<?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>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:34:59 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@topicstoday/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Will Suspend Travel From Europe as Countries Tighten Lockdowns]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@topicstoday/us-will-suspend-travel-from-europe-as-countries-tighten-lockdowns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@topicstoday/us-will-suspend-travel-from-europe-as-countries-tighten-lockdowns</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[topicstoday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2020 09:34:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison for sex assault in case that sparked 'MeToo' movement]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@topicstoday/harvey-weinstein-sentenced-to-23-years-in-prison-for-sex-assault-in-case-that-sparked-metoo-movement</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@topicstoday/harvey-weinstein-sentenced-to-23-years-in-prison-for-sex-assault-in-case-that-sparked-metoo-movement</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[topicstoday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2020 05:57:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Andrew Yang says the coronavirus outbreak shows why we need basic income. "Too many people are heading to work sick because they can't afford to miss a paycheck."]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/futurology/@topicstoday/andrew-yang-says-the-coronavirus-outbreak-shows-why-we-need-basic-income-too-many-people-are-heading-to-work-sick-because-they-cant-afford-to-miss-a-paycheck</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/futurology/@topicstoday/andrew-yang-says-the-coronavirus-outbreak-shows-why-we-need-basic-income-too-many-people-are-heading-to-work-sick-because-they-cant-afford-to-miss-a-paycheck</guid><category><![CDATA[futurology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[topicstoday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2020 01:47:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Health Organization declares the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/worldnews/@topicstoday/world-health-organization-declares-the-coronavirus-outbreak-a-global-pandemic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/worldnews/@topicstoday/world-health-organization-declares-the-coronavirus-outbreak-a-global-pandemic</guid><category><![CDATA[worldnews]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[topicstoday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 22:13:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despite fears that fiction may corrupt morals, a new study suggests reading young adult fiction was associated with greater integrity, empathy and ability to make moral judgments -- all of which are positively related to real-world moral behavior.]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@topicstoday/despite-fears-that-fiction-may-corrupt-morals-a-new-study-suggests-reading-young-adult-fiction-was-associated-with-greater-integrity-empathy-and-ability-to-make-moral-judgments--all-of-which-are-positively-related-to-realworld-moral-behavior</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@topicstoday/despite-fears-that-fiction-may-corrupt-morals-a-new-study-suggests-reading-young-adult-fiction-was-associated-with-greater-integrity-empathy-and-ability-to-make-moral-judgments--all-of-which-are-positively-related-to-realworld-moral-behavior</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[topicstoday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:29:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coronavirus: South Korea’s infection rate falls without citywide lockdowns like China, Italy. Officials attribute the decrease to mass testing, improved public communication and the use of advanced technology]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/worldnews/@topicstoday/coronavirus-south-koreas-infection-rate-falls-without-citywide-lockdowns-like-china-italy-officials-attribute-the-decrease-to-mass-testing-improved-public-communication-and-the-use-of-advanced-technology</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/worldnews/@topicstoday/coronavirus-south-koreas-infection-rate-falls-without-citywide-lockdowns-like-china-italy-officials-attribute-the-decrease-to-mass-testing-improved-public-communication-and-the-use-of-advanced-technology</guid><category><![CDATA[worldnews]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[topicstoday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 05:20:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alex Jones arrested for DWI in Travis County]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@topicstoday/alex-jones-arrested-for-dwi-in-travis-county</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@topicstoday/alex-jones-arrested-for-dwi-in-travis-county</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[topicstoday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 01:04:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kenya’s only white female giraffe, calf killed by poachers]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@topicstoday/kenyas-only-white-female-giraffe-calf-killed-by-poachers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@topicstoday/kenyas-only-white-female-giraffe-calf-killed-by-poachers</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[topicstoday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 21:28:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italy suspends mortgage payments amid lockdown]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/worldnews/@topicstoday/italy-suspends-mortgage-payments-amid-lockdown</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/worldnews/@topicstoday/italy-suspends-mortgage-payments-amid-lockdown</guid><category><![CDATA[worldnews]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[topicstoday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 18:05:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon offers cashierless tech to rival retailers. "Just Walk Out technology enables shoppers to simply enter a store, grab what they want, and just go, the installation can be done in "as little as a few weeks." Amazon says.]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/futurology/@topicstoday/amazon-offers-cashierless-tech-to-rival-retailers-just-walk-out-technology-enables-shoppers-to-simply-enter-a-store-grab-what-they-want-and-just-go-the-installation-can-be-done-in-as-little-as-a-few-weeks-amazon-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/futurology/@topicstoday/amazon-offers-cashierless-tech-to-rival-retailers-just-walk-out-technology-enables-shoppers-to-simply-enter-a-store-grab-what-they-want-and-just-go-the-installation-can-be-done-in-as-little-as-a-few-weeks-amazon-says</guid><category><![CDATA[futurology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[topicstoday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 16:28:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[COVID-19: median incubation period is 5.1 days - similar to SARS, 97.5% develop symptoms within 11.5 days. Current 14 day quarantine recommendation is 'reasonable' - 1% will develop symptoms after release from 14 day quarantine. N = 181 from China.]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@topicstoday/covid19-median-incubation-period-is-51-days--similar-to-sars-975-develop-symptoms-within-115-days-current-14-day-quarantine-recommendation-is-reasonable--1-will-develop-symptoms-after-release-from-14-day-quarantine-n--181-from-china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@topicstoday/covid19-median-incubation-period-is-51-days--similar-to-sars-975-develop-symptoms-within-115-days-current-14-day-quarantine-recommendation-is-reasonable--1-will-develop-symptoms-after-release-from-14-day-quarantine-n--181-from-china</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[topicstoday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 09:43:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italy extends coronavirus measures nationwide]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/worldnews/@topicstoday/italy-extends-coronavirus-measures-nationwide</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/worldnews/@topicstoday/italy-extends-coronavirus-measures-nationwide</guid><category><![CDATA[worldnews]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[topicstoday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 04:01:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dow slumps 2,000 points after oil shock]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@topicstoday/dow-slumps-2000-points-after-oil-shock</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@topicstoday/dow-slumps-2000-points-after-oil-shock</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[topicstoday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 23:48:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil plummets 31% in biggest drop since Gulf War as Saudi cuts spark all-out price war. Oil markets tumbled the most in decades overnight on Sunday. The sell-off was fueled by sinking demand due to coronavirus concerns.]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/worldnews/@topicstoday/oil-plummets-31-in-biggest-drop-since-gulf-war-as-saudi-cuts-spark-allout-price-war-oil-markets-tumbled-the-most-in-decades-overnight-on-sunday-the-selloff-was-fueled-by-sinking-demand-due-to-coronavirus-concerns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/worldnews/@topicstoday/oil-plummets-31-in-biggest-drop-since-gulf-war-as-saudi-cuts-spark-allout-price-war-oil-markets-tumbled-the-most-in-decades-overnight-on-sunday-the-selloff-was-fueled-by-sinking-demand-due-to-coronavirus-concerns</guid><category><![CDATA[worldnews]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[topicstoday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 19:34:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The coronavirus outbreak stands to fundamentally change the world - If the growing novel coronavirus outbreak becomes a lasting pandemic, it could accelerate fundamental changes in the economy, politics and the workplace.]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/futurology/@topicstoday/the-coronavirus-outbreak-stands-to-fundamentally-change-the-world--if-the-growing-novel-coronavirus-outbreak-becomes-a-lasting-pandemic-it-could-accelerate-fundamental-changes-in-the-economy-politics-and-the-workplace</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/futurology/@topicstoday/the-coronavirus-outbreak-stands-to-fundamentally-change-the-world--if-the-growing-novel-coronavirus-outbreak-becomes-a-lasting-pandemic-it-could-accelerate-fundamental-changes-in-the-economy-politics-and-the-workplace</guid><category><![CDATA[futurology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[topicstoday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 12:41:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italy coronavirus death toll soars by 133 in a day]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/worldnews/@topicstoday/italy-coronavirus-death-toll-soars-by-133-in-a-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/worldnews/@topicstoday/italy-coronavirus-death-toll-soars-by-133-in-a-day</guid><category><![CDATA[worldnews]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[topicstoday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 05:30:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most parents do not successfully transmit their political values to their children, according to new research which found education appears to make children more likely to reject whatever that they believe their parents to be]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@topicstoday/most-parents-do-not-successfully-transmit-their-political-values-to-their-children-according-to-new-research-which-found-education-appears-to-make-children-more-likely-to-reject-whatever-that-they-believe-their-parents-to-be</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@topicstoday/most-parents-do-not-successfully-transmit-their-political-values-to-their-children-according-to-new-research-which-found-education-appears-to-make-children-more-likely-to-reject-whatever-that-they-believe-their-parents-to-be</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[topicstoday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 02:28:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coronavirus patient in Oman skips quarantine, attends prayers in mosque]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/worldnews/@topicstoday/coronavirus-patient-in-oman-skips-quarantine-attends-prayers-in-mosque</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/worldnews/@topicstoday/coronavirus-patient-in-oman-skips-quarantine-attends-prayers-in-mosque</guid><category><![CDATA[worldnews]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[topicstoday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2020 21:04:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA['42 knees in one day': Israeli snipers brag about deliberately crippling Gaza protesters]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/worldnews/@topicstoday/42-knees-in-one-day-israeli-snipers-brag-about-deliberately-crippling-gaza-protesters</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/worldnews/@topicstoday/42-knees-in-one-day-israeli-snipers-brag-about-deliberately-crippling-gaza-protesters</guid><category><![CDATA[worldnews]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[topicstoday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2020 15:26:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[TIL that, in America, before TV was on 24 hours, there was a nightly sign off where the Star Spangled Banner was played and an image of the American flag was shown before the TV cut to static.]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/til/@topicstoday/til-that-in-america-before-tv-was-on-24-hours-there-was-a-nightly-sign-off-where-the-star-spangled-banner-was-played-and-an-image-of-the-american-flag-was-shown-before-the-tv-cut-to-static</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/til/@topicstoday/til-that-in-america-before-tv-was-on-24-hours-there-was-a-nightly-sign-off-where-the-star-spangled-banner-was-played-and-an-image-of-the-american-flag-was-shown-before-the-tv-cut-to-static</guid><category><![CDATA[til]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[topicstoday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2020 11:27:42 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>