Where did we come from? Where are we going?
- March 2026
- February 2026
- January 2026
- December 2025
- November 2025
- October 2025
- September 2025
- August 2025
- July 2025
- June 2025
- May 2025
- April 2025
- March 2025
- February 2025
- January 2025
- December 2024
- November 2024
- October 2024
- September 2024
- August 2024
- July 2024
- June 2024
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- February 2020
- December 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- June 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- March 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- August 2016
- June 2015
- May 2015
- March 2015
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
Category Archives: anthropocene
Merely men, not gods
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
Posted in anthropocene
Tagged cryonics, Epstein, god pretensions, merely men, Musk, Trump
Leave a comment
ICE ratios 1:400 migrants
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
Posted in anthropocene
Tagged asylum seekers, climate change, conflict, cruelty, detention centres, global migration, government gangs, inhumane, migrants, terror, war, white supremacy
Leave a comment
Compensation designed to be insufficient, too late for many victims
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
Privatising Royal Mail and Evasion of Corporate Responsibility
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
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
Tyranny
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
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
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
Ukraine and God
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
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
borderslynn 
You must be logged in to post a comment.