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The irony of the screenshot is that we rarely look at them again. They become "digital clutter," taking up megabytes of cloud storage. But we keep them because they are the modern equivalent of a pressed flower in a book.

November 20, 2022. The sun had already set. In the quiet of a late autumn evening, something on a glowing screen felt important enough to save forever. Was it: Screenshot 2022-11-20 18.23.06.png

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