<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>disconnectd — Letters</title><description>Essays, notes, and announcements from the disconnectd team.</description><link>https://disconnectd.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>The &lt;em&gt;nostalgia&lt;/em&gt; of the late 90s and early 00s.</title><link>https://disconnectd.com/letters/nostalgia-of-the-late-90s-early-00s/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://disconnectd.com/letters/nostalgia-of-the-late-90s-early-00s/</guid><description>A Saturday morning with no alarm, no algorithm, and nowhere to be. What we lost, and what&apos;s worth finding again.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>nostalgia</category><author>disconnectd</author></item><item><title>The most connected generation in history is also the &lt;em&gt;loneliest&lt;/em&gt;.</title><link>https://disconnectd.com/letters/the-loneliness-epidemic/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://disconnectd.com/letters/the-loneliness-epidemic/</guid><description>We have more ways to reach each other than ever before. So why does it feel like nobody is really there?</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>essay</category><category>loneliness</category><author>disconnectd</author></item><item><title>The most connected generation in history is also the &lt;em&gt;loneliest&lt;/em&gt;.</title><link>https://disconnectd.com/letters/the-most-connected-generation-is-the-loneliest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://disconnectd.com/letters/the-most-connected-generation-is-the-loneliest/</guid><description>We have more ways to reach each other than ever before. So why does it feel like nobody is really there?</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>essay</category><category>loneliness</category><author>disconnectd</author></item><item><title>Before the phones: a Saturday in &lt;em&gt;1999&lt;/em&gt;.</title><link>https://disconnectd.com/letters/before-the-phones/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://disconnectd.com/letters/before-the-phones/</guid><description>Cartoons. Cinnamon rolls. Bike rides with no plan. Blockbuster on a Friday. Nobody was performing. That feeling didn&apos;t disappear — it&apos;s just waiting.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>nostalgia</category><author>disconnectd</author></item><item><title>The full receipts on feed apps.</title><link>https://disconnectd.com/letters/the-receipts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://disconnectd.com/letters/the-receipts/</guid><description>Every damning stat we could find about what feed-based social media has done to attention, sleep, and real friendship — sourced.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>research</category><category>receipts</category><author>disconnectd</author></item></channel></rss>