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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.
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.
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.
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
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.
The Saker >>
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005
RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony
Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony
Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony
RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony
Waiting for SIPO Anthony
Public Inquiry >>
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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.
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.
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.
Now He?s Dead, the Truth About Purple Aki Can Finally Be Said Sun Sep 21, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
Now he's dead, the truth about Purple Aki can finally be said, says Steven Tucker. A forerunner of all the sex-offending migrants that judges make excuses for, he targeted children in Liverpool for decades.
The post Now He’s Dead, the Truth About Purple Aki Can Finally Be Said appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
News Round-Up Sun Sep 21, 2025 00:05 | Will Jones
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.
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Monday May 03, 2004 12:50
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12i presume all these injuries belong to the fuckwit with the celtic top !
St. James has a much better A&E service, expecially for broken bones.
Anyway, only two of those injuries would require hospitialisation, the broken leg & concussion.
the rest would be comfortably treated by any half quailified gp or nurse.
What about the tree hugger that got skulled by one of his own by a rock thrown from the main body of protesters. I wonder how many more marchers were injured by their fellow tree huggers ? The Gardai on the frontline, who did an excellent job by the way on behalf of the decent people of Ireland, must have had a great laugh at that one.
Stupid Hippies !
I was at the front line assuring cops I wasnt going to break police lines.One peeler hit me with his riot shield and I kicked it.Video evidence shows me pleading peacefully with the cops and others with me.A bunch of anarchists got stuck in and some prick of a pig batoned me on the head.I was seen to by medical staff and later required three stitches.The cops re routed us several times on the way to hospital.I agree to a certain extent that some of the protestors should have had more concern for their fellow protestors.Because the cops were either a/ shitting themselves or b/ geared up, some protestors bore the brunt of the actions of others.I blame those drunken idiots who were in no way ideologically driven, just tagged along from O Connell St with the express purpose of causing trouble.
"I was at the front line assuring cops I wasnt going to break police lines.One peeler hit me with his riot shield and I kicked it. "
That was the whole idea. Cop provokes you, you hit the shield (causing no damage to shield or cop) but giving him excuse to batter you on the noggin.
If you're going to go near the police lines, keep a cool head, don't stand next to a drunk or some 16 yr old anar-kiddy who thinks he's earning his stripes by playing stimulus-response with the cops.
Despite the media hype the trouble didn't look like much more than a few people excited at seeing Riot cops, and riot cops only too happy to push them and hit them.
Of course, IoS and today's Oirish Mirror are still stirring shite.
Supt Farrelly (Garda Press Office) was all over the news telling how they'd done a great job. Neglected to mention denying people access to hospital. Can you provide verification that it happened?
Also worth noting that the number of arrests report is lower than
a> St. Patrick's day- with over 40 arrests.
b> the weekend rally of the lakes in Killarney where again more overindulgence with alcohol led to at least 30 arrests for public order.
According to Garda figures, 90% of street crime in Ireland is drink related. And what do rowdy drunks do when they see riot cops?
they get aggressive.
and the cops know this.
It was a show of force, and escalation. They could have held ye all in place with that deep line of riot cops, the water cannon was just to make it look more dramatic.
After it happened I got dragged into a garden and cleaned up.It started bleeding again so someone- I think from Dublin grassroots toook me and another battered head off in his car.The cops just kept re-routing us.This was to be expected due to the heavy police presence but after a while it just became apparant that we were on a wild goose chase.For a while they had the street the Mater is on (not sure the name) sectioned off.
I am fairly experienced when it comes to protests and confrontational situations particularly up North, as bad as the PSNI/RUC are their riot techniques are more effective (from a police point of view) and less bloody.Plenty experience I suppose! For all the hype Mayday was actually quite mild- with only a few empty beer cans and some stones thrown by an already provoked crowd-I dont even want to think about how the gardai would have reacted if they were faced with a constant barrage of bricks,bottles petrol pipe and acid bombs as has sometimes been the case in interface areas particularly in Belfast.Stuarts should try to spot trouble makers and isolate them-why do I get the feeling that both sides are just warming up for the Bush visit?
Do you mean stewards? Good idea. Having them was suggested before the march - but un-suprisingly rejected. Reason? Anarchists do not want to police themselves, believe everyone has a right to protest in whatever way they see fit. Admirable ideology? Or just plain irresponsibility?
Incedentaly, Saturday's other large demo - the peaceful Another Europe is Possible one - did have stewards. The orgainiser drew the crowd's attention to that fact before the demo started and asked for a vote as to whether they should be allowed on and would their authority be respected.. All in favour? All against? It was a nice touch. And I saw them do a good job containing trouble on a couple of occasions. That said - I am trying to picture them trying to stop blac bloc doing whatever they wanted to do!!! Not likely. Anyway, peaceful protests do not get media coverage - as evidenced by the mainstream and indy- media over the past couple of days and the difference in coverage of the 2 big marches - both of which had comparable numbers. Pity because the 1st one was very clear about its political message, whereas the 2nd one had a great feel of freedom and people power about it... I really think grassroots organisers were a little naiive about what would happen when they got to police lines. They shouldn't have let all the kids, the curious and the drunken hangers on head straight up to police lines when they stopped their part of the march a few hundred metres b4 it. They should have made it more clear what was happening - hardly anyone even heard the loudspeaker announcement. If they had organised a sit-down protest there with everyone happily singing or disussing issues or just even just drinking a few hundred metres away from the riot police and water cannons,,, how much better would the effect? How many more people would be saying "state overreaction", how much less fear for future protests would there be? How many fewer kids would i have met walking away from it worn out and downhearted saying what was the point of that long march?
You can't stop blac bloc - but you can do your damndest to separate everyone else from it and make sure they know what's going on. Unfortunately, it does take organisation.
It's such a pity that somewhere in all of this, the message keeps getting lost. This was the case again today on RTS - great fun but no indication as to why the party was going on - the only visible flag (apart from the swp's who rightfully were asked to get them down!) was a bleedin' skull and crossbones!!!! Exactly what kind of message is that sending out? Demos aren't just about whistle blowing. Don't be so bloody libertarian that you can't let anyone know what you're about! Be inclusive. Be informed. Be peaceful. Be friendly. Be democratic. Be aware. Be organised. Use the media. Use the system to break it.
Where is the "Matter" hospital? And what's with this "peeler" stuff? Are you some kind of Dickens character?
Todays irish Times carries some of the press release with their RTS article. Interestingly they follow this with "The claims were denied by Gardai". Can I suggest that those injured and/or denied access to hospital contact the Irish Times at news@irish-times.com or +353 1 6758000 with their stories of what happened so the Gardai press office don't get away with this.
Probably also worth trying to ring into Liveline and other talk shows.
I picked up two people with head wounds and tried to bring them to the Mater hospital, Aran was one of them. The Gardai denied me access twice (from both ends) to the part of the North Circular Road where the Mater hospital is despite the fact that I made it clear that I had two injured passengers. In the end I had to let them walk from Dorset St. My brother also suffered a confirmed broken wrist after being knocked over by a water cannon.
There were several other flags there my friend.I had my Peace flag (which was seized along with a friend of mine in front of the water cannon),there were anarchist flags (red and black), environmental anarchist flags(green and black) as well as various random offerings....not just sWopper flags