{"id":2736,"date":"2017-08-14T13:53:22","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T17:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matthewcoxbooks.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=2736"},"modified":"2023-03-24T10:36:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T14:36:29","slug":"temporal-armistice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.matthewcoxbooks.com\/wordpress\/temporal-armistice\/","title":{"rendered":"Temporal Armistice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-envira-envira-gallery\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-4918\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-gallery-theme-base envira-lightbox-theme-base\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div data-row-height=\"150\" data-gallery-theme=\"normal\" id=\"envira-gallery-4918\" class=\"envira-gallery-public envira-gallery-justified-public envira-gallery-0-columns envira-clear enviratope envira-gallery-css-animations\" data-envira-columns=\"0\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-3667\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-1 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; 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