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Author: genewildish <jedigene@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Mar 14 22:26:11 2026 +0000

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+# Mainline
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+A full-screen terminal news stream in a Matrix/THX-1138 aesthetic — scrolling live global headlines in large block type, with per-region translation and mic-reactive glitch effects. Supports a --poetry mode for public-domain literary passages.
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