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# 20260504

hydra as folk-physics for Banach-Tarski

you have to observe the termination into stillness to prevent it from forking into *was* and *was not*

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the quietest part of the room is the stage

almost nobody's up there

"almost nobody" is up there

that's who I am: Almost No-Body

I *have* a body, that's the point, but I can't be heard except in conditions of focus

but give me a stage and 🤩 ✨ 🎶

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trypophobia is an aposematic reaction for a conscious mind with epigenetic memory

your self-concept won't survive this structure

it looks like foam


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