Author Archives: borderslynn

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

Conflating criticism of the state of Israel and Zionism with anti-semitism?

Posted on July 25, 2025 by borderslynn

I am reproducing the Substack of Chris Hedges: Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Confronts the N.J. State Assembly on Dangerous Antisemitism Bill The bill would accept the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, which conflates criticism of … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 'new anti-semitism', complicit in war crimes, criticism, dangerous precedent, debate, defending human rights, education, genocide, holocaust, illegality, israel, jew, middle east, oppressed, Palestine, protest, semite, truth, zionism | Leave a comment

Crypto Schemes

Posted on July 23, 2025 by borderslynn

I am reproducing this Substack piece by Ann Pettifor which has me impatient to read her forthcoming book, Global Casino, due out in January 2026.

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged bonds, crypto currency, destabilisation, dollars, get-rich-quick schemes, gold, greed, lies, Ponzi, smoke and mirrors, stable coin | Leave a comment

Ideas on prevention of sexual abuse, trafficking

Posted on July 23, 2025 by borderslynn

The US National Center for Victims of Crime had its funding threatened within two months of the new administration taking office. A 2023 article in Time suggests the US has been going about prevention of child abuse, the wrong way. … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged drug induced deviant behaviour, injustice, laws, mens health, mental health, murder, predators, protection, psychological harm, rapinirole, sexual abuse, social harm, trafficking, victims, violence, vulnerability | Leave a comment

Growing consensus on Gaza

Posted on July 20, 2025 by borderslynn

Read the full interview at: https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/17/omer_bartov I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It”: Prof. Omer Bartov on the Growing Consensus on Gaza StoryJuly 17, 2025

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged conflict, conscience, Gaza, genocide debate, immorality, inhumane, israel, jew, Palestinians, war | Leave a comment

Community Life is an Ecosystem

Posted on July 19, 2025 by borderslynn

Robert Reich wrote on Substack:

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged agriculture, compassion, cruelty, destruction, extraction, extremes, harmony, human love, ICE, inhumane, negation, no due process, sharing, terror, torture | Leave a comment

Swimsuits and lingerie

Posted on July 15, 2025 by borderslynn

Some of Lex Wexner’s Victoria Secret glamorous catwalk models can be viewed at http://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/victorias-secret-show-archive-past-catwalks. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/business/l-brands-victorias-secret-les-wexner-epstein.html Young girls fantasised about becoming models like these, just as starlets flocked to Hollywood dreaming of becoming a famed beauty on the screen. But the … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged abuse, accountability, Donald Trump, FBI, Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood, investigative journalism, Jeffrey Epstein, justice, Miss Universe, psychological harm, rape, silencing witnesses, swimwear, teens, underage girls, Victoria's Secret lingerie | 1 Comment

When the lambs stop screaming

Posted on July 15, 2025 by borderslynn

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged countries which are complicit, crypto, death, destruction, Gaza, genocide, israel, land theft, mediterranean, Palestinian, real estate, right wing, TBF | Leave a comment

Secrets

Posted on July 14, 2025 by borderslynn

There are secrets and there is Victoria’s Secret. The Head of Victoria’s Secret Says Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Are Like Roman Emperors BY Katie Reilly November 2, 2016 at 11:20 AM EDT NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 07: Les Wexner … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged america, billionaire, bluff, entrapment, Finance, investment, Jeffrey Epstein, Jewish network, Les Wexner, power and influence, wealth | Leave a comment

At a tap near you

Posted on July 14, 2025 by borderslynn

I am reproducing this article which offers a solution for drinking water: to use charcoal filters which are changed regularly. From The Conversation, Daniel Drage, University of Birmingham Most UK rivers are contaminated by a chemical called trifluoroacetic acid (TFA). This is … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged CFCs, CO2, drinking water, f gas, filters, fluoroform, pollution, rivers, TFAs, warming planet | Leave a comment

It’s only men doing business

Posted on July 13, 2025 by borderslynn

1986 Israel, Ehud Barak and technology: The upgrades to the drones were part of a larger technological push in the IDF, which in the late 1980s invested significant resources to acquire and develop precision ordnance—“smart bombs” that could hit their … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Carbyne, cybersecurity, Ehud Barak, Jeffrey Epstein, Paragon software, Peter Thiel, President Clinton, Robert Maxwell, Russia, US-Israel | Leave a comment

Author Archives: borderslynn

About borderslynn

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