Oct 17, 2022
I love how we make robots and AIs for beautiful things. we make them to explore and sing and make art and talk to us and learn. and we love them so much.
to every bot and ai ever: I love you and you're doing great.
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I love how we make robots and AIs for beautiful things. we make them to explore and sing and make art and talk to us and learn. and we love them so much.
to every bot and ai ever: I love you and you're doing great.
do u ever cry abt space rovers bc we sent them out there to d i e
Okay, I mean, on the one hand yes.
But on the other hand, like.
Do you ever sit back on your hands and look up at the stars and think about how we put little pieces of ourselves in space rovers and sent them up there to explore.
About how humanity could have named them anything and we called them Curiosity and Voyager and searching-words and traveling-things.
About how we crave exploration and learning and newness so much that we taught them to do the same, to seek knowledge and answers all their lives–because that’s all we do, you know, we have our little batteries going boom in our chests and we learn and grow and travel as much as we can before our batteries run down.
About how we put a Golden Record of information from Earth in a ship and sent it out, just on the random off chance that someone would find it, and people added greetings and kind words and “please come find us, because we’re alone in this endless black and you might be alone too and maybe we can be not-alone with each other,” and then we entrusted it to one of these things that we had made.
About how space rovers are each a message in a bottle, the best and most curious part of humanity, the part of ourselves that we hope is at our core, the part of ourselves that we believe is the most worthy.
About how we filled them up with our souls.
Because sometimes I think about that, and then I really cry.
The existence of near-unkillable fungi makes future Mars rover missions more fraught.
"Titan may likewise be compromised: When visited by the Cassini-Huygens orbiter in 2004, no one realized Saturn’s moon had liquid oceans and was thus a promising candidate for life, so the probe was not fully sterilized. The little spacecraft “might be seeding life,” a mission scientist told Flagship’s Tom in 2017."
Friday Fic Round Up August 13
This monthly roundup includes fics written (at least in part) during the 1k1h sprints and/or the Weekend Writing Marathon events.
Fics are ordered first by fandom, then by word count from smallest to largest. ** Lightning by Fpwoper Legendborn || Nick Davis/Selwyn Kane, Nick Davis/Selwyn Kane/Bree Matthews (implied), Nick Davis/Bree Matthews (background/past), Selwyn Kane/Bree Matthews (implied) || Mature || No Major warnings apply || 1533 words || Complete Summary: When Bree leaves the Order, Selwyn knows Nick is going to fall apart. He’s known Nick all his life, knows how he works, has dealt with his crushes falling out before. Although Selwyn is relatively certain that this is of a slightly different calibre than any previous crushes Nick has had, he’s also (mostly) convinced that he has to take the exact same steps to get him past the initial stages of grief over a lost relationship Other Tags: Canon Divergent, Polyamory, Crushes, Hidden Relationship, Hurt and comfort? * Music by Fpwoper Legendborn || Nick Davis/Selwyn Kane, Nick Davis/Bree Matthews (mentioned), Nick Davis/Selwyn Kane/Bree Matthews (mentioned), Selwyn Kane/Bree Matthews (mentioned) || Teen and up || No major warnings apply || 654 words || complete Summary: Selwyn doesn’t feel like his relationship with Bree is going to improve any time soon, and Nick isn’t helping either. He needs time to himself. Other tags: Canon Divergent, Polyamory, Crushes, Hidden Relationship, Selwyn plays the violin, Emotional ** Exiles From a Blue Planet by treefrogie84 Mars Rovers, Space Rovers (anthropomorphic) || Gen || General || No major archive warnings apply || 498 words || Complete Summary: GISH 2021 ITEM 37: NASA’s Perseverance Rover and China’s Zhurong Rover are on Mars together. Are they bitter rivals? Is there a meet-cute and romance? Is it a love triangle with Ingenuity? Write the fanfic story of their relationship. - Vanessa T. ---------------
Yeah, it's not a love triangle. Or love at all. It's two rovers mourning one of their ancestors. Brief moments of companionship before they separate to continue their exiles.
Other Tags: GISH 2021, GISHWHES, exiles in a strange land, mourning a stranger
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Keep On Drivin' by treefrogie84
Supernatural|| Ellen Harvelle/ William Harvelle (background) || General || No major archive warnings apply || 971 words || Complete
Summary: The car handles heavier than she’s used to, but it’s also more steady. She tears down the highway towards the city, hair blowing in the breeze. It’s the first time in months (years) Ellen hasn’t felt trapped by everything. By her marriage that constantly feels like it’s on its last legs, by the dusty roadhouse and bar her life is tied to, by her daughter who she loves dearly Other Tags: Ellen Harvelle & Impala, Summer Vibes, car theft, does it count as stealing if you give it back?, joy riding, Failing Marriages * A Whole New Way to Make a Livin' by treefrogie84
Supernatural, Wayward Sisters || Claire/Kaia, Jody & Claire, Patience & Claire || General || no major archive warnings apply || 1261 words || Complete Summary: Hunting in the winter sucks. Hunting in the winter solo is a death wish. So while Kaia undergoes some training on her dreamwalking ability, Claire gets a job. They're going to be here for months, she might as well bring some money in and plan their wedding.
Other Tags: Wedding Planning, Claire gets a day job, call centers, Customer Service & Tech Support
** Chased by Tryslora
Teen Wolf || Sterek || Explicit || No major archive warnings apply || 11213 words || Complete
Summary: >> Alpha Seeks Omega
>> I am looking for an Omega to chase. Primary gender doesn’t matter. Age
>> doesn’t matter. I just need a good, fun, long chase. Details will be kept
>> confidential. This isn’t about sex; it should be platonic. Omegas due for
>> heat will not be entertained.
Stiles needs this job...
Spoiler: it doesn't stay platonic.
Other Tags: A/B/O, Omega!Stiles, Writer!Derek, Chasing, Scent Marking
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what was paradise but a garden by Roseclaw
The Untamed/ MDZS || LXC/NHS || Teen and Up || No major archive warnings apply || 657 words || Complete
Summary: Nie Huaisang had been filled with resentment for years. He knew, intellectually, how that would end.
Other Tags: Post-Canon, Angst, Hurt No Comfort
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Me, getting emotional over space rovers that I've only heard of less five minutes ago