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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.
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Hamas Executes ?Israeli Collaborators? in Streets of Gaza Mon Sep 22, 2025 19:30 | Will Jones
Hamas?has executed three Palestinians accused of "collaborating" with Israel on the streets of Gaza, just hours after the UK, Australia and Canada announced their?recognition of a Palestinian state.
The post Hamas Executes “Israeli Collaborators” in Streets of Gaza appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
The Covid Response Was Not a Mistake ? It Was Just Wrong Mon Sep 22, 2025 17:35 | Dr David Bell
The Covid response was not an error, and it was not the result of rushing to counter an unknown pathogen. It was a lot of people, mostly professionals, systematically doing what they knew was wrong, says Dr David Bell.
The post The Covid Response Was Not a Mistake ? It Was Just Wrong appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
School Accused of ?Brainwashing? Children After 14 Year-Olds Told to Read Book ?Blaming Them for The... Mon Sep 22, 2025 15:11 | Will Jones
A parent has accused a secondary school of "brainwashing" after?he learned that 14 year-old pupils were told to read a book that "blames them for their white skin" ? and his daughter was forced to read it out loud.
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No Benefits for Foreigners Under Reform, Says Nigel Farage: Stricter Visa Tests and Deportation for ... Mon Sep 22, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
Nigel Farage?today vowed to block foreign nationals from getting benefits, slashing the welfare bill "by ?234bn", and to deport hundreds of thousands of migrants with 'settled status' by bringing in stricter visa tests.
The post No Benefits for Foreigners Under Reform, Says Nigel Farage: Stricter Visa Tests and Deportation for Those Who Fail Under Crackdown on ‘Settled Status’ Migrants appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
When it Comes to Reparations, the Church of England Doesn?t Care About Evidence or Ethics Mon Sep 22, 2025 11:00 | Nigel Biggar
The Church of England has shown that it doesn't care about evidence or ethics, says Prof Nigel Biggar. Why else, when presented with proof its ?100 million reparations giveaway is groundless, would it press on regardless?
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The ongoing conflict in Syria is becoming increasingly sectarian amid reports that rebel fighters have attacked a housing compound for employees of a power company, killing 16 civilians, mostly Alawites and Christians.
The massacre took place in Jandar village near the western city of Homs on Tuesday, Syria’s state news agency SANA reports.
"Armed men stormed the Jandar residential compound, firing indiscriminately and killing 16 Syrians, among them six Christians, six Alawites – including the compound director – and four Sunnis," said the director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based NGO.
Abdel Rahman said the gunmen targeted only the Syrian employees of the Jandar power plant. The other employees were Japanese and Iranians, who live with their families in the compound in Jandar village. "The village and its surrounding areas are Sunni," he added.
The collapse of the Assad regime could lead to the repression of minority groups, former Russian prime minster and Middle East expert Evgeny Primakov has warned in an interview with the Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper.
“Should the armed opposition manage to oust Assad, it would try to impose a Sunni regime, which would immediately lead to the persecution of Alawites, who comprise a significant part of the population,” he said adding that everyone who does not share the opposition’s religious views would face repression.
Primakov also explained that Al-Qaeda is supporting the Syrian rebels because it is a Sunni organization.
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Qatar’s ambassador in Mauritania allegedly offered his Syrian counterpart an advance payment of US$1 million and a monthly salary of $20,000 over 20 years, trying to convince the diplomat to defect and voice support for the opposition.
Hamad Seed Albni was also offered a permanent residence in the Qatari capital Doha, but refused the proposition, claims Lebanese-based Al-Manar TV. The diplomat reportedly called the offer a “blatant interference” in Syria’s affairs and warned not to come up with such initiatives anymore.
Acording to Debka Morsi has been moving over the past week in order to have the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt take control of the Army. The position of dual power in Egypt was not sustainable.
The question is why within one week Morsi has moved to get rid of Tantawi.
This is a major question that needs to be answered by every class conscious worker, in Ireland and everywhere.
You have now got Fascism in power in many countries, from Tunisia, Libya, Ivory Coast, Sudan, Gaza, and now Egypt.
Al of this in the space of a year. But it is the speed with which the Muslim Brotherhood moved against Tantawi, to take total power, power in this case of the very powerful army, that is so astounding.
This is the pay off from Morsi for the huge betrayals of the Jews by Netanyahu who agreed to coperate with Morsi in Sinai. So now Israeli leaders wil see AMERICAN, made and donated, Egyptian Army tanks on the other side of the wire staring at them from Sinai.
pat c your remark on the other thread to those so called supporters of Israel was very apt. Due to their betrayal over Assad there now will be Muslim Brotherhod in power in Syria and in Egypt. What a trap the Jews have been led into by these leaders who think they can do a deal with the likes of Morsi. Sickening.
..Fascism in power in......Egypt.'
Because an elected President moves to challenge the military dictatorship established by Mubarak in conjunction with Washington and Tel Aviv??
Please explain that one for those of us who think this may be a move AGAINST the fascistic puppets who have been holding hands with Netanyahu, and Sharon and earlier predecessors.
And if Europeans can elect Christian Democrats, Yanks evangelical bigots and Israelis right-wing Judaic primeval nut-jobs, while we here in Ireland have still to shed the grip of Rome...why should Arab/Asian peoples not elect Muslim Brotherhood candidates...
Should they elect Jewish fundamentalists ???
well, it seems the new government have absolutely no problems working with the Israeli fascists on the other side of the fence against the interests of the citizens of Gaza who need a lifeline to the outside world through Rafa from the outdoor prison imposed by Israel. Rafa is now conveniently closed. Many tunnels which the Israelis did not manage to close have now been closed by the new Egyptian government. Shock horror, the "arab spring" has not helped the palestinians in Gaza much has it?
The new Egyptian government just want undiluted power like any government, and they do not have the interests of their citzens at heart, like any government. And their actions cause the death and suffering either indirectly or directly of their citizens. Like any government.
The "arab spring" was an illusion. Now It's back to business as usual.
..simplistic and nihilistic, shalom.
You seem to think its going to change overnight into some kind of enlightened people's democratic egalitarian harmony of tolerant paragons.
For starters the military have been the entrenched tools of US/Israeli collaboration, so any easing of them sideways is change..though whether for the better or worse remains in question.
To say the Arab spring was an 'illusion' is idiotic, and an insult to the Egyptian people's struggle to free itself from centuries of colonial repression at the maritime crossroads of the planet. The WASP/NATO/Zion Gordian nexus will not be cut by some Alexandrian stroke.
As for your generalised pissing on all and '..any government..'..that strikes me as Tea Party conservative argument for precisely your 'business as usual'.
Its always easier burn a barn than build a house.
"To say the Arab spring was an 'illusion' is idiotic
Really? So then I'm an idiot for thinking it was just the hijacking and channelling of potentially destabilising popular discontent by savvy wonks using a bunch of fake "colour revolutions" and the other tricks of Gene Sharp and then positioning their guys in at the last post leaving the naive idealists who camped out in the square hoping for change wondering what the fuck happened while they still feel the jackboot up their arse, more of them ended up in prison in one year than mubarrak managed to imprison in many years, and now as well as the army, the social oppression of religious sharia looms.
I think an "illusion" is when you think something has happened but it hasn't actually and instead something completely different has taken place which has completely fooled you. I think that describes Kosovo, Egypt, Libya and to a lesser extent Syria now that some folks are cottoning on to the patterns.
Perhaps you need to read the indymedia front page feature properly and some of the related links. Clearly I don't think you have done so!
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/102162
US hegemony is usually served very well by bringing in heavy handed and oppressive fundamentalist islamic governments. They don't give a toss about religion. You can believe any wacky shit you like as long as you play ball and keep order. They are far more frightened of progressive secular arab movements.
and drop your presumptions.
I never stated or suggested it wasn't hijacked...or anticipated, pre-empted and managed..thats nothing new. Mubarak was past his use-date and they wanted transition there for a while.
If you look again(before dong the knee-jerk watusi)you might notice its your simplifications I addressed.
No need to keep copper-fastening my case.
..the deck
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=32351
..for the full spectrum poker game.
"To say the Arab spring was an 'illusion' is idiotic"
You called me an idiot for thinking the arab spring was an illusion. I responded to explain my (correct) use of the word illusion.
You should now apologise for insulting me in the wrong. Otherwise it's you thats an idiot!!
..illustrious pardon.
Your comment proves you are a self-infatuated genius.
Pot Kettle opus.
...I'll happily leave to the readers.
..for those more interested in the issues
http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_08_20/Who-really-wages-the-...yria/
I hope that transfers