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offsite link 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.

offsite link 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.

offsite link 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.

offsite link 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

offsite link 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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Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

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offsite link 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.

offsite link 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.

offsite link 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.

offsite link 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.

offsite link 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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Eyewitness report - Ashdown Gate

category international | summit mobilisations | news report author Saturday May 01, 2004 23:24author by bring the noise protestor Report this post to the editors

As the protest approached the roundabout it was met by a line of police - stopping it.... details

A line of police were blocking the road. Yellow jackets.
The demonstration stopped a good distance back from the police. Many people sitting down for a rest. After 15 minutes or so some protestors started to move forwards.
A good gap was kept between protestors and the police. As people advanced some at the front made to move back some were impeded by police.

When the demonstation was close to the police there was a call from the block near the front that the police were stopping the demo and people would try and continue - if anyone didn't want to take part they should move back. Some time later the block linked up and moved to push against the yellow jackets. Little was thrown at this point - some placards and cans.

Within a matter of seconds the riot police had lined up behind the yellow jackets. The pushing lasted for about 15 seconds longer - the yellow jackets retreated and the riot police came in against the front of the demo.

This lasted at most a minute before the water cannon was deployed. Many didn't move, as a whole water cannon was emptied and the second had to be deployed.

As people are marching back into town police are blocking the side streets. The riot police are following at a distance, until the marchers take a break or slow down, at which point they run into the back of the demo.

People are tired but mostly with good spirits. People calling for dignified move. Drumming and music continues.

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   My compliments.     Havoc    Sat May 01, 2004 23:48 
   Similar compliments     CABHOG    Sat May 01, 2004 23:49 
   A bad day for the lefties...     BushCheney'04    Sat May 01, 2004 23:54 
   Police restraint     Julie (UK)    Sun May 02, 2004 00:13 
   hear, hear     cabhog    Sun May 02, 2004 00:14 
   i agree     Dwallace    Sun May 02, 2004 00:16 
   NO CHEERS FOR GARDAI     trox!    Sun May 02, 2004 00:20 
   well done to the GARDAI     Gardai    Sun May 02, 2004 00:24 
   congrats     cabhog    Sun May 02, 2004 00:27 
 10   response     Dwallace    Sun May 02, 2004 00:29 
 11   Goodenough     NullMcVoid    Sun May 02, 2004 00:37 
 12   Well done Gardaí     BFitz    Sun May 02, 2004 00:37 
 13   MORONS     trox!    Sun May 02, 2004 00:39 
 14   Irish morons?     An Irish Moron    Sun May 02, 2004 00:48 
 15   hear, hear     cabhog    Sun May 02, 2004 00:56 
 16   tyranny of the majority?     minority    Sun May 02, 2004 01:08 
 17   asdf     fdfg    Sun May 02, 2004 01:12 
 18   but     G    Sun May 02, 2004 01:28 
 19   Adolescents     John    Sun May 02, 2004 01:28 
 20   tactics     sean    Sun May 02, 2004 01:32 
 21   It is all about DEMOCRACY n CIVIL RIGHTS     LesCOO    Sun May 02, 2004 01:48 
 22   Yeah!     bought off    Sun May 02, 2004 01:49 
 23   Sky Coverage     Mad for Tar    Sun May 02, 2004 02:03 
 24   ::     X    Sun May 02, 2004 02:06 
 25   Street Violence     I like boiled eggs    Sun May 02, 2004 02:09 
 26   another possibility     .    Sun May 02, 2004 02:20 
 27   well done garda     blogsey    Sun May 02, 2004 02:28 
 28   blue block     de spy in the sky    Sun May 02, 2004 02:29 
 29   March to Farmleigh     G    Sun May 02, 2004 02:31 
 30   imaginary oppression????     'thug'    Sun May 02, 2004 02:42 
 31   rah rah rah     buendia    Sun May 02, 2004 03:21 
 32   FOR FUCKS SAKE YOU LOT, CUT THE CRAP!!     independent    Sun May 02, 2004 03:34 
 33   FOR FUCKS SAKE YOU LOT, CUT THE CRAP!!     Chris M    Sun May 02, 2004 05:52 
 34   Good job by the GARDA     good job by the Garda    Sun May 02, 2004 09:29 
 35   Riot??     I was there too    Sun May 02, 2004 10:41 
 36   Lescoo     S    Sun May 02, 2004 11:14 
 37   ehhhh????     keith    Sun May 02, 2004 13:03 
 38   Drinking and troublemakers.     david    Sun May 02, 2004 13:21 
 39   oops     david    Sun May 02, 2004 13:28 
 40   right to march     sean    Sun May 02, 2004 14:17 
 41   Second class democracy?     Grumpy    Sun May 02, 2004 14:23 
 42   no real trouble     francois    Sun May 02, 2004 15:04 
 43   Growing out of it     kino    Mon May 03, 2004 07:39 
 44   irish bigotry     ex irishman    Mon May 03, 2004 14:26 
 45   Junkies-R-US     Boba Fett    Tue May 04, 2004 12:05 
 46   Bravo to the Gards     DONNY    Tue May 04, 2004 21:49 
 47   I'm not anti-war, I'm anti-Socialist     the_syco    Wed May 05, 2004 04:29 
 48   a job well done.     mickey    Thu May 06, 2004 19:00 
 49   Censorship     Me    Thu May 13, 2004 14:11 


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