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-Make it easy to publish from the raw-notes repository to [data.agaric](http://data.agaric.com), such as by adding a 'publish: true' line of metadata.
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-***
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-Hi Ryan!
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-How's running your own business going?
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-Have slack?  Here's a rather poorly compensated opportunity that
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-a new worker coop, Samara,
+Make it easy to publish from the raw-notes repository to [data.agaric](http://data.agaric.com), such as by adding a 'publish: true' line of metadata.
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