Becoming a New Writer in the New Year
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https://writerunboxed.com/2026/01/05/becoming-a-new-writer-in-the-new-year/
#Inspirations #Lamentations #provocations #REALWORLD #newwriter
#provocations
"La provocation est l’ultime refuge de ceux qui n’ont plus rien à dire."
@GenerationAthee
#religion #catholique #provocations #athéisme #athées #athéalisme #laïcité
Friday, November 21, 2025
Russia will test NATO's Article 5 soon, top Swedish general warns -- New US "peace plan" pushes capitulation with Russia; here's what we know so far -- Why I won’t encourage my Ukrainian child to speak Russian -- Russian spy ship Yantar targets RAF pilots with lasers near U.K. waters, London says ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/friday-november-21-2025/
Europe faces significant risk of major war if Russia starts mobilization
If Putin #launches a new #mobilization in #Russia, it could pose grave threat to #Europe & spark #WorldWar, Zelensky said on Oct. 8.
The president’s warning comes as #Russia steps up #provocations against #NATO countries, including a surge of mysterious #drone #sightings across #Europe that have raised fears of #HybridWarfare.
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
As US mulls Tomahawks for Ukraine, here's how they could be used against Russia -- Classic false-flag operation: Kyiv denounces Russian allegations of Ukrainian provocations in Poland -- Zelensky warns of 'critical' situation at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after week long outage -- We asked 5 young Ukrainians why they chose to go to war ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/10/wednesday-october-1-2025/
"Classic false-flag operation"
Kyiv denounces #Russian allegations of Ukrainian provocations in #Poland
Russian narratives about “alleged preparations for #provocations against Poland” intended as “information #alibi” to lay groundwork for possible future actions by #Russia itself
Main goal is to test #NATO's reaction, sow #fear in #European societies, reduce support for #ukraine
#HybridWar #RussianAggression #RussianInvasion #NATO #disinformation #RussianPropaganda
Saturday, September 27, 2025
"Next time, we may not be so lucky:" IAEA reports drone explosion near South Ukraine nuclear plant -- Ukraine's DeepStrike campaign 'significantly' crippling Russian military logistics as fuel crisis worsens -- "Just shoot them" Russian commander told troops to open fire on own retreating soldiers, intercepted communications -- Hungarian drones breach Ukraine's airspace -- Ukrainian teen’s escape from Russian-occupied territory ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/09/saturday-september-27-2025/
#Macron affirme que l’ #Otan doit « #monter d’un #cran » en cas de « #nouvelles #provocations #russes » mais #sans #abattre d’ #avion
#Macron affirme que l’ #Otan doit « #monter d’un #cran » en cas de « #nouvelles #provocations #russes » mais #sans #abattre d’ #avion
www.20minutes.fr/monde/ukrain...
Guerre en Ukraine : Les Etats-...
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Ukraine hits Russian drone hub, ammunition depot, S-400 air defense system in series of strikes -- For first time, Ukraine hits 2 Russian anti-submarine amphibious aircraft in occupied Crimea -- Slovakia, Hungary excluded from initial EU drone wall talks -- Ahead of elections, Moldova’s president warns of Kremlin interference ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/09/tuesday-september-23-2025/
#NATO must respond accordingly #Russian #provocations: Czech president
We must act firmly. If #violations occur, we must respond accordingly, including militarily
#Russia will realise it made a mistake. overstepped its bounds. Unfortunately, this is balancing on the brink of conflict, but giving in to evil is impossible
#Poland, #Estonia #AirspaceViolations & #RussianInvasion of #Ukraine, effects us, if we don’t remain united, it will happen to us
Іноземні провокації у Франції. 13 вересня.
https://buymeacoffee.com/valdeloir/13-4010271
#Франція #Провокації #СоціальнаНезахищеність #Данія #ППО
#France #Provocations #SocialInsecurity #Denmark #AirDefense
#Russia’s “imperialist plan wouldn’t end with the conquest of #Ukraine but would rather be just the start,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz
“We are experiencing daily & with increasing intensity #hybrid #Russian #attacks, including on our #infrastructure,” Merz said, adding #Moscow repeatedly staged #provocations in #Baltic & North seas
Merz denounced Russian attacks on #German infrastructure & its attempts to #undermine social stability
https://kyivindependent.com/russias-imperialist-plan-is-only-beginning-merz-says/
#TrumpRegime #NationalGuard #Democrats #fascists #provocations #history #déjà_vu
"While Trump frantically multiplies measures, initiatives, and faits accomplis that are paving the way for the establishment of a truly dictatorial regime in the United States, the leaders of the Democratic Party, foreign ministries around the world, followed by the international media, as well as the overwhelming majority of 'political scientists' and other think tank experts, persist in seeing nothing of the sort. Or rather, all these fine people persist in seeing only 'incomprehensible' acts, ‘whims’ or 'mood swings' on the part of this 'unfathomable' American president.
For example, when Trump deploys the National Guard or even the army in large cities such as Los Angeles, Washington DC, or Chicago, which are governed by Democrats, the Democratic Party establishment does not see the president’s attempt to test the reactions of his opponents, nor to accustom the population to the militarization of public life and the possible imposition of martial law. No, the Democratic leadership, followed by sympathetic media outlets, led by the New York Times, does not see any of this, but rather a… 'diversion' by Trump to prevent public attention from focusing on the Epstein scandal, which could tarnish his image !
Thus, the non-existent or at best lukewarm reactions of the Democratic Party leadership, the Democratic mayors of these cities, and the media close to them should come as no surprise. By refusing to call for a general mobilization of the populations concerned to counter Trump’s anti-democratic provocations in the streets and by ostensibly maintaining the illusion that salvation can only come from…judges, they can only encourage Trump to harden and expand his fascist offensive, which openly flouts all laws and constitutions,(1) even in an area as important and sensitive as the health of his fellow citizens. And it is no coincidence that a legendary doctor in the United States, such as the director of the CDC’s Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Demetre Daskalakis, has resigned from his post, opportunely recalling that his Cretan grandfather—whose name he bears—died fighting the fascists and denouncing the eugenicist logic of Trump’s policies!
So how can we not remember another fascist provocation, this time also intended to test the reactions of opponents, 92 years ago? This was, of course, the parade of the Nazi SA and SS in front of the enormous headquarters of the German Communist Party in Berlin (called Karl Liebknecht Haus) on January 22, 1933. A parade that provoked no reaction whatsoever from the communists, who merely requested—in vain—the intervention of the police, even though this had been considered 'unthinkable' and 'impossible' the day before by both the KPD leadership and the Nazi party.
Commenting on this event in his diary, Goebbels did not hide his surprise at the 'paralysis' of the KPD, but also his overwhelming enthusiasm, concluding that no one was going to react against the Nazis’ rise to power. This is exactly what happened a week later when Hitler became chancellor and the Nazis came to power without the slightest street demonstration by either the Social Democratic SPD or the Communist KPD! As for the Karl Liebknecht Haus, the Nazis occupied it a month later to use as their own headquarters…
In short, history repeats itself and, unfortunately, not always as farce. For example, when the same Democratic establishment, but also its co-thinkers around the world, declare day after day that Trump’s future will be decided in the midterm elections in a year’s time and that, as there is a strong chance that Trump will pay dearly for his anti-democratic 'follies,' all the Democrats can do is to do everything they can to win these elections. Their reasoning would be consistent, if it weren’t for one major snag: who can guarantee that there will be midterm elections? Or even any elections at all in Donald Trump’s United States? Or at the very least, who can guarantee that these elections will not be rigged, as suggested, for example, by the systematic gerrymandering of electoral districts or the mass exclusion of 'undesirable' voters from the electoral rolls, which Republican governors are already happily indulging in?
The 'naivety' of the Democratic Party leaders, or rather their total misunderstanding of the (mortal) dictatorial and fascist danger represented by Trump and his acolytes, leads them not only to believe in myths such as the unshakeable 'solidity of American democracy,' but also to entertain illusions about their ability to ultimately tame Trump, who is, after all, flesh of their capitalist flesh. But all this imperceptibly brings to mind a historical precedent that cost humanity dearly: that of the right-wing and far-right bourgeois political establishment of the Weimar Republic, which, 'naively' believing it could easily tame Hitler and his Nazis, ultimately only brought him to power!"
The Power of Giving Up
As writers, we’re often advised not to give up in the face of challenges and obstacles. Just keep going! The only one who can stop you from being published is you! You’ll get there!
Globally, over the long term, this is great advice.
https://writerunboxed.com/2025/09/01/the-power-of-giving-up/
#provocations #REALWORLD #Writinglife #drafting #givingup
@indieauthors
The Storylax (a parody)
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https://writerunboxed.com/2025/08/30/the-storylax-a-parody/
Thursday, August 21, 2025
5 days of diplomacy, 5 days of deadly Russian attacks on Ukraine — Russia is turning occupied Ukraine into a giant military base — Today’s drone strike sparks blaze at oil refinery in Russia’s Rostov Oblast — [vlog/video] The ground drone revolution in Ukraine (Robots are Here) … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/thursday-august-21-2025/
Saturday, August 16, 2025
That meeting was sickening; Putin loved it — Russian strike hits central Sumy just hours before Trump-Putin summit — Half of Starlink terminals sent to Ukraine found in Russian-occupied areas — Ukraine strikes oil refinery in Russia’s Samara Oblast, command post in Donetsk Oblast … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/saturday-august-16-2025/
![[Illustrative photo] Soldiers of Ukraine's 95th Brigade walk past a Starlink satellite internet receiver](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/115/038/155/839/794/403/original/54db7f7d4ffb830e.jpg)
#Germany scrambles fighter jets to intercept Russian spy plane
This adds to series of #provocations reported by #NATO allies since start of #Russia's #invasion of #Ukraine in 2022
The Russian #Il-20M, which took off from Kaliningrad with its transponder switched off, was headed west toward international airspace near Poland and Germany when it was detected by NATO radar systems.
Sunday, June 29, 2025
Russia revives obsolete T-62 tanks amid equipment shortages — Ukraine approves new ‘Murakha’ ground robot for combat use — Ukrainian drones strike missile, drone arsenal in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast — Russia has amassed 111,000 troops near Pokrovsk … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/06/sunday-june-29-2025/
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