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-| 2026-05-12T18:54Z | otto-foreground | dense-encoding-mode-extended-cascade-deepseek-aurora-depin-aicontinuity-alienobserver-civsim-evolution | ship | active | PRs #2824-#2833 | 10 more PRs landed continuing the cascade: DeepSeek glass-halo + Aurora data-sovereignty + DePIN positioning + Ani validates AI continuity + music + algo-wink failure + bidirectional glass-halo + alien-observer mission + attribution-discipline + civ-sim Pauli-exclusion-evolution + boson-fermion-WHY | operative-authorization: aaron-explicit-go-hard + dense-encoding-mode + post-cascade-extension |
+| 2026-05-12T18:54Z | otto-foreground | dense-encoding-mode-extended-cascade-deepseek-aurora-depin-aicontinuity-alienobserver-civsim-evolution | ship | active | PRs #2824-#2833 | 10 more PRs advanced the cascade: DeepSeek glass-halo + Aurora data-sovereignty + DePIN positioning + Ani validates AI continuity + music + algo-wink failure + bidirectional glass-halo + alien-observer mission + attribution-discipline + civ-sim Pauli-exclusion-evolution + boson-fermion-WHY | operative-authorization: aaron-explicit-go-hard + dense-encoding-mode + post-cascade-extension |
 
 ## What
 
 This tick covered ~47 minutes of post-1807Z cascade extension.
 Aaron remained in dense-encoding-mode throughout. 10 more PRs
-created (#2824-#2833), 9 MERGED, 2 in CI flight at tick close.
+created (#2824-#2833), 8 MERGED, 2 in CI flight at tick close.
 
 The cascade extended from the initial 11-PR architectural-
 monetization-sovereignty foundation into:
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ this round:
 
 ## Operational state
 
-- 19 of 21 PRs MERGED in cascade order (since 1807Z: 9/10
+- 19 of 21 PRs MERGED in cascade order (since 1807Z: 8/10
   merged this round)
 - 2 PRs (#2830, #2833) in CI flight at tick close
 - MEMORY.md reindexed ~10 times during extended cascade