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¤%%=»,¨¨¨¨ build specialized antennaes for ¨¨¨¨,»=%%¤
@¤%%=»,¨¨¨ specific wavelengths (and sent them ¨¨¨,»=%%¤@
#@¤%%=»,¨¨ into orbit), we've built large as fuck ¨¨,»=%%¤@#
##@¤%%=»,¨ antenna arrays ¨,»=%%¤@##
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##@¤%%=»,¨ dish as large as earth. ¨,»=%%¤@##
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%%=»,¨¨¨¨¨ placement in the galaxy, and our ¨¨¨¨¨,»=%%
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=»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ and »our» local clusters place in the ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»=
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¤%%=»,¨¨¨¨ and we're moving around the sun at ¨¨¨¨,»=%%¤
@¤%%=»,¨¨¨ velocity and the suns moving around the ¨¨¨,»=%%¤@
#@¤%%=»,¨¨ center of the galaxy at velocity and ¨¨,»=%%¤@#
##@¤%%=»,¨ the galaxy is moving toward andromeda ¨,»=%%¤@##
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##@¤%%=»,¨ around the galaxy. and we as a species ¨,»=%%¤@##
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%=»,¨¨¨¨¨¨ radio programmes out in fucking space ¨¨¨¨¨¨,»=%
=»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ at the speed of light (light is our ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»=
%=»,¨¨¨¨¨¨ medium! goodspeed you, black emperor!), ¨¨¨¨¨¨,»=%
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¤%%=»,¨¨¨¨ collective consciousness lowpass ¨¨¨¨,»=%%¤
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¤%%=»,¨¨¨¨ the universe say it's because you need ¨¨¨¨,»=%%¤
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#@¤%%=»,¨¨ planet needs to be at a see-and-so ¨¨,»=%%¤@#
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%=»,¨¨¨¨¨¨ idea what we're doing (and it probably ¨¨¨¨¨¨,»=%
=»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ shows) ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»=
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%%=»,¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨»»»»»»»»¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨,»=%%
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