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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 >>
Parse failure for http://humanrights.ie/feed/. Last Retry Sunday September 21, 2025 01:22
Somalian Migrant Living in Epping Hotel Thanks Keir Starmer ?From the Bottom of my Heart? After Winn... Sat Sep 20, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
A Somalian migrant living at the Bell Hotel in Epping has thanked Keir Starmer?"from the bottom" of his heart after winning the right to stay in Britain on human rights grounds as he prepares to settle in Yorkshire.
The post Somalian Migrant Living in Epping Hotel Thanks Keir Starmer “From the Bottom of my Heart” After Winning Right to Stay in UK appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Oxford Students ?Mocked the Assassination of Charlie Kirk on WhatsApp and Tried to Silence Anyone Wh... Sat Sep 20, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
Students with links to Oxford University?have mocked the assassination of?Charlie Kirk on WhatsApp?and tried to silence others who did not agree, it's been reported, with many explicitly endorsing political violence.
The post Oxford Students “Mocked the Assassination of Charlie Kirk on WhatsApp and Tried to Silence Anyone Who Didn’t Agree” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
?Britain Can?t Deport Me?: Calais Migrants Vow to Keep Crossing Channel Sat Sep 20, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
Migrants in Calais have vowed to cross the Channel "again and again", saying "Britain can't deport me", as Keir Starmer's 'one in, one out' deal?with France faces a wave of legal challenges.
The post “Britain Can’t Deport Me”: Calais Migrants Vow to Keep Crossing Channel appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Sun and Cosmic Rays Drive Climate, Not CO2, Says Astrophysicist Sat Sep 20, 2025 09:00 | Hannes Sarv
It's not CO2 that drives the climate, says astrophysicist Dr Henrik Svensmark. Its the Sun and cosmic rays. But you won't hear about this because only one viewpoint is now allowed in the pseudo-science of climate.
The post Sun and Cosmic Rays Drive Climate, Not CO2, Says Astrophysicist appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
The ?Far Left? Finally Gets Its Comeuppance Sat Sep 20, 2025 07:00 | James Alexander
For years the Left has smeared its opponents as 'far Right'. Now, the spike in Leftist political violence has led to a turning of the tables. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the Guardian, says Prof James Alexander.
The post The ‘Far Left’ Finally Gets Its Comeuppance appeared first on The Daily Sceptic. Lockdown Skeptics >>
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Feds Called in to Nail St. Pat's Day 4 & Other Anti-War Resistance Updates
 international |
anti-war / imperialism |
news report
 Wednesday June 30, 2004 13:18 by Teresa Grady - Ithaca Catholic Worker c/-Magnificat House 105 2nd. St., Ithaca, New York 14850 USA 001-607-277-8673
They're on Trial For Us, We're on the Streets for Them!
ITHACA , NEW YORK, USA-- Four Ithacans accused of pouring blood on property at a military recruiting station during a 2003 antiwar demonstration learned Monday that they face prosecution in a federal court. "We are willing to testify to what we know and what we've done, any place at any time," said Clare T. Grady, 45, a defendant.
District Attorney George Dentes informed Teresa B. Grady, 38, Clare Grady, Peter De Mott, 57, and Daniel Burns, 43, that he dismissed all charges pending in Tompkins County Court as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York agreed to begin prosecution.
The federal court judge still has the opportunity to review the case and decide whether to dismiss it or present it to a grand jury, said Bill Quigley, a Loyola University law professor who provided legal advice to the defendants.
"It's extraordinarily unusual for a district attorney to ask the federal court to take the case after admitting he doesn't think he would get a conviction," Quigley said.
The charges had been pending since a mistrial was declared in April when a Tompkins County jury could not reach a unanimous decision regarding third-degree criminal mischief charges that Teresa Grady, Clare Grady, De Mott and Burns faced. The charges stemmed from a March 17, 2003, incident in which the four defendants gathered at the military recruiting station at Cayuga Mall in Lansing to pour their own blood on a U.S. flag, posters, carpets and windows.
The four defendants, who used legal advisors as they represented themselves at the trial, relied on their own beliefs as they argued that their actions were done in hopes of ending the killings in Iraq.
After the mistrial, the defendants filed a motion to dismiss the charges "in the interest of justice," Dentes said. Dentes responded by announcing that, at his request, the U.S. Attorney based in Syracuse had become involved in the case.
"He concluded that if we used the same evidence, and had the same rulings, during a trial in Tompkins County Court, we'd probably end up with another hung jury," Dentes said.
Although the charges at the federal level have not yet been determined, a trial at the federal level will likely focus on the defendants' intent to damage property during the demonstration. At the federal level, the judge may choose not to allow the defendants to use their political views in testimony, Dentes said.
"We think that the jury focused on the political ideology instead of the facts in this criminal case," Dentes said.
For a trial at the federal level, a jury would be convened from the area surrounding the federal court instead of Tompkins County. Although Quigley said a jury can affect a case's outcome, he added that the timing may affect it too.
"I think the situation in Iraq is less popular now than it was two months ago," Quigley said.
The defendants, who have not denied that they poured blood at the military recruiting station, said even at the federal level, they expect to focus their testimony on the suffering and lives lost as a result of the war.
"If there is a trial in federal court, we will explain to a second jury why we had a right and moral obligation to take nonviolent direct action against the war," De Mott said during a phone conversation Monday.
When the motions to dismiss the charges pending in Tompkins County Court was granted by Tompkins County Judge M. John Sherman Monday, the records of the trial and case were immediately sealed.
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Jump To Comment: 5 4 3 2 1You will be happy to know that Ardeth had her eye surgery yesterday and seems to be doing well....
Ramblings and Reflections
Newsletter 12
July, 2004
“God of the nations, look upon the lands devastated by war and show us the way to peace. Turn our guns into plows and our bombs into bread. Remove hatred from our hearts and vengeance from our memories. Give us the wisdom and the will to end terrorism and war whether in lands far or near, or in the confines of our families and communities. Help us to remember that we are one world and one family. Grant this through the intercession of all peacemakers of all times and all places, especially those who suffered persecution and death for the sake of justice and peace.” People’s Companion to the Breviary
David Dellinger, Presente! Poetess Mary Jane Helrich, Presente!
Dear Sisters and Brothers,
I remain in awe of the grace of God to be able to continue on this prison journey taking each day, as friend Sue Tracy, OP, would caution and remind me – one blink, one breath, one swallow, one heartbeat at a time! My gratitude flows as a steady stream for your letters, your prayers, your support funds for the Appeal, your thoughtfulness in so many ways.
SOA Watch: Shirley Wray arrived on June 22nd. She has brought to us her beautiful Quaker spirit, her gift of peaceful silence and deep shared reflections. She will be here until Sept. 20th. Alice Gerard was released on July 2nd to her home in Buffalo. We miss her standard phrases and sense of humor. She assures us she has not been corrected and sings recidivist songs until the school for torture and abuse training is closed. Betsy Lamb challenges us by her presence and words. She’ll be here until Oct. 4th.
Medical Care: For those of you who have been following my year-long need for eye surgery for the removal of a cataract, my intense pursuit for relief because of difficulty in negotiating stairs (no depth perception), and the strain in reading with the burden placed on one overworked eye, I have good news. I am scheduled! Thanks to you who contacted the prison officials by phone or letters or both. I delayed this letter because I anticipated the trip to the hospital as soon as I was checked out at the medical center. Now I’m rushing to get this written knowing I’ll need some healing time after surgery. (Note: Ardeth had her eye surgery July 9th. She asked me to add that she wished her spiritual blindness could be removed as easily as her physical blindness.)
The medical needs for the 1300 plus women are extensive. We have had 1 suicide, 1 woman die of heart failure (46 and 51 years old respectively). A second young woman began chemo for cancer; another had emergency surgery. Actually the list of medical treatment needs is a long one in these facilities and in all prisons. Five women have birthed children and five women at the Camp unit are pregnant awaiting word about transfer to the Hartford center or remaining in this area. In Hartford they remain with their child for 3 months and then finish their sentences. At Danbury they remain hospitalized 3 days and a family member takes the child while the mother returns to finish her sentence. It is sad both ways.
Danbury Prison Library – Peace and Justice Books
For the books and magazines, I say thank you in a hundred ways. Together we have started a new library at Danbury Prison.
Copenhagen by Michael Frayn
Earth and Spirit by Fritz Hull
Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2 copies)
Child of the Wild Wind by Claire Garden
Credo by William Sloan Coffin
My Angel Daniel by Vassula Ryden
Narrative Therapy by Jill Freedman and Gene Combs
Face to Face with the Bomb by Paul Shambroom
It’s a Terrible Day by Michael J. Doyle
Woman Word by Miriam Therese Winter
Woman Strength by Joan Chittister, OSB
Let This Mind Be in You by Harold Gingerich
Soul Sisters by Edwina Gately
Life on the Outside by Jennifer Gonnerman
The Life You Save May Be Your Own by Paul Elie
Permaculture, Finding Our Own Vine and Fig Trees by Carol Costen, OP
True Life in God by Vassula Ryden
The Exception to the Rulers by Amy Goodman and David Goodman
Add this list to those in my previous newsletters and you will find some of the greatest books of the day. Packages of magazines, (America, etc), a subscription to “Living Faith” periodical and “Celebrate” have also been received and shared. I may not have sufficient time to read every gift in these next two years, but I promise to do my best with gratitude.
Years 2000-2010
Recall that the United Nations declared 2000 the Year of Nonviolence and the decade the Year of Nonviolence and Peace in Behalf of the Children.
Staff Sgt. Camilo Mejia Castillo is spending the year in prison for refusing to return to Iraq as a matter of conscience after he observed the conduct of troops toward civilians and prisoners.
Sisters and friends are gathering at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado to say “no” to the militarizing and weaponizing of outer space. (Aug. 6th)
OREPA is encouraging presence at Oak Ridge, TN to stop the new nuclear arms being designed and constructed. (Aug. 6th days)
Faith and Resistance Retreat called by Dorothy Day Catholic Workers and Jonah House in Washington DC for August 5-9 days.
Offutt Air Force Base, NE will have a gathering of peacemakers at its gates on August 6th and 9th, an annual resistance event.
There are Citizen Weapons Inspection Teams forming to vigil, demonstrate and expose nuclear sites all over the country. To you in the war zones – safety and prayer for you now and for your return. To keep this UN declaration alive in this decade it behooves us to plan, connect with others, be present with faithful communities for peace with justice.
I pay tribute to:
Michael Moore for his exposition and truth-telling about the present day war in Iraq in his documentary film Fahrenheit 911.
Amy Goodman with brother David Goodman for Exception to the Rulers.
Gratitude for your amazing courage and brilliance. You have been called by name and have responded!
Grateful Always,
Ardeth Platte
10857-039
Federal Correction Institution
33 1/2 Pembroke Station
Danbury, CT 06811
Note: To receive this newsletter by e-mail, write to mcasper@mindspring.com
*Fr. Carl Kabat was one of the original Plowshares 8 that disarmed nuclear weapons at General Electric Factory in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania in 1980. He was sentenced to 3-10 years for this action (sentence later overturned on appeal).
**Fr. Carl Kabat was one of the Silo Pruning Hooks (a long with his brother the late Fr, Paul Cabat, Larry Cloud Morgan and Helen Woodoson) that carried out a nonviolent disarmament action on ICBM missile silo in Mssouri in 1984. Carl & Helen were sentenced to 18 years for this action. Carl served 12 years and has continued with nonviolent resistance. Helen has spent less than a week outside of jail since 1984.
***Prior to returning to the U.S. in the 1970's, Carl served as a priest under military dictatorships in the Philipines & Brazil wher he witnessed the impoverished consequences of U.S. militarism and colonialism
It didn't take long for the judge and prosecutor team to convict Fr. Carl Kabat of trespassing for his Good Friday action at Nuclear Missile Silo N-8. In an extremely dull and sterile proceeding a string of Air Force personnel and Weld County Sheriff's deputies pointed an accusing finger at Carl while totally ignoring the reality of the city killer bombs that should have been the real issue in the courtroom. Given the legal straightjacket laid down by the judge, Carl and his attorney Sue Tyburski presented no evidence or witnesses. All of the government actors seemed in total awe of the "sortie" or "primary resource", a couple of the euphemisms used to describe the bomb.
Sentencing is set for July 8 at 1:30. If folks wish to write supportive letters, they should address them to Magistrate Craig Shaffer and send them to:
Susan Tyburski
1800 Gaylord St.
Denver, CO 80206
USA
She would like to have them by July 1. Thanks
***Support letters and postcards can be written to
Fr. Carl Kabat
c/-Bill Sulzman
Citizens for Peace in Space
P.O. Box 915
Colorado Springs, CO 80901
719 389 0644
USA
"Love is the measure."
- Dorothy Day
http://catholicworker.org/
Updated June 11, 2004
Political prisoners in prisons and jails for their witness for peace:
Sacred Earth and Space Plowshares
Jackie Hudson 08808-039 (30 months – out 7/05 or with good time 3/05)
Federal Prison Camp, Victorville
P.O. Box 5100
Adelanto, CA 92301
USA
Carol Gilbert 10856-039 (33 months – out 10/05 or with good time, 5/05))
Alderson FPC
Box A
Alderson, WV 24910
USA
Ardeth Platte 10857-039 (41 months – out 6/06 or with goodtime, 12/05)
Federal Correction Institution
331/2 Pembroke Station
Danbury, CT 06811
USA
Nuclear Resister
Helen Woodson 03231-045
c/o Bates County Jail
P.O. Box 60
Butler, MO 64730
USA
(Protest at federal courthouse, Kansas City, Missouri, 3/11/04 violates parole following 3/9/04 release from prison.)
Native American Political Prisoner
Leonard Peltier89637-132
POB 1000
Leavenworth, KS 66048
USA
Overseas, These Nuclear Resisters Are Known To Be In Prison:
Mordechai Vanunu (18 years – out 4/21/04)
RELEASED
Nuclear whistleblower convicted of espionage and treason – Kidnapped by Israeli agents, 9/30/86)
Yuri I. Bandazhevsky (8 years – in 6/01)
Prison Minsk
ul Kavarijskaya 36
POB 351
Minsk, 220600
Belarus
(Chernobyl researcher and whistleblower fraudulently convicted of corruption, 6/01)
The Following People Are Now In Prison For Anti-War Related Activities
Vieques
José Vélez Acosta 23883-069 (33 months – in 9/5/03)
unknown
José Pérez González21519-069 (5 years – in 9/05/03)
Néstor de Jesús Guishard21716-069 (14 months – in 12/04/03)
José Montañez Sanes26317-069 (18 months – in 1/30/04)
MDC Guaynabo
P.O. Box 2147
San Juan, PR 00922-2147
USA (sic)
Jorge Cruz 26318-069 (18 months – in 2/28/04)
FCI Edgefield
501 Gary Hill Road
P.O. Box 723
Edgefield, SC 29824
USA
Jesús Delgado (6 months house arrest)
c/o May 1 Arrestees Support Committee
P.O. Box 191792
San Juan, PR 00919-1792
USA (sic)
(Conspiracy, damage to federal property, &/or probation violation 5/1/03 – resisting U.S. military bombardment of Vieques, Puerto Rico)
School Of The Americas
Gary Ashbeck 92088-020 (six months – out 5/22/04)
RELEASED (at Jonah House now)
Eric Robinson (six months – out 7/28/04)
(Trespass at the School of the Americas, Ft. Benning, Georgia – 22/11/03)
Leisa Ann Barnes (three months out 2/7/04)
# 92089-020
FCI Dublin - Federal
5701 8th St. - Camp Parks
Dublin, CA 94568
USA
Donald Beisswenger ( six months out 10/04)
# 92091-020
Manchester FCI
PO Box 4000
Manchester, KY 40962
USA
Cynthia Brinkman (six months out 10/04)
# 92092-020
FPC Pekin
PO Box 5000
Pekin, IL 61555-5000
USA
David L. Corcoran (six months out 10/04)
# 90282-020
FPC Oxford
PO Box 1085
Oxford, WI 53952
USA
Scott Diehl ( out 7/04)
# 92093-020
Waseca FCI
Unit A
PO Box 1731
Waseca, MN 56093
USA
Faith Fippinger ( out 7/04)
# 92094-020
Coleman FCC
PO Box 1027
Coleman, FL 33521
USA
Alice Gerard ( out 7/04)
# 92095-020
Danbury FCI
33 1/2 Pembroke St. 37
Danbury, CT 06811
USA
Kathleen Frances Kelly ( out 8/04 )
# 04971-045
FPC Pekin
PO Box 5000
Pekin, IL 61555-5000
USA
Frances E. Lamb ( out 10/04)
# 92100-020
Danbury FCI
33 1/2 Pembroke St.
Rt. 37
Danbury, CT. 06811
USA
Margaret E. Morton ( out 7/04)
# 92102-020
Dublin FCI
5701 8th St. - Camp Parks
Dublin, CA 94568
USA
Anthony O'Leary ( out 7/04))
# 92123-020
FPC Duluth
PO Box 1000
Duluth, MN 55814
USA
Gregory Poferl ( out 7/04)
# 92106-020
Waseca FCI
Unit D
PO Box 1731
Waseca, MN 56093
USA
Bernard A. Survil ( out 7/04)
# 92104-020
FPC McKean
PO Box 8000
Bradford, PA 16701
USA
Bernard received a three-month sentence.
Richard J. Wekerle ( out 10/04)
# 92109-020
Sheridan FPC
PO Box 6000
Sheridan, OR 97378
USA
Fr. Jerry Zawada ( out 11/04 )
# 04995-045
FPC Oxford
PO Box 1085
Oxford, WI 53952
USA
Military Refusers
Camilo Mejia
Building 1490
Randolph Rd.
Fort Sill, Ok 73503
USA
(National Guard member went AWOL after 2003 Iraq duty, turned self in as conscientious objector, 3/15/04, sentenced to one year)
........you know the Pentagon told Dan Rather, they heard he had these pictures of the torture, and they said, "Would you delay?" And Dan Rather said, "OK." This is not what independent journalists are supposed to do. You're not supposed to bow down before the Pentagon.
Fortunately, we have people all over the country spreading the word. We have people protesting, and we have people going on trial and being acquitted by juries when the jury hears what they did.
Have you heard of the St. Patrick's Four? Of course not. They aren't going to tell you about the St. Patrick's Four. The St. Patrick's Four were four people from the Catholic peace movement who, on St. Patrick's Day last year, poured their blood around at a military recruiting station in Ithaca, New York, and they were put on trial. It was clear what they did. They said, we did this and this is why we did it. And the jury refused to convict. It was a hung jury.
So, I'm hopeful about the future of this country based on the idea that people have a certain common decency and that when they learn the truth, the truth has a power that can overcome even the most sophisticated of propaganda machines that the government has and the media collaborate with.
I feel confident--well, I won't talk about the elections, because the important thing is social movements--I feel confident for a future of this country. We are going to see the emergence and growth of a great social movement which has the possibility of changing the character of this country into a place that we can proud of.
-- Howard Zinn, the author of "A People's History of the United States," is a columnist for The Progressive.
http://www.progressive.org
The link below carries the attack.
-RICO (designed by the Feds to take on the Mafia/organised crime in the U.S. in the 1960's) was unsuccessfully used against Catholic Workers in Iowa recently.
-Under RICO a Grand Jury can be summoned. They give you immunity but take away your right to remain silent.
By not answering any question put to you...you can then be charged with "non co-operation with a Grand Jury", you can be held up to 2 years in prison. upon release they can summon a new Grand Jury and go through the whole process again.
-When I was in El Reno Fed Pen, I might a guy who was detained by a Grand Jury for not ratting on his Uncle.
-In the '80's a number of Puerto Rican nationslaists were detained for 2 years for refuing to co-opearet with a Grand Jury