<?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>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:09:48 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@monsoondrain/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Soros Foundation has been hacked.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is a torrent link for the curious.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@monsoondrain/the-soros-foundation-has-been-hacked</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@monsoondrain/the-soros-foundation-has-been-hacked</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monsoondrain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2018 14:51:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89rJsE1qFdteDKgGR7iSL9wPQjvdBthAfpXsHDvdJTrrpZXRFbwqoEaSzafdzqUn7YMXTuY71Z2pW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[When is a charity not a charity?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Combat Stress in the UK is a charity. It used to be the Ex Services Mental Welfare Society until the Conservative/Liberal coalition came to power, a fine charity that was set up in WW1 times for the soldiers]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/united/@monsoondrain/when-is-a-charity-not-a-charity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/united/@monsoondrain/when-is-a-charity-not-a-charity</guid><category><![CDATA[united]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monsoondrain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2017 19:04:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A short personal guide to Amsterdam's coffee shops #1]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most visitors will probably arrive at Centrall Station, do not visit any coffee bars near there except the one below, they are not worth it, don't say I didn't tell you. But you won't listen anyway, I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cannabis/@monsoondrain/a-short-personal-guide-to-amsterdam-s-coffee-shops-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cannabis/@monsoondrain/a-short-personal-guide-to-amsterdam-s-coffee-shops-1</guid><category><![CDATA[cannabis]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monsoondrain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2017 16:08:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc18GVREvvsnAjfLwLF5qHHFduNHKinqD3PkDnQ2kjE1hLkqscFMiqcjkZZMSHrLZzRYfRQ7pGSsZS5HWzsZaexSVA8yEZWnJGXHxhPRfjwSqQyYpog?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books I like]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Booke of Marjery Kempe. This is probably the only autobiography of a middle class woman's life in medieval Britain. Marjery was born in Kings Lynn in 1373 and went mad after she had her first child]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/literature/@monsoondrain/books-i-like</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/literature/@monsoondrain/books-i-like</guid><category><![CDATA[literature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monsoondrain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2017 14:54:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Trump's prayer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trump is my Shepherd, I dwell in want. He maketh logs to be cut down in national forests. He leadeth trucks into the still wildernesses. He restoreth my fears. He leadeth me into the paths of international]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@monsoondrain/the-trump-s-prayer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@monsoondrain/the-trump-s-prayer</guid><category><![CDATA[funny]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monsoondrain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2017 20:57:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RtfsyWaiw3sRHimtzaZbs6NmMKxEuuBLXo17jFnFeopAvmSJgMiWZocgaLXEwAJxFu2eRci4kFEqLhew94R9mn5BitQc4HKkK5kx6RqFuLGhpyJ5MdtJRbmHSPcnENEvsVH4ApsmNqsmbdMyoEhch6FgSSibxiscq1qs7v79Pyvavy9CLGuV53vHLqjDqzJ4PL7HkGqhP6xZ6rFa7z6VnzYBG7DHMug21pKVdnDCEYNsBefc3iMbW2Qamp9A46?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harmonica tuition]]></title><description><![CDATA[A newlywed sailor is informed by the Navy that he’s going to be drafted a long way from home on a remote island in the South Pacific for 2 years. A few weeks after he gets there he really starts to miss]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@monsoondrain/harmonica-tuition</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@monsoondrain/harmonica-tuition</guid><category><![CDATA[funny]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monsoondrain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2017 20:45:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP5xqHVTtgzxr9jRnPYTxeDK7ZMexdNcBXjukvHxe6bvgEp3R45byMdUXj5wza8kcVBqywpKYcMFD5349FxChCT6awBFsryvEEoMJva?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bananas and monkeys]]></title><description><![CDATA[The BBC has said that humans eat more bananas than monkeys. I don't know about that, I have never eaten a monkey.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@monsoondrain/bananas-and-monkeys</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@monsoondrain/bananas-and-monkeys</guid><category><![CDATA[funny]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monsoondrain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2017 20:39:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiGEw1xifwYz2xp7RJEnNpBZq7dn2K5zBVvxuELhMVeJwH36S3AxNDCsLsjzfJPneXaB8fPCmzEi5c2roAkFiGtW5ytPSQNXsBW1yxaWYoSdckgri?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christianity on Steemit.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Are there any Christians on Steemit at all? You all seem to be political, philosophical and success hungry characters from from what I have read, but I am a newb on here. So what do I know? Are there any]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@monsoondrain/christianity-on-steemit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@monsoondrain/christianity-on-steemit</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monsoondrain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2016 14:35:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5CEvyaWxjaEt3FA7GFqXQVsUuYE8fuwBPpuHBhQEPMqqDr273t7dpJanqWozvcCCUTNSpBzxDkexaAfx2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gold standard for comedy? I have a cunning plan..... it does involve money.]]></title><description><![CDATA[How to measure laughter, an empirical approach. As Helen of Troy was so lovely her beauty could sink a thousand ships then a good measurement of beauty would be a Helen as seen here. Isn't she lovely?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@monsoondrain/a-gold-standard-for-comedy-i-have-a-cunning-plan-it-does-involve-money</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@monsoondrain/a-gold-standard-for-comedy-i-have-a-cunning-plan-it-does-involve-money</guid><category><![CDATA[funny]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monsoondrain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2016 15:10:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83j5SszZk3BktgkpyzFDhuoJEQVfTSMCrnBdPLMKkBBKN5WNT5RybqtRo7Uc8d3rgn9yvC5nwTDuaW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Please allow me to introduce myself, I am a man of health and taste.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello, I am Tim. I am retired Fleet Air Arm veteran in the UK living off a war pension, am a bookish and arty man who worked as an aircraft fitter all around this planet of ours, riding on a Snap-On Tool]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@monsoondrain/please-allow-me-to-introduce-myself-i-am-a-man-of-health-and-taste</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@monsoondrain/please-allow-me-to-introduce-myself-i-am-a-man-of-health-and-taste</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monsoondrain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2016 11:24:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7DceLgR4szFyHjpUouc4bpXKaJW3sxToVsBaBXDHHGDq7sbxuNnqZsQsMA5Xp4XcRa1SUQuov2g51KXKF7RZx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosletising and advertising the mighty  Steemit!!!]]></title><description><![CDATA[A guide to telling people about Steemit. I am a senior Navy vet and have tried to spread the word about Steemit around town but all were suspicious, very suspicious, the muppets. "You can't make money]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@monsoondrain/prosletising-and-advertising-the-mighty-steemit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@monsoondrain/prosletising-and-advertising-the-mighty-steemit</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monsoondrain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2016 09:25:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Kz4AvTzHkfLwQJqHm5ntQPpQu4zu64tZdANb8KcqBGabqgWiCMC7ugEpQNMzHkSVsFP73y2swp2Yq5Rdf9iiViJCLMpKPzgsMNqPBvHdgUpjxxWebx76V9LdCePVXfXzu7vEPef58PGp8CqAajWx5g9ku2yrsCsfzKHX7yrU9S1WyM7yyA74zjztFLP2MA1NXpfisU43zjGaiWDFx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Plains Of Dhofar, 1969]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here are my pictures from half a lifetime ago, the friendliest country in the world, the Sultanate of Oman. I worked servicing the Sultans Helicopters at Salalah airfield, an insurrection of Soviet led]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@monsoondrain/the-plains-of-dhofar-1969</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@monsoondrain/the-plains-of-dhofar-1969</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monsoondrain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2016 22:53:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/mXkfdToSwHyB6JhoYeDENJuqXvR2WA1WzvuWkgZmj32PtczteG3WgC7Lt2EeZE6qL9Cch4rR13CZfczkA4pJMDar28rPd2s5DBvKe2Eop?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tales from Glastonbury Vehicle Gate 2, episode 1.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Job Dodger was in work mode, his teeth were cleaned, he had the correct paperwork and was cheerful. The new lot of stewards were waiting where the gate used to be last year, a nervous and sweet bunch of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@monsoondrain/tales-from-glastonbury-vehicle-gate-2-episode-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@monsoondrain/tales-from-glastonbury-vehicle-gate-2-episode-1</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monsoondrain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2016 06:06:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hello, I am Tim a senior Navy veteran in the UK]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am Timothy, am ex Fleet Air Arm,an ex lunatic, an ex festival supervisor, ex libris and ex something or other, pleased to meet you all, bravo zulu. "No one but a fool wrote but for money" Dr]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@monsoondrain/hello-i-am-tim-a-senior-navy-veteran-in-the-uk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@monsoondrain/hello-i-am-tim-a-senior-navy-veteran-in-the-uk</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monsoondrain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2016 04:05:39 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>