<?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 11:15:03 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@vsmiller/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Office Spaced]]></title><description><![CDATA[Placeholders mark the times of his life. They stand tall and straight, great pillars of solid stone. They also, however, limply flop over to one side like a poisoned flower. 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March Eleventh]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@vsmiller/we-the-mentaly-ill</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@vsmiller/we-the-mentaly-ill</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vsmiller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2018 00:37:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdCkz9fNNYSVvwudzpAMjtqfifJzHMGnwS2XTjtngPF1WLHKuLtqt5rANSWbf2nw3aqaVCuurk5vJsJrDopNeFjthLL3Mk9LWxMre6MJKBvQeWbjkwdmAXaE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Digital Suicide]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Some of them, the fierce and rebellious, will destroy themselves. Others, rebellious but weak, will destroy one another. 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