<?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, 06 Apr 2026 03:11:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@changes/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Our Music and History 👁 Finding Out More]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not so good vibrations I am talking about one of the @changes that occurred, late in the 1920s to early 1930s today. It brought a different vibe that caused more fear and uncertainty to the world in general.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@changes/our-music-and-history-finding-out-more</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@changes/our-music-and-history-finding-out-more</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[changes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 23:02:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/DVAkPJXe6RxYjhmfF37XwXLNAKsoNsMB4m9L5yQhTNn5LmzTK6u6t89dBRXR7XngLJg5hMaSwM5qB3?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[In What Direction Do YOU Think We are Headed?]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the biggest changes we are seeing is the tech that surrounds us. That change has an impact on all of what we do and experience - and its affects are not all known yet. Phones: Well, they are not]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/society/@changes/in-what-direction-do-you-think-we-are-headed</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/society/@changes/in-what-direction-do-you-think-we-are-headed</guid><category><![CDATA[society]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[changes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 21:34:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/eAyTuXc4toTXvjczQpYDfMRsZTYDdQLbF232WeZMm6wDLgmGr8kW1dKQPAkXXsQtBw8YVNLdpwX?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI 🧠 This -Changes- everything in a bad way.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I haven't written in some time, but I have been busy. I'm getting whatever I can off of the internet and onto a local disk. I am finding that there is less and less on the internet that I am even slightly]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/changes/@changes/ai-this--changes--everything-in-a-bad-way</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/changes/@changes/ai-this--changes--everything-in-a-bad-way</guid><category><![CDATA[changes]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[changes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 23:54:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJa5zNbRVVrXnjUH7HeFHWfeS6aA81E3ywQkAjifGZ2qXj7rEsXmk9zovEgs3Bw7jCcyzE9MikZRUxX58HSjfdfKQsannfKGdbsQhWFx54?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phones, Kids, Reflection and Hive for a Changes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Changes are good sometimes. I have been posting about changes that I am not happy about for the most part, but one such good change is the ability to post here on Hive. What a warm welcome I just got]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/society/@changes/phones-kids-reflection-and-hive-for-a-changes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/society/@changes/phones-kids-reflection-and-hive-for-a-changes</guid><category><![CDATA[society]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[changes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 22:34:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFkxbnGCXnHPUK3daVLCQA4oDc4ixqCRFWLN2Q2JyL8VK25qRuNxifsJ7EsQMvcZsBRTPA5y4MCaXKSuiT7ASGLTFfb3THTHzRBiYV8YngPKG6Kg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[From China with Love - Squeaking Metal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today we are going to talk about how China is taking our wealth, one purchase decision at a time over the years and the roots of that problem. When I was a younger mechanic, in my mid-twenties or so, I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/quality/@changes/from-china-with-loves---squeaking-metal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/quality/@changes/from-china-with-loves---squeaking-metal</guid><category><![CDATA[quality]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[changes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2024 03:04:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgaqZzkwHMyP59dqNTxbacWNJyfMuu2WJ6Ppfm3wwAWbcLpneSevQPKcdX5JgGtijRjm2oyVPLa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Economy Size  and Shrinkflation ]]></title><description><![CDATA[One change that everyone is seeing or will see is . . . Shrinkflation. Yeah, it is a big word but there is nothing big about the money we use. There is also nothing big about the quantity of items in the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/inflation/@changes/economy-size-and-shrinkflation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/inflation/@changes/economy-size-and-shrinkflation</guid><category><![CDATA[inflation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[changes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2022 20:48:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJa5zNbRVVrXnjUH7HeFHWfeS6aA7zxWEe3xFdDCTQBDZxwCMD7HXWoZNtEkyYQd5xt4FiwFgJjTsYdRaME31C7ojhMRWyCNjq7ewRbipn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liquids that have Undergone Changes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Next I want to bring up what is in our food and drinks. I write from memory, documenting what I have learned and researched over decades. There was a lot of information after World War II and it is common]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/drinks/@changes/liquids-that-have-undergone-changes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/drinks/@changes/liquids-that-have-undergone-changes</guid><category><![CDATA[drinks]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[changes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2022 18:30:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rhmfmAxTjFyuwiCgs3hPjpuzw22M7Zetx4rf3juySYFxMxgcSVTdRqe3BnTG6C4bXceMcCfkCEr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Happened to "Red China" and When?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Speaking from memory Memories of long ago tell me that The President referred to that Asian country as Red China. That's where all of this started. I am wondering when China stopped being Red and why?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@changes/what-happened-to-red-china-and-when</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@changes/what-happened-to-red-china-and-when</guid><category><![CDATA[informationwar]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[changes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2022 00:15:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnCuGGcQXZHuA5C6A?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early Changes - How we got here.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some of the first changes may not seem that horrible, but they all contributed to where we are today. 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