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            <title><![CDATA[OpenAI is Getting Desperate: Why ChatGPT Ads Are the End of an Era]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/mostly-technology/the-assistant-that-sells-you-out-why-chatgpt-ads-are-the-end-of-an-era-573469e276dc?source=rss-24e5d250362b------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2600/1*kTAHWIoLBSXnskfv5H-UWQ.png" width="2752"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">What ChatGPT Ads Actually Mean for Your Most Private Conversations And Why OpenAI Chose Desperation Over Dignity</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/mostly-technology/the-assistant-that-sells-you-out-why-chatgpt-ads-are-the-end-of-an-era-573469e276dc?source=rss-24e5d250362b------2">Continue reading on Mostly Tech »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:36:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[We’ve Been Faking It So Long, We Forgot How To Make It]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/mostly-media/weve-been-faking-it-so-long-we-forgot-how-to-make-it-f73b5036f99e?source=rss-24e5d250362b------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2600/1*z31-_WitLUF2vtuu2G4JLg.png" width="2752"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">When you skip the struggle of the middle, you don&#x2019;t become the person you&#x2019;re pretending to be. You just become an expert at faking.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/mostly-media/weve-been-faking-it-so-long-we-forgot-how-to-make-it-f73b5036f99e?source=rss-24e5d250362b------2">Continue reading on Mostly Written »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:23:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[In Economic Uncertainty, People Are Marrying Younger]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/mostly-media/in-economic-uncertainty-people-are-marrying-younger-6aa84d7bd58b?source=rss-24e5d250362b------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1536/1*Qca1BHUhMrx0AlOuye9xcw.png" width="1536"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">As rent climbs and jobs flicker, timelines collapse. Young couples lock in stability now, hoping growth can follow.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/mostly-media/in-economic-uncertainty-people-are-marrying-younger-6aa84d7bd58b?source=rss-24e5d250362b------2">Continue reading on Mostly Written »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2025 12:17:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[ChatGPT Atlas by OpenAI: First Impressions of the AI Browser that Won By Default]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/mostly-technology/chatgpt-atlas-by-openai-first-impressions-of-the-ai-browser-that-won-by-default-644ec8eab7cb?source=rss-24e5d250362b------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1592/1*0QyFrMomuZ1Vim860LX8FA.jpeg" width="1592"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">OpenAI&#x2019;s ChatGPT Atlas beats Dia and Perplexity Comet for one reason, it owns the model they&#x2019;re forced to rent, and that changes&#x2026;</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/mostly-technology/chatgpt-atlas-by-openai-first-impressions-of-the-ai-browser-that-won-by-default-644ec8eab7cb?source=rss-24e5d250362b------2">Continue reading on Mostly Tech »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:20:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Enshittification Has Fully Consumed the Internet]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/mostly-finances/enshittification-has-fully-consumed-the-internet-d63c9362811b?source=rss-24e5d250362b------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1536/1*UqiKCVT-gUa5_wWQdfO6Fw.png" width="1536"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">The internet, once open and free, is now fully enshittified a pay-to-play toll-booth extracting attention, data, and money at every turn.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/mostly-finances/enshittification-has-fully-consumed-the-internet-d63c9362811b?source=rss-24e5d250362b------2">Continue reading on Mostly Finance »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 11:00:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Poverty of Empathy: When Helping Others Becomes Self-Destruction]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/mostly-media/the-poverty-of-empathy-when-helping-others-becomes-self-destruction-66a12587f43d?source=rss-24e5d250362b------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1536/1*m07EHUMmxyBEiklEc-EcQQ.png" width="1536"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">When care turns compulsive, empathy becomes debt. You can&#x2019;t heal others by breaking yourself in the process.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/mostly-media/the-poverty-of-empathy-when-helping-others-becomes-self-destruction-66a12587f43d?source=rss-24e5d250362b------2">Continue reading on Mostly Written »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:05:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Paying Back the Only Debt That Matters: Attention]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/mostly-media/paying-back-the-only-debt-that-matters-attention-b01974f76a23?source=rss-24e5d250362b------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1536/1*nov1INmAAPxgYV8-gx6v9g.png" width="1536"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Most of us are in debt to our own lives, our pursuit, our effort, our focus spent on noise instead of deliberate movement forward.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/mostly-media/paying-back-the-only-debt-that-matters-attention-b01974f76a23?source=rss-24e5d250362b------2">Continue reading on Mostly Written »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:12:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why We Can’t Afford Life but Keep Filling the Cart]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/mostly-finances/why-we-cant-afford-life-but-keep-filling-the-cart-de09b4b7beff?source=rss-24e5d250362b------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1536/1*qGT86fNBJ2uG4RWG3iKJbg.png" width="1536"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">In today&#x2019;s economy, effort no longer guarantees reward, exploitation does. Consumerism thrives, but value keeps collapsing.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/mostly-finances/why-we-cant-afford-life-but-keep-filling-the-cart-de09b4b7beff?source=rss-24e5d250362b------2">Continue reading on Mostly Finance »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 12:30:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Confidence Is Earned, Cockiness Is Projected]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/mostly-media/confidence-is-earned-cockiness-is-projected-28c608a925af?source=rss-24e5d250362b------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1536/1*eqpxo44cUJG-AlSPrztqBw.png" width="1536"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Confidence is fact, not feeling. Cockiness is projection. The real difference lies in competence and who can recognize it.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/mostly-media/confidence-is-earned-cockiness-is-projected-28c608a925af?source=rss-24e5d250362b------2">Continue reading on Mostly Written »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2025 09:10:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Lonely Chapter by Chris Williamson]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 12:43:46 GMT</pubDate>
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