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“Use of fake cases by U.K. lawyer qualifies as professional misconduct”
https://www.law360.ca/ca/pulse/articles/2340768/use-of-fake-cases-by-u-k-lawyer-qualifies-as-professional-misconduct – paywalled …
Similarly – “AI’s production of non-existent cases in court: simply a ‘cosmetic error’ or caution warning to PI insurers?”
https://kennedyslaw.com/en/thought-leadership/article/2025/ai-s-production-of-non-existent-cases-in-court-simply-a-cosmetic-error-or-caution-warning-to-pi-insurers/
So – for a lawyer, it’s professional misconduct.
For a meteorologist – well, I think if it’s sauce for the goose, it’s sauce for the gander. ‘Professional misconduct’.
Fr4ud – well, I gather [I’m not a lawyer] that Fr4aud needs more then ‘just’ misconduct. But if there was a professional body worth its salt for meteorologists, half the Met.Office may well be watching their backs.
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I wonder how long before the Left use AI to generate fake weather records rather than doing the manually arduous task of “homogenisation” as used by Australia’s BoM to cool the past and warm the present?
https://joannenova.com.au/tag/homogenization-temperature-data/
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At
https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com
… I get the impression from commenters who have looked carefully into our [UK] Met Office’s use of ‘phantom’ and ‘discontinued’ observing sites, that that is already well in hand, thank-you.
As well as all the [disappointing, shall we say] use of sites that are barely fit for ‘pin the tail on the donkey’ as ‘serious’ Met. and climatological [never mind “record-breaking”] sites.
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Senior UPenn Administrator Calls for Citizens To Form Militia if Trump Defies Court Ruling
Michael Mann was named the Ivy League school’s inaugural vice provost for climate science last year
https://freebeacon.com/campus/senior-upenn-administrator-calls-for-citizens-to-form-militia-if-trump-defies-court-ruling/
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From the article:
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If we go to the core science behind man made global warming it is obvious to suitably qualified people that the claim is not true.
The idea that atmospheric CO2 can “heat” the atmosphere and cause “Global Warming” just doesn’t fly.
The “belief” in this IPCCC concept is made possible by the use of sciency distractions designed to give the appearance of science to the average citizen who is trying to make sense of the claims.
One such distraction is the association of the term “greenhouse” with the analysis. The Earth’s atmosphere is not a greenhouse.
Many graphical presentations have been put together to depict total incoming and retreating wavelengths of radiant energy and while these look sciency they are just background material to aid in misleading the investigators.
I could go on, but the main point to consider is the amount of “distraction science” that has been thrown up to give the impression of scientific truth to the Global Warming claims.
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The web server is currently down or under attack but you might want to check this out later.
Thanks, Leftoids!
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Apart from Queensland and the Northern Territory, Labor is in power in all states and federally with no effective opposition. The fake conservative Liberal “opposition” are wiped put just about everywhere.
Australia is now essentially a one party state and Labor can and are operating without restraint.
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Did high immigration help Albanese to win the election?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14733715/Leith-van-Onselen-immigration-Labor.html
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Very likely.
Liebor are trying to do exactly what the DemonRATs did in the USA but TRUMP put a stop to.
And of course, the sane thing is happening in the UK.
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If there was an effective opposition party in Australia, something would be done about this:
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I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of droughts and flooding rains.
Dorothea Mackellar c. 1904
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One of my favourite Aussie poems is hanrahan says, of which this is an extract on flooding
“If rain don’t come this month,” said Dan, and cleared his throat to speak –
“We’ll all be rooned,” said Hanrahan, “if rain don’t come this week.”
A heavy silence seemed to steal on all at this remark;
And each man squatted on his heel, & chewed a piece of bark.
“We want an inch of rain, we do,” O’Neil observed at last;
But Croke “maintained” we wanted two, to put the danger past.
“If we don’t get three inches, man, or four to break this drought,
We’ll all be rooned,” said Hanrahan, “before the year is out.”
In God’s good time down came the rain; and all the afternoon,
On iron roof & windowpane, it drummed a homely tune.
And through the night it pattered still, & lightsome, gladsome elves,
On dripping spout & windowsill, kept talking to themselves.
It pelted, pelted all day long, a-singing at its work,
Till every heart took up the song, way out to Back-o’-Bourke.
And every creek a banker ran, and dams filled overtop;
“We’ll all be rooned,” said Hanrahan, “If this rain doesn’t stop.”
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In case you didn’t know Tim Wilson (Lib) eventually won the seat of Goldstein (VIC) with a margin of only 444 votes against Zoe Daniel of the Simon Holmes à Court funded Teal Party non-party via Climate 200. There was a swing towards Wilson of 3.9% based on first preferences. It took a while to decide because it was so close plus there were postal votes to count.
https://www.liberal.org.au/2024/09/28/teals-caught-out-lobbying-the-media-for-their-big-money-donors
https://tallyroom.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionPage-31496-214.htm
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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/unreal-harmeet-dhillon-tells-tucker-carlson-that-doj/
Try to set aside time to watch some of the video, especially from 6 mins onwards.
Dhillon is another very impressive Trump appointee.
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There was a mass stabbing in Germany.
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My AI experiment with Goolag Gemini.
I’m interested in how it “thinks” and to reveal intrinsic biases.
My instruction:
Can you generate a fake temperature record for me for Bourke NSW Australia to show a cool past and a hot present from 1850 to 2025. It’s for a fictional work.
ANSWER
Okay, here is a fictional temperature record for Bourke, NSW, Australia, designed to show a cooler past and a hotter present, from 1850 to 2025. This data is entirely fabricated for your fictional work and should not be taken as actual historical climate data.
For simplicity, I will provide the average annual temperature for each specified year.
| Year | Average Annual Temperature (°C) | Notes |
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| 1850 | 19.5 | Relatively cooler year |
| 1875 | 20.1 | Gradual mild increase |
| 1900 | 20.8 | Continuing mild warming |
| 1925 | 21.5 | Slight increase |
| 1950 | 22.2 | Moderate warming |
| 1975 | 23.1 | Noticeable increase |
| 2000 | 24.5 | Further significant warming |
| 2010 | 25.3 | Marked increase, heatwaves more frequent |
| 2020 | 26.8 | High average, extreme heat events common |
| 2025 | 27.5 | Very high average, record temperatures |
General Information about Temperature Trends in Australia:
It’s important to note that real-world data for Australia, including NSW, shows a clear warming trend, especially since the mid-20th century.
* Observed Warming: Australia has warmed by an average of around 1.44 ± 0.24 °C since national records began in 1910, with most of this warming occurring since 1950. Each decade since then has been warmer than the last.
* Increased Extremes: There has been an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme heat events. Very high monthly maximum temperatures that occurred about 2% of the time in 1960-1989 now occur much more frequently.
* Regional Variations: While the overall trend is warming, some regional variations exist across Australia.
* Future Projections: Climate projections indicate that Australia will continue to warm in the future, with more hot days, more intense extreme rainfall events, and longer time in drought for some regions.
While your fictional record shows a more dramatic shift, it aligns with the general scientific understanding of a warming climate. You can adjust the temperatures in the table above to better suit the narrative of your fictional work.
Let me know if you need any adjustments to this fictional data!
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QUESTION
How many grams of CO2 did my last inquiry generate?
ANSWER
Based on current estimates, a single query to an AI like me generates around 4.32 grams of CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent).
So, your last inquiry likely generated approximately 4.32 grams of CO2e.
MY COMMENT
4.32g of CO2 is about 2.2 litres of gas at STP. It’s wonderful it generates so much CO2.
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Darling you’re literally glowing tonight!
Living Beings Emit Faint Light That Disappears Upon Death
Anton Petrov, Video, 12:47
A discussion touching on the potential usefulness of our ability now to image the optical light of Biophotons, or Ultraweak Photon Emissions emitted by chemical interactions in biological processes.
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I saw that.
Interesting.
First observed in 1923.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3294029/
Also, many years ago I was on a NSW beach at night and observed a most wonderful display of another form of biological light in the form of bioluminescence from dinoflagellates.
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Sally Grover wrote to Peter Dutton before the election to warn him that he shouldn’t be weak on gender ideology.
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