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   Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Dec-2024 01:34:57 JST Charlie Stross

   • William Gibson

   https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/08/syrians-celebrate-fall-of-bashar-al-assad-after-five-decades-of-dynastic-rule

   Why do I think the opening sentence of @GreatDismal 's next novel will be something like:

   "The roads between Dallas and Austin were strewn with discarded militia uniforms"

   ... ?

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     Sean Eric Fagan (kithrup@wandering.shop)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Dec-2024 03:46:35 JST Sean Eric Fagan

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     • William Gibson

     @cstross @GreatDismal Very few revolutions are bloodless, and I suspect that hiding out in Lebanon won't protect many of them as much as they'll hope.