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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
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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.
The post The ‘Far Left’ Finally Gets Its Comeuppance appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Also speaking is Dahr Jamail, author of "Beyond the Green Zone"
- presently on a speaking tour of England, Scotland, Ireland.
See link for more background info....
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/04/395289.html
Acclaimed Journalist Dahr Jamail Tours the United Kingdom and Ireland,
April 7-12
Beyond the Green Zone:
Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq
"While so much reporting from Iraq has remained embedded and wrong,
Dahr Jamail's courageous
truth-telling from the frontline has been a beacon." —John Pilger
"Essential for anybody who wants to know what is really happening in
Iraq. A book which reports what Iraqis endure and what has happened to
them during the occupation." —Patrick Cockburn, foreign correspondent,
The Independent, author, The Occupation
"From the earliest days of the war, Jamail has been a human conduit for
the voices of Iraqis living under U.S. occupation. In the face of
tremendous personal risk, his commitment to the crucial, principled task of
bearing witness has never wavered, and this extraordinary book is the
result." —Naomi Klein, author, The Shock Doctrine and No Logo
IN LATE 2003, weary of the overall failure of the US media to
accurately report on the realities of the war in Iraq for the Iraqi people and
US soldiers, Dahr Jamail embarked to Iraq to report on the war himself.
His unembedded dispatches were quickly recognized as an important media
resource, featuring exclusive, on-the-ground coverage of the major
events of the occupation. Jamail spent a total of 8 months in occupied
Iraq as one of only a few independent US journalists in the country and
has also reported extensively from Syria, Lebanon and Jordan.
Jamail now writes for the Inter Press Service, The Asia Times and many
other outlets, with reports published in the Nation, The Sunday Herald,
Islam Online, the Guardian, Foreign Policy in Focus, and the
Independent. He will be speaking on his new book,
Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches
from an Unembedded Journalist in Iraq (Haymarket Books).
Talk in Dublin.
April 9th , Dublin @ Dublin Institute of Technology, Aungier Street at 6.30pm
in a debate with RTE, moderated by Pepe Escobar
mailto:dmanning@gmail.com
'Beyond the Green Zone' is now available in book format.
This is a short notice of the upcoming talk on 'Beyond the Green Zone'
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/84489
The stop in Dublin is part of a UK tour which takes place from 7th-10th April 2008.
- http://dahrjamailiraq.com
-http://dahrjamailiraq.com/bookpage
Beyond the Green Zone
Paddy Smyth, Foreign Editor, Irish Times
Joe Zefran, RTE.ie
Fergal Keane, RTE Radio One
Speaker biographies to follow.
As an example of RTÉ's imbalanced regurgitation of official US versions of reality can be found in this article I've just posted on the newswire.
It's a transcript of Morning Ireland's treatment of US (ultimately bogus) allegations of threatening behavoiur by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard last January - a time when tensions were wratcheted up, potentially, to justify a US attack.
this only played once on the US' Saturday Night Live....
This is a FREE event. Email editors@mediabite.org to reserve your seat.
Reporting War
DIT, Aungier St., Dublin
April 9th, 6:15pm
Panel includes:
Pepe Escobar - Asia Times / Real News Network
Dahr Jamail - Independent Journalist
Patrick Smyth - Irish Times Foreign Editor
Joe Zefran - RTE.ie News Editor
Harry Browne - DIT lecturer
Ciaran O'Reilly - Anti-war Activist
Eamonn Crudden - Independent Film-Maker
Fergal Keane - RTE
Hosted by:
MediaBite
Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT)
RTE News Online
The Real News Network
Broadcast live on RTE.ie and theRealNews.com
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There are a lot of bookings for this event. It would be better to arrive as close to 6 as you can so that there is time to check people off on the reservation sheets - the webcast begins at 6.30 so the audience will need to be seated by then. Cheers.
General Petraeus also told lawmakers that Iran plays a destructive role in Iraq by supporting Shia militias in the country.
He claimed that recent clashes between the Baghdad government and Shia militia loyal to militant cleric Moqtada al-Sadr highlighted the destructive role Iran has played in funding, training, arming and directing the so-called special groups.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0408/iraq.html
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The Times of London reports that US Gen. David Petraeus will report to the US Congress that Iranian fighters fought alongside Mahdi Army militiamen in Basra.
This fixation on Iran just doesn't make any sense to me. The poor slum kids and Marsh Arabs in Basra who follow Muqtada al-Sadr don't even like Iranians. The primary Iran-linked force in Basra is the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq with its Badr Corps militia, which most Basrans code as Iranian puppets. One of my Iraqi correspondents told me that when the Badr Corps was fighting Marsh Arabs, local Basrans characterized it as 'Iranians fighting Iraqis.' The Badr Corps, according to the Iraqi press, fought alongside al-Maliki's 14th Division against the Mahdi Army. The Badr Corps was trained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and it is alleged that many Badr Corps fighters are still on the Iranian payroll.
Iranians come through Basra on their way up to Karbala and Najaf on pilgrimage to sacred Shiite shrines, and a handful may have gotten caught up in the fighting. This sort of thing has happened before. [8,000 Iranian pilgrims caught in Iraq because of the fighting have just been recalled home, and a temporary halt on the pilgrimages has been called.) But that Supreme Jurisprudent Ali Khamenei of Iran deliberately sent Iranian troops or agents into Basra to undermine ISCI, Badr, and al-Maliki's Da'wa (Islamic Missionary) Party on behalf of the Sadr Movement just strikes me as daft. It flies in the face of everything else we know about the relationship of these groups with Iran.
In fact, the Iranian leadership benefits from a united Iraqi Shiite community and the head of the Expediency Council, Akbar Rafsanajani, expressed concern about the faction-fighting among Iraqi Shiites. Iran brokered the cease-fire. If it wanted Shiite on Shiite fighting, why would it do that?
http://www.juancole.com/2008/04/5-us-troops-die-in-iraq....html
There are gaping holes and contradictions in what the US is saying about Iranian relations with Iraq - som of which may be covered during the discussion tonight.
In case anyone is still wondering about whether to come or not - there will be an 'overspill' room for people who turn up without having reserved a sapce where it can be viewed live. The seats are all booked now. Or you can see it on the rte.ie news site or on RNN.