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mlansbury@despora.de
Mark Lansbury

#Kafkaesque: Starling Bank blocks cash transfer & froze their account

An Edinburgh academic has accused #Starling bank’s fraud team of behaving like officers in a police state after they repeatedly refused to allow him to send a €15,000 (£12,800) payment to a friend in Austria, then froze his account when he complained about their “absurd demands”.

When he told the #bank that he considered its demands a gross invasion of both his and his friend’s #privacy (and likely data rules) and totally disproportionate in the circumstances, he says it still refused to transfer the money. The staff could have told him the payment was at his own risk, but wouldn’t.

The final indignity came when he said he was so fed up with his treatment that he wished to close his account: the bank announced it had shut him out of it.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/article/2024/aug/17/bank-blocks-cash-transfer-ai-scam-fraud

#StarlingBank #banking #CorporateTerrorism #Orwellian #money #money #laundering #CustomerService #CriticalThinking #stupidity

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mlansbury@despora.de
Mark Lansbury

When Are We All Finally Going to Stop Living in Fear?

Back in the 1950s, this psychology professor at Swarthmore had an idea. He wondered just how powerful peer pressure was.

So he rounded up 123 students.

They were male.

He put them in groups of five or seven. He told one dude in every group he was conducting vision tests. He told the rest of the group he was really studying peer pressure. He told them all to give the right answer the first two times. After that, they were supposed to give the same wrong answer for almost every question. The wrong answer wasn't just a little wrong.

It was obviously wrong.

Epically wrong.

The professor expected the one dude to hold his ground most of the time, that he wouldn't conform. The professor was wrong. Only about 25 percent of his test subjects resisted the urge to conform. About a third of them conformed almost all of the time, and 5 percent conformed completely.

https://www.okdoomer.io/its-time-to-stop-living-in-fear

#fear #PeerPressure #academic #CriticalThinking #society #social #pressure #facts #lies #OKdoomer #independence #freedom #psychology

When Are We All Finally Going to Stop Living in Fear?

Back in the 1950s, this psychology professor at Swarthmore had an idea. He wondered just how powerful peer pressure was. So he rounded up 123 students. They were all dudes. He put them in groups of five or seven. He told one dude in every...

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mlansbury@despora.de
Mark Lansbury

Claims council cuts and LEZ ban deepen Glasgow rat crisis

SCOTLAND'S biggest council has been warned that cuts to the number of street cleaners and major problems with refuse vehicles failing to comply with the city's Low Emission Zone is deepening a problem with rat infestation.

Of the 1,615 vehicles owned by the council some 616 are non-compliant meaning they are no longer allowed inside the new #LEZ

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23725268.claims-council-cuts-lez-ban-deepen-glasgow-rat-crisis/

#Scotland #Glasgow #ClimateEmergency #CriticalThinking #rats #vermin

Scots council warned LEZ bin lorry ban and staff cuts deepen rat infestation crisis

SCOTLAND'S biggest council has been warned that massive cuts to the number of street cleaners and major problems with refuse vehicles failing to…

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tpq1980@iviv.hu
T Q

If you can't question it, or take opposition to it, it's not science, it's dogma or propaganda.

If you can't inquire into the veracity of it, or deny it, it's not history, it's dogma or propaganda.

A proposition that's true will withstand critical scrutiny; a proposition that's false, but presented as true, requires protection.

Control of information is control of understanding is control of perceptions is control of choices is control of societies.

#questioneverything #question #usa #opposition #science #propaganda #dogma #inquiry #freeinquiry #truth #veracity #denial #history #scrutiny #criticalscrutiny #criticalthinking #uk #falsehood #historicalnarrative #lies #informationcontrol #perception #society #socialengineering #elites #academia #massmedia #infowar

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digit@iviv.hu
Digit

#freespeechsaveslives #censorshipcostslives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgth5ljlEhA

"it's hard to believe other people didn't see it."

"it's so blatantly out there."

#whywegaveupourfreedoms #gooddoctors #DrKatLindley #nursing #nursingcare #criticalcare #urgentcare #administrativemeddling #medical #freedommedicalmovement #nursespeaksout #anotherdoctorspeaksout #anothernursespeaksout #nurses #nursesarethebest #totalitarian #totalitarianism #didntmakesense #storyunfolding #littlelies #logic #hardtobelieveotherpeopledidntseeit #myopia #SoBlatantlyOutThere #ifyoucantreatthereisnoneedforthevaccines #establishedbestpractice #somuchfear #turnOFFtheTV #crisismanagementtraining #fearuncertaintydoubt #followingorders #justfollowingorders #justdoingyourjob #criticalthinking #linearthinking #latteralthinking #challengingstatusquo #hierarchy #autonomy #NHS #USA #privatisationofNHS #backdoorprivatisation #worstoutcomes #changingdefinitions #orwellian #conspiracies #wakeup #bodilyautonomy #doctorautonomy #anxiety #tyrantssayifyouspeakoutagainsttheirtyrannyyouareaterrorist #democracysaysitisyourdemocraticdutytospeakouttopreventtyrants #flashbacks #freedomtradedforelusivesafety #westerncountriesarenaive #fear #allnazishadtodowasmakeyoufearandyougavefreedomaway #pandorasbox #obsoletion #medicineisnotexpensive #forprofithealthcare #apatientcuredisacustomerlost #middlemen #independentdoctors #isolation #bargaining #threats #fakecines #tactics #totalitariantactics #educateyourselvessoyoumayeducateothers #decentralise

her words early in this, remind me of conversations i heard nurses having with each other, when i was in hospital in 2002, where they seemed quite astute to the mask issue, aware of studies, and their own experiences, and the logic, prominently revealing how masks not only dont work to prevent (or even reduce) the spread of disease, but worsen outcomes, and how they were up against it with stupid harmful orders coming from administration, contrary to evidence. this was a long time coming in the crooks' pipeline.
#WeCanStillMendThis

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digit@iviv.hu
Digit

#challengingYourBelief
https://rumble.com/v278dta-challenging-your-belief.html
"the mark of an educated mind is to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" #AlanJames 's phrasing of the #goodquote / #idea attributed to #Aristotle

#intellectualhonesty #integrity #nonbelief #intellectualhumility #idontknow #entertaintheidea #psychology #cognitivedissonance #learntolearn #consider #encouragequestioning #questioneverything #questionmore #interview #thevobesshow #vobes #circleofwhitelight #educatedmind #themarkofaneducatedmind #narrative #tangiblesolutions #solutions #epistemology #philosophy #humility #psychologyasatool #psychologyasaweapon #government #governmind #advertisingormarketing #truth #questioning #followthewhiterabbit #thesearchfortruth #researching #evidence #presenttheevidence #educate #pedagogy #fluidbeliefsystem #intellectualflexibility #intellectualfluidity #newinformation #convictions #ego #identification #convictionsbecomeidentities #theignorancethatdiesisnotyou #comfortzone #stepoutsideyourcomfortzone #challengeyourbeliefs #parkyourego #programming #fervency #uncomfortabletruth #facethehorror #thematrix #redpill #waroftheworlds #planetoftheapes #theidea #theprogramming #seethesystemforwhatitreallyis #thelie #goldfishbowl #thefishthatneverjumps #questioning #virus #pandemic #procedure #ordinary #ordinaryexistence #existence #outsideordinaryexistence #virus #conflictofinterest #profit #forprofitmedicine #forprofithealthcare #oxymoron #apatientcuredisacustomerlost #establishedbestpractice #theonetruetruth #plandemic #publishedplans #scamdemic #racket #genocide #softkill #politicians #benevolence #fakecine #psyop #reason #coerced #coercion #mandate #duress #achoiceunderduressisnochoiceatall #achoiceunderduressisnochoiceatallisit #convince #terror #manipulation #fear #prefrontalcortex #criticalthinking #fightflight #notthinking #myopia #inducedmyopia #authoritarian #abusive #tyranny #keepcalm #theothersideofthenarrative #censorship #ifweheard #ostracised #ostricisation #thedoorthatopenswithagentletouch #pushpushpush #wakeup #2012 #2009 #2002 #1950s #1960s #fantasy #operationlockstep #patentgate2 #contingencyplans #powerhold #powergrab #inspirational #catchphrase #removethesquares #seemore #theresalwaysmore #lookfortheevidence #starttoquestionthings #meetthemwheretheyareat #oncetheylearnedtolearn #evidence #brucelee #rigidsystem #beliefmakesapoormeanstodeterminereality #appearances #usefulidiots #nefarious #nefarioustasks #otherrasons #deceivers #hierarchy #hierarchicalstructure #boardofdirectors #controlpeople #compartmentalisation #thecorporation #governmentparty #whips #slaves #slavery #OBEY #youarefreetodowhatwetellyou #challengethenarrative #perception #believeopinionasfact #naiverealism #comfortingselfdelusion #selfdelusion #ignoranceasbliss #dangerousidiacy #opinionated #prejudice #prejudices #stubbornprejudices #bigotry #whathappened #listentobothsidesofthstory #listentoallsidesofthestory #alliknowisiknownothing #socratic #startaskingquestions #anecdotalevidence #objectivitydelusion #doctrine #passivevoice #science #scientism #blindtrust #accademia #accademics #perception #beliefsystem #PR #insight #providesolutions #verykind #generationalindoctrination #governmentalindoctrination #questioningthenarrative #thenarrative #asifthereisonlyoneperspective #seethroughthedeceptions #questionmore #startlearning

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tpq1980@iviv.hu
T Q

@faab64 @gander22h @tomgrzybow @hans

#covid #covid19 #coronavirus #vaccines #boosters #vaccination #covidvaccine #covidvaccines #mrna #covidboosters #covid19boosters #evidence #testimony #testimonial #research #criticalthinking

I haven't had a single Covid "vaccine" yet, have had Covid several times since the Alpha strain in the beginning of 2020, I'm not young, I'm not fit, I eat a poor diet, I don't exercise, I'm overweight, I haven't used a mask once and other than the Alpha strain (which took 10 days), I've got over every Covid infection in 3 days or less.

Yes, this is anecdotal, but then, if Covid was as deadly and dangerous as mass media, government and intergovernmental agencies would like us to believe, I would surely have perished long ago.

For two more anecdotes:

My parter is mostly as unhealthy as I am, except she does a bit more than zero exercise and she too hasn't had a single "vaccine", has had Covid multiple times and got over it each time quicker than I have.

My grandmother is 86, supposedly the most at-risk age-group, and she hasn't had a single Covid "vaccine" either, has had Covid multiple times and got over it quicker than I did. She lives a healthier life than I or my partner, but she's also supposedly at the highest risk, yet has been totally fine.

I strongly suggest you do as I did, and research mRNA coronavirus vaccines and coronaviruses for yourselves. After two years, those of us who didn't get the mRNA injections are still here.

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danie10@squeet.me
Danie

New study indicates conspiracy theory believers have less developed critical thinking abilities

New research published in Applied Cognitive Psychology provides evidence that critical thinking skills are negatively related to belief in conspiracy theories. In other words, the study suggests that people with greater critical thinking skills are less likely to believe that terrorist attacks are being covertly directed by a country’s own government or that mind-control technology is secretly being used to control the population.

"Two things can be learned from our two studies. First, the more people believe in conspiracy theories, the worse they perform on a critical thinking ability test."

“Second, if we look at the subjective feeling of being a critical thinker (rather than the critical thinking ability evaluated more objectively by the test mentioned earlier) we did not find any evidence for a higher (or lower) subjective critical thinking ability among those who subscribe more to conspiracy theories. This is not in line with the cliché of the conspiracy theorists who see themselves as critical thinkers.”

See New study indicates conspiracy theory believers have less developed critical thinking abilities

#criticalthinking #conspiracytheories #study #conspiracy

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New study indicates conspiracy theory believers have less developed critical thinking abilities

New research published in Applied Cognitive Psychology provides evidence that critical thinking skills are negatively related to belief in conspiracy ...

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