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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 >>
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The WHO Pandemic Accords Consolidate the Power of the Covid Clerisy on a Global Scale Thu Oct 02, 2025 19:07 | Ramesh Thakur
The WHO Pandemic Accords, the first part of which came into effect last month, consolidate the power of the Covid clerisy on a global scale, warns Professor Ramesh Thakur. Expect more of the same.
The post The WHO Pandemic Accords Consolidate the Power of the Covid Clerisy on a Global Scale appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Teaching Assistant Sacked for ?Manhandling? Pupil to Stop Him Running into Road Thu Oct 02, 2025 17:27 | Will Jones
A teaching assistant was fired after grabbing a special needs pupil to stop him from running out of school and into a busy road.
The post Teaching Assistant Sacked for “Manhandling” Pupil to Stop Him Running into Road appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
The True Hidden Purpose of ?Sex Education? Thu Oct 02, 2025 15:00 | Steven Tucker
A quarter of parents believe their child has been taught something inappropriate in sex education. Like choking and rimming. Why? It all goes back to the neo-Marxists of the Frankfurt School, says Steven Tucker.
The post The True Hidden Purpose of ‘Sex Education’ appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Manchester Synagogue Terror Attack: Two Dead After Yom Kippur Rampage Thu Oct 02, 2025 12:43 | Will Jones
Two people have been killed and three are in a serious condition after a suspected terror attack at a synagogue in Manchester, where a car was driven into a crowd on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
The post Manchester Synagogue Terror Attack: Two Dead After Yom Kippur Rampage appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Badenoch Vows to Scrap Climate Change Act Thu Oct 02, 2025 11:03 | Will Jones
Kemi Badenoch will promise today to scrap the "failed" Climate Change Act ? which enshrines the Net Zero target in law ? if the Conservatives regain power.
The post Badenoch Vows to Scrap Climate Change Act appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
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Jump To Comment: 6 5 4 3 2 1The Syndicate of Workers of the Tehran and Suburban Bus (Vahed) Company have a website in English at:
http://www.syndicavahed.com/english.htm
This is their latest statement:
The Syndicaye Sherkat-e Vahed once again expresses its deep appreciations to our trade union brothers and sisters in the Middle East and North Africa , who expressed their solidarity to Mansour Osaloo and Ebrahim Madadi, the Chairperson and the Vice President of our union after his arrest in July 2007. Your messages of support posted on our website and the ITF website in English, Arabic and Farsi , were most encouraging and empowered us to keep our unity in the times of difficulties.
As you know, in our statement , we strongly condemned the unfair verdicts to Mansour Osaloo and Ebrahim Madadi on 3 November 2007 , and requested all the international trade union organisations to react seriously to this unfair and anti-workers ruling globally.
We address this special message to you as we learnt that the annual meeting of the Coordinating Committtee of the ITUC affiliates in the Middle East and North African would be held in Brussels next week. We sincerely hope that our brothers and sisters from the region will be on the forefront in expressing their solidarity towards the Syndicaye Sherkat-e Vahed and continue to their Solidarity Campaign globally for the immediate and unconditional release of Mansour Osanloo and Ebrahim Madadi.
With hope for peace and justice in the world
Syndicate of Workers of the Tehran and Suburban Bus Company, Vahed
Mansour Osanloo and Ebrahim Madadi.
None of us who are calling for trade union rights in Iran are Nieve to the fact that the US is trying to invade Iran. I dont accept that there is a time when the struggle for thread union rights must be silent. If you believe in workers rights, then you strife to uphold them all of the time and not some of the time. Iran needs to be defended from US imperialsim but at the same time Iranian workers need our solidarity, Iran being under siege is no excuse for its treatment of workers. The Values of Socialism can not be played off against each other, we cannot go back on the views which make us socialist in the name of furthering socialism.
Leon T (rotsky?) wrote:
"This is all very well but don't you realise that the US is on the verge of attacking Iran and this stuff just distracts from the need to defend Iran from Us imperialism."
If it's true then it is not just distraction. Neither Iran, nor any country should be allowed to jail union activists under arcane laws simply for trying to secure workers rights.
And far from being more fuel for the neo-con plan to attack Iran, this can be used to argue against that. The fact that, while Iran is not the nicest regime in the world, people are still able to openly protest, strike, and many do though the price of doing so is considerably higher than doing the same thing here in Ireland.
How many times have students recently protested Ahmadjinejad at his recent visits to Iranian college campuses this year? There is industrial unrest in a few industries in Iran as well.
Ahmadjinejad may be the neo-cons latest poster boy for the Axis of Evil, but in truth he's a figurehead and a fool who says stupid things (like Bush) but unlike Bush, he doesn't have his finger on the nuke button, and he's not running a seriously iron fisted police state, like Iran experienced under the US imposed and supported Shah of Iran, with his CIA trained SAVAK and their Gestapo like intolerance of dissent. Nor is Iran as iron fisted an undemocratic as that US ally and violator of human rights, Saudi Arabia.
It is entirely possible for the people of Iran to push for reform of Iranian politics and society, over the next few years.
On the other hand it is almost impossible that Iran would become a more open society as a result of a US or US/UK/Israeli air strike.
Just look at Iraq. Despite having over 4 million people displaced by war, over a million dead, and lots of newspapers closed by the occupiers (not to mention the bombing of Al Jazeera's offices) the Iraqis continue to struggle for their rights. Oil workers strike to prevent the oil industry and infrastructure being taken over lock stock and barrel by US private companies.
THATs what brings democracy, not F16s dropping bombs.
This is a link to the Amnesty Campaign on the issue and there's a petition i'd urge you all to sign
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=10989
This is all very well but don't you realise that the US is on the verge of attacking Iran and this stuff just distracts from the need to defend Iran from Us imperialism.
This is what the ITF had to say. Irish Unions affiliated to the ITF include: ATGWU, SIPTU, IMPACT.
The ITF yesterday issued a condemnatory press statement in response to reports that Iranian trade union leader, Mansour Osanloo, had been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. Osanloo, has been in detention in Evin prison in Tehran since 10 July and was only briefly released earlier this month to undergo urgent medical treatment on his eye.
In the statement, ITF General Secretary David Cockroft said: “For two years Mansour Osanloo has fought back against the Iranian regime’s brutality. Now they are trying to crush him with spurious accusations of endangering national security and criticising the regime. We know – the world knows – that Mansour’s only crime in their eyes is to have asserted his right to belong to a trade union.”