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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
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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.
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.
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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.
North Sea ?Has Three Times More Oil and Gas? Than Government Claims Sun Sep 21, 2025 13:00 | Richard Eldred
Britain's North Sea could have 14 billion barrels of oil and gas ? three times what the Government reckons ? but sky-high taxes and drilling bans are leaving it in the ground while jobs and cash go begging.
The post North Sea ?Has Three Times More Oil and Gas? Than Government Claims appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Met Office Staff Given Record Bonuses Despite String of Forecast Failures Sun Sep 21, 2025 11:00 | Richard Eldred
The Met Office might struggle to predict the weather, but it seems staff can always count on a downpour of cash: they walked away with record bonus payments of ?8.1 million last year and ?31.5 million over five years.
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6One wonders what the purpose of this copy? The author day in the life of a left-over republican at a trade fair drivel is so banal its hardly worth the paper it's written on.
Yes the there was tents and political parties occupied them for various reasons and yes there was machinery just like last year and the year before that. So what? Where's the story?
There is room for analysis on the writer’s reaction to the political parties. This would be much better served by an oliogist of some sort.
I think I would have rather see some photos from the Ploughing Champ or an analysis of the need for or anything that what has been served up here.
Would it not have been easier to say I hate FF FG & LAB for different reasons but most of all I hate SF because the party made a decision that I didn’t agree with?
William Thompson (d. 1833) established a utopian communal farm project at Ralahine in the County Cork, but it foundered after his death. Here's a link to that: www.utopia-britannica.org.uk/pages/IRELAND.htm
Dunno if present day anarchists/trotties/repubs/mao fans are interested in the land as a centre for nationwide radicalism though. Ploughing and harvesting need skill and lots of sweat. Many farmers' children seek out the comforts of suburbia.
Seriously - why is it every time somebody comes over to Indymedia and delivers a succinct comment on something that is not ragingly political you get these illiterates, who couldn't identify a coherent sentence in an Anne and Frank book, pissing on them?
The Ploughing Match is a massive social occasion for huge swathes of the population of this country, and I say big up to some one who sees fit to bring coverage of it to our free media.
I enjoyed this piece despite its brevity, and I know many other Indymedia heads aren't too far from the ploughing match themselves in terms of background. I look forward to a report on day two and three and I sincerely hope the author of the piece had someone to hook him up with some free food tokens.
Was Richey Kavanagh waving his wellies around at it this year? What was the sex trade in Tullamore like for the weekend? At the World Ploughing event in Carlow a few years ago apparently it was astronomically, gritty tales of queues outside caravans on the Barrow track abound. What fire works are on sale this year and has there been any drug busts in the run in?
Rural Ireland and its festivities need as much attention as any other sector.
What has the colour of a persons skin got to do with an annual ploughing championship? which is obviously their to promote agricultural practices in Ireland.
Seriously, if you have nothing positive to contribute, why bother entering the thread at all
the piece this man wrote on the ploughing championship was interesting.
i like the fact that it was so observational of the smaller things.
It seems petty to attack him firstly for writing the piece and secondly for commenting on the fact that the event is still ethnically homogenous.
Its something that would cross my mind too - he's making an observation not a judgement.
He's documenting the fact that although Ireland has seen a big change in multi culturalism within alot of its spheres, agriculture is not one of them.
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You will have to go to Zimbabwe if you want to see total ethnic purity in agriculture. Not a lot of actual farming going on any more though. What were once productive farms now lie derelict. I wonder why.