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   Mark Pesce (mpesce@arvr.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Nov-2024 18:39:24 JST Mark Pesce

   Good evening, fine peeps.

   Did I miss anything?

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Nov-2024 18:39:23 JST Charlie Stross

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     @mpesce Nothing to see here, just the start of the countdown to world war three in Europe (after Trump hands Putin Ukraine, he's going to look for more former Russian Empire provinces to re-conquer—like Poland).

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Nov-2024 18:52:36 JST Charlie Stross

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     @mpesce The Balkans were never part of the Russian empire—they belonged to Turkey. I figure he'll start with the "near abroad"—election rigging in Georgia and Moldova as we've seen recently—before looking to other former Russian "properties" like Finland. Maybe eventually the former Warsaw Pact countries, so Germany could be on the front line …

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     Mark Pesce (mpesce@arvr.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Nov-2024 18:52:37 JST Mark Pesce

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     • Charlie Stross

     @cstross I was thinking he’d start with the Balkans?

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 05:30:06 JST Charlie Stross

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     • Noel Kelly

     @mpesce @gnoll110 Is autocorrect trying to tell you something?

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     Mark Pesce (mpesce@arvr.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 05:30:07 JST Mark Pesce

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     • Noel Kelly

     @gnoll110 @cstross good lord yes i meant the balkans my bad please accept as ammended charlie

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     Noel Kelly (gnoll110@ruby.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 05:30:08 JST Noel Kelly

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     • Charlie Stross

     @mpesce @cstross

     You mean the Baltic states, yes?