add xkcd 2347 dependency comic, self-hosted with link to original

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"Our" creates false intimacy too. "Our community" implies you belong to something. You cloned a repo. You filed an issue. You didn't join a community. You used software. But "our community" wraps you in belonging whether you asked for it or not. Contributors stay few & far between. Look at `Pyramid <https://trypyramid.com/>`_. A web framework that needs maintainers. `Remarkbox <https://remarkbox.com>`_ & `MakePostSell <https://makepostsell.com>`_ run on it. `RhodeCode <https://rhodecode.com>`_ runs on it. Vital resources like `PyPI <https://pypi.org>`_ itself run on it. "Our framework" carries weight that maybe five active maintainers shoulder.
.. image:: /uploads/2026/03/xkcd-2347-dependency.png
:alt: xkcd 2347 Dependency — a tower of blocks representing all modern digital infrastructure balanced on a single small block maintained by a random person in Nebraska
:align: center
:width: 50%
:target: https://xkcd.com/2347/
*xkcd 2347: Dependency by Randall Munroe (*\ `original <https://xkcd.com/2347/>`_\ *)*
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.. image:: /uploads/2026/03/load-bearing.svg
:alt: diagram showing PyPI, RhodeCode, Remarkbox, MakePostSell, thousands of apps all depending on Pyramid with ~5 maintainers, Russell as unemployed volunteer load-bearing block, NASA shut down grants evaporate
:align: center

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