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Secret underground #bunker could be used by #UK MoD amid growing concerns of #war

The historic bunker in #Edinburgh, was built in secret during 1940s as part of Britain’s air defences during #WWII & declassified in 1955

He added that due to current world tensions, including the #war in #Ukraine, there has been a surge in interest in the bunker

MoD commissioned surveys on the underground safe zone

thenational.scot/news/25017987

The National · MoD plans to use secret underground bunker in Edinburgh revealedBy Alasdair Ferguson
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@YehudaAmzallagh shows just how desperately the Kremlin fears #Zelensky ‘s leadership. Now they are using a US president and the useful idiots around him in their campaign to undermine and replace the man.

Fortunately for #Ukraine and for #Europe Zelensky is a tough determined leader who will not go to a #bunker at the first sign of danger and he is not a weak #Putin lapdog either. The orange felon is a disgrace… and those who support him are no better.

🔦☢️🪜 Sometimes I go to extreme lengths to bring you my #AbandonedPlaces photos. Here I am, wading through a flooded Cold War bunker deep below an industrial area in Latvia.

Earlier in the trip I fractured my ribs climbing out of a window in a hurry (but that's another story!). It was an eventful trip!

Blog article about my #Baltics 2023 road trips with more photos and tales from the roadtrip - obsidianurbexphotography.com/b

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This requirement means the sole way of keeping my residence cooler than the ambient temperature outside has been to block every window with #blackout fabric-covered panels.

I am also #disabled and while excessive heat alone can be debilitating and dangerous, months of what *should be* gorgeous long days wuth just a hint of true darkness overnight are now as bleak as being in a #bunker. 😢

4/x

#heatwave
#climate

pluralistic.net/2020/03/14/mas

contains a link to a free audio version of Corey Doctorow's Masque of the Red Death. A story about #plutocrats holing up in a #bunker in the event of civilizational collapse.

Spoiler alert:

It does not end well for them, and that did not even require mobs with pitchforks.

pluralistic.netPluralistic: 14 Mar 2020 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow