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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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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.

offsite link Met Office Staff Given Record Bonuses Despite String of Forecast Failures Sun Sep 21, 2025 11:00 | Richard Eldred
The Met Office might struggle to predict the weather, but it seems staff can always count on a downpour of cash: they walked away with record bonus payments of ?8.1 million last year and ?31.5 million over five years.
The post Met Office Staff Given Record Bonuses Despite String of Forecast Failures appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link National Trust Sacks Volunteer Gardeners for Not Being Inclusive Enough Sun Sep 21, 2025 09:00 | Sallust
Thirteen volunteers say they have been forced out by the National Trust, which told them their "attitude and values" did not align with the charity's "respectful and inclusive culture".
The post National Trust Sacks Volunteer Gardeners for Not Being Inclusive Enough appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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The columbia three verdict due tomorrow.

category international | rights, freedoms and repression | news report author Thursday April 22, 2004 18:16author by Shinner - Sinn Fein Report this post to the editors

The verdict in the case of three Irish men charged with travelling on false passports and training rebels in Colombia is expected to be delivered within days.

The verdict in the case of three Irish men charged with travelling on false passports and training rebels in Colombia is expected to be delivered within days.
The trial of James Monaghan, Niall Connolly and Martin McAuley ended in Bogota more than eight months ago.
They are accused of training left-wing Farc rebels in the use of explosives and using false documentation.
The men were arrested in August 2001 as they stepped off a plane from an area which was a stronghold of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc).
The three men had previously refused to attend the trial because of fears for their safety, but later in the trial they protested their innocence in addresses to the non-jury court.
Journalist Mark Duffy, who has been following the case, said it was at the very last stage.
"We have been waiting for just over nine months for a verdict which was postponed on three different occasions.
"It now looks like on Friday - or Monday of next week at the latest - that the judge will finally pronounce on the case of the three Irish men.
"I spoke to the judge on Wednesday afternoon and he told me it would be Friday or Monday, but it was really impossible to get any idea of what way he was thinking on this.
"If the men are found guilty, then there is the possibility that they could receive between 15 and 20 years in prison.
"That is for the most serious charge of training the Farc guerillas in Colombia.
"On the lesser charge of entering the country on false documents, they could just be deported within days or possibly a week of the verdict being announced."
'Treated differently'
Sinn Fein assembly member, Catriona Ruane, who has been in charge of the campaign to free the men, is now on her way to Colombia.
She said it was not clear how the verdict would be given.
"There is some confusion about that generally," she told BBC Radio Ulster on Thursday.
"In Colombia what happens is that a letter is delivered to the jail by the court authorities and there isn't a public announcement.
"There are some rumours that there will be a public announcement - this case hasn't been normal, it has been abnormal and treated differently to a lot of other cases."
Mr McAuley is from Northern Ireland, while the other two are from the Irish Republic.

author by Rebel without a jobpublication date Fri Apr 23, 2004 04:56author address author phone Report this post to the editors

I think that the court may well deport the three because it has been postponed for so long, if they were to be sentced to prision it would have been over wih by now.

author by roosterpublication date Sat Apr 24, 2004 18:00author address author phone Report this post to the editors

I think thats a bit of wishful thinking from the idiot brigade, the only reason the court case is taking so long is because it is a free and fair trial and not the show trial that the soap dodgers thought it would be!

author by Ali la Pointe - fu-fighting anti-imperialistaspublication date Sun Apr 25, 2004 14:48author email thecaptain at warpmail dot netauthor address author phone Report this post to the editors

According to today's Sunday Tribune the Judge, in a move consistent with having turned the juryless trial into a TV soap fanfare, is expected to hold a press conference tomorrow to announce the verdict. Under Colombian law, the charge of using false identification carries a sentence of 2-8 years. The article hinted that the judge might shy away from a guilty verdict on the charges of aiding FARC since the prosecution case is so flimsy and inconsistent. Although a guilty verdict and 20 or so year sentence for the three might satisfy the Colombian elite's and media's bloodlust, doing so runs the risk of putting the international spotlight on The Colombian State's appalling human rights record and the judicial system's chronic lack of due process. It is thought more likely therefore that the Judge will settle for a guilty verdict on the false ID charge and impose the maximum 8 year sentence on the three to keep the vultures happy.

author by BRING THEM HOME! - BRING THEM HOME!publication date Mon Apr 26, 2004 13:13author email lauracrawford3737 at yahoo dot comauthor address author phone Report this post to the editors

THose men do not deserve the unfair trial that they have been given..God Bless them & BRING THEM HOME!!

author by jamespublication date Mon Apr 26, 2004 16:05author address author phone Report this post to the editors

good luck lads hope to see you soon

 
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