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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Create a rss feed from a list of item files"""
+
+import argparse
+from email.utils import parsedate_to_datetime, formatdate
+from datetime import datetime
+from string import Template
+import sys
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+
+FEED_HEAD = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<rss version="2.0">
+<channel>
+<title>$title</title>
+<link>$link</link>
+<description>$description</description>
+<language>$language</language>
+<pubDate>$pubDate</pubDate>"""
+
+FEED_TAIL = """</channel>
+</rss>"""
+
+
+def item_date_to_epoch(item) -> int:
+    """return the time from epoch to the pubDate of an item"""
+    pub_date = item.find('pubDate')
+    date = parsedate_to_datetime(pub_date.text)
+    return date.timestamp()
+
+
+def main():
+    """read item files sort them and print a sorted rss feed"""
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('--link', default='https://muhq.space/muhqs-game')
+    parser.add_argument('--title', default="Muhq's Game")
+    parser.add_argument('--description',
+                        default="What is happening with muhq's game?")
+    parser.add_argument('--language', default='en')
+    parser.add_argument('--pubDate', default='Sun, 18 May 2025 20:21:20 -0600')
+    parser.add_argument('items', nargs='*')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    head = Template(FEED_HEAD)
+    print(head.substitute(**args.__dict__))
+
+    items = []
+    for item_path in args.items:
+        items.append(ET.parse(item_path))
+
+    items.sort(reverse=True, key=item_date_to_epoch)
+
+    last_build_date = formatdate(datetime.now().timestamp())
+    print(f'<lastBuildDate>{last_build_date}</lastBuildDate>')
+    for item in items:
+        item.write(sys.stdout, encoding='unicode')
+        print()
+    print(FEED_TAIL)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()