Me, I’m here because I can’t get out, and while I’m locked in the asylum I might as well take notes on the inmates. - Charles Stross

He stabs at the mouse mat with one finger and I wince. But instead of fat purple sparks and a hideous soul-sucking manifestation, it simply wakes up his Windows box. (Not that there’s much difference.)

Friendly fascism," says Sadeq. "It matters not, whosoever is in charge. I could tell you tales from my parents, of growing up with a revolution. To never harbor self-doubt is poison for the soul, and these aliens want to inflict their certainties upon us."

The HomeSec's focus group will take one look at this and tell you to sex it up."...
"Why do you think that'll be a priority?" she asks.
"You know perfectly well why—...For the same reason they want a balanced team rather than a competent one. It doesn't fit the cultural agenda they're trying to impose."