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What’s next for No Kings movement? Here’s what its organizers say

Paul W B Marsden @paulwbmarsden.bsky.social · 5h

Peaceful, consistent and novel protests are needed to demonstrate to King Trump the American plebs will not be intimidated!

#NoKings
#NoKingsWales

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Leaders of left-leaning groups behind mass protests against Trump administration map out their vision

Show Up, Don’t Shout — The 2-Hour Routine That Grew My Substack 400% in 4 Weeks

Paul W B Marsden @paulwbmarsden.bsky.social · 9h

On Substack I kept pumping content out and… nothing much happened.
The breakthrough wasn’t “more posts” — it was turning up with intent.
Result: from 42 → 170 subscribers in 4 weeks — a 400% increase.
No tricks.
Just consistent, human connection.

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I am a historical fiction author of books—George Orwell novel, Darkness in 1984, and Ernest Hemingway novel, Making A Moveable Feast—all based on true events.

Jewish figures across the globe call on UN and world leaders to sanction Israel

Paul W B Marsden @paulwbmarsden.bsky.social · 10h

Israel, you need to understand-there are limits-and you’ve crossed them a long time ago.
#Gaza

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Exclusive: In an open letter, Israeli ex-officials, artists and intellectuals say ‘unconscionable’ actions in Gaza amount to genocide

Historical Fiction Characters, Part 1 - Giving Voice to the Past — How to Write Characters Who Sound Truly Alive

Paul W B Marsden @paulwbmarsden.bsky.social · 1d

How to give authentic voices to characters in writing historical fiction.

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Giving Voice to the Past: Crafting Authentic Character Voices in Historical Fiction

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 2d

Happy Diwali, California! Today, we celebrate the Festival of Lights — the spiritual victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance.

Wishing all who celebrate a year filled with peace and unity.

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Paul W B Marsden @paulwbmarsden.bsky.social · 2d

Ah the vagaries of ChatGPT. The arguments will rage on maps but does the US have the will to peacefully resolve its bitter differences.
The lines on the map can be hotly debated but better that than bloody violence.

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Paul W B Marsden @paulwbmarsden.bsky.social · 2d

In 2031, America did the unthinkable — it dissolved itself peacefully.

Without a single shot fired.

#America2031 #ThePeacefulReformation #PoliticalFiction #FutureHistory #WhatIf #SpeculativeFiction #USPolitics #PaulWBMarsden #OnThisDay #GreatWriter

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Five Republics, One People: How America Split to Save Its Soul In 2031, America did the unthinkable — it dissolved itself peacefully. “No Union is sacred if it no longer unites.” #America2031 #TheP...

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Your Future Self Is Begging You to Keep a Journal

Paul W B Marsden @paulwbmarsden.bsky.social · 3d

A Journal Is the Only Memory You Can Control

Writing to release, stimulate and record your feelings

#Journalling #Writing

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Thanks to @Seastar I noted down why I keep a journal.

Don’t Invent a Plot. Build a World — How Great Historical Fiction Really Begins.

Paul W B Marsden @paulwbmarsden.bsky.social · 4d

Start from the World, Not the Premise
Many writers begin with a dramatic “what if?” — a plot hook or a character leap.
I recommend the reverse: begin with the world — its pressures, silences, ruptures — and allow your plot to emerge from it.

#HistoricalFiction
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Start from the World, Not the Premise

My mum and dad didn’t have much money when I was growing up in the late sixties and seventies.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 4d

Who writes this insanity for The Hill?!

“President Trump on Friday welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House for a third time to discuss ending his country's war against Russia.”

Ukraine was INVADED in 2014.

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President Trump on Friday welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House for a third time to discuss ending his country's war against Russia.

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Paul W B Marsden @paulwbmarsden.bsky.social · 4d

October.
Fungi.
Growing in hospital car park, Wirral, UK.
Autumn time.
Sigh.

Paul W B Marsden @paulwbmarsden.bsky.social · 4d

Solidarity with US NoKings protests today from Wales in the UK.

#NoKings

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Paul W B Marsden @paulwbmarsden.bsky.social · 4d

Fort Sumter II

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 6d

I urge our nation to use this weekend's No Kings marches as a declaration of independence against the tyranny and lawlessness currently running this country.

Use your voice. ACT PEACEFULLY. Protect yourself and your community.

THERE ARE NO KINGS IN THE UNITED STATES.

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Paul W B Marsden @paulwbmarsden.bsky.social · 5d

Childhood adventures, aged 6, to Mr Scully’s Sweetshop in my hometown of Frodsham in 1974.

Liquorice sticks, Love Hearts, candied mice, gobstoppers, flying saucers and Black Jacks.

#PaulWBMarsden #Sweets #1970’s

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Sweet adventures in 1974

Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised

Paul W B Marsden @paulwbmarsden.bsky.social · 6d

Bird migration is a thing of awe.

Human climate crisis is disturbing their patterns.

#BirdMigration
#Birds
#ClimateCrisis

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Bird migrations rank as one of nature’s greatest spectacles. Thanks to GPS tracking, scientists are uncovering extraordinary insights into ancient and mysterious journeys – and new threats that are re...

Paul W B Marsden @paulwbmarsden.bsky.social · 7d

Saturday 18 Oct 2025.
@laresistance47.bsky.social
@lincolnproject.us
@briantylercohen.bsky.social

Solidarity from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Wales to 🇺🇸 US!

NoKings.Org

I can’t run anymore but I remember my marathon races

Paul W B Marsden @paulwbmarsden.bsky.social · 7d

I can’t run anymore but I dream of my marathon races.

#PaulWBMarsden #Marathon #Pain

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Some days I struggle to walk from pains that swirl around my body at the speed of sound, from centre of my lower back, to left side below rib cage, to right hip, to right shoulder, and down into my ba...

UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told

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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 7d

Runaway #ClimateChange is here, now.

The only party with any plan to deal with it is @greenparty.org.uk.

All Labour can think of is chasing endless economic growth that NEVER "trickles down" and is an excuse to avoid ever discussing wealth redistribution.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Climate advisers warn that current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate

Kemi Badenoch wants to end ‘rip-off degrees’ – but I wouldn’t have created Horrid Henry without mine | Francesca Simon

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Paul W B Marsden @paulwbmarsden.bsky.social · 7d

All learning, all studying, is fuel to creativity.
#Learning
#OldEnglish

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I studied Old and Middle English. Although I didn’t know it, I couldn’t have chosen a better subject to train me to become a children’s author, says author Francesca Simon

Paul W B Marsden @paulwbmarsden.bsky.social · 7d

Meet fascism with mockery - we undercut all their threats and hysteria.

UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told

Paul W B Marsden @paulwbmarsden.bsky.social · 7d

Britain must prepare for global heating far in excess of the level scientists have pegged as the limit of safety, the government’s climate advisers have warned, as current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate.

#ClimateCrisis

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Climate advisers warn that current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate

Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk

Paul W B Marsden @paulwbmarsden.bsky.social · 8d

Not if, but when, millions of UK homes will be flooded.
#Flooding #ClimateCrisis

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Every constituency projected to be at greater risk, with many areas likely to be uninsurable, Guardian investigation finds

✍️ When Titans Speak as Gods: Voltaire, Truth, and the Elon Musk’s Hubris

Paul W B Marsden @paulwbmarsden.bsky.social · 8d

Every century invents a new idol.

In Voltaire’s Paris, that idol was the monarch blessed by Heaven.

In ours, it is the greedy technocrat, like Elon Musk anointed by markets.

#Voltaire #ElonMusk #EcoSapienism #Reason #PaulWBMarsden #Philosophy #GreatWriter

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By Paul W.