<?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>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:05:06 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/humansareweird/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Challenge #04547-L163: You Got a Big Storm Coming]]></title><description><![CDATA[Never underestimate a human with a really twisted sense of humor, friends in serious danger, a box of jokes, and nothing left to lose. -- Anon Guest Shouldn't have messed with me, you flakkers. And you]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04547-l163-you-got-a-big-storm-coming</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04547-l163-you-got-a-big-storm-coming</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[internutter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:43:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC8WP3HaQevdteGbfyXnwuYViYUDzYYJe2dUDJcEVMkp3yYLU5KtzaxLxWiuvWbRGXuZRvGr8sSTcsuq9zkynMiFX9TghtoHr2HmypVvM11ueqhyVwczza?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenge #04519-L135: Sing Your Woes]]></title><description><![CDATA[They thought human companion animals were mostly quiet. 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They see two humans trying to calm the third, who looked terrified. They explained, gently, their friend]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04509-l125-the-terror-within</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04509-l125-the-terror-within</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[internutter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 03:43:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC8WP3HaQevdteGbfyXnwumCZ1BqULMyrbE6EDcDg3Yzc8iwYM87Pffjyvyp2UmKEH3vBRaKLmkoggyqgmWgxvx173y6qju5JnEYCU2fsuA4a84LXCdb2N?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenge #04458-L074: Methuselah Engineering]]></title><description><![CDATA[A: this is… a hydro-electric plant? B: yep this brick steel concrete is built to last a century. A: how old is it? 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Scrubber Naev came]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04376-k358-accurate-descriptions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04376-k358-accurate-descriptions</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[internutter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2024 21:53:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4KZWPQmD4Wq2a3JpR69bDgy4pm4Qe3L6bbRgjKcT3oMCRt9w7c46M249VseLGkZgPVKEVBwo87bJ42Yv94Jc4yPVnD6GaDCZUbMZRjXCNtDWxomMdG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenge #04159-K141: Bet'cha Can't]]></title><description><![CDATA[Human, why are you painting tiny pictures of animals along the tops of the walls near the ceiling? ...because my partner said they didn't think I could. -- Anon Guest Companion Thark initially thought]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04159-k141-betcha-cant</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04159-k141-betcha-cant</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[internutter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 04:02:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC8WP3HaQevdteGbfyXnwtwJgLpVXMj6GZoG1DcU8uttBhMzAyrEQS9kiuyXbFof9PG3FYnfQYPqP2UDdyZWahAghsdToeaGk6mkfEnhQz9z52jb65DjHY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenge #04134-K116: Peak Performance]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new, rather strange, band formed that was a mix of humans, and former pirates that used to be their enemies. 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