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I cannot tell you how many times* I've absentmindedly said “So, where to?” and promptly recited an entire scene from Tinker Bell and the Legend of the Neverbeast. In fact, let me prove my point by reciting the scene from memory, here and now:

So, where to? Anywhere but scout headquarters. Look, if you want me to cover for you, I need to know, what’s the tower for? This won’t be Rhino Bob; great guy who can build dams big enough to store food for three winters . . . And of course marmots build these terrific burrows out of rock piles for hibernation . . . And then you’ve got your northern orioles and those hanging nests of theirs! I mean, talk about amazing!

I’m thinking . . . you’re not storing food. Or preparing for hibernation. Or nesting. Seriously. What’s the tower for?

You don’t have to be so gruff about it.

*gasp* That’s it; Gruff! Yep, that name suits you perfecwOAH!

Guess we’re building another one.

But before we start, I was just thinking; why don’t you enjoy yourself a bit while you work?

Hear me out; no reason I should have all the fun with the pixie dust…

[scene transitions into mostly visual content]

*somewhere in the single digits, but more than two times

If you’re one of the four external parties who receive limited access to my journal, you may have noticed me talking about someone named “Slovsko“. If you noticed that name, it turns out that I was misspelling their name. Their actual name is “Skovsko“.

          Skovsko IL9 | A | 06 | 05 | 04 | 14 | Swift
       Pudozhnyev QB8 | A | 27 | 06 | 06 | 05 | Warlike
The Inflamed Iushimki | C | 03 | 08 | 03 | 21 | Melodious
        Opavlovsk VY4 | C | 12 | 02 | 02 | 01 | Stormy
   The Pained Yondala | C | 03 | 01 | 16 | 02 | Deft

Speaking of, I found some new friends for Skovsko this morning. He’s currently out on assignment and hasn't seen them, but he’ll be back in . . . *counts time on fingers* . . . 8 hours? That can’t be right; it’s been at least four hours since I sent him out. I should hope he gets back before 4pm . . .

ENTRY F - Quirk Improvements

I had a dream that Nihilev had switched back to his original PFP, and made a post saying something along the lines of "find a person, convince them to take you in, pretend to warm up to them, commit war crimes, bite people, steal valuables from your 'owner', and repeat". The monologue was in a code block, and each sentence was in a new line; more like a greentext.

I also dreamed that I was in No Man's Sky, and was on a planet with a tiny black hole in the surface. The planet had the purple atmosphere of a dissonant planet, but the planet on the other side was an idyllic blue-and-green planet, save for a black hole in the sky. There were also lava streams underground on the dissonant planet.

Should I share my dreams here more often?

I’ve broken my silence and started working on a new writing. It involves a pair of researchers investigating a strange mental condition that has taken their test subjects by storm. All they know about it paralyzes the victim by blocking off the brain stem, jams the sensory cortexes with false stimuli, blasts the prefrontal cortex with chaotic signals, and leaves the victim brain-dead. The whole thing seems to be orchestrated by a tiny lobe of unknown function attached to the brain stem. When observed in the wild, this area shows minimal, almost vestigial, amounts of activity, but it regularly flares up when observed in specimens in captivity.

I'm taking one of my regular midday naps. The construction of [^382] was finished three weeks ago, but they hit the ground running. I've been pushing carts with heavy loads down narrow corridors around the clock, only catching my breath at the elevator doors.

You'd think that they would have enough information down at this point to give a firm press report, but even after an entire month of study, anomalies in what we though had been solidly proven information are popping up left and right. One such slideshow was discovered less than a week ago, and has pulled the attention of the entire research staff. It's been infrequent, unpredictable, and quick-acting, so it's been very hard to observe in action.

- The Heart(lessness) Of Scientific Study, 2024.6.13.D

Heheh, I think the entry I just wrote is a serious contender. In the face of the Unsustainability, my entries tend to bounce between ~40 words and 200~ words. With the previous leader at 303 words, let's see the updated top picks . . .

6.12.C   | The Hadal Harvest           | 1,090 words
6.6.C    | Enough Air To Breathe       | 451 words
4.7.F    | Someone Demands Justice...  | 428 words
3.16.C   | No Timeline Too Scattered   | 384 words
5.13.C   | No Man's Sky Day 2, Ses. 5  | 313 words
2.11.A   | No Messengers Left Behind   | 303 words
4.13.D   | The [^382] Iceberg          | 302 words
2.13.D   | Stuck Inside Your Can       | 302 words
2.13.C   | Survival, Answers, And Hope | 287 words
2.7.F    | The Rot Won't Stop          | 274 words
2.5.F    | GT-180 and Artisan          | 245 words
2.12.E   | [name redacted]             | 222 words
2.3.C    | Rain World Day 1, Ses. 1    | 213 words
2.8.E    | Reaching Artistic Horizons  | 212 words
2.12.B   | Spearmaster And The Vittles | 205 words

The Icelandic Waters just got the idea to view a microSD card containing special data using a conventional file viewer. To access it, I had to dig a microSD → SD adapter out of a drawer. And since I couldn't find a typical SD card reader, I’m going to have to use the SD card slot in an old Garmin nüvi GPS. And past that, I'll be using a USB-A → USB-C adapter.

In a nutshell, microSD → SD → nüvi → USB-A → USB-C. That's four adapters in total. I'm sure other people have had to use even longer and more impractical adapter chains, though.

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This was a very poor attempt at making an ASCII art insignia for the Colubrine Sector thread that I’ve been posting writings for. If you can’t tell, the diamond in the middle is meant to represent the primary Atlas insignia.

I second the second paragraph. I was also disappointed about the device support. After checking the stats, I confirmed that my iPad Air has an M1 chip and supports Apple Intelligence.

This, however, was my reaction to reading the technical requirements for Apple Intelligence, when I didn't know that:

Icelandic Water Dragon & Pariki: “…”

Icelandic Waters: *quoting* “. . . ‘mon dang.”

Icelandic Water Dragon: “At this point, we can all agree that on-device processing is a no-brainer when can be practically done, right?“

Icelandic Waters: “ooooOOOoOOOooo . . . . consider getting the beta for this year’s version of iOS (and also iPadOS if possible). I like the way that image generator works. It reminds me of the concept of mixing frameworks and qualia in Colubrine Sector.“

Pariki: “And it’s much more stable than Craiyon. Lakkatura, you’re back in business.“

Heads up! WWDC24 is starting in 67 minutes, as of this writing!

- [x] Ammonia
- [x] Magnetized Ferrite
- [x] Basalt
- [x] Paraffinium
- [x] Cobalt
- [x] Pyrite
- [x] Uranium

If I haven't said it already, I'm building a supply chain network in No Man's Sky. I intend to share the address of every outpost in the supply chain once I'm finished tracking down every variety of deep-level mineral deposit.

I hate it when I let the Icelandic Waters out of my mouth, then remember that it's 10:45pm and I shouldn't be awake, let alone watching watching movies viewing archival materials from my phone.

- [x] Copper
- [x] Activated Copper
- [x] Dioxite
- [x] Cadmium
- [x] Activated Cadmium
- [x] Emeril 

Icelandic Water Dragon: “I seem to be working at a steady 3 outposts per session. By that logic, I should be done in . . . 7 sessions, or 3 days.”

Icelandic Waters: “Don't forget about Sunday!”

DAIDELTUS AND THE MEAT PUMPS

- [x] Copper
- [x] Activated Copper
- [ ] Cadmium
- [ ] Activated Cadmium
- [ ] Emeril 
- [ ] Activated Emeril
- [ ] Indium
- [ ] Activated Indium
- [ ] Oxygen
- [ ] Sulphurine 
- [ ] Nitrogen
- [ ] Radon 
- [ ] Paraffinium
- [ ] Pyrite
- [x] Dioxite 
- [ ] Ammonia 
- [ ] Phosphorus 
- [ ] Uranium 
- [ ] Basalt
- [ ] Mordite 
- [ ] Faecium
- [ ] Gold
- [ ] Silver
- [ ] Cobalt
- [ ] Magnetized Ferrite
- [ ] Rusted Metal
- [ ] Salt
- [ ] Sodium

Icelandic Water Dragon: “. . . wow, I've set myself a big objective.”

Icelandic Waters: *quoting* “Great idea, Doc. Now the road will never get done.”

Icelandic Water Dragon: *reads the comments section of an NAR entry*

WAYPOINT:
When I first watched Sleeping Beauty, I could not figure out why
anyone would want to be Aurora, when you could be Maleficent and
be a dragon! That's even better than Batman.

INTERCEPTOR:
Did you watch "Malificent: Mistress of Evil"? (Behind spoiler tag
in case anybody hasn't seen it, and it's kind of a plot point):
[SPOILER BLOCK]

WAYPOINT:
I watched both movies. I had to. I rewatch them now and then. The
prince in the second movie is lame.

Pariki: *notices the mention of dragons in a fairy tale context*

Icelandic Waters: “This is why we need archival materials.“

Icelandic Water Dragon: *starts humming Why We Need Lockpicks / Protocol*

Icelandic Waters: “…hey, that matches Richard’s row X pattern…“

Pariki is what the personified form of Colubrine Sector has become. She has a different primary form now, but her serpent form still exists. She’s a big fan of fairy tales, and the reason why I mounted Project Nostophobia 2. I tolerate her desires, because anything could lead to Colubrine Sector development material. In the words of the Anomaly…

Atlas Eternal: “In the face of infinity, each moment can still have meaning. Any single atom could spark a new universe.“

Icelandic Waters: “Hey, the ‘welcome to the new age‘ line from Radioactive matches Logan’s row X pattern-“