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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 Making Tax Digital ? a Disaster in the Making or a Brilliant Innovation? Mon Sep 22, 2025 07:00 | Guy de la B?doy?re
Making Tax Digital is set to hit sole traders and landlords from 2026, promising more admin, costs and chaos than clarity, and Guy de la B?doy?re is already throwing in the towel rather than get swamped.
The post Making Tax Digital ? a Disaster in the Making or a Brilliant Innovation? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Mon Sep 22, 2025 00:43 | Richard Eldred
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 The BBC?s ?1 Billion Pension Bailout Sun Sep 21, 2025 19:47 | Richard Eldred
The BBC has poured over ?1 billion into its gold-plated pension scheme, gobbling up nearly ?850 million of licence fee money ? and it looks like the bill could keep climbing.
The post The BBC?s ?1 Billion Pension Bailout appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Education Secretary Launches Fresh Attack on Private Schools Sun Sep 21, 2025 17:13 | Richard Eldred
In a fresh raid that could force more closures and squeeze parents' wallets, Bridget Phillipson is hitting private schools again, this time tripling Ofsted inspection fees.
The post Education Secretary Launches Fresh Attack on Private Schools appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Keir Starmer Confirms Britain Will Ignore US and Israeli Anger and Recognise a Palestinian State Sun Sep 21, 2025 15:00 | Richard Eldred
Keir Starmer has sparked fury by pledging to recognise a Palestinian state even though critics say it rewards Hamas, angers Israel and the US and won't help hostages or feed Gaza's starving.
The post Keir Starmer Confirms Britain Will Ignore US and Israeli Anger and Recognise a Palestinian State appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Sinn Fein Minister to cut pay of classroom assistants

category national | worker & community struggles and protests | news report author Friday June 22, 2007 00:50author by Jolly Red Giant - Scoialist Party/CWI Report this post to the editors

Classroom assistants across Northern Ireland are preparing for industrial action to defend their pay.

Their employers, the Education and Library Boards acting under the direction of Education Minister Catriona Ruane, are proposing to cut their pay by as much as 79p an hour. The insulting move comes at the end of years of negotiation by the main trade unions representing Classroom Assistants, NIPSA and UNISON.

Unfortunately the negotiating process has delivered nothing. In fact it would be fair to say that over the last few years the position of the Classroom Assistants has become a lot worse. The issue has reached the point where Classroom Assistants have no other choice than to fight.

To force the employers to return to the table with a serious offer the unions must make it clear that they intend taking serious action; a one-day strike would have no effect. What is required is extended action that gives the employers no way out. A properly organised strike will have serious repercussions in almost every school in Northern Ireland.

With up to 7,000 Assistants involved, schools would close for weeks. This action can force the employers to make a real offer and engage in meaningful negotiations. The summer months give a window of opportunity to prepare for a major strike by putting an effective organisation in place, linking unions, developing strike committees and strengthening the leadership of the union.

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Lucky Us     jonny brady    Fri Jun 22, 2007 01:17 
   Sinn Fein bash begins     Jonah    Fri Jun 22, 2007 12:10 
   Correction...     Jolly Red Giant    Fri Jun 22, 2007 13:18 
   Not Bashing Just Telling it as it is.     M    Fri Jun 22, 2007 13:31 
   Pathetic Rhetoric     Brian Booth    Fri Jun 22, 2007 13:33 
   Assembly     Classroom    Fri Jun 22, 2007 13:34 
   education cuts     patrique    Wed Jun 27, 2007 21:30 
   Have to disagree with you patrique...     Jolly Red Giant    Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:03 
   ruane     patrique    Thu Jun 28, 2007 22:13 
 10   Sad But True     Hugh Leonard Thompson Murphy    Sat Jun 30, 2007 12:49 
 11   All industrial disputes...     Jolly Red Giant    Sat Jun 30, 2007 13:12 
 12   Thanks Jolly Red Giant...     Bored    Sat Jun 30, 2007 17:44 
 13   Ruane supports...     Jolly Red Giant    Mon Jul 02, 2007 00:59 
 14   Sickening evil of Caitriona Ruane continues     Sweetcorn    Mon Jul 02, 2007 01:16 
 15   Update on Calssroom Assistants campaign.     Jolly Red Giant    Thu Jul 05, 2007 21:58 
 16   Jolly Green Janus     Geordie'The Truth' Washington    Sat Jul 07, 2007 14:07 
 17   You poor thing     Jolly Red Giant    Sat Jul 07, 2007 19:47 
 18   Socialists and Wages     Dub    Sat Jul 07, 2007 21:50 
 19   Ruane is Wrong     Dub    Sat Jul 07, 2007 21:57 
 20   Confusion And Delusion     Geordie'The Truth'Washington    Sat Jul 14, 2007 13:24 
 21   re eoghan harris     knockadooma    Sat Jul 14, 2007 13:33 
 22   'The Truth'Tells It Like It Is     Felix    Sat Jul 14, 2007 13:41 
 23   Republicans worried..     Jolly Red Giant    Sat Jul 14, 2007 20:07 
 24   Defending Union Democracy     Irene Buxton    Sat Jul 14, 2007 21:23 
 25   SF Press Release     .    Sun Jul 15, 2007 11:54 
 26   Equal pay for equal value     Eileen    Thu Jul 19, 2007 19:11 
 27   Ironic...     Jolly Red Giant    Thu Jul 19, 2007 20:01 
 28   Clarification for Eileen     Irene Buxton    Fri Jul 20, 2007 13:37 
 29   United Ireland?... you can't even get a United Sinn Féin!     Wag    Fri Jul 20, 2007 14:06 
 30   careerist chancers     stroppy    Fri Jul 20, 2007 22:37 
 31   Really...     Jolly Red Giant    Sat Jul 21, 2007 01:25 
 32   Interestingly...     Jolly Red Giant    Sat Jul 21, 2007 01:30 
 33   really indeed     stroppy    Sat Jul 21, 2007 13:36 
 34   stroppy     Jolly Red Giant    Sat Jul 21, 2007 15:49 
 35   not so jolly giant     stroppy    Sat Jul 21, 2007 19:19 
 36   Unbelieveable!     Leane    Sat Jul 21, 2007 20:57 
 37   "Stroppy" does not want answers     Irene Buxton    Sun Jul 22, 2007 12:47 
 38   Bigots     Carrie Anne    Mon Jul 23, 2007 19:49 
 39   The depths to which bureaucrats will sink     Mark P    Mon Jul 23, 2007 21:41 
 40   will the Socialist Party ever answer a question?     stroppy    Mon Jul 23, 2007 23:49 
 41   More time wasted     Mark P    Tue Jul 24, 2007 01:20 
 42   worse than the tories     Jacqui L    Tue Jul 24, 2007 19:25 
 43   People not caricatures     Eileen    Tue Jul 24, 2007 19:47 
 44   Eileen and Jacqui     Irene Buxton    Tue Jul 24, 2007 21:01 
 45   will the Socialist Party ever answer a question?     stroppy    Tue Jul 24, 2007 21:08 
 46   bitter and twisted     Irene Buxton    Tue Jul 24, 2007 21:27 
 47   will the Socialist Party ever answer a question?     stroppy    Tue Jul 24, 2007 21:47 
 48   Something a little familiar     Mark P    Wed Jul 25, 2007 02:40 
 49   nonsense     patrique    Thu Jul 26, 2007 00:52 
 50   time for the truth     John    Thu Jul 26, 2007 18:37 
 51   Back In The Real World.......     Geordie 'The Truth' Washington    Thu Jul 26, 2007 19:23 
 52   Madness     Pravda    Thu Jul 26, 2007 19:31 
 53   Geordie hates democracy     Pravda    Thu Jul 26, 2007 19:38 
 54   John (PCS) & his Sinn Fein friends.     Irene Buxton    Thu Jul 26, 2007 19:47 
 55   A reply to John (PCS)     Jolly Red Giant    Thu Jul 26, 2007 20:18 
 56   wages     patrique    Thu Jul 26, 2007 20:53 
 57   will the Socialist Party ever answer a question?     stroppy    Thu Jul 26, 2007 22:11 
 58   amazed     patrique    Thu Jul 26, 2007 23:37 
 59   will the Socialist Party ever answer a question?     stroppy    Thu Jul 26, 2007 23:53 
 60   will the Socialist Party ever answer a question?     stroppy    Fri Jul 27, 2007 00:09 
 61   Dialogue with the Deaf     Irene Buxton    Fri Jul 27, 2007 16:07 
 62   Answer to your Question     Una Simpson    Fri Jul 27, 2007 16:40 
 63   the SP actually answer one question!!!!!!!!!!!     stroppy    Fri Jul 27, 2007 19:56 
 64   Invitation For Slow Learners     Geordie'the Truth'Washington    Sat Jul 28, 2007 12:12 
 65   14.5%     Anita    Sat Jul 28, 2007 13:51 
 66   lost     patrique    Sun Jul 29, 2007 02:23 
 67   even the walls have ears     patrique    Sun Jul 29, 2007 02:31 
 68   Concerned Trade Unionist     Benni ( with an I )    Thu Aug 02, 2007 16:30 
 69   Oh Dear     Scrabble Tower    Sat Aug 04, 2007 00:30 


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