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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
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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.
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Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005
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Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony
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News Round-Up Sat Sep 20, 2025 01:09 | Toby Young
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.
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Labour Sinks to Lowest Ever Poll Rating ? as Andy Burnham Fuels Starmer Challenge Rumours Fri Sep 19, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
Labour has sunk to its lowest ever poll rating as Andy Burnham fuels rumours he is preparing to challenge Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership by refusing to commit to serving a full term as Greater Manchester Mayor.
The post Labour Sinks to Lowest Ever Poll Rating ? as Andy Burnham Fuels Starmer Challenge Rumours appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Oxford and Cambridge Drop Out of Top Three in University Rankings Because of ?Misguided Attempts at ... Fri Sep 19, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
Oxford and Cambridge universities have?failed to get into the top three in the Times's prestigious annual university ranking for the first time, with experts blaming "misguided attempts at equality".
The post Oxford and Cambridge Drop Out of Top Three in University Rankings Because of “Misguided Attempts at Equality” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Jeremy Corbyn?s New Hard Left Party Descends into Chaos as Zarah Sultana Says She?s Been ?Frozen Out... Fri Sep 19, 2025 13:16 | Will Jones
Jeremy Corbyn's new hard Left party has been plunged into chaos as his co-founder Zarah Sultana claimed she had been "frozen out" from the "sexist boys' club" and Corbyn threatened her with legal action.
The post Jeremy Corbyn’s New Hard Left Party Descends into Chaos as Zarah Sultana Says She’s Been “Frozen Out” of “Sexist Boys’ Club” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Sadiq Khan?s Officials Suppressed Report Showing LTNs Don?t Cut Car Use Fri Sep 19, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
Sadiq Khan?s officials suppressed taxpayer-funded research that showed low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) do not reduce car use after the London Mayor spent five years baselessly claiming LTNs are good for the planet.
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8The captain surely knew, as he made his way towards Irish airspace that cold January day in 2003, that his military aircraft would be seized by Irish guards and soldiers when he landed. Ireland, being a law-abiding member of the family of nations, would be obliged to intern the belligerents and seize their aircraft for at least the duration of the war (a war which Dick Chaney said may not end in our lifetime). Just as Ireland had done during World War -- ahem, "the Emergency".
His only chance of avoiding capture would be if he landed on some little-used airfield, hid the military plane near some trees or behind an unused building, and quickly searched for somewhere to find fuel on the black market to make his escape.
The pilot abandoned his aircraft when he left it in Shannon Airport. Indeed, when Mary Kelly got to the plane the Gardai were already on the case, and had positioned a squad car near the plane for when the American crew returned.
Why that aircraft? Nice and handy (unguarded?)or would any aircraft have done? A 737 is either an unarmed cargo plane or a civilian airliner..RyanAir have a ramp of them.
The only possible way to for that aircraft to be 'on its way to Iraq to kill women and children' would be on a suicide mission..crashing it into something.
Now if Mz K had picked a real military aircraft, C130 transport or Galaxy, Globemaster or whatever happens to be passing then her case would have more credibility.
Refusing to announce the cargo manifest is nothing unusual. I doubt RyanAir publishes the cargo list for all its flights and I might get a short answer demanding to know what the police carry in those big white vans in Dublin that move around in the small hours...
The judge seems to think it doesn't matter what the plane was going to do, could have done, or has done in the past, so whether it's a US Navy war fighting aircraft (like say a Hercules) or just an aircraft they used to transport stuff doesn't matter much.
They say that the plane was only carrying spare tires and such for their base in Italy. If that's so, how come they sent a Hercules to the scene just hours after Mary's action to offload it's contents and scramble away?
When a witness is being cross examined in court they're supposed to answer any question which they're asked and the judge doesn't find unreasonable. So if for the purposes of defending yourself against some charge you need the court to know what you believe someone had aboard their plane or in their car - they must answer.
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by John Cooke
The trial of Anti-war activist Mary Kelly continues this morning at Ennis Circuit Court. Ms. Kelly is currently arguing the case for her own defence, but was told yesterday that the war in Iraq and US Military use of Shannon Airport are not relevant to her case.
Seems natural enough to transfer the cargo..if the 'plane is grounded and subject to a police investigation and will be out of use while repaired.
I agree its highly likely (nay certain) that the the aircraft was carrying arms or war supplies. Being military and treated as a flying truck there could be a load of things on board but not necessarily going to Iraq.
Problem for Mz K is she didn't know what the cargo was, or where it was headed unless with insider knowledge or x-ray eyes. All she could see was a US Navy plane. So the excuses of commiting one crime to prevent another larger one are smoke and mirrors to excuse straightforward criminal damage to a third parties property. As the Judge has pointed out, in law the details of the plane and where it goes or what it might do are irrelevent. Did she or didn't she do the deed?
As the Judge has pointed out, in law the details of the plane and where it goes or what it might do are irrelevent. Did she or didn't she do the deed?
Actually that's not correct.
The Criminal Damage act, - had you bothered to check... allows lawful excuse.
You may damage the property of another if you had an honest belief that your action was to save lives.
Please stop showing your ignorance. Check your facts THEN post a comment. It's a good policy and worth a try...
How could she have lawful excuse if she didn't know the intentions of the plane?
You may honestly believe in flying saucers and the threat of alien invasion and set fire to the cornfield to prevent them landing but it won't help your defence to criminal damage charges.
Before attacking me, try reading a law book and look up the rulings to 'lawful excuse.' You might learn something, unlikely, I admit.
How would any one know what's on these plans with a cop and custom serice so housbroken and sychophantic it doesn't bother checking these planes. they are rewarded thus
...observe the intesnity with which peace activists are hounded down and persecuted, retried, banned from Clare, jailed etc with which the Garda caught framing people in Donegal or bashing RTS dancers in Dame St. are shown the door to walk.