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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

Exception now, will America accept it as the rule?

I am reproducing Michael D Sellars Substack:

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Repurposing political leverage: beware the Ides of March

The US administration tried to pass a ruling through FEMA to withold Federal funding for aid following a disaster, if the state refused to back the US support for Israel’s Netanyahu policy on Gaza. FEMA admitted this week that it … Continue reading

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Ukraine ‘on the menu’ ?

From a Ukrainian viewpoint, Lev Parnas writes (on Substack); And I ask: Is a newly broken America on the Putin menu too?

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Killing a country

I read this recently on a Substack: The night before I read this, I had been watching the excellent TV series, Babylon Berlin: Colognian commissioner Gereon Rath moves to Berlin, the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden … Continue reading

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Draining our energy and fresh water capacity

Following from a previous blog: https://borderslynn.com/2025/05/29/data-centres-energy-and-water-consumption-do-we-ask-too-much-of-our-planet/ South Memphis (99.5 percent Black) experience of asthma increased due to smog generated by the Musk built, unregulated datacenter: Here is a glimpse of current exponential construction of datacentres: 500 data centres in UK, … Continue reading

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Strong ties

Previous Mint Press articles I have taken extracts from, revealed the link between Les Wexner (who co-founded MEGA with Ronald Lauder) and Mr Lauder’s close friendship, since they were at Wharton College together, with Donald Trump. Ronald Lauder Birthday: February 26, 1944  … Continue reading

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Unacceptable

Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a severe public health concern, affecting roughly 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 13 boys worldwide (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2021). As with other forms of abuse, CSA is characterized by the … Continue reading

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Useful paedophiles?

Sexpionage is the likely reason Jeffrey Epstein became a useful asset to intelligence agencies. He was already building his criminal skills with someone 8 years older than him, Steven Hoffenberg. The two carried out financial scams  and the media often … Continue reading

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Remembering Virginia Robert Giuffre

Here is some of her testimony: https://nypost.com/2019/08/09/jeffrey-epsteins-alleged-sex-slave-reveals-the-men-she-claims-she-was-forced-to-sleep-with/ Here is a recent Substack of Lev Parnas:

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Recognising Palestine

I am reproducing this Conversation article:  Brian Brivati, Kingston University Share article Keir Starmer has announced that the UK will recognise Palestinian statehood by September 2025 unless Israel meets certain conditions, marking a significant shift in UK policy. For decades, successive … Continue reading

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