Darkening Skies
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Septuagenarian relocated to South Lanarkshire, where it's wet , windy and wonderful, though I didn't expect quite so much wind!
I don't understand what woke is but I have a feeling I'm kind of woke-ish, as I don't like those that keep going on about it.
I don't understand what woke is but I have a feeling I'm kind of woke-ish, as I don't like those that keep going on about it.
Gladdens the heart, doesn't it?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Millions across all 50 US states march in No Kings protests against Trump
Crowds of Americans, many in costumes, aligned behind message that US is sliding into authoritarianism
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Gladdens the heart, doesn't it?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The Secret Country.
TRUMP IS NOT AN AMERICAN
A new way to see the global Far Right elite
chadbourn.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The Secret Country.
The UK FTSE is sliding and apparently it's entirely due to the insanity gripping America.
Why are our big institutions still investing in an increasingly shaky nation?
There should be more investment in the UK, which is slowly but surely growing, and would grow faster with greater investment.
Why are our big institutions still investing in an increasingly shaky nation?
There should be more investment in the UK, which is slowly but surely growing, and would grow faster with greater investment.
October 17, 2025 at 8:49 AM
The UK FTSE is sliding and apparently it's entirely due to the insanity gripping America.
Why are our big institutions still investing in an increasingly shaky nation?
There should be more investment in the UK, which is slowly but surely growing, and would grow faster with greater investment.
Why are our big institutions still investing in an increasingly shaky nation?
There should be more investment in the UK, which is slowly but surely growing, and would grow faster with greater investment.
Racist chants at Israeli soccer matches have surged by 71% this season, with fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv leading the rise, according to a report released by the "Kicking Racism and Violence Out of Soccer" program.
If this provocation is brought to the Aston Villa game, then maybe they should be banned.
If this provocation is brought to the Aston Villa game, then maybe they should be banned.
October 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Racist chants at Israeli soccer matches have surged by 71% this season, with fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv leading the rise, according to a report released by the "Kicking Racism and Violence Out of Soccer" program.
If this provocation is brought to the Aston Villa game, then maybe they should be banned.
If this provocation is brought to the Aston Villa game, then maybe they should be banned.
As expected, Hamas can't find all the bodies, now that Israel has reduced most of Gaza to unrecognizable rubble and unexploded ordinance, giving Israel the excuse to restart the carnage.
Hamas seem to have fallen into an obvious trap & so the nightmare continues.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Hamas seem to have fallen into an obvious trap & so the nightmare continues.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Hamas says all reachable hostage bodies recovered amid Israel threat to resume Gaza fighting
Israel’s defence minister has said the country could resume fighting if Hamas does not honour the terms of the ceasefire deal
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:54 AM
As expected, Hamas can't find all the bodies, now that Israel has reduced most of Gaza to unrecognizable rubble and unexploded ordinance, giving Israel the excuse to restart the carnage.
Hamas seem to have fallen into an obvious trap & so the nightmare continues.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Hamas seem to have fallen into an obvious trap & so the nightmare continues.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Once again, the Israelis lie. They lie and they lie and they lie. They know we know they lie. Why treat people this way? It does not improve anyone's situation and just exposes Israel's callous cruelty and lack of morality.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Gaza flotilla passengers allege poor conditions in detention as Israel prepares to deport dozens of activists
Families of some aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla say they are being held without access to clean water or legal representation
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Once again, the Israelis lie. They lie and they lie and they lie. They know we know they lie. Why treat people this way? It does not improve anyone's situation and just exposes Israel's callous cruelty and lack of morality.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
I've just discovered The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
The internet can be a wonderful resource if it puts its mind to it.
plato.stanford.edu/entries/truth/
The internet can be a wonderful resource if it puts its mind to it.
plato.stanford.edu/entries/truth/
Truth (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
plato.stanford.edu
October 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I've just discovered The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
The internet can be a wonderful resource if it puts its mind to it.
plato.stanford.edu/entries/truth/
The internet can be a wonderful resource if it puts its mind to it.
plato.stanford.edu/entries/truth/
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Co-op to power equivalent of 140 stores a year from Wales' largest offshore wind farm. The Co-op has announced a major new deal to purchase 33GWh of clean energy a year from Wales' largest offshore wind farm.
www.businessgreen.com/news/4519760...
www.businessgreen.com/news/4519760...
Co-op to power equivalent of 140 stores a year from Wales' largest offshore wind farm
Co-operative confirms deal to purchase 33GWh of clean power each year from RWE's Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm
www.businessgreen.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Co-op to power equivalent of 140 stores a year from Wales' largest offshore wind farm. The Co-op has announced a major new deal to purchase 33GWh of clean energy a year from Wales' largest offshore wind farm.
www.businessgreen.com/news/4519760...
www.businessgreen.com/news/4519760...
Here's a poster I created, themed on the idea of regeneration of our fossil fuel industry into the new world of renewable energy.
It's along the style of those British Rail posters which provides the element of tradition. Hope you like it!
It's along the style of those British Rail posters which provides the element of tradition. Hope you like it!
October 3, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Here's a poster I created, themed on the idea of regeneration of our fossil fuel industry into the new world of renewable energy.
It's along the style of those British Rail posters which provides the element of tradition. Hope you like it!
It's along the style of those British Rail posters which provides the element of tradition. Hope you like it!
The UK's stance on Russian oil is dismissed by Modi ; India actually supplies UK with oil received from Russia. This loophole will close early 2026 but cheap #Russianoil is a factor in the close down of #Lindsey refinery.
Should the state step in and support a more gradual transition away from oil?
Should the state step in and support a more gradual transition away from oil?
October 3, 2025 at 6:49 AM
The UK's stance on Russian oil is dismissed by Modi ; India actually supplies UK with oil received from Russia. This loophole will close early 2026 but cheap #Russianoil is a factor in the close down of #Lindsey refinery.
Should the state step in and support a more gradual transition away from oil?
Should the state step in and support a more gradual transition away from oil?
“the ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction … no longer exists”.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0
If the first term of Donald Trump provoked anxiety over the fate of objective knowledge, the second has led to claims we live in a world-historical age of stupid, accelerated by big tech. But might th...
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:18 AM
“the ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction … no longer exists”.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
Pretty much as expected. Lying Israelis flout international law by attacking and arresting peaceful unarmed flotilla carrying humanitarian aid in international waters on flimsy excuse of being "militarily justified". We should never have fought the Ottoman Empire.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Israeli naval forces board pro-Palestinian flotilla 75 miles from Gaza
Greta Thunberg arrested and taken into custody after six of the flotilla’s boats were boarded
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Pretty much as expected. Lying Israelis flout international law by attacking and arresting peaceful unarmed flotilla carrying humanitarian aid in international waters on flimsy excuse of being "militarily justified". We should never have fought the Ottoman Empire.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Thinking of Gaza.
youtu.be/kGXulIndc1s
youtu.be/kGXulIndc1s
Grateful Dead - Death Don't Have No Mercy (Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre; MT View, CA 09/29/89)
YouTube video by Grateful Dead
youtu.be
September 30, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Thinking of Gaza.
youtu.be/kGXulIndc1s
youtu.be/kGXulIndc1s
It was Israel's decision to cut off food aid to Gaza, it is they that have bombed and poisoned the fields and farmland.
"The Gaza health ministry has announced on Telegram that 453 people, including 150 children, have died of famine and malnutrition in Gaza."
- The Guardian
#gaza #israel
"The Gaza health ministry has announced on Telegram that 453 people, including 150 children, have died of famine and malnutrition in Gaza."
- The Guardian
#gaza #israel
September 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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'Labour must fight rightwing billionaires undermining net zero.'
#ClimateAction #climate
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#ClimateAction #climate
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour must fight rightwing billionaires undermining net zero, says Ed Miliband
Exclusive: Energy secretary will hit out at the Tory and Reform ‘culture war’ and unveil target of 400,000 new jobs in clean energy
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
'Labour must fight rightwing billionaires undermining net zero.'
#ClimateAction #climate
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#ClimateAction #climate
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Last night there seemed a glimmer of hope for peace in Gaza, even if a rather distorted one that didn't say anything much about the West Bank. However, Netanyahu is already twisting it so it becomes unacceptable.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Netanyahu says he did not agree to Palestinian state as part of Trump Gaza plan, and IDF will remain ‘in most of the territory’ – live
Israeli PM discussed his meeting with Donald Trump in a Telegram post, while a senior Hamas official has said the group will study the proposals
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Last night there seemed a glimmer of hope for peace in Gaza, even if a rather distorted one that didn't say anything much about the West Bank. However, Netanyahu is already twisting it so it becomes unacceptable.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
When you wake up at night and feel the world is going to hell in a handcart , what better than a bit of self realisation? Unconsciously, I chose Vishnu , the Preserver, the supreme Lord who creates, protects, and transforms the universe.
September 30, 2025 at 8:49 AM
When you wake up at night and feel the world is going to hell in a handcart , what better than a bit of self realisation? Unconsciously, I chose Vishnu , the Preserver, the supreme Lord who creates, protects, and transforms the universe.
Are we already at war with Russia?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Britain may already be at war with Russia, former head of MI5 says
Eliza Manningham-Buller points to extent of cyber-attacks and other hostile activity orchestrated by Moscow
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Are we already at war with Russia?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A good result in these 3 Germany mayoral elections but still concerning that AfD consistently achieved nearly 30% of the vote.
#Germany #fascism
#Germany #fascism
The AfD qualified for three mayoral run-offs in cities in North Rhine-Westphalia today, and lost all by big margins. The lesson is not that we have overdone the AfD's rise, but that we do perhaps sometimes underestimate the counter-mobilisation effects - including in east Germany, incidentally.
September 29, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Whitehall directors:
"... there is no suggestion that any of them has broken any rules by swaying decisions to profit themselves or their companies. But collectively, they paint a picture of a government dangerously captured by big polluters, the financial sector and firms pushing privatisation."
"... there is no suggestion that any of them has broken any rules by swaying decisions to profit themselves or their companies. But collectively, they paint a picture of a government dangerously captured by big polluters, the financial sector and firms pushing privatisation."
Revealed: the arms industry bosses, executives at major polluters and senior bankers overseeing government departments:
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw... <- by me
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw... <- by me
REVEALED: The big polluter and arms industry bosses overseeing government departments
Two in three Whitehall department non-executive directors have corporate backgrounds - and only one is a trade unionist - analysis released ahead of Labour conference reveals.
open.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Whitehall directors:
"... there is no suggestion that any of them has broken any rules by swaying decisions to profit themselves or their companies. But collectively, they paint a picture of a government dangerously captured by big polluters, the financial sector and firms pushing privatisation."
"... there is no suggestion that any of them has broken any rules by swaying decisions to profit themselves or their companies. But collectively, they paint a picture of a government dangerously captured by big polluters, the financial sector and firms pushing privatisation."
Iraq war veteran license plate.
Is this what PTSD can do to someone ?
Is this what PTSD can do to someone ?
Photo of the alleged shooter’s truck which rammed the church in Grand Blanc, Michigan.
September 29, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Iraq war veteran license plate.
Is this what PTSD can do to someone ?
Is this what PTSD can do to someone ?
PAS wins in #Moldova elections!
The pro-European party wins 50.14% of votes cast, with over 99% counted.
Obviously, the pro-Russian "Patriotic Bloc" are not happy.
pv.cec.md/preliminare
The pro-European party wins 50.14% of votes cast, with over 99% counted.
Obviously, the pro-Russian "Patriotic Bloc" are not happy.
pv.cec.md/preliminare
Rezultate preliminare
pv.cec.md
September 29, 2025 at 6:16 AM
PAS wins in #Moldova elections!
The pro-European party wins 50.14% of votes cast, with over 99% counted.
Obviously, the pro-Russian "Patriotic Bloc" are not happy.
pv.cec.md/preliminare
The pro-European party wins 50.14% of votes cast, with over 99% counted.
Obviously, the pro-Russian "Patriotic Bloc" are not happy.
pv.cec.md/preliminare
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Looks like the Electrodetal plant in Bryansk won’t be producing many electrical connectors and wiring assemblies for Russia’s fighter jets, missiles, submarines, tanks, air defence systems, and drones.
September 28, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Looks like the Electrodetal plant in Bryansk won’t be producing many electrical connectors and wiring assemblies for Russia’s fighter jets, missiles, submarines, tanks, air defence systems, and drones.
"Labour members and trades unions are overwhelmingly against their party’s complicity in genocide and the ban on Palestine Action."
Defend Our Juries - 100 people arrested.
Once the UK Gov. recognises genocide, it is bound by international law to prevent it.
parliamentnews.co.uk/we-cannot-wa...
Defend Our Juries - 100 people arrested.
Once the UK Gov. recognises genocide, it is bound by international law to prevent it.
parliamentnews.co.uk/we-cannot-wa...
We cannot wait for the courts - The UK has a legal obligation to prevent genocide | Parliament Politics Magazine
I have watched in horror as Gaza has been reduced to a landscape of rubble and despair: children dying of hunger, families drinking brackish water, hospitals
parliamentnews.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 5:53 AM
"Labour members and trades unions are overwhelmingly against their party’s complicity in genocide and the ban on Palestine Action."
Defend Our Juries - 100 people arrested.
Once the UK Gov. recognises genocide, it is bound by international law to prevent it.
parliamentnews.co.uk/we-cannot-wa...
Defend Our Juries - 100 people arrested.
Once the UK Gov. recognises genocide, it is bound by international law to prevent it.
parliamentnews.co.uk/we-cannot-wa...