<?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>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 06:06:35 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/dystopian/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[AMB Chas Freeman : Will Iran Get What It Wants?]]></title><description><![CDATA[AMB Chas Freeman : Will Iran Get What It Wants?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@yuribezmenov/amb-chas-freeman-will-iran-get-what-it-wants</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@yuribezmenov/amb-chas-freeman-will-iran-get-what-it-wants</guid><category><![CDATA[informationwar]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[yuribezmenov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:05:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eK7bSin2b71Udi3xkX1TVo5nRpjtZeXh7u8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extras:  By Scott Westerfeld ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Extras is the 4th book in the "Uglies" series that is about a dystopian future where society can make everyone beautiful and adjust anything about them painlessly. In doing so society also kind]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@gooddream/extras-by-scott-westerfeld</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@gooddream/extras-by-scott-westerfeld</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gooddream]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:48:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4Hh2HnMNW9M8XLdYBQ2Nj19eoxcwPbFhYcZFtiC2Pp7qSQyFNwhUm1EyuyQvEEgqq7NJTYtkoyWqyLJoC2dTNMDWaJPrh3DZKf4D3cAr8kUUpM9iGW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Dystopian Future Is No Longer Fiction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Posted twice by mistake. Please disregard. Here is my #TTT post below Here’s an old post below nobody saw from a long time ago to take up space here. No upvotes please. The Dystopian Future Is No Longer]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/threetunetuesday/@thefed/2wagyy-late-seventies-three-tune-tuesday-three-songs-from-the-late-1970s-that-still-sound-as-fresh-as-ever</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/threetunetuesday/@thefed/2wagyy-late-seventies-three-tune-tuesday-three-songs-from-the-late-1970s-that-still-sound-as-fresh-as-ever</guid><category><![CDATA[threetunetuesday]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thefed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:35:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[La nueva capital: Un cuento distópico | The New Capital: A Dystopian Tale]]></title><description><![CDATA[Aquí voy rodando hacia Villa de Cura, que desde ayer es la nueva capital de la república, y como a mí me gusta vivir en la capital, pues aquí voy. 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Her eyes were closed, and the flesh of her back exposed to the amber dim. A knock at the door, not of horror, but enquiry entered her ears. "Yes,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@holoz0r/fiction-the-nth-industrial-revolution</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@holoz0r/fiction-the-nth-industrial-revolution</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[holoz0r]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 13:18:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqhwpbL1z7d759zr7vXu9mwVuJDjZGV11kteFKRzCtsCabZa5V39CeENSVuaaQnSLiSmWnxhs3LWHwXYi279bqC3YM2wQCsexC6hW23iV2zU5FYz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Terminator Legacy: Humanity vs. The Machines]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Terminator Legacy: Humanity vs. The Machines The first two Terminator movies remain some of the best sci-fi films ever made, not just for their action, but for how they explore humanity, technology,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cinetv/@thefed/the-terminator-legacy-humanity-vs-the-machines</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cinetv/@thefed/the-terminator-legacy-humanity-vs-the-machines</guid><category><![CDATA[cinetv]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thefed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 23:05:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eyes Or You're Fired]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi fellow Hiveians, Today I wanted to lament about how ridiculous some companies try to be! 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Back then, it was entertainment.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dystopian/@thefed/the-dystopian-future-is-no-longer-fiction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dystopian/@thefed/the-dystopian-future-is-no-longer-fiction</guid><category><![CDATA[dystopian]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thefed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 15:37:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alien Respirator, Human Shenanigans]]></title><description><![CDATA[My ArtworkAshley CYCLES render @ Frame 510 - Blender 3d*render presets crazily enough, this artwork is rendered at just 5 Samples xd. its practically a test shot as i build my Next Anim. this is built]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-158694/@chel-koby/alien-respirator-human-shenanigans</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-158694/@chel-koby/alien-respirator-human-shenanigans</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-158694]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chel-koby]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:34:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFkxbnGCXnHNbt8wcgAMNP6xb3BathKPVkXsb3gYxD8DLmDro7GN74Sgyr6Kxz6Lm4gt8g9U2KAQaMbtCuiiL3qEJyFQXgyj3vkL5LfSJqVbYHd8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[10-8-25 -Tron, the Real World, and Why the Grid Doesn’t Seem So Far-Fetched Anymore]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tron, the Real World, and Why the Grid Doesn’t Seem So Far-Fetched Anymore So the new Tron sequel is out, and it’s wild to realize how close the real world has drifted toward the kind of tech dystopia]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/movies/@thefed/10-8-25-the-grid-is-back-tron-s-new-sequel-brings-the-glow-back-to-the-big-screen</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/movies/@thefed/10-8-25-the-grid-is-back-tron-s-new-sequel-brings-the-glow-back-to-the-big-screen</guid><category><![CDATA[movies]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thefed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 11:10:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4PvRk9nXC1RsHWxNoWjhqsdMpcQj3oLhXNq6w98wP2usQ31yFeSCGA5uWPEvg8mUkaZpurzzfGbzQGrL6LWvKPwLXtcA68ANvzJMPXA3Rg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shatter me: A beautiful chaos ]]></title><description><![CDATA[It all started with some reels, and reels and other reels and it just kept going. 2023 was its year, other books hardly got the spotlight and if it was shifted to it, it would eventually revolve back to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@omokhafue/shatter-me-a-beautiful-chaos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@omokhafue/shatter-me-a-beautiful-chaos</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[omokhafue]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 23:50:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLJ5imCUkAzSzBpPXW862nEQrFFaL1m8aU1F5fZDHsepTFxJmqqbBMRTDC1xbqEZR9KHbBPekZvzDT3p83StgowUznhXprZB9SfNAjTHnBRP7JSVgV5fk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: "Pretties" by Scott Westerfeld ]]></title><description><![CDATA[This book is the 2nd out of 4 in the "Uglies Trilogy" and yes I know I wrote "4" and then "trilogy" and this is because the original setup was a trilogy and then the author]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@gooddream/book-review-pretties-by-scott-westerfeld</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@gooddream/book-review-pretties-by-scott-westerfeld</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gooddream]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 01:57:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRrm7CUmWyZjhPcpRhUBVBPuaXXRgaiBeqYR4qCxFx6nPn2i4knJsV4tfDx8qU5kw3zxLvfS3399ZufXGZv2qVWxzJ5SanVuoBmSmY6aFE6Dim1sxE5KnuP1wz6ECjGr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[1 October 2025, @mariannewest's Freewrite Writing Prompt Day 2877: For Want of a Nut]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post was inspired by today's 5-minute writing prompt in the Freewriters Community - NUT Enjoy ! Image by Artur Pawlak from Pixabay "How's it going down there, Bob ?" Fred leaned out of the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@alonicus/1-october-2025-mariannewests-freewrite-writing-prompt-day-2877-for-want-of-a-nut</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@alonicus/1-october-2025-mariannewests-freewrite-writing-prompt-day-2877-for-want-of-a-nut</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alonicus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 22:21:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yenn8VPd2eLiU8mxxmbtwwwpqNHdSDJEz8P3BKvd5DhGrkHqtpFr3fbmEPwFjUooR1FAV6VFaqc7MuoE4uHDm6EYY9wxygzAuovyMFx5Q5Au3mjDBCFY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Matrix Was More Than Just Cool Sci-Fi And The Moral Question: Who Controls Reality?+ The Red Pill Dilemma]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Matrix Was More Than Just Cool Sci-Fi When The Matrix hit theaters in 1999, most people walked out talking about the bullet-time fights, leather trench coats, and mind-bending slow-motion. But underneath]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-136933/@thefed/the-matrix-was-more-than-just-cool-sci-fi-and-the-moral-question-who-controls-reality-the-red-pill-dilemma</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-136933/@thefed/the-matrix-was-more-than-just-cool-sci-fi-and-the-moral-question-who-controls-reality-the-red-pill-dilemma</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-136933]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thefed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 10:08:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Maze Runner]]></title><description><![CDATA[‎I can finally tick this movie off my watchlist. It's been three years. Before I started the movie, I'd seen some snippets and edits on Instagram and saw one of my favourite actors, Dylan O'Brien. And]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-121744/@omokhafue/the-maze-runne</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-121744/@omokhafue/the-maze-runne</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-121744]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[omokhafue]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 22:32:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4RBNLpXAy4d4ozDMC7FbUtFekFBMAAZy7iv4wqBkyRtWTWQ2gCFTC5B7rH2SmSffmRvof51bwkGaqQino8r8v8inCnNVtLCrKYsw55MQ9rEYmDZwnW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review:   "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've actually read 4 books since the last time I wrote one of these but since I only had them in Kindle form, for one reason or another I didn't feel much like talking about them. I haven't read any bad]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@gooddream/book-review-uglies-by-scott-westerfeld</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@gooddream/book-review-uglies-by-scott-westerfeld</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gooddream]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 20:10:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4Hh2HnMNW9M8XLdYBQE1ywR7ERCQkfN8wZVuMQbW8z2ruk7BwrDoQo1E9sE3CvguL15Doy1fknvvUuLoETepH2spsakTeTg2PcU61u9s8mQCmawdmY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley]]></title><description><![CDATA[At first, the book disoriented me. 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