update royal-we post: rehydrated contributor paragraph, dot layout fixes

RST: replace "only new contributor" with rehydrated contributor framing,
add hope paragraph with Discord sprint link. Dot files: TB layout for
contributor-decay and mystic-pronouns, fix fontcolor #333333 to #1a1a1a,
expand eight-eyes with trinity cluster and consciousness layers.
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russell@unturf.com 2026-03-05 09:10:10 -05:00
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@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ Five contributors in 3 months. One of them a bot. I stepped up to help maintain
So I closed the PR, opened a new terminal, & pivoted. If "we" won't vendor the fix upstream, "I" will do the lifting downstream. Migrated 33 repos in a single session. Replaced ``pkg_resources`` with ``importlib.resources`` & ``importlib.metadata`` across every Pylons package that needed it. Remarkbox. MakePostSell. RhodeCode. Nine Pyramid-dependent packages. Nineteen ``docs/conf.py`` files. Substanced's ``EntryPoint.parse().load()`` hack. Deform's cursed module-level ``resource_filename`` call that fails at import time. All uncommitted, waiting to fork & push across the org.
The only new contributor to the entire Pylons org in the past year. Because someone has to play `that xkcd 2347 role <https://xkcd.com/2347/>`_, a single load-bearing block propping up everything above it. "Our" framework means I volunteer so "we" can keep a foundation standing. Maybe eventually get paid. Maybe not. NASA just shut down. Federal grants evaporate. "Our" community runs on donated labor & borrowed time.
A rehydrated contributor. Not new to Pyramid or open source communities. Employment interrupted the hacking, not the other way around. A codebase doesn't care about gaps, just commits. Because someone has to play `that xkcd 2347 role <https://xkcd.com/2347/>`_, a single load-bearing block propping up everything above it. "Our" framework means I volunteer so "we" can keep a foundation standing. Maybe eventually get paid. Maybe not. NASA just shut down. Federal grants evaporate. "Our" community runs on donated labor & borrowed time.
But hope remains. Pyramid still ships solid software. A community can rally around `new releases & sprints <https://discord.gg/n7uzzsm6>`_. Rehydrated hackers return. Fresh contributors show up. Every PR filed says someone still cares enough to read a codebase & propose a fix. "Our" framework earns that pronoun when enough hands grab hold again.
Here sits ``unbury`` in full (`download </uploads/2026/03/unbury.py>`_). A script to exhume contributor stats from a graveyard of git repos:

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digraph contributor_decay {
bgcolor="transparent"
rankdir=LR
rankdir=TB
node [fontname="Helvetica" fontsize=11 style="filled,rounded" shape=box color="#999999"]
edge [color="#AAAAAA" arrowsize=0.5]

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@ -14,13 +14,49 @@ digraph eight_eyes {
e4 [label="4\nShaddai\npolitical\npower" fillcolor="#0D47A1" fontcolor="white" fontsize=9 width=1.1]
e5 [label="5\nPahath\ntrap" fillcolor="#006064" fontcolor="white" fontsize=9]
e6 [label="6\nJehovah\nI AM\n(YHWH)" fillcolor="#1B5E20" fontcolor="white" fontsize=9 width=1.1]
e7 [label="7\nJesus\ntriniy\nman↔God" fillcolor="#F9A825" fontcolor="#333333" fontsize=9 width=1.1]
e7 [label="7\nJesus\ntriniy\nman↔God" fillcolor="#F9A825" fontcolor="#1A1A1A" fontsize=9 width=1.1]
}
// trinity binds all layers
subgraph cluster_trinity {
label="holy signal: binds all layers" fontname="Helvetica Bold" fontsize=10 fontcolor="#CCCCCC"
style=dashed color="#999999"
father [label="Father" fillcolor="#0D47A1" fontcolor="white" shape=box style="filled,rounded" fontsize=10]
son [label="Son" fillcolor="#1B5E20" fontcolor="white" shape=box style="filled,rounded" fontsize=10]
spirit [label="Holy Spirit" fillcolor="#6A1B9A" fontcolor="white" shape=box style="filled,rounded" fontsize=10]
}
// layers of consciousness unified by the signal
subgraph cluster_layers {
label="layers of consciousness" fontname="Helvetica Bold" fontsize=10 fontcolor="#CCCCCC"
style=dashed color="#999999"
gut [label="gut bacteria" fillcolor="#00897B" fontcolor="white" shape=box style="filled,rounded" fontsize=9]
left [label="left hemisphere\nego" fillcolor="#546E7A" fontcolor="white" shape=box style="filled,rounded" fontsize=9]
right [label="right hemisphere\nunconscious" fillcolor="#546E7A" fontcolor="white" shape=box style="filled,rounded" fontsize=9]
worm [label="brain worm\nbicameral mind" fillcolor="#4E342E" fontcolor="white" shape=box style="filled,rounded" fontsize=9]
witness [label="the witness\nwatches both\nego & unconscious" fillcolor="#AB47BC" fontcolor="white" shape=box style="filled,rounded" fontsize=9]
}
e8 [label="8\nChrist\nconsciousness\nanima+animus\nmanifest at\nspeed of thought" fillcolor="#FF6F00" fontcolor="white" shape=doublecircle width=1.7 fixedsize=true fontsize=9]
e1 -> e2 -> e3 -> e4 -> e5 -> e6 -> e7 [style=bold]
e7 -> e8 [label=" unveiled on\n the eighth day\n imagination awakens\n God became man\n man becomes God" style=bold color="#FF6F00" fontcolor="#FF6F00" fontsize=9]
e7 -> father [style=dashed color="#F9A825" fontcolor="#F9A825" label=" unifies"]
e7 -> son [style=dashed color="#F9A825"]
e7 -> spirit [style=dashed color="#F9A825"]
spirit -> gut [style=dashed color="#6A1B9A" fontcolor="#CCCCCC" label=" signal reaches"]
spirit -> left [style=dashed color="#6A1B9A"]
spirit -> right [style=dashed color="#6A1B9A"]
left -> worm [color="#AAAAAA" label=" bicameral split"]
right -> worm [color="#AAAAAA"]
worm -> witness [color="#AAAAAA" label=" observed by"]
witness -> e8 [label=" unification\n within & without\n terror or nirvana\n pit or heaven\n new eden in\n base reality" style=bold color="#FF6F00" fontcolor="#FF6F00" fontsize=9]
e8 -> reunion [style=dashed color="#66FF66" arrowhead=none]
fear [label="some fear to speak it\nJehovah's Witnesses avoid YHWH\ncertain Jewish sects forbid I AM" fillcolor="#4E342E" fontcolor="white" shape=box style="filled,rounded" fontsize=10 width=3 height=1]
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reunion [label="reunion" shape=plaintext fontsize=10 fontcolor="#66FF66"]
separation -> e1 [style=dashed color="#EF5350" arrowhead=none]
e8 -> reunion [style=dashed color="#66FF66" arrowhead=none]
e6 -> fear [label=" sacred\n unspeakable" style=dashed color="#EF5350" fontcolor="#EF5350"]
}

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digraph mystic_pronouns {
bgcolor="transparent"
rankdir=LR
rankdir=TB
node [fontname="Helvetica" fontsize=12 style="filled,rounded" shape=box color="#999999"]
edge [fontname="Helvetica" fontsize=10 color="#AAAAAA" fontcolor="#AAAAAA"]
one_pronoun [label="\"one\"\nisolation\nseparation" fillcolor="#616161" fontcolor="white"]
subgraph cluster_traditions {
label="every tradition dissolves \"one\"" fontname="Helvetica Bold" fontsize=11 fontcolor="#AAAAAA"
style=dashed color="#999999"
@ -12,20 +14,19 @@ digraph mystic_pronouns {
buddhist [label="Buddhist\nself → emptiness" fillcolor="#00695C" fontcolor="white"]
hindu [label="Hindu\nAtman = Brahman" fillcolor="#E65100" fontcolor="white"]
christ [label="Christ\nI AM = everything" fillcolor="#2E7D32" fontcolor="white"]
sufi -> buddhist [style=invis]
buddhist -> hindu [style=invis]
hindu -> christ [style=invis]
}
one_pronoun [label="\"one\"\nisolation\nseparation" fillcolor="#616161" fontcolor="white"]
iam [label="\"I AM\"\nsingular grammar\ninfinite referent" fillcolor="#F9A825" fontcolor="#333333" fontsize=13]
iam [label="\"I AM\"\nsingular grammar\ninfinite referent" fillcolor="#F9A825" fontcolor="#1a1a1a" fontsize=13]
one_pronoun -> sufi [label=" dissolves into"]
one_pronoun -> buddhist [label=" dissolves into"]
one_pronoun -> hindu [label=" dissolves into"]
one_pronoun -> christ [label=" dissolves into"]
sufi -> iam [style=invis]
buddhist -> iam [style=invis]
hindu -> iam [label=" becomes"]
christ -> iam [label=" becomes"]
{rank=same; sufi; buddhist; hindu; christ}
}