Earthset, by Christina Koch aboard the Integrity capsule of Artemis II, 2026 A thin lit edge of a pale blue dot against vast nothingness. The same picture Apollo 8 took in 1968. Updated for 2026. To remind us, all of us: Everything and everyone we have ever touched is somewhere on this planet. Still. In 1983, Atari buried 14 tons of unsold E.T. cartridges in a New Mexico landfill. In 2014, a documentary crew dug them up and redistributed them; New Mexico Museum of Space History, Centre for Computing History in Cambridge, England, 880 auctioned off to individual buyers. For thirty year, thousands of Garfield phones washed up on French beaches. Nobody wanted them. The ocean redistributed them. They’re all still somewhere. Silas and Margaret met in Pennsylvania. Silas insisted they move to Des Moines for land and opportunity. Margaret hated Iowa. Eventually, Silas relented. They moved to Texas. https://gustavobarroso.com/last-weeks-laundry-ii “…there is no hint that help will come from…
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