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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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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.
The post Education Secretary Launches Fresh Attack on Private Schools appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
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.
The post Met Office Staff Given Record Bonuses Despite String of Forecast Failures appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5Why do you put the word terrorists in inverted commas? Are you implying that they were not terrorists?
The word 'terrorist' has been emptied of meaning, Caravaggio. Specially when those who use the word keep pointing the finger away from them while commiting their horrendous 'legitimate' crimes. It is like the Spanish Inquisition carrying out their witch hunt, imposing their definitions of evil that no one else knew but them, inflicting horrendous tortures the devil they spoke about was probably watching himself in amazement.
The real terrorists don't wear balaclavas, but expensive suits and ties, and appear well-groomed on TV with their mouths full of bullshit, and fill in Peace societies too, cos they need to make sure there's no much thinking and questioning going on outside the paths the lay out for us.
I agree with "someone" in certain things!
To think that because someone wears a suit and appears on TV and is "elected" they are above "terrorism". In my view anyone who takes life is a terrorist. Those who bombed Madrid are terrorists, theose who bombed Iraq are terrorists, those people who send young people from america to die in an illegal war are terrorists. I dont believe all the conspiracy theories that float around but I do believe that the world is changing for the worse. There is no difference between Osama Bin Laden and current so called elected regimes. Currently the west argues against the human rights abuses in China etc yet "democracies" such as the US and Israel carry out state sanction killings and assinations. yes rantissi was a Hamas leader and terrorist but killing him is an act of terr osism that breds more killing. How can we say we are bringing democracy to Iraq when the countries leading the fight do not listen to their own people who oppose the war. Yes Saddam was an evil dicatator but we, the West put him there and kept him there, like Bin Laden he only became a problem when he turned and bit the hand that fed him.
To ask why do you say "terrorism" in inverted commas, show I think that we need to get away from the view of the badly dressed, haggred balaclava covered kalashnikov carrying terrorist and see that terrorists take many forms. War in all forms is terrorism, killing and destruction is terrorism, capatalism is terrorism, religion is terrorism, everything is terrorism if we let it and refuse to see that exising norms and beleifs need to be questioned. I believe that each soldier killed in iraq, each person killed in conflict everywhere deserves the actions of individuals to qustion and try to stop these things happening. If we continue to argue over what is a terrorist then people will continue to die whether wearing american uniforms of civilians in palestine.
It's getting more obvious this was an attack by agents of the CIA to terrorise the Spanish into voting for the War on "terror".
No Pasaran!!
The word terrorism has not lost it's meaning. It has been defined as the unlawful use or threatened use of systematic force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often to achieve ideological or political ends.
My question was not whether the actions of the coalition of the willing are illegal (and therefore may be defined as terrorist activities). I simply ask why do you put the word terrorist in inverted commas when referring to those that carried out the attacks on Madrid. To do so implies that you don't believe that the perpetrators were terrorists. as does your sentence: 'The real terrorists don't wear balaclavas, but expensive suits and ties, and appear well-groomed on TV...' *. Does this mean that you really don't consider the Madrid bombers real terrorists?
I am not arguing in favour of the recent activities of the Americans and their allies but I do take exception to someone whose anti-American stance is so pronounced that it allows them to view the cowards who killed 200 innocent Spaniards as anything other than terrorists.
BTW:
• War in all forms is not terrorism,
• Killing and destruction is not necessarily terrorism
• Capitalism is not terrorism
• Religion is not terrorism
• Everything is not terrorism
If we are to carriy out a political debate then we must have accepted dictionary definitions so that we all know what we're talking about. You can't just go inventing your own definitions whenever it suits.
As for the dude who thinks that the CIA were behind the attacks... Jesus H. Christ. That is really daft.
* NB: correct use of inverted commas.