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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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offsite link News Round-Up Thu Dec 25, 2025 01:03 | 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.
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offsite link The Strange Death of Knowing Stuff Wed Dec 24, 2025 19:00 | Dave Summers
In his Sixth Form Christmas quiz this year, none of Dave Summers's students could name the author of To Kill a Mockingbird ? previously one of the easy questions. Another sign that wokery is dissolving our culture.
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offsite link Will Labour Ban Christmas Carols Next? Wed Dec 24, 2025 17:00 | Julian Mann
If Christmas songs fall foul of Labour's 'banter ban', Christmas carols ? with their 'offensive' assertions of the divinity of Christ that are deemed blasphemous by Islam ? are even more likely to, says Julian Mann.
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offsite link Starmer to Push Britain into Stricter Net Zero Targets Under EU Deal Wed Dec 24, 2025 15:26 | Will Jones
Keir Starmer is preparing to tie Britain to the EU's Net Zero plans in a move that would impose radically stricter 'green' energy targets on homes and businesses, leading to further deindustrialisation and impoverishment.
The post Starmer to Push Britain into Stricter Net Zero Targets Under EU Deal appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Haughey is dead

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Tuesday June 13, 2006 12:40author by MG Report this post to the editors

Obituaries have been written for a very long time for the inevitable death of Charles J Haughey.

Since 10am this morning those obituaries are being dusted off, updated slightly, and published. What we will be hearing over the next several days is Bertie falling all over himself to praise the Big Corrupt One as FF continue to try and rehabilitate the man in time for the next general election (Haughey that is, not the Socialist one) . While Fine Gael and Labour are campaigning for the general election on a theme of not wasting tax payers money, nobody should expect them to protest against the waste of tax payers money on a state funeral for a Taoiseach who tried to avoid paying tax that would be far to good a service to voters for Enda and Pat.

http://www.rte.ie/news/ob_cjhaughey.html

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   re     nerraw    Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:47 
   Links on The Corrupt Fella     MG    Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:51 
   Charlie Bird's assessment     William H    Tue Jun 13, 2006 13:23 
   re     nerraw    Tue Jun 13, 2006 13:25 
   Why should we pay?     Victim    Tue Jun 13, 2006 13:32 
   re     nerraw    Tue Jun 13, 2006 13:34 
   Out of touch     Dublin Exile    Tue Jun 13, 2006 13:56 
   Haughey never ran a gulag...     Green Ink    Tue Jun 13, 2006 13:58 
   Limerick     Dan Dangler    Tue Jun 13, 2006 14:06 
 10   Respect     MG    Tue Jun 13, 2006 14:09 
 11   boo hoo     boo hoo    Tue Jun 13, 2006 14:35 
 12   dead, who cares?     young anarchist    Tue Jun 13, 2006 14:44 
 13   Disgrace...     Darragh    Tue Jun 13, 2006 14:56 
 14   No decoroum?     Young kid    Tue Jun 13, 2006 14:58 
 15   Agree     Darragh    Tue Jun 13, 2006 15:04 
 16   Charlie arrives at the pearly gates     Ron    Tue Jun 13, 2006 15:07 
 17   Great Ron! Dermot Morgan would have been proud!     I miss Charlies    Tue Jun 13, 2006 15:29 
 18   Love him or hate him, we will all miss him     Tim    Tue Jun 13, 2006 15:33 
 19   Give Ron an island     Shane    Tue Jun 13, 2006 15:40 
 20   Same shite-different idiots     some say the devil is dead,the devil is dead......    Tue Jun 13, 2006 16:26 
 21   Respect     Dermot Lacey    Tue Jun 13, 2006 16:28 
 22   WTF???     MG    Tue Jun 13, 2006 16:34 
 23   charlie's dead     niamhybeag    Tue Jun 13, 2006 16:34 
 24   Lacey     MG    Tue Jun 13, 2006 16:43 
 25   Honourable?     MG    Tue Jun 13, 2006 16:49 
 26   Re: MG post...     Darragh    Tue Jun 13, 2006 17:14 
 27   Good riddance!! Bon voyage!!     Paddy Savage    Tue Jun 13, 2006 17:25 
 28   To Dublin Exile!!     Paddy Savage    Tue Jun 13, 2006 17:30 
 29   Bertie should give us all a day off work     aunty trot    Tue Jun 13, 2006 17:47 
 30   WTF again!!!     MG    Tue Jun 13, 2006 17:54 
 31   death     Con Carroll    Tue Jun 13, 2006 18:28 
 32   MG     Darragh    Tue Jun 13, 2006 18:36 
 33   Correction...     Darragh    Tue Jun 13, 2006 18:37 
 34   Haughey     John    Tue Jun 13, 2006 18:38 
 35   ???     Darragh    Tue Jun 13, 2006 19:11 
 36   He should be buried at sea, at Ringsend Sewage Works     gas_ticket    Tue Jun 13, 2006 19:14 
 37   short memory? let the revisionism begin     Gaz B -(A)-    Tue Jun 13, 2006 19:37 
 38   For peace sake     Democratic fan    Tue Jun 13, 2006 19:44 
 39   Rest now.     .:.    Tue Jun 13, 2006 19:45 
 40   ?     Gaz B -(A)-    Tue Jun 13, 2006 19:52 
 41   respect     Dermot Lacey    Tue Jun 13, 2006 20:10 
 42   I've no problem with anyone having a state funeral.     -    Tue Jun 13, 2006 20:19 
 43   In Lieu of Flowers....     Erica Turgida    Tue Jun 13, 2006 21:06 
 44   CJH     ringsendreds    Wed Jun 14, 2006 00:33 
 45   He was corrupt     geoff    Wed Jun 14, 2006 01:51 
 46   Indeed...     N.A. Revisionist    Wed Jun 14, 2006 01:54 
 47   Far from the worst of them     Donnchadh    Wed Jun 14, 2006 02:02 
 48   if you're not like the rest of us "pillars of respectablity" then just consider this -     shhhhh!    Wed Jun 14, 2006 02:05 
 49   Pomp !     Sharon    Wed Jun 14, 2006 09:01 
 50   Again     MG    Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:41 
 51   Funeral     Ruri    Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:42 
 52   The rank?     MG    Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:46 
 53   No great loss     A10    Wed Jun 14, 2006 13:45 
 54   Silent Protest at Funeral     M Cotton    Wed Jun 14, 2006 14:25 
 55   Haughey and the Stardust     Kieran O'Sullivan    Wed Jun 14, 2006 14:39 
 56   corrupttothecore     jasus    Wed Jun 14, 2006 14:51 
 57   Haughey wasnt the first free state cute hoor     Donnchadh    Wed Jun 14, 2006 17:14 
 58   No Title     Brian    Wed Jun 14, 2006 19:05 
 59   Joker     Brian Lampard    Wed Jun 14, 2006 19:17 
 60   Well said Kieran O'Sullivan     ringsendred    Wed Jun 14, 2006 19:26 
 61   Unionists never forgave Mr Haughey for his infamous description of Northern Ireland as     prodolic    Wed Jun 14, 2006 20:41 
 62   I'm not surprised...     Spinning Quickly    Wed Jun 14, 2006 21:15 
 63   Re: MG post     Darragh    Wed Jun 14, 2006 21:16 
 64   "Problems" there were !     Sharon    Wed Jun 14, 2006 21:26 
 65   Amazing     Darragh    Wed Jun 14, 2006 21:28 
 66   Re: Sharon     Darragh    Wed Jun 14, 2006 21:33 
 67   having been "respectful" : I'd like to highlight something from yesterday's RTE news.     iosaf    Wed Jun 14, 2006 21:37 
 68   sometimes I'm glad     Irishman in St. Petersburg    Wed Jun 14, 2006 21:55 
 69   Not 'that' site , Darragh : this one !     Sharon    Wed Jun 14, 2006 22:05 
 70   Re: Sharon     Darragh    Wed Jun 14, 2006 22:24 
 71   Corrupt politicians AND a corrupt system .     Sharon    Wed Jun 14, 2006 22:56 
 72   RE: Sharon     Darragh    Thu Jun 15, 2006 00:07 
 73   I'm sick of all this boring coverage. I expected better.     pundit    Thu Jun 15, 2006 00:20 
 74   Politically , you are 'all over the place' , Darragh .     Sharon    Thu Jun 15, 2006 01:21 
 75   There once was a taoiseach     people power not leinster house    Thu Jun 15, 2006 02:53 
 76   Charles Haughey     Joe Soap    Thu Jun 15, 2006 08:03 
 77   Darragh     MG    Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:06 
 78   Joe Soap is a fool     Josephine Soap    Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:25 
 79   Not having the time to read     chris murray    Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:33 
 80   Mixed Editorial     Haughey    Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:34 
 81   Haughey     John    Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:52 
 82   John     MG    Thu Jun 15, 2006 12:28 
 83   Who elect's the TD???     Darragh    Thu Jun 15, 2006 12:59 
 84   Best comment so far on his passing     Reader    Thu Jun 15, 2006 13:53 
 85   Darragh     MG    Thu Jun 15, 2006 14:05 
 86   Accurate???     Darragh    Thu Jun 15, 2006 14:28 
 87   Rest in peace Mr Haughey     Noel    Thu Jun 15, 2006 14:40 
 88   thecrookisdeadrejoice     yurkidding    Thu Jun 15, 2006 14:45 
 89   Darragh     MG    Thu Jun 15, 2006 17:46 
 90   Re: MG     Darragh    Thu Jun 15, 2006 20:19 
 91   Darragh again     MG    Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:29 
 92   Stop putting your hand out to be slapped...     Darragh    Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:36 
 93   Darragh     MG    Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:13 
 94   I say old chaps !     Lord Charlatan Haughty of Kinsealy    Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:17 
 95   Good suggestion     Pistols at the ready    Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:20 
 96   MG...     Darragh    Fri Jun 16, 2006 13:05 
 97   Not one point     MG    Fri Jun 16, 2006 13:58 
 98   I think your being unfair     Unfair    Fri Jun 16, 2006 14:07 
 99   Aye, but a foolish consistency     ralph waldo emerson    Fri Jun 16, 2006 14:28 
 100   How many MG's have we got here???     Darragh    Fri Jun 16, 2006 15:02 
 101   on the small man     krossie    Fri Jun 16, 2006 15:40 
 102   Darragh again     MG    Fri Jun 16, 2006 15:47 
 103   More bullshit...     Darragh    Fri Jun 16, 2006 16:08 
 104   MG     Darragh    Fri Jun 16, 2006 16:10 
 105   Once again Darragh     MG    Fri Jun 16, 2006 16:19 
 106   Sentimental rubbish cant disguise years of lies,deceit and corruption.     Starstruck    Fri Jun 16, 2006 17:05 
 107   ZZZzzzzzzzzzz     Darragh    Fri Jun 16, 2006 17:15 
 108   nice one     krossie    Fri Jun 16, 2006 17:52 
 109   Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! (the battle hymn of the republic)     iosaf    Fri Jun 16, 2006 18:34 
 110   Your point being ?     dr. sickmind fraud    Fri Jun 16, 2006 18:42 
 111   there's not a single death in Joyce's Ulysses you know. This is new territory for us.     hmmmmmmm    Fri Jun 16, 2006 19:28 
 112   Yes I know     dr. sickmind fraud    Fri Jun 16, 2006 19:32 
 113   re. Funeral Grant     dr. sickmind fraud    Fri Jun 16, 2006 19:38 
 114   re : Ulysses & our very special psychic outpouring Bloomsday 2006.     iosaf mac diarmada .:. ipsiphi    Fri Jun 16, 2006 21:55 
 115   Re. my plot has been provided for in Catalunya     eoin the duffer    Fri Jun 16, 2006 22:06 
 116   in that case it will be switzerland.     pall bearer    Fri Jun 16, 2006 22:11 
 117   As long as you get out in time     eoin the duffer    Fri Jun 16, 2006 22:30 
 118   .     CG    Sat Jun 17, 2006 13:47 
 119   you live by the sword you may die by the sword     orator    Sat Jun 17, 2006 16:42 
 120   Make no mistake - a slighted poet is the most awesome enemy.     historian    Sat Jun 17, 2006 18:31 
 121   Charles H.     P. O'Neill    Sun Jun 18, 2006 23:57 
 122   the very point indeed p...     barry    Mon Jun 19, 2006 01:18 
 123   Dear Darragh     MG    Mon Jun 19, 2006 13:26 
 124   Apparently he is alive     Hockey    Mon Jun 19, 2006 22:17 
 125   the BOSS lives     xonvinxed    Tue Jun 20, 2006 02:24 
 126   the BOSS had a mistress !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( continued updates on the Othello story )     desdamona    Tue Jun 20, 2006 19:05 
 127   Deaths in Ulysses     Julius    Wed Jun 21, 2006 15:33 
 128   King of Kings     pat c    Wed Jun 21, 2006 16:04 
 129   ah now! Paddy Dignam didn't die in Ulysses - his funeral was mentioned. (& rename Knock airport!!!!)     theseus    Wed Jun 21, 2006 19:51 
 130   Horan International     uneducatedlout    Wed Jun 21, 2006 23:38 
 131   link to article on V Browne on Haughey & facts on the airport     fnord    Fri Jun 23, 2006 20:19 


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