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Use python feedparser and time to parse an RSS feed and output a simple markdown unordered list of links
import feedparser
import time
# grab the feed
feed = feedparser.parse('https://fudge.org/rss.xml')
# for each entry print a markdown unordered list item of links using using title, link, and the parsed publishing time
for pub_date in feed.entries:
print ('- ','[',pub_date.title,'](',pub_date.link,')',time.strftime(' %Y %b %d',pub_date.published_parsed),sep="")
# append this output to a file as needed
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