<?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>Wed, 13 May 2026 01:43:17 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@theslavinator/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Our Leadership *Should* Come With Conditions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Much is being made of President Donald J. Trump’s behavior at the G7 meeting in Canada. Most of the media coverage - most of the spin - is on the attack. They don’t like that Trump spoke brusquely to our]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@theslavinator/our-leadership-should-come-with-conditions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@theslavinator/our-leadership-should-come-with-conditions</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theslavinator]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2018 15:10:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHgcAPFB4eitSN4SdoXA5HiqxwCHJ5DuyvQN7vz2oci352JJGLK2abgtWzDJEfyMd7k4tsPxJ4WnxTt5hqneXnoFxH9xs9CKbW1EtDpwNRSuUHGgFbokc3p?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Would Assad Use WMDs Now?]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, the most frequent argument goes, “Assad is about to win. Why would he use chemical weapons?” Well, America was “about to win” in 1945 when we dropped a couple of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/world/@theslavinator/why-would-assad-use-wmds-now</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/world/@theslavinator/why-would-assad-use-wmds-now</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theslavinator]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2018 05:04:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdCnNzp82zUqkPj8rvNv8EQHjmimGikyUxWFnySBmWsMEy1Gzs5baEUaC5nUbNqyX76ZWsZj8RQECU95ZJXJsFzScsGckcmjGFBqr1BivmBE1h6FfU4e6iuc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Great Awakening? Don’t Count On It.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nearly two years after the election that sent Donald Trump to the White House, people are still looking for any excuse other than the one staring them in the face: That Hillary Clinton was a bad candidate.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@theslavinator/the-great-awakening-don-t-count-on-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@theslavinator/the-great-awakening-don-t-count-on-it</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theslavinator]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2018 04:23:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdCqFrJkdjNqznYMwbRD8ZLKuPFrCRUYu1HKvtsqFFmuwu57AAqZ1hV3QekFYLfWpVM2e13noWjmXZdKbBjLzYXrfqFkX8aqxabUowZhPHLqbBdvGs1v4NHC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Moment of Artistic Satisfaction - and Success?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The other day, I posted a picture on Instagram of train tracks near my gym, in Palisades Park, New Jersey. It’s been a mostly gloomy week, weather-wise; the spring sun hasn’t spent much time being felt]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@theslavinator/a-moment-of-artistic-satisfaction-and-success</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@theslavinator/a-moment-of-artistic-satisfaction-and-success</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theslavinator]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2018 17:48:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdCvaFurPFYAZLjzjUtPGcFKkD74zBSUgymtfmFUxyYJfCJDpCySfWd3YJSUn9bXVqFszpqsVbAqMw8HohgDhWM8jbkfNk5EEftRPc52r75KbnoYFRbbHrtN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What’s Past is Prologue...What’s Post-Facebook is Steemit?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Please bear with me, here, as I find my way around Steemit. I’m using it to vent, and think. It’s refreshing. Anyway... Around this time last year, I made a decision: No more posting articles on Facebook,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@theslavinator/what-s-past-is-prologue-what-s-post-facebook-is-steemit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@theslavinator/what-s-past-is-prologue-what-s-post-facebook-is-steemit</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theslavinator]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2018 22:46:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdCjZg2XU5hfyovgJ9qA4Z9Quv4QJY5E6FdGxCPLPhz2FdpgtcviZiBxqs3eyKBtxCnFRsAyDui3ewd4yujaB7toSffU91PPsNHdLX9AbThhpAS2w5zGQtAA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lessons Learned, and Delusions Done Away With]]></title><description><![CDATA[I experienced a kind of struggle in the spring and summer of 2014. I was living in South Korea, working as an English teacher, and one of my British coworkers had gotten me into a jousting game on the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@theslavinator/lessons-learned-and-delusions-done-away-with</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@theslavinator/lessons-learned-and-delusions-done-away-with</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theslavinator]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2018 17:10:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgu85mFpLjsB5bdcQRiiGHJEPFYM5SsgjU914AZxvUgtWQU87vi5RCEwRVamAGfmMtdXHaJfcJKu4pCEWedPKLRhSwxK6gzgDLBp22cw3ZhqsCbP7GK8139hYfHbvxdWj9cqbPp1fAKDBvtCAGv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Sup Steem. I’m a Newbie, and I Know It!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m gonna be honest - I’m a newcomer to all of this. A couple months ago, blockchain and cryptocurrency simply weren’t in my vocabulary. I knew less about Bitcoin and Ripple and Steem, etc., than I did]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@theslavinator/sup-steem-i-m-a-newbie-and-i-know-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@theslavinator/sup-steem-i-m-a-newbie-and-i-know-it</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theslavinator]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2018 18:31:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdCe1xfhLbh4ig5aNagBXXHPEPyq5SyLyZwKUXgnkVz4dR5BfYjD5Yd1fYCkUQYmUFEchHX1WrgegHfUdHNRCgtzi1SMsh1eBw8RFMCi8Qw2XAog91xQrivi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is This Spring? Seems Not.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last Saturday was a beautiful one in northern New Jersey. I sat outside for over an hour in the sun, finishing up a book I’d put off finishing for far too long. The neighborhood’s street cats alternated]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/weather/@theslavinator/is-this-spring-seems-not</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/weather/@theslavinator/is-this-spring-seems-not</guid><category><![CDATA[weather]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theslavinator]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2018 13:43:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdCjXodoYHpsw5RhyMyT2Lean5ASLDYtWtr4W6LYPBCdk18BQZSrFMFqxLvbm5GhvEacHgWDCe7Xibffy4vHfBeggUUsdd3RaFS2dr6xxiVj5LL8crv6efvN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>