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    <title>mastodon &amp;mdash; Transient Writing</title>
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    <description>This may not last</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 12:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Alien Abdominals</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[alien on table, in process of sitting up&#xA;&#xA;It was a simple plan: infiltrate the human video streaming services with impossibly fit replicant androids. The effect, to make all real humans feel desperate,  lowering their self-esteem and vigilance in preparation for the invasion.&#xA;&#xA;Endoskeleton #353 awoke on the preparation table, immediately executing the perfect pilates roll up. All it needed now was its flesh suit, and the super-hyped personality implant™, downloaded from the Earth company &#34;Peloton&#34;&#xA;&#xA;#microfiction #mastodon&#xA;&#xA;smalliprompt image courtesy of @VisualInspiration@creativewriting.social/i/small&#xA;&#xA;&amp;mdash; Paul M smalla rel=&#34;license&#34; href=&#34;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/&#34;CC BY-SA/a/small]]&gt;</description>
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<p>It was a simple plan: infiltrate the human video streaming services with impossibly fit replicant androids. The effect, to make all real humans feel desperate,  lowering their self-esteem and vigilance in preparation for the invasion.</p>

<p>Endoskeleton #353 awoke on the preparation table, immediately executing the perfect pilates roll up. All it needed now was its flesh suit, and the super-hyped personality implant™, downloaded from the Earth company “Peloton”</p>

<p><a href="https://writing.transient.me.uk/tag:microfiction" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">microfiction</span></a> <a href="https://writing.transient.me.uk/tag:mastodon" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">mastodon</span></a></p>

<p><small><i>prompt image courtesy of <a href="https://writing.transient.me.uk/@/VisualInspiration@creativewriting.social" class="u-url mention">@<span>VisualInspiration@creativewriting.social</span></a></i></small></p>

<p>— <a href="https://scholar.social/@paulusm">Paul M</a> <small><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">CC BY-SA</a></small></p>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2024 04:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
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