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  1. A quotation from Brecht

    Truly, I live in dark times!
    The guileless word is folly. A smooth forehead
    Suggests insensitivity. The man who laughs
    Has simply not yet had
    The terrible news.

    What kind of times are they, when
    A talk about trees is almost a crime
    Because it implies silence about so many horrors?
    That man there calmly crossing the street
    Is already perhaps beyond the reach of his friends
    Who are in need?
     
    [Wirklich, ich lebe in finsteren Zeiten!
    Das arglose Wort ist töricht. Eine glatte Stirn
    Deutet auf Unempfindlichkeit hin. Der Lachende
    Hat die furchtbare Nachricht
    Nur noch nicht empfangen.

    Was sind das für Zeiten, wo
    Ein Gespräch über Bäume fast ein Verbrechen ist
    Weil es ein Schweigen über so viele Untaten einschließt!
    Der dort ruhig über die Straße geht
    Ist wohl nicht mehr erreichbar für seine Freunde
    Die in Not sind?]

    Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) German poet, playwright, director, dramaturgist
    Poem (1938 ca.), “To Those Born Later [An die Nachgeborenen],” sec. 1, Svendborger Gedichte (1939) [tr. Willet / Manheim / Fried (1976)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/brecht-berthold/8219…

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  2. Tuesday, December 16, 2025

    Ukrainians reject wartime elections despite US push, poll shows -- Ukraine claims first Sea Baby underwater drone strike on Russian submarine -- 75% of Ukrainians reject peace plan requiring withdrawal from Donbas, poll finds -- Encircled Russian troops in Kupiansk resupplied with flags, not food, official says ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  3. Tuesday, December 16, 2025

    Ukrainians reject wartime elections despite US push, poll shows -- Ukraine claims first Sea Baby underwater drone strike on Russian submarine -- 75% of Ukrainians reject peace plan requiring withdrawal from Donbas, poll finds -- Encircled Russian troops in Kupiansk resupplied with flags, not food, official says ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025