Daniel Pocock's personal blog

In theprevious blog about theFOSDEM democracy panel discussion, I looked at howGNOME misfitsattacked the volunteerSonny Piers.
What does an ideal community representative look like? Well, there isn'tone. The overlords prefer to have stooges and puppets in the boards andcommittees....

The Honourable Mrs Justice Collins Rice is a judge in the British High Court.In the British system, the High Court is actually the first level ofthe justice system for certain types of dispute. Cases can progress from thereto the Court of Appeal, the...

On 30 January 2024, news reports told us that the investigation intoWill Fowles had been discontinued. The police did not find evidenceof a crime.
After the police report, theAustralian Labor Party commissioned a report from a lawyer,Fiona Forsyth KC, paid by the party, who told the party that theaccusations are substantiated "on the balance of probabilities",despite the fact nobody saw anything...

After the public revelation thatTom Silvagni wasconvicted of abuse, many people remain less than certain about what is reallytrue and false.
The woman making the accusation expressed outrage onsocial control media. The mediareported her comments anonymously. Yet it feels unfair that the woman can use themedia to spread her side of the story anonymously while the appeal is still inprogress...