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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 Tories Need to Renounce Their Climate Authoritarian Past Tue Oct 07, 2025 07:00 | Ben Pile
"There?s no point arguing about it, the decision has been made," said one senior Tory in 2020 about the party's commitment to Net Zero. It's this attitude that got us in this mess, says Ben Pile, and it needs to change.
The post The Tories Need to Renounce Their Climate Authoritarian Past appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Tue Oct 07, 2025 01:15 | 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.

offsite link Does Trump Not Realise How Globally Toxic Tony Blair Is? Mon Oct 06, 2025 19:30 | Ramesh Thakur
Trump's peace plan for Gaza might yet succeed, but why on earth does Tony Blair feature, asks Professor Ramesh Thakur. Does Trump not realise how globally toxic the Blair brand is?
The post Does Trump Not Realise How Globally Toxic Tony Blair Is? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Stupidologiology Mon Oct 06, 2025 18:15 | James Alexander
William Davies has written an article titled 'Stupidology' which Prof James Alexander summarises as: 'Trump is stupid. Brexit was stupid. I am not stupid. Neither are my friends. Why do stupid people have power?'
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offsite link Backlash as Nando?s Limits Customers to One Coke per Visit Under New ?Nanny State? Rules Mon Oct 06, 2025 15:11 | Will Jones
Nando's has sparked a backlash after restricting customers to a single glass of Coca-Cola Classic under new 'nanny state' Government rules aimed at cutting sugar consumption.
The post Backlash as Nando’s Limits Customers to One Coke per Visit Under New ‘Nanny State’ Rules appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Haiti (revision and introduction to intermediate guide module 2005)

category international | rights, freedoms and repression | other press author Friday May 20, 2005 16:23author by repellent writing style (LOL) Report this post to the editors

( i wonder are all the same readers/experts/commentator voices online this year? )

Thousands marched to call for the return of exiled Haitian Jean Bertrand Aristide this May18th the day the caribbean state marks its flag day and comemorates the declaration of Toussiant L'Ouverture's republic.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4561811.stm

As the people of Haiti look forward to elections and voting and "not voting" this summer / autumn and are in the "registration" process which lasts till August 9th.


It is thus opportune to return our attention to Haiti.

Info on electoral registry:-
http://www.haiti-info.com/article.php3?id_article=3655
you will remember in the beginners guide 2004 we looked at the French declaration 6th April to guarantee free elections (with or without Jimmy Carter) quite simply coz I know I'm going to write a "how the Haiti-eans voted and not voted" article.
http://www.haiti-info.com/article.php3?id_article=1889

Currently many nations contribute to peace keeping operations in Haiti under an UN umbrella.
Chile is the latest to vote to keep its 539 troops and 39 police there, and honestly it doesn't really look like a reduction in foreign armed presence is likely any time soon.

This is for many reasons beyond unrest in Haiti itself. Drugs come into this. Drugs come into Haiti, cross Haiti and leave Haiti every day. And coz this is an evil world, the Haiti people (who don't have a proper looking or sounding national adjective) don't get decent money for the trade.

Accordingly they don't have hospital beds, clean water, developed tourism, proper schools, or punctual trams.

But attempts are being made to build those things, the "capitalist" rather than "autonomous neo-zapatista" way. In the last 72 hours, key trans-national institutions of financial power have decided to intervene in Haiti to build roads and infrastructure under "low interest" national loans.
Thus the Caribbean development bank and the inter-americas banks come in the door.
http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050518-105146-3735r
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8A5POQ80.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_down

They also have a relationship which is "sort of strained" with the other state with which they share the island - the spanish speaking Dominican Republic. At present the Dominicans are "repatriating" thousands of people, many of whom left in the last year and a half. And this is causing new work for the international police forces, who in the last months have been accused of "not being up to the job" as we saw pictures of inadecquate and human rights breaching prison cells on fire, and dead prisoners on the roads. It is still unclear whether the UN will protect the police officers in that case.
http://www.haitiaction.net/News/HIP/5_18_5/5_18_5.html

The Human Rights abuses carried out by police forces in Haiti must find a response in all states that contribute police there. Here is an open letter from Argentina Indymedia on the subject (in english)
http://argentina.indymedia.org/news/2005/05/292259.php
and here is the text it refers to (in english)
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/05/17/haiti10956_txt.htm

And since the lighting speed unrest moved daily across the little "half island" state 15 months ago, a lot of €U diplomatic skill has gone into the web site designs, if you undertook the introductory guide in 2004 you will note that now Haiti sites are now secured by French and Canadian tecky heads. Which in our funny street speak sort of means they've been merrovinginvanjan'd and neither nasty Gloria Estafan types or urbana Champagne hackers are going to deprive the world of web-based communication from Haiti the land of Voodoo...

the march of Arisitide's supporters:-
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1707437,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4561811.stm

the statement from Aristide on his exile March 6th 2004:-
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=63727

the background to the Haiti events Feb 9 2004.
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=63354


and here are more links ( in french)
http://www.haiti-progres.com/
http://www.alterpresse.org/

and here is the Haiti info network-

Related Link: http://haitisupport.gn.apc.org/
author by -publication date Sat Jan 07, 2006 17:47author address author phone Report this post to the editors

has just committed suicide.
Brazilian general Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar has been found dead.

Related Link: http://news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/latin_america/newsid_4590000/4590908.stm
author by Jiminy Cricket - Disney in Haitipublication date Sat Dec 30, 2006 22:03author address author phone Report this post to the editors

www.haitiaction.net

your other URL reference is for the leftist/kook/coup supporter and one man band calling himself Charles Arthur. The guy likes to pose as a democrat but supports coups in his spare time.

Related Link: http://www.haitiaction.net
 
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