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RE: How Does Steemcurator01 Support Affect Authors' Behavior?
Your analysis is, of course, frustrating. But this is the situation as of now. Everything can change.
I joined the platform a little over six months ago. My account is now over 7,000 SP. I'm not alone, I think there are many like me. In 1-2 years, the total capacity of our accounts will be a significant amount. If most of these users are involved in the fight against plagiarism, there is hope.
But I agree that we will never be able to fight the big fish, because during this time it will become even bigger. We need to change the basic rules.
It's a big "If". I feel that it's only a handful of users that really care at the moment and I can't see there being an "event" or something that will make people stand up and fight.
Using the word fight makes me want to ask how things are there war-wise? Has anything changed in the last week as the rhetoric from our journalists has changed significantly with the expectation being that the invasion will begin imminently.
According to our authorities, all preparations for Russian troops for the attack have been completed. Now everything will depend on whether there will be an order to attack. That is, the war can begin even today.
The first thing that will be lost is the connection, including the Internet. So I warned the whole SC06 team to keep an eye on the account on Saturdays, as I could suddenly become inactive at any time.
If you are interested in my opinion on whether there will be an attack, I believe that from the very beginning Putin was counting on blackmail and panic. But now he has put himself in a situation where he must attack.
Today the Chancellor of Germany went to him. Yesterday he was in Kyiv. Although it was not said directly, I understand that he told our president that Germany would not support Ukraine's accession to NATO. Now he has gone to Putin with this message.
If you are interested in why we want to join NATO so much, I will tell you that this is the only chance to save the country. Without NATO, Russia will absorb Ukraine, it will just be gradual.
In general, we have not been able to maintain our independence for more than 300 years. That is why no one knew that Ukrainians are a separate nation, with their own language, culture and mentality different from their neighbors.
On Sunday, 30 charters with our oligarchs left Ukraine, most of them with a strong pro-Russian orientation. This suggests that they have more information about Russia's plans. Many countries are closing consulates and relocating embassies, recalling instructors and observers.
So far, I have no positive news for you.
This all sounds very depressing - the news here has improved since you wrote this with suggestions that Russia is even withdrawing some forces. I hope that this is true and you can live in some sort of peace without the threat of war.
I knew 🙂
Yes, I was thinking the same thing. If Russia's excuse for invading Ukraine is through fear of it joining NATO, it demonstrates the threat and exact reason why Ukraine needs to join NATO... interestingly, bringing Russia even closer to bordering NATO allies.
Now we are closely watching the "withdrawal" of troops. They have worked out the logistics of the rapid transfer of troops to our borders, the best places to place artillery have been identified, the time it takes to prepare for the invasion they already know, as well as what still needs to be improved.
I think they will continue to keep us in suspense. But everything can turn into a war, Putin is already at the age when people commit catastrophes. And if you analyze the people around him, the war is possible with a high probability.
Yesterday again a white cyber attack. Several banks and the website of the Ministry of Defense did not work. Interesting times have come :(
Hopefully your government has been able to do the same - seeing where Russia deploys its troops and continuing to strengthen defences accordingly.
If it doesn't come to war, the West needs to see this as a reminder of how dangerous Russia is. And remove any dependency on needing their resources - Gas in particular.
By the way, I wanted to ask where does the UK buy natural gas? Do you extract your own natural gas or buy it in Norway?
I'm not sure - I read that 3% of our gas comes from Russia, far less than Europe's 30%.
I know we've got 8 nuclear power stations and quite a lot of wind farms and solar panels scattered about so not too bad for renewable energy. I've just found this - https://nexusenergysolutions.co.uk/where-does-the-uks-energy-come-from/
I thought so. Your country is much less dependent on energy imports from Russia, so you can afford a more independent and tough policy.