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Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

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Life Achievements: I finally gathered all of the posts for my BlueSky experiment "Reincarnated as a Paramecium" into one thread. Still not sure of the best way to do this. Reply to one thread in the first place? Or should I use a tag instead? Both? 🤔 bsky.app/profile/bill...

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"Don't Engage, Just Block"

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Soup is living in faer car right now, and it's dropping into the teens this weekend. There's a waiting list for an apartment in the works but that won't solve the immediate issue, which is THE COLD! If you can send this around, that'd be awesome. ko-fi.com/pngsoup/goal...

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Episode 31: Reunion I close the menu and row my cilia for the crystal. I grow weaker with every motion. The Rotifer booms after me, "Good luck." The Qualia Crystal looms ahead. Glowing, Ominous. Familiar. My thoughts. My memories. Not a prize. A destination. I let it consume me.

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Episode 30: Final Choice SYSTEM: You have 1 evolution point, choose a path: - Tougher - Faster - More Adaptable I see now, Rotifer, Ally, Amoeba, all failed. My own spikes and pulses--useless here. I know what I have to do.

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Episode 29: The Mountain The Qualia Crystal is a glowing mountain ahead. It can't be much bigger than a grain of sand, but it seems vast. Ally clicks "screw this" and writhes, changing into a needle fluke before it darts away. Rotifer rumbles softly, "It's up to you now."

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Episode 28: Proof of Failure It reveals its bulk, massive yet fragile. “I followed the wrong path. Too specialized, too rigid. I cannot evolve further or absorb the crystal. Strength is a dead end.” My cilia tremble. The SYSTEM pings harshly. Warning: Radiation Hazard. Energy Drain Active.

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Episode 27: The Task The Rotifer looms, regret in its voice. “You must evolve to absorb the crystal. Fail, and we are nothing.” My ally clicks angrily. “How do we know you’re right? What if you’re lying?” “I am proof of failure,” the Rotifer says, spreading its appendages wide.

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Episode 26: Choices The Rotifer's massive body darkens. “The Qualia crystal is dying. Each of us was born from it. Fragments of experience pressed into flesh.” Its booming voice softens. “The next mitosis will create only ordinary microbes. Empty. Meaningless. Unless you choose correctly.”

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Episode 25: The Last SYSTEM: Qualia Core Integrity: Critical. Decay Rate: Accelerating. Warning: Final Mitosis Complete The words strike me like a wave. My ally clicks nervously beside me, its cilia twitching. “What does it mean, ‘last’? There’s always another.” But deep down, I know the truth.

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Episode 24: A Shared History The giant Rotifer approaches. It doesn't click. It makes a low whale-sound in the water. “You are both right, both wrong. I was first.” The rotifer has more words, more concepts than my thrashing cilia can snap, but somehow, I understand. "You are last."

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Episode 23: The Memory Glitch As we move, fragments of memory flicker: my ally… isn’t an ally. I halt, stunned. _Mitosis._ My ally clicks, confused. “Are you… me?” I ask. It clicks back, “I thought you were me.”

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