Crushed by the Algorithm
The essay argues that X (formerly Twitter) has evolved from a human‑curated social town square into an algorithm‑driven reaction engine. While Twitter let users choose who to follow and rewarded depth, X’s machine learning predicts engagement and decides what appears in feeds. This shift replaces human judgment with probabilistic inference, turning content into a bid for attention rather than a signal of meaning. The author warns that the new model erodes community, continuity, and the value of nuanced discourse.
Struck Out! (And a Telling Silence)
A UK magistrates’ court struck out the author’s Part 8 claim seeking clarification on whether jurisdiction arises from the abstract statutory machinery of the Single Justice Procedure or from specific, traceable acts. The order offered no reasoning, merely stating the court...
The Letterbox and the Window
The essay argues that institutions receive truth through narrow, formal channels – the “letterbox” – rather than the holistic, contextual “window” most people experience. This structural mismatch forces individuals to compress or reshape their narratives to fit procedural formats, often...
The Attention Economy Is Over. The Signal Economy Has Begun.
The author declares that the attention‑driven era of digital media has ended, giving way to a "signal economy" where AI‑generated, highly specific insights replace mass‑viral content. He describes how Substack’s single‑feed design and platforms like X struggle to accommodate this...
Briefing: Geddes v Secretary of State for Justice
Litigant‑in‑person Martin Geddes has lodged a Part 8 claim seeking a declaratory ruling on how the Single Justice Procedure (SJP) legally brings a case before a magistrates’ court. The claim argues that the current statutory framework, which replaces the traditional laying...
A Safety-Critical Architecture for Institutional Authority
The author presents a new framework called "attribution safety" that treats institutional authority as a safety‑critical system. Drawing on formal methods and telecom performance analysis, the model defines authority as a load‑bearing process that must terminate at a verifiable source....
“Ghost Courts” — a Year of Insight and Discovery
The author’s year‑long investigation reveals a structural flaw in England and Wales’ Single Justice Procedure (SJP). Digital case‑management platforms assign administrative labels to magistrates’ courts without a legally defined, traceable tribunal identity. This creates a gap between statutory authority and...
Beyond “the High”: Restoring Self-Governance at the Point of Decision
The author reframes addiction as a breakdown of self‑governance, where a simplified construct—called a synthetic governance object—takes authority over decisions. This "high" functions as a shortcut that compresses the full causal chain, giving the illusion of immediate relief while displacing...
Accounting for the Incarcerated
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) cannot provide data on how many people are imprisoned for non‑payment of fines issued under England and Wales’ high‑throughput Single Justice Procedure (SJP). A Freedom of Information request revealed that the MoJ holds no statistics...
The Sad Insanity of Bridging the Unrevealed Reveal
The author used ChatGPT to probe its handling of genocide definitions, discovering the model refuses to label any ongoing event, including the COVID‑19 pandemic, as genocide. This limitation is framed as a broader inability of AI to entertain uncomfortable political...
The High Cost of the "Digital Existence Tax"
The author details a personal "digital existence tax" of roughly £7,600 annually, equivalent to £633 per month, covering storage, communications, web hosting, security, AI tools, legacy services, and Stripe fees. AI‑related expenses have surged from £8 per month in 2021...