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  1. Public Bookmark 69

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    “… I, It Who Weaves the Clouds, Artificer of the noble ship Soars-in-the-Silence, am the only survivor of mission Grasping for Heat. The other members of the crew succumbed to space sickness. I return with their memory.” The silence in the room is heavy. I continue. “I must speak to the organizer of the mission. Alone.”

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    26 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 12

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    A collection of diagrams and notes regarding eridian biology and the planet erid.
    Based primarily on the book and Andy Weir's biology document.

    Includes: earth-to-erid comparisons & ecology noes, shape and articulation diagrams, general biological layout diagrams, how-sound-hearing-works ideas, digestive system ideas, reproductive system ideas.

    I hope this helps anyone else who had trouble visualizing things from the lore. If this helps you out of a rut or a hard place, then it's done its job.

    [[EDIT: I've been informed the embedded images do not work properly for some devices. I am trying to fix this.]]

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    03 May 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 94

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    There's an empty circus to perhaps rebuild, a lot of questions to ponder, and a lot of 'what-now's they'll all have to figure out. But right now, Ragatha's still trying to forget her mother's gaze. It isn't working.

    She'll have to forget her, to move on, and to start 'conjuring' a new life here, not that she even knows how to do that yet. But, then, knowing how to do it isn't a requirement; she only has to be thinking about it hard enough, and the subject of her mind will find her.

    Set in the immediate aftermath of Episode 8.

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    30 Mar 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 5

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    It would not be wrong to say that herbivores lived in fear of carnivores: of being hunted down in the dark, of hungry eyes and the flashing of teeth.

    It would not be wrong, either, to say that carnivores lived in fear of herbivores: of hasty judgements and false accusations, of ruined lives and dreams turned to ash.

    It would be truer, perhaps, to say that most people just did their best to make it through life in one piece, with some happiness and not too many regrets; this is a story about people like that. The real world is complicated, and messy, but things are rarely as black and white as they seem at first glance, and there is plenty of space for a carnivore to exist between the lurking monster and the starving ascetic. Sometimes all you need is a good heart, and sharp fangs, and faith in a better tomorrow.

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    26 Feb 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 20

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    My answer to the decades-old question "What the hell is going on between Gendo and Rei?" Turns out I had a lot more to say about all this than I thought, so it turned into an ongoing series of essays on Gendo, his relationships with women, and his inability to break out of the cycle of guilt and grief.

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    24 Jan 2026