LWSS on HWSS 1 has joined the "not just once" crowd. Here's its second occurrence:
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#C [[ ZOOM 8 Y -10 ]]
x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
bbbboooboboobooo$
bbboooooooobbooo$
oobbbbobbbboobbo$
obooobbooobbbobo$
bobobobbbboboooo$
ooobbobbobooobob$
bbboooobbooooobb$
obbobbboooboobbb$
obboobobooobbobo$
obbobbbobobbbobo$
oobobobooboooobo$
bboooooooobboobb$
obooobbboooobooo$
bobobbboobboooob$
booobbbboooobobo$
bbooooboooobbooo!
I bet these reactions happen about 10 times as often as we observe them, and usually just crash back into the soup.
Edit: also in the "Not just once" crowd, the fox:
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#C [[ ZOOM 7 ]]
x = 40, y = 24, rule = B3/S23
3b2o$3b2o3$4b2o$4b2o29b5o$34bobo2bo$34bob4o$35bo2$3o$obo$obo$32bo$8b2o
12bobo7bo$8b2o12bo2bo5bobo$22bo2bo$24bo8b2o$2b2o2b2o25bo$2b2o3bo23bo2b
o$4b3o25bobo$4b3o$23b2o$23b2o!
Edit: Also a "why not" from asymmetry gives a reduced synthesis. The wiki says 27, this is at most 22 (the two gliders from a distance are my 5-minute-attempt at reducing the clutter but are by no means optimal).
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x = 76, y = 87, rule = B3/S23
12bo$10bobo$11b2o39$50b2o$50b2o8$29b2o9bo$29bobo8bo$30bo9bo2$58b3o2$
41bo14bo5bo$40b3o13bo5bo$40bobo13bo5bo2$58b3o4$68bo$68bo$68bo10$3o$2bo
$bo2$51bo$51b2o$50bobo2$74bo$73b2o$73bobo!
Edit: Also another *WSS on *WSS, this time LWSS on MWSS 1:
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#C [[ ZOOM 5 ]]
x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
booboobbboooboob$
boobobobbobboobo$
booobbbboboobbbb$
ooobbbooboobobob$
ooooboobbbbooboo$
bobooobbooooboob$
bobbooooobbobooo$
bobbbbooobbobbbo$
bboboooobobbbbbb$
oobbobbobbbobbob$
oobbobboobobboob$
bboboboobobbobbb$
bbbboooooboobbbo$
ooobbboboobbbobb$
obobobobbbbbbobb$
obbooobobobbbobo!
Base reaction for the LWSS on MWSS 1: R + G + Block + junk:
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#C [[ ZOOM 7 ]]
x = 11, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
5b2o$4bo2bo$5b2o$6bo3$3o$o$bo$9b2o$3b3o3b2o$2bo2bo$bo4bo$bo4bo$5b2o$2b
2o!
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