<?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 01:50:29 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/cult/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Gender transition for young people’ a monstrous scandal that could have been avoided]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was wondering how I was going to compose a piece about the new Finnish study into the outcomes for medical and/or surgical treatments for gender dysphoria and was at a loss about how to start. The original]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gender/@mrfahrenheit211/gender-transition-for-young-people-a-monstrous-scandal-that-could-have-been-avoided</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gender/@mrfahrenheit211/gender-transition-for-young-people-a-monstrous-scandal-that-could-have-been-avoided</guid><category><![CDATA[gender]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mrfahrenheit211]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:00:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4bEjbgCbFMvAGbwxD9CJfJUznpDy21P1gb5kciUwoKrnYbGbNVgJCYqfVfSoS5CGAx7LD5DRaCDYJQR1TJKRiu5qP1oXm6y64eZb8raprPWARKyqww321fcTMQ93jjX8PA85YVRoqcU2LPBAcYLKrTE7n6kzLYkjt3npvt1qnYT15tT32e?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesse        …Part 2        …Job Well Done]]></title><description><![CDATA[Surrounded by flames of jealousy, the jealous winds like a scorpion, turning the poison sting against himself. ―Friedrich Nietzsch Backstabber I had misgivings from the start about working with Jesse.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/jesse-part-2-job-well-done</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/jesse-part-2-job-well-done</guid><category><![CDATA[splinterlands]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:58:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC8phjWB6kvGL2pA4z4jQYnEdSW6CoR4TNBXNyFPK9yhFN5BYjp4B1G3Bxc36n9XdUdHy9PwpTTwJkK4NSjzdLicVRnMxGXoDBhU3DZVXuCV1FZjDa8uz6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesse        …Part 1        …Lighting the Flame]]></title><description><![CDATA[Betrayal can only happen if you love... ― John le Carre Making a Point Jesse’s a scary dude. I took a walk with him one night and every streetlight we passed went out. I got this picture in my head of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/jesse-part-1-lighting-the-flame</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/jesse-part-1-lighting-the-flame</guid><category><![CDATA[splinterlands]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:21:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC8phjWB6kvGL2pA4z4jPvi9hYUbbmyCSEWt2N65aVtsNmrZUQhGcfwubXZ8Z16MQop8Mn2pKmMV2gkongKXkNgpG8SG63qQSJt4Po63EnA8dxzxPoVYNA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[religious brainwash]  Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #8/57]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientologists are urged to cease any communication with critics – Suppressive Persons – and such ‘shunning’ is commonplace in totalist groups; indeed, it is a defining factor when assessing the danger]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cults/@orgs/religious-brainwash-opening-minds-the-secret-world-of-manipulation-undue-influence-and-brainwashing-8-57</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cults/@orgs/religious-brainwash-opening-minds-the-secret-world-of-manipulation-undue-influence-and-brainwashing-8-57</guid><category><![CDATA[cults]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[orgs]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 03:35:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[religious brainwash]  Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #7/57]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m happy to report that towards the end of my involvement with Scientology, I refused to accept a money-lender’s cheque, even after a 13-hour interview. The demanded interest rate was 30%. Many others]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/scientology/@orgs/religious-brainwash-opening-minds-the-secret-world-of-manipulation-undue-influence-and-brainwashing-7-57</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/scientology/@orgs/religious-brainwash-opening-minds-the-secret-world-of-manipulation-undue-influence-and-brainwashing-7-57</guid><category><![CDATA[scientology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[orgs]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 05:29:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenge #04781-M032: Power of Belief]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mavis has made her escape with various Board Apes and gold jewelry pilfered from her cultists. A flawless escape, save for one hiccup: the Great Yogi Upadya Nirmanka is real and has no need for early wealth,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04781-m032-power-of-belief</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04781-m032-power-of-belief</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[internutter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 01:06:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yennABzQf1W1oBRppCHdiC5QFt3HFLvgyFxNndVcbbPZ68PFmZNBXPZ7kGqhZBJndpbU3m5Br4khkHfzQgzHERx8KisenXy4EvfpKVqzYNu9gvHsVnyc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[religious brainwash]  Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #6/57]]></title><description><![CDATA[The recruit is exploited to feel discouraged about the ‘ruin.’ ‘I’m sure you’ve tried everything, but nothing has worked.’ Confessionof troubles usually shifts the recruiter into a position of authority.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/scientology/@orgs/religious-brainwash-opening-minds-the-secret-world-of-manipulation-undue-influence-and-brainwashing-6-57</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/scientology/@orgs/religious-brainwash-opening-minds-the-secret-world-of-manipulation-undue-influence-and-brainwashing-6-57</guid><category><![CDATA[scientology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[orgs]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:38:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[religious brainwash]  Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #5/57]]></title><description><![CDATA[2 recruitment: the way to unhappiness‘manipulate: to manage or influence skilfully, especially in an unfair manner.’ Dictionary.comThe process of undue influence follows a predictable series of steps.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cults/@orgs/religious-brainwash-opening-minds-the-secret-world-of-manipulation-undue-influence-and-brainwashing-5-57</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cults/@orgs/religious-brainwash-opening-minds-the-secret-world-of-manipulation-undue-influence-and-brainwashing-5-57</guid><category><![CDATA[cults]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[orgs]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 04:40:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book review: Last Days - Brian Evenson]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction I discovered Brian Evenson through one of those “Best horror books”. When I read the blurbs of his books, I was sold. I told @fermentedphil that we had to get every single one of his books.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@urban.scout/book-review-last-days-brian</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@urban.scout/book-review-last-days-brian</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[urban.scout]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 18:10:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNbFzApDTmvFYJczLb7FJz3TaMfBugj5k52Q8UzxwKRyCde3yREHPMXRBQG5FFPnmZQzV9xRirEa5NXAzB2LKJAQuCVRw2DavbEFDNkfT3rzwY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenge #04738-L354: The Vanishing Mystic]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Spiritual Guru has been leading on her clientele with tales of a mysterious master who seems always just out of reach. Yet as her tricks of hiding cigarettes and magically “repairing” plates, she hatches]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04738-l354-the-vanishing-mystic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04738-l354-the-vanishing-mystic</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[internutter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 23:10:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC8WP3HaQevdteGbfyXnwuMxFtNuKYYp1YkRgHKo7utiiDMv9xM5PEy4qLRvc3GAgv1Sn8fhNtD776XGmVCP5cttDmyaUbNu46fM31hYbxqHz12iGbRExW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Got sidetracked and suspended on X]]></title><description><![CDATA[Both of my X accounts got suspended and I’ve appealed over and over. Not sure what I did or if I can come back? Anyway life happened, and the 20 acres that I have in Alabama I am going to sell. So I will]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/alabama/@brizahd/got-sidetracked-and-suspended-on-x</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/alabama/@brizahd/got-sidetracked-and-suspended-on-x</guid><category><![CDATA[alabama]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brizahd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:51:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Murder For Dummies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Murder for Dummies (Short Film) Directed by Zowee Mydonick Produced by Pina Pina Cisneros Written by Stephane Davies & Sangeet "Hudson" Mutsuddi IMDB listing: Plot: In 2005, Jeff Bundy a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-121744/@artgrafiken/murder-for-dummies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-121744/@artgrafiken/murder-for-dummies</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-121744]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artgrafiken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:18:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eQRMHLN7oNesvCwsDhqgGD6igEukZTvAsbt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SWIFT]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meathead and Longback are engaged! Hip Hip Hooray! My girlfriend was actually kind of shocked that this news made it to my corner of the internet yesterday. Crypto Libertarians tend to lean right, and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/swift/@edicted/swift</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/swift/@edicted/swift</guid><category><![CDATA[swift]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[edicted]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:40:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1VsqZ9hZaSQFkeUXZmDVEjVU4mKA1r7ot4bspqU2qzpYDQUMsJF2oPkU2WdZE9P9uaFZfXfwJYBvfdaDwukDAsYw6yVbAJnZxyoZk8fEdWTZZ8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review: Midsommar | An Analysis of the Macabre Paradise and its Dark Rituals [ENG-ESP] ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Greetings, movie and series lovers! 🎥 ¡Saludos, amantes del cine y las series! 🎥 Created with Canva Pro. Image source Hello everyone, I hope you're all doing well, friends of Movies and TV Shows. This]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-166847/@jessuses1381/review-midsommar-or-an-analysis-of-the-macabre-paradise-and-its-dark-rituals-eng-esp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-166847/@jessuses1381/review-midsommar-or-an-analysis-of-the-macabre-paradise-and-its-dark-rituals-eng-esp</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-166847]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jessuses1381]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2025 11:11:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQ9UR2fYnqDcxrCyYPgL26eaRhzWXWXa35w8D1LxYPAaTuTyvi2aXmQ1PMo6nJPJztPyGGkphhyB9ePJQFWy1GcUk1KTsRmWsJDs6L5yQGbsM3Lm2LXAPJE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[...and you thought covid was a gullibility test?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The ultimate omen for the age of the indoctrination echo chamber may have started out as social media and youtube 20 years ago, but centralized AI is burning all bridges to a truth-based reality perception]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/modern-religion/@paradigmprospect/and-you-thought-covid-was-a-gullibility-test</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/modern-religion/@paradigmprospect/and-you-thought-covid-was-a-gullibility-test</guid><category><![CDATA[modern-religion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paradigmprospect]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2025 06:56:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4bEjbgCbFMvAGbwxD9CJfJUznpDy21P1gb5kciUwoKrnYbGbNVgJCYqfxLDG1MKEkw7UfWq94DgE4XNZQ5sZRvPWQbvVhJwpUKch52KeM4dALXLj7d9QAgK1WHLnxuaejB4TcJwR3sXZ1wtd29ZEj8p8SyjvMgPyt4W1KsciAdaBdT8q7L?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Redacted]]></title><description><![CDATA[I did a redacted]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/alabama/@brizahd/community-united-for-land-and-tenancy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/alabama/@brizahd/community-united-for-land-and-tenancy</guid><category><![CDATA[alabama]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brizahd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2025 08:03:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drive [2011], Just a Magnificent Piece of Cinema... Period!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source There’s something quietly volcanic about Drive—a film that seeps into the bloodstream like neon through rain. I remember the first time I watched it, not just as a story, but as a feeling—a lonely]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-166847/@chris-chris92/how-drive-became-a-modern-classic-an-introspective-look-back</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-166847/@chris-chris92/how-drive-became-a-modern-classic-an-introspective-look-back</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-166847]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chris-chris92]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 09:49:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3RTd4iuWD6NUeJEn5AVrJUoyatFqBqfcCJi1N7UixR4g2KPKN7w8NpZJRYoXoHmhBazzYLEapA6tzr61hxQTQe7Vny2YFvB9yHd2mb2jbGnCZNtDLkbrw5ozrktUDJEKn5H5YnMtkPKkfQ22MGPBBpBEpf28b9BqrmyPKjFuGR6y9G?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[religious brainwash]  A Piece of Blue Sky Scientology, Dianetics, and L. Ron Hubbard Exposed #1/189]]></title><description><![CDATA[WHAT IS SCIENTOLOGY? "Scientology is both immoral and socially obnoxious... it is corrupt, sinister and dangerous. It is corrupt because it is based upon lies and deceit and has as its real objective money]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/scientology/@scientoligy/religious-brainwash-a-piece-of-blue-sky-scientology-dianetics-and-l-ron-hubbard-exposed-1-395-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/scientology/@scientoligy/religious-brainwash-a-piece-of-blue-sky-scientology-dianetics-and-l-ron-hubbard-exposed-1-395-1</guid><category><![CDATA[scientology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[scientoligy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Feb 2025 13:15:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jurassic World - La rinascita: Prime impressioni ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Io ho amato il primo film Jurassic Park, ricordo di essere andato al cinema a vederlo con i miei amici e sono stato incantato dalla colonna sonora di Williams. La prima trilogia è stata una vera sorpresa]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-146620/@claudio83/jurassic-world-la-rinascita-prime-impressioni</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-146620/@claudio83/jurassic-world-la-rinascita-prime-impressioni</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-146620]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[claudio83]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqTxuYaXuWyXnohkhFiSJio4GRD4HjyWpTPUQgHAxkDZneZnBCsAATcK3UYMWWh5M9Ks6cpXCWHEYNQSuFHP8J8Y8ifHwWVnayXKbsMB9SQJuEtv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Digital Scarcity Is Bitcoin's Most Preposterous Argument]]></title><description><![CDATA["There will NEVER be more than 21 million Bitcoin." "There are 8 billion people on the planet, and only 21 million Bitcoin." "Nothing else can compete with Bitcoin for the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@brennanhm/why-digital-scarcity-is-bitcoins-most-preposterous-argument-bgm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@brennanhm/why-digital-scarcity-is-bitcoins-most-preposterous-argument-bgm</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brennanhm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:34:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJa5zQFn9ApGZMoF47yQcfKEfkVvtQSiRwSzKAAFSJixQNrhi48iJPPZAkx6LNqTe5Vi7nPUnPyfPfMXBo3pBw2Ji5CTZEp6ggr7365ZpJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>