Also, nothing erodes your majority like death by smoke inhalation. It's not the usual neglect where it won't be anyone they know who dies.

It's definitely in The Culture stories, which he's... Definitely ripped off the ship names from at least.

Crossrail: Learning your underground maps aren't quite right since 2009

All the afternoon with my carpenters, making them lay all my boards but one in my dining room this day, which I am confident they would have made two good days work of if I had not been there, and it will be very pleasant.

It always sounds to me like they're just going to start letting off nukes for no reason except dick waving. Which feels ill advised.

Corruption is a strong favourite in those regimes - everyone *is* corrupt, so everyone is vulnerable. Also if you're not corrupt, you're not trusted.

Are any of the Soviet folks above Nedelin? A man who IIRC, while ahead of schedule made up his own short deadline and then got his team blown up trying to meet it?

To be fair - American missileers do include The Sex Magic Guy

Did... did they miss the fall of the Soviet Union? It was kinda a big thing.

- The UK must stop exporting arms to Israel.
- States must follow their legal obligations and press Israel to end its genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
- Palestinian armed groups must release all civilian hostages immediately and unconditionally.

"sorry for your pain and loss, I've invited this guy over who fucking hates you"