I've not commented much on matters of law for a while, though I have personally been fighting a lengthy battle which has given me enhanced insight into how the system works. This battle is reaching an end, and I will present my findings to you all when it does.
For now, I've been catching up on some Substack articles by Martin Geddes, and one of them features a very revealing summary of the UK legal system:
"Courts increasingly treat such arguments as existential threats. They experience them not as technical questions within the legal order, but as attacks on the legal order itself. And when a system feels existentially threatened, it tends to prioritise continuity of operation over purity of doctrine — even if that requires simulating law rather than enacting it."
Law (especially Civil Law) is so complex that it favours those who know how to wield its vast, sprawling nuances most effectively. Essentially, the System can achieve almost any ends it desires, and make it look legitimate. The System is less interested in justice than it is in self-preservation.
For now, I've been catching up on some Substack articles by Martin Geddes, and one of them features a very revealing summary of the UK legal system:
"Courts increasingly treat such arguments as existential threats. They experience them not as technical questions within the legal order, but as attacks on the legal order itself. And when a system feels existentially threatened, it tends to prioritise continuity of operation over purity of doctrine — even if that requires simulating law rather than enacting it."
Law (especially Civil Law) is so complex that it favours those who know how to wield its vast, sprawling nuances most effectively. Essentially, the System can achieve almost any ends it desires, and make it look legitimate. The System is less interested in justice than it is in self-preservation.
Martingeddes
Supervision vs demolition: on the limits of appeal
Watching a costs catastrophe unfold in court, and what it teaches about my own legal fight
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Every now and then, it hits me like a tonne of bricks that we're already living in an unbearable dystopia; the kind of dystopia that authors and film-makers have warned of for at least a century. Like you, I grew up with these warnings, and dismissed them as fanciful. I also opened myself to 'conspiracy theories' at about the age of 20, and have watched agog as they've all been proven as fact.
Often, I think we fail to recognise how far progressed the dystopia is, because unlike Orwell's 1984 or Children of Men, or Mad Max, or the post-Skynet world of The Terminator, we aren't yet surrounded by visible cell walls or undeniable signs of material, civilisational collapse. We can still fool ourselves into believing that 'things aren't that bad'.
But imagine, for a moment, travelling back in time 500 years and telling your great-great-...-grandfather that you come from a time when non-living objects accuse, identify and testify against living men and women in matters of law and judgment. Here's a clear example...
From another Martin Geddes article:
"A familiar example is the automated fixed penalty notice for speeding, parking, or a bus lane: a “case” is generated by camera data and a database entry, with no identifiable human author. The notice is treated as binding until disproven, and the burden shifts onto the recipient to contest an object whose genesis cannot be meaningfully challenged.
In each case the object is not treated as a hypothesis to be proven, but as a premise to be relied upon. The system proceeds as if the object exists, because without it the attribution process cannot complete; liability has to go somewhere, even if the object is only a procedural fiction.
The result is governance without a terminating human actor, and enforcement without a contestable forum. Attribution is degraded into abstractions, procedures, labels, brands, and conventions — but not a person you can hold accountable.
A synthetic governance object is, in essence, an asserted thing — a noun that can be written into forms, letters, orders, databases, and judgments — enabling coercive or regulatory action despite lacking formal attributable genesis.
The key diagnostic is this: the object is doing the work of authority, but no human being can be made to own its creation. These objects tend to share common properties:
no attributable author (“the system” acted)
no bounded standing (unclear membership, scope, or edges)
no capacity to respond (cannot correct, contest, or be wronged)
elastic expansion (scope grows by association, inference, or administrative convenience)
stabilises power (without it, enforcement becomes difficult or impossible)"
Often, I think we fail to recognise how far progressed the dystopia is, because unlike Orwell's 1984 or Children of Men, or Mad Max, or the post-Skynet world of The Terminator, we aren't yet surrounded by visible cell walls or undeniable signs of material, civilisational collapse. We can still fool ourselves into believing that 'things aren't that bad'.
But imagine, for a moment, travelling back in time 500 years and telling your great-great-...-grandfather that you come from a time when non-living objects accuse, identify and testify against living men and women in matters of law and judgment. Here's a clear example...
From another Martin Geddes article:
"A familiar example is the automated fixed penalty notice for speeding, parking, or a bus lane: a “case” is generated by camera data and a database entry, with no identifiable human author. The notice is treated as binding until disproven, and the burden shifts onto the recipient to contest an object whose genesis cannot be meaningfully challenged.
In each case the object is not treated as a hypothesis to be proven, but as a premise to be relied upon. The system proceeds as if the object exists, because without it the attribution process cannot complete; liability has to go somewhere, even if the object is only a procedural fiction.
The result is governance without a terminating human actor, and enforcement without a contestable forum. Attribution is degraded into abstractions, procedures, labels, brands, and conventions — but not a person you can hold accountable.
A synthetic governance object is, in essence, an asserted thing — a noun that can be written into forms, letters, orders, databases, and judgments — enabling coercive or regulatory action despite lacking formal attributable genesis.
The key diagnostic is this: the object is doing the work of authority, but no human being can be made to own its creation. These objects tend to share common properties:
no attributable author (“the system” acted)
no bounded standing (unclear membership, scope, or edges)
no capacity to respond (cannot correct, contest, or be wronged)
elastic expansion (scope grows by association, inference, or administrative convenience)
stabilises power (without it, enforcement becomes difficult or impossible)"
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It has occurred to me, after re-reading my last post, that techno-futurism can only lead to dystopia. 'Utopian techno-futurism' is an oxymoron.
When we think of highly technological society, we always start from the premise that the technology is neutral, and can be used for good or bad, freedom or oppression. I don't think that's true.
A surveillance camera prosecuting a living man is dystopian, whether the man is guilty of a crime or not. Anywhere that non-living objects hold that amount of power over the fate and freedom of a living man is a dystopia, regardless of how that power is used.
An alternative is to limit the remit of non-living objects such as CCTV cameras so that they don't have the 'authority' to witness, identify and testify, but that would make their very presence pointless. That leaves the only alternative as being: To filter out and ban the very presence of technological objects and systems which might exercise a dystopian degree of power over man. But that probably undermines the entire basis for a techno-futuristic society in the first place.
The Machine must die.
When we think of highly technological society, we always start from the premise that the technology is neutral, and can be used for good or bad, freedom or oppression. I don't think that's true.
A surveillance camera prosecuting a living man is dystopian, whether the man is guilty of a crime or not. Anywhere that non-living objects hold that amount of power over the fate and freedom of a living man is a dystopia, regardless of how that power is used.
An alternative is to limit the remit of non-living objects such as CCTV cameras so that they don't have the 'authority' to witness, identify and testify, but that would make their very presence pointless. That leaves the only alternative as being: To filter out and ban the very presence of technological objects and systems which might exercise a dystopian degree of power over man. But that probably undermines the entire basis for a techno-futuristic society in the first place.
The Machine must die.
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Forwarded from Hearthfire Radio
NEW EPISODE — The Outlander — Why I Love Punk Rock
https://www.hearthfireradio.com/watch?v=iPCxRcrJ
Mike channeling his inner Neon Knights spirit. Germanic paganism is bound up with Viking aesthetics, horned helmets, and heavy metal. And metal gives us one (very important) side of the Germanic folk-soul, but punk rock gives us the other side—one which metal is largely missing: the deeply Odinic aspect of wode.
https://www.hearthfireradio.com/watch?v=iPCxRcrJ
Mike channeling his inner Neon Knights spirit. Germanic paganism is bound up with Viking aesthetics, horned helmets, and heavy metal. And metal gives us one (very important) side of the Germanic folk-soul, but punk rock gives us the other side—one which metal is largely missing: the deeply Odinic aspect of wode.
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Forwarded from E2G 𝘾𝙀𝙉𝙎𝙊𝙍𝙀𝘿 (𝙰𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍)
“Alright, now attack Iran during Purim, the Jewish holiday celebrating the massacre of 75,000 Persians.
Start the attack on the 11th day of the 9th month on the Muslim calendar.”
“But sir, won’t that cause people to reconsider who was responsible for 9/11?”
“Do it. Make sure #Purim coincides with a blood moon that peaks at 3:33 am on 3/3.”
“But sir-“
“I know 3 is a highly significant number in Jewish #Kabbalah, symbolizing an 3rd party ending a unresolvable conflict between 1 & 2. Now do it.”
“But-”
“Have a Jewish journalist publish an article admitting how significant the symbolism is, and comparing Iran to Amalek.”
“…”
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Start the attack on the 11th day of the 9th month on the Muslim calendar.”
“But sir, won’t that cause people to reconsider who was responsible for 9/11?”
“Do it. Make sure #Purim coincides with a blood moon that peaks at 3:33 am on 3/3.”
“But sir-“
“I know 3 is a highly significant number in Jewish #Kabbalah, symbolizing an 3rd party ending a unresolvable conflict between 1 & 2. Now do it.”
“But-”
“Have a Jewish journalist publish an article admitting how significant the symbolism is, and comparing Iran to Amalek.”
“…”
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Forwarded from Caledonian Forge
It’s #marchmeetthemaker month, so we’re taking this opportunity to introduce ourselves to again!😁
We are Nicky and Fausta, the only people behind Caledonian Forge. Having had a strong interest in the artistic side of things as far back as we can remember, we met at Nicky’s end of the year art exhibition in college, many years ago. Little did we know that we’d become lifelong partners in life AND in work!
Nicky has always been passionate about historical jewellery which has led him to teaching himself various goldsmithing techniques, both ancient and modern which he is passing on to me, Fausta, on my workshop days. This passion evolved into our wee business today. Follow along for more behind the scenes, new projects, and everything in between.😊
We are Nicky and Fausta, the only people behind Caledonian Forge. Having had a strong interest in the artistic side of things as far back as we can remember, we met at Nicky’s end of the year art exhibition in college, many years ago. Little did we know that we’d become lifelong partners in life AND in work!
Nicky has always been passionate about historical jewellery which has led him to teaching himself various goldsmithing techniques, both ancient and modern which he is passing on to me, Fausta, on my workshop days. This passion evolved into our wee business today. Follow along for more behind the scenes, new projects, and everything in between.😊
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^ These are good, talented people with an excellent silversmithing business. I've personally bought and wear jewellery made by them.
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So, the 'Sustainable Development Goals' of the UN's Agenda 2030 happen to include 'clean energy' and 'climate action', incorporating such ambitions as severely reducing private car ownership and air travel.
Curious that one of the 'happy accidents' of war on the Middle East is a sharp rise in oil prices, which hastens the West towards the above goals.
I know, from campaigning against wind farms, that one of the problems the Green Industry has is that 'clean energy' is actually very expensive to produce. Far from lowering electricity costs for the people, wind farms will increase them. But if the cost of 'dirty energy' can be raised, then 'clean energy' suddenly becomes affordable by comparison.
Again, curiously convenient.
How oil prices in the Middle East raise the price of coal and nuclear powered electricity in Western Europe is somewhat of a mystery. But then, none of this needs to be particularly logical, does it.
Curious that one of the 'happy accidents' of war on the Middle East is a sharp rise in oil prices, which hastens the West towards the above goals.
I know, from campaigning against wind farms, that one of the problems the Green Industry has is that 'clean energy' is actually very expensive to produce. Far from lowering electricity costs for the people, wind farms will increase them. But if the cost of 'dirty energy' can be raised, then 'clean energy' suddenly becomes affordable by comparison.
Again, curiously convenient.
How oil prices in the Middle East raise the price of coal and nuclear powered electricity in Western Europe is somewhat of a mystery. But then, none of this needs to be particularly logical, does it.
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It's all too much in Britain at the moment, isn't it.
Another war
On behalf of Zio-Bankers
Against a rebel nation
Announced through serpent lips on the telly
Leading to yet more social division
And another rise in living costs
When basic costs are already crippling many
Because we pay some of the highest prices for energy.
The reptiles are giving themselves another pay-rise
And council tax is going up again
When we already pay the highest property taxes in the world
And the legal system protects the scavengers.
Taxes go up, services disappear.
2 months of constant rain
From unnatural hazy cloudalikes
A day of sunshine to remind us of what we're missing
Just enough to stop people dying of gloom
And to give farmers hope that there'll be crops this year.
New wind farms announced daily
Industrialising the landscape
Spearheaded by the Marxist-child Miliband
Whose ancestors never gazed upon these unspoilt lands with teary eyes.
A generation of young people disenfranchised
Stability destroyed
By lies and lockdowns
The hopelessness of owning nothing
Not even a national identity.
The most abhorrent institutional abuse of children glossed over
'Misconduct in public office'
Not 'rape'
No noble or inspiring words from a 'king'
Who is more interested in Technocracy and the sale of England
Than in its protection.
The AI control grid creeps
Art disappears
No-one says 'this is a free country'
Because no-one remembers a time when it felt less free
And more oppressive.
We're all feeling it. But there are alternatives, there is joy to be had. We just need to use our imagination, and to not let Boomers tell us what's possible or acceptable.
Another war
On behalf of Zio-Bankers
Against a rebel nation
Announced through serpent lips on the telly
Leading to yet more social division
And another rise in living costs
When basic costs are already crippling many
Because we pay some of the highest prices for energy.
The reptiles are giving themselves another pay-rise
And council tax is going up again
When we already pay the highest property taxes in the world
And the legal system protects the scavengers.
Taxes go up, services disappear.
2 months of constant rain
From unnatural hazy cloudalikes
A day of sunshine to remind us of what we're missing
Just enough to stop people dying of gloom
And to give farmers hope that there'll be crops this year.
New wind farms announced daily
Industrialising the landscape
Spearheaded by the Marxist-child Miliband
Whose ancestors never gazed upon these unspoilt lands with teary eyes.
A generation of young people disenfranchised
Stability destroyed
By lies and lockdowns
The hopelessness of owning nothing
Not even a national identity.
The most abhorrent institutional abuse of children glossed over
'Misconduct in public office'
Not 'rape'
No noble or inspiring words from a 'king'
Who is more interested in Technocracy and the sale of England
Than in its protection.
The AI control grid creeps
Art disappears
No-one says 'this is a free country'
Because no-one remembers a time when it felt less free
And more oppressive.
We're all feeling it. But there are alternatives, there is joy to be had. We just need to use our imagination, and to not let Boomers tell us what's possible or acceptable.
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In Defence of Gen-Z
As a Millennial—the generation between Gen-X and Gen-Z—I'm positioned to speak with both Zoomer, Boomers and Gen-Xers about the plight of those younger than me. The argument that most Boomers (and a few Xers) make against Zoomers goes like this:
"They complain about having no money but they spend so frivolously. In my day we didn't buy coffees every day, or get takeout, or upgrade to expensive smartphones every year. We lived frugally for the sake of long-term security."
That's mostly true. But here's the thing:
When you're on a fitness regime and you start to see results, it's infinitely easier to stick to the program. Likewise, when you're saving your money, and you see that doing so is making headway towards a meaningful goal, it's easier to forego those unnecessary expenses to continue saving instead.
That's what the Boomers, many Xers, and some Millennials had; the prospect that saving money, whilst foregoing frivolities, could reasonably lead to home ownership and a family. When there is no reasonable prospect of that, you don't see any point in saving, so you splurge instead, like most Zoomers do.
As a Millennial—the generation between Gen-X and Gen-Z—I'm positioned to speak with both Zoomer, Boomers and Gen-Xers about the plight of those younger than me. The argument that most Boomers (and a few Xers) make against Zoomers goes like this:
"They complain about having no money but they spend so frivolously. In my day we didn't buy coffees every day, or get takeout, or upgrade to expensive smartphones every year. We lived frugally for the sake of long-term security."
That's mostly true. But here's the thing:
When you're on a fitness regime and you start to see results, it's infinitely easier to stick to the program. Likewise, when you're saving your money, and you see that doing so is making headway towards a meaningful goal, it's easier to forego those unnecessary expenses to continue saving instead.
That's what the Boomers, many Xers, and some Millennials had; the prospect that saving money, whilst foregoing frivolities, could reasonably lead to home ownership and a family. When there is no reasonable prospect of that, you don't see any point in saving, so you splurge instead, like most Zoomers do.
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Forwarded from English Folk Song 🌳🎻🎹
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By the Setting of the Sun - full album out now!
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Composer: Traditional
Harp & musical arrangement: Alisa Russell
Performing artists:
Vocals: Julie Russell
Harp: Alisa Russell
Track listing:
Factory Girl
Twa Corbies
Let No Man Steal Your Thyme
Reynardine
Bird…
Composer: Traditional
Harp & musical arrangement: Alisa Russell
Performing artists:
Vocals: Julie Russell
Harp: Alisa Russell
Track listing:
Factory Girl
Twa Corbies
Let No Man Steal Your Thyme
Reynardine
Bird…
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Some of you may be thinking: "Why is Dan/The Fyrgen always highlighting how shitty things are in 'the yookay'? We know."
It's because I think, actually, many people in Britain don't know. Because of family, friends and musical activities, I have a lot of experience of how life is in Germany, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, France, Spain, and further afield. If more Brits actually knew how much better the quality of life is in those countries, on average, they'd be shocked and enraged. Of course, not everything is better elsewhere.
And what we actually need is for Brits, en-masse, to become enraged. We're far too passive and accepting of what's been done to and taken from us.
What can be done? Whatever you're capable of - lawful withholding of utilities costs, creative metering, complaints, claims and gaming the system. Above all, we should seek off-grid and decentralised means of powering our lives where possible.
I'm also not opposed to emigration, where it's right for the individual and his/her family. Many of your ancestors and distant cousins emigrated (from Germania to Britain, from Britain to the New World) in search of a freer, more dignified life. I know it's a contentious point that will earn me some negative reactions, because of how proudly steadfast some of you are. Those with the will and means to stay put, I salute you. I just won't condemn those who seek to live rather than merely survive, who don't have the financial means to live comfortably in 'the yookay'.
It's because I think, actually, many people in Britain don't know. Because of family, friends and musical activities, I have a lot of experience of how life is in Germany, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, France, Spain, and further afield. If more Brits actually knew how much better the quality of life is in those countries, on average, they'd be shocked and enraged. Of course, not everything is better elsewhere.
And what we actually need is for Brits, en-masse, to become enraged. We're far too passive and accepting of what's been done to and taken from us.
What can be done? Whatever you're capable of - lawful withholding of utilities costs, creative metering, complaints, claims and gaming the system. Above all, we should seek off-grid and decentralised means of powering our lives where possible.
I'm also not opposed to emigration, where it's right for the individual and his/her family. Many of your ancestors and distant cousins emigrated (from Germania to Britain, from Britain to the New World) in search of a freer, more dignified life. I know it's a contentious point that will earn me some negative reactions, because of how proudly steadfast some of you are. Those with the will and means to stay put, I salute you. I just won't condemn those who seek to live rather than merely survive, who don't have the financial means to live comfortably in 'the yookay'.
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Forwarded from The SHTF Farmer - Curtis Stone (Curtis Stone)
You know what's better to buy than silver and gold? Tools, equipment and supplies that you would be buying with your metals once the economy tanks. Food, water, energy and shelter are the pillars for life. Anything that enables agency over those is a step towards sovereignty.
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You may remember the GoFundMe campaign I posted about a couple of weeks ago.
I'm sorry to report that little Frances passed over on 26th February from injuries sustained in an accident.
I don't know her mother and father well, but I have had contact with them and they seem like wonderful people. As a father of young daughters myself, I can barely imagine the loss they and their other children are feeling, and will continue to feel for some time. I'm sure Frances will be a beautiful memory for all who knew her.
Rest well, sweet Frances, until your return for new adventures in Middangeard ❤️
I'm sorry to report that little Frances passed over on 26th February from injuries sustained in an accident.
I don't know her mother and father well, but I have had contact with them and they seem like wonderful people. As a father of young daughters myself, I can barely imagine the loss they and their other children are feeling, and will continue to feel for some time. I'm sure Frances will be a beautiful memory for all who knew her.
Rest well, sweet Frances, until your return for new adventures in Middangeard ❤️
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