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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

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

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Community Life is an Ecosystem

Posted on July 19, 2025 by borderslynn

Robert Reich wrote on Substack:

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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 →

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When the lambs stop screaming

Posted on July 15, 2025 by borderslynn
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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Merely men, not gods

Posted on July 13, 2025 by borderslynn

Chris Hedges on Substack writes: Epstein, replicating the pretensions and vacuity of the characters who were parodied in the “Dinner with Trimalchio” chapter of Satyricon, organized elaborate dinner gatherings for his billionaire friends, including Elon Musk, Salar Kamangar and Jeff … Continue reading →

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ICE ratios 1:400 migrants

Posted on July 11, 2025 by borderslynn

Restacked on Substack: America once promoted its ‘melting pot’ of well integrated Americans, drawn from across the world. Now we have the “Big Beautiful Bill” which heralds a windfall for ICE (not the UK’s Institute of Civil Engineers, but America’s … Continue reading →

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Compensation designed to be insufficient, too late for many victims

Posted on July 10, 2025 by borderslynn

1979 A Workers Compensation Act was created by the UK Parliament. It was a recognition of all the illnesses caused since the various environmental hazards through employment were understood and classified. Silicosis: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/silicosis/ Pneumoconiosis Home History of UK Coal Mining, … Continue reading →

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