<?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, 22 Apr 2026 10:54:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/allegory/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Looking Every Which Way - Flash Fiction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image by Dušan from Pixabay Dean: "You know what they've got you doing, right?" Micheal: "No." Dean: "Looking every which way, like a hill of prairie dogs." Micheal: "How]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@raj808/looking-every-which-way-flash-fiction-takemt</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@raj808/looking-every-which-way-flash-fiction-takemt</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[raj808]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:42:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCbbRiLuVpuqtsMivu65XfS5kxU7ek3CCxf1E4XFNyxF4QWxt4TqUvBXT3E15wFfDVjicgnN2sMBrDiwpqzVrmgq5Z2zSsQ3CzJ24NWLnAp5vEJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Crab President Who Would Be King: An Allegory]]></title><description><![CDATA[There was a time of calamity in the North Atlantic colony of Jonah crabs. The great black-backed gull population had exploded and the birds were feeding upon the crustaceans mercilessly. The crabs, especially]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174695/@agmoore/the-crab-president-who-would-be-king-an-allegory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174695/@agmoore/the-crab-president-who-would-be-king-an-allegory</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-174695]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[agmoore]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 14:39:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1VsGS26ErrANSyWCUs5RSdCE9DXxxEBp5UDLYagstapC1qNKJonbrJL1mMFGEi29GUB9QDcgFChp2HQNvvnkLbyGofb12W91qMZr9vwFZyLA1k?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mud Pit - The Noxsoma Chronicles [0096]]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Noxsoma Chronicles [0096] 12-25-2025 … Day 23676 (Christmas Day: Merry Christmas) Abundance Year begins Today. Manifest Abundance. We woke in abundant confidence and gratitude today, feeling those]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-178265/@noxsoma/the-mud-pit-the-noxsoma-chronicles-0096</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-178265/@noxsoma/the-mud-pit-the-noxsoma-chronicles-0096</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-178265]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[noxsoma]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 01:18:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4PvRk9nXC1RsHWxNoWjhqsdMpcQgWnSj3QsXWURLFWBohMZYaVhmwKRTwmQXx1HemddNuifn1DsHdYBiMhHbNs94HGrP4DC1dnNuGVFP3C?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hot Flying Car-o-Meter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hot Flying Car-o-Meter is so hot, so spicy, its mere presence broke, rusted, and aged the traditional measuring instruments that had the audacity to think they could quantify its astounding abilities.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/car/@joechiappetta/hot-flying-car-o-meter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/car/@joechiappetta/hot-flying-car-o-meter</guid><category><![CDATA[car]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joechiappetta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e7u8dU54uY9grAzouepimqv2SBj84Pf7LZk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Shocks Comics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is this an allegorical cartoon about bad communication, or bad economic policy, or crypto-hysteria, or sketchy NFT marketplaces that have no long term plan to store your image files online, or waiting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/handmade/@joechiappetta/new-shocks-comics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/handmade/@joechiappetta/new-shocks-comics</guid><category><![CDATA[handmade]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joechiappetta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eGLxr6WN3TMAjBc6xwkRcHvG8KkhQ9yQctN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: Animal Farm by George Orwell]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reading Animal Farm hit me in a way I wasn’t prepared for. 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Imagine a row of prisoners chained against a wall in such a manner that they cannot]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@fermentedphil/stepping-naked-and-disorientated-out-of-platos-cave</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@fermentedphil/stepping-naked-and-disorientated-out-of-platos-cave</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fermentedphil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2023 19:21:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3RTd4iuWD6NUeJEn5AVrJUoyatFqBqfcCJi1N7UixR4g2KPKN7w8NpZJjsWDRvekVDta6JZQ45DM9xh1oAdfrjE3p6jBVMpWmnh3vb8hVQQsHSynas89YmboMpbgr4S7ndpECNdkt1hGkRkLADMhrA8XfHG9GRwDn5qkk8mudnkzKg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Omens | A 5-Minute FreeWrite]]></title><description><![CDATA[Omens The sky looked like an evil ceremony was underway, a black mass of sorts. 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A crossing, fall, and then a humble climb ________________________________________ Beauty's bridge extends from where I stand, beyond]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-120078/@d-pend/a-crossing-fall-and-then-a-humble-climb</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-120078/@d-pend/a-crossing-fall-and-then-a-humble-climb</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-120078]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[d-pend]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2021 01:31:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNu2L3iBMXq5y7xeiy1isFJsZxnMZSXuXEsxe4ee1cUkGyPMVmz4vs2W1GvyCVqtRKPki7ruvLm7U2zGQjDASVNHVPXhupDxbsDkDRRmAJAosQSRo92fnEQNAkWSqDjmEvWmdZyzLX9PaGG6YD6wStLdC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technically it is Tuesday but I wanted to share a bit of inspiration w ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wise and inspirational words from the Baal Shem Tov. 🐝]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@sgt-dan/cf3r8ctnt63ruxe5qjxtkz</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@sgt-dan/cf3r8ctnt63ruxe5qjxtkz</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sgt-dan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2020 11:07:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/B69zEhWZA8UBvwpPuizsfz2BSKyPpR2EfU2NDGY4pk6pYwLTXrfrBEsQncQb45LMEUMuLhMXczVabkXHqAFDiMK4ZeLx7GyLQ2k4xVA6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes... I can't help but wonder.]]></title><description><![CDATA[It happens that recently I have read a couple of posts that have left me thinking. 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