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Hello and welcome to revolutions.

Episode 3.53.

The Consulate

So a funny thing happened on my way to the finish line.

On Friday morning, my hard drive crashed.

I didn't lose any files, but I did lose an incredibly necessary day of work while my computer was being fixed.

As a consequence, I had to abandon the dream of writing the final retrospective before I went on break.

Luckily, the episode I had written on Napoleon had ballooned to over 7,000 words,

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