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  <header>
    <b>commons<span>●</span></b>
    <nav><a href="#topics">Topics</a><a href="#welcome">Start here</a></nav>
    <span>GOOD CONVERSATIONS GROW HERE.</span>
  </header>
  <section id="welcome">
    <div>
      <small>WELCOME TO THE COMMONS</small>
      <h1>Something on your mind?</h1>
      <p>A community for thoughtful questions and ideas in progress.</p>
    </div>
    <span class="speech">···</span>
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        <h2>What would you build if time were no object?</h2>
        <p>An open thread for ambitious little dreams.</p>
        <span>ideas</span>
      </div>
      <div class="people"><b>M</b><b>A</b></div>
      <strong>24<small>replies</small></strong
      ><time>8m</time>
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    <article data-kind="help">
      <i style="background: #7da794"></i>
      <div>
        <h2>Getting started with your first community project</h2>
        <p>Ask the question. Someone has been there.</p>
        <span>help</span>
      </div>
      <div class="people"><b>F</b><b>R</b></div>
      <strong>16<small>replies</small></strong
      ><time>24m</time>
    </article>
    <article data-kind="show">
      <i style="background: #9099c5"></i>
      <div>
        <h2>A tiny library at the end of our street</h2>
        <p>Four shelves, a handmade sign, a lot of stories.</p>
        <span>show</span>
      </div>
      <div class="people"><b>J</b><b>C</b></div>
      <strong>38<small>replies</small></strong
      ><time>1h</time>
    </article>
    <article data-kind="ideas">
      <i style="background: #bb976d"></i>
      <div>
        <h2>What does a welcoming internet look like?</h2>
        <p>Small changes that make a place feel human.</p>
        <span>ideas</span>
      </div>
      <div class="people"><b>M</b><b>A</b></div>
      <strong>42<small>replies</small></strong
      ><time>3h</time>
    </article>
    <article data-kind="show">
      <i style="background: #9099c5"></i>
      <div>
        <h2>We made a map of all the good benches</h2>
        <p>A modest but surprisingly useful weekend project.</p>
        <span>show</span>
      </div>
      <div class="people"><b>F</b><b>R</b></div>
      <strong>11<small>replies</small></strong
      ><time>5h</time>
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