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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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Britain?s Judiciary is Biased to its Core Tue Sep 23, 2025 20:08 | Dr David McGrogan
The Court of Appeal overturned the closure of Epping's migrant hotel because Britain's judiciary is biased to its core, says Dr David McGrogan. The Right must get to grips with this problem ? and fast.
The post Britain’s Judiciary is Biased to its Core appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Muslim Who Attacked Koran Burner Hamit Coskun With Knife Spared Jail as Judge Says He ?Lost His Temp... Tue Sep 23, 2025 17:08 | Will Jones
The Muslim man who attacked Koran-burning protester Hamit Coskun with a knife has been spared jail after the judge said he "lost his temper". Hamit, meanwhile, remains in hiding, as concerns about two-tier justice grow.
The post Muslim Who Attacked Koran Burner Hamit Coskun With Knife Spared Jail as Judge Says He “Lost His Temper” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
The Exaltation of the Cross Tue Sep 23, 2025 15:00 | Chris Larkin
Church leaders are too quick to condemn Tommy Robinson and the Unite the Kingdom march, says Chris Larkin. We don't know what Jesus would have made of our politics, but we can?t just assume he?d have been a Lib Dem voter.
The post The Exaltation of the Cross appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Council Insists Women Be Called ?People With Ovaries? Tue Sep 23, 2025 13:27 | Will Jones
Bristol City Council has been accused of offending women with "virtue-signalling madness" after insisting that women be called "people with ovaries" and claiming that defining sex as biological "misgenders trans people".
The post Council Insists Women Be Called “People With Ovaries” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Jimmy Kimmel?s Comeback Derailed as Major ABC Affiliate Refuses to Air Show After Charlie Kirk Comme... Tue Sep 23, 2025 11:04 | Will Jones
Jimmy Kimmel's comeback after his Charlie Kirk comments has been dealt a massive blow with ABC affiliates refusing to air it in nearly 40 major markets after Disney announced the liberal talk host will return Tuesday.
The post Jimmy Kimmel’s Comeback Derailed as Major ABC Affiliate Refuses to Air Show After Charlie Kirk Comments appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
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Monday October 16, 2006 17:50
by Enda - Shell to Sea
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8....bit short notice though.
...are you blocking cars? I hope so because i will travel just to try and enter the garrage and resist your pointless and idiotic protest. Of course, you do realise that the people who now run the Shell petrol stations that you plan to blockade have nothing whatsoever to do with Shell Exploration? Shell sold its interests in their national forecourt business last year.
You really are just ill informed, conspiracy junkies trying to play games with these anal protests
Shell supply 100% of the petrol to Shell service stations. Don't believe the spin about the company not having anything to do with the forecourt business.
Blockading/picketing stations brings the situation in Erris home to people. That's a Shell sign the garage owner is trading under right? That logo has "brand recognition value". The protests reflect the poor view many people take of the company's record and seek to damage the associations of the brand. And you know what? -It's working.
(& if you want to post your registration number here we'll look out for at Donnybrook.)
Tactician - You are very wrong - its not working. In fact I would suggest its back firing. The majority of people that I know have moved on. There was some sympathy for the Rossport 5 but now they see the protest has no coherence and has been hijacked by the extremes. The normal punter sat up and listened last year but now they dont understand what the protest is about and your protests have a feeling that its just a "no to Shell" protest rather than based on health and safety etc etc. First it was the pipeline and now its about the terminal. You just lost the focus and now the audience has gone.
Hate to repeat what others have posted on other sites etc, but the campaign is called "Shell to Sea" after all - so how can you say that the protest has changed from being about the pipeline to being about the refinery? If we can take Shell at their word (debatable), that they intend to modify the route of the pipeline, and also the fact that they stated after their announcement to modify the pipeline route that they were not at that point planning on applying for any new consents for the pipeline, then that would mean that they could alter the route within their current ministerial consents by how much - 1, 2, 5, 20, 30 metres??? That is not enough to address the safety issue re. proximity to dwellings and public roads. The location of the proposed refinery is determining the route of the pipeline, which is why it is important that people express their opposition to the refinery site. Unfortunately the Irish Government is happy to allow project splitting to take place in relation to this development, in violation of EU law, which is allowing Shell and some of the media commentators and people like yourself to suggest that those opposed to the project have moved the goalposts, which is simply not the case.
Jack
You are quite simply nothing but a troll. The Shell to Sea objection has certainly been taken aback by this new phase in the government/corporate strategy to regain the initiative. Having lost the arguments they have had to resort to violence, intimidation and lying. But it is beginning to falter already. Allegations of death threats are positively risible. Somebody is desperate to bury the news that Shell are bribing business people in Mayo to shift the substantial weight of public opinion against Shell to Sea. Filthy, dirty tactics. How much do Shell pay you to come on to Indymedia? Or perhaps you're some sycophantic little journo staffer eager to do his masters bidding? Go and babble your ill-informed burble someplace else.
Sorry Sheila to burst your bubble - I am none of the things you accuse me of. Like most of your colleagues, you are too prone to accepting the conspiracy theory. Wake up girl - your campaign has lost the widespread national sympathy that existed last year.
Jack- how do you know? Are you conducting polls of your own?and keeping the results quiet except on indymedia.ie comments?
Asking your mates in the pub doesn't count- so how can you believe so certainly that the campaign has lost support?