<?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, 19 May 2026 00:31:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/ramble/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[5/18/26]]></title><description><![CDATA[I suppose when I'm old and bed ridden, I'll miss the struggle. Perspective. Mentality. Gotta manifest it yo! Is every generation cursed with the 'my life is hardest' struggle? Or is it just me? Probably]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/neoxian/@dadapizza/5-18-26</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/neoxian/@dadapizza/5-18-26</guid><category><![CDATA[neoxian]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dadapizza]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 16:24:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW3w55E9m2dpuZgVrNq2aY9kfUvMdJUEqvujr7XjzXK7AiwXHK9mTH9zRBneS9SbCQrWQYW5T3dvPwcpAqGxzzsA8WKnRn2r67xKw1KkFxaJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[5/13/26]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been awhile since I had a ramble. Not particularly sure why I ever stopped. I say that every time I create a new ramble I feel like. I mildly replaced the rambles with my Chess posts, but I just don't]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/neoxian/@dadapizza/5-13-26</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/neoxian/@dadapizza/5-13-26</guid><category><![CDATA[neoxian]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dadapizza]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 10:40:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmSsfpTVF2UY8Kf9jhyWvFfw7CD8t68grdB1AuDJR89LWi/1778668736257.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[pre-plane thoughts, fever chills & my kind of guy]]></title><description><![CDATA[well, it's been a minute since i did a #ttt (ahoj, @ablaze!), but i thought today might be a good day, so here we go. i'm dressing up my dreams and stripping down my legs, looking back to where we were]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148309/@honeydue/pre-plane-thoughts-fever-chills-and-my-kind-of-guy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148309/@honeydue/pre-plane-thoughts-fever-chills-and-my-kind-of-guy</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-148309]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[honeydue]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:47:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4JdNKuo3px8WNLXduMjp82ju1aFdpfAppEcPdXh7hTgzvZCAPWrPuVoTckeTES8hiPubdjPdxHuBjeQE3FUjkhRpCW42sH2YUWZHUDSwY3hiWjVZ3L?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[just not the same (loss)]]></title><description><![CDATA[amazing how fast the desire to do great things can fade once you've lost your rock. been 9 years now. almost 10. ive fallen so far from where i was to now and i was HOMELESS then do your momma proud, we]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/pob/@dunstuff/just-not-the-same-loss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/pob/@dunstuff/just-not-the-same-loss</guid><category><![CDATA[pob]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dunstuff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:36:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Highlands On A Monday]]></title><description><![CDATA[We're currently amidst a heat wave here in Louisville, for the first time in weeks the temperature got above freezing. Had the postal service out running around in shorts. While it still wasn't quite shorts]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@coloneljethro/highlands-on-a-monday</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@coloneljethro/highlands-on-a-monday</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194913]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[coloneljethro]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 06:38:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmZUGMKRtFByCbv1EX7wjZAgAhq7grTpXkYk6KkJceWa9m/highlands_on_a_monday_1_copy.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[watching carlin's 7 words best part]]></title><description><![CDATA[its always 'someone elses list' (clearly not) ;) *impure / in poor *body / bawdy my fave - "suggestive" full vid - of all the comedians i regret not seeing live, george is the highest on my list]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/pob/@dunstuff/watching-carlin-s-7-words</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/pob/@dunstuff/watching-carlin-s-7-words</guid><category><![CDATA[pob]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dunstuff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2025 10:08:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmVY8aqN34ds6PVmDxJZ52awRj4m19M5fenTQ1m1jMbPT9/image.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nameless feeling...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source This post... is a thought experiment. I could almost say that it has no point, but if we are being negative and nihilistic, then does any post or action have meaning? And yet, I am not feeling]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-125125/@zakludick/a-nameless-feeling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-125125/@zakludick/a-nameless-feeling</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-125125]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zakludick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 09:15:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmZ8kojowKTdcFgN7TpzkdiGVUnhrYb1s2kP45YbBCnNNa/image.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[10/10/25]]></title><description><![CDATA[Getting old stinks and I don't believe I'm aging very gracefully. In fact I'm fairly sure my mental health is not on the upswing here. Maybe I take myself too seriously. In fact I'm fairly certain that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/neoxian/@dadapizza/101025</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/neoxian/@dadapizza/101025</guid><category><![CDATA[neoxian]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dadapizza]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 06:04:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4Eq18KyFzKPoqwadumc75YACEXzXvfPMvRBYoweFTMGGoTmUMuQ22kxrepRz2Ne6LvcLtCXNbBsFB2QYPCgAJ5HvDpEYq12UxcZYbwfNcq5wpA34Yv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[9/30/25]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yeah, I've been feeling really just numb and over everything lately. I can't believe it's almost October, I can't believe how much time is passing in life in general. 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No weak]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@ervin-lemark/joined-joint</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@ervin-lemark/joined-joint</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ervin-lemark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:47:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmVeRpcwZxVE7k26HqDpWCcPQKPvnVqj1wvo99TpFecrxp/image-1758653174852.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always a Drop never a Lake]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have given Drupal a few looks over the years. Every time though effectiveness and usability has made me just use Wordpress instead. Recently I have gone as far to actually install Drupal on my VPS, and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/drupal/@penderis/always-a-drop-never-a</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/drupal/@penderis/always-a-drop-never-a</guid><category><![CDATA[drupal]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[penderis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:22:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmVM8HfZ6PeWP6e49gEab2owXMorKHkJTxFiM6HYH89Ts2/image-1757586772300.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[9/10/25]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yeah, life feels like one big anti-joke. Infinitely funny and sad at the exact same time. Norm Macdonald was such a great comedian for this reason I feel. Sometimes it feels like Norm was such a great]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/neoxian/@dadapizza/91025</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/neoxian/@dadapizza/91025</guid><category><![CDATA[neoxian]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dadapizza]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 13:26:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4Eq18KyFzKPoqwadumc75YACEXzXvfPMvRBYoweFTMGGoTmUMuQ22kxrepRz2Ne6LvcLtCXNbBsFB2QYPCgAJ5HvDpEYq12UxcZYbwfNcq5wpA34Yv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Documentation and the Code Don't Agree]]></title><description><![CDATA[Happy Sunday, everyone. Today's post is a bit of a story and a ramble about a development journey I went on this morning. I've been working on a new tool to help manage the settings for Hive communities,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-186392/@thecrazygm/when-the-documentation-and-the-code-dont-agree</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-186392/@thecrazygm/when-the-documentation-and-the-code-dont-agree</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-186392]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thecrazygm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2025 14:55:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLJSKQapT217qg53CNpjg4pknJwwZqkUao698NBTgaiTtHjVrkVeuRkAtVuHriDsf6hAXYDvCZPomqLhWPTrEoRDoE9uebRsGRPhqvQ1JUkhvFRBAEjCi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone Sees Things Differently.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Everyone sees things differently. And that’s not wrong—in fact, it’s how we each understand the world in our own way. 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I think I tentatively know my values these days at least what I strive for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/neoxian/@dadapizza/8-6-25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/neoxian/@dadapizza/8-6-25</guid><category><![CDATA[neoxian]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dadapizza]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 08:57:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmS1Kt2y3vXP2amzyCqoSQ9XK8Br2qTK4LWKjw3e1xSYWG/1754469092501.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you feel like Hive owes you monetary rewards?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let me preface this by saying that I think to a certain degree it is human nature to expect things in return. Let's say you've spent and invested a lot of time here, made good connections, generated content]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive/@acidyo/do-you-feel-like-hive-owes-you-monetary-rewards</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive/@acidyo/do-you-feel-like-hive-owes-you-monetary-rewards</guid><category><![CDATA[hive]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[acidyo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 18:14:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCQrY5QAm1j8NqC5tfVCCU8Pqhf4HMWHtgTpYWdj1MhrS1aQUaTwEwG3Ne3wKNBo3QyLpCpJwbobHwJbBqXuFGiXEPmwkk8mAKRkGQzQjm9w4ia?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[7/29/25]]></title><description><![CDATA[I hate commercials. I really do. Ads have their function I guess, but at a certain point I think the way we're surrounded by them has gone way too far. 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