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   Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Nov-2024 18:32:17 JST Charlie Stross

   My mood, this morning:

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Nov-2024 19:04:41 JST Charlie Stross

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     • Madeleine Morris

     @Remittancegirl Yes, but after I finish editing the final Laundry Novel I'm swearing off political satire. The world doesn't need it in the time of J. D. Vance's presidency.

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     Madeleine Morris (remittancegirl@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Nov-2024 19:04:42 JST Madeleine Morris

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     @cstross Oh, Charlie. My good, sane, humane friend.

     This is a very dark day.

     The world is going to need good writing. It matters most in the darkest times.

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     Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer (princejvstin@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Nov-2024 19:13:45 JST Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer

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     @cstross yeah

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Nov-2024 19:45:23 JST Charlie Stross

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     • Madeleine Morris

     @Remittancegirl Yup. I think I’ll go and finish the space opera I was working on in 2016 (with the personal pitch, "write something so far in the future that the Trumpenführer *can't* fuck it up").

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     Madeleine Morris (remittancegirl@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Nov-2024 19:45:24 JST Madeleine Morris

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     @cstross I can understand that.

     The absurdity of the real makes it feel deeply futile, doesn't it?