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Complexity  ·  3603 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Thenewgreen rounds up his friends in one big circle and says,

This is pretty much the quintessential Hubski post. Chewy content, a reminder that people out there are thinking about and remembering the lives of other Hubskiers, a reminder to me that there are other people out there whose delights and tribulations I missed, a post that itself aspires to be a Hubski sub hub around which Hubskier can create a hubbub, a demonstration that we're not just text on a screen with no memories or empathy.

For those asking, this is why Hubski is Hubski.

To address your question, TNG, the #hubskiliterarything is on schedule to reach the end of Phase One ('Acquire Literature') in the next couple of days. Just two of the eight-wait-no-nine books are still to arrive at Literary Thing central.

Originally the number was fixed at eight books, one for each dot around the central hubwheel. Seven people responded in the original thread leaving one free seat in the selection thread which GorGorGorillaNeck snapped up.

However in a subsequent related thread about marginalia, veen pointed out that _refugee_ had arrived late to the party and maybe we could squeeze her in. Thus she, Veen and fate cashed in her Golden Joker, which corresponded with my entirely arbitrary realisation that the central hubwheel was a bonus ninth seat on the bus.

And so we are nine.

Fate willing, next week is Phase Two ('Disperse Matter Globally') and then it's a waiting game until things arrive at their destinations. Which is sad for me as I started to leaf through a few of the books I hadn't read and almost immediately got sucked in. They will fly from my hands too soon, too soon.

Which reminds me: kleinbl00 and _refugee_ PM me addresses please.