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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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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.
The post Sadiq Khan’s Officials Suppressed Report Showing LTNs Don’t Cut Car Use appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Europe?s Days of Carbon Colonialism are Numbered Fri Sep 19, 2025 09:00 | Tilak Doshi
The delusional EU believes it can wield carbon tariffs as weapons. But its grandiloquent Net Zero scheme is destined to collapse under the weight of the bloc's utter economic irrelevance, says Tilak Doshi.
The post Europe’s Days of Carbon Colonialism are Numbered appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
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Jump To Comment: 4 3 2 1http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/oct/16/afg...-nato
"...the US government spent 10 times more on every sea otter affected by the Exxon Valdez oil spill than it does in "condolence payments" to Afghans for the killing of a family member, perhaps that shouldn't come as a surprise."
The Las Vegas Sun
THIS PLACE:
Still hoping for peace on Earth
North Las Vegas Franciscans dedicated to abolishing nuclear weapons
Fri, Oct 10, 2008 (2 a.m.)
On a side street in one of the bleakest neighborhoods in the Las Vegas
Valley, a small residential lot is distinguished by three old barracks
from Nellis Air Force Base.
There's no sign explaining who lives here, but the vehicles out front
offer some clue. The side of an aging Winnebago is painted with the
message, "Abolish Nuclear Weapons." And the bumper stickers on an old
Dodge minivan call for peace on Earth. Signs of an earlier era, it
seems.
A knock on the door brings out a 71-year-old man in a white polo
shirt, khakis and a pair of running shoes.
Meet Father Jerry Zawada, a Franciscan friar who has been living on
the property for two years.
The Catholic order has owned the property for about 30 years. Today it
doubles as headquarters for the Nevada Desert Experience, an
interfaith effort aimed at stopping the production of nuclear weapons.
Zawada's history with Las Vegas goes back to 1987, when as a protester
he was arrested for trespassing at the Nevada Test Site. It was one of
more than 100 pinches for his roles in nonviolent protests.
The most recent arrest came last year at Fort Huachuca, an Army base
in Arizona that protesters link to the teaching of abuse or torture
techniques. Part of Zawada's sentence was 500 hours of community
service.
Continued......
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/oct/10/still-hopin...arth/
Eight peace activists who were part of a group protesting a bombing
and strafing competition for fighter jet pilots were arrested at
Salina Municipal Airport on Wednesday for trespassing.
"The war in Iraq is unjust, immoral and illegal," Frank Cordaro, a
former Catholic priest, told a group of about 45 activists at the
rally at the airport. "Those are the words of Pope John (Paul) II."
The arrests were the anticipated response to civil disobedience that
was months in the planning. The spot where protesters were arrested
had been worked out in advance so as to minimize disruption at the
airport and ensure there was no violence. Activists who decided to get
arrested wore armbands Wednesday to help police positively identify
them.
Continued.....
http://www.salina.com/news/story/Arrests101608-clone
For Photos go to:
http://behindthelinespoetry.blogspot.com/2008/10/oceana....html
Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach, Virginia, hosted its
fiftieth annual air show this weekend. Oceana is home to F-18 Hornets
and Super Hornets which are deployed on aircraft carriers stationed at
Norfolk Naval Base. This year's show, dubbed "A Legacy of Excellence,"
is one of over 200 air shows taking place across the country this year
from March to November.
Air shows are the US Military's hottest community relations and
recruiting tool. Many take place on military bases that are opened to
the public for the occasion, others at local airports or fair grounds.
At Oceana, attendees were dazzled by active duty fighters, bombers,
transports, and spy planes, as well as historical and stunt aircraft,
displayed both on the ground and in speed-filled, eardrum-shattering
air demonstrations. Booths sponsored by defense contractors lauding
the next generations of military aircraft under development offered
pencils, stickers, and glossy photos of sleek futuristic war planes.
With local radio stations playing rock and country music, lines of
concession stands, and picnicking areas, the show was an intentionally
family affair as the endless stream of strollers attested. Also on
hand were small Naval river craft crowded with kids behind the machine
guns, a rack of M-4 and M-16 rifles and Army issue shotguns for
visitors to handle, an opportunity for small children to lay in the
grass with a sniper's rifle and peer through its sights, and a virtual
Army experience in which groups of people embark on their own
company-sized Army mission. But the Navy's Blue Angels precision
flying team and the other military aircraft were the stars of the
show.
Unmentioned anywhere was the sole purpose for the existence of all the
assembled high-tech weaponry on display. Nowhere was their killing
vocation acknowledged. Nowhere was the reality of the people under the
bombs even whispered; the deafening explosions, the quaking earth, the
fear, the chaos, the smoke and fire, the loss of homes, jobs,
utilities, and resources, the burning of flesh, the spurting of blood,
the pain and shock, the blinding, maiming, and crippling, the loss of
limbs, the deep psychological trauma, the soul-rending howls of new
orphans and widows. Nowhere was mentioned the inherently
indiscriminate nature of airstrikes; that every time a bomb bay door
opens or a wing launcher is fired that civilians, innocents, and
children are as likely as anything to be blown to shreds. Nowhere were
the photos of decapitated or blood-drenched Iraqi and Afghan children.
Nowhere was posted the definition of war crimes. Contniued...
http://behindthelinespoetry.blogspot.com/2008/10/oceana....html