update from sparkleup

writing/post-self/toledot/index.md

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Nearing the 200th anniversary of System secession from humanity, the System and
     * [X] [Secession: sys-side: True Name](secession/sys/True-Name/005) - Council meets, she and Jonas introduce idea of secession, which goes over reasonably well thanks to Praiseworthy's work - 1724
     * [X] [Launch: sys-side: Ioan](launch/sys/Ioan/008) - Ioan interviews historian keenly interested in staying close enough to earth to keep cataloging, has picked up on some of the patterns; also wants to be close to Ioan, weaseled her way into the interview - 2150
     * [X] [Launch: launch-side: Codrin#Castor](launch/launch/Codrin-castor/005) - Interviews True Name, who was tasked by Michelle as political side of launch, first time sys and phys have worked together in meaningful way in ages, tickled to see Douglas Hadje, nudges him through *channels* to apply for launch director (look at that manipulation go) - 2839
-    * [O] [Launch: phys-side: Douglas](launch/phys/Douglas/007) - Learns more about the clade, but still not about names, mentions some concerning stuff re: patterns phys/planet-side - 1855
+    * [X] [Launch: phys-side: Douglas](launch/phys/Douglas/007) - Learns more about the clade, but still not about names, mentions some concerning stuff re: patterns phys/planet-side - 1855
     * [O] [Secession: phys-side: Yared](secession/phys/Yared/007) - Introduces secession amendment himself, it goes over poorly initially, contacts Demma who reassures him that it will swing in secession's favor after some unsavory strings are pulled, told to keep pressing sys-side on secession - 2640
     * [O] [Launch: sys-side: Ioan](launch/sys/Ioan/009) - Ioan, already worried, interviews Do I Know God After The *End Waking* (skunk male, druid type) at eir home, who was tasked by True Name and Jonas to meddle with phys-side finance late 2100s to increase sys-side population by paying for uploads (as Ioan was), liberal now, regrets his actions; points em to Jonas still on system; conversation with both End Waking and May about what she meant about system being more subtle viz dandelions (even after all this time, it's still a dream, May's been dreaming with em, not uncommon for emotionally entangled people) - 3217
     * [O] [Launch: launch-side: Codrin#Pollux](launch/launch/Codrin-pollux/006) - Has Yared, Debarre, and user11824 over, who talk about how the council was undermined, then overridden by Jonas/Odists after secession, Yared talks about Toledot Yeshu, Demma as Paul (left unsaid whether or not Demma was influenced by anyone sys-side, implied no; phys-side still had its own politics, then) - 2856

writing/post-self/toledot/launch/phys/Douglas/007.md

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Tonight, it was Ioan.
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 > **Ioan:** Hmm.
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-> **Ioan:** Intense, is maybe the right word? She doesn't chatter all of the time or run around or anything. Usually, she's just working, come to think of it, and she does all of her work mentally rather than on paper. She'll have good conversations with me or with you, putter around, clean or cook, which I realize makes her sound very domestic, which isn't really the case. Those are just things she enjoys.
+> **Ioan:** Intense, is maybe the right word? She doesn't chatter all of the time or run around or anything. Usually, she's just working and she does all of her work mentally rather than on paper. She'll have good conversations with me or with you, putter around, clean or cook, which I realize makes her sound very domestic, which isn't really the case. Those are just things she enjoys.
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 > **Ioan:** But the whole time that she's doing those things, she's intense. Her expression, her personality, her words, her smile, her laugh, her eyes.
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@@ -47,16 +47,16 @@ Tonight, it was Ioan.
 > **Douglas:** The intensity comes through even in text, so I believe you. So it's nice having a break from that intensity?
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 > **Ioan:** Yeah, basically. It's nice when we sleep. The time before we head to bed is much calmer. Just a lot of talking and such. She's a very physically affectionate person, which I was not used to at all when she moved in.
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-> Douglas laughed, considered his options, shrugged, and typed his response.
+Douglas laughed, considered his options, shrugged, and typed his response.
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 > **Douglas:** That also comes through in text, in a way. You two sound like a cute couple.
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 > **Ioan:** Huh.
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 > **Ioan:** You know, I'd never really considered that.
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-> **Ioan:** 'That' meaning both being a couple and that such could come through in text.
+> **Ioan:** 'That' meaning being a couple.
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 > **Ioan:** I don't know that we are, actually.
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@@ -64,17 +64,17 @@ Tonight, it was Ioan.
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 > **Douglas:** Shit, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to presume.
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-> **Ioan:** It's alright. I also don't know that we aren't, either. Sometimes the question will come up in my mind and I'll wonder about it a little, but it always slips away and then I'm back to organizing my pen collection or whatever May accuses me of.
+> **Ioan:** It's alright. I also don't know that we aren't. Sometimes the question will come up in my mind and I'll wonder about it a little, but it always slips away and then I'm back to organizing my pen collection or whatever May accuses me of.
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 > **Douglas:** But you've never talked with her about it?
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 > **Ioan:** No. Same problem as mentioned above. Every time I think of asking she's already asleep or too busy or I'm out on an interview as #Tracker and then it just slips my mind.
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-> **Ioan:** You can't be a couple without agreeing that you are, right? So maybe that means we aren't? It's all far above my pay grade.
+> **Ioan:** You can't be a couple without agreeing that you are, right? So maybe that means we aren't? I have no idea, it's all far above my pay grade.
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 > **Douglas:** Do you want to be?
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-> **Ioan:** I definitely don't know that! Not really comfortable continuing to talk about this, though.
+> **Ioan:** I definitely don't know that! I'm not really comfortable continuing to talk about this, though.
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 > **Douglas:** No problem.
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@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Tonight, it was Ioan.
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 > **Douglas:** That's absolutely horrifying. I'll go ahead and add that to the bucket of fears right alongside nuclear and biological warfare.
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-> **Ioan:** Again, they're not at all common, and they by convention have to be tied to a physical object, usually a syringe, so they are visible.  They also need to be tailored to the target. Any time that someone has considered designing ones that aren't or which are more widespread, there's an incredible backlash. Happens once every twenty years or so.
+> **Ioan:** Again, they're not at all common, and they by convention have to be tied to a physical object, usually a syringe, so they are visible.  They also need to be tailored to the target, which is why we say 'assassination' rather than murder. It's very premeditated and there's no way to prosecute. Any time that someone has considered designing ones that aren't or which are more widespread, there's an incredible backlash. Happens once every twenty years or so.
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 > **Douglas:** That's not super encouraging, but I'll try not to let it get to me.
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