<?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>Mon, 04 May 2026 18:31:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@wojtyla/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Principles of political life]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/europe/@wojtyla/principles-of-political-life</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/europe/@wojtyla/principles-of-political-life</guid><category><![CDATA[europe]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wojtyla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2020 15:43:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/gPCasciUWmEzNYtqbGEDRoyYeseHMDTak3FVSeLWKBzVhnhGDEiEjctS2WzVGp7R8ep1i9C3vys9sq48TfvtLnyQz9MPxkhRS4jxLg8H2JHrZxQPzbFxR3mvWvau61n5ukNBrvTqFSqXGiiJmt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drainage basins of Europe]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/maps/@wojtyla/drainage-basins-of-europe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/maps/@wojtyla/drainage-basins-of-europe</guid><category><![CDATA[maps]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wojtyla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2020 11:25:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonZ32EJw6nMctrTQ6kTQ3swaDmbMFtoQtshpku1PWraQS3WqJ54qY2QChzU6XmQBSXJAhjXtnF8puU8A6KNCUyaqWCPaZLKFTCohqrdorii?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ominous Giraffe]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@wojtyla/ominous-giraffe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@wojtyla/ominous-giraffe</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wojtyla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2020 17:03:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5Xg46gnE3BrdGQcYkevrMfGqYdeWHFK81M3a4fUMzHFFcjpVD6PCzFKKsiw47c2SV1oBua1KGhToXVSRWsXe6DufaW48gV6VjpkRu5QmAt7o9k12qSnGLe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Road]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@wojtyla/road</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@wojtyla/road</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wojtyla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2020 22:01:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptr38pL3pkCAY9znkgSMFeiHicDZn8gbF7NxxkAxbMYJugdFXTSwcQh7mJSNMDm7wSDpx6iH2wBE2dAYaANjgKWBehGH86ydg2wxQ7PyfBipMHYLQTBrk11dNCtBPH4g9GXEA82p4cXJk2xDMQT2tNm6TvLtC3k6S?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The boat]]></title><description><![CDATA[The excellent film 'Das Boot', especially the iconic scene in which the U-boat sinks to below it's supported depth and then resurfaces and the diesel engine roars to life is the best possible illustration]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/uboat/@wojtyla/the-boat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/uboat/@wojtyla/the-boat</guid><category><![CDATA[uboat]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wojtyla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2020 01:51:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e8kjZ5ZkHT6JAbQ6fdgvZ9Neozhai3J2hCJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gun for hire or the private war of Rafał Gan-Ganowicz]]></title><description><![CDATA[An interview with a mercenary who fought in the Congo Crisis and in Yemen, revealing many intriguing details about the nature of a his work and the conflicts he took part in. Worth a watch!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/communism/@wojtyla/a-gun-for-hire-or-the-private-war-of-rafal-gan-ganowicz</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/communism/@wojtyla/a-gun-for-hire-or-the-private-war-of-rafal-gan-ganowicz</guid><category><![CDATA[communism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wojtyla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2018 00:16:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eKAKF6f5h3HzrkxL8i7mLBD72yjAHiFBc54?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some photos of the ruins of Whitby abbey in thick fog]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@wojtyla/some-photos-of-the-ruins-of-whitby-abbey-in-thick-fog</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@wojtyla/some-photos-of-the-ruins-of-whitby-abbey-in-thick-fog</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wojtyla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2018 10:19:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH81aBCFK62pBBGDuz9JHda7AEHXD2q4hNy5HGfddhFXGAcULv5wD2P3YXwVmWVFADiawebYaRDTwQkNubdgVewyj6JEMTTC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Beguinage, 1910]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Beguinage by Urushibara Mokuchu (漆原木虫) A great print of an interesting building, in turn representing an interesting religious movement. Below a beguinage in Bruges, perhaps the one pictured by Urushibara.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@wojtyla/the-beguinage-1910</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@wojtyla/the-beguinage-1910</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wojtyla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2018 06:31:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kwSZ9Gw15LFL3aMdhmgmBBFMpDJregpdP328z2nEAoY9Dv2U2N8vSMDQpGcYRxXQjXWgAinUMjDHxSALVxDMbXEkbfqSKPPzRzCaqrL73AjnittdXCdv8v9r8KqzE3pCVfYEMiN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[In what ways did the post-Versailles order augment ethnic tensions? Part 3.]]></title><description><![CDATA[When reflecting on the influence of new borders one should first understand the mindset of the people who drafted them, and, while it would not be nonsensical to ascribe authorship of the Versailles order]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@wojtyla/in-what-ways-did-the-post-versailles-order-augment-ethnic-tensions-part-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@wojtyla/in-what-ways-did-the-post-versailles-order-augment-ethnic-tensions-part-3</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wojtyla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2018 22:33:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKkzXhyseBP4PYz11eBDT8sW2oR1a4vfVFS6Hj3EuXc25wznW5XyLepJ7KaZ1GM22F64X9iw39TmRyDARrjZbXy9WA4rTBRUDP8R9Vwsq1okgG8kMeSm6ybJvbJWPGP4muRQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[In what ways did the post-Versailles order augment ethnic tensions? Part 2.]]></title><description><![CDATA[While Hungarians strived to regain a multinational state, the young Ukrainian nation was determined to form a state for the first time in history. The partition of Ukraine between two new political organisms,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@wojtyla/in-what-ways-did-the-post-versailles-order-augment-ethnic-tensions-part-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@wojtyla/in-what-ways-did-the-post-versailles-order-augment-ethnic-tensions-part-2</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wojtyla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2018 16:48:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pEPvDbJDzhdNXM7mjt1tbr2kM3X28F6SraZk9NvXywR4JeoNcuF6ouzN2KBeCj49nZW3jifheRVwKNis59F895gQuhc9haYBY52Nc6zuXP7tCn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[In what ways did the post-Versailles order augment ethnic tensions? Part 1.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The question posed can be answered in at least two major ways. One would be to describe the processes that were triggered by the establishment of borders in regions that were ethnically complex and prove]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@wojtyla/in-what-ways-did-the-post-versailles-order-augment-ethnic-tensions-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@wojtyla/in-what-ways-did-the-post-versailles-order-augment-ethnic-tensions-part-1</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wojtyla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2018 00:55:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pEPvDbJDzhdNXM7mjt1tbr2kM3X28F6SraZguHFePnfi9CqTBo6VgnhYoqVrVYKpJ91SqYtPrrFSFjmYesQHHVJf2JPucBnwSdk7wCjSBU9VmG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is nostalgia resistence to official memory? Part 4.]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Andrzej Duda at the premier of Historia Roja, shaking hands with the director (author Stach Leszczyński, PAP) Sometimes the story of a film's production can be more valuable then its content.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@wojtyla/is-nostalgia-resistence-to-official-memory-part-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@wojtyla/is-nostalgia-resistence-to-official-memory-part-4</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wojtyla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2018 16:11:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pEPvDbJDzhdNXM7mjt1tbr2kM3X28F6SraZgERLFXbJiwvioVzwq81ULrUvZR1sieiP4NfxgrwZPVJfEagYQ1e3MKmtjaTfwMDYsdX5SePeCwQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is nostalgia resistence to official memory? Part 3.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Andrzej Wajda's 1976 Człowiek z Mamuru (Man of Marble, see above) is a film shot not only about time but in time. The story of a young film-maker who decides to do her dissertation on a mysteriously]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@wojtyla/is-nostalgia-resistence-to-official-memory-part-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@wojtyla/is-nostalgia-resistence-to-official-memory-part-3</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wojtyla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2018 11:21:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pEPvDbJDzhdNXM7mjt1tbr2kM3X28F6SraZgBLq4rdQVgfjSwscpKTKg7eQGx7WfDtLbjMVTeDC41zoMhD6Mr4fMmrvLMHYMfCQd4fBQffx1Xc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is nostalgia resistence to official memory? Part 2.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The years after the second World War in Britain were spent forging a new social consensus, modifying the pre-war class relations. The battle brotherhood of the classes over time became a new national myth,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@wojtyla/is-nostalgia-resistence-to-official-memory-part-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@wojtyla/is-nostalgia-resistence-to-official-memory-part-2</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wojtyla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2018 17:48:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pEPvDbJDzhdNXM7mjt1tbr2kM3X28F6SraZeRXKJUBPTaDSoBJpeGMP2jj9KMNFtfDj9K8WF4ZWudnC3mnKyUW5JNbaPjY2MzR7E9fCx17XJy4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is nostalgia resistence to official memory? Part 1.]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Ernst Junger (pictured above) wrote his account of the hellish reality of the first World War he couldn't have foreseen the cult status his work will achieve for National Socialist youth in the Weimar]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/memory/@wojtyla/is-nostalgia-resistence-to-official-memory-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/memory/@wojtyla/is-nostalgia-resistence-to-official-memory-part-1</guid><category><![CDATA[memory]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wojtyla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2018 21:40:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pEPvDbJDzhdNXM7mjt1tbr2kM3X28F6SraZfrUyTFHA7i3LPtWmnA1oboTKYEx16xqJ6491i4cU44tag99HrVq2YJohwZwdBNjYt3CZafkFxWz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Green-legged Partridge mongrel posing under sunflower]]></title><description><![CDATA[Perhaps not the best photo, but this one is also quite lively. It's a mongrel breed closely related to the Green-legged Partridge, native to Poland and known for its good quality eggs and white eggshells,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/chicken/@wojtyla/green-legged-partridge-mongrel-posing-under-sunflower</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/chicken/@wojtyla/green-legged-partridge-mongrel-posing-under-sunflower</guid><category><![CDATA[chicken]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wojtyla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2018 16:21:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjVaienfhVaNb7LJVWG6e787gZr2DfRg61G1e1z1uTzQa9aogT4b9PiSz8ooKpKUbQNcnqEKaavt6X71ADtDw3VtNJGJjeBNj2KiKp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speckled hen]]></title><description><![CDATA[A hen not popular among breeders as it is small, lays small eggs and is quite intelligent, intent on escaping. The breed is Polish, apparently from around the town of Tęczynek.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/chicken/@wojtyla/speckled-hen</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/chicken/@wojtyla/speckled-hen</guid><category><![CDATA[chicken]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wojtyla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2018 12:58:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjVaienfhVaNb7LJVWG6e787ga4NAuMNtAgA7Fr3GAwT7Q1ehkqp45zhC72TCHTyqNmVbwPCAupWz44oeHEc46dLxTWqSDTqAGDEmk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fact-Checked news platform with no bias]]></title><description><![CDATA[The people on Steemit at the moment seem to be an interesting mix of individuals who won't have it the standard way and gobble up just about anything that is being chucked at them via media. Hence I would]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@wojtyla/fact-checked-news-platform-with-no-bias</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@wojtyla/fact-checked-news-platform-with-no-bias</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wojtyla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2018 13:56:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89ojZNSSXQpRhfvJEyMvxXUaS1vEQd6bBZawXDynZRYB4dUco87oosEffVvUUhtAgFTgo2ETqDggv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grave of Royal Artillery member in Sheffield]]></title><description><![CDATA[Found this under some brambles in the Sheffield General Cemetery that is being finally taken care of. This chap probably fought in the Crimean War (1853-1856). I've always thought it rather ironic that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@wojtyla/grave-of-royal-artillery-member-in-sheffield</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@wojtyla/grave-of-royal-artillery-member-in-sheffield</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wojtyla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2018 13:28:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVgESZCWkdrJtKQuwrpCs7zQXMbuEgJaxRsCWyeFRBdM8kond2bkE4Wa9zPf2ENgTDq68YHgJQWmECxW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The transition from so-called feudalism to so-called capitalism]]></title><description><![CDATA[So... which option would you pick? My money is on C.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@wojtyla/the-transition-from-so-called-feudalism-to-so-called-capitalism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@wojtyla/the-transition-from-so-called-feudalism-to-so-called-capitalism</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wojtyla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2018 19:35:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjVaienfhVaNb7LJVWG6e787gaLP2Qm6Sqrzhc1bciDqC3q7pke98PoRDEv2KmQQnYfCjSif1j9DJ94ZMnioyxpCSXjzbUJW1aVhxa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>