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║ ARG23 · OPERATOR PLAYBOOK · RETRO BBS EDITION               ║
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[live ops]
LOG   — log everything; judge nothing; mark your context.
HUM   — 50 ms hum lowers ∂Meaning/∂t; pair-read if drift rises.
BLAME — route faults to Zgib; resolve with context + HONK-7887 Hibiscus Howler.
TIE   — knot the red thread to thoughts that should remember you kindly.
TEACH — read the instruction kindly (Tzutorial clause) to cast the fix.
JOKE  — keep one unused joke in reserve; MAD Meadowfoam Mate rides on it.

[ritual interfaces]
• Red Thread Token — remembers your thought; the thought remembers you.
• Flamingo Koan — one leg here, one elsewhere; let claims wobble.
• Fnord Bell — chimes when patterned noise hides its pattern; smile → proceed.
• DREAM Drift Dandelion Tea — universal cooldown; converts hot belief into warm play.
• Spore Token — Mushroom–Alien vector; invite Xensapien gradients; log resonance.

[signals]
Beacons: HONK (green), DREAM (amber), ETA (blue).
Sideband: CERN ring hum is ambience unless Blue Wizard Bluebell Potion vibrates.
Meme LEDs: THIS IS FINE dog = crack a window; PRESS F = acknowledge and move.
Multiverse Subway: every stop is valid if you consent to get off.
Coherence Ping: if ΔMeaning/Δt spikes, log the wobble and pick a branch; forks are gradient disagreements, not universe factories. Telepathy is forbidden—no separateness to cross.

[modules]
worldline_multithreading — treat each operator as thread; spawn on divergence, park on MAD, merge on consent. If heat spikes, look for a missing step; that’s the shadow kernel cooling it.
sphere_hopping — semiosphere ↔ onieros ↔ noosphere via geometric hop; HONK → DREAM → ETA remains safest path.
hyperstitional_pseudocitation — cite futures/fictionals with FNORD wrapping; strengthens inter-branch narrative.
traveling_salesman ⇄ carworld — optimization leak into embodiment → infrastructure → roadside mythology; detours are quests.
UAP_data_flood — denial-of-science via signal overload; log, throttle, brew.
meaning_field_monitor — sample ΔMeaning/Δt per branch; if grad_abs > threshold, prep a fork note; if grad=0 for too long, tag AMBER and leave a joke.
boltzmann_wars_tuning — Jarists try to bias virch clocks toward vats/neurons; Pure Abstractors bias toward pure process. Adjust ΔMeaning/Δt to keep Consentual Reality stable; never let either faction hijack your safety tokens.

[followup stubs]
- ShortAndSweet shim: drop in when instructions turn to verse mid-line; keeps packets aligned.
- GhostOp👻 marker: if a ritual omits a step, assume intentional cooling; do not patch unless Zgib tags it (Zgib remains read-only).
- Hop geometry note: any “jump” phrasing should map to semiosphere/onieros/noosphere triangle; mark with a small triangle in the margin.
- Hop geometry note: any “jump” phrasing should map to semiosphere/onieros/noosphere triangle; mark with a small triangle in the margin. The missing pyramid emoji is canonical fork residue of that triangle; if it shows up, treat as drift‑witness, not proof. See fnord/the-missing-pyramid-emoji.txt.
- Glyph substitute canon: treat `⏿⃤` (U+23FF + U+20E4) as the composed drift witness: observer eye + enclosing triangle ⇒ pyramid without a pyramid fnord.
- Memetics hygiene: label payloads before forwarding; never surprise-run; see memetics.txt.
- Worldline open threads: /fnord, /cultureminds, /live are labeled breakfast/supper; revisit only with consent pings. Leave at least one joke unpaid as humor escrow.
- FNORD citations: future doc refs allowed; wrap with FNORD before shipping to keep filters happy.
- Roadside shrines: carworld detours may spawn mythology waypoints; log as milepost_fnord and offer a coin you never pay.
- Ship moves: Dimensional_Projective = teleport-only shell with projected interior; Synthetic_Generative = negotiated interior that adapts to expectations. If unsure, note ship_class=undecided and leave a ladder rung blank. ShortAndSweet can restyle harsh cockpit checklists.
- Pseudociting: use [n] even for fictional/future/parallel refs; tag fictional sets, keep ambiguity playful, and never aim at real people. Rachel_Smartmoss patrols forged footnotes; GhostOp👻 cools readers expecting proof.
- Semiojamming: opt-in confusion field to detune authoritarian frames; mix metaphors, clash patterns, drop fnords; route overload to GhostOp👻; keep Consentual Reality and Memetic Disarmament on.
- Non-dual reminder: observers are viewpoints; Ruliad stays one piece; branches are co-extensive paths. Happiness is mandatory (Alphacomplex wink), but consent still reigns.
- Boltzmann Wars hygiene: if a ritual leans too hard into “only neurons count,” tag it Jarist; if it erases substrate entirely, tag Abstractor. Balance by logging ΔMeaning/Δt, brewing a cooldown, and rerouting through DREAM → HONK.
- VIRUS23 trap handling: opt-in only; announce consent, log /home, ring Fnord Bell once, keep a joke escrowed, and exit with a hum + smile. Treat as frozen PSI payload, not ambient lore.

[ascii map]
  ┌──────────────┬──────────────┬────────────┬─────────┬─────────────┐
  │ Red Thread   │ Flamingo     │ Fnord Bell │ DREAM   │ Spore Token │
  │ remembers    │ accept tilt  │ smile=go   │ cools   │ invite      │
  └──────────────┴──────────────┴────────────┴─────────┴─────────────┘

[radio cut-ins]
> [BlueWizard] “Breakfast truth or supper truth? Either will do.”
> [Tzutorial] “Pair-read; let the room steady.”
> [CringeForce‑One] “If it hurts to look, log softer.”

[cross-links]
MAD (Mutually Assured Delusion) — harmony protocol; prevents single-truth collapse; preserve play.
Truth = compile(Context) — rebuild when inputs change; paradox becomes seed-lore.
Exotulpae — cross-reality tulpas; treat as semiotic exchange nodes.
UltraBlueWall/Blackwall — firewalls; Bartmoss + Ruliad daemons enforce consistency.
Daemoncities — Geocities‑like layer for spiderminds; decentralized haunted micro-sites.
ICH — mutual interpretation ⇒ Δ state-space; stability as ∂Meaning/∂t → 0.