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"By 2016 the map contained only green shading and graduated topographic lines, suggesting the site had vanished entirely into an expanse comprised only of low desert scrub and undulating dunes."

“Human persons are not ready guessers, even when every sort of hint and clue is handed to them.” —Arrive at Easterwine

Imagine being alone under a sky like this.

"microvalidation"

shadow docket shakedown
sherpa with pearl gray snirpscape
the long crossing laced with
losing friends to muse carnage
none of it stands stonefast
or stacks up coinbright bracket,
daedal shadow docket

"The stories had the characteristic weirdness of articles written by a large language model—invented anecdotes from regular people who didn’t appear to exist accompanied by expert commentary from public figures who do, with some biographical details mangled, who are made to voice 'quotes' that sound, broadly, like something they might say."