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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 >>
Parse failure for http://humanrights.ie/feed/. Last Retry Monday October 06, 2025 10:40
Does a New Book Claiming Classic 1970s Sit-Coms Contain Secret Occult Messages About Mould Embarrass... Mon Oct 06, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
A bonkers new book claims 1970s sitcoms hide occult codes about damp and decay ? whether it's satire or sincere, it perfectly exposes academia's mouldy absurdity, says Steven Tucker.
The post Does a New Book Claiming Classic 1970s Sit-Coms Contain Secret Occult Messages About Mould Embarrass Pretentious British Academia by Accident or on Purpose? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
News Round-Up Mon Oct 06, 2025 01:21 | 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.
Elon Musk Plans to Take on Wikipedia With ?Grokipedia? Sun Oct 05, 2025 19:00 | Richard Eldred
Elon Musk is taking on 'Wokepedia' with Grokipedia, an AI-powered encyclopedia aiming to cut bias, fix errors and add missing context.
The post Elon Musk Plans to Take on Wikipedia With ?Grokipedia? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Pope Leo ? a Chip Off the Old Block (of Ice) Sun Oct 05, 2025 17:00 | Dr Roger Watson
Pope Leo XIV is basically Francis 2.0 ? soft on migration, preaching LGBTQWERTY wokery and now going 'full Greta' by blessing Arctic ice like it's holy water, says Dr Roger Watson.
The post Pope Leo ? a Chip Off the Old Block (of Ice) appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Should we Abandon Liberal Democracy in Favour of the Singaporean Model? Sun Oct 05, 2025 15:00 | Toby Young
For those who think liberal democracy is the best form of government, Singapore poses a challenge. It's a technocratic, one-party state characterised by ruthless central planning. Yet it's been astonishingly successful.
The post Should we Abandon Liberal Democracy in Favour of the Singaporean Model? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic. Lockdown Skeptics >>
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Irish Army Officer Returns Medals in Iraq Protest
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 Sunday September 28, 2003 12:12 by Edward Horgan 086 2380911 or 061-330567
Shannon airport is still being used as a virtual US military base.
Edward horgan, retired army commandant, and United Nations Peacekeeper will return his medals in proterst at the presence and use of the defacto US military base at Shannon.
 Edward Horgan, retired army commandant, and United Nations Peacekeeper In November 1st, 2000 Edward horgan, retired army commandant, and United Nations Peacekeeper, wrote an article in the Irish Times on the risks to Irish neutrality in which he undertook to return to the Irish Government, his military medals awarded by the United Nations, and the Irish Defence Forces, if our government took a decision to end Irish neutrality. On the 20
March 2003, the Irish Government ended Irish neutrality by participating in the war against Iraq.
Commandant horgan now feels obliged to honour his commitment to hand back these medals and certain items associated with his military service, as a symbolic gesture, in protest against Ireland's participation in the war against Iraq, and the loss of Irish neutrality. The medals and other items of uniform will be handed back at Government Buildings, Merion St., Dublin, on Saturday 27 September during the peace demonstration, organised as part of the Global Day of Action against war. They include, the UNFICYP medal awarded for UN peacekeeping services in
Cyprus in 1966, the UNEF medal awarded for UN peacekeeping service in the Middle East (Sinai) in 1973, the Irish Defence Forces Service Medal with bar, awarded for 22 years service, and most importantly, the United Nations special Medal for Peace awarded to all military peacekeepers on the occasion of the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to the United Nations in 1988. The uniform emblems being returned include silver parachuting wings, awarded in recognition of paratrooper training completed in 1984, unit insignia for HQ Cavalry Corps, and the Military College, indicating his last posting as a lecturer at the Command and Staff College, Cavalry Corps officer's Glengarry cap, and United Nations Blue Beret, as well as ceremonial lanyards. Of more significance is the original Commissioning Scroll presented to Edward horgan in September 1973, on the occasion of being commissioned as a Second
Lieutenant into the Irish Defence Forces. This document is signed Eamonn de Valera as President, Sean Lemass, as Taoiseach, and Michael Hilliard as Minister for Defence.
The following statement has been issued by Commandant horgan:
While I have held each of these items as treasured reminders of my service to the people of Ireland and to United Nations peacekeeping, I feel obliged in conscience to return them because of the dishonourable conduct of the Irish government in abandoning Irish neutrality, contrary to international law, by participating in the war against Iraq in March 2003, thereby actively assisting in the commission of crimes against humanity. Today, 27th September 2003, the war is still in progress, Ireland is still participating in this war, by facilitating the passage of US troops and munitions through Ireland, and by providing a de facto US military base at Shannon airport. Our participation in this war against Iraq, and this loss of Irish
neutrality has not been approved by the Irish people, and poses a very serious threat to international peace and global justice. Irish neutrality and our commitment to global justice must be restored. The smaller countries of the world must reform and improve the UN, and support UN collective security. We must rein in the dogs of war let loose by terrorism, and by states operating beyond the control of international law. International jurisprudence is vital to protect the majority of the world's individuals against terrorists on the lunatic fringe, and against the abuse of power by super-states.
An Taoiseach announced in the US that Ireland is considering offering Irish troops to the UN mission in Iraq, where they would serve under US command. This would be the equivalent of sending Irish troops to the Lebanon in 1982 under Israeli command, after that army had committed crimes against humanity in Palestinian refugee camps. Irish troops should only be sent on genuine UN peacekeeping missions and not as cannon fodder for the US occupation force
in Iraq. He also stated that Ireland is a neutral country. The Irish High Court found, in April 2003, that Ireland had contravened the Hague Convention and customary international laws on neutrality by allowing US troops and munitions to pass through Ireland on their way to the Iraq war. Mr Ahern should either withdraw his statement that Ireland is a neutral country, or appeal the High Court case of horgan V Ireland, et al, to the Supreme Court.
In his address to the UN on 25th September, Mr Ahern did an amazing U-turn when he stated that he condemned the principle of "pre-emptive" military strikes against potentially dangerous regimes. This statement contradicts the reality that, in March 2003, Ireland shamefully failed to support a United Nations approach to the crisis in Iraq and backed an illegal war by
US led forces against Iraq. Irish participation in this unlawful war helped to kill over 20,000 Iraqi conscript soldiers, and about 10,000 innocent civilians. We helped to murder little children who were incinerated in front of their parents, and parents who were shredded by weapons of mass destruction in front of their children. These crimes against humanity cannot be obliterated by a few well-chosen words in front of the UN.
My action in returning my military emblems and medals is to highlight the shameful crimes committed in our names, in the so-called Irish national interest, and the fact that Shannon airport is still being used as a virtual US military base.
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5Its untrue to call him a commandant as he is not a commandant anymore. When he retired he became simply Ed, not Commandant Ed. Hes a big joke and disgrace to the uniform and the people of the armed forces of this country
The sad joke is that the armed forces of this country are still deployed at Shannon Airport defending a beligerent force against nonviolent peace activism.
My grandfather fought and was imprisoned for a constitution that is now described as aspirational by the HIgh Court.
That's pretty sad too.
Thanx Ed for moral clarity in such a colonised environment, where the media aren't even up to the standards of the UK, US, OZ press in holding the government to account for the lies they told before this massacre. Transforming a civilian airpiort into a militarised pit stop for the U.S. war machine. Deploying the IDF against the Irish peace movement and now contemplating sending Irish cannon fodder to join an invasionary force. Internationalise the bodycount to market this invasiona & occupation back in the U.S. of A.
"The sad joke is that the armed forces of this country are still deployed at Shannon Airport defending a beligerent force against nonviolent peace activism."
Eh... so when that "professional protester" attacked that US plane with an axe that was "nonviolent peace activism"???
Ireland was the one who suffered from British occupation. Our heros of 1916, 1920-1921 and all who died for the Freedom of Britains Iron Clutch would turn in their graves if they knew that Ireland had opened its airports to benifit the British War Machine and the U.S. who refused to help us during our War of Independence. The whole point of Neutarility was so that Britain would not retain holds over any more countries. We let these War Mongers use us to benfit them just because everyone else in the world is against them. We should be the country who should be showing war is the start of troubles and not the end!! God Bless Him and Our War Dead.
The Medals he is handing back will prove nothing,if he handed back his pension then we the tax payers might benifit.He can buy another set of the four medals he has at a later date for about €100.
He served on peace keeping missions at that time.This is now a different world and his desision proves nothing.
So Good Luck and enjoy your pension which was earned while you were in training for Peace Keeping Missions etc.,but then again you gave the medals back you can't really expect any of us to care unless you hand the pension back as well?
And besides he spent most of his career sitting in an office in the Curragh, the medals he got were only for long service and good conduct as well as a UN one for "turning up". He has never been to a war, EVER!!!