Synthetic Broad

idk why i even check the examiner at this point, overall quality is poor and factual errors which should not have survived an editor seemingly abound

i don't know the author and dislike being mean, perhaps they were rushed or badly edited, but Im put off reading them in future.

8/8

the glazing of Newsom is embarrassing, praising him for "trolling" trump (not his actions) while ignoring his harmful transphobia and cruelty towards the homeless, both v trumpian qualities.

its also strange to mention charlie kirk and not bring up his chummy podcast with Newsom

anyway...

7/8

more broadly, the writing in the article seems disjointed, as though a number of bullet points were connected together poorly.

the thesis seems muddled (and credits trumps intelligence a bit much) and i don't think the comparison of Nixon, Hamlet and Machiavelli quite coheres into anything.

6/8

..which ended with him being imprisoned for a time before retiring to write plays and histories.

his most well know works, the prince and discourses, only being published after his death.

(historians feel free to weigh in, be kind - im summarising)

5/8

moving on to Hogan's description of Machiavelli as a "master of subterfuge and obfuscation" and "sleight-of-hand trickster" - this somewhat clashes with my understanding of the man himself, who somewhat briefly served the republic of florence in its last decades...

4/8

Madman theory - Wikipedia

so where did Hogan get this quote?

well, either this linked translation (i don't intend to spend time tracking down the source further)
www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG1264/...

or the wikipedia page for "madman theory", which Hogan also mentions in his article...

3/8

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_...

the quote “a very wise thing to simulate madness”, sounds somewhat crude for Machiavelli, a usually elegant writer

it not quite a quote, but a (poor) translation of a chapter title from Discourses (book 3, ch2)

"That on occasion it is wise to feign folly"

which reads much better to me

2/8

screenshot of examiner article by Richard Hogan, alongside the text being referenced, discourses book 3 ch 2

incorrect description of Machiavelli + odd quote "Niccolò Machiavelli was the master of subterfuge and obfuscation. A sleight-of-hand trickster whose name became synonymous with political manoeuvring and expediency. He was a morally bankrupt prince who once uttered into the universe that sometimes it can be, “a very wise thing to simulate madness”. "

so was it Hogan or an editor (presumably from misunderstanding the title of his most famous work) who posthumously promoted Machiavelli from civil servant to prince?

(thread on some issues w this article)

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/pe...

1/8

The reason I'm concerned about Maria Steen being on the ballot isn't that she will win (she won't).

My worry is that if she is nominated, it will mean a month of national airtime for a hate campaign against vulnerable groups, carried by a media too scared of being sued to call it what it is

(nothing particularly concerning, just curious about these businesses)

while Tully Friedman (no longer at H&F) was involved with the conservative "American Enterprise Institute", H&F seems to split political donations evenly these days

www.opensecrets.org/orgs/hellman...

Nexi's ownership is split between various groups, "H&F" is Hellman & Friedman

www.nexigroup.com/en/investor-...

while you can opt-out at any time, the period before my bank will automatically share data with zippay is the 28th of October, a mere 10 days from now.

i may opt-in at some point but I automatically dislike an opt-out service that involves transfer of my data to a 3rd party.

details (and opt-out info) is here for the participating banks

personalbanking.bankofireland.com/ways-to-bank...

www.ptsb.ie/help-and-sup...

aib.ie/ways-to-bank...

my banks chat support, only available via their app, have directed me to call a number for more info.

not a great sign to announce an upcoming feature but not have support staff ready to answer questions via the way most people will contact them

I'm not certain it being tied to phone contacts is the best idea either, i somewhat expect to hear of scams along the lines of "hi mam i lost my phone this is a new number + can you send me money"

we will see how it is implemented, of course, id expect/hope such things have been considered

The "obvious" use of zippay appears to be things like settling up after a friend pays for a meal, so far it doesn't seem to be intended for commercial transactions.

that seems quite limited

Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI), the voice of banking and payments in Ireland, commented on the announcement through the words of Brian Hayes, Chief Executive BPFI: “We are delighted to join AIB, Bank of Ireland and PTSB in announcing the introduction of Zippay to the Irish market next year. Developed in response to ustomer feedback and demand, this will provide a quick and easy way to send and receive money or split bills with friends, family and contacts who are also Zippay users. It will be delivered through customers’ existing mobile banking apps and therefore comes with all the same high levels of security, protection, and digital safety and avoids the need for topping up a digital wallet or downloading a separate app”. Describing how the app will work, Mr Hayes continued: “Eligible customers will automatically be enrolled to Zippay, which will appear in their personal banking app once the service is launched next year. It will use mobile numbers saved in the customer’s contact list to identify who else uses Zippay. There will be no need to set up a new payee or know their IBAN, BIC or account numbers, the money will transfer between accounts seamlessly. The service will allow customers to send up to €1,000 per day as well as request up to €500 per transaction. It will be simple, speedy and secure”.

.. giving a general overview.

Its odd to see this being rolled out now, I wonder how it relates to the "digital euro" that the EU commission has been on about - right now, with the given description, it seems to be a feature-incomplete revolut-ish app

www.nexigroup.com/en/media-rel...

In case anyone was wondering about this "zippay" AIB, PTSB and BoI are auto-enrolling us in in 2026

- Its a direct way to pay people in your contacts from one of these three banks, its being run by NEXI who put out a recent press release..

www.zippay.ie#more-informa...

I intend to go through them all and check, likely will take up a whole day this week :/

i've formed no opinion on the quality of this publication, only that it was slightly difficult to find,

I am peturbed, however, that linking to the relevant publications has simply not been done

Effect of pubertal suppression on psychological parameters in gender-diverse youth and their caregivers Gohil A. 2020

note there are no links, only titles *one* author and year

searching a random selection i found reference no .40 tricky,
google scholar provides a single result (2nd image)

however there is a near-identically named article (with the same authors) here
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

It seems worth asking:

why are publications, by those openly affiliated with anti-trans hate groups, being accepted?

who is making that decision?

note the co-authors of that paper

Susan Bradley, for one, is fairly palsy with genspect and the misleadingly named en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America... (among others)

Demographics, behavior problems, and psychosexual characteristics of adolescents with gender identity disorder or transvestic fetishism Kenneth J Zucker, Susan J Bradley, Allison Owen-Anderson, Sarah J Kibblewhite, Hayley Wood, Devita Singh, Kathryn Choi "This study provided a descriptive and quantitative comparative analysis of data from an assessment protocol for adolescents referred clinically for gender identity disorder (n = 192; 105 boys, 87 girls) or transvestic fetishism (n = 137, all boys). The protocol included information on demographics, behavior problems, and psychosexual measures. Gender identity disorder and transvestic fetishism youth had high rates of general behavior problems and poor peer relations. On the psychosexual measures, gender identity disorder patients had considerably greater cross-gender behavior and gender dysphoria than did transvestic fetishism youth and other control youth. Male gender identity disorder patients classified as having a nonhomosexual sexual orientation (in relation to birth sex) reported more indicators of transvestic fetishism than did male gender identity disorder patients classified as having a homosexual sexual orientation (in relation to birth sex). The percentage of transvestic fetishism youth and male gender identity disorder patients with a nonhomosexual sexual orientation self-reported similar degrees of behaviors pertaining to transvestic fetishism. Last, male and female gender identity disorder patients with a homosexual sexual orientation had more recalled cross-gender behavior during childhood and more concurrent cross-gender behavior and gender dysphoria than did patients with a nonhomosexual sexual orientation. The authors discuss the clinical utility of their assessment protocol. "

*this* is a paper that has been "screened and included"

hli.ie/gender_health/

public consultation opened on the 8th, no announcement made via hse/gov .ie, only Dr. Neff's twitter(!)

already there is a paper there by zucker, other equally unacceptable authors also listed

that this is thrown wide to the public seems almost intended to attract nastiness

you know who *wasn't* subjected to "sex testing" at the 1986 Olympics?

Princess Anne

an aristocrat, a "blue blood", someone of "good breeding" as they say

the right kind of person

so be clear about this

those who rally for exclusion are making a moral claim that some people are less worthy, that some are undeserving of human rights

testing can, has and will be *designed* towards the aims of discrimination

it will be refined when the wrong people get caught up in it

no scientific measurement of blood or cells determines values of right or wrong, the humans who decide what the test is, to whom it applies, and where the line gets drawn *do*

the act of exclusion, regardless of by what rationale, is inescapably a decision - a value judgement

no, that's all far too complicated

the women of the USA have the purist blood, thats where all those gold medals come from..

does that sound right?

www.olympedia.org/statistics/m...