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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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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
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Somalian Migrant Living in Epping Hotel Thanks Keir Starmer ?From the Bottom of my Heart? After Winn... Sat Sep 20, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
A Somalian migrant living at the Bell Hotel in Epping has thanked Keir Starmer?"from the bottom" of his heart after winning the right to stay in Britain on human rights grounds as he prepares to settle in Yorkshire.
The post Somalian Migrant Living in Epping Hotel Thanks Keir Starmer “From the Bottom of my Heart” After Winning Right to Stay in UK appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Oxford Students ?Mocked the Assassination of Charlie Kirk on WhatsApp and Tried to Silence Anyone Wh... Sat Sep 20, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
Students with links to Oxford University?have mocked the assassination of?Charlie Kirk on WhatsApp?and tried to silence others who did not agree, it's been reported, with many explicitly endorsing political violence.
The post Oxford Students “Mocked the Assassination of Charlie Kirk on WhatsApp and Tried to Silence Anyone Who Didn’t Agree” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
?Britain Can?t Deport Me?: Calais Migrants Vow to Keep Crossing Channel Sat Sep 20, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
Migrants in Calais have vowed to cross the Channel "again and again", saying "Britain can't deport me", as Keir Starmer's 'one in, one out' deal?with France faces a wave of legal challenges.
The post “Britain Can’t Deport Me”: Calais Migrants Vow to Keep Crossing Channel appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Sun and Cosmic Rays Drive Climate, Not CO2, Says Astrophysicist Sat Sep 20, 2025 09:00 | Hannes Sarv
It's not CO2 that drives the climate, says astrophysicist Dr Henrik Svensmark. Its the Sun and cosmic rays. But you won't hear about this because only one viewpoint is now allowed in the pseudo-science of climate.
The post Sun and Cosmic Rays Drive Climate, Not CO2, Says Astrophysicist appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
The ?Far Left? Finally Gets Its Comeuppance Sat Sep 20, 2025 07:00 | James Alexander
For years the Left has smeared its opponents as 'far Right'. Now, the spike in Leftist political violence has led to a turning of the tables. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the Guardian, says Prof James Alexander.
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Hanna Ahrendt, who created and developped the theory of totalitarism said that the former GDR as well as the Sovjet Union could be considered as totalitarian only till Stalin died (in 1953). After Stalins death the system changed deeply and many elements of totalitarism dissapeared.
She also said that many western "liberal democracies" have also elements of totalitarism.
by the way: according to her definition fascism is the totalitarian form of capitalism.
@franco
As long as (like in Germany) the rich have to pay less taxes and international companies almost no taxes while the workers do have to pay everything there is an alternative to welfare cuts:
tax the rich!
smash capitalism!
It's not a trivial matter, but RELATIVE to living under totalitarian rule, it is trivial. Hence "relatively trivial". To say otherwise is to equate welfare cuts to 50 years of totalitarianism.
Do you reckon the govt should raise taxes, or go ahead with the cuts? Maybe they could borrow money to pay for welfare and the like (which is much the same as doing nothing) ? Or is mere protesting good enough?
A choice has to be made.
http://germany.indymedia.org/2004/08/89874.shtml
It is not a relatively trivial matter and many of those who organize the protests now did also organize them in 1989.
By the way: it is more than just protesting against "Hartz 4". The protests slowly turn anticapitalistic.
To get back to the topic at hand, I know welfare cuts are undesirable an' all, but is it not a bit, er, tasteless to invoke the memory of a genuinely historic movement in support of a relatively trivial matter. What's next, a hunger strike for better arts funding?
Your actions speak for themselves. You have attacked SF, SWP, CWM, LP etc. But when the SP were criticised on a thread about the Moore film you demanded the comments be deleted. Given this, it is reasonable to assume that you are a member of the SP.
All anyone has to do to check on the extent of the trolling by Stephen is to use the Indy search facility.
(in german):
http://linke.cc/news/article.php?story=20040818140657890
When did I ever say I was a member of the Socialist Party? I never did! Do you not think that if I was a member of the SP I would say so! I was once accused of being in the Labour Party at one stage! It seems to me that if anyone is critical of Labour or SF or Respect they are automatically put into the ranks of the SP according to the Indymedia trollmasters.
pathetic!
He doesnt like SF, the SWP, the Labour Party or the Catholic Workers. But he demands that comments criticising the SP be deleted.
Stephen is of course trolling as usual. Hes the SY evil twin from UCD who delights in attacking the CWM and Labour.
Ah Steve, the Labour Party is totally separate from the German SPD. They are in different countries. The Socialist International is a very loose federation, there is no central Junta which dictates all policy.
Stephen of course is used to the SP/CWI where there is one line handed down from the CWI Imperial London Leadership. Seeing as Stephen D has raised the subject of international links maybe he could tell us a few things. Why was the Pakistan section expelled from the CWI? How come you lost your entire South African section?
We only have to look to Germany to see what Labour's sister party is up to. Be warned: a Vote for Pat Rabbitte and co is a vote for budget cuts, privatisations and social 'partnership'.
Terence!
Cuts in social welfare are not because of capitalists wanting to get more profits, it is because the society cant afford to pay this welfare anymore. Only solution is to either raise taxes (not good for workers because they get less money) or cut social welfare. This is simple mathematics. If counselor Schroder and his government have only 1000 euros and 10 welfare clients, he cant give them 200 each. It is impossible. The only way to do it would be to have less welfare clients and easiest way to do it to give germans the jobs immigrants are occupying at the moment. You can surely understand that if there is 10 jobs and 20 people (10 germans and 10 immigrants) they cant all have jobs. Without these immigrants all germans would have jobs. This is also simple mathematics. German people should think themselves first and what they need. This is not racism, this is realism.
Slash you are an idiot. Unemployment and the historically huge cuts in social welfare and living conditions that are happening are not because of immigrants. They are because the capitalist ruling class want to retain their profits in a recession and are doing that by attacking the working class.
German workers need to unite with workers of all nationalities in their country to defeat these attacks. The capitalists would love to see the working class turn on itself as you are proposing.
There are millions foreigners in Germany to steal their jobs. For example 2,4% of population are turkish immigrants. Only 91,5% of the population are germans. Germans should wake up, they are not responsible for what nazis did. There is no reason for racism, but they should think themselves first. They should wake up to see that they are losing their country and take it back. Every year more and more immigrants are coming. This means nothing good for the german population.