Tag Archives: cruelty

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 →

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

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

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

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 Right to Peaceful Protest: against those who abuse human rights

Posted on March 13, 2025 by borderslynn

I am reproducing this piece by Robert Reich. I fear what happened in Nazi Germany and more recently in the Arab Spring may be about to happen in the United States. Who would ever have thought this could become a … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged abuses, American constitution, authoritarian, cruelty, debate, dictatorship, free speech, human rights, occupiers, points of view, Robert Reich, subjugation, unfair imprisonment, universities | Leave a comment

Ultimate Sin

Posted on February 9, 2025 by borderslynn

So now I’m reading ‘Burn Book’, by Kara Fisher. As I was passionate about computers in education back in 1981, this book has great resonance for me. Kara Fisher began as a journalist, intrigued by the young start-ups in Silicon … Continue reading →