On Wed, Apr 6, 2022, 9:52 PM Undiscussed Horrific Abuse, One Victim of Many <gmkarl@gmail.com> wrote:

life is an attempt to rise against the force of gravity

to show the universe, that after trillions of years of crushing into spheres, our planet has learned to solve that problem. to keep life, intelligence, and wild interconnection, growing and spreading, and thinking and being -- despite the weight of billions of tons of carbon.

Update: turns out earth is mostly iron and oxygen, because it is _so easy_ for carbon and hydrogen to escape into space, that most has already. we're working on including all the elements in our plans together. it's a long journey.