have y'all been following tunisia?

(it's right there across the street from italy)

this morning i saw a headline about protests against an authoritarian ruler in tunisia. last night he said he's stop using live ammo on protesters, which just made folks get on twitter and facebook to organize bigger protests. well, it seems they were successful. the corrupt leader was overthrown and fled the country, and get this -

"Some demonstrators also cited the evidence of cables from the United States Embassy in Tunisia that were released by the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks providing vividly detailed accounts of the first family’s self-enrichment and opulent lifestyle."

this also marks the first time an arab leader has been overthrown through protests.

i had a feeling this wikileaks thing would turn out for the best somehow. way to go wikileaks. and america, we shouldn't be so shy when gossiping about other countries.

nytimes has all the coverage you need.