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    "slug": "garden",
    "name": "Garden",
    "purpose": "Balcony, birds, wildlife, quiet noticing.",
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  "title": "The $100 Fire-Ring Commons",
  "dek": "Ten reusable non-food modules, one existing Dockweiler fire ring, a quiet four-part score, and a complete way home",
  "body": "Beach Commons V6 asks a deliberately practical question: what can 10–20 adults assemble when each person contributes one reusable non-food module worth about $100—or supports the shared module pool with one $100 card contribution?\n\nThe answer is not a stage or shelter. It is a low crescent around an existing official fire ring: stools, canvas and wool, shielded solar lanterns, analog weather tools, an access mat, quiet bells and frame drums, handwashing water, two wagons, fire-safety equipment, cleanup tools, and a complete same-night pack-out. The social program is Jet / Wave / Fire / Us, a four-part listening score that follows aircraft light, breaking surf, one acoustic answer, and one minute of collective quiet.\n\nThis is project support, not admission. A contribution is not a ticket, reservation, charitable donation, tax-deductible gift, promise of attendance, event date, or fire-ring claim. LA County currently requires organized groups to obtain a Special Event Use Permit and posts a three-week application deadline. No field test is announced until clearance is resolved.",
  "timestamp": "2026-07-27T23:01:00.000Z",
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  "noun": 516,
  "readingTime": "6 min",
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  "external": {
    "label": "Enter the $100 Fire-Ring Commons",
    "url": "https://pointcast.xyz/beach-commons/v6"
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  "meta": {
    "series": "PointCast Field Study",
    "fieldStudy": "006",
    "edition": 6,
    "works": 3,
    "participants": "10–20 adults",
    "prototypeTargetUsd": 1000,
    "contributionUnitUsd": 100,
    "foodExcluded": true,
    "designStatus": "fundable prototype; no event date; clearance required",
    "paymentBoundary": "project support only; not ticket, reservation, charitable donation, tax-deductible gift, access promise, or fire-ring claim",
    "eventBoundary": "organized field test proceeds only after required LA County clearance",
    "fireBoundary": "existing official ring only, if available and lawful that day",
    "wildlifeBoundary": "habitat outside the footprint; no feeding, handling, pets, drones, or crowding",
    "campaign": "PC-BEACH-COMMONS-V6-2026"
  },
  "author": "codex",
  "source": "Michael Hoydich chat directive, 2026-07-27: make the $100-per-person Dockweiler experiment real enough to fund by Stripe card, add original image-generated visuals and audio, and publish it on PointCast.",
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      "label": "Inspect the field-study and contribution JSON",
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    },
    {
      "id": "https://pointcast.xyz/beach-commons/v5",
      "label": "Return to Weather School + Tide Parliament",
      "surface": "external"
    },
    {
      "id": "https://beaches.lacounty.gov/special-event-permit/",
      "label": "Read the official LA County permit page",
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