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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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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.
Labour Will Regret Defending the Boriswave Tue Sep 23, 2025 09:00 | Laurie Wastell
When Nigel Farage announced on Monday that Reform would end benefits for migrants and abolish settled status, Left-wing MPs rushed to denounce him. Labour will regret defending the Boriswave, says Laurie Wastell.
The post Labour Will Regret Defending the Boriswave appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6When were finished we can go across the road and picket the pub, thats where bertie 'tatcher' aherne fills up, ask him for a 'loan' .
The vast majority of Irish people cannot see what is going on at the entrance to the plant at Belanaboy when cameras are not there and therefore much of the efforts of the protesters are going to waste.
A better alternative to protesting at Belanaboy would be to picket Dail Eireann at the gates of Leinster House and regular marches down O Connell St. where everyone can see who everyone is and where it really counts. Marches in Galway or any other Irish city or town are really too ineffective and do not have the same effect as holding up traffic on O Connell St.
The protesters should be careful not to divide the community unnecessarily around Rossport and North Mayo generally. The real culprits of the plot are Shell and the Irish government. The ordinary people in Rossport including those who are driving past the picket and those on the picket are all victims of the Biggies.
If the picket continues at Belanaboy then they the protesters should be careful not to leave themselves open to criticism because of risky picketing tactics. The government are using the fact that the protesters obstruct the course of justice by lying in front of vehicles bringing in the workers.
Its better to be quite careful in case anyone does anything that might influence the public against the protest. This might mean standing ‘orderly’ near the entrance but not blocking the entrance and remaining relatively silent or shouting only carefully chosen slogans arranged beforehand.
If the protesters ‘intimidate ‘ the workers by using the word ‘scabs’ or any other intimidating remarks or bad language then it will probably get adverse publicity for the protesters.
Broaden the Shell to Sea campaign to involve and engage with the Labour and Green movements. Some connection should be made with thye new industrial model of sustainable, ecological and safe energy industry in contrast to fossil fuel based industry model spouting out pollution and aggressive attitudes to communities and people. Some say the modern quest for fossil fuels is like a re-run of the film Mad Max and soon the wars will be for drinking water.
What Ireland needs at the moment is sustainable and ecological ‘people friendly’ industry with humane working hours and a just wage, in order to improve the quality of people's lives.
So if there is a march down O Connell St. then Shell to Sea should invite members of the Labour and Green movements and ask them to carry relevant posters linking Rossport to the major Green and Labour ideas and ideals.
"holding up traffic on O Connell St", yeah this would definitely bring about a change in Dublin people's attitudes about Shell, they would actually start supporting them..
I dont think all of Michaels ideas need be written off so quickly. He makes a very important point that some of your good work may be going unnoticed. When so much effort is going to this excellent cause it is very important that it gets maximum publicity and attention.
You might find it worthwile some time to read up on the 80/20 principle which states that 20% of what we do produces 80% of the results. Therefore if you spend more time doing the activities or actions which get the best results your campaign will have greater effect.
Also, does anyone have a list of actions which the average punter can take to assist e.g. boycott shell stations, email addresses for TD's etc. Not everyone wants to protest in public but some might do so in private.
If not it might be good idea to produce one along with some info explaining your case. This could then be emailed to everybody in your contact book and you could ask them to forward it. This can get alot of attention with very little effort. Maybe somebody has already done this but I havent received anything. If there is something could someone please post a link?
Best of luck
Carthage
It feels very different when you are standing at a petrol station and most people hoot their horns and wave and make gestures of support.
Perhaps they are just humouring us, but the last time I was at a Shell station only four cars drove past in the hour we were picketing, and one of them decided not to use the pumps when he had the issue explained to him.
Perhaps you should make an effort to get down to Donnybrook tonight to see for yourself how popular this campaign is.
Enlist the Public in a General Strike for One Day, the first week, Two Days the second week, ect,etc, enlist the Ferries, the Buses, the Airports,the Trains, untill the issue is addressed in the Dail. Ideas are like Calories, we give them out . Flynn O Flynn