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		<title>Authoritarian simulator game &#8211; Not for Broadcast</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2022 19:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As I exit 2022 tomorrow I thought I leave on a high note. As part of my Xmas gaming, I bought Not For Broadcast in the Steam sales, which describes itself as a full motion propaganda simulator. You play a TV controller and it starts on election night, when Advance — a far-left political party &#8230; <a href="https://lenina.wordpress.com/2022/12/30/authoritarian-simulator-game-not-for-broadcast/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Authoritarian simulator game &#8211; Not for&#160;Broadcast</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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		<title>The end of Shared Reality</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2022 20:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today (22/12/22) shared reality has ended as it will become law in Scotland that women can include both males (example in video) and females. So if a woman gets raped by a male she could have to end up addressing him as &#8216;her&#8217; when facing him in court, and the rape crime would be recorded &#8230; <a href="https://lenina.wordpress.com/2022/12/22/the-end-of-shared-reality/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The end of Shared&#160;Reality</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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		<title>The post-Christian era has arrived (or: Back to the Dark Ages)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2022 20:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Christianity is now a minority religion in England and we are heading back to the dark ages, or more accurately: the post-truth age. In Scotland sex no longer exists as a distinct category defined in law and women no longer have sex-based rights. This based on postmodern theory that considers sex an artificial construct, where &#8230; <a href="https://lenina.wordpress.com/2022/12/03/the-post-christian-era-has-arrived-or-back-to-the-dark-ages/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The post-Christian era has arrived (or: Back to the Dark&#160;Ages)</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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		<title>2+2=5</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2022 18:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you live in Scotland, you will soon be able to change your gender after 3 months of living in the opposite gender to your biological sex. So, a man can become a legal woman and easily change his birth certificate to the opposite sex. His crimes will be reported as a woman&#8217;s crimes, and &#8230; <a href="https://lenina.wordpress.com/2022/11/05/225-a-thought-experiment/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">2+2=5</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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		<title>Gender is on a spectrum</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2022 16:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I studied Judith Butler in the 90s &#8211; I had a copy of Bodies that Matter and also read Gender Trouble. Though I hadn&#8217;t read her work since then and didn&#8217;t realise she was now a &#8216;they / them&#8217;. I could get used to those pronouns, just like I can get used to Mx. What &#8230; <a href="https://lenina.wordpress.com/2022/10/22/gender-is-on-a-spectrum/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Gender is on a&#160;spectrum</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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		<title>Wishing excruciating pain on a 96-year old dying woman</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2022 19:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Three days ago, an American professor wrote quite a nasty tweet about Queen Elizabeth II, who died on the same day (8 Sept 22). Why? This is not nice. I appreciate it&#8217;s &#8216;just Twitter&#8217; but this type of thing just fans the flames and creates more anger (I&#8217;m not surprised The Guardian recently observed the &#8230; <a href="https://lenina.wordpress.com/2022/09/11/wishing-excruciating-pain-on-a-96-year-old-dying-woman/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Wishing excruciating pain on a 96-year old dying&#160;woman</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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		<title>Discourse, social coercion, and totalitarianism</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2022 16:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The weaponisation of language to force through a new reality by literally inscribing it in discourse is nothing new. I should say I am quite liberal here &#8211; I welcome the new &#8216;Mx&#8217; that I recently saw as an option on a form, for non-binary people (I believe gender is on a spectrum but there &#8230; <a href="https://lenina.wordpress.com/2022/09/04/discourse-social-coercion-and-totalitarianism/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Discourse, social coercion, and&#160;totalitarianism</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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		<title>Fuck your pronouns; life is complicated enough</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2022 19:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The other week, I came across an interview with a communication expert arguing that pronoun culture created divisions in society as it increases communication barriers and so harms mutual understanding between people. If people are anxious or confused about how to address someone (as can happen with pronounery), it creates awkwardness and bad vibes he &#8230; <a href="https://lenina.wordpress.com/2022/08/06/fuck-your-pronouns-life-is-complicated-enough/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Fuck your pronouns; life is complicated&#160;enough</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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		<title>Left-wing / right wing authoritarianism test</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2022 19:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today I found a test result of a left-wing / right-wing authoritarian test called &#8216;political compass&#8217; I did in 2009 which showed I am a left liberal. It is definitely true that I am left of centre but with a dislike of authority (which might just be why I feel the current decline in democracy &#8230; <a href="https://lenina.wordpress.com/2022/05/08/left-wing-right-wing-authoritarianism-test/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Left-wing / right wing authoritarianism test</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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		<title>Scottish Census gender &#8216;BELIEVERINBIOLOGY&#8217; religion</title>
		<link>https://lenina.wordpress.com/2022/03/20/scottish-census-gender-believerinbiology-religion/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2022 19:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In The Constitution of Knowledge (2021), Jonathan Rauch argues we need to defend the truth, even as it is currently under attack from all sides. A reality-based community where diversity and dialogue can flourish is worth fighting for, he argues, and he thinks we should unmute ourselves. A protest group is using the Scottish Census &#8230; <a href="https://lenina.wordpress.com/2022/03/20/scottish-census-gender-believerinbiology-religion/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Scottish Census gender &#8216;BELIEVERINBIOLOGY&#8217; religion</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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