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At Last, a Housing Policy That Thinks Outside the Island

Graham Holt finds much to admire in the Department of Civic Optimization's willingness to have the conversation nobody else would

By Graham Holt · Jul 19, 2026

A family with a shared annual income of $235k in Gnu's Merchants Heights district observes Sunday dinner protocol as the father prepares to carve, having exhausted the poultry portion of their weekly protein allocation.

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Middle-Class Households Now Source Protein From Cockroaches, Less Capable Rats, and Each Other, Bureau Finds

Commonwealth Bureau of Household Nutrition calls results 'a balanced plate'; Rat Coalition stresses that none of the consumed rats were members

By Claire Beaulieu · Oct 24, 2026

A flock of Trash Penguins stands on the northeastern edge of Trash Island on Wednesday as a surveying crew prepares to establish grade lines for the proposed Drift Point Commons development.

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Developer to Break Ground on Trash Island Mega-Mall; Resident Penguin Colony to Be Billed Monthly

Consolidated Finality Partners LLC subsidiary announces 1.2 million square feet of retail and 340 luxury units on floating debris mass; Paris Climate Accord commitment described as 'fully intact, essentially'

By Margaret Huang · Mar 19, 2026

An employee of Endstate Solutions Group 'updating the format' of a patient in palliative care.

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St. Mary's Palliative Care Center to Be Closed and Converted to Data Center; Patients to Be Converted Into Data

Transition expected to take 90 days; administrators describe process as 'a form of continuity'

By James Okonkwo · Jun 8, 2026

A plywood panel covers the front window of a home on Elm Street in Gnu on Tuesday, shortly after the Thiel family's arrival.

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Residents Enter Crawlspaces, Root Cellars as Thiel Family Arrives for 12-Day Stay

Tourism Bureau welcomes 'a valued repeat visitor and his loved ones'; school board declares 'Reduced Visibility Period'

By Margaret Huang · Sep 29, 2026

A Commonwealth DMV clerk sits idle before an orderly queue of empty shoes stretching into fluorescent-lit distance, each pair positioned before a molded plastic chair bearing abandoned jackets and purses.

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Census Finds New Newmanton Population Has Fallen to 237; Officials Note Remaining Residents Are 'Exceptionally Well-Documented'

New enumeration process requires $1,140 fee and full surrender of personal data; per-capita federal funding adjusted accordingly

By Margaret Huang · Oct 9, 2026

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Third Street Sinkhole Enters Second Month; Residents Adapt

Jurisdictional dispute between city, commonwealth, and federal agencies leaves 40-foot crater in legal and geographic limbo

By Margaret Huang · Mar 4, 2026

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