Post B1wZM8ZG6N3GGWoetU by futurebird@sauropods.win
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 (DIR) Post #B1wTdywm0inlumwO0m by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2026-01-04T13:10:27Z
       
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       In a way the problem he's trying to solve in the story is a kind of antagonist. His research into maritime warfare and armaments is itself a character in the story. And because it *is* a character someone will write a fan fiction about the man in some kind of romance with his research. Can you imagine?It's not cannon, this ship of thesis.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1wUzZurr3vQbmuY7c by benh@mastodon.scot
       2026-01-04T13:25:34Z
       
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       @futurebird Didn't Theseus end up living in the rotten hulk of his old ship, whilst reliving past glories?And he died when it fell in upon him.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1wVo111NHr98Oq7Lk by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2026-01-04T13:34:42Z
       
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       @Virginicus Anyone who give agony to ants is bad obviously. The "ant agonist" is the one in the story who makes the ants miserable.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1wZ37VxnEsHUtCsZU by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2026-01-04T14:10:04Z
       
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       @u0421793 @Virginicus You know, I think you maybe correct.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1wZM8ZG6N3GGWoetU by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2026-01-04T14:14:29Z
       
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       @akareilly @Virginicus "duck to the face" is a phrase that William Gibson gets hung up on in one of his books. Something visceral about the sequence of words. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/177245-he-took-a-duck-in-the-face-at-250-knots
       
 (DIR) Post #B1waddx6ldr2Tqsnsu by Tattie@eldritch.cafe
       2026-01-04T14:28:49Z
       
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       @futurebird or is it the philosophy that conflict is a necessary and healthy part of any ant's life?@Virginicus
       
 (DIR) Post #B1wbJIZKf2bqK6cmw4 by phooky@hexa.club
       2026-01-04T14:35:11Z
       
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       @futurebird over the years the gun was refurbished and modified to fire at steeper trajectories until it was properly referred to as a mortar. At what point was it no longer cannon
       
 (DIR) Post #B1wisuoHAmmSjxXqXg by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2026-01-04T16:01:10Z
       
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       @ellie @Virginicus "She has been terrorizing the town with a horde of giant ants"This source seems very judgemental to me.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1wj3POwI2KIVthIvo by angiebaby@mas.to
       2026-01-04T16:03:09Z
       
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       @futurebird @Virginicus So it's *not* about 'agony aunts'?