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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 Friday October 10, 2025 23:28
National Trust Puts Vegan Tampons in Men?s Toilets Fri Oct 10, 2025 17:28 | Will Jones
The National Trust is under fire for putting vegan tampons in men's lavatories, dispensing them from a large box fixed to the wall near the urinals with the message: "Got a period situation going on? We got you."
The post National Trust Puts Vegan Tampons in Men’s Toilets appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
BREAKING: Hamit Coskun?s Conviction for Burning Quran Overturned by Crown Court Fri Oct 10, 2025 14:13 | Will Jones
Hamit Coskun's criminal conviction for burning a copy of the Quran while shouting "f*** Islam" in a protest outside the Turkish consulate in London has been overturned by the Crown Court in a victory for free speech.
The post BREAKING: Hamit Coskun’s Conviction for Burning Quran Overturned by Crown Court appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
It?s Time to Make Judges Accountable Again Fri Oct 10, 2025 13:26 | Dr David McGrogan
Nearly 80% of Britain's 'Establishment' is Left-wing. No wonder our 'independent' judges keep making lunatic decisions. It's time they were made accountable to voters once again, says Dr David McGrogan.
The post It’s Time to Make Judges Accountable Again appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Donald Trump Snubbed for Nobel Peace Prize Despite Bringing Peace to the Middle East Fri Oct 10, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
Donald Trump was today snubbed by Nobel Peace Prize judges ? who instead awarded the prize to a Venezuelan politician ? despite the President bringing peace to the Middle East.
The post Donald Trump Snubbed for Nobel Peace Prize Despite Bringing Peace to the Middle East appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
The Technocrats Are Falling as Their Ideology Fails Fri Oct 10, 2025 09:00 | Tilak Doshi
The technocrats are falling across the West as their ideology founders on reality. The cracking of the Net Zero consensus, like the end of Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union, is a moment of hope, says Dr Tilak Doshi.
The post The Technocrats Are Falling as Their Ideology Fails appeared first on The Daily Sceptic. Lockdown Skeptics >>
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Circus campaign rolls through Ireland
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press release
 Tuesday March 07, 2006 20:49 by Amanda Kelly - Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN) arancampaigns at eircom dot net ARAN Po Box 722, Kildare, Ireland 087-6275579
ARAN steps up nationwide circus campaign
7 March 2006
This week campaigners from Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN) will be at stalls in Belfast, Dublin, Limerick and Clare urging locals to help bring about the end of animal circuses.
A giant ADI/ARAN billboard van will be touring Ireland highlighting the suffering of circus animals as part of an ongoing Irish campaign, which has already attracted much attention.
The campaign billboard will be stopping at the following locations and times:
Belfast
Date: Tuesday, 7 March 2006
Time: 12 noon
Location: City Hall, off Royal Avenue
Dublin
Date: Wednesday, 8 March 2006
Time: 12 noon
Location: Arts Council, 70 Merrion Square, Dublin 2
Limerick
Date: Thursday, 9 March 2006
Time: 12 noon
Location: O’Connell Street, opposite Brown Thomas, Limerick
Clare
Date: Thursday, 9 March 2006
Time: 2.15pm
Location: Knockanean Primary School, County Clare
The campaign to end the use of animals in circuses has disclosed that around 150 animals are touring Ireland with travelling circuses. Many of these endure severe confinement in deprived and unnatural environments, inadequate diets and physical abuse.
Tim Phillips, Campaigns Director of ADI, says: “Travelling from place to place, week after week, and setting up on what land is available, animal circuses can never adequately meet the needs of the animals in their care. Circus animals are forced to live in temporary accommodation and regularly endure long journeys. And then there is the culture of violence that we have so often caught on video. We are asking to stop the beatings, confinement and deprivation.”
John Carmody, National Events Organiser, ARAN, announced: “ADI and ARAN hope that this campaign will bring an end the use of animals in circuses in Ireland. We will be distributing leaflets and a report that reveals for the first time the extent of circus suffering in Ireland.”
An October 2005 MORI opinion poll commissioned by ADI showed that public opinion echoes the views of the campaign:
80% say ban all wild animal circus acts.
65% say ban all animal circus acts.
90% against whipping and beating when training circus animals.
_____________________________ENDS _____________________________
For further information, film footage/ photographs, please contact:
In the UK, the ADI Press Office:
Allison Tuffrey Jones/ Abigail Girling
Tel: 020 8563 0250 / 020 8846 9777
Mob: 07785 552548
Email: pr@ad-international.org
Or in Ireland, ARAN:
John Carmody,
National Events Organiser, Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN),
PO Box 722, Kildare, Ireland
Tel: +353 87 62 75579
www.aran.ie
Email: arancampaigns@eircom.net
NOTES TO EDITORS
* Nearly 300 local authorities in the UK have banned animal circuses from their land. Around Europe many cities from Croatia to Patras in Greece have banned animal acts. Globally, Singapore, Costa Rica and Bogota in Colombia have all banned wild animal acts from circuses after reviewing ADI evidence.
* Due to undercover video evidence from ADI, Moyle District Council continues to ban animal circuses from council grounds as it does not endorse the extreme cruelty and suffering inflicted upon circus animals.
Animal Defenders International (ADI)
With offices in London and San Francisco, Animal Defenders International (ADI) is a major international campaigning group, working to protect animals.
ADI has campaigns currently running in the UK, Europe, USA, and South America. Our evidence has been used in Costa Rica and Singapore to secure national prohibitions on the use of wild animals in circuses.
Nearly 300 local authorities in the UK have banned all animal acts on council land.
A six-year campaign by ADI secured new regulations in over 160 countries concerning the cross border movements of endangered species with animal circuses.
ADI has rescued and relocated a number of circus animals including: lions, tigers, horses, dogs, a python and chimpanzees.
http://www.ad-international.org
Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN)
ARAN is a grassroots voice that is speaking out against all forms of cruelty to animals. We work with many national and international animal protection groups and actively support international campaigns for animal rights along with working to encourage activisim among the public and volunteers alike. ARAN will be promoting the new ‘Stop Circus Suffering’ video throughout Ireland.
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Jump To Comment: 1 2I was "fortunate" enough to see ARAN's "Naked" protest in Galway a while back. At the time a comrade and I were out putting up posters for a meeting the following week. Now while our meeting may not have been attended by as many people as saw their protest at least anyone who attended knew what it was about. Also I feel Animal rights activists do wonders for those of us on the left who keep our clothes on in public by making us seem reasonable. After the amount of ridicule ARAN attracted on their last national tour isn't it about time they called it a day. I am also curious as to how such a tiny group manages to fund these little tours of theirs with billboard vans etc.? It seems the issue of animals attracts more support from the wealthy elements of society thasn do the likes of workers rights or anti-war or anti-racism anti-capitalist movements etc. Hardly surprising but really give us a break, 150 animals? I don't think animals should be in circuses, I have been a vegetarian eight years, I haven't trained my cat to jump through hoops but really folks there are 8,000,000 head of livestock in this country if you aren't interested in human rights why don't you do something for them? Why not encourage people to neuter their pets so kittens and puppies don't have to be destroyed. I'm all for solidarity between groups fighting for a better world but please put your clothes on and go home and leave campaigning to people who have a social conscience rather than a desire to be noticed.
Caging animals is a crime. Well, its not illegal in reality but think of it as a literary allusion...
Animals that have been cooped up in cages develop flesh that is too tough to eat, and without any flavour.
Free range animals are the only way! Moving around outdoors keeps their flesh succulent and tasting precisely the way nature intended them to.