I joined this website when I was really grappling with the fact that I didn't need to be on social media any more (career change) but I still felt compelled to be. Like, a literal compulsion: "opening Twitter on my phone as soon as I unlocked it without any conscience thought" kind of thing.

To be perfectly honest, I kind of just replaced that with cohost at first. But cohost didn't feel bad to be on. It also didn't feel hard to close. It was easy to start and stop, because cohost wasn't built to suck engagement out of my brain and turn it into ad revenue.

It's been heartening to see folks pick up independent RSS blogging and other related things in the wake of the closing announcement. I understand why many people want (or have) to move on to things like Bluesky too.

But c'mon, look at how often I actually posted anything on here, the website I liked. I think I'm just gonna try to turn that old "check the feed" impulse into a "read a book" impulse, at least for a while. That, too, would have been a harder choice to make without resting at cohost along the way.

So yeah. Thanks everyone! Bye!

I didn't think I did that much mech stuff, but when you put it all in a list like that...

She has to be the one to broker the peace!

According to the star chart Adne downloaded back at Silvana Station, Wreck should be at the end of this last drift segment.

(They even paid for the premium license so they could keep consulting it for the next month or two navigational hours, whichever came first.)

Finish an Expedition: Weak Hit!

Journey to Wreck progress 9 versus Challenge Dice 8 and 10

Every sanctioned action between the agents of Covenant corporations must be overseen, in person, by an arbitrator. This often means that, in order to not ruin the potential for a surprise attack, an arbitrator accompanies an invading force to its destination.

Two arbitrator ships are floating stationary on the far side of the battlefield. Likely one came with the mercenaries hired by Selfra and the other oversees matters on Wreck. Wherever they came from, no wireless communications can reach them through the general jamming of the battlefield.

If the Selfra executive aboard the Guiding Star is to have any chance of carrying out her own mission --- one of negotiation rather than outright attack --- they must reach those arbitrators. Adne is not especially excited to hear this. Despite the executive's goading to plow forward through the battle, Adne insists on taking a moment to size up the battlefield.

Secure an Advantage: Miss!

Action score 3 (rolled 1 + 2 Wits) versus challenge dice 5 and 7