<?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, 09 Apr 2026 02:58:53 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@darkfae/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Medical Issues Continue]]></title><description><![CDATA[(None of my markdown is working. Hmm.) #The Surgery Back on April 12th, I had something of a hybrid top surgery. Unlike most top surgeries, I didn't have what is essentially a full mastectomy, I had something]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/health/@darkfae/medical-issues-continue</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/health/@darkfae/medical-issues-continue</guid><category><![CDATA[health]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darkfae]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2018 00:28:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starting CBD Oil]]></title><description><![CDATA[What's the CBDeal? This past Tuesday, I got into the local hospital's multi-disciplinary pain programme, which takes a whole bunch of different departments, spearheaded by their interventional pain department,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/health/@darkfae/starting-cbd-oil</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/health/@darkfae/starting-cbd-oil</guid><category><![CDATA[health]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darkfae]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2018 22:37:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gaming's Exciting Week]]></title><description><![CDATA[Such Releases It's a busy week in gaming. I'm only going to hit upon the games that I'm directly involved with, and have either bought already, received updates to, or will be pre-ordering ASAP. But man,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gaming/@darkfae/gaming-s-exciting-week</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gaming/@darkfae/gaming-s-exciting-week</guid><category><![CDATA[gaming]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darkfae]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 22:19:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eEGzVxMip4qdCS8xKT2cb2v2g1eoyFGheZ4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hot Off the Guardian - Nassar Sentencing]]></title><description><![CDATA[This could stand alone as a link, as Nassar's sentencing is ultimately justice on it's own. My commentary is that the first 60 years were a good start. Personally, for what he did to at least 156 girls]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gymnastics/@darkfae/hot-off-the-guardian-nassar-sentencing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gymnastics/@darkfae/hot-off-the-guardian-nassar-sentencing</guid><category><![CDATA[gymnastics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darkfae]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2018 18:17:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social Media Regulation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Overview Well, something strange is coming out of the Davos summit - some tech heavies are calling for social media and tech industry regulations, a la the style that the cigarette industry had clamped]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/tech/@darkfae/social-media-regulation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/tech/@darkfae/social-media-regulation</guid><category><![CDATA[tech]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darkfae]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2018 16:37:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tysBoFr3oLfakFzbhLi3bqa48K6JGjuZgWhbbUAziz6fY4juf7s2xg53Dsn5mugYQ9HRGUYkTkAYUpCzMcqPSYtJMgqhdyAURCM3iBYRnVhKZG43LiVA17JPffVavWWWm1NZpjmG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medicare 4 All Town Hall]]></title><description><![CDATA[I got so caught up in watching this, I forgot to post it over here! Luckily, it's archived since it was livestreamed on YouTube (as well as on Facebook). It was a pretty great event, and pretty informative]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/medical/@darkfae/medicare-4-all-town-hall</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/medical/@darkfae/medicare-4-all-town-hall</guid><category><![CDATA[medical]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darkfae]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2018 03:02:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eKb8RBtoJLdqau43zJTVexAn17vPTvMkd4J?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chronic Illness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction I have several chronic conditions, which is part of why my postings are so limited, and so infrequent; I spend a great deal of time resting, and I lack a good tablet with which to use in bed.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/health/@darkfae/chronic-illness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/health/@darkfae/chronic-illness</guid><category><![CDATA[health]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darkfae]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2018 23:38:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Week of Fire and Fury]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, We Thought 2018 was Going to be Okay Then this happened. And suddenly 2018 went from being mildly off to a weird start to going full chaos. Suddenly Steve Bannon and Donald Trump were at war, and politics]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@darkfae/the-week-of-fire-and-fury</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@darkfae/the-week-of-fire-and-fury</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darkfae]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2018 22:32:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9RTqgyyu8sXUePdz9iXerdZY5RwcL4saFdcnZaVKFpyAQsahvhYDHKM2UJsESHE3Dnma2M7Tp9?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Definitely Down the Hatch? Or Too Good to be True?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Orrin Hatch is Done! Or is he? So, I just refreshed the Guardian and was greeted by this little number that shares that Hatch has (again) declared that he is retiring, however this time it seems to be]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@darkfae/definitely-down-the-hatch-or-too-good-to-be-true</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@darkfae/definitely-down-the-hatch-or-too-good-to-be-true</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darkfae]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2018 22:04:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big Oil Knew About Climate Change in 1959]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thanks for Ruining my Morning, Guardian Which happens all too often anymore. I woke up late due to being sick still, and found this article waiting on the Guardian. It's by Benjamin Franta, a PhD student]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@darkfae/big-oil-knew-about-climate-change-in-1959</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@darkfae/big-oil-knew-about-climate-change-in-1959</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darkfae]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2018 21:32:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sixteen Years Later, Video Game Addiction Finally Recognised]]></title><description><![CDATA[WHO Announces Inclusion of Gaming Disorder as Mental Health Condition Albeit a tough read, the bet draft of the 11th International Classification of Diseases by the World Health Organisation will be including]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@darkfae/sixteen-years-later-video-game-addiction-finally-recognised</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@darkfae/sixteen-years-later-video-game-addiction-finally-recognised</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darkfae]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2017 21:59:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZoqZ1faNJQmsxzqKBkFtwuhJxvqzeDMirEupFySseieBdfaf4YWXYvphAbb8fzsBbjrvpxbvAA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Down the Hatch, Batten Down the Hatches]]></title><description><![CDATA[To My Friends in Utah... So, some back history here - mom moved us to Utah when I was four years old, almost five, due to the fact that the Hillside Strangler was about in the neighbourhood next to ours.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@darkfae/down-the-hatch-batten-down-the-hatches</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@darkfae/down-the-hatch-batten-down-the-hatches</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darkfae]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2017 03:07:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYTFmQCsA9b5Yk219yL341yrKG58yJaZZfUBBPfnQJEGge4zVbBQvcC39CofHyykBr4tyoMacfx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gaming's Beautiful Nightmare]]></title><description><![CDATA[Overview This is an essay by CleanPrinceGaming, aka Tyler J. I've recently started following him on YouTube, and I find that he's one of the best essayists around, not only in the gaming community, but]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gaming/@darkfae/gaming-s-beautiful-nightmare</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gaming/@darkfae/gaming-s-beautiful-nightmare</guid><category><![CDATA[gaming]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darkfae]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2017 22:19:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eNnpJDeAECRgtGQnymfSexp3sMcmxBF5qhQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>