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offsite link Fraud and mismanagement at University College Cork Thu Aug 28, 2025 18:30 | Calli Morganite
UCC has paid huge sums to a criminal professor
This story is not for republication. I bear responsibility for the things I write. I have read the guidelines and understand that I must not write anything untrue, and I won't.
This is a public interest story about a complete failure of governance and management at UCC.

offsite link Deliberate Design Flaw In ChatGPT-5 Sun Aug 17, 2025 08:04 | Mind Agent
Socratic Dialog Between ChatGPT-5 and Mind Agent Reveals Fatal and Deliberate 'Design by Construction' Flaw
This design flaw in ChatGPT-5's default epistemic mode subverts what the much touted ChatGPT-5 can do... so long as the flaw is not tickled, any usage should be fine---The epistemological question is: how would anyone in the public, includes you reading this (since no one is all knowing), in an unfamiliar domain know whether or not the flaw has been tickled when seeking information or understanding of a domain without prior knowledge of that domain???!

This analysis is a pretty unique and significant contribution to the space of empirical evaluation of LLMs that exist in AI public world... at least thus far, as far as I am aware! For what it's worth--as if anyone in the ChatGPT universe cares as they pile up on using the "PhD level scholar in your pocket".

According to GPT-5, and according to my tests, this flaw exists in all LLMs... What is revealing is the deduction GPT-5 made: Why ?design choice? starts looking like ?deliberate flaw?.

People are paying $200 a month to not just ChatGPT, but all major LLMs have similar Pro pricing! I bet they, like the normal user of free ChatGPT, stay in LLM's default mode where the flaw manifests itself. As it did in this evaluation.

offsite link AI Reach: Gemini Reasoning Question of God Sat Aug 02, 2025 20:00 | Mind Agent
Evaluating Semantic Reasoning Capability of AI Chatbot on Ontologically Deep Abstract (bias neutral) Thought
I have been evaluating AI Chatbot agents for their epistemic limits over the past two months, and have tested all major AI Agents, ChatGPT, Grok, Claude, Perplexity, and DeepSeek, for their epistemic limits and their negative impact as information gate-keepers.... Today I decided to test for how AI could be the boon for humanity in other positive areas, such as in completely abstract realms, such as metaphysical thought. Meaning, I wanted to test the LLMs for Positives beyond what most researchers benchmark these for, or have expressed in the approx. 2500 Turing tests in Humanity?s Last Exam.. And I chose as my first candidate, Google DeepMind's Gemini as I had not evaluated it before on anything.

offsite link Israeli Human Rights Group B'Tselem finally Admits It is Genocide releasing Our Genocide report Fri Aug 01, 2025 23:54 | 1 of indy
We have all known it for over 2 years that it is a genocide in Gaza
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem has finally admitted what everyone else outside Israel has known for two years is that the Israeli state is carrying out a genocide in Gaza

Western governments like the USA are complicit in it as they have been supplying the huge bombs and missiles used by Israel and dropped on innocent civilians in Gaza. One phone call from the USA regime could have ended it at any point. However many other countries are complicity with their tacit approval and neighboring Arab countries have been pretty spinless too in their support

With the release of this report titled: Our Genocide -there is a good chance this will make it okay for more people within Israel itself to speak out and do something about it despite the fact that many there are actually in support of the Gaza

offsite link China?s CITY WIDE CASH SEIZURES Begin ? ATMs Frozen, Digital Yuan FORCED Overnight Wed Jul 30, 2025 21:40 | 1 of indy
This story is unverified but it is very instructive of what will happen when cash is removed
THIS STORY IS UNVERIFIED BUT PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO OR READ THE TRANSCRIPT AS IT GIVES AN VERY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT A CASHLESS SOCIETY WILL LOOK LIKE. And it ain't pretty

A single video report has come out of China claiming China's biggest cities are now cashless, not by choice, but by force. The report goes on to claim ATMs have gone dark, vaults are being emptied. And overnight (July 20 into 21), the digital yuan is the only currency allowed.

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Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

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Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link News Round-Up Mon Sep 22, 2025 00:43 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The BBC?s ?1 Billion Pension Bailout Sun Sep 21, 2025 19:47 | Richard Eldred
The BBC has poured over ?1 billion into its gold-plated pension scheme, gobbling up nearly ?850 million of licence fee money ? and it looks like the bill could keep climbing.
The post The BBC?s ?1 Billion Pension Bailout appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Education Secretary Launches Fresh Attack on Private Schools Sun Sep 21, 2025 17:13 | Richard Eldred
In a fresh raid that could force more closures and squeeze parents' wallets, Bridget Phillipson is hitting private schools again, this time tripling Ofsted inspection fees.
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offsite link Keir Starmer Confirms Britain Will Ignore US and Israeli Anger and Recognise a Palestinian State Sun Sep 21, 2025 15:00 | Richard Eldred
Keir Starmer has sparked fury by pledging to recognise a Palestinian state even though critics say it rewards Hamas, angers Israel and the US and won't help hostages or feed Gaza's starving.
The post Keir Starmer Confirms Britain Will Ignore US and Israeli Anger and Recognise a Palestinian State appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link North Sea ?Has Three Times More Oil and Gas? Than Government Claims Sun Sep 21, 2025 13:00 | Richard Eldred
Britain's North Sea could have 14 billion barrels of oil and gas ? three times what the Government reckons ? but sky-high taxes and drilling bans are leaving it in the ground while jobs and cash go begging.
The post North Sea ?Has Three Times More Oil and Gas? Than Government Claims appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Govt Planning Referendum to End Citizenship Rights

category national | rights, freedoms and repression | news report author Wednesday March 10, 2004 18:57author by Irish Born Citizen Report this post to the editors

Birth Right to Citizenship to go if FF-PD vote passes

FF-PD Government are planning a referndum to amend the constitution to remove citizenship rights from those born in Ireland. Instead citizenship will be decided by law.

Currently Citizens are all those born in the island of Ireland, its islands, and seas. AND all those that qualify under law (such as those resident for a certain period, children and grandchildren of irish born citizens, those married to citizens for a period of time, etc)

In Britain the birthright to citizenship was removed. Now British born people must have a parent that is deemed to be "British" or resident. If this is passed the Government will probably end the right of spouses, children, grandchildren and residents to get citizenship automatically under law.

Under the constitution citizenship cannot be removed from Irish born citizens. However it can be removed from those who qualify under law. So if this referendum is passed we will see the situation where your citizenship can now be removed from Irish born people as they will only qualify under law.

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Where to Labour, Greens, Sinn Fein stand     Angry Liberal    Wed Mar 10, 2004 19:19 
   Labour will "not vigourously oppose" the proposal     Labour Watcher    Wed Mar 10, 2004 19:28 
   sooner than you think     x    Wed Mar 10, 2004 21:06 
   .     j26    Wed Mar 10, 2004 22:25 
   Realism at last     omega supreme    Wed Mar 10, 2004 23:23 
   Wikipedia defines facism as....     J26    Wed Mar 10, 2004 23:43 
   .     Killian Forde    Thu Mar 11, 2004 00:40 
   re. fascist states     steve    Thu Mar 11, 2004 01:19 
   Fear factory productions: racism under referendum     soundmigration    Thu Mar 11, 2004 02:27 
 10   re:facist states     J26    Thu Mar 11, 2004 03:59 
 11   Now that's what I call Nazi     kokomero    Thu Mar 11, 2004 09:55 
 12   Thats democracy     RED BHOY    Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:04 
 13   But if they dont get the "right" result     Devoto    Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:37 
 14   Democracy or wha'?     Yossarian    Thu Mar 11, 2004 12:13 
 15   USI Congress     USI member    Thu Mar 11, 2004 14:45 
 16   This proposition     jeff    Thu Mar 11, 2004 14:49 
 17   Where do the Labour Party stand?     Labour?    Thu Mar 11, 2004 15:01 
 18   Here is Labour's position (from their website)     Labour's Position    Thu Mar 11, 2004 15:23 
 19   Gov proposal for constitutional amendment 'opportunistic'     rayo    Thu Mar 11, 2004 16:17 
 20   Joe Costello on RTE     Allen    Thu Mar 11, 2004 16:20 
 21   Liar.     AngryLiberal    Thu Mar 11, 2004 17:11 
 22   Labour are a disaster     Angry Authoritarian Trot    Thu Mar 11, 2004 18:05 
 23   hmmm?     hmmm    Thu Mar 11, 2004 18:20 
 24   Unite and Defeat Racist Referendum Proposal     John Meehan    Thu Mar 11, 2004 18:38 
 25   Race Card     ucd    Thu Mar 11, 2004 21:20 
 26   Wake up, SInn Fein     Dick Dowling    Fri Mar 12, 2004 00:40 
 27   Dick     One world    Fri Mar 12, 2004 04:43 
 28   so...     Jimi Kavanagh    Fri Mar 12, 2004 09:49 
 29   UCD     observer    Fri Mar 12, 2004 14:00 
 30   Good Idea     Cleaver    Fri Mar 12, 2004 17:31 
 31   John Meehan     An Craoibhin Aoibhinn    Fri Mar 12, 2004 17:46 
 32   An Craoibhin Aoibhinn     The not so Pleasant little branch    Fri Mar 12, 2004 18:01 
 33   Irish democracy     Disobedient Voter    Sun Mar 14, 2004 01:04 
 34   commie dogma     omega supreme    Sun Mar 14, 2004 20:33 
 35   from how it started to the praise it raised-     -    Thu Jul 15, 2004 15:06 


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