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 # myriad
 
-flask app for plurals to publicly share member lists
+flask app for plural systems to publicly share member lists. the software is in basically a usable state right now, just be sure to keep regular backups. documentation is fairly limited but we're working on that. drop an email to `myriad [at] cubes [dot] link` if you wanna contact us about this project :)
 
 logged in users are presumed to all be admins with distinction only between being logged in and not