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        <![CDATA[<ul><li><strong>Subscribe</strong> via your favorite podcasting app/directory and learn more about the show at <a href="https://www.theomnifuture.com">theomnifuture.com</a></li><li><strong>Visit, comment, and share</strong> on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/the-omnifuture/">LinkedIn</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/TheOmnifuture">Twitter</a></li><li><strong>Learn</strong> about <strong>Sylvia Gallusser</strong> and Silicon Humanism at <a href="https://siliconhumanism.home.blog/">siliconhumanism.home.blog</a></li><li><strong>Explore</strong> the <strong>Grey Swan Guild</strong> at <a href="https://www.greyswanguild.org">greyswanguild.org</a></li><li><strong>Read</strong> the <strong>Grey Swan Guild News Wrap</strong> on <a href="https://greyswanguild.medium.com/virtual-living-the-week-that-was-the-wrap-10-1770c736f2f8">Virtual Living on <strong>Medium</strong></a></li><li><strong>Join the discussion</strong> Sundays at 11:00 AM ET in <a href="https://www.clubhouse.com/join/grey-swan-guild/kuGUQrQx?utm_medium=ch_invite&amp;utm_campaign=qjhBbvSLVeWXhPi64zbQ8A-99850">The Grey Swan Guild Clubhouse</a> </li><li><strong>Discover</strong> more about <strong>Virtual Living</strong> via books on the <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1k6tufq5iX4zKtI43HESLYP1pKoHdCJ6aB43UOHIvoDE/edit#slide=id.p">GSG Virtual Living Book List</a></li></ul>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<ul><li><strong>Subscribe</strong> via your favorite podcasting app/directory and learn more about the show at <a href="https://www.theomnifuture.com">theomnifuture.com</a></li><li><strong>Visit, comment, and share</strong> on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/the-omnifuture/">LinkedIn</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/TheOmnifuture">Twitter</a></li><li><strong>Learn</strong> about <strong>Sylvia Gallusser</strong> and Silicon Humanism at <a href="https://siliconhumanism.home.blog/">siliconhumanism.home.blog</a></li><li><strong>Explore</strong> the <strong>Grey Swan Guild</strong> at <a href="https://www.greyswanguild.org">greyswanguild.org</a></li><li><strong>Read</strong> the <strong>Grey Swan Guild News Wrap</strong> on <a href="https://greyswanguild.medium.com/virtual-living-the-week-that-was-the-wrap-10-1770c736f2f8">Virtual Living on <strong>Medium</strong></a></li><li><strong>Join the discussion</strong> Sundays at 11:00 AM ET in <a href="https://www.clubhouse.com/join/grey-swan-guild/kuGUQrQx?utm_medium=ch_invite&amp;utm_campaign=qjhBbvSLVeWXhPi64zbQ8A-99850">The Grey Swan Guild Clubhouse</a> </li><li><strong>Discover</strong> more about <strong>Virtual Living</strong> via books on the <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1k6tufq5iX4zKtI43HESLYP1pKoHdCJ6aB43UOHIvoDE/edit#slide=id.p">GSG Virtual Living Book List</a></li></ul>]]>
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