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  1. Public Bookmark 20

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    “A junior high school?” Grace repeated. “Why the fuck would I want to work at a junior high school?”

    She scowled. “I don’t know, Ryland. Why did you decide to nuke your fucking career?”

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    How Ryland Grace found himself in the career he didn’t even know he needed.

    For the Project Hail Mary 2026 Bingo Prompt: In San Francisco

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    26 Mar 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 4

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    You graduate college, and the world ends.

    Your mother flinches, the first time you say this out loud, and it turns out to be prophetic. No matter who you say it to, people don’t want to accept this proposition.

    “The world hasn’t ended yet,” they say, almost to a one. “There’s time to find a solution. The best minds on the planet are working on it.”

    But you’re not entirely sure what the difference is. It seems entirely semantic to quibble over whether the world has ended now, or if it is simply ending in slow motion as everyone spends the next twenty or so years rearranging deck chairs on a planet-sized Titanic.

     

    OR: meditations on what it's like to be on earth during All That if you're just some guy (gn).

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    26 Mar 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 20

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    Grace realises, far too late, that he's been approaching pronouns entirely the wrong way.

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    For those who don't know and are curious before reading - Weir specified that Eridian pronouns are hierarchy-based with she/her for superiors and he/him for everyone else through the translator, since Eridians are hermaphrodites and don't define their roles by gender like humans do.

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    26 Mar 2026

  4. Public Bookmark *

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    “What are you talking about?” Grace's fingers played quick chords as he spoke. He didn’t even look as he did it, but it did not make them any less purposeful.

    “Discussing possible reasons why Tau Ceti is not infected while other stars are,” Eva replied deftly. “I would invite you to join, but we were just finishing—”

    “Oh, that’s easy.” His hand twisted a knob, and the notes came out sharper. “It is infected—Petrova Line and everything.”

    In Grace's opinion, dreaming about time traveling is no excuse for getting out of practice with his Eridian. To the rest of the Petrova Taskforce, it seems a bit odd that their resident Astrophage expert has suddenly taken to carrying a keyboard around and playing it whenever he speaks. Eva Stratt resolves to figure out what is going on.

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    26 Mar 2026

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  5. Public Bookmark 9

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    The Jesuit painter assigned to paint the portrait of the newly crowned Qianlong emperor catches the young emperor's eye.

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    22 Jan 2026