosate* residue in foods. (*e.g. the active component in Monsanto's Ready Roundup) . This meant in 'oilseed']]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/food/@bill-froog/a-quick-roundup-of-the-probable-human-carcinogenic-risks-of-glyphosate</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/food/@bill-froog/a-quick-roundup-of-the-probable-human-carcinogenic-risks-of-glyphosate</guid><category><![CDATA[food]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bill-froog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGDEAMLA41uvabk4DGCDjWkkS3cxpuWnzjbzS4Grpaw1o5HoqU3LMsb48VL8Ba1TfPGr2t8HqXFK4PNu3c57zJr6wehNS2XyH6MavsLsjG2gSkdGcvvRmB9mvbEp87UwBJAi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fake news bigots + Google = Propaganda smears]]></title><description><![CDATA[I guess this is why I'm here - migrating from Faecbook (Question is, if I wasn't from the UK, would I still be allowed to do that?)   On a day where the borders closed to the US to those who; may]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fake-news/@bill-froog/fake-news-bigots-google-propaganda-smears</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fake-news/@bill-froog/fake-news-bigots-google-propaganda-smears</guid><category><![CDATA[fake-news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bill-froog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2017 22:30:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjbwAqtJh3U1Q5XaA7pkhB6cRravGY5sSapujY9vHnkUtWRfgDFgKbJXbJFPYwRmon3A5eyphg7SoGW38?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>