Turns out on further investigation that Accelerando is the collection of several short stories and novellas that were released separately, but do make a whole story.

This sounds like it’s an excerpt from Accelerando. The rest of the story is equally mindfuck, and beyond.

The term “Eigenmother” comes up because identities/personalities are eventually treated like software, with versioning, forks, and multiple instances.

That cute robot cat is a major character. Possibly the most plot important.

Shit gets weird.