Strange times, indeed, folks. Strange times.

Should we be concerned? I think so. In the end, I am sure it will work out, but there will likely be a lot of time between now and the end. So, we will have to endure some pretty radical changes during that time. And many of these changes will not be very pretty.

So, what do I have my shrew ire up about now? Nothing new, really.

I wrote a rather tongue-in-cheek article a while back called “My Brief Love Affair with a ChatBot.” This current article isn’t so light-hearted. Don’t…...

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https://off-guardian.org/2025/10/04/transhumanism-psychotherapy-and-chatbots/

Yesterday morning, a Synagogue in Manchester was allegedly the site of a terrorist attack, when a knife-wielding Muslim man attacked Jews gathering for Yom Kippur, killing two and injuring four.

The suspect was allegedly shot by armed police officers, bringing the total death count to three.

Since then we’ve been told the suspect’s name was Jihad Al-Shamie, that he was out on bail for rape, and that at least two of the victims may have been hit by police gunfire:

Greater Manchester Police said that its officers shot one of the two victims who

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https://off-guardian.org/2025/10/03/lets-talk-about-the-manchester-synagogue-attack/

The Yuka app is a mobile application designed to help consumers quickly assess the health quality of food and cosmetic products by scanning their barcodes. It produces a health score ranging from 0 to 100 and provides a colour-coded rating, which categorises products as excellent, good, mediocre or poor for health.

The scoring system is based on three weighted factors: nutritional quality (60%), presence and risk of additives (30%) and organic certification status (10%).

Using frameworks like Nutri-Score and data from the European Food Safety Authority among others, Yuka evaluates calories, sugar, saturated fats, salt, protein, fibre and fruit…...

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https://off-guardian.org/2025/09/30/yuck-the-sour-taste-of-the-modern-food-system/

If you’ve watched Dissent Into Madness then you’ll not only know about the ways that psychological insights are being weaponized against us but, more importantly, you’ll have an idea about what we can do about it. Today on #SolutionsWatch, James considers more ideas for escaping from this societal madhouse garnered from the new Psychology course at OpenSourceEducation.online.

Sources, shownotes and links – as well as audio versions and download options – can be found here. Previous episodes of #SolutionsWatch can be found here andhere.

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https://off-guardian.org/2025/09/29/watch-escaping-the-madhouse-solutionswatch/

“Those who created this country chose freedom. With all of its dangers. And do you know the riskiest part of that choice they made? They actually believed that we could be trusted to make up our own minds in the whirl of differing ideas. That we could be trusted to remain free, even when there were very, very seductive voices—taking advantage of our freedom of speech—who were trying to turn this country into the kind of place where the government could tell you what you can and cannot do.”
Nat Hentoff

The Trump administration is taking its war on…...

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https://off-guardian.org/2025/09/29/would-orwell-be-branded-a-terrorist-the-governments-war-on-thought-crimes/