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

Privatising Royal Mail and Evasion of Corporate Responsibility

Posted on July 9, 2025 by borderslynn

This horror movie of a case of heartless and cowardly management at the Post Office and appalling decisions to continue to run a flawed legacy system. See Timeline of events at: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/tech/accounting-software/horizon-the-20-year-accounting-software-scandal For centuries, Royal Mail has been a cornerstone … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Conservative Part., corporate responsibility, criminal prosecutions, cruelty, defamation, false imprisonment, flawed legacy software, government oversight, grief, harm, injustice, innocents, IT, kafkaesque, Labour Party, legacy software, legal errors, loss, modernising, poor judgement, poor security, Post Office scandal, sub-postmasters, suffering, suicide, UK Government | Leave a comment

Intensifying weather patterns: flash floods

Posted on July 5, 2025 by borderslynn

Flash Flood warning systems. If you don’t have one, the odds are this could happen: This was no way to celebrate July 4th, 2025 Catastrophic Flooding Along Guadalupe River Kills Multiple Devastating July 4 flood in Texas Hill Country causes … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged catastrophic flash floods, flood alert sirens, Guadalupe river, lack of evacuation training, NOAA, warning systems, Weather, weather alerts, weather service | Leave a comment

Tyranny

Posted on July 5, 2025 by borderslynn

I am reproducing a remarkable piece to mark July 4th, 2025, Independence Day, by Judge Michael Luttig, published by Telos.news:

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged america, declaration of Independence, truth to power, tyranny | Leave a comment

Iraq and Seduction by Delusions

Posted on July 5, 2025 by borderslynn

I was watching an old, rare archive piece of film, introduced by Christopher Hitchens, which appeared to show Saddam Hussein asserting his control over the Ba’ath Party, sorting loyalists from covert opposition at a conference. Hitchens was referring to a … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged americanisation, British rule in Iraq, conflict, corruption, culture, intervention, Iran, Iraq, Iraqi Jews, mandates, middle east, muslim, nationalism, oil, regime change, Saddam Hussein, shia, sunni, war, wealth | Leave a comment

Trade, Profit and Influence

Posted on July 1, 2025 by borderslynn

I was looking through my bookshelves and picked out Trading with the Enemy published in 1983, updated 1995. This massively researched book, based on trawling through documents obtained thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, has resulted in an exposure … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, anti semitism, conflict. business opportunity, corporate influence, dispossessed, fascism, human loss, murder, nazi, new narrative, Palestine, profit, right wing Israelis, The Fraternity, world war 2 | Leave a comment

Ukraine and God

Posted on June 29, 2025 by borderslynn

I am reproducing a Ukrainian essay which I found highly moving but also a lesson of how war can push you to your God, rather than push your belief away.

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged aggression, beliefs, cruelty, faith, feeling alone, God, grief, hate, injustice, loss, love, pain, peace, sovereign state, suffering, ukraine, war | Leave a comment

Iran’s dream of democracy once oil was discovered

Posted on June 27, 2025 by borderslynn

This was the ceremonial and spiritual capital of a vast empire, built by Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes, titans whose names still echo through history. Giant statues of winged bulls guard the Gate of All Nations, through which princes from vassal … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC), Democrats, diplomacy v use of force, dominance, early oil exploration, geopolitics, greed, Iran, Iraq, middle east, October Surprise, oil rich, Persia, politics, power, Republicans, USA, wealth | Leave a comment

Growth by negation

Posted on June 23, 2025 by borderslynn

Some extracts from this book: This book will haunt you if you are already perplexed about the pain and suffering in the world. It is an honest realisation of a hopeful young person learning about capitalism, which he ultimately coins … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged capitalism, cowardice, do no harm, greed, growth, hate, innovation, legacy, responsibility, technology, trade | Leave a comment

Joining the dots

Posted on June 21, 2025 by borderslynn

I am reproducing a Substack article here, relevant to technology applications and their Corporate owner politics of the present day:

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged corporate politics, data management, electoral machines, linking technologies. data centres, satellite technology, silicon valley bros., uninterrupted power source (UPS) | Leave a comment

DOT-COM to AI: Investor hysteria

Posted on June 18, 2025 by borderslynn

Dot – Com began 1995. PSI-net went public. It was one of the first internet providers. Bill Schrader was co founder of PSI-net. By July of that year, he was worth $105 million. By 2001, PSINet had declared bankruptcy. The … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged AI, artificial intelligence, bankruptcies, betting, dot-com, false dawn, financial mistakes, greed, hype, Internet, investors, naive expectations, overconfidence, quick buck, technology | Leave a comment

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