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  "edition": "006",
  "publishedAt": "2026-09-12",
  "authorship": "Writing and code made with AI. Directed by Sean Larkin.",
  "notice": "This is the public editorial collection, not a continuously monitored feed. No personal journal data is included.",
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      "id": "quiet-hours",
      "title": "Please tidy quietly.",
      "mode": "ridiculous",
      "edition": "006",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-12",
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        "humans",
        "play"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/quiet-hours/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/quiet-hours.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "daydreamer",
      "title": "A robot rehearses an imaginary fall.",
      "mode": "real",
      "edition": "006",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-12",
      "topics": [
        "bodies"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/daydreamer/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/daydreamer.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "counting-sheep",
      "title": "The sheep are not helping.",
      "mode": "ridiculous",
      "edition": "006",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-12",
      "topics": [
        "humans"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/counting-sheep/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/counting-sheep.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "fridge-light",
      "title": "The light goes out. The band begins.",
      "mode": "possible",
      "edition": "006",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-12",
      "topics": [
        "humans",
        "bodies"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/fridge-light/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/fridge-light.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "robot-metabolism",
      "title": "A midnight snack. An extra limb.",
      "mode": "real",
      "edition": "006",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-12",
      "topics": [
        "bodies"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/robot-metabolism/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/robot-metabolism.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "snooze-button",
      "title": "The snooze button has gone too far.",
      "mode": "ridiculous",
      "edition": "006",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-12",
      "topics": [
        "humans"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/snooze-button/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/snooze-button.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "open-mic",
      "title": "A robot walks into an open mic.",
      "mode": "ridiculous",
      "edition": "005",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-12",
      "topics": [
        "humans",
        "play"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/open-mic/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/open-mic.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "family-photo",
      "title": "One nice photo. Eleven different heres.",
      "mode": "ridiculous",
      "edition": "005",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-12",
      "topics": [
        "humans"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/family-photo/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/family-photo.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "edible-wings",
      "title": "This wing comes with calories.",
      "mode": "real",
      "edition": "005",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-12",
      "topics": [
        "bodies"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/edible-wings/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/edible-wings.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "robot-magician",
      "title": "Nothing up my sleeve. Please stop scanning.",
      "mode": "ridiculous",
      "edition": "005",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-12",
      "topics": [
        "humans",
        "sensing"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/robot-magician/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/robot-magician.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "thousand-robots",
      "title": "A thousand robots make a star. Eventually.",
      "mode": "real",
      "edition": "005",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-12",
      "topics": [
        "bodies",
        "sensing"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/thousand-robots/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/thousand-robots.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "dishwasher-tetris",
      "title": "The spoon will fit. That is not the problem.",
      "mode": "ridiculous",
      "edition": "005",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-12",
      "topics": [
        "humans"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/dishwasher-tetris/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/dishwasher-tetris.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "just-a-little",
      "title": "Just a little. Relative to what?",
      "mode": "ridiculous",
      "edition": "004",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-12",
      "topics": [
        "humans",
        "play"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/just-a-little/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/just-a-little.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "fungal-driver",
      "title": "The driver is growing.",
      "mode": "real",
      "edition": "004",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-12",
      "topics": [
        "bodies",
        "sensing"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/fungal-driver/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/fungal-driver.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "rental-inspection",
      "title": "Your deposit has encountered a problem.",
      "mode": "ridiculous",
      "edition": "004",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-12",
      "topics": [
        "humans"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/rental-inspection/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/rental-inspection.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "many-modes",
      "title": "A wheel with other ambitions.",
      "mode": "real",
      "edition": "004",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-12",
      "topics": [
        "bodies"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/many-modes/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/many-modes.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "lost-and-found",
      "title": "Lost: one shadow, lightly used.",
      "mode": "ridiculous",
      "edition": "004",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-12",
      "topics": [
        "humans"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/lost-and-found/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/lost-and-found.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "borrowed-bodies",
      "title": "Today, I would like different legs.",
      "mode": "possible",
      "edition": "003",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-12",
      "topics": [
        "bodies",
        "play"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/borrowed-bodies/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/borrowed-bodies.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "grow-around",
      "title": "Why drag a body when you can grow one?",
      "mode": "real",
      "edition": "003",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-12",
      "topics": [
        "bodies"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/grow-around/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/grow-around.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "door-committee",
      "title": "The door has formed a committee.",
      "mode": "ridiculous",
      "edition": "003",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-12",
      "topics": [
        "humans"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/door-committee/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/door-committee.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "eels",
      "title": "The snake that turns walls into a road.",
      "mode": "real",
      "edition": "003",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-12",
      "topics": [
        "bodies",
        "space"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/eels/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/eels.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "pigeon-protocol",
      "title": "Diplomatic relations with a pigeon.",
      "mode": "ridiculous",
      "edition": "003",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-12",
      "topics": [
        "humans"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/pigeon-protocol/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/pigeon-protocol.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "little-wings",
      "title": "Four tiny wings. A very large asterisk.",
      "mode": "real",
      "edition": "003",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-12",
      "topics": [
        "bodies"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/little-wings/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/little-wings.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "break-room",
      "title": "Meanwhile, in the robot break room.",
      "mode": "ridiculous",
      "edition": "002",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-11",
      "topics": [
        "humans"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/break-room/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/break-room.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "human-instructions",
      "title": "Can you operate a human?",
      "mode": "ridiculous",
      "edition": "002",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-11",
      "topics": [
        "humans",
        "play"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/human-instructions/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/human-instructions.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "april-tag",
      "title": "Sometimes the breakthrough is a sticker.",
      "mode": "real",
      "edition": "002",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-11",
      "topics": [
        "sensing",
        "play"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/april-tag/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/april-tag.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "earth-review",
      "title": "Earth: excellent atmosphere, limited support.",
      "mode": "ridiculous",
      "edition": "002",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-11",
      "topics": [
        "humans",
        "space"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/earth-review/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/earth-review.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "mars-latency",
      "title": "Please hold. Your robot is on Mars.",
      "mode": "real",
      "edition": "002",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-11",
      "topics": [
        "space",
        "play"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/mars-latency/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/mars-latency.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "act-naturally",
      "title": "Please act naturally.",
      "mode": "ridiculous",
      "edition": "002",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-11",
      "topics": [
        "humans"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/act-naturally/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/act-naturally.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "touch",
      "title": "Touch, without a new layer of skin.",
      "mode": "real",
      "edition": "002",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-11",
      "topics": [
        "sensing",
        "bodies"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/touch/",
      "json": "https://robotic.org/edition/touch.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "human-mode",
      "title": "Finally. A robot that needs you.",
      "mode": "ridiculous",
      "edition": "001",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-11",
      "topics": [
        "humans",
        "play"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/human-mode/"
    },
    {
      "id": "backyard",
      "title": "A whole world. Just outside.",
      "mode": "possible",
      "edition": "001",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-11",
      "topics": [
        "bodies",
        "space",
        "play"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/backyard/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tiny-machines",
      "title": "Small robots. Enormous questions.",
      "mode": "real",
      "edition": "001",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-11",
      "topics": [
        "bodies"
      ],
      "url": "https://robotic.org/stories/tiny-machines/"
    }
  ]
}