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        <title><![CDATA[Stories by Susan Brearley on Medium]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Brain Labs October $100 Contest Winner]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/brain-labs/the-brain-labs-october-100-contest-winner-4f75d1284c17?source=rss-cc0821aee9c1------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2560/1*R_4ACrrxoXfcTEvWbzkYKQ.jpeg" width="2560"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">For the most well argued and provocative story</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/brain-labs/the-brain-labs-october-100-contest-winner-4f75d1284c17?source=rss-cc0821aee9c1------2">Continue reading on Brain Labs »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 20:27:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Patrick Stewart, Dead at 86]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/contemplate/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86-c17762440cee?source=rss-cc0821aee9c1------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2560/1*DDnGNTRJjKYB-WS3RV5uYQ.jpeg" width="2560"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">The man who made authority gentle learned what it looked like from a father who made it terrible</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/contemplate/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86-c17762440cee?source=rss-cc0821aee9c1------2">Continue reading on Contemplate »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 14:42:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Happy Halloween Y’all]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/entropies/happy-halloween-yall-b9026810fa0c?source=rss-cc0821aee9c1------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2560/1*uV6rqoZwabikX6VXOnzp2A.jpeg" width="2560"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">If you aren&#x2019;t dishing out candy, maybe you&#x2019;d like to read</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/entropies/happy-halloween-yall-b9026810fa0c?source=rss-cc0821aee9c1------2">Continue reading on Entropies »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:55:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Everything Falls Apart, and We Are Throwing a Party About It]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/entropies/everything-falls-apart-and-we-are-throwing-a-party-about-it-6e9ad69e682d?source=rss-cc0821aee9c1------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2560/1*-G9kknzgWtJEy0rzCIBmcg.jpeg" width="2560"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Last call for Halloween stories, plus two free events you will not want to miss</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/entropies/everything-falls-apart-and-we-are-throwing-a-party-about-it-6e9ad69e682d?source=rss-cc0821aee9c1------2">Continue reading on Entropies »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 19:24:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Toddlers Have Bazookas Now]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/it-chronicles/the-toddlers-have-bazookas-now-6cc404bf83ce?source=rss-cc0821aee9c1------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2560/1*QmtKCUg4d_QsdegXCFYqYA.jpeg" width="2560"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">It&#x2019;s the title of the newest from my fave YouTuber, exurb1a</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/it-chronicles/the-toddlers-have-bazookas-now-6cc404bf83ce?source=rss-cc0821aee9c1------2">Continue reading on IT Chronicles »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:45:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Wordsmiths’ Weekly 10/24/26]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/wordsmiths-weekly/wordsmiths-weekly-10-24-26-4c192f6885fe?source=rss-cc0821aee9c1------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2560/1*W67UTjpk-xlrtXcMh54r9g.jpeg" width="2560"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Never be without a writing idea</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/wordsmiths-weekly/wordsmiths-weekly-10-24-26-4c192f6885fe?source=rss-cc0821aee9c1------2">Continue reading on Wordsmiths’ Weekly »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:43:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Wordsmiths’ Weekly Writing Prompt 10/17/2026]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 03:03:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Machine That Harmed Its Patients]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/it-chronicles/the-machine-that-harmed-its-patients-abcf4f46789f?source=rss-cc0821aee9c1------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2560/1*JOACXoMg7RVPhVkjVASmPg.jpeg" width="2560"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">How a cancer-treatment machine, trusted to heal, delivered fatal doses because its makers believed software could not fail</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/it-chronicles/the-machine-that-harmed-its-patients-abcf4f46789f?source=rss-cc0821aee9c1------2">Continue reading on IT Chronicles »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:29:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The AI Problem Is a Humanity Problem]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Susan Brearley]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:28:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Article Rejected — How Dare They!!!]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Susan Brearley]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:53:35 GMT</pubDate>
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