Dewy McGill

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2025-12-10 06:15:51 UTC

As a commercial lawyer, I use AI every day.
Unlike much of the commentary around it, it doesn’t save me much time. If anything, it makes me slower and more careful.
If I am lazy and ask it for an answer I have to check almost every legal principle it gives me, because it confidently makes things up.
What I find it useful for is thinking. Where I might once have bounced an issue off a colleague and then made the call, I now use AI in that role and still make the call.
If you’re using it to do the bulk of your drafting or to give advice without verification, you’re not a modern lawyer. You’re outsourcing judgment, and that will almost certainly end in an avoidable mistake.
Judgment is what clients actually pay lawyers for. And it’s the one thing you can’t responsibly delegate.

2025-10-13 02:36:09 UTC

Prohibition doesn't eliminate the demand for social media in under-16s; it simply drives it underground, where parent visibility and accountability collapse. Tech savvy teens will sidestep mainstream platforms in favour of peer to peer systems. Many are already using private discord servers to chat with their schoolmates.
Like the speakeasies of the Prohibition era, a digital underground will emerge as the new medium of online communication. In the same way that western governments “fix” the housing crisis by inflating demand instead of increasing supply, they now try to solve social media excess by restricting access and forcing the youth toward a digital wild west.
The end result isn’t increased safety but opacity. In this fragmented digital ecosystem, parents, educators and regulators lose visibility, whilst digital subcultures multiply exponentially. Algorithmic and advertising exposure may shrink, but echo chambers, misinformation, and exploitation risk will expand. All this, just as AI goes mainstream and it becomes increasingly difficult to tell whether you're interacting with a human or a machine.
Liberating for the competent and opportunistic; extremely dangerous for the naïve.

2025-09-04 13:32:52 UTC

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Go on then

2025-08-06 15:16:06 UTC

Anon, you're analysing what they're doing (digital IDs, censorship, surveillance, social control), but you’re not fully stepping back to question why they need this now. You see through the “protecting kids” rhetoric as a façade, but you haven’t fully confronted the structural collapse and loss of control that governments and legacy institutions are panicking about.
It’s not about control in a generic sense. It's that their entire method of governance is becoming obsolete. Centralised systems (financial, media, political) are losing grip because of decentralised tech, alternative economies, and a cultural shift away from institutional trust. Digital ID, censorship, and "protect the children" are not moves of confidence; they’re moves of desperation to keep relevance.

2025-08-05 04:52:49 UTC

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Yessir

2025-07-31 12:09:03 UTC

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Been a minute, but seems more relevant than ever...
#nevent1q…287x

2024-11-21 13:03:54 UTC

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Fucking send it 🌕

2024-11-21 11:09:39 UTC

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Billy gates
Military state
Hillary ate
At Epstein's estate
Pizzagate

2024-11-21 11:08:23 UTC

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Billy gates is a bitch

2024-11-21 06:13:31 UTC

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Unfortunately, I'm not convinced any politicians in Aus make sense...

2024-11-21 02:17:44 UTC

Having a look at the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill, just released today in Australia. Both sides of government appear to support it.
The bill targets "providers" of age-restricted platforms, requiring them to take "reasonable steps" to prevent underage (under 16) access.
This gets me excited about Nostr:
- Nostr doesn't have a centralised provider or entity that could comply with these obligations.
- If a relay or instance of Nostr is primarily used for social interactions, it might fall under the "age-restricted social media platform" definition. But without a central entity, enforcing compliance becomes impractical, if not impossible.
In short, there's no way (that I'm aware of) to enforce age restrictions or privacy obligations in respect of Nostr.
Spread the word.

2024-11-20 04:17:05 UTC

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Epic. Appreciate the response and truer words have never been spoken. You've got a new follower!

2024-11-20 03:44:42 UTC

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Dope. What do you see as best way for an artist to build an audience on nostr?
Same strategies as other social media or something different. Asking for a friend...

2024-11-17 10:24:45 UTC

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https://image.nostr.build/3708a44c9a8c811555d832819fa32679ed09797e0c513473e72c6da8c6de160e.gif

2024-11-17 10:22:49 UTC

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Ronpaul.gif

2024-09-23 05:54:29 UTC

Can you endure ten years of disappointment with nobody responding to you, or are you thinking that you are going to write a best seller the first crack? If you have the guts to stay with the thing you really want, no matter what happens, well, go ahead.” Then Dad would come along and say, “No, you ought to study law because there is more money in that, you know.” Now, that is the rim of the wheel, not the hub, not following your bliss. Are you going to think of fortune, or are you going to think of your bliss?

2024-09-12 13:14:15 UTC

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And soon only the State's approved views will be acceptable speech.

2024-09-12 13:07:53 UTC

Another day, another fuck you to the Australian Government.
The newly introduced "Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2024" looks set for approval without much fanfare.
My word.

2024-09-12 13:04:34 UTC

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Couldn't agree more. I'm not sure what part is worse, but the "register of misinformation" really draws my attention.
On the plus side, I'm hopeful Nostr gets some growth out of this.

2024-09-12 13:01:22 UTC

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Appreciate you

2024-09-12 12:58:16 UTC

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Real shit

2024-09-11 13:53:04 UTC

There's a whole part of the internet where women teach other women to become master manipulators in order to extract resources from vulnerable men. Forget love, get that money girlfriend!
I'm seeing my boy go through it right now - he's in a dark place and won't accept help.
Fuck it. If I can't help him, maybe I can help someone else. Here's 5 signs you're dealing with a manipulative woman.
1. Power Dynamics
She showers you with compliments and builds up your confidence in the early stages of dating, but then unexpectedly pulls back emotionally or physically. This tends to happen in cycles (building you up and tearing you down).
This is a classic use of power dynamics to manoeuvre you into chasing her approval and giving more in the relationship.
Another is to isolate you from friends and family. You become more reliant on her and therefore can't afford to lose her.
2. Targeting your vulnerabilities
She is great at identifying and exploiting your weaknesses. For slightly older men (35+), this might include:
- Playing on desperation: she sees all your friends are married with kids and that you're eager to settle down with a family. She offers you hope of that, only to take that hope away when it suits her interests.
- Exploiting Low Confidence: Older men, especially those inexperienced with women, might feel inadequate in some way. A manipulator uses this to make you pliable or eager to please, especially if you feel a sense that this is your last chance at love or companionship.
- Strategic Criticism: Interspersed with moments of validation comes deep criticism (particularly when connected to your insecurities). This makes you constantly work for her approval.
3. Gendered Tactics
She might leverage traditional gender roles to gain the upper hand. In particular, one of man's key instincts is to protect and provide. The manipulator might fabricate vulnerabilities (e.g. social anxiety around your friends/family) or crises to elicit your need to help and support. You then offer more resources— usually money, but also time and energy..
4. Financial and Emotional Extraction
- Guilt Tripping: She makes you feel like you're not doing enough, even when you're overextending yourself (financially and emotionally). You then give more.
- Crisis Creation: As with the drive to protect, some manipulators create constant drama or crises (health issues, financial problems, emotional breakdowns) to keep you engaged.
5. Avoiding Accountability
If you call out her behaviour she avoids responsibility for the fallout of her manipulative actions. She will fight to control the narrative and seek to avoid any blame for any emotional or relational damage done.
In short, some women will leverage psychological tactics to maintain control, take advantage of vulnerabilities, and extract resources from their targets, especially men who might be more susceptible due to age, loneliness, or a lack of confidence with women.
It's your job as a man to be alert to this and avoid these women.

2024-09-11 02:48:04 UTC

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There's a lot of fake cunts out there. Don't be one of them.
#nevent1q…3a0q

2024-09-11 02:46:32 UTC

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Cheers - will give it a peep.

2024-09-10 20:57:47 UTC

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Yep

2024-09-10 13:03:17 UTC

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Thanks for your input ChatGPT

2024-09-10 13:02:30 UTC

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Big time. Easiest way to get everyone on your side.
The classic line of a politician "as a parent myself".

2024-09-10 13:01:20 UTC

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Like everything, there will be some initial pushback and debate, but it'll ultimately go through.

2024-09-10 12:50:35 UTC

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Pardon my French, but fuck all these cunts

2024-09-10 12:48:00 UTC

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Yessir

2024-09-10 12:47:01 UTC

Australia's govt is looking pretty close to implementing a Digital ID requirement for social media. All in the name of age verification to "protect the kids". This comes after effectively legislating it earlier in the year in the name of convenience and "preventing identity theft".
It happens slowly, then all at once.
Thank god for #Bitcoin and Nostr.
https://image.nostr.build/715528b46357ed0f1029d2217d9bba9be93bb36e6cfba0b1b09a9c2ef8d16903.jpg

2024-04-28 03:53:13 UTC

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B is real talk

2024-04-20 08:34:31 UTC

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A means for the user to directly influence and control their own algorithm would be a game changing feature. Perhaps this could be implemented within clients and verified at some level (to ensure no manipulation by third parties).
Given current platforms have an overarching business interest in maximising their revenue, it's difficult to see them offering users algorithmic control over content curation. As we've seen over the last few years, centralised platforms are easily pressured into censoring content. User controlled algorithms (with verification features) would be directly at odds with their current models.

2024-04-19 06:24:13 UTC

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Amen

2024-04-19 06:10:21 UTC

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LFG

2024-04-19 06:08:12 UTC

The 9 to 5 - the daily grind.
Many of us working on things that we don’t like doing in order to go on living lives that we don’t like living.
Then we encourage our children to do the same thing.
We throw them into an education system that leads them into debt and struggling to survive.
We’ve been cheated; we were fooled.
Isn’t it better to live a short life full of joy and excitement, than a long one living depressed.
Live your life now.
If money’s the most important thing to you, you’ll spend your life wasting your time.
Recognise that success isn't measured solely by financial gain and status, but by the joy and satisfaction you gain from your daily life.
Do work that you love and let that work become an expression of your true self.

2024-04-19 05:56:36 UTC

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@npub1r0f…uzz3 Hoping you appreciate the Alan Watts sample

2024-04-19 05:53:44 UTC

Working 9 to 5 you don't like it though
Give em half your life but when you're there
Time is slow
Feel stuck
Life ran out of luck
Others raise your kids
Use your cash to pass the buck
Working 9 to 5, costs you more than just your time
Working 9 to 5, how you lost your friends and wife
Working 9 to 5, trading freedom for a screen
Working 9 to 5, gave em more than what it seems
https://video.nostr.build/57f271ca2e4feccf36e075854d77fc574d36f9a3cfb7fc50404ed288bd72ec67.mp4

2024-03-29 08:58:23 UTC

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Rookie

2023-10-12 08:08:40 UTC

In the social media age, every voice must battle for relevance and engagement. Silence is mistaken for ignorance and not having an opinion on any issue is akin to not caring.
In the battle to be right, we lose our understanding and compassion.
The situation between Israel and its neighbors is complex, rooted in decades of historical and
geopolitical entanglements. Similarly, Australia’s upcoming referendum regarding an Indigenous “Voice” to parliament and constitutional recognition is founded upon centuries of perceived mistreatment of Australia’s indigenous people and long running social and economic issues within those communities.
It's quite easy to be pulled into the whirlpool of vehement opinions and heated debates, yet what is achieved in that? More often than not, it leads to deeper division.
There’s wisdom in not allowing oneself to be swept away by popular discourse. Not every issue or discussion warrants your energy and time. Notice when you’re drawn into matters that drain your spirit or draw you into negativity. Seek to understand rather than to be understood.
If you do choose to engage or voice your opinions, do so with kindness and respect. Don’t be a cause of further division in a world quick to judge and slow to understand.

2023-08-10 02:40:26 UTC

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Yessir - graphene gang

2023-08-09 08:05:38 UTC

Man's imagination is nothing more than the ability to rearrange the things he has observed in reality.

2023-08-09 07:57:39 UTC

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https://cdn.nostr.build/i/926edd251bf8587a9e2b23724483112d6e59189bca51541a2965bd5139c0dddc.jpg

2023-08-09 06:36:47 UTC

The Old Testament provides the fundamental myths and archetypes that have shaped our collective psyche and culture (at least in the West). Much of our media draws on these stories as inspiration and many of our laws and morals are based on the sense of justice established in the Old Testament. Some examples:
1. Creation – In Genesis, God sets humans apart from nature, giving them "dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle" (Genesis 1:26). This idea has dramatically influenced our relationship with nature, which many see as something to be controlled or conquered. Contrast this with Eastern philosophy, which largely sees humans as one with nature.
2. Moral Dualism - The story of Adam and Eve establishes the concept of good and evil. Most of us have an inherent sense of guilt and sinfulness that we are constantly having to fight against.
3. Covenant - God's covenants with Noah and Abraham establish the idea of a mutual promise between us and God. This places significance on trust and promises in any relationship, in particular with respect to our relationship with God.
4. Prophets – Prophets such as Isaiah and Jeremiah establish themselves as lone voices speaking out against corruption and calling for a return to divine ways. Many of us value an individual's conscience (i.e. sense of right and wrong) and the courage to stand against societal wrongs.
5. The Hero - Moses, David, and Samson are all great examples of the hero archetype – they display leadership and courage in their struggles against adversity. The idea of a “chosen one” who is destined for great things is a common narrative in many stories.
6. Fall and redemption – There is a recurring pattern of storylines of the Israelites turning away from God, facing the consequences, and then ultimately finding redemption through God. Our culture thrives on the “redemption” storyline - the sense that even when things are at their worst, there is always the ability to make good.

2023-08-09 05:04:34 UTC

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Fantastic - enjoy the sats

2023-08-09 05:02:32 UTC

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"I send my kids to public school."

2023-08-09 04:48:17 UTC

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Great video - hard to believe this was reality 18 months ago.
Everyone was pretty quick to forget we weren't allowed in restaurants/cafes/bars, friends/family refused to see us and many lost their livelihoods.

2023-08-01 03:12:53 UTC

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Great stuff, homie. Be cautious of that calorie counter though - unless you're 300kg, it appears to be way off.

2023-07-27 04:42:20 UTC

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This was a long running joke between my friends towards the end of high school. Respect to a fellow connoisseur.

2023-07-27 04:36:12 UTC

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I came across them through knees over toes guy. Damn, birks in the gym - a bold choice, though I can see the logic behind it.

2023-07-27 01:30:32 UTC

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Rookie. Xero shoes changed the game for me in the gym

2023-07-26 13:20:02 UTC

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https://cdn.nostr.build/i/433dc05e53caa9549207291577db0885120bcdf8f20c2bbc54b4d0cada9191a9.jpg

2023-07-26 00:49:21 UTC

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Our last hope

2023-07-25 13:50:39 UTC

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Got it and thanks for responding. Love your work

2023-07-25 07:55:32 UTC

@npub1xnf…lpr5 Is there anywhere I can find instructions to generate a LUD-16 invoice via Zeus?

2023-07-25 07:44:34 UTC

Finally took the plunge after hearing about nostr some time ago. Keen to connect with some of the bitcoiners that have been scrubbed from twitter over the years!

2023-07-25 06:50:16 UTC

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Been missing your insights on Twitter - glad to reconnect!

2023-07-25 06:46:34 UTC

@npub1teawtzxh6y02cnp9jphxm2q8u6xxfx85nguwg6ftuksgjctvavvqnsgq5u Verifying My Public Key: "dewymcgill"