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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs.” V. I. Lenin

Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thank you Jan, very interesting. I felt this piece as a king of Disney-fied telling of humanity’s passion for bringing death and disaster to itself in variable chunks; tribe by tribes. It requires repeated reading and I also see Gunter Grass in it somewhere.

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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thank you Peter. The is wonderfully, terrifyingly apt. I remember visiting Mont St Michel a few years ago; looking up at the sky I saw tattered clouds exactly as you describe. I think that was the precise moment I knew for certain.

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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thank you David. I think most people have felt as you did. I wonder what they and you think now?

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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thank you Debbie. Yeah I’ve lived through the Cold War and all its murderous off-shoots, constantly being told that ‘this is it!”. But this time we can actually see the changes for ourselves, Nature is telling us and we can’t ignore it.

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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Great stuff Em! I imagine this is what Elon Musk see every morning when he wakes up covered in sweat. I feel that this peace is the beginning of something bigger, something that you might develop further, I hope.

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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yeah, it’s exactly like that. Our own personal, very hellish, apocalyse. Thank you so much for sharing. 🙏

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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yes Jen, I hear you.. For me it is either go live in a tent in the wilds of the North or burn the whole thing down and start again. Well, I hate tents…

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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thank you Matthias. The final irony of onrushing progress, it ends everything. As many suspected it would.

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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I like this very much Francis. Somehow very traditional, I hear an old gravelly voice telling me that everything will be alright in the end…. Thank you.

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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hmmmmm, it really is that simple. Isn’t it.

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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I simply love this piece of writing. I love its core premise and the style in which it is presented. I live its clarity and its absolute common sense and I am very grateful to you, Suzy, for sharing it with us.

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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It certainly doesn’t seem as much fun as it used to be.

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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I like this very much Fleur. I’ve read it to myself repeatedly with pleasure. Such rhythm, strong images and a trainload of ides… thank you so much.

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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yes, Francis, it is relentless but we must raise our shields with even more fortitude than Leonidas and his Spartans.

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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thank you Francis. A fine vignette of the cartoon world created by our image-led tech gods. Perhaps a picture can replace 1,000 words but it can neither summarise nor précis.

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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Excellent James. I’ve read this over and over and have settled for the sad face of an old warrior on the ramparts of the Hornburg. There are no rules James and you are most welcome.

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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Lin, there is always a cup of coffee and possibly a trip to Mars, if we hold enough shares.

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James Mcconachie @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Not quite sure what the rules are here, hope I’m not gatecrashing. Apocalypse you say? Thanks to @rfsmith.bsky.social #PromptCombo #apocalypse

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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

More Putinism from the ravaged White House.

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Francis H Powell writer and poet @fhpowellwriter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

@rfsmith.bsky.social and #PromptCombo #Apocalypse for Tuesday This is the apocalypse I am living through at the moment moment.

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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I love this work, thank you.

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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Such a fabulous word Em, it just blasts out of the caldera and destroys the city below. 🫣

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La Reine des Metaphores @metaphorqu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

@rfsmith.bsky.social #PromptCombo #Apocalypse There are no stars There Are No Stars No. Stars.

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David Birch @davidbirch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thank you, Ronnie @rfsmith.bsky.social for today's #PromptCombo which stirred some uncomfortable youthful memories. So here's a swift and awkward response which may need filtering into something more considered. Looking forward to reading other offerings later

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Jan Peters - Solivagant Wisdom @janpsolivagant.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Nope! Here it is: bsky.app/profile/rfsm...

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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Divorce no opulent ruins, just a slow shredding of soul, leaving tiny splinters in the nail beds and dull aches in the bones; Everything has blown apart, everything is still here, everyone is still living but I, but I am the waking dead #promptcombo #apocalypse @rfsmith.bsky.social #poetry

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S. Reeson / Experimental Poet @internetofwords.com · 28/09/2026

Okay, I'm going to cheat because only three hours sleep is now really beginning to bite. #promptcombo @rfsmith.bsky.social #Apocalypse and HERE IS A VIDEO of a poem published in the 'Welcome to Britain' Anthology created by Civic Leicester in 2023. youtu.be/uLgc5STQzPs...

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End Times in Fortress Britain

YouTube video by The Internet of Words presented by S. Reeson

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DrNaturegirl @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Here’s something I’ve been working on that fits with this week’s #PromptCombo theme from @rfsmith.bsky.social (Now under the right hashtag 🙄) Still a #WIP this is neither subtle or refined, much like me! Thanks for hosting. Have a good week. #poem #poetry #blueskypoetry

A poem by Debbie Ross entitled Apocalypse Now
Stanzas 1 -4
When I was young the fear of mushroom clouds was real
old men pushing buttons ending it all
and then the Sunday School doom merchants fed me Revelations of fire and horsemen the 'earth laid bare'
I thought that wars might end us the human race destroying each other and the earth rubbled with us
And the disaster movie makers had their say with meteors wiping us out
destroying everything

Stanzas 5 and 6 of a poem Apocalypse Now by Debbie Ross

thought we might live to see the sun
grow large
Finally
a red giant desiccating our planet
but now I'm not sure we'll make it that far disaster wears a human face as we melt the Doomsday ice and set the world on fire our blue green gem of a home destroyed by greed.

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Emily Tee @emteepoetry.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Here's a wee dystopian beastie mostly on topic for Ronnie @rfsmith.bsky.social and #PromptCombo #Apocalypse It's a long one, across three vignettes. Thanks for sticking with it if you get to the end!