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R/-Y Alexander
@rayalexander73.bsky.social
He / Him / It

Scottish Father, artist, musician, writer, climate anxious mess. Left wing and as confused as an elephant in a room ☮️ 🌍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳 🇺🇦 🇰🇼 🇹🇼


https://music.apple.com/us/artist/ray-alexander/1436228501
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#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge

Beatle Bones n' Smokin' Stones—
Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band

"Oh the winged-eel slither
On the heels of today's children;
Strawberry Fields forever!"

#musicsky #nowplaying

youtu.be/cY-L_tf2gwA
Beatle Bones N' Smokin' Stones
YouTube video by Captain Beefheart - Topic
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
America has more issues than any other country on Earth

everytownresearch.org/road-rage-sh...
Road Rage Shootings Remain Alarmingly High
In 2023, someone was shot and wounded or killed in a road rage shooting incident on average every 18 hours.
everytownresearch.org
November 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Trigger warning.

“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”

Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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There are over 1️⃣6️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ gas & oil lobbyists at COP30 👇
What a shocking failure. Would you allow tobacco lobbyists into a world health conference?

There will be 0️⃣ lobbyists at the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis on 27th November.
Is your MP attending? www.nebriefing.org
November 16, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Our future is getting progressively shorter.

youtu.be/PTQ9YKcfbVI?...
Tipping Point by Ray Alexander - Official Music Video
YouTube video by Ray Alexander
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
WTF!? Are humans losing brain functionality and recall?
No, so fuck off with your AI pish!

"He likes to wear it while going to the movie theater alone, for example, so that he can discuss the plot with his Friend afterward."

www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/t...
How this tiny device became a symbol for the backlash against AI | CNN Business
An unassuming circular pendant slightly larger than a quarter has been at the center of a massive uproar. The chief executive behind it isn’t fazed.
www.cnn.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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The “ties” included financial donations. “His interests aligned with the genetic basis of human behavior, wrote science historian Naomi Oreskes in 2020, a eugenics-influenced view that is seeing a revival today among some Silicon Valley voices.”

🧪

www.scientificamerican.com/article/jeff...
Jeffrey Epstein E-mails Reveal Depth of Ties to High-Profile Scientists
A trove of e-mails from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was released by a congressional committee on Wednesday
www.scientificamerican.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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When the CIA experimented on kids.
At 16, I was experimented on by the CIA and now I'm suing
Lana Ponting is part of a class-action lawsuit against the Canadian government for its alleged role in the MK-Ultra experiments.
www.bbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A 2017 survey of Japanese students aged 16–22 found that 14–17 per cent of them admitted to having romantic feelings towards a character in a video game or anime.

www.sciencefocus.com/news/japanes...
Japanese people still aren’t having sex. And nobody knows why | BBC Science Focus Magazine
Around 1 in 10 Japanese people reach their 30s without ever having had sex, according to a recent review.
www.sciencefocus.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
If you think people made homeless are a problem, YOU are the problem

"Locals say the camp has grown rapidly in recent weeks, prompting concerns over hygiene and safety"

uk.yahoo.com/news/london-...
London street transformed into 'shanty town' as homeless set up dozens of tents
A makeshift homeless camp has appeared along Euston Road in central London, with at least 46 tents now lining the pavement near Tottenham Court Road. Residents, many of whom are migrants, have filled ...
uk.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Some of the world’s poorest countries receive more than two-thirds of their climate finance in the form of loans, despite warnings that many cannot afford the terms and interest repayments.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
China and Saudi Arabia among nations receiving climate loans, analysis reveals
Investigation by Guardian and Carbon Brief finds just a fifth of funds to fight global heating went to poorest 44 countries
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Things gradually slotting into place.
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Earth, 11 minutes ago as seen from Space 🌍
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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£41 million! That’s how much more the Post Office has just agreed to pay Fujitsu to retain the faulty Horizon IT system. It's a slap in the face to all those wrongfully convicted PO staff. Join me and 280k others to hold Fujitsu to account. Sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ho...
Hold Fujitsu to account for Post Office scandal
£41 million! That’s how much more the Post Office has just agreed to pay Fujitsu to keep using the faulty Horizon IT system. And that's on top of another whopping £65m the Government paid the scandal ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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The Horizon IT system directly led to more than 900 wrongful prosecutions of sub-postmasters.

The news that the Post Office have just agreed to pay them £41million to keep using Horizon - whilst the victims are still fighting to get the compensation - is an outrage.
November 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
End of days people; end of days.
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Gen Z are right
There should be no divide, right and left should unite as we all share similar traits. And sexuality is nobody else's business.

If the world takes heed then it's still possible to have hope.

I however am gen X and have too many on my kill list
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 AM
My mission this week is to be cancelled from social media

I read enough and nobody is reading this
November 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Sorry, but we're on the verge of hitting 8.5 billion people on a small insignificant planet undergoing an existential collapse of habitable conditions.

Let them rot.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM