<?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>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:58:35 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/hubris/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Challenge #04805-M056: (Thunder) Roll Intimidation]]></title><description><![CDATA[A crazed warlord demands at a temple that God produce rain for a drought wracked region in three days or they’ll be consequences. When the time comes and goes, the warlord sets up an artillery battery]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04805-m056-thunder-roll-intimidation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04805-m056-thunder-roll-intimidation</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[internutter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 06:36:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC8WP3HaQevdteGbfyXnwuZA5NwceWdabsG3VPsHPbCFB2cnkesUefGXnFaXu3S4ueJjRoUMc6YqxQApvfM7zAmz9tybSDb4gSJoDVuRty9iYv8Z4FeFe6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenge #04572-L188: Heroism From Hubris]]></title><description><![CDATA[They were addicted to going into dungeons and trying their luck. The harder, the better. Their skills improved incredibly since they had been doing this since they were young. Of course, immortality didn't]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04572-l188-heroism-from-hubris</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04572-l188-heroism-from-hubris</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[internutter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 03:29:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC8WP3HaQevdteGbfyXnwv6o3MgFZ2PSYwrjUUvAesSD5qyQDqCz21XhAPfUmnjgVbeSYxXuzRyMix5bfKrZt8WUL4tP2v5j6wJWxXbhxGCQvmem7pkqHY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's it in aid of? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fortunately I was born and raised in Australia where peace reigns; we've been involved overtly in many wars and conflicts such as the Boer War, World War One and Two, the Korean War, Vietnam War, Iraq]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@galenkp/whats-it-in-aid-of</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@galenkp/whats-it-in-aid-of</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-126152]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[galenkp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2024 09:59:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1Vt84vwqS2bAcGYNj9CZT4PSjdzqkhU4Em1NPnMAWsmJgLEjn285HhKydBTfbM5dJxXqr5knjqGpZvmPZiDRjb8Hrt4Hu6pF92wkzLY5jcHKLa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["Why are girls depressed?" or a rant about journalistic incompetence]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Hiveans, last week I saw the following article "Why Are Our Girls So Depressed? Just Look at These Men" and, for me, it is an example of the shallowness of contemporary "journalists"]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/why-are-girls-depressed-or-a-rant-about-journalistic-incompetence</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/why-are-girls-depressed-or-a-rant-about-journalistic-incompetence</guid><category><![CDATA[deutsch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zuerich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2023 10:00:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g7293LJ3Vg8LGMxSXJbQHxtovyJAqw2j9RsivpZ42YcysxCwX9D8gMH6wCDzyANaRyJvjt54Nap54SQAqqGqaRZefnYe2XDV2rdskJ6dxgLiZRvsv5pSfxfQw9M5niiXSBHYeFsWn6aexfCS7bKk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dangerous delusion: "Russia is a gas station with nukes" ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I often hear the statement: "Russia is a gas station with nukes pretending to be a country". This is an arrogant, ignorant and dangerous delusion. The Berlin Wall fell the year I finished school.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/russia/@apshamilton/the-dangerous-delusion-russia-is-a-gas-station-with-nukes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/russia/@apshamilton/the-dangerous-delusion-russia-is-a-gas-station-with-nukes</guid><category><![CDATA[russia]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[apshamilton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2023 21:35:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCPw2jrZ9FHhvvLjWL93WSSJZ3afJ6nNu3a8yW1GsxSDKrfzQZqDdLjc2ZyNrn7ZUxRdeEbdgjUGkQwPHHDf7btJJ19RUaYc4tSc5L8f12fMu7yfZhwgGzpv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[(JaiChai) "Twisted Logic sprinkled with a dash of Coercion" (Sarcasm De Jour)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Morning Inspirational [Fearless Leader at the podium...] "Even though I don't know or even have a bone to pick with that person, he is the friend of my enemy; thus, a potential enemy to me too.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/proofofbrain/@jaichai/jaichai-twisted-logic-sprinkled-with-a-dash-of-coercion-sarcasm-de-jour</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/proofofbrain/@jaichai/jaichai-twisted-logic-sprinkled-with-a-dash-of-coercion-sarcasm-de-jour</guid><category><![CDATA[proofofbrain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jaichai]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2022 03:45:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QCK6yq1XKF2z9F8sayRpwConx4qLBWnkiK1BQwMrg8zTgk4sUJxA7E7gXKXYN4yREkbiLUsuzYCCarJjBgRao8dR5m2hewEN8u6uuvGAhF3zy5CJwvW1?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[(JaiChai) Technological Exodus and Blinders...]]></title><description><![CDATA[(image by omedio) You'd think the fact that over 96% of Ripple's business is outside of the U.S. and therefore makes it possible for them to keep progressing in spite of ongoing litigation is a clear enough]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114105/@jaichai/jaichai-technological-exodus-and-blinders</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114105/@jaichai/jaichai-technological-exodus-and-blinders</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-114105]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jaichai]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2021 08:27:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QBt9MXeXNdDuyd4Bmd63j7zJymDTWgdcJjnzrtC9LQVEDP6Nd4y3XmUF9QKYW4t7VPkkA3DcxPiXK3fZdYKH41Tdy61PxktRzf1Efzpz4HKqWZNJUo9w?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[First...Not]]></title><description><![CDATA[“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.” Aristotle Not too long ago I wrote a post about a three-gun shooting competition]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-139358/@galenkp/firstnot</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-139358/@galenkp/firstnot</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-139358]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[galenkp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2021 00:19:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g7293LJ3Vg8LGMxSXJbQHxtovyJAqw2j9RsivpZ42Ycyswnj7qpcGMWRppZdtvoYoFHW1E1bNiPLeKi8PiT8KdgVWA19V9aw4c6AXkyinM84XNitxh55boFnd9TwZSVPJCFRZ2jqgH5rUxmK6odY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The shame]]></title><description><![CDATA[Does the winter hate the spring, or the summer hate autumn? Of course the answer is no...The planet doesn't hate, it works together, each element in support of the next, a collection of individual events]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@allover/the-shame</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@allover/the-shame</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-148441]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[allover]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2020 04:09:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of hubris and humility, self-esteem and self-respect.]]></title><description><![CDATA[More and more, I see people enthusiastically leaping to conclusions, believing stories which ratify their prejudices and predetermined opinions, believing what they WANT to believe rather than what is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@lifecoma/of-hubris-and-humility-self-esteem-and-self-respect</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@lifecoma/of-hubris-and-humility-self-esteem-and-self-respect</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lifecoma]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2020 12:12:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqpx5c7Zikd2HFMqywJNqDeZVr22vYLLq3mmDMvC912rHeAwgP6oj4gVpHfBW9MNrKqQNF2sQSsVsSbaf8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capitalism on November 15th 2019]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rum, Coke, Lime, THC, Tylenol... is the result of working for survival @60 while re-aggravating my 3-year-old neck injury! Yikes...Yoga stretching and deep breathing...  One cannot call this economic]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/error/@andrewmarkmusic/capitalism-on-november-15th-2019</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/error/@andrewmarkmusic/capitalism-on-november-15th-2019</guid><category><![CDATA[error]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmarkmusic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Nov 2019 06:38:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QBt9MXeXNdDuyd4Bmd63j7zJymDTWgdcJjnzpZf9PCXpYqYdzeA66k896TeZeWFgsbreuePKD4RmhNhwLiGTzi5sA9TTN9ipeiCSQvyGkNKHPydbJFPk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idiocy times two: sexism and Morrissey]]></title><description><![CDATA[1 The thread that Kate Manne's excellent tweets belong to...is breathtakingly stupid, and "Iain Macwhirter" doesn't realise it. Check the entire thread. 2 Morrissey signs other artists' LPs and charges]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hubris/@pivic/idiocytimestwosexismandmorrissey-ungljyb10k</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hubris/@pivic/idiocytimestwosexismandmorrissey-ungljyb10k</guid><category><![CDATA[hubris]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pivic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2019 09:20:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2ufhwNgM3qHKJRNj3poQVek9X8mcFHq6yfHnEsG9GyznVBuiLuvMrte8XVXnGSZB1DSevmonn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[cara dpt bitcoin gratis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Airdrops Airdrops adalah cara bagaimana perusahaan memberikan cryptocurrency secara Cuma-Cuma alias GRATIS. Ini juga sebuah marketing dimana perusahaan bisa menarik perhatian calon pembeli dan investor.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hubris/@ali127/cara-dpt-bitcoin-gratis</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hubris/@ali127/cara-dpt-bitcoin-gratis</guid><category><![CDATA[hubris]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ali127]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2019 13:55:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad.......]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hubris/@ggekko/whom-the-gods-would-destroy-they-first-make-mad</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hubris/@ggekko/whom-the-gods-would-destroy-they-first-make-mad</guid><category><![CDATA[hubris]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ggekko]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2019 21:42:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8JxyWvtbhvcm5k3roJwHBR4WTALx7XaoRovVogCV3ucr17ZZmbV6tqWHq3uWzpaFvUdmCNraR9AdALHH5ot2Cm6QoWeESNJQNM8VHq3rRuXrV8bge9MaZPDFNn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surveillance video from FBI raid of Roger Stone's home]]></title><description><![CDATA[FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Sinclair Broadcast Group) -- With heavy guns drawn and approaching before sunrise, a swarm of FBI agents swiftly advanced at the home of Roger Stone in late January. In exclusive]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dlike/@preparedwombat/surveillance-video-from-fbi-raid-of-roger-stones-home</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dlike/@preparedwombat/surveillance-video-from-fbi-raid-of-roger-stones-home</guid><category><![CDATA[dlike]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[preparedwombat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2019 23:49:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9dx1btgsojtNcziqB7SvDGBCB8La7vXgMr3f6PreZBny1VNcLY6a9EN3fAwcHawiwLM1usQvWXpB3nhohdGiFnGzzdpKwwiSpe8bfk2USwoHAq7CcPSJFgnTkMnhqqKkeTTrADy4vFpW1WuMnDEdx9SSo2ER8N8FtZef2YNPHvhCgRB3nG2TQwavhrGaSNvQdM2N2YNJb?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Fool Too Many]]></title><description><![CDATA[The hour of the fool seems to go on forever The seconds slow down torturing us to scream The day of the fool feels like a lifetime For every minute the fool speaks we struggle to think image by pixabay]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@billykeed/one-fool-too-many</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@billykeed/one-fool-too-many</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[billykeed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2018 12:31:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCXUWJECrZbvn1NMPj1oFGUo3gYfF3NNPRD9TdzMT8aaCRZJRNXHFA9kBK4Xe62Gam3xkoN341ijZngYULxamCcGuwDoud5GAUNxwoGNVoPy2kRPjm7SjCkEtK8vzr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[At your desk, Ned]]></title><description><![CDATA[HF20 At your desk, Ned Personally as a stakeholder I want from this governance a robust combination of conservative process with consistent drive toward innovative development. There are certainly marked]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@nigelmarkdias/at-your-desk-ned-2018-09-29-09-48-01</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@nigelmarkdias/at-your-desk-ned-2018-09-29-09-48-01</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nigelmarkdias]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2018 09:48:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVvr6qfoEFgBir1jy4DeK1wwhDm7oNHzc1b8roaJY8MKhehjR9pT8JDPYg2BmbsUaAoUUJm56iPEGXk26k4FfLpaxtYWjrE6AatW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good Morning. Have this instead of coffee.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm so proud of my son! Marisa and I took him out for coffee and cake after he flensed John and Steve's kid. Then I had a dream that Steve Buscemi and John Leguizamo had a baby. {{{{shivers}}}} And. Do.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/goodmorning/@jimcorrao/good-morning-have-this-instead-of-coffee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/goodmorning/@jimcorrao/good-morning-have-this-instead-of-coffee</guid><category><![CDATA[goodmorning]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimcorrao]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 06:16:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vanity Pride & Hubris]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Danger Zones Of Relative Dignity]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dignity/@canudo76/vanity-pride-and-hubris</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dignity/@canudo76/vanity-pride-and-hubris</guid><category><![CDATA[dignity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[canudo76]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2018 04:37:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dvbkBwa6PmJnUAV29r412YQyJJ9M3bzYMBk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[After Hubris came Nemesis]]></title><description><![CDATA[1 AND THE whole earth was of one language and of one accent and mode of expression. 2 And as they journeyed eastward, they found a plain (valley) in the land of Shinar, and they settled and dwelt there.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@nigelmarkdias/after-hubris-came-nemesis-2018-04-25-13-23-25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@nigelmarkdias/after-hubris-came-nemesis-2018-04-25-13-23-25</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nigelmarkdias]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2018 13:23:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVvr6qfoEFgBir1jy4DeK1wwhDm7oNHzc1b8roaJY8MKWRkPeM8uvk5UQYpaVAdaR3KdoAX28maL2K9tbt5eWxv89MJ3FjjFmSQn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>