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There were a couple of mentions of drones, but the assumption was that they were operated by the police, the gangs, space lizards or all three at once. The media were continuing their comforting lack of interest in things that didn’t fit their various agendas.

— Ben Aaronovitch False Value (2020)

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Like young men from the dawn of time, I decided to choose the risk of death over certain humiliation.

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