no. the fact that i remember reading endless stuff on ... what was it, mastodon or some other early "decentralised" social media, like a flood of all this georgian stuff... back in 2010 or 2011 i forget exactly. there is a tug of war going on between europe and russia in the whole caucasus range. and anyhow, my goal is to get to high ground. that starts at kyrgyzstan, and that's a good starting point whether i go further or not. plus, kyrgyzstan is beautiful