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            <title><![CDATA[Why on Earth Would We Go to Mars?]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 16:48:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Halloween I Almost Lost My Head]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 03:40:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Places Where the Light Gets In]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 15:35:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Power to Kill, the Duty to Restrain]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/age-of-empathy/the-power-to-kill-the-duty-to-restrain-7e57a719fda6?source=rss-0b22a54554e7------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2600/0*MtA6-jkV1JYNuTZb" width="5184"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">True story: a mental health crisis ends in gunfire</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/age-of-empathy/the-power-to-kill-the-duty-to-restrain-7e57a719fda6?source=rss-0b22a54554e7------2">Continue reading on Age of Empathy »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:05:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What If AI Isn’t What We Should Fear?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/infinite-impulse/what-if-ai-isnt-what-we-should-fear-3c228363e4b1?source=rss-0b22a54554e7------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1084/1*jqwXieq0LiFuX4y8xwX97g.jpeg" width="1084"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Alexa&#x2026;Am I stupid? Maybe we should be more worried about us!</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/infinite-impulse/what-if-ai-isnt-what-we-should-fear-3c228363e4b1?source=rss-0b22a54554e7------2">Continue reading on Infinite Impulse »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 23:40:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What Do We Actually Owe Our Family?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/middle-pause/what-do-we-actually-owe-our-family-bc7056906187?source=rss-0b22a54554e7------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1448/1*1JZLtpZm5Aj1YdKNEiNxwQ@2x.jpeg" width="1448"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Family is complicated&#x2026;forgiveness can be harder</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/middle-pause/what-do-we-actually-owe-our-family-bc7056906187?source=rss-0b22a54554e7------2">Continue reading on Middle-Pause »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 14:35:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[“Chez Anne” Is Closed for The Season]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 05:28:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Is There Someone In Your Life Who’s Hard to Love?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/middle-pause/is-there-someone-in-your-life-whos-hard-to-love-883945aa959d?source=rss-0b22a54554e7------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2600/0*dOjpbBRuY29e4zor" width="4129"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">But you desperately want them to love you?</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/middle-pause/is-there-someone-in-your-life-whos-hard-to-love-883945aa959d?source=rss-0b22a54554e7------2">Continue reading on Middle-Pause »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:16:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Name of the Thing I Cannot Name]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:35:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Your Mother Is More Responsible Than You Think for Your DNA]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:04:47 GMT</pubDate>
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