Tag Archives: education

Amazon replacing workers with automation

Posted on October 28, 2025 by borderslynn

Amazon is a major employer in the US. As of June 30, 2025, Amazon employs approximately 1,546,000 people. This number reflects a slight decrease from the previous year, indicating ongoing adjustments in their workforce. stockanalysis.com GeekWire It will now employ 30,000 less: … Continue reading →

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Death in Gaza City

Posted on October 3, 2025 by borderslynn

World Israel orders the evacuation of Gaza City to make way for expanded ground operation October 2, 20254:45 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition By Emily Feng , Leila Fadel 3-Minute Listen Transcript Israel has ordered all residents of Gaza City … Continue reading →

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Conflating criticism of the state of Israel and Zionism with anti-semitism?

Posted on July 25, 2025 by borderslynn

I am reproducing the Substack of Chris Hedges: Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Confronts the N.J. State Assembly on Dangerous Antisemitism Bill The bill would accept the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, which conflates criticism of … Continue reading →

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Eurasian World History

Posted on February 5, 2025 by borderslynn

I have a 1978 copy of The Times Atlas of World History. I’ve taken these photos of some of its pages: I treasure this book. Its then editor was Geoffrey Barraclough, formerly Stevenson Research Professor of International History, University of … Continue reading →

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Blue collar or white collar? Is it universal?

Posted on August 17, 2024 by borderslynn

https://www.payscale.com/career-advice/salary-comparison-blue-collar-white-collar/ Reading the above, created in 2009, it is interesting to see their comparisons of salaries. This was as the world was trying to recover from the sub prime mortgage risk lending catastrophe which resulted in a global financial crisis. … Continue reading →

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America: Michael Moore Perspective

Posted on July 23, 2024 by borderslynn

I thought Michael Moore’s recent Substack was interesting, and here present an extract: Michael Moore provides view of liberal America:

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Last chance saloon

Posted on May 9, 2023 by borderslynn

If you, dear reader, read these blogs, you will know I often quote from books recently published. I am searching for guidance, for hope, for sound planning, that our future generations may live a more fulfilling life than we have … Continue reading →

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The arrogance of religious beliefs to assimilate the Guardians of the Planet

Posted on October 18, 2022 by borderslynn

I was reading about how Jesuits sent from Rome helped destroy the culture of the Sioux at the behest of US government officials through re-education techniques. I have reproduced the article which informed me of this travesty which took place … Continue reading →

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Coveted Gold

Posted on June 11, 2017 by borderslynn

The motivation of humans to control others, destroy those who stand in their way, seems to spring from coveting that which belongs to others. I have researched the hunger for gold prior to the desire of Columbus to set sail … Continue reading →

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Margaret, ‘Pearl of Scotland’

Posted on October 16, 2016 by borderslynn

I struggle with pyramid style societies. As Lenny Bruce once quipped,”If the Venusians aren’t scufflers we’re screwed.” Placing each other in hierarchies; identifying ourselves along a line from bottom to top; forming friendships, alliances with those ‘at our level’ – … Continue reading →

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