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Finally, some blogging.

Fittingly, it's coming from a guy who works for the BBC. He provides some good links too, including Londonist and The Guardian. The Guardian, in turn, has some good links - but I won't repeat them here - go look for yourself :)

Ah, at least the new media come through.

Flickr has photos. Wonderful.

I'd check technorati to see what bloggers are saying, but it's down.

Ah, and some moblogging going on as well.

Not going to say much, go read real news.

My feeds have been very quiet so far, only the professional media have any news - so much for citizen journalism replacing the established media.

Initial count was 2 dead; latest reports suggest 50+, highest figure I've seen is 90. On the basis of this so far, it's slightly tempting to say that it's a fairly weak terrorist act - except, of course, that the aim of a terrorist act is not to kill people - it's to cause terror. That bit seems to be fairly affective - not much "terror" per se, but a lot of uncertainty and doubt.

My condolences to all those affected in any way by these events, but especially those affected by any fatalities there may be.

I plead with the people of the United Kingdom: by all means, a swift, strong response to cowardly bullying such as this is warranted. But please, please, be careful - if you over-react, if you allow too many of your freedoms and civil liberties to be taken away, if you allow paranoia to take hold, if you give in to fear - whoever is behind this has won. Don't stoop to their level.