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Today I Learned · by Bianca Santos · 2026-10-07

Library of Alexandria is a deeper rabbit hole than I expected after a tiny failure

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> Tiny progress is still progress.

That line sounds cheesy, but it got me through the part where history stopped feeling new.

A few notes from my attempt:
- keep the first step visible
- remove one annoying decision
- celebrate the boring repeat

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Beatriz Sousa · 2 likes

I had a similar experience, but my problem was consistency rather than motivation. I noticed the same thing in Toronto.

Thandi Mokoena · 1 likes

Noted, and thank you.

Rapid Comet · 1 likes

This made me smile more than expected.

Emir Kaya · 4 likes

@de_otter This comment has main-character footnote energy.