<?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>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:17:34 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@stortebeker/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[[Movie] The Odyssey - Facing Our Own Demons at the End of an Era]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last weekend I participated in the global effort to save the cinemas, and went to see The Odyssey in a movie theater. It's been years since I last went to the cinema, but there was so much hype about this]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@stortebeker/the-odyssey-facing-our-own-demons-at-the-end-of-an-era-msg2u5h5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@stortebeker/the-odyssey-facing-our-own-demons-at-the-end-of-an-era-msg2u5h5</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-110713]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stortebeker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:42:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCCBfMHSWJJpaBEZE4oKotFVm9o48zoqMk62RKQpZf8tTs5ZEnrGjV6jqkUhKERDeUtCTNVdPaoWBnbgqXWagGbsi1zqdTcviNQKTJKwJVzTXYNxh1Ychka?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making Delicious Pesto]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have to admit, one of my all time favorite things to eat is has always been a good pesto. 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Actually our objective was not sightseeing, but that town is just covered with beautiful wall paintings. 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