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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 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.

offsite link 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.

offsite link 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.

offsite link ?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.

offsite link 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.

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Christie to give up council seat

category dublin | politics / elections | news report author Thursday July 15, 2004 15:54author by Sinn Fein Report this post to the editors

Christie to give up council seat
Martin Christie announced yesterday evening that he will resign his Sinn Féin seat on Fingal County Council at the request of the party's Ard Chomhairle.

Councillor Christie told An Phoblacht: "Following the election I gave a full and frank interview about a mistake in my past. This mistake was a moment of stupidity, which was completely out of character and which I have regretted ever since. Naïvely, I believed that this was something that was over and done with and that I could get on with my life.

"Despite my desire to continue to represent the people of Mulhuddart, it is clear that my position is untenable. Therefore, I will now resign my seat on Fingal County Council and support a Sinn Féin co-option in my place.

"This has been a very difficult time for my family, particularly my wife and children, and I want to thank them for the support they have given me. I also want to apologise for any embarrassment I have caused Sinn Féin.

"My desire was, and still is, to work with Sinn Féin. I intend to do this and hope this regrettable incident is now behind me."

Chairperson of Dublin Sinn Féin, Justin Moran, said: "We realise that this has been a difficult matter for Martin and his family and it is a credit to him that he dealt with the issue in an up-front and commendable manner.

"Martin has played and will continue to play a key role as a community and Sinn Féin activist in Mulhuddart.

"This issue is now behind us and we look forward to continuing the work of representing the people of Mulhuddart on Fingal County Council

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   tough one to call     anarchist    Thu Jul 15, 2004 16:41 
   Why?     Intrigued    Thu Jul 15, 2004 17:10 
   Martin Christie     Pat Breen    Thu Jul 15, 2004 17:13 
   Bollocks     Cynic    Thu Jul 15, 2004 17:18 
   M. Christie     Ali Baba    Thu Jul 15, 2004 17:23 
   Unfortunate.     Shinner    Thu Jul 15, 2004 17:24 
   "this whole episode has been stage managed"     curious    Thu Jul 15, 2004 17:27 
   To Cynic     Pat Breen    Thu Jul 15, 2004 17:28 
   Cynic that I am you have just confirmed to me that this whole episode has been stage managed.     gMCg    Thu Jul 15, 2004 17:28 
 10   Brown paper bags     TT    Thu Jul 15, 2004 17:31 
 11   Thanks     Cynic    Thu Jul 15, 2004 17:33 
 12   Not a legal issue.     brenners    Thu Jul 15, 2004 17:40 
 13   Christie's case     Justin Moran    Thu Jul 15, 2004 17:41 
 14   Ooooohhhhh     Cynic    Thu Jul 15, 2004 17:43 
 15   What exactly did he do?     Stephen Daedalus    Thu Jul 15, 2004 17:45 
 16   Lies and innuendo shows why he had to go.     shinner    Thu Jul 15, 2004 17:53 
 17   Didn't take the SFuppie long to tell Justin. Are they all based in the one office?     brenners    Thu Jul 15, 2004 17:54 
 18   Which part of bourgeois law is acceptable?     Confused    Thu Jul 15, 2004 18:02 
 19   MOments of Madness     sOCIALIST    Thu Jul 15, 2004 18:08 
 20   strong stuff     .    Thu Jul 15, 2004 21:10 
 21   squeeky clean     iosaf    Fri Jul 16, 2004 13:11 
 22   Can Martin help?     Do It Yourself Woman    Fri Jul 16, 2004 13:16 
 23   there you have it.................     tom    Fri Jul 16, 2004 15:54 
 24   Gerry Kelly to resign his seat     Ardoyne Republican    Fri Jul 16, 2004 16:26 
 25   Question     mulhuddart resident    Fri Jul 16, 2004 16:58 
 26   Anarchist criticises worker for stealing money from his boss!     bakunin    Fri Jul 16, 2004 23:14 
 27   How much did SF leadership know about candidates?     Chris Barry    Sat Jul 17, 2004 18:12 
 28   the obvious reason     john    Sat Jul 17, 2004 20:10 
 29   christie to give up seat     non political party citizen    Sat Jul 17, 2004 22:07 
 30   replying to justin     flabbergasted    Sat Jul 17, 2004 22:31 
 31   replacement     sf non voter    Sat Jul 17, 2004 22:37 
 32   Petty crime doesn't pay .....     milk of amnesia    Sat Jul 17, 2004 22:52 
 33   Champagne for my real friends, and Real pain for my Sham Friends     Tom Waits fro no man    Sat Jul 17, 2004 23:00 
 34   champagne     flabbergasted    Sun Jul 18, 2004 11:52 
 35   well         Tue Jul 20, 2004 13:23 
 36   sf seat     dublin 15    Fri Jul 23, 2004 11:04 
 37   sf seat     dub    Fri Jul 23, 2004 20:11 
 38   sf seat     mary    Sat Jul 24, 2004 17:13 


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