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About borderslynn

Retired, living in the Scottish Borders after living most of my life in cities in England. I can now indulge my interest in all aspects of living close to nature in a wild landscape. I live on what was once the Iapetus Ocean which took millions of years to travel from the Southern Hemisphere to here in the Northern Hemisphere. That set me thinking and questioning and seeking answers. In 1998 I co-wrote Millennium Countdown (US)/ A Business Guide to the Year 2000 (UK) see https://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9780749427917

Lest we Forget

I am reproducing this page of names of those who died trying to let the world know of the horror suffered in Palestine. Journalists killed at Nasser Hospital August 25, 2025 Reuters news agency said its cameraman, Husam al-Masri, was … Continue reading

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Mexico, Venezuela, Canada and US warships – and oil

Today I learned Mexico and Canada have devised new trade routes: Canada and Mexico are developing a trade route called the “Northern Corridor” to bypass U.S. tariffs, enhancing their economic ties and reducing reliance on the U.S. market. This corridor … Continue reading

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Datacenters, bitcoin mining energy use:  hits availability of electricity and raises costs steeply

Paul Krugman writes today on Substack: Placing tech companies in Pentagon: On June 13, 2025, the Army will officially swear in four tech leaders. Det. 201 is an effort to recruit senior tech executives to serve part-time in the Army Reserve … Continue reading

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Stablecoin and Criminal Activity: who will win the Monopoly?

I am reproducing this article from Cointelegraph Back in 2022: How Ukraine embraced cryptocurrencies in response to war Young techno-natives help Zelensky’s government raise over $100mn in crypto donations Kyiv this week launched an Aid for Ukraine website, which accepts … Continue reading

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The End Game? End for whom?

Last night, Russia bombarded Ukraine. Each night, since so called Peace Talks, Russia exceeds the intensity. Lev Parnas reports: No outcry from the Trump administration, and in Gaza, the same silence as the IDF move into Gaza City, where exhausted … Continue reading

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Lawfare

I just found out about an Atlantic article, written in May of this year, by the great Judge Luttig, about the first 100 days of the Trump administration. I am reproducing it here:

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9 years after Panama Papers: offshore holdings

I am reproducing an April 2025 update on progress of countries who acted on ICIJ diligent research: Protesters in Iceland rallied for multiple days in a row in April 2016, holding up red cards for their prime minister who ultimately … Continue reading

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Being born after World War Two: friends and foes

On February 9, 1942 crowds gathered at New York City’s pier 88 to witness a spectacle. The largest ocean liner in the world was on fire. Fire fighting efforts successfully contained the fire after five and a half hours of effort, … Continue reading

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Alaska

From Christopher Armitage List of Actions of Trump administration since Jan 2025: See Christopher Armitage, Substack Trump and Putin chose to meet in Alaska, Aug 15th 2025 Looking up the history now as Trump sometimes made it sound like Putin … Continue reading

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Religious Mafia

I am reproducing a Substack piece by Chris Hedges:    When Religious Mafia & Rightwing Extremists Take Over (w/ Rollo Romig) | The Chris Hedges Report The 2017 murder of Gauri Lankesh, an Indian journalist and activist, is indicative of … Continue reading

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