<?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 17:45:48 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/ponderings/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Nature Soldiers On]]></title><description><![CDATA[The means to gain happiness is to throw out from oneself, like a spider, in all directions, an adhesive web of love, and to catch in it all that comes. (Leo Tolstoy) With all of our senses, intellect and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jagged/nature-soldiers-on</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jagged/nature-soldiers-on</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jagged]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2022 11:55:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCWYAaSQBSD8NJC1sNxg4piiQx9YJDywCCr6v5jwEAX9xqepXpKzVLZdXVsjnP8enD7k7Uiw3f7cHGrkuBEf7qvuo8aokwNHpJB7pcga7QSHzc6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spending Money as Freedom of Speech]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m not familiar with law but it came up in another post that since lobbying congress is considered freedom of speech does that set precedent that all financial transactions are free speech? If so, how]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-151714/@sinistry/spending-money-as-freedom-of-speech</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-151714/@sinistry/spending-money-as-freedom-of-speech</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-151714]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sinistry]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2022 19:07:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[There Is No Tomorrow]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was reading a NY Times article about the recent uptick in homicides and one of the people they interviewed was saying a sense of "There is no tomorrow" was partially responsible. I was struck]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@coloneljethro/there-is-no-tomorrow</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@coloneljethro/there-is-no-tomorrow</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[coloneljethro]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2020 22:33:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBNvuPpuJoWwmDPPkGx4aaF7Xp3vKfKr7YmvxJLVMcUDWbJ1UGgrAY8Kh78BtsuVn26tn2RM7E3oNASFGxggoRrq9bzrqdVHuqPTdaApr3tiTbCzrz4Hk2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear Diary: I'm Thankful For This day Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[I had slept late last night, actually I slept at early morning so I woke up late. Well there isn't much of a plan today anyways but the usual stuff that I do which is just blogging the rest of the day.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ponderings/@cryptopie/dear-diary-i-m-thankful-for-this-day-again</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ponderings/@cryptopie/dear-diary-i-m-thankful-for-this-day-again</guid><category><![CDATA[ponderings]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptopie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jul 2019 02:16:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQybj4WUXScWv5QPLninWRxfbcWNsx7SenD7Fq2amqs74LBKjBkuUqNiyCMy161eXXk4jbU9FjMMuiEnn1z2SB39kCuvkhZxUTEgdD6oe1RFaUtoG1AJmaLGRTB2c6Sx6LVZJN3x71D486?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is with the culture of indulgence and extravagance?]]></title><description><![CDATA[For a long time it's seemed like it's become cool to be extravagant. Gold chains and diamond rims. It's all well and good to portray this wealth if you want...but it's seemed to get worse and worse lately.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@geekpowered/what-is-with-the-culture-of-indulgence-and-extravagance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@geekpowered/what-is-with-the-culture-of-indulgence-and-extravagance</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geekpowered]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2019 23:39:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e8huJmo9vtqi5LNkApK36L6hCqW6epdNgZ4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Problem with PAL and Ponderings]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are a few little minor issues of PAL of course, like their hastily modified Steem front-end that only shows PAL, but there's one major issue that kinda annoys me. To use my PAL that I Staked, I have]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/pal/@geekpowered/the-problem-with-pal-and-ponderings</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/pal/@geekpowered/the-problem-with-pal-and-ponderings</guid><category><![CDATA[pal]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geekpowered]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 22 Jun 2019 23:13:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAW6noHJDhrg3W8ZKHVFSsLYM859aTDCF8iErL4zXH14Yk5vUFdzNMJ83BUCPJY6vcaDyJzePRT2DeYg7xDgcdgn6zV2LEe556TqX2TRs7sgkkHvLaNkKGN45VApwY8A7BiStGW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can Thought Be Drawn? - Poem My Actifit Report Card: April 23 2019]]></title><description><![CDATA[Brain won't turn on, can thoughts be drawn? Do they swirl do the whirl? Are they a bright color, or are they a bit duller? When they are blurred are they heard? Can they be unmasked, is this my task? What]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@emergehealthier/actifit-emergehealthier-20190424t035356860z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@emergehealthier/actifit-emergehealthier-20190424t035356860z</guid><category><![CDATA[actifit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[emergehealthier]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2019 03:53:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn5gekH8EU2kWZviz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[It slips through your fingers, can drag on forever, sometimes feels like you’re on that hamster wheel and other times like you are simply marking time. In the 100 meter dash one-hundredths of a second]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@ourdailyboard/time</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@ourdailyboard/time</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ourdailyboard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2019 12:08:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNfcVMyQsM5QMPkobtSE34xRCGCP2uJVVQBwiaqxBetfEnGMv5C9DrutKXsVTesW5CaCye3CgsY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Power Of Music...]]></title><description><![CDATA[The mind, locked in repetitive, neurotic loops as trying to sleep, like a torturous dream from which there is no escape... It’s not a complete secret that pop hits are meticulously crafted to be outright]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@rok-sivante/the-power-of-music</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@rok-sivante/the-power-of-music</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rok-sivante]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2019 19:39:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/B69zEhWZA8UCHxjbDkijCbdHuQccibf78NPLiCZ26gNWbPUaWXAVhuYPU2UjdDHezweNYASXhvdASyXAdLCD9p9ZDfJpW3iMkmdvDieJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thoughts for Monday - What's coming up for us - Daily Dlive #24]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I take a rainy moment to tell you all about some of my thoughts and plans. 'Where will we go from here?', is something I frequently ask myself, and I often try to weave a complex web of plans while]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dlive/@ecoinstant/f7d70ec5-a4de-11e8-9b42-0242ac110003</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dlive/@ecoinstant/f7d70ec5-a4de-11e8-9b42-0242ac110003</guid><category><![CDATA[dlive]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ecoinstant]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2018 02:04:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/KWcVEiwEzuiCuSt3rCYguvZ98x2mj34d8xRuLyzB9Z1pszoA2suuqbiLMyXMa3tuavE4wLPg1U5ZU9i1VK?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Differentiating Between The Male, & Female Genders]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a different type of post I'd like to try out. My goal here is to get everyone's input on how THEY define the male gender, & how THEY define the female gender. Obviously, I'm not looking for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ponderings/@buttercup7/differentiating-between-the-male-and-female-genders</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ponderings/@buttercup7/differentiating-between-the-male-and-female-genders</guid><category><![CDATA[ponderings]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[buttercup7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2018 03:33:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Past Ponderings:2009]]></title><description><![CDATA[FOLLOW YOUR HEART. You have to FIND your heart in order to actually FOLLOW it. VULNERABILITY. It means taking down a few of those walls around your heart. CHANGE. Nothing changes on its own. Everything]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@ickymj/past-ponderings-2009</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@ickymj/past-ponderings-2009</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ickymj]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2018 04:16:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYrZU1QcTqREfnmcZj411J9gAaKGFGcdrjk4oUq126PU7pSfNX4zhFsysHAeJoKaA2RGDS1XL54?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Promotional bonus]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do people use the Promoted page? I don't often visit it, but I have tried promoting some of my posts. I know there are some bots that will give you a vote for burning some SBD on that. I just don't seem]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@steevc/promotional-bonus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@steevc/promotional-bonus</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steevc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2017 19:58:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZBFLo7ezTDun548DfaFzzBsE53yFYE7tiXWwbkWrfdy31PsyrUr2JE6pY7HrGSS8x4p1FASg6J?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tearing down statues does not change history]]></title><description><![CDATA[Statues seem to be in the news a lot recently. I just read this piece on why we should take down statues of Lord Nelson as he supported slavery. I'm sure lots of people would be against that as they are]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@steevc/tearing-down-statues-does-not-change-history</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@steevc/tearing-down-statues-does-not-change-history</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steevc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2017 12:16:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Really wanted to put out the latest feature to steem.press tonight]]></title><description><![CDATA[I decided to use a different data source and a snippet of code I borrowed had a very subtle error in it that wound up taking me about 6 hours to hunt down because I was off on a Cross Origin snipe hunt.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@voorash/really-wanted-to-put-out-the-latest-feature-to-steem-press-tonight</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@voorash/really-wanted-to-put-out-the-latest-feature-to-steem-press-tonight</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[voorash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2017 09:38:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Timing issues with steemit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now hopefully when I hit post on this thing it doesn't prove me wrong but I've noticed that the time since posting at least through steemit seems to be based on when you first click submit a story and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@voorash/timing-issues-with-steemit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@voorash/timing-issues-with-steemit</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[voorash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2017 00:04:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYNQrNyHFmznq3tzfg1k1RU49pc8xshCZ233XiSzCTUM85pkeUbGcu9aHVTwzy6hAo7ZCtZgbbt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep Ponderings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deep Ponderings What is it to feel so deeply than to break our own hearts? Giving the shirt off our backs for strangers And yet, scratching shit with the chickens Always having to be the one to apologize]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@rckchk83/deep-ponderings</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@rckchk83/deep-ponderings</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rckchk83]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2017 19:28:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vote early, vote often]]></title><description><![CDATA[The voting behaviour on Steemit fascinates me. When I post I will generally get a few votes almost immediately by accounts with very low SP. If I'm lucky then I'll get a whale vote like those from @wang]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@steevc/vote-early-vote-often</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@steevc/vote-early-vote-often</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steevc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2016 11:17:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/mXkfdToSwHxz6Uo9NT6ZR5HwrPJJhPZv4S1Mmw5sg7WyfvburHizhUPu11yk32BcEkuiqLZ2Z4nFtzRKjveU4KTsZu9UuF7Sfn9eK1TqY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Digital Age, A Second Renaissance?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A number of years ago, while young, innocent and attending college for a brief moment I felt that human knowledge had reached a plateau. The kind of plateau I allude to here is one in which the foundation]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@oisinmcn/a-second-renaissance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@oisinmcn/a-second-renaissance</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[oisinmcn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2016 12:14:33 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>