<?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>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:09:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/oped/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Eastbound | The Papua You Don't See on Youtube Or TV ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Primitive, Expensive, and Dangerous Those three words are the common keywords when we heard of Papua. It’s as if the city isn’t so highlighted and we only see the tribes living deep in the jungle. The]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-181017/@macchiata/eastbound-the-papua-you-dont-see-on-youtube-or-tv</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-181017/@macchiata/eastbound-the-papua-you-dont-see-on-youtube-or-tv</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-181017]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macchiata]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 05:15:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4PG7qiS2SfyUvr6dYdFb87kvk47FN9HCoWPk9RuNRe7g9trNobxbF9BHFSgkZf91vKeDG2TXNfSgsGSnvwUnehqvTZtZ8Pie919VRey1ePNnkow7Ca?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brain Dump | Morning Musings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Indodax was hacked and they lost $22M more than 19 hours ago wasn't on my bingo card. For anyone who doesn't know what indodax is, they are the oldest exchange operating in Indonesia and have hive listed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196233/@macchiata/brain-dump-morning-musings-44</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196233/@macchiata/brain-dump-morning-musings-44</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196233]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macchiata]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 16:20:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4PG7qiS2SfyUvr6dYdfY9dD2dKMgEr3y5Q3wCMnAJx8WBV7eD4mrgY3MAFFxoSsgFZUZ8cmCM8XJwpcnCqkbnBn1Z4Pd88e1aFnNv9Fh6C2GUMBhg2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Circular opinion piece with no opinion.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is without a doubt the weirdest opinion piece I've ever read. Spends half the piece repeating his point without elaborating. Then when he finally gets to elaborating it is to acknowledge that people,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politico/@zafrada/circular-opinion-piece-with-no-opinion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politico/@zafrada/circular-opinion-piece-with-no-opinion</guid><category><![CDATA[politico]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zafrada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2022 05:22:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpra1Kwf2Avsq5j4kZt52prdNaCDwXt9w2xdDBWgpMeQxEGxPbxcSzpJyKKiVHETGCCnhHJtGD5MpjdhpY9bJ6sZX8m43mRA6eyJ63v7XLpoJ35in?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elon Musk is a tech and entrepreneurial genius, with his motivations in the right place...with some huge personal failings that cause big problems.]]></title><description><![CDATA[He's a hybrid of Tesla and Edison, picking up the best and worst of each. He has Tesla's genius, vision and concern for humanity, but also his instability, weirdness, and complete inability to deal with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/musk/@nooses/elon-musk-is-a-tech-and-entrepreneurial-genius-with-his-motivations-in-the-right-placewith-some-huge-personal-failings-that-c</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/musk/@nooses/elon-musk-is-a-tech-and-entrepreneurial-genius-with-his-motivations-in-the-right-placewith-some-huge-personal-failings-that-c</guid><category><![CDATA[musk]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nooses]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2022 01:47:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCZ6odhod2CJFyq66RNNtdGiDZUs2crALdCEGSMavh3KQZHBovVToKAWZztXcMdXaX3k4TqEE8ifWnZrj58ueiCVT55ZMmKs9nErDDgKRoFq7La?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Post-Putin Russia in the eyes of Navalny.]]></title><description><![CDATA[An interesting essay by Russia's principal opposition leader, Alexei Navalny (for those who read Russian, there is also a link to the original Russian version). I by no means agree with everything he says.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/oped/@nooses/post-putin-russia-in-the-eyes-of-navalny</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/oped/@nooses/post-putin-russia-in-the-eyes-of-navalny</guid><category><![CDATA[oped]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nooses]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2022 23:15:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCZ6odhod2CJFyqGrXtdPA94xmVsMQkzKyXPsS9922VaXLH3BXnDV17emd3ZDEFDY7WT3FmdMZpyxfipaUgZ5c6RdVygQcVWfAF5p1Ak6UDRece?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What The Hell Is Going On? Some Thoughts On The Current Mass Shootings In The US. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seriously, what is happening? I hate writing these posts. First a mass shooting in my hometown of Buffalo NY, now a second mass shooting in a Texas school. Why does this keep happening and what is really]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/conspiracy/@the-bitcoin-dood/what-the-hell-is-going-on-some-thoughts-on-the-current-mass-shootings-in-the-us</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/conspiracy/@the-bitcoin-dood/what-the-hell-is-going-on-some-thoughts-on-the-current-mass-shootings-in-the-us</guid><category><![CDATA[conspiracy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[the-bitcoin-dood]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2022 21:51:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUi4oa8yTU7QwSHZ29mRt9qof85ejCza27nXVPJQPvqBuEFi9TSeP7N2u4fFpEqJJkXQeZP4eDcC66ftZpGRLh8xtd?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[.]]></title><description><![CDATA[.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/oped/@mrobinsonwrites/the-theory-of-the-good-consumer-a-handful-of-anti-capitalist-sentiments</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/oped/@mrobinsonwrites/the-theory-of-the-good-consumer-a-handful-of-anti-capitalist-sentiments</guid><category><![CDATA[oped]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mrobinsonwrites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2022 20:36:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is It Just Me or Do You Feel It Also? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anyone Else Have That Weird Feeling of Dread? This post is going to be a bit of a bummer. I usually don't post negativity however, I really have to know if it's just me or is everyone sensing this. I've]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/conspiracy/@the-bitcoin-dood/is-it-just-me-or-do-you-feel-it-also</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/conspiracy/@the-bitcoin-dood/is-it-just-me-or-do-you-feel-it-also</guid><category><![CDATA[conspiracy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[the-bitcoin-dood]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2022 20:38:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4bEjbgCbFMvAGbwxD9CJfJUznpDy21P1gb5kciUwoKrnYbGbNVgJCYqgawRvYY8MCEaaEMLbau6UGtcmn3kvgB2N9ss7M1ZP7U2qTfgxa6g3eyT2roGgnKr2ogxwr2kmxpHhBELAMesWQWbeez6pMVSetFzd1mRzqBHQ7J6HXGpmAeJa8M?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charles Blow strikes again, or should I say strikes out again? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[In today's NYT opinion piece, Blow asks an important question, but his answer is simplistic, if not dishonest: "So, what does it mean for a system to be racist? Does the appellation depend on the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/oped/@leguna/charles-blow-strikes-again-or-should-i-say-strikes-out-again</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/oped/@leguna/charles-blow-strikes-again-or-should-i-say-strikes-out-again</guid><category><![CDATA[oped]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leguna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2021 12:24:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCXp44VvvRtFgSEYXMEsaM4Yi9RYbg4JDaJQKFBPQ59dJ3Aew6nAVV781fv2aG9VThHdxpgkzuE4PdjxChmidGVzuoALuDmw5WkRWYSUoZUdweW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem with calling slavery America's 'original sin']]></title><description><![CDATA[“Original sin, in Christian doctrine, the condition or state of sin into which each human being is born; also, the origin (i.e., the cause, or source) of this state. Traditionally, the origin has been]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/slavery/@nooses/the-problem-with-calling-slavery-americas-original-sin</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/slavery/@nooses/the-problem-with-calling-slavery-americas-original-sin</guid><category><![CDATA[slavery]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nooses]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2021 11:29:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNu2L3iBMXq5y7xeiy1isFJsZxnMZSXuXEsxe4ee1cUkGyPgoGPnPEV98iEvZeDAEsMqUFbuy2cjUQZKsjS2fPscxdZBdCPej33iUXFJgbG9nwtV4XQ4mV78AYxJcPX19CUtVvXKnVpGie9YSJcK3uxbx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[WaPo's despicable editorial.]]></title><description><![CDATA[“There is only one principled vote on Amy Coney Barrett: No” What nonsense! Definition of despicable : "deserving to be despised : so worthless or obnoxious as to rouse moral indignation" On]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/wapo/@zafrada/wapo-s-despicable-editorial</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/wapo/@zafrada/wapo-s-despicable-editorial</guid><category><![CDATA[wapo]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zafrada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2020 22:08:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/hgjbks2vRxvf3xsYr6qQ7dm31DuBHGui8pKMdEVPxhLfEeEoVMPfUw5KTDdNMg7B3hcBbbWdxFPTVhmAzPpvjE9ZSn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[COVID binary thinking - Bottom up vs top down approaches to lockdowns.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This article is an interesting criticism of binary thinking - covid, no covid - as opposed to holistic thinking - an awareness of the multiple tradeoffs involved in adopting top down lockdowns. What they]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/covd/@nooses/covid-binary-thinking-bottom-up-vs-top-down-approaches-to-lockdowns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/covd/@nooses/covid-binary-thinking-bottom-up-vs-top-down-approaches-to-lockdowns</guid><category><![CDATA[covd]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nooses]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2020 21:39:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNihJzmPaYV4kTz4GCveAWxV8mUAgE6jg7PzdvQBoGn97TMw5BrrqK543e93tNLURPT8fGAukmcqUwd4UsTKvE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[God Help Amy Coney Barrett! ]]></title><description><![CDATA[A short time ago, President Donald J. Trump selected the next person to be subjected to the "gauntlet" of the Senate confirmation process. May God help Amy Coney Barrett and her family, through]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174122/@roleerob/god-help-amy-comey-barrett</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174122/@roleerob/god-help-amy-comey-barrett</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-174122]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[roleerob]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2020 22:28:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrVREU7wm51jpHF2qdNM17C4Na8AVAp11dQnM3m9BGBDDjRoASh6cYuCsHVgcgAHiE1DNcHJ9YNiRYQdYmMK53zxGq4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Should we #believeallwomen or #believeEvidence ?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since this subject is touchier than a Vatican summer camp, I'll preface my statements: I've never had a person tell me about an experience of sexual abuse who I haven't believed. Moreover, it's shocked]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sexual/@flexbooth/should-we-believeallwomen-or-believeevidence</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sexual/@flexbooth/should-we-believeallwomen-or-believeevidence</guid><category><![CDATA[sexual]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[flexbooth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2020 02:05:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EfcLDDAkyqgrWe7KyyRHXzeiP1CJfhMppnSKMZVKJNX5Ea9ZKnAK9AYPVhAUwabUm4uYKcptV2wpsxGNiEF7mvjnT28xE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Rant Alert] "Forward" thinking Trump is an anti-Semite.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Link to Forward article above) Yes, I know. I probably should not read anything from the Forward because it is bad for my blood pressure. But, on the other hand, I need to know what the idiots are saying.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@flexbooth/rant-alert-forward-thinking-trump-is-an-anti-semite</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@flexbooth/rant-alert-forward-thinking-trump-is-an-anti-semite</guid><category><![CDATA[trump]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[flexbooth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2020 12:43:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EfcLDDAkyqgrWe7KyyRHXzeiP1CJfhMppnSKMZVKJNX5Ea9ZKnAK9AYPVhAUwabUm4uYKhhmxm7srb6xYDwX52wh96jUS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some OpEd - What's The Hold Up? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think this is the biggest hurdle with mass adoption. There are so many projects and very few that are remotely useful. One of the reasons I often get involved with social media sites that are blockchain]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@the-bitcoin-dood/some-oped-what-s-the-hold-up</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@the-bitcoin-dood/some-oped-what-s-the-hold-up</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[the-bitcoin-dood]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2020 18:00:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/B69zEhWZA8UCHxjagwibdXCLMYNxrPY6YRrJip9MJryvNRRmyCnupsWnuWwDjeiiwqJoY9hU8FqZv8PmsU3ngjRThad2sm24bxwTbS7Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making Crypto Simple, Easy and Family Friendly ]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have to make it so simple that an 80 year old grandmother can do it. It might be easy for us, but not so much for the electronically & technologically challenged. This is onne of the reason's I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/somee/@the-bitcoin-dood/making-crypto-simple-easy-and-family-friendly</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/somee/@the-bitcoin-dood/making-crypto-simple-easy-and-family-friendly</guid><category><![CDATA[somee]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[the-bitcoin-dood]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Feb 2020 18:09:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA["Out The Yang"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ego Vandal "Out The Yang" November 4, 2019 "Out The Yang" An Opinion On Why You Have To Be High To Reach This New Low! Of course there's no country with "Lazy" in its title.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/andrewyang/@egovandal/out-the-yang</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/andrewyang/@egovandal/out-the-yang</guid><category><![CDATA[andrewyang]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[egovandal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2019 20:34:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Competitive STS Blog Curation (Op/Ed) Meet and Greet in the Comments Section!!!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Okay, that's not a real thing .......yet! I try to keep my finger on the pulse of what I read in chats and get in messages and one theme is there seems to be a lack of diversity on the much adored Trending]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sportstalksocial/@scarletreign/competitive-sts-blog-curation-op-ed-meet-and-greet-in-the-comments-section</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sportstalksocial/@scarletreign/competitive-sts-blog-curation-op-ed-meet-and-greet-in-the-comments-section</guid><category><![CDATA[sportstalksocial]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[scarletreign]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2019 19:10:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9WWDYakoMbXJvRSFHdoCccZVEnHBnmJV6adWuwmtiL6qCR4hPBV4rR5XXbPvAYwLe5uhysYybtBoF26?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did Harvard betray a Law Professor?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Randall Kennedy is absolutely right about this. Harvey Weinstein is scum and quite likely deserves to be convicted. But it is nonetheless important that everyone accused of a crime be entitled to a competent]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/oped/@honeybee/did-harvard-betray-a-law-professor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/oped/@honeybee/did-harvard-betray-a-law-professor</guid><category><![CDATA[oped]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[honeybee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2019 04:03:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iP9fuS94dkCD5kxYzjYPk7hjDLFABLzkmRckcDpxVGXpUH3gRHSZrkKB3XvcjssPBUUnnKQMcDt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>