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Dr Joe McIntyre

@drjoemcintyre.bsky.social

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Law Assoc/Prof @UniSA. Judicial Studies/Courts/JusticeTech/Pseudolaw/Dad Jokes

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Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · Apr 11

My latest pre-print is out:

"Pareidolic Illusions of Meaning: ChatGPT, Pseudolaw and the Triumph of Form over Substance"

I really enjoyed this one, where I juxtapose LLMs & pseudolaw to argue both create illusions of meaning that trick users.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 1d

Mad hatters, both of you 😋

Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 1d

I get this tendency. But at the end of tge day, it wasn't a case of "if only the dems had done X better, or more Y they could have won." The brutal reality is that this was the choice a majority of American voter wanted. And that is an ugly truth to confront

Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 1d

a woman in a plaid shirt is raising her arms in the air .

ALT: a woman in a plaid shirt is raising her arms in the air .

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Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 1d

I thought the default was consultation for mining or defence industry?

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Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 1d

Its an airport. In a cow paddock.

What more do you want

Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 2d

I really feel the nasteruims add a distinctive Halloweeny feel

Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 4d

💯

The award highlights that democracy needs to be fought for, but is worth fighting for

Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 4d

Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize

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Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 4d

Interesting piece here on private prosecution. What is missing from the article is *any* awareness that this a standard pseudolaw technique

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Court throws out SA man's attempt to charge council using archaic process

A Port Augusta resident's attempt to charge several government officials and his local council with more than 350 criminal offences using an archaic concept of common law is tossed out by court.

www.abc.net.au

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Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 4d

So I am now *officially* famous. Here I am in New Idea - my Nan would be very proud.

@joshroose.bsky.social and I both feature in this article on sovereign citizens/pseudolaw.

And on page 8. That's two pages before Nicole Kidman...

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Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 5d

Typically excellent and quotable work here by @edzitron.com

www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...

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Lawrence Solum @lsolum.bsky.social · 5d

Please help me get the word out about the new websites for Legal Theory Blog and the Legal Theory Lexicon. Reposting here and on other social media sites is great. It would be especially helpful if law school faculty members could send an email to their colleagues with the new addresses.

Legal Theory Blog

Discover our latest articles and updates. Stay informed with recent posts that cover a variety of topics you care about!

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Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 5d

Probably the best performance I ever delivered.

Fire alarm went off mid-performance. Didn't flince or drop character for the whole 10min delay - just quietly pottered around. Alarm fixed i picked up without pause. Moderator gave me perfect score!

Spoooooool

Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 5d

Quietly delighted that Beckett is today's Main Character (or close enough).

My absolute favourite playwright. I performed Krapp's Last Tape as my Yr 12 Drama solo. Had a genuine reel-to-reel as perfect prop.

Still cannot see the word "spool" without lingering over it. SPOOOOL.

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Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 5d

Apparently there is a brief air guitar as a nod to Bill and Ted!!

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Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 6d

I mean, it's tradgi-com! And having some toff fork out $$$$ to miss the point is almost performance art itself

Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 6d

Please dont do it.

Beckett is so alert to human experience, so very relevant to loss of agency, the chaos of to day. I am delighted when Godot is in mention.

Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 6d

The ChatGPT version is ***SOOOO*** much worse than you can imagine

Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 6d

This review made my day. Beckett would have been delighted.

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Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 6d

I use this in my defamation class

youtu.be/kecnSHmznic?...

Honest Government Ad | Anti Protest Laws (SA)

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

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Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 7d

Honestly can't tell difference between a troll and a factual story any more.

I mean this is ... plausible?

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Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 7d

Hadn't come across this incident, thanks. This is vintage pseudolaw- attempts to 'arrest' judges not uncommon, but rarely to level of kidnap.

Been a very significant increase in threats to judges (eg 50% growth in last year)

Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 8d

Lol. Yeah, you are right. The same fantastical "law will save us all"...

Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 8d

Pseudolaw beliefs may be consistent with, and in some cases exacerbate, extremism. But more akin to a set of intellectual tools than may be used to support other conspiracy and anti-goverment beliefs

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Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 8d

This is a bloody stupid idea because (a) "sovereign citizen" is not an organisation of any type; (b) only one type of pseudolaw; (c) increasingly unpopular term among pseudolaw adherents.

Also, all the criminology reasons stated

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Doxed man petitions to have sovereign citizens declared domestic terrorists

A man who says he was threatened after investigating sovereign citizens says the movement should be labelled a terrorist organisation, but an academic argues this could lead to more violence.

www.abc.net.au

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