Greg4bs

Open minded💜, inspired by🌍 travel, Buddhist leanings. #Violence Prevention ...🥶cold water is my saviour...
All thoughts are my own™️

[Greg4bs @Greg4bsScotland]

@ComJusScot @Prev_Justice The food 8kbvebbuuuuuuuuuuiiuiiiuuuuuuuuuuiuiuuyiyuuauuytzUuiuuuuzyuyiuuyuuua

[Greg4bs @Greg4bsScotland]

Rainy day but this sums up life. "Be who you are, love who you want"

[Greg4bs @Greg4bsScotland]

London yesterday. A simple inclusive measure to protect privacy, ensure dignity and offer a safe space.

[𝕁𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝔻𝕠𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕪 💜 @Prev_Justice]

I’ve been fortunate to meet some right cracking police over my working life. We’ve not always seen eye to eye on stuff, and there’s been many disagreements. But I’ve never met one who didn’t want to make communities safer. Not one!

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Stanislav Petrov, the man who saved the world from nuclear disaster, on this day in 1983, 39 years ago today, saw the word "LAUNCH" flash across the Soviet Union's attack early warning system. His screen stated with high reliability that a total of five American intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) had been launched and were headed toward the Soviet Union. Petrov had to make a decision: should he report an incoming American strike, or should he hold off, confident that what they were seeing was a false alarm?

If he reported it, Soviet nuclear doctrine called for a full nuclear retaliation. There would be no time to double-check the warning system or seek negotiations with the U.S. This occurred during the Reagan administration, which had taken a firmer stance against the Soviets compared to previous administrations. The Reagan administration was deploying Pershing I nuclear-armed missiles to West Germany and Great Britain, capable of striking the Soviet Union. Given these circumstances, Petrov had reasons to believe that Reagan's brinkmanship had escalated to an actual nuclear exchange.

However, Petrov chose not to report the incoming strike. In the end, his decision proved to be correct. The system had mistaken the sun's reflection off of clouds for a missile. A 1979 report by Congress had estimated that a full-scale Soviet assault on the U.S., and an eventual counter-strike, would have resulted in over 100 million deaths. Petrov, almost single-handedly, prevented those deaths.

Despite being right, Petrov was relentlessly interrogated afterward and never rewarded for his decision, according to David Hoffman of The Washington Post.

[Greg4bs @Greg4bsScotland]

Hiking into Albania from Europe's newest country Kosovo

[Greg4bs @Greg4bsScotland]

Happiness for me is having the ability to backpack. Always loved budget travel as a way to see the world up close. #gratitude. My daughter has certainly caught this intergenerational 😍...

[Greg4bs @Greg4bsScotland]

Soviet statues in Sofia from a bygone era now seating in urban bmx park. Keeping kids busy.
#streetphotography #travelphotography

[Greg4bs @Greg4bsScotland]

early bus to eastern bulgaria Plovdiv...oldest city in europe

[Greg4bs @Greg4bsScotland]

Defo worth a watch..implications for humanity

[Steven Bartlett @StevenBartlett]

EMERGENCY EPISODE: Ex-Google Officer Finally Speaks Out On The Dangers Of AI!

@MGawdat has spent a lifetime pioneering world leading technology and says that AI has gone TOO FAR.

Are we sleepwalking into unparalleled social & economic crisis?

OUT NOW👉🏽https://t.co/GpslyFlCDT

[Greg4bs @Greg4bsScotland]

“influencer” of the worst kind. A groomer full stop. Grooms women to exploit them and grooms men to believe they should emulate him & hate women.
We will not stop violence against women until we excel in reclaiming what positive masculinity is.
https://t.co/psUtpdjqFn

[Greg4bs @Greg4bsScotland]

In Stockholm talking about violence prevention with Brå. Not quite the small breakfast meeting i anticipated. Come for morning coffee before the main event.

[Greg4bs @Greg4bsScotland]

Great analogy ,This makes sense and is worth reading if you want to increase your understanding of violence in the young.

[Suzanne Zeedyk @suzannezeedyk]

How the new challenges faced by women footballers help us in thinking about responses to increased “school violence”. An analogy I didn’t have time to draw on today in my intvw w/ @Fionasstalker on @BBCRadioScot . THREAD.

[Kirsty Giles @KirstyGiles3]

‘Together towards resilient communities’ the aim at the LEPH conference in Sweden.
Resilient communities reduce violence. “We need to question ourselves and what no longer works” Head of Police, Northern Sweden 🇸🇪

[Greg4bs @Greg4bsScotland]

@KirstyGiles3 @Jason_Peter_ What a fantastic effort by my three colleagues @KirstyGiles3 @Jason_Peter_ @ScottKennedy21 ...you live it and breath helping others every day ...true compassionate leadership

[Greg4bs @Greg4bsScotland]

Cuts cuts cuts... There's only so many rabbits you can pull out of hats in terms of creative initiatives when it's set against a plethora of multi agency cuts across community policing, youth work and NHS youth navigators. These services are are the building blocks of hope.

[Callum @callum2591]

Imagine being a vulnerable young person in @NHS_Lothian or @LothianChildren and being told that the @NavigatorYouth service, which has been your lifeline since 2021, is closing due to lack of funding. This is a devastating blow to the mental health and wellbeing of our youth.

[Greg4bs @Greg4bsScotland]

A fadded old book just arrived through the post that was recommended to me by @Prev_Justice... Another essential bit of reading "all crimes all hatred all wars can be reduced to unhappiness" & how children can be raised to" prevent much of this unhappiness "

[Greg4bs @Greg4bsScotland]

Speaking to European colleagues from Germany, Norway and Cyprus on trauma informed policing, the public health approach and the role of the SVRU... Thanks for the slides @KirstyGiles3 and @DirectorVRU... Could not help mentioning the excellent work of @G20Works and @YouDecideTeam

[Greg4bs @Greg4bsScotland]

@G20Works Thanks for inspiring me with your positivity, hope and enthusiasm.. Meeting you was a welcome uplift after reading the depressing article on violence in yesterday's Herald. I just wish every town had the enthusiasm and vision G20 deliver. #spreadhopenotfear.

[Greg4bs @Greg4bsScotland]

Hard hitting, but honest speech by my SVRU colleague @Prev_Justice
The custody experience through the eyes of trauma. "We know the evidence..." . Healing occurs when compassion and respect are shown to children. Trauma informed practice more important than ever. #PlacesofSafety