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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

Phase out fossil fuels: no choice

Posted on April 30, 2025 by borderslynn

I’m reproducing The Conversation newsletter which was emailed to me. It is a response to Tony Blair’s recent advice to not phase out fossil fuels with the Net Zero objective:

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged carbon capture, climate policies, fossil fuels, lobbyists, locking in fossil fuels, net zero, planet death, short term gain, wealth | Leave a comment

Al Gore, his speech at Climate Week

Posted on April 29, 2025 by borderslynn

April 2025, Climate Week, 77 year old Al Gore gave this speech which you can also see and hear on YouTube. Thanks to Robert Reich for reproducing this speech on Substack. It is abundantly clear, after only three months and … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, Africa fossil fuel mapping, climate change, CO2, con tricks, earth warming, emissions, extinction, falsehoods, fossil fuels, lies, politics of fear, pollution, poverty, propaganda, toxicity, warming oceans, wealth | Leave a comment

Survivors who lived in a large land mass

Posted on April 26, 2025 by borderslynn

Since the US is now running a tarrif trade war, mostly targeting China, it has been said that Xi told his people “eat bitterness” and that was interpreted as “absorb the pain”. It is well known, throughout the 5000 year … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 1930s to 1940s, 2014 to present day, children, Gulag, law against 'others', Memorial (Russian civil rights group), orphans, Russia, Soviet Russia, Stalin, survival, trauma, ukraine, war | Leave a comment

Tearing apart or holding together?

Posted on April 25, 2025 by borderslynn

Yesterday, whilst Pope Francis lay in state and his mourners continued their grieving, the media showed clips of his past expressions of love of humanity. This man, who promoted that we each care for one another, died on Easter Monday, … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged balance, beliefs, compassion, cruelty, Gaza, harmony, Harvard, hate, holocaust, israel, J D Vance, life forces, love, Max Ehrmann, Palestine, philosophy, Pope Francis, positive-negative, Taoist, yin-yang | Leave a comment

The killing of Rabin

Posted on April 21, 2025 by borderslynn

Extract from “Rise and Kill First”, by Ronen Bergman: 1995 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, a senior member of the VIP protection unit of the Shin Bet, responsible for the safety of the prime minister, made an encrypted phone call to a … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 1995, Arafat, extremists, israel, left wing, Oslo, Palestinians, Peace Process, PLO, Rabin, right wing, settlers, West Bank | Leave a comment

If it’s digital, it’s hackable

Posted on April 12, 2025 by borderslynn

President Bukele had high hopes for Bitcoin in 2022. El Salvador became the first country in the world to use bitcoin as legal tender, after it was adopted as such by the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador in 2021.[1] It has been promoted by Nayib Bukele, the president of … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged concealment, conman, criminal activity, cryptocurrency, cyber security, dollars for bitcoin, fraud, gangsterism, hacks, illegal means, Lazarus Group, money laundering, North Korea, real money in exchange for toy money, theft, USA | Leave a comment

The dark side of the plate

Posted on April 9, 2025 by borderslynn

Chronic illness is caused by over consumption of: Alcohol Tobacco Salt Sugar Ultra processed foods And the health system is overwhelmed by the consequences. Yet there are huge industries involved who have powerful lobbyists. Government must not be contaminated by … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged addiction, alcohol, corporate lobbying, food industry, Government, salt, Sugar, tobacco, UK, ultra processed foods | Leave a comment

Globalisation and Gangsterism

Posted on April 2, 2025 by borderslynn

The post-Second World War order began to crumble in the first half of the 1980s. Its dissolution followed no obvious pattern, occurring instead as a series of seemingly disparate events: the spectacular rise of the Japanese car industry; communist Hungary’s … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged america, austerity, bratva, corruption, crypto currencies, digital financial systems, Europe, global trade, globalisation, maltreated, money laundering, organised crime, permeating all levels of society, post WW2, power, Putin, Russia, Soviet Union, starvation, tariffs, The Vory, ukraine, United Kingdom | Leave a comment

American People

Posted on March 27, 2025 by borderslynn

Consider watching the 1981 documentary ‘The Killing of America’ and don’t be surprised to see how decades later the horror deepens. Below, Bernie Sanders, whose life spans 8 decades, stands up to reflect on the present day experiences of Americans. … Continue reading →

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Oil keeps wars going

Posted on March 25, 2025 by borderslynn

Here are some extracts from a .pdf from oil change.org. The previous blog shows how purchasing oil from a warring nation may constitute aiding war crimes, as the profits from sales can build military capabilities. Here, supplying vital oil to … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged aiding and abetting, blood on their hands, collective punishment, dominant shareholders in oil companies, human rights abuses, ICC, israel, lucrative, oil corporations, oil supplies, Palestine, war machine | Leave a comment

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