<?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, 14 May 2026 00:34:34 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@gzen/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Be kind.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Be kind. Don't be mean. You may be right, maybe wrong. Be nice anyway.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/spirituality/@gzen/be-kind</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/spirituality/@gzen/be-kind</guid><category><![CDATA[spirituality]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gzen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2018 13:54:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKd9GJ4T6rkBdeqZw1coQAaQyCUzUF4FozBvW7jzAyYcGZS7BnK3ebg5T2uz6iYDh66BkM16yBA8wm1VNLmRifGCBHf87FbP46bKrh2wFohTVRMDPSnw1bxL8BUgii?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thai Dancer Dolls and Flute Players]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sweet dancers and flutes, Spirit abode offerings. Else things may go bad. Image: offerings at a large 'spirit house' outside a major mall in Bangkok. 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Here Professor Allan Adams of MIT provides a glimps]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gzen/quantum-physics-profoundly-shocking</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gzen/quantum-physics-profoundly-shocking</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gzen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2018 11:33:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWY3QmVyaLGD8B2JJxnt1yBoeMzcarA66cRdXnBR6Xsir7aPy386WAmmUUjUdBZK3YCeecF3wZPg1obbvgoCCRt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[GoldStar Explorations: GoldStar Space Exploration Images: Odysseus Crater, Tethys, Saturn]]></title><description><![CDATA[GoldStar Explorations: GoldStar Space Exploration Images: Odysseus Crater, Tethys, Saturn. Image by the Cassini spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute References and Related Links:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/space/@gzen/goldstar-explorations-goldstar-space-exploration-images-odysseus-crater-tethys-saturn</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/space/@gzen/goldstar-explorations-goldstar-space-exploration-images-odysseus-crater-tethys-saturn</guid><category><![CDATA[space]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gzen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2018 10:25:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBM2jscGd4Sszpv94XxHH2uqxMY9z21vaqHt1qcR1G8YfNZ94sZXx8FdopJPh5DQbJgYeaspgNRzUjkTmqtB7Zi5vMvtHgKaepmwBBvmZc56miGxsWLSez?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[GoldStar Explorations: Space Update: A new generation of human spaceflight]]></title><description><![CDATA[GoldStar Explorations: Space Update: A new generation of human spaceflight is on the launch pad. It actually looks like humans will be going beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) in the next few years. (No one]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/spaceexploration/@gzen/goldstar-explorations-space-update-a-new-generation-of-human-spaceflight</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/spaceexploration/@gzen/goldstar-explorations-space-update-a-new-generation-of-human-spaceflight</guid><category><![CDATA[spaceexploration]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gzen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2018 09:22:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH7ysY4Nk72zpQgpMTqjepsnULMMb4EfwQxWsPwG9g6RGHzM6MZXvWgdDBgETmAj4ji4N3KpKVSyXyBVrSL1Hrq4EEtWDX9G?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Temple of Jewels.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Temple of Jewels A Temple of Jewels, Deep in dangerous jungle. Will you find The Way? Haiku and Photography by Gregory A. 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Smith (Gzen) (Article title choice, image selection,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/space/@gzen/goldstar-explorations-stellar-jeff-bezos-on-the-blue-moon-project</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/space/@gzen/goldstar-explorations-stellar-jeff-bezos-on-the-blue-moon-project</guid><category><![CDATA[space]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gzen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2018 09:28:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQybj4WUXScWv5QPLninWRxfbcWNsx7SenD7Fs7CTHiRcYnBvScTqpdC2wNVUxahnfp22mB2KoYPr5anKpKdQkLcT9zmVjFKEwBA3aw6Mbn7ty1mqBZ7S2XTKmNwwb3aArxBcrgSHvXGaJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[GoldStar Explorations: Stellar: Jeff Bezos, Sir Richard Branson and Elon Musk on saving humanity.]]></title><description><![CDATA["The solar system can easily support a trillion humans and if we had a trillion humans, we would have a thousand Einsteins and a thousand Mozarts." - Jeff Bezos "There need to be reasons]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/space/@gzen/goldstar-explorations-stellar-jeff-bezos-sir-richard-branson-and-elon-musk-on-saving-humanity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/space/@gzen/goldstar-explorations-stellar-jeff-bezos-sir-richard-branson-and-elon-musk-on-saving-humanity</guid><category><![CDATA[space]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gzen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2018 11:51:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNtze9xHvT6xWCdz7q3QGD35ZKdaPpVrFksWkJ1kRfBBN577xu5eGfjg4Abiq5VQKkcg5xwrfvGss8bF8CsHmKkpeQ2D4woYvSSdt3HG7RQvThdav1LeJK1Y7dVWmXqYByz328pqPxr2yBbKMN4oNHPeW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>