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            <title><![CDATA[November Nevada (unfiltered)]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:21:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[‘Deluded Custodians’ November Challenge]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 11:21:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Help Me If You Can I’ll Be Around]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 21:42:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ralphy and June Send a Message from the Future]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/short-and-weird/ralphy-and-june-send-a-message-from-the-future-3c83b231efe7?source=rss-83d8d3f3b3ef------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2600/1*SNhxXdP8Sa2Mi_40n-3E1g.jpeg" width="3713"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Reporting from Holodek 5 aboard the V-RIC (virtual reality interactive cinema) in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, Norte America, Earth.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/short-and-weird/ralphy-and-june-send-a-message-from-the-future-3c83b231efe7?source=rss-83d8d3f3b3ef------2">Continue reading on Short &amp; Weird »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 20:38:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Deluded Custodians Word of the Day Prompt Response ~ Anemoia]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:04:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oh, Oh, My Buttski Is Stuck to the Stationery Bike Saddle at the Gym]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:01:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[‘Deluded Custodians’ October Challenge]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/the-pub/deluded-custodians-october-challenge-3775abd7ba7a?source=rss-83d8d3f3b3ef------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2600/0*vDCi7kxowjHG1Kyn" width="4632"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Anemoia Rhymes with La Jolla</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/the-pub/deluded-custodians-october-challenge-3775abd7ba7a?source=rss-83d8d3f3b3ef------2">Continue reading on The Pub »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:39:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What Does It Say?]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Is There a Stopover in Bangkok?]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Priest, a Rabbi, and a Gorilla Walk into a Bar. What Happens?]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 10:01:02 GMT</pubDate>
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