I’m glad I’m not living in Lebanon:
Footage shared online shows people in Lebanon going about their days before their pagers exploded.
In one video, a man is seen shopping in a fruit and vegetable market before an object explodes from his midriff. The man collapses to the ground and cries out in pain, while other bystanders scatter in fear.
In another, security camera footage shows a man about to pay for goods at a store before something on his person explodes, sending a burst of smoke into the air.
In another, a person films the damage inside a bedroom after an apparent explosion. Two holes have been torn through the top and bottom of a drawer, smashing a nearby mirror and scattering debris across the room. [CNN]
Reminds me of Stand On Zanzibar by John Brunner, which is weird since I don’t remember anything more of the novel than a scene in which a soldier is killed with a nanowire. I get the impression the novel was all about future political violence, which I suppose we’ve been living ever since that novel was published in 1968.
