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In a very real sense these are still ripples from the death of Franz Ferdinand.

Not in a very useful sense, though.

If you can show that the death of Franz Ferdinand necessarily caused tech layoffs in 2026, I'll listen. I don't think you can, though.

I think you could absolutely draw a causal link, it wouldn't explain why 2026 instead of 2024 or 2028.

I would argue this is more a result of the defeat of Xerxes at Thermopylae.

Xerxes had a victory at Thermopylae

You say po-ta-to, I say po-tat-o!