I also thought the novel Kenobi by J. Jackson Miller was quite good and fairly covered what is described here.

I thought about that, but it's a rebellion, not terrorism. And the fear derived from all around pillaging. Actually the closest I could find to terrorism was from the Romans themselves, and the ritual that involved killing every living being in a city that had not surrendered. But here it's from a state and the ritual…

I actually had a fairly interesting question by a student today: he asked me if there were terrorists in Ancient Rome. I guess that depends on your definition of terrorist. I described some riots, risings and political assassinations, as well as the utter destruction of a city that had resisted, but I could not find…

You monster! You don't drink Champaign with camembert! You need a nice red wine with that, and freshly baked baguette.

24 should have had, at some point, a live chicken fight.

That's OSS117, right ?

Part of his family is french. He sometimes vacations in Saint Briac, a small town on the coast of Brittany.

From Le Monde live feed, 2 mn ago

According to Paris' mayor, the number of dead is 112, 70 of which at the Bataclan.

Oh thank God. Let's hope it doesn't give the idea to some assholes.

We have to hope it'll pull people together, and do everything in our power to make it happen.

Not going to happen. The assholes ratio is too low.

Fuck.

According to the police dozens are dead at the Bataclan.

I know, and again it's probably a good thing. Just made me angrier when I saw it.

What the fuck? Facebook just sent me a message informing me that I was in the area of the attacks and I should use Facebook to inform my friends I was safe. I mean, I get how it could be useful, but seriously…

Assault at the Bataclan is over (Police source)

I just saw that people are still being evacuated from it thanks to a ladder.

Apparently some people might be getting out of the Bataclan now.
Unconfirmed, though.

Not really. The police have advised people from the Ile de France (Paris' region) to stay inside. But it's not mandatory.