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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://wandering.shop/users/cstross/statuses/116238714133308814">Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 16-Mar-2026 21:00:56 JST</a><a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross" title="cstross@wandering.shop"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/35284-48-20230405092346.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Charlie Stross" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Charlie Stross</a></section><article><p>RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@urlyman/116232524241982831" rel="nofollow">https://mastodon.social/@urlyman/116232524241982831</a></p><p>Additional note: when foodprices rocket, that is ALMOST ALWAYS the trigger for civil unrest and revolutions. (The other is a fiscal/tax/revenue crisis, caused by government turning into rent-seeking by the rich *and* trying to fund a war simultaneously, as with the French Revolution.)</p><p>Does this look familiar to you, too?</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6240638#notice-12298377">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-03-16T21:00:56+09:00" title="Monday, 16-Mar-2026 21:00:56 JST">about 2 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross/116238714133308814" rel="external" title="Sent from wandering.shop via ActivityPub">wandering.shop</a></span></span><a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross/116238714133308814">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.</div><h5><a href="https://mastodon.social/@urlyman/116232524241982831Additional">Jonathan Schofield (@urlyman@mastodon.social)</a></h5><div> from <span>Jonathan Schofield</span></div></header><div>…For the northern hemisphere, fertiliser for next year’s growing season will be needed towards the end of this year. We can expect food prices to rocket.And in the UK, we have only a single fertiliser manufacturing plant left https://overcast.fm/+8dw8WNRF4</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 16-Mar-2026 21:00:56 JST Charlie Stross
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Additional note: when foodprices rocket, that is ALMOST ALWAYS the trigger for civil unrest and revolutions. (The other is a fiscal/tax/revenue crisis, caused by government turning into rent-seeking by the rich *and* trying to fund a war simultaneously, as with the French Revolution.)
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  …For the northern hemisphere, fertiliser for next year’s growing season will be needed towards the end of this year. We can expect food prices to rocket. And in the UK, we have only a single fertiliser manufacturing plant left https://overcast.fm/+8dw8WNRF4

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